Chapter 641: After the First Show in Rygis
Later in the night, the show went well. Many people doesn't understand what a circus is. And when we finally made our performance, everyone is happy. And they are looking for more. Including the President himself who came to watch us.
Everyone is laughing during my performance as Clarence the Clown. But unfortunately, I'm not the most popular one.
All the audiences are women. And even if they laughed at my performance, they admired the other guys' appearance instead of their performance.
Well, good-looking guy doing amazing performance is what everyone want to see. But I'm not that ugly being a clown, right? Why am I less popular than the others?
With that, the show on the first night is over. Although there were many people coming to watch, there are still some empty seats. I hope tomorrow all the empty seats will be filled.
After the show is over, everyone left the tent. Except for Yuria, her bodyguard, and Emilia who is curious about us.
"That was a good show. It was much better than I expected," Yuria said.
.....
"Yeah! And there were so little magic used. I can't believe you all can get that strong without raising your level! And how is she so flexible!?"
Emilia asked various question about our performance. Though I let someone answer her questions. I'm talking with Yuria after all.
As for Patricia, she's still in the city. Because we expect many people interested in circus, the city should be quieter. And for the cult members hiding in the city, that is their chance to communicate to each other or do something else. Hence why Patricia is staying behind.
And I told her that if she feels a gaze from the circus, that would be me. I told her that I can see many things so I will help her observing anything suspicious. Though so far tonight, there were no suspicious act at all.
Until I looked at Patricia again. It's a signal to her that the circus is over. And after that, she's moving toward the gate of the city and to the circus. And at that time, some group of people are gathering together.
Those people all moved toward the red-light district. And discussing about something. They are most likely members of the cult.
I want to identify all of them. But I was shocked to see that there are a few men there. And one of them is the nodding guy!
...I feel betrayed. Someone I used to greet all the time is possibly a member of the cult. Though I have never greeted him in this life, he's still someone I know. I will make sure that I'm the one who will take his life.
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Though I hope I am wrong. It's not like those people gathered because they are members of the cult. But I will keep watching them for now.
"Is the show over already? Good. Then, let's go back. Yuria, you still have a lot of work to do. Go get some sleep first. Also, Emilia, tomorrow, you will be the one protecting the city while I watch the circus," Patricia said.
"Why? I want to watch the circus again tomorrow, grandma!" Emilia complained.
I've seen this several times already. A kid said to their parents that they want to watch the circus again the next day. But for some reason, the parents unable to come again. So the kid won't be able to watch the circus the second time.
...But this time, it was two adults who is arguing. A grandmother and her granddaughter. And the grandmother looks like the younger one because of her short stature.
What a weird world we live in.
Soon after, Yuria, Emilia, and the woman in black left the tent while Patricia still staying behind. She told her granddaughter that she wants to ask something about the outside world to me after hearing about it a little bit.
But I know that's not what she wants to hear. Because Emilia who is also interested in hearing it were denied to stay with her. Patricia told her that it's time for her to work.
After Emilia left reluctantly, only Patricia and us circus members stayed behind.
"Angela, go and help the others clean up and check the props. We will use them again tomorrow," I said.
"Hmm? I'll just go out and check the surrounding monsters," Angela said.
Seems like she understands that I'm trying to say something to Patricia. She understands about herself and that she's terrible at keeping a secret, so she will leave on her own if there's something that must be kept secret. What a good girl.
"Burnes and the others who are not busy with the clean up gather here. We have important announcement. Tell this to those who are busy later," I said.
After everyone gathered, I let Shirley take the spotlight. I also looked around to see if there are anyone hiding or not trying to eavesdrop on us.
"There's no one here. You can speak, Shirley," I said.
"What is that magic? I feel disturbed when I sensed your gaze. I don't know any element that can help improve someone's sight," Patricia asked.
"This is something only I can do. There's a different version that anyone can learn, but we'll talk about that in the future. By the way, that place that look like a slum but actually a red-light district, there are people gathering there after you left your post. Is that something normal or not?" I asked Patricia.
"No. There usually were not many people go out at night and gather together. I didn't even sense that. Your sight is truly something. Though I hope you won't use it to peek at girls bathing," Patricia said.
Too late. I have done that many times. And every time, I will deny it when asked.
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Meanwhile, Shirley started talking.
She explained how we got a chance to bring Yuria and Patricia to meet Albert and got their cooperation in erasing the cult.
"Wow, you work fast as usual," Burnes said as he walked to me.
"Well, there's a chance and I took it. Since Albert has finished talking to them and he said that they can work together with us, there shouldn't be anything to worry about," I said.
"You really trust your king that much, huh?" Patricia asked.
"Well, there's a reason why I can trust him," I replied.
His ability to detect lies. Because of that, I know he won't just send the two back here for no reason. He must have sensed that they will work together with us.
Shirley then explained everything that happened during the interrogation. Including how Patricia was so angry and tried to attack her own president, but Shirley and Mustache worked together to stop her.
From what Shirley said, Patricia has a wind element magic that has reached master level. So the resources that this country has should be wind magic stones instead of ice because I don't feel cold at all here. It's just Emilia chose to improve her ice element first.
I was right. And for the cooperation, Yuria will send a lot of wind magic stones to the kingdom. There's a mountain a few days walk from here where they can get many wind magic stones.
We couldn't find a place to mine wind magic stones. But we have a place where wind mages can cultivate and their progress rate increased manyfold. On Andro's back. Next to his wings.
Though receiving more wind magic stones is better than nothing. And I also don't want to keep opening a portal to Andro's back for strangers. It's best if they can just cultivate at home with magic stones.
Yuria told Albert that she asked someone who is actually a member of the cult so she can be a president and change the country. It worked. And the slavery of men in the country were reduced.
There were still some who doesn't want that. That's why Yuria let the slum be. And that slum is most likely where the cult would gather.
Yuria doesn't know anyone else other than the woman in black who are connected to the cult. So we need to be careful.
That's the summary of what Shirley told us. And everyone is happy that we have a master level mage to join our cause.
"The country needs the change if it wants to compete with the outside world. I will not blame Yuria for cooperating with the cult. But I will kill every single one of them. As for Emilia, I'll take care of telling her what to do. She can't keep a secret well, so I need to be careful how to say it to her," Patricia said.
As I thought, Emilia is similar to Angela. Angela must be happy to have someone who is just like her. And they both even promised to have a spar again tomorrow. Though for talent, I think Angela is far ahead of Emilia.
"We'll continue the show tomorrow as planned. And if any of you noticed someone suspicious among the audience, please report it. As for the plan to fight the cult, let's think of a plan for that," I said.
And so, we spent the whole night making a plan to fight the cult. And tomorrow, before the show, just like usual, Shirley and I will visit the President again. There are still many things that we can learn from each other.
Chapter 642: Captured by the Cult Members
After the first night of the show, I got invited by Yuria again as usual in the afternoon before the next and last show in Rygis tonight.
When I got there, Patricia was in the office as well.
"I am also interested in listening to you about the outside world. I haven't heard of everything yet last night," Patricia said.
"Okay. Not that I mind. I'm just the guest here. You're free to do whatever you want," I said.
Today, I'm alone. Shirley is not with me. She's with the other circus members preparing for something that the cult members here might do. Because we expect that they would attack us anytime soon.
We have expert level mage who can defeat a master level mage. If the cult wants to gain more followers, it's easy for them to show their worth by showing that they could defeat Angela. Though that means Patricia and Emilia won't be safe as well. But that's difficult.
I also looked at where the nodding guy is. He's serving a woman with a happy smile on his face. I thought he was happy doing it. But now that I know he's most likely related to the cult, I feel hatred.
.....
Now, the question is how the cult will try to get Emilia and Patricia when they are not strong enough to do that. They must have a plan, right? Maybe there's a magic item that will help even the weakest mage to defeat master level mage.
Now that we know what they're possibly planning, with the help of Yuria, we can think of a plan to prevent anything bad to happen.
And Yuria even suggested to do this plan to that woman in black. Yuria has told me her name before, but I keep forgetting about it. Though it's not important since she will die sooner or later.
And the plan today is to capture this woman in black and bring her to Albert for questioning.
While the four of us are here, Yuria planned to take me and Patricia as hostages. That woman in black has told Yuria that she will use something that can restrain even someone as strong as master level mages. Probably something like the Magic Restraining Collar. But it's the upgraded version of that.
I can see her holding some kind of bracelet in her hand which she hides behind her back under her robe. She's no longer hiding. And she's walking around pretending to be busy when she's actually trying to position herself right behind us.
And other than her, the guide who has been guiding me since I first arrive to Yuria's office is also prepared to do something outside of the office. Along with a dozen other people. Including a man who is crossdressing as a woman.
Last night after the show is over, when it's time for Yuria to sleep and the woman in black let down her guard, she contacted Sonia to deliver a message to me
In the message, it was written that Yuria managed to convince the woman in black to try and capture us as hostages. As for Emilia, Patricia said that she will be with Angela for a spar again, so they can just take care of her later.
