Seviala, 19 years and 6 months old. She was a newbie who had just joined the "Steel and Blood" club. In just two short months, she had become the club's president. She was a first-rank generalist mage.
Yep, first-rank, and a generalist.
In the world of mages, being a generalist wasn't a good thing at all.
As a researcher, any subject would require a tremendous amount of time and energy. There would also be a system of knowledge to learn and comprehend, and a tremendous amount of knowledge would have to be learned bit by bit.
A person's time and energy were limited. A person's logical habits would also change due to their knowledge and experience. It was highly possible for the same profession to develop similar habits and occupational diseases. This was a change in the outside world, as well as a change in a living creature's body to adapt to the current environment and needs.
Alchemists were typically cautious but didn't lose their imagination. Their external appearance was that they were neurotic and uncaring of their appearance and delusional. Evoking mages' personalities changed according to the nature of the elements. Only a very small number of them had a good temper. A mage's magic power came from their soul, so this change was a foundational one.
If a mage was introduced as a generalist, then there were only two possibilities.
Either that mage was still an apprentice and hadn't decided on her future direction yet. Any major subject would be a foundational one, so it wouldn't be too difficult for her to be called a generalist.
Or that mage's apprenticeship was just for fun. She would casually learn a few things for fun. She hadn't even learned all the foundational subjects yet, and had relied on time to slowly improve her body's power. Naturally, she wouldn't have any specialization.
The former were mostly young apprentices. As for the latter, there were many nobles and royalty. Being a mage was just a hobby and an excuse for their leisure time.
Of course, history was long enough, so there would always be a few exceptions. It wasn't that there weren't people who had mastered all the known types of magic to the extreme, but these people all used special methods to "learn" magic. They were only able to learn and master magic. The most common magic they used was still the few types of magic they personally preferred.
Seviala obviously wasn't the last type. She was both the first and second type. She was an apprentice, and also put most of her energy into politics, economics, and other aspects of national politics.
Actually, it was impossible for a politician to become a veteran mage, and at the same time, it was impossible for them to walk this path.
Archmages were the easiest job to reach immortality, while politicians, as the leaders of mortals, were not allowed to reach immortality.
This was an unspoken rule that existed in Aishi and many other worlds. Unless it was a long-lived race, the leader of a short-lived race was not allowed to reach Undying alone. This would cause a series of problems, problems that would shake the survival of the race.
The explanations for those troubles were too complicated. The simplest way to describe it was that the Imperium and the people's thoughts and the people themselves were all moving, but the king who sat at the top did not move. Then, the entire society would be restrained or even dragged down by him. In the end, it would develop into a life-and-death struggle.
What if he had already reached the undying level before becoming a monarch? After a few decades, they would reach the limit of mortals and pass the throne to the next generation. Many people would directly retire after achieving success and pass the throne to the next generation.
Regardless of whether you're faking your death or living in seclusion, the officials will treat you as if you don't exist.
However, if a reigning monarch actively pursued immortality and even showed signs of not intending to abdicate, then it would be a huge problem. It might even be seen as a taboo.
If a member of the royal family like Seviala wanted to ascend the throne, she would not invest too much effort into her job as a mage. At least, she would not show it.
However, it was also a fashion for nobles and royalty to be mages. When they had nothing to do, they would flick a finger to light a cigar, hold a Frost Rose and act cool. With a snap of their fingers, they would clean their clothes. This was also a fashion and aristocratic style.
At this moment, in the open space of the Harlet Wasteland, Rorschach saw Seviala and was really surprised.
Rorschach's feelings towards this girl were rather subtle.
In many ways, she was a good girl. She was smart, wise, compassionate, and did not have excessive moral fetishes and strict demands on others. In this era, such a girl was rare … However, Rorschach just did not like her.
There was no reason, no reason. Compared to arriving at the palace or a star-rated restaurant in a suit, drinking coffee in the main hall with this fashionably dressed noble girl, chatting about diplomatic news and politics, he preferred to play games and chat with the sloppy Isabella in her kennel. At the very least, that would make him feel at ease, happy, and relaxed … as long as Isabella didn't train herself to be a cheater in this generation, it would be even better.
[A mutt who can't get on the main seat.]
In private conversations, Lori had complained about her brother like this.
"Heh, you're not a dog. How would you know the happiness of a dog?"
Rorschach himself was quite open-minded. Although his status was different, he knew that he was born as a country bumpkin on Earth. Since young, he had lived the life of a commoner. Besides, he did not think that there was anything bad about it.
However, Seviala was really different. She had been a princess since young and received royal education. Her initial and final goal was the throne. All she thought about was how the city was, how the country was, and how to make the people happy.
Perhaps, she was a good person, but she was definitely not the kind of good girl that Rorschach liked … However, now, the entire world thought that she was Rorschach's woman.
"There's no way to communicate at all. How can we date?"
[In terms of politics and diplomacy, don't you read a lot of information and books? You can talk about it so well. Our little stall hasn't been ruined by you.]
"That's different. I treat it as work. She treats it as her life. I can do whatever I want in private. There's no pressure. I can do whatever I want every day. She's thinking about those things 24/7. We really can't talk about it together."
It was impossible for Rorschach to not have any thoughts about the relationship between husband and wife that was publicly known as a good girl.
However, after several attempts to communicate, Rorschach realized that they could not reach an agreement at all. They were not the same type of people. Rorschach did not want his family's restaurant to be like a palace of diplomacy in the future, where the whole place was filled with national affairs.
"A mutt is a mutt. A mutt is pretty good. At least it lives a carefree life. We can't afford to offend the Golden Phoenix, and we don't want to either."
What troubled and even frightened Rorschach the most was Seviala's attitude towards Rorschach. It seemed to be constantly changing. Recently, she seemed to, seemed to …
"She seems to have accepted her fate? She's planning to follow the man she married? "
[No, it should be that for a political creature like her, marriage is a transaction from the very beginning. It's not love or a third relationship. She just saw the truth and felt that you're not that bad of a transaction partner.]
Lori's comments always made Rorschach so sad.
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