Kapitel 16: Curse or Blessing

Thus, this matter with Paul and Lilia comes to a close.

Just like that, all the blame has been gathered onto Paul, and things settled down.

In the end, Zenith looks at Paul as if a pig is going to be slaughtered.

Zenith brings that look in her and returns to her room alone.

Lilia's crying. She still has an expressionless look, but her tears keep flowing from her eyes.

Paul hesitates whether he should hug her shoulders.

Well, I'll leave it to the playboy.

I chased after Zenith to the master bedroom. If this incident causes Zenith to divorce Paul, it's also a problem.

I knock on the door, and Zenith immediately comes out.

"Mother. The earlier stuff I said was a lie. Please don't hate Father."

I said without any preface to it.

Zenith looks dumbfounded for a moment, but she immediately smiles wryly and strokes my head.

"I got it. I didn't think that I would like that sort of bad guy. That fellow is stupid and lustful, so I had prepared myself for when it ever turned out like that. But it just happened so suddenly that I was too shocked."

".....Is father that fond of women?"

I pretended not to know anything and asked.

"Yes. He is better recently, but he didn't care about the consequences in the past. It might even be possible that there's Rudi's older brother or sister."

As she talks, the strength of the hand stroking my head becomes stronger and stronger.

"Rudi can't turn out to be that kind of adult, okay?"

She rubs my head firmly, no, she's grabbing my head with more and more strength....

"You can't treat Sylphy lightly, okay?"

"Ow, ouch, of course, mother, ouch~"

I feel like my actions from henceforth have been severely warned. I still don't understand why that bastard married someone with Millis's faith.

...

The next day.

Lilia's POV -

I'll be blunt.

This pregnancy is my fault. That's because I know I seduced Paul.

When I came to this house I didn't plan it at all. But, after listening to their heavy pants every single night, cleaning after their room that has the full scent of the night's aftermath, I would've accumulated sexual desire.

At first, I settled it myself.

But, as I watch Paul train with the sword in the courtyard every day, an unquenchable fire in my body starts becoming bigger.

Every time I see Paul train, I think of my first time.

I was much younger than time, and it was during the days in the dojo. The person was, of course, Paul, and it was a forced attack during the night. Even though I didn't hate him, I didn't like him either. The first time wasn't very romantic, and I shed tears right then.

But right after that, the fat ministers were there.

Once I thought that Paul was better than them, I didn't mind that incident as much...

felt uncomfortable.

Compared to his feelings, he chose to save this child.

I felt ashamed that I found him to be frightening and avoided him.

He's my saviour. A person who deserves my respect.

I'll serve this person with the greatest respect till the day I die. No... I can't repay it by myself when I consider the part where I looked down on him.

That's right.

If this child grows up safely and well.

I'll let this child follow Rudeus.

I'll let him serve Master Rudeus.

--Rudeus POV--

Nothing special has happened for the past few months. It's just like how it is going in my daily life.

But today, my preparation has been completed. I am currently moving to an empty field where no one is around. I hope that all the research and preparation I have done will be enough for me to succeed.

As soon as I reach the empty field, I use earth magic to create a stable small cottage-like place and enter it.

Now, I take out a scroll from my side and slowly open it.

As I open the scroll, I see various complex magic circles in it. These are something I made after going through the time magic carefully.

You see, time and space are closely related things when the old Rudeus was trying to travel through time he had to take the place he gets sent into account as well. So I had some basic knowledge about it and I made this a convenient thing for me.

It works just like how a normal storage ring works. it's just that it is a bit bigger and difficult to use.

I had to spend a lot of time drawing magic circles in it because it only functions with magic circles.

I can not take bigger and heavier things, but it is fine for now. I will improve it slowly and, if possible, make a storage ring as well.

After preparing my mind, I take out some magic items and some magic circles from the scroll.

Curses are special powers born from abnormalities in Mana. They can manifest in two forms: users with "beneficial" powers are known as Miko.

Even if I am saying I am placing a curse on myself, it is going to benefit me, so it can be called a Miko power.

As I think about all this, I use all the magic items, and slowly, the mana in my body also starts to act according to my wishes. I quickly use the magic circles around the room so no one can sense the absurd amount of mana being used currently.

As time goes on, I slowly start to feel uncomfortable, but soon, it ends.

I tried using Battle Aura, and guess what? I can use it as much as I want all the time I want.

I tried using the same method as Laplace.

While Laplace transferred his curse to Spears and gave them to the Superd race, I made a magic item that allows its users to use battle aura at the same level as his mana control.

Now I have succeeded. I feel better than before now. Let's just go home and take a good nap.

I will train and see how much I have improved tomorrow.

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(A/N: guys if you want to give suggestions all about the magic items and more curses I should place them on our mc comment now )