And so, here we are. In Yuria's office, pretending to be oblivious to what will happen to us.
Obviously, if we're doing well in this situation, we can finish it before our next show tonight. And that's what I'm planning.
While we're chatting about the outside world, which is mostly about our show in different cities, it's finally the time for them to move.
Both Patricia and I didn't take a seat at all on purpose while I am exaggerating about my story. We are standing with Patricia facing my direction on my right. And the woman in black is behind us. Though now that I used Divine Vision again on her, I can see that she's not holding bracelets. They are handcuffs.
And after I put down my arm after my exaggerated gesture when I told my story, the woman in black quickly put the handcuff on Patricia's hand. And Patricia who pretends to not expect that let down her guard and got her other hand cuffed as well.
I pretend to be shocked and the woman in black ended up putting the handcuff on me as well. Our hands are now behind us being restrained and there's nothing we can do. Of course that's what she expect from us.
"What are you doing!?"
As expected of a grandma. She has lived longer than most people and her acting skill is great.
Soon after she shouted, the door entered. The guide, the crossdressing man, and a dozen other people whom I assumed to be cult members entered the office room.
"Restrain those two!" Yuria shouted her command.
"Tsk! You think I can't do anything if you cuffed my hands!" Patricia tried to resist.
Though she tried to break off the handcuff with her own strength. But she failed. She also tried to use magic. But she failed as well.
And someone tried to get close to her. Stupidly trying to restrain Patricia only with her physical strength.
"Are you stupid! You dare to test physical strength with me!?"
Patricia then kicked her short leg toward the approaching enemy. The one who got kicked fell down, but she's still conscious.
I guess that's just how strong an untrained master level mage is. Her physical strength wasn't much as she couldn't even break off the handcuff with her strength and she can't knock someone out with a kick.
As for me, just by putting a little bit of Aura and I can see crack on the handcuff that is restraining me. Though I won't remove the handcuff yet. I'll pretend that I'm a weak person. Just a normal guy who temporarily lead the circus troupe.
"Excuse me, but what are you doing?" I asked.
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"You can pretend to be calm in this situation? You are much better than I thought. But I'll tell you this. No one in your circus troupe can help you. It's a shame that Shirley didn't come with you. But at least we have you," Yuria said. She's acting as the master mind of this event.
As for Patricia, an expert level ice mage finally took action and used ice magic to restrain her from moving.
"YURIA! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?"
...Is Patricia still acting or not? I don't know. Maybe the fact that she can't use her magic is too much for her.
"She's too noisy. Gag their mouth and bring them to the basement. Make sure that no one sees you," Yuria said.
Basement? That's where they have prison. Why is there a prison in this place? This isn't even a palace or a castle. Is it someone's hobby?
"Tonight, go and get everyone and attack the circus. But make sure that there won't be any civilians who got caught up in it. I don't care what you do to the circus. Destroy them or try and get them to join you, I don't care whichever it is. But no civilian casualty. I am only cooperating with you for the sake of this country," Yuria said.
"I know, I know. But you don't need to care much about it."
After the woman in black said that, the others tried to knock Patricia out to no avail. As for me, once someone hit me on the back of my head, I just pretend to be unconscious. Now is the time to see everyone related to the cult.
But I didn't expect what the woman in black is going to say next. Something that give Patricia a sense of despair.
"Yuria, you are too slow. You are doing good, but too slow in getting the two master level mages to join us. That's why we already made our action without you knowing. Since a few months ago, Emilia has been with us. She's already a member of the cult. It's fine if she can't defeat that mage from the outside. As long as she can delay her as much as possible, the rest can easily destroy the circus. I don't think there are others who are as strong as Angela," the woman in black said.
Yuria was shocked to hear that. But she acted normally.
"Really? Then you just need to convince Patricia, right? It's good that we can get we want," Yuria said.
"YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER!?" Patricia shouted. Since she's still conscious, she can hear what they're saying.
"Shut up! You're either going to join us or rot in jail after all. Yuria, it has been good cooperating with you. But now, we don't need you anymore. Take her to the basement as well!"
Without batting an eye, the woman in black betrayed Yuria. Yuria was quickly had her mouth gagged and brought to the jail in the basement with us. And they even knock her out when she has been restrained.
Along the way there, I can feel the wind blowing. There must be a wind mage here using wind magic to block the sound. That's why I didn't see anyone reacting from the beginning.
Hmm... seems like we need a change in our plan. It's already impossible to not involve the civilians if Yuria can't manage that woman in black who seems to be the one in charge of the cult members here.
Well, for now I will experience a few minutes of being imprisoned. So far, there's nothing that will really cause us trouble other than the fact that Emilia has been with them for a while already. I'll let Patricia take care of her granddaughter later.
For now, the woman in black should be gathering all the cult members living in Rygis to fight the circus. I'll see where they are gathering and try to memorize their faces. Good thing I'm better in remembering faces than names.
Though it seems that we won't be able to perform tonight. But that just mean we can stay here a few days longer than planned and arrange new shows later.
Chapter 643: In the Prison
Yuria, Patricia, and I were being brought to the basement where the jail is. On the way, they carefully make sure that there won't be anyone watching us getting arrested. I can see beyond the door to each room, there are people watching the others inside while pretending to be working.
The servants in this building are all members of the cult. As for the officers, there are less of them who are members of the cult. I guess that's normal considering servants such as butlers or maids able to freely come and go to different places in this building.
Patricia is still conscious. But her mouth is being gagged. Not just that, her nose and the gag in her mouth were also frozen. To make sure that she can't shout or scream. And maybe hoping that she would faint from being unable to breathe.
Yuria is still unconscious. And her mouth is also being gagged with cloth after she faints. Just like me. Though I didn't faint for real.
Patricia keeps fighting back. Even when she is being tied with a rope, she keeps fighting back. Probably she's thinking that the plan failed because even Yuria is being carried to the prison. And she's thinking that I'm really unconscious.
I just made it look like I'm unconscious. I'm adjusting my breath without using magic so it seems that I'm totally knocked out. If I use magic, she might start to act docile. And the cult members who captured us might think that she's acting. Especially after knowing that her granddaughter is a member of the cult.
Right now, Emilia is sparring with Angela. From what I heard from Angela, Emilia is growing stronger. Though Angela is having fun sparring with her, it seems that she hasn't used her full power yet. So it will be fine for Angela to stop Emilia alone.
.....
It will be a shame for us to kill a master level mage. Though she's a member of the cult, so it's not really a shame. In fact, it's good. But unfortunately, if we kill Emilia, Patricia might refuse to cooperate with us anymore. So I need Patricia to be the one fighting Emilia later.
But for now, I will wait and see.
Eventually, we have reached the prison. With Patricia still trying to fight back to no avail. Maybe it's because she's a master level mage. she can hold her breath for so long because of it..
We're all brought to a single jail room while still being tied. Only a creepy woman here to watch us.
"Hehehe... A man is finally brought here. I can do anything I want to him."
...So, I'm going to be used to satisfy her sexual desire? Sorry, but no. She's not my type.
As the creepy woman entered the jail room after the other cult members left, she tried to strip me naked. But I gave her powerful kick to her jaw and knocked her unconscious instantly.
"Sorry, but you're not my type."
"HMMM!!" Patricia tried to say something while her mouth is frozen.
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"I've never been knocked out. I'm just pretending to faint so I can see what's going on. Though I didn't expect them to imprison Yuria as well. Good thing you agreed to cooperate yesterday. If not, I will just let you rot here," I said. While I carefully destroy the ice covering her mouth.
"Enough. We need to think of a way to get out of this place. This handcuff make me unable to use magic. We have to get this thing removed," Patricia said.
"You hear that, Victoria? Remove the handcuff, please," I asked Victoria.
Victoria then left me and turned into her human form.
"You can easily break that handcuff, right? Why do you need my help?"
Even though she asked me why, her index finger is turned into the shape of a key for the handcuff.
"These handcuffs is good. Even a master level mage like Patricia is unable to break it. This is much better than the collar and I want to ask Marie if she can create something like this. Hopefully, an even stronger version. That would be great if possible," I told Victoria about what I intend to do with the handcuff.
Victoria then easily unlocked the handcuff. Although the handcuff is cracked because I put too much strength before, it's still good enough to stop me from using magic. Which mean anyone, even most master level mages, won't be able to remove this cuff from their hands. Unless they are stronger than average master level mages.
"...Your Slime turned into a human! And she can talk!" Patricia was shocked to finally meet Victoria for real.
"Yeah. And she's over a thousand years old. I don't know how old you are, but she is much older than you," I said.
"Okay. Next is me! Release me!" Patricia shouted.
"Nope. You will be the last one. I want to ask you first about what you want to do once you're released," I asked.
