

The main character of the story is a boy born into a noble family that rules
the surrounding farming lands but is actually rather poor. He has many big
brothers, and therefore he has no hopes of becoming the successor of the
family, but he doesn't have any intention of doing so anyway. His father also
has an affair with the village head's daughter.

No one pays attention to him or expects anything from him, except for one of
his big brothers. Magicians are rare in the world, but his father does have
some magic books, even though he cannot use magic himself. It turns out the
boy has a great talent for magic and learns very quickly. He also visits the
woods behind the estate to train his magic and hunt for game. Because the
woods are dangerous, people generally don't enter leisurely, and since the
population is desperately needed for farming, there are not many hunters. When
he brings back animals he hunted, he is greatly praised for adding meat to
their family's fare, which is usually made of unappetizing gruel.

One day, he meets a zombie in the woods, who turns out to be a great magician
who died but cannot leave because of his wish to find a disciple. In a short
time, the boy learns his new master's magic and also receives his mana
capacity. His master grants him his magic storage ring, which among many other
items, also includes rations that could feed an army for months. The boy
grants his master a peaceful death with his newly learnt magic.

It slowly becomes known that this young master can use magic, and the village
head approaches him to usurp his oldest brother's claim to the title of the
head of the house. The boy, however, does not wish for conflict nor is he
interested in the position.

When his oldest brother marries, all of his big brothers are forced to leave
the house, since they have come of age and need to find their own path in the
world. The boy gets to stay a few more years because he is still too young.
His mastery of magic allows him to fly, and thus he can visit other cities. In
the city, he pretends to be a young boy from a neighboring village who came to
sell game his father hunted.

When he becomes a bit older, the boy leaves his home to enroll in an
adventurer's school. In order not to strain his finances, he applies for
scholarship and passes the test with flying colors. He forms a team with 1
other boy and 2 girls.

As a representative of his house, he is invited to attend a party of the
reigning local noble. It turns out that they were interested in him because
they found out about his connection with his master. His master was a genius
magician among their ranks, who was sent to battle but perished and ended up
wandering around as a zombie. The noble asks for the battle rations back and
the boy returns them. In exchange, they hand over his master's bank account
and house.

I think that the description of this novel says that it contains a lot of
economic topics. If I recall correctly, the main character is also a
reincarnated person from another world. The novel is in the mangaupdates.com
database, but I cannot find it. Please help if you know it, thanks!


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A light/web novel about a person reincarnated as the youngest child in a noble family, who later learns magic from a zombie magician


I found it. It's [**Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai
Deshou!**](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=121027)

Synopsis from mangaupdates:

> Ichinomiya Shingo, a young 25 years old, single, worker of firm company
> while thinking of tomorrow' busy working day goes to sleep. However the
> moment he woke up, it's a room unknown to him. He then learn that he is
> inside a 6 years-old boy and is taking over his mind. He then learn a lot
> from the memories of the said boy: he was born as the youngest child (8th
> son and 10th child) of poor noble family living in back country. Having no
> administrative skill, he can't do anything to manage the vast land his
> family has.
>
> Fortunately, he is blessed with a very rare talent, talent of magic.
> Unfortunately, while his talent could bring prosperity to his family, in his
> situation it only brought disaster. Yes, this is the story of the boy,
> Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister, opening his own path in a harsh world.


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