"I will kill that woman! And I will confront Emilia why she would join the cult!" Patricia said.
"She must have her own reason. Unlike Yuria who is only asking for cooperation, Emilia might be joining the cult willingly. You can confront her, but what would you do if she asks for a fight?" I asked.
"Then I will fight her. No matter what, I have to hear the reason from Emilia herself," Patricia said.
Well, that might be good. Though if Emilia joined the cult willingly, and there's no way for her to leave or join our cause, I will kill her. Even if Patricia hate me for it.
Well, if Patricia hate me for killing her granddaughter, there's nothing she can do once she knows how strong I am.
Victoria then released Yuria and Patricia. Though I told Patricia to not make any move for now.
The cult is trying to attack the circus soon before the show started. At that time, we can tell that those who come to the tent are all enemies. And we don't need to hold back then.
Yuria regained consciousness soon after and I told her what to do. While also stopping Patricia from doing something reckless right away.
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"All the people who are members of the cult are going to the tent. Let's leave now. Good thing that you hadn't told your granddaughter that you joined us in the fight against the cult. If so, we would be in trouble already," I said.
"Yeah. We were lucky. Let's go out now! You are called Victoria, right? Please unlock the d-"
Before Victoria do anything, I already approached the locked door. I grabbed the iron bar, and pulled it open without much effort. And it surprises Patricia who knows that I haven't reached master level yet.
"...How did you do that? Even I can't destroy the bars easily like that. You're an expert level mage, right?" Patricia asked.
"Yes. Do you somehow have a way to determine someone's magic level or something?" I asked.
"Well, not really. It's all just from my experience. So I can tell roughly how strong you are. But I didn't expect you to be that strong," Patricia said. And Yuria beside her also unable to close her mouth from the shock.
"Just know that there's a reason why Albert and the three other kings from the major countries in the continent willing to follow me. I'll tell you later when I decide to trust you more," I said.
"Does it mean you haven't trusted us yet?" Yuria asked.
"Not completely. I mean someone's granddaughter actually a member of the cult. Though I believe you when you decide to cooperate with us," I replied.
I thought that Emilia doesn't know what the cult is. But it turns out that she's lying. She' a good liar.
Angela is with her right now. I don't think Emilia would dare to fight us knowing that she's weaker than Angela. Though maybe she's going to stay behind trying to delay Angela from helping the circus. She must be thinking that Angela is the strongest one among us. Not me.
"Okay. What should we do now?" Patricia asked.
"You and Yuria will enter the circus by using the portal. Victoria will go with you as well and tell Burnes and Shirley about everything that happened. Including the fact that Emilia has joined the cult. After that, follow their command. I don't think you have heard about it before, but all the members of our circus, except for Angela and Shirley who are acting as the guards, the real leader of the circus who is not here, and me who just do whatever I want, the rest are all agents sent by the four kingdoms. Ask for their instructions on what to do," I said as I opened a portal to the circus.
I can see where the circus is right now. And everyone is preparing for the show not knowing that the show will be canceled.
Seeing that a portal is open, and we're in a place with jail, Burnes understands that something important is happening. So he told Patricia and Yuria to quickly enter the portal.
"Most members of the cult are gathering right now. But there are still a few in this building. I'll kill them all first before I return," I said.
After I closed the portal, I didn't forget to kill the woman who tried to rape me before I sneaked upstairs.
Without Spot, I can't use camouflage. But my sneaking ability is good enough to not be noticed by expert level mages as long as I'm out of their sight. It's easy.
The cult members staying behind can easily get anyone here as their hostages. That's why I will kill them first. And then I will find other cult members who are not going to the tent.
As for those going to the tent, Shirley and the others can handle them. Even Patricia is there to help.
I hope nothing bad will happen.
Chapter 644: Now I'm Angry
Now, what should I do?
There are many people in this building that can be used as hostages. And this is a building where they gather people who is governing this country. If any of the people here die, there will be backlash.
Sigh... it will be much easier if this is a kingdom. As long as the king is alive, the kingdom will still have people who obey him. Whether by choice or forced to do it.
But this is not a kingdom. The president will change after a few years, and everyone in this building is important for the future of the country. Well, that's the same as kingdom. But at least if the king is still alive, everything can be fixed by him.
Although this country is being lead by a president, she's not alone in governing this country. They need majority vote to decide what to do. Unlike a king that can change everything to his will.
Ah! It's troublesome thinking about such things! And I don't even know if what I'm thinking is right or not! This is difficult. Let's just take care of the easy stuffs first.
Since I don't think that woman in black will return here when she and most members of the cult are preparing to attack the circus, I'll just kill everyone here whom I deemed as members of the cult. Those who are watching everyone's movement.
.....
As for those who might end up involved, I'll probably just bring them to the circus and let Yuria explains.
And soon after, I found a staff acting suspiciously. She's not doing her job. Unless her job is patrolling the building. But she's not a security guard. So I killed her.
No, I didn't kill anyone mindlessly. I know that she talked with the woman in black after they brought me to the jail. Those are my targets here.
I killed her with a punch that shatter her ribs and destroy her internal organs while making sure that she won't spill any blood. This is a stealth mission. Not only I will kill all my enemies without them knowing my existence, I will also kill them all without shedding blood. Neither mine nor theirs.
After killing the staff, I quickly brought her to the jail and put her next to the corpse of the creepy woman who tried to rape me. I'll take care of them all later. There are still more enemies here.
With my speed, it only take a few seconds to do that, and find another target. I keep moving around so much but it didn't take long. What an amazing day to be an Aura Master.
Now, all the members of the cult who are keeping watch from the outside have died by my hand. The rest are in the same room with other people. But I can take care of them without hurting the real staffs of the office.
Using air magic, I make everyone in a room sleep. Except for the expert level mages who can endure my air magic.
As expected, all members of the cult here are expert level mages. Except for a few whom I witnessed before talking with someone close to the woman in black. They have fallen into deep sleep.
I quickly entered the room, and kill the cult members. Though there are two other expert level mages whom I didn't know whether they are members of the cult or not. So I just opened a portal to the circus and bring them to Yuria.
"Yuria, I'm killing all the cult members in the building. As for the rest that I don't know if they are with the cult or not, I will bring them all to you. You can decide what to do with them," I said to Yuria.
The two confused expert level mages looked at their president. If they can prove that they are not related to the cult, they will keep their lives.
Now that Victoria has explained everything to Shirley and the others, I brought her with me and go to the next room. Though I have no plan in using her as weapon soon.
As for the sleeping office staffs, they are safe in the office. Yuria will explain everything to them after it's all over. It will take a few hours until they finally wake up.
Now, let's go to the next room.
In less than fifteen minutes, while the cult members are still preparing to attack the circus, I have killed all the cult members in the building.
"Is that everyone? You even brought the other expert level mages to the tent. What will you do to them?" Victoria asked me after I stopped killing.
"If they are with the cult, Shirley can stop them if they try to do something funny. If they are not with the cult, I hope Yuria can convince them to join us. They're all expert level mages after all. Having them with us will boost our strength even more," I replied.
Next, I looked around the surrounding place. It has started to get dark and people are going back to their homes. Except for the cult members who are gathering near the circus.
What about the gatekeepers then? The two who have recently getting along well with us. Or at least some of us whom they are interested in. One is interested to get closer to Burnes, and the other is interested with the strongmen.
Well, Burnes and the other guy should have make an attempt to get closer to them first. They are agents after all. And they should have known about the gatekeepers' affiliation. I hope they are with us as well.
"The city seems safe. As expected, they have told the citizens to not visit the circus. That's why no one is leaving their house," I said after observing the city.
Even in the slum or red-light district, there are less people there. The nodding guy is also seem to be going to the circus. I thought you were my friend. A friend I never talked with.
...Actually, that might be the reason why he joined the cult. I never tried to get closer to him. Well, whatever. It's been done. I will at least kill him.
Though if he came to the circus, he would realize that Shirley is the princess. Even more if he recognize Angela. Though Angela is not there yet. Is Emilia fighting Angela and tries to make her busy? Maybe that's the case.
"Let's go back to the circus. There's only the fight there left," I said.
We then returned back to the circus. Not using portal. I summoned Ray and fly to the sky as I watched the cult members from the sky, and entered the tent without them knowing.
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"Welcome back, Roy. Though I didn't expect you to bring back so many people," Burnes said after I entered the tent.
"They are expert level mages after all. It would be great if they join us. So, what about them?" I asked.
"Only a few of them haven't proven themselves to not be members of the cult. We just put the Magic Restricting Collars on them and tied them up for now. How about the enemies?" Burnes asked.
"There are quite a few of them. Around one hundred and fifty of them, I guess."
"No! That's many! Not few!" Patricia shouted.
"Don't worry about it. Other than your granddaughter, I don't think there's anyone among them who can give us trouble," I said calmly.
Then, I checked on everyone if they are ready. And when I see the enemies make their move, I told them to leave the tent. Leaving behind only the restrained office staffs. The other air mage here used air magic I taught on them so they will sleep. And once I confirmed that all of them are sleeping, we leave the tent. With me still riding on Ray's back.
The approaching cult members stopped when they are in front of us. We are completely surrounded, but they haven't shown their intention to attack us yet.
And with the woman in black in the lead, she was surprised that Patricia, Yuria, and I were here without them knowing.
"Surprised? Sorry to say this, but this is actually our plan to weed out all the cult members here. And you! It's been a while. I don't know your name but we went to the same school together."
After I greeted the woman in black, I pointed my finger to the nodding guy. Victoria, Shirley, and the others were shocked to see that I know someone. And we even attended the same school together with Angela and Kayla, and we're all being taught by Wendy.
"You... you're the one who was always together with Angela and Kayla. I was right when I heard her name here. So it was her indeed. She has become much stronger than master level mage. What a surprise. And that one next to you, she's Princess Shirley, right? I watched her making a speech after the stampede," The nodding guy said.
"I was so shocked that you, someone who witnessed that stampede caused by the cult, to join the cult yourself. What a shame that I have to kill my former classmate," I said.
"You are just someone who can summon a slime. No wonder you became a clown. It suits you," the nodding guy said.
"Hey, don't say that! Calling him a clown is a compliment to him!" one of the circus members shouted.
Oops. I shouldn't be happy right now.
"I don't care about what you have done. I joined these people because of my own decision. And we have a special present for you!"
After the nodding guy said that, I can see a group of mages are flying here. Including Emilia.
And with them, I can see an injured and unconscious Angela whose hand is restrained by the same handcuff that stopped Patricia.
Oh, no. Now I'm angry.
Chapter 645: Rage
It shocked me so much that I didn't move or say anything at all.
Emilia and some other people fly this way carrying the unconscious Angela.
Just how did Angela lose? Did Emilia tricked her?
I can see that Angela is injured badly. And those injury didn't came from magic.
Emilia's magic is ice and wind. That's what I heard from Patricia. But the injury in Angela's body came from blunt attack.
So, Angela got her hands handcuffed, and she received hit from Emilia over and over again. That's what I got from seeing her condition as they descended and landed on the ground.
"Ahahaha! Even Angela who always seem invincible can't avoid being tricked! My plan worked! Now, there's no more hindrances left except for Patricia and Princess Shirley!" the nodding guy yelled happily.
.....
...It was him. He was the one who made the plan to hurt Angela.
I made a mistake. So many mistakes.
From not trying to talk to him just because we never talked. To not trusting Angela.
If I had just told Angela about the cult here. She can take care of many things by herself. I should have believe in her more.
Well, I'll try to change from now and trust Angela more. For now, she's in danger.
"Angela!" Shirley shouted after seeing her friend in such state.
"Emilia! Why did you do this!?" Patricia asked.
"Why? How old do you think I am? I'm already 54! And why do you keep treating me like a child!? I can do anything I want! But you keep telling me to not do this or do that! You treat me like a servant just because you're older! The only reason I listened to you was because you were stronger than me. But now, although my strength hasn't changed, I have more people with me. I don't care about what the cult does. As long as they are willing to help me kill you, I'll even help them destroy the world!" Emilia said.
Not just me. Patricia also made a mistake.
Well, that's life. There's only making mistakes and fixing them.
While they are chatting, I used my fastest speed without riding on Ray to get to where Angela is. Although Ray is faster, it was for a long run. For a short distance, my speed reached a speed far beyond what Spot and Ray can reach. To the point where it can be mistaken as teleportation.
This is the speed I trained even after I defeated Timmy. Not only from my real explosive speed from my legs, I also used Aura. And I also used air magic so the air won't give me much pressure from moving so fast.
"What!?"
"How did you get there!?"
Emilia and the nodding guy were shocked to see that I suddenly appear next to Angela. But I ignored them all.
I lifted Angela from the ground, and returned back to the others with the same speed. Though it's actually slower so Angela won't get anymore damage from the whiplash.
"He disappears again!?"
When the nodding guy realizes that I have returned to the others, I destroyed the handcuff with my grip. I didn't even ask Victoria to unlock it.
After that, I summoned Graham.
"Now there's a fight... I guess I won't be fighting. Master, leave Angela to me. I will heal her," Graham said.
He changed his mind quickly after sensing my anger and sees that Angela is injured.
"Just heal the wound for now. As for the inside, I'll take care of them later," I said.
Angela needs operation. As usual, healing magic is not all powerful. Maybe if the level has reached high enough, healing magic can fix broken bones or even regrow a lost limb. But for now, Graham who has the best healing magic among the angels couldn't even do that.
But that's okay. At least Angela's life can be saved. I'll take care of her broken and fractured bones later. For now, I need to unleash my anger.
"A summoned monster? I thought he already has the slime?" Patricia asked.
"No time for confusion. Everyone, don't do anything!"
Because I'm angry, Shirley is now the one in charge. And she knows well to not do anything when I'm this angry.
Ah, when was the last time I'm this angry? I think this is the first time that I got so angry. Both in my past life, and in the present life, this is the first time I feel this much rage.
"Is that teleportation? Well, who cares about that? It's nice of you to say don't do anything. We will have easier time to kill you that way!" the nodding guy shouted.
His personality is not what I expected from him. I thought because we greeted each other in silent, he is quite friendly. But for him to be this way. Maybe I should at least let him die just like in my past life instead of saving him.
For now, I can no longer hold myself back. With my Aura as the Aura Master, I used intimidation on everyone here. Allies or enemies, everyone received the pressure coming from the Aura Master. An intimidation that make everyone lose themselves in fear. Though my allies didn't receive much pressure compared ot the enemies, they still feel afraid.
"W-what is this? This pressure... it's coming from him?" Patricia said as she fell on the ground from the sheer pressure.
Now, let the enemies know fear.
I disappeared from where I was. Graham is still healing Angela, and I dashed toward the closest enemies. I don't care about the nodding guy, Emilia, or the woman in black. I will kill everyone I see.
"Tsk! That idiot! Roy, don't just kill everyone you see! Victoria, stop him from being reckless!" Shirley asked Victoria to stop me.
"I can't. I'm here," Victoria replied. She's not with me as she's in her human form with the others.
What is the best weapon to use when you're angry. Not a sword, spear, hammer, axe, guns, or anything else. It's your own fists.
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Without using any weapons, I slammed my fist down on the head of a member of the cult. She got hit hard and died instantly and got her body buried on the ground.
After that, I targeted other cult members. One person one hit. Either it will be a punch, a kick, a slap, a stomp, or a headbutt, I killed each one with just one hit. And the enemies were frozen by fear because of my intimidation. There's nothing to protect them.
Even Emilia couldn't follow my speed. Though since I have been moving for a while, I'm no longer as fast as before. But only Graham and Ray can follow my movement. While the others can only sense my location after the noise I made.
Some still managed to cast barrier magic to protect themselves. But I used brute force to destroy the barrier and kill them. They can't stop me with their weak magic.
And as I got closer to the nodding guy, I was blocked by Ice Wall. And it's not the magic from the enemies. It was Shirley. She's protecting the nodding guy.
"Roy, you idiot! We need to capture some of them for interrogation! Don't kill them all!" Shirley shouted.
Yet. Don't kill them all yet. But okay. I'll kill them later. Though before we started the interrogation, I will make sure that the nodding guy will feel pain.
"I'll use Ice Wall to mark those you shouldn't kill! As for you, cult members, if you want to live a little longer, get down on the ground to surrender!" Shirley said.
Is that it? Okay. I won't kill anyone who is begging for their lives.
The woman in black is also protected by Ice Wall that Shirley created. I guess she's the most important member I shouldn't kill.
As for Emilia, she's strong. One hit won't kill her. But I made a promise to not kill her and let Patricia talk to her.
So, there's only one thing left to do. Kill the rest before they beg for mercy!
The more people died, the more they are afraid of me. And even the circus members who should have learned who I am started to fear me. But I don't care.
Many cult members tried to retreat. But Ray stopped them from leaving and kicked them. But they are still alive so I can kill them.
And soon after, when my fist was about to destroy an Earth Wall, I stopped. And I casually walked back to where the others are. The front of the tent.
"What do you feel right now?" I asked.
The one I talked with was the injured person. Angela. She has been healed enough by Graham and regained her consciousness.
"...Angry," Angela said.
"Alright. Other than those marked by Shirley's magic, you can kill the rest," I said.
Soon after, Angela raised her fractured arms. With a little bit of her strength, she snapped her fingers even though she doesn't need to do that to use her magic.
And as the sound of fingersnap sounded, numerous Ground Spikes raised from the ground and killed everyone except for the nodding guy, the woman in black, Emilia, and few others.
The battle must have alerted the people in the city. But I don't care.
Now, the battle is over. With just Angela and I participating. Oh, and Ray for helping me stop those who are trying to retreat.
Yup, I feel better now. Though I need to give a few hits to the nodding guy. Good thing I summoned Graham. Graham can heal him if he's about to die.
Chapter 646: I'll Hit You Once
"Alright, you can go back to sleep. You're no longer in critical condition. I'll bring you back to Cassau and let Sophie and Kayla fix your body first. I'll be there soon after I take care of everything here," I said to Angela whom, with just a snap of her finger, killed dozens of cult members.
"...Okay. I'll leave it to you..."
She doesn't have any more strength and fainted again. Then I opened a portal to the hospital in Cassau, and opened two others. One to Sophie's location, and another to Kayla's location.
Seeing that I carried the injured Angela to the operation room in the hospital, Sophie quickly jumped into the portal. From her location to here, and then she entered the portal to the hospital.
As for Kayla, she knows that Angela must no longer be in critical condition so she entered the portal and come here to look around first before moving on.
She stopped her sight at the nodding guy who is looking at me with terror in his eyes.
"You remember him?" I asked Kayla.
.....
"Yeah. He confessed to me many times before at school. And I rejected him all the time. Even after I told him that I have a boyfriend already, he keeps coming back. I guess he ended up hating you for it. Though looking at the situation, he must be related to the cult now. I didn't expect that at all," Kayla said.
Oh, I get it.
It's not only because I never tried to talk to him that he joined the cult. Well, that might be one of the reason.
It's because I saved Kayla. A girl who was supposed to die early on. And so, she could go to school normally because of it.
And because she went to school, the nodding guy noticed her and fell for her. But she's already taken. Still, he never gives up.
"Though it was surprising that you actually remember him. I thought you didn't care about other people at all," Kayla said.
"Well, he was someone I know in my past life. Though in this life, I never tried to make a contact with him at all. I guess him joining the cult is partially my fault. He'll die soon after we investigate him. Anything you want to say to him?" I asked Kayla.
"Nope. No mercy to the cult members," Kayla said resolutely.
Well, except for those who truly regret their decision for joining the cult. Either they joined voluntarily or forced to join, as long as they are truly regret their decision like Veronica and Celestine, it's fine to forgive them.
But for that nodding guy? He said that he's the one that planned to subdue Angela that way. He's the one responsible to it.
Being able to come up with that plan and let the others follow through means that he somehow has some sort of reputation among the cult. Or at least those staying in this place. And so, we need him to be arrested before he gets executed. And I will be the one to kill him.
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"Okay. Please take care of Angela. I'll come soon after I take care of everything here," I said.
"Hmm... you won't play tonight?" Kayla asked whether I'm going to continue performing tonight or not.
"I can't do that. At least not tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Or the day after. Or whatever. I'll just get Thomas here since they already know that I can use portal," I said.
"Okay. See you later."
Kayla entered the portal to the hospital and help Sophie to heal Angela. Sophie's medical skill is comparable to mine, but her physical ability will make the surgery slower than when I do it. But at least with the injury that Angela has now, it's fine if they take their time.
"Okay, now... Sigh... Patricia, you can talk with your granddaughter first. Do it fast or I might end up killing her first. Shirley, I'll let you take care of things here. I'll go and have a chat with that guy," I said.
I also gave Shirley Magic Restricting Collar to wrap around the neck of the cult members. As for Patricia's granddaughter, I gave Patricia the handcuff that block the wearer from using magic. And it's strong enough to not be destroyed by the strength of a master level mage.
I stand there for a while and start thinking of what I have done wrong. But it's just for a while. I still have business to attend to.
"...Emilia, I'll put these on you first. Give me your hands," Patricia said. She didn't say that loudly but I can still hear her.
"No way! After everything you have forced me to do, you want to stop me from using magic now!? Just because-"
"Because of what?"
Before Emilia could finish her sentence, I interrupted her. And this time again, I used the intimidation of an Aura Master to plant fear on her again.
"You either do it or I will kill you. Make your choice."
Patricia then urged Emilia to do as she says. And Emilia had no choice but to obey. She knows now that it wasn't Angela that she's supposed to be wary of. But me.
I just killed a lot of cult members. And without using magic. There's no way she won't feel any fear.
Now that Patricia is talking to Emilia, I'm going toward the nodding guy's location. With Victoria coming. She must be thinking that I might do something to him. That's why she's here so she can try to talk me out of killing him right away.
As I approached him, the guy cast fire magic at me in fear. It was a quick fire magic attack, but because he lack magic control to manipulate his magic, it was weak. But it's at the level of a beginner level at least. And his level should be higher than that.
And with my hand, I slashed the incoming magic attack. There's no wound on my hand at all.
"That's impossible!"
"It's possible."
He took a few steps back and tried to cast fire magic again. This time, it was not a magic he cast hurriedly like before. The strength of this magic is at least advanced level.
Still, I cut the magic in two with a knifehand strike. No way a magic like this can hurt me.
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"Anything else you want to try?"
This time, I'm already right in front of him. I can just wrap the Magic Restricting Collar on him right here right now. But I will erase all hope from him.
He keeps attacking me with all the magic he can use. And all of them were useless.
Everyone is watching in awe. Except those from the cult. They only feel despair.
"Huff... huff... I see... So that's how it is, huh?" the guy said.
"How's what?" I asked.
"No wonder both Kayla and Angela followed you. So you're this strong, huh? Are you the living armor who stopped the stampede?" the guy asked.
"I was. And I'm still pretending to be a living armor to trick the cult," I replied.
"And now what? What are you going to do to me now? You can ask me anything, but I won't give you any answer," the guy said.
"For now, wear this," I said.
I wrapped the collar around his neck, and then I gave him a helmet to wear.
"...A helmet?"
"I'm going to punch you real hard. As you witnessed before, all your allies who got punched by me died in one hit. I don't want to kill you yet since it seems that you know more than the others," I said.
"...What if I don't want to wear the helmet?" the guy asked.
"That's okay. I'm not forcing you to wear it," I said as I pulled back my hand. Trying to make a big swing to hit him.
I will use Aura. Not to make my punch stronger, but to protect the guy from death in one hit. I cover the helmet he hurriedly wore with Aura, and swung my fist at his head.
The guy blown back and lose his consciousness right away. So weak. So easy. Though his neck is broken, he's still alive. And I won't waste my time doing surgery on him.
"Graham, heal him," I ordered.
Although the guy was healed, he still hasn't regained his consciousness. And that wasn't enough for me to relieve my stress.
I look around and see that Shirley and the others have finished putting the collars around their neck. And Patricia seems to have finished talking with Emilia.
I opened a portal to the prison and brought the cult members there. Patricia decided to come in as well. As for Yuria, after asking few questions to the woman in black, she said that she will try to explain everything to her citizens tomorrow. I guess we won't perform again tomorrow.
After I brought everyone to the prison, I move to the hospital and help Sophie fix Angela's body. Sophie hasn't finished the operation yet.
Chapter 647: Apology and Punishment
Sophie has done well in the short time. In fact, she's already much faster than I was in my past life. Back when I has just started to feel Aura.
At that time, I should be faster than any average doctors at least. But Sophie's hand movement in the surgery is faster than that.
Though there are still many parts that needed to be fixed. Angela's injuries are too much. So we exchanged position and now I'm the one performing the surgery. And I do it in a much faster rate than Sophie.
"Kayla, the ribs are fixed. Use healing magic there," I said to Kayla.
And while Kayla is healing the ribs, I fixed the other part of Angela's body. And when she's done, she goes to another part that I have fixed.
As for Sophie, she had difficulty following my speed. And even though this is Angela's body, and I was extremely pissed before, I'm still calm enough to explain everything to Sophie while moving my hand.
Maybe this is how she got so fast. Although she can't follow my speed, she's looking at the movement of my hands so she can perform surgery more efficiently.
.....
After that, the surgery is over. And instead of getting Angela to stay in the hospital, I brought her to our home instead. Since we have two of the best doctors in the world, there's nothing to worry about.
...Yes, I called myself the best doctor in the world. What's wrong with that?
Though I have given all the medical knowledge from the future that I know. However, there are some rare disease that we need patient first so I can perform medication while being watched by other doctors as demonstration.
And I also have spread the medical knowledge from the past that I learned from Shadow. One of the ancient Aura user ghosts.
Doctors need to write down the records of everything so the people in the future can learn it. And it won't disappears just like the medical knowledge of the past.
Though I will probably live for at least a thousand years since I'm an Aura Master. And more than three thousand years if my magic level can reach the stage beyond master level. So I can still teach other doctors in the future.
Well, that can only happen if I destroy the cult completely. That's my first goal. After that, I live however I want.
That's what I've been thinking while waiting for Angela to regain her consciousness. I'm not in the mood to return to Rygis. Shirley is there. She can do better than me. And as a princess, the others will obey her more willingly. Unlike me whom some members of the circus is afraid of because of what happened. They witnessed me being angry.
Anyway, with Shirley over there, she can also proceed to ask Rygis for cooperation to destroy the cult. She can represent Tatrama as the princess. Though the most important part should be done already when I brought them to meet Albert.
As I was laying down on the bed in my room, I can see Angela's slowly regaining her consciousness. So I left my room and walked to hers.
"She's awake?"
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I met Sophie and Kayla on the way there. They must be reacting to when I make my move knowing that I'm going to visit Angela.
"She should be soon," I replied.
"You can go first then. We'll wait for your conversation to be over," Kayla said.
Seems like she somehow know what I'm going to talk about with Angela. Well, that's to be expected of her.
I entered Angela's room right as she opens her eyes. She observes the situation and see that she is safe in her own room. And I grabbed a chair and pulled it to the side of her bed.
"Are you done over there?"
The first thing she asked was the situation in Rygis. Not about her condition, but what happened there.
"I don't know. I left everything to Shirley and the others there. They can take care of everything by themselves," I said.
I looked at her condition again and see that other than fatigue, she is perfectly healthy. She only needs to rest. Though I don't think she is going to sleep anytime soon since I'm here.
"Can you tell me what happened to you?" I asked Angela.
She raises her upper body and sat on the bed to explain what happened.
It was the usual sparring with Emilia. Angela didn't sense anything wrong about it. Just the usual training.
And as usual, even though Emilia is the one with higher level, Angela can overpower her easily. Though Emilia herself has grown stronger thanks ot the training according to Angela.
And then, Emilia asked Angela whether Angela can cast magic without using hand gesture like most mages can. It's because Emilia herself can do it. But because of habit, she can't stop herself from moving her hand.
Angela then proudly said that it's possible. But just like Emilia, it has become her habit to aim with her hands.
And that's when Emilia asked Angela whether they can continue sparring with their hands on their back. Without using any hand gestures.
Angela agreed. Although she felt weird when Emilia asked for that, she still obeyed and put her hands on her back.
At first, the two were sparring normally with their hands on their back. And as usual, Angela is winning.
Still, the opponent is a master level mage. Her physical strength far surpass Angela's. So, when Angela thinks that the sparring session is over and let down her guard, Emilia make her move.
Emilia grabbed a pair of handcuffs from under her clothes, and charged at Angela. And Angela who still thought that it's the continuation of the sparring, still put her hands on her back.
And then, she noticed some people were coming over. But before she could do anything, Emilia put the handcuff on her hands. And that blocked her from using any magic.
Knowing that the situation worsened, there's nothing Angela could do. She knows that Emilia and the others are coming to get her, so she can only endure being hit because they wanted to knock her out. And they succeeded.
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Though with her Mind's Eye, she avoided dangerous attack by shifting her body so she can avoid getting hit in her vitals. Good thing I told everyone that they shouldn't ignore physical training.
Still, there's nothing she could do but endure everything until she finally fainted. At least she avoided her vitals getting hurt. Or she could die.
That's how she ended up in that state. It's good that she's still alive. But that's still partially my fault.
"Angela, I'm sorry. Everything was my fault. I should have informed you that the cult was there and we already cooperated with the President to erase them from Rygis. If only I told you about this, you won't end up in that state," I apologized with my head down.
Just by saying that the cult was there, Angela won't let her guard down easily. Even when she's training with Emilia, she won't easily get her hand cuffed.
"No, it's not your fault. It was my fault to let my guard down," Angela said.
"It's my fault that I didn't trust you enough to tell you about our plan. I always thought that you are the same clueless Angela as before. But I learnt from this experience that I need to trust you more. You're not just the friend that I know the longest after Victoria. You're someone who trusted me. But I never trusted you enough. I'm sorry," I apologized again.
"...Okay. When I got hit over and over again, I also regretted the fact that there's something that I held back all the time. Now I know why you always pick the cult as your first mission before anything else. You want to erase your regret as much as possible, right?" Angela said.
"Umm... that's obvious, isn't it? So, what is it that you keep holding yourself back for? If it's anything I can help, then I'll do it," I said.
"Then close your eyes. Your first punishment is to close your eyes. Don't use Divine Vision, and don't use Mind's Eye. Don't use any magic as well," she said.
"Okay."
I willingly do it. And this is still the first punishment. There's still second. And maybe there will be more.
And she suddenly grabbed my head and kissed me. All of a sudden, she kissed me.
I know that she has a feeling for me. I don't know when, but I know it recently. Though I thought that she won't do anything yet. But it was surprising that she suddenly do this.
"...Angela?"
"I had enough of not saying anything. By the time I noticed, there's no other man better than you and I started to have feeling for you. I thought that I will open up about my feeling to you once I am stronger than you, but I regreted that I didn't say it to you. And I will say it now. Roy, I love you. I know you have many lovers already, but I still love you. Now that I have said it, I don't need to hear your answer because I already know what your answer will be," Angela said as she lay down again on the bed trying to sleep. She turned her back on me because she's embarrassed that I'll be looking at her blushing face. Though I can see it.
"...Okay. I'll do my best myself to destroy the cult so we can have a happy life together in the future. Along with the others. You can rest now," I said as I stand.
"...the second punishment is a date," Angela said when I was about to leave.
"Okay. During the tour, I'll find a place that you will like," I said.
"A date together with you and all of your lovers," Angela continued.
"...Alright. It's weird that you want it, but okay."
She then covers her head with the blanket and didn't say anything else.
...And I got one more lovers. And she's extremely cute.
Chapter 648: The Rain Calms Me Down
I left Angela's room to see that Kayla and Sophie were waiting.
"She fell back asleep. And how much did you hear?" I asked.
I know that they were eavesdropping. Although Angela told me that I shouldn't use Divine Vision and Mind's Eye, my senses are still better than average people. My hearing detected their movement behind the door.
"Well, congratulation on getting another girl. And I'm waiting for the date," Kayla said.
"A date with everyone! I can't wait!" Sophie said excitedly.
...my girls are all weird. At least they are happy.
"If possible, I'd like you to wait for a while longer for the date. There are still some girls possibly wanted to join in as well," Kayla said.
.....
"Still!? Just what did I do? I know that I'm handsome, but other than fighting and operating patients, there's nothing that I'm particularly excel at to be admired by ladies. Though I'm glad to be popular," I said.
"You are right. Except for the handsome part," Kayla said.
"...Please don't say that. You're my girlfriend, so why are you calling me ugly?" I felt dejected hearing that from Kayla.
"I didn't say that you're ugly. Anyway, there's no way that you can get admired by girls. The girls who admire you are at least acquaintances or friends. Other than us, it's impossible for anyone to admire you," Kayla said.
...That means I'm unattractive. I understand.
"And so, there are still some girls who is actually interested in you, but they are holding back their feeling like Angela. Most likely, they like you but feel reluctant to say it because you already have so many girlfriends already. I won't ask you to be the one to make your move. But at least, I want you to wait until the others sort their feeling first. That's why for the date with everyone, I want us to do it when those girls are clear with their feeling. Either they will join us or give up. I'll talk about it with Angela later," Kayla said.
"...Seems like you know more about it than me. Then, I'll just continue doing what I can. You can take care of it if you want to. Or let them sort their feelings by themselves. You two need to get some rest as well. I want to get some air tonight," I said.
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"Get some air? It's raining though. And you're an air mage. Well, if it's you, I guess it's fine. Don't catch a cold," Kayla said as she and Sophie return to their own room.
Yes, it's raining tonight. And if I go out, the noise from the rain will be too noisy for me to be lost in my mind. That's why it's the best time to get some fresh air. Though nothing can beat my own air that I produce with air magic.
I enter my room, opened the window, and jumped to the roof from there. And I lay down on the roof and watch the rain. Doing nothing at all.
This is refreshing. Not having to think about anything. And the noise from the rain helped me relax. I think I should do this more often when I feel more stressed.
In fact, I have done this many times in my past life. Since I have difficulty making a living, and could only end up being a doctor in a clinic in a small village. Though I mostly stressed about the fact that I was too weak at that time. I guess that's why I rarely do it again now. Relaxing under the rain.
I don't know how long I have been staying without moving at all. I just realized that the rain is starting to stop and the sun is about to rise. And that's when I enter the house and take a bath before taking a light nap. I still need to go back to Rygis later.
It's when I wake up that I realized something.
"Ah! She wanted to go out with everyone. That means she treasures the girls more than she loves me," I said to myself.
...At least she still loves me.
I checked on Angela's condition again, and then proceed to eat some breakfast before I return back to Rygis. Where Shirley has taken care of everything.
"It's done?" I asked.
"Yes. We have settled the most important parts after all back when you brought Yuria to my brother. Though it would be soon that Yuria announces everything. Good thing you come right now. I want you to check if there are still cult's influence in the city," Shirley said.
"Okay, I'll do it. And what about the circus?" I asked Burnes this time.
"You brought Thomas last night before you left. He said that tonight won't be good for the show. So, we will do it at a later date. Though today, we were told to entertain the people in the street. Just like a street performers. Not the kind of performance that needed to be done on the stage. Just a simple juggling or tricks," Burnes said.
"Alright, I'll do it when I'm free. What about the office staffs that I brought last night?"
"You forgot to bring them to his majesty so we do our interrogation with them ourselves. But for now, nothing suspicious. They are all willing to help us. Especially since they could hear the scream of the cult members you killed last night. They didn't see it themselves, but they are afraid because even though they are expert level mages, they don't have experience in fighting to the death," Burnes said.
And so they decided to go along with whatever Yuria wanted. Well, at least now Yuria has connection with the outside world.
Though there's one thing that bothers me.
"So, why is everyone avoiding me?" I asked.
Ever since I arrived back to the circus, other than Burnes, Thomas, and a few other members of the circus, the rest are too afraid to even look at me.
"Well, it's because you received praises from the four kings. Everyone has discussed about what the kings are praising you about. And some even make fun of it saying that the kings have been tricked. Especially after they see you often being silly. But now that they witnessed it themselves, they feel ashamed. Even though we're all agents trained to be able to easily interact with other people, none of us were trained to this situation where their image of you whom they have been with for a while to change so much in one night. Though rather than changing, it's more like the kings actually spoke the truth when they were praising you," Burnes said.
And they were ashamed of that? Well, they're all agent. They know what to do. I'll just leave them be. Though I hope it won't be a trouble during our show tomorrow.
Though does that mean they don't believe in their own kings? Or maybe because our own situation is weird.
I mean special agents from four different countries are gathering here together. And they all know that everyone was sent by different country. So they can somehow have something in common to talk with.
And rather than talking about some state secrets, they started talking about the information that they gathered by themselves. Like this noble like to do this, or this businessman is doing that.
And then, one thing in common to talk about is me. About how the four kings trusted me and praise me so much that they keep hearing about it. And when they finally met me, they only see a clown.
But once the clown made some action, the clown is actually quite powerful. Though the agents here didn't know how strong I was. They probably think that I'm a stronger than average expert level mage.
And finally, they witnessed me got angry. Alone without any weapon, without using magic, and no familiars summoned, I killed so many enemies alone. Thought that's not the only thing they witnessed. They experienced my killing intent as well. The intimidation that I used to make the cult members stood still frozen by fear.
Feeling that intent clearly, even though it was reduced because they are not my enemies, they started to fear me. That's what Burnes told me when I asked him to explain more about it.
"This side too... I hope they can sort their feeling before our show. It will be bad if our chemistry in the circus turns bad because of this. Well, one night sleep should be enough for that," I said.
"One more thing, Roy. My brother has finished interrogating Emilia. And after Patricia pleaded to him to not execute her in exchange for her loyalty, he said that she can continue staying in Rygis and protect the country. You can bring her back here now," Shirley said.
Oh, nice. With this, there's no need to doubt about the master level mage's loyalty.
After Patricia returned here, Shirley and Burnes explained everything that happened here to her. And she said that Emilia will stay in prison at least until the cult is destroyed.
After that, Emilia will be taken by Patricia. And Patricia said that she won't restrain her granddaughter so much anymore. Well, that should be expected. Emilia is old enough to have children. Even grandchildren.
Well, as long as she won't cause any trouble, she can do anything. Though after what I showed her, I guess she won't mindlessly pick a fight against anyone she sees.
With this, we have the cooperation of Rygis. Though it will be a while until we can depart and continue our journey.
...And I need to find a dating spot. Although it might take a while until everyone sort their feeling, I still need to find a good place for it.
Chapter 649: Where They Collect Wind Element Magic Stones
Rygis was in chaos for a while when Yuria announced about the danger of the cult. It took a while until everything calmed down,so the show ended up being delayed again. We want to perform at least once more before we continue to the next city. Another city that belong to Rygis.
And so, while everyone is busy, I move alone toward the other cities in Rygis. There is only one other city in Rygis country that we decided to perform at. But I also need to check the other city.
I move alone so we can investigate whether those cities have been influenced by the cult or not. Of course I will use portal to get some agents to investigate.
Though this is great. There are many expert level mages. All of them are women. Though that's to be expected.
Yuria said that she wanted to change the citizen's view of men. That's the reason why she wanted to be the president. She wanted to change her country.
And so, even though most men are no longer slaves, they are still unable to cultivate as their resources are still limited. Many women still don't like about this change. But at least it has slowly changing.
Still, the men, even though they should be equal to women now, they are still afraid to do many things. And they still ended up being protected by women so other women won't assault them. That's okay though.
.....
In other cities, there are also slum area as well. And while the agents, of which all of them are female, are investigating the city, I'll be checking on the slum and see any suspicious movement.
Although there was no one with explosive devices in their mouth, because of my experience, I can tell which one is members of the cult or not.
Well, not really. I was just found some suspicious people whom I assume to be from the cult, and follow them until they revealed themselves. Though how I found them to be suspicious was from my experience.
My job was over quickly. But the agents will still investigate those cities.
Now, we can only wait while the country is restored. Seems like some cult members have high position in the country as well. That's why it will take some time until we can officially receive the permit for our show. And we can only do some light street performance while waiting and to advertise our circus as well to those who haven't watched it.
Well, if there are anyone who have watched us and still wanted to go, that's fine. That means I'm just that good.
Now, what should I do?
Oh, right! There's one thing that made me curious about Rygis.
Too many expert level mages. Most of them are wind element expert level mages. And there should be a place where they can get the wind magic stones. I need to check that place out.
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When Yuria was discussing something with Shirley in the office, I entered the office.
"Roy, what is it?" Shirley asked.
"Well, I just remember about the wind element magic stones. I want to see where the are being mined and see if that place is good for cultivating as well for wind mages. Shirley, if you're free, we should check the place together," I said.
"Yeah, that's what I want to discuss with Yuria as well. Before that, can you use portal outside the city? My brother has sent a messenger to this country for an official meeting. If you can use portal, the messenger can get there sooner. You also need to bring the carriage as well to show that a messenger from another country is coming," Shirley said.
"Sure. Be back in a second," I said before leaving with portal.
Now, I don't need to care about other people watching me using portal. Yuria said that all the expert level mages have agreed to fight the cult. They need to know not to mess with me like the cult members did.
Yuria has informed them that I'm the one they shouldn't make an enemy of. Though I don't know how many people believe her.
Well, even if there's someone trying to challenge me, that's fine. I can accept some challenges when I'm free. Though I hope they won't risk their lives. Because I would kill them if they do. Attacking me with their lives at stake means they are enemies.
Now that I'm outside of the city, I opened a portal to where the messenger should be. I asked Sonia to where the messenger is and opened a portal to see that it was Sara who came.
"You're the messenger?" I asked.
"Yes. His majesty wants someone strong enough with good reputation as a messenger. This way, when someone asked about me, they will know who I m from the competition. Though I don't think anyone here would know me. And I can just say that his majesty picked me to be a member of his royal guard. Though just Miguel alone is enough to be his guard," Sara said.
"Who is Miguel?" I asked.
"...Mustache. You need to remember his name," Sara said.
Oh, right. That's the name other people called Mustache with. Why didn't he just pick a name instead of having two?
"Are you still teaching though?" I asked Sara.
"...His majesty increased my rank. Now, I'm a noble. As for teaching, I let someone do it. I have taught them everything I learned from you," she said.
"Whoa, you're a noble now? Congratulation!" I said.
"...I became a noble for a while already. You're the only one who doesn't know. Though I never told you so it's partially my fault," Sara said.
Is that why she rarely came to my place? She's a noble now so she has her own house, right? A mansion perhaps?
"Ah, well. Anyway, you can meet Yuria now. Just go forward and one of the gatekeeper should guide you," I said.
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"...As expected, you are not interested at all," Sara said in low tone.
Why should I be interested? Though it's good that she raise up in life. That's all I care. As long as she's doing fine, that's all that matter. As for becoming a part of nobility, I'm friend with the royalty. I'm not jealous at all.
While Sara moves with her carriage, I used portal to Yuria's office again.
"Roy, Yuria has told us where they mine the wind element magic stones. And Patricia will be with us as our guide," Shirley said.
"Okay. So, where it is?" I asked Patricia who is already there in the office.
"It's over that way if we're going straight. It's at the peak of that Gale Mountain where the wind never stop," Patricia said.
Gale Mountain? Nice naming sense. Though it's probably not Patricia who came up with that. Maybe someone in the distant past.
"Hmm... there's no Blobby near there and I can't use portal. I guess we'll just fly there," I said.
"Then let's go. Yuria, I'll talk to you later," Shirley said as she jumped from the window.
"...Is it some sort of rule that powerful people prefer to jump from the window instead of leaving through the front door like normal people?" Yuria asked as she saw Patricia also jump out of the window after Shirley.
"It's just that we are fine jumping from this height. And it's faster this way. Maybe you should just install a door instead of a window. Maybe a balcony? That seems better than just a door. Though that is a bad suggestion. If there's a balcony, not only we can enter and leave as we please, the enemy can do that as well. But as long as you have Patricia, you don't have to worry about enemies," I said.
"Unless the cult are far stronger than expected," Yuria said.
"Don't worry about it. Shirley or some other wind mages from our side can give her instruction on how to get stronger without raising your level. Patricia can get stronger and you can be at ease. You and the presidents after you. Though that will only happen if Patricia chooses to stay here even after you leave," I said.
"Right... We also need to think about the future as well. I'll be busy for a little longer, but if it's about the circus, you are free to perform or leave whenever you want. Since it's you, you can come whenever you want, right?" Yuria said.
"I'll tell Thomas about it. He's the real leader of the circus. Though he's just a normal civilian. Well, those two have fly so far. I will follow them now. Bye."
I bid my farewell to Yuria, and then contacted Sonia to tell Thomas that he's free to set the show whenever he wants.
Running in the air as an Aura Master, I caught up with Shirley in no time. I guess even if she's a strong wind mage, she's still slower compared to a master level mage.
When I'm passing her, I summoned Ray for her to ride on. Shirley understood my intention and jumped on Ray's back after I summoned him.
As for me, I want to test my speed against a master level mage. So when I passed Patricia, I told her that we're going to race to the Gale Mountain.
And I ended up losing. Patricia arrives there after Ray. I guess I still need to train. If the Evil God is a wind mage, I won't be able to catch up with him like this.
Chapter 650: Climbing Gale Mountain
"You're pretty fast even without magic," Patricia praised me after I arrive soon after her.
"You're wrong. I used air magic to direct the air pressure so I won't feel it hit me directly and slow me down. And I still need some more training," I said.
"Even though you're that strong?" Patricia asked.
"We don't know how strong the enemy is. That's why until we face him directly, we can only get stronger," I said.
"...No wonder Emilia lost to Angela. We have been living in this country in peace without any real danger. And we know nothing of the outside world. We don't really have any motivation to grow stronger. That's why after reaching expert level, most of the mages here thought that it's a waste of time to continue cultivating," Patricia said.
"I see. And those expert level mages, are all of them wind element mages?" I asked.
"Yes. Except for Emilia who improves her ice magic, everyone here cultivate their wind magic. That's why for those who doesn't have wind element, becoming advanced level mage is the best they can do. But now that I think about it, how did Emilia gain resources to improve her ice magic? Is it that cult? That means she has been contacting the cult for a long time already," Patricia said.
.....
"Well, the Evil God exists since around a thousand years ago. It's natural to think that the cult has been created since that time," I said.
We still don't know in what era the cult was officially formed. They have been hiding from public for a long time after all.
In my past life, around this time, Albert should have just somehow realized the existence of the cult. And only a few people were informed about this. At least that's the rumor that I heard while I was busy attending medical school. Though at that time, I was busy with homework. So I don't really remember much.
But this time, the existence of the cult was brought to light thanks to me. And we have much better progress in fighting the cult than in my past life. With our strength higher than before.
Though the cult's leader is so secretive and we don't know yet if what we have is good enough or not. What a pain.
"And that summoned monster. How can you summon more than one monster?" Patricia asked.
"Some fruit that look like a pear did it. Once a summoner ate it, the summoner can get extra monster whenever they raise up a level. I was lucky to found it while I was still a beginner level summoner," I replied.
And it's also thanks to knowledge of the past from Victoria. If not for her, I will never know the secret of summoner. Including the use of portal and travel to Monsters World.
"A fruit? Is it rare?" Patricia asked.
"It's rare for you but not for me. Those who want it can only try their best to get my recognition," I said.
If Patricia or someone else here is a summoner, they need to work hard to gain my trust. And at the moment, I can't trust someone whose granddaughter joined the cult.
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"I see... Anyway, this is Gale Mountain. And to reach the peak you need to climb while enduring the never ending hurricane. Only a few people can climb to the peak. Even if I'm a master level mage, it's still difficult for me to climb it. And for the magic stones, we can only wait until the wind blow the magic stones away from there since getting inside it will be difficult," Patricia said.
"Well, Shirley, what do you think about this place?"
I asked Shirley who is still riding on Ray's back. She has been concentrating on something ever since we arrive here.
"...The wind is amazing. Unlike Andro's back where the wind is powerful enough to lift his body, the wind here, although weaker, it's still pretty strong. And the wind continuously blowing. I feel like cultivating here will be different than cultivating on Andro's back. But both will give us wind mage amazing improvement," Shirley said.
"Should I bring the other wind mages?" I asked.
"I think that's for the best. We all can cultivate here for our training. Good thing the matter in Mellian is over already. They are either finding a way to train more or cultivate. Let's call them here," Shirley said.
If that's what she's thinking, I guess that's true. Becoming even stronger than they are now will bring us more benefit.
So, who are the wind mages that I need to bring?
Well, Shirley is already here. Next is Veronica, Wendy, and Kron. Oh, and Angela might be interested in coming as well.
I opened portals to let Veronica, Wendy, and Kron to enter. Then I opened a portal to Angela's location and ask her if she wants to come as well.
...Her face is still red from just looking at me. I guess she can come later.
"So, there are four of you now. What do you think of this place?" I asked.
"Andro's back will improve our attack power due to how powerful his wings are. But for a long fight, I think cultivating in this place is better," Wendy said. And as the most intellectual among the three, she became the representative because she can explain it better than the others.
If it Kron, he just said, "It's great! It's amazing!"
While Veronica just said, "Okay. This is nice."
"By the way, that woman over there is a wind element master level mage from this country. If you need anything, just ask her," I said.
"This little girl is? She must be so talented that she can become a master level mage," Kron said.
"Talented she might be, she's not a little girl. She's a grandma. And her granddaughter was just arrested last night for cooperating with the cult and injure Angela to the point that she needed operation. That's one reason why Angela won'e be here today," I said.
"Wait, Angela was injured!?"
The three of them were shocked by that more than the fact that the woman in front of them is a grandma. Well, that's natural.
Not only that, Wendy and Kron instantly become hostile toward Patricia. Though I stopped them before they hurt her.
As for Veronica, she was different.
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"It's just her granddaughter who was cooperating with the cult, right? Not her? After all, if she was with the cult, there's no doubt that she would reach the same status as Celestine and I was. A faction leader. Though she will be the leader of little girl faction," Veronica said.
"If there's such faction, I would kill all of them right away."
I accidentally leaked killing intent when I heard what Veronica said. And that makes everyone scared and tried to calm me down instead.
"Relax. That's only if that woman is with the cult. I never heard of such faction before. Other than big breasts and big butts, the other factions are too weird and have too little followers so I don't care. But I have never heard of little girl faction," Veronica said.
"Good. At least the cult is sensible enough to not make that happen."
Seriously. Making a faction like that with little girls? I think it won't just be me. even some people in the cult won't keep quiet about it.
Or maybe that did happen. And some members of the cult destroyed them instead.
Anyway, it should be fine. After all, Veronica was raised by the cult without anything terrible happened. There shouldn't be anything like that.
"And so, you brought us here to see if we want to cultivate here, right? And also to introduce us to the master level wind mage here. Though since you didn't kill her right away, I guess she can somewhat be trusted," Wendy said.
"Yeah. And so, what do you think?" I asked.
"Obviously, we need to check the peak of the mountain first. There should be abundant magic stones there that we can gather. And it's also great for our training as well," Kron said.
"About the magic stones, I can see many of them were being lifted by the wind and rotate along with it. It's like a non-stop hurricane that never move. There are more stones floating than those at the peak," I said after checking with my Divine Vision.
"Whatever the case, reaching the top is what we need to do! I'll be going first!"
With that, Kron flies into the hurricane first.
"...Although that might be helpful for us wind mage, we need to check the pace first. Let's go there right away as well. Roy, if you mind," Shirley asked me to do something.
I understand what she wants. She wants me to cut open the hurricane.
And I did it. Using Victokatana, I split the hurricane, and the wind stopped momentarily.
"Let's go! Quickly before the hurricane restarted again! And avoid the falling stones!" I said.
Ray, and now with Shirley, Veronica, and Wendy on his back, flies toward the peak. And I followed behind him with Patricia who was still shocked with what she has just witnessed joining us later.
At the front, it was the surprised Kron who forgot what I can do. Though he's still flying toward the peak.
Even with my Divine Vision, I can't see everything here. It's just too large. Though it's weird that the peak of a mountain is actually a flat meadow.
Well, what can we get in this place? I'm curious if there are other thing than magic stones here.