Chapter 318 - The Chaos Inside The Capital Is Over
Now what?
Since the orphans has been delivered to Russell, I guess it's time to kill the cult members who tried to escape.
I have told Shelia to relay a message to the Werewolves, but I don't know if they can handle all the cult members or not.
I guess before that, I need to check on the situation first.
I'm on top of princess Julia's mansion. And inside the house, under where I am, I can see princess Julia and her siblings are discussing something. Probably princess Julia is telling the others about what happened. I just hope that she won't leak too much secrets.
And there are some who are much younger than her. Probably they are old man Henry's grandchildren.
.…he already has grandchildren, but he's unable to pass on the throne because his heirs are unfit, huh? Let's hope that he picked someone good in the near future. Although he's healthy, he's still too old to stay in the throne for too long.
That's enough of his family. They are safe under princess Julia's protection. Next is Kayla and the others.
They are joining Angela and other hunters to fight monsters that appear from the houses of cult members hiding in the capital. How did those monsters enter here? Don't tell me that the cult's lab where they did many kinds of vile experiment is nearby? I want to check on the area, but I need to go to Arturo first. I guess I'll return here after going to Arturo.
Kayla helped everyone by healing them when they are injured. But when there's someone whom is getting healed by Kayla and used that chance to flirt with her, Kayla just strikes at their legs with Earth Spikes. Scary.
Now, those people have no hope in continuing their hunter life with their legs disabled. This is not the moment for her to be flirted, huh? Then, someone's friends decided to fight Kayla, but they are too weak despite one of them used advanced level magic. Kayla is too strong against average hunters.
After that, unless they are extremely injured, they don't want to get near Kayla anymore. Though she ended up being popular with girls.
Why is she attacking them so quickly? Don't tell me that she's still angry about me keeping a secret? That I even thought of killing children? No matter what's the case, I should never made Kayla or other girls angry anymore.
Jewel also joined the fight. She was in hiding before, but I guess she fights now because she knows Kayla and the others are safe. That is a good thinking. Without knowing if the other can survive or not, there need to be at least someone who can relay a message to me, and that's why Jewel stayed in hiding until recently. I'm such a good master for my disciple to do what I taught her.
Candy, well, she returned to her old job. Doing some espionage stuffs and entered some rich people's houses to find some evidence of the cult doing bad things in the kingdom.
How do I know? Well, I can see her searching for documents inside someone house, while there's another agent inside that house as well. Seems like they meet with each other as soon as I left her.
And there are also some people other than the spies that I brought from Albert's place. They must be old man Henry's men. I don't see any explosive devices in their mouth, so I guess they are fine and old man can truly trust them.
Angela… she's enjoying fighting so much. At least she's good enough to not destroy people's houses.
There are some men trying to approach her, but seeing how powerful she is, they rejected that idea. I think she used to say that she wanted to fall in love with someone in a romantic way. How will she meet a good man if she's like this?
Veronica and Celestine also captivated the men. I forgot to tell them to wear the flattening underwear. Though when those people realized that they are expert level mages, no one dares to approach them. But they must be thinking that the city is safe with two expert level mages here.
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Lina is in my room at the inn Celestine and I stayed. Elsie is there with her. She must be using Elsie to watch the surrounding, and then tell Sonia to relay a message to the others of where to go and who has explosive devices in their mouth.
Oh? Lina is looking this way, smiled and waved. I waved back to her. She can't see me but Elsie can. She must have noticed that I'm looking at her.
Shirley is evacuating the citizens who are outside to somewhere safe. She received the news of where to go from Lina.
There are some people with explosive devices among the civilian she helped, and Shirley is watching them from time to time. Lina must have told her already. Since those people have no interest in escaping the capital, I can take care of them later.
Shelia and the Werewolves did as I ordered. They transformed into their wolf form, and attacked only those whom have explosive devices in their mouth. Their sense of smell is so great. And when there are other people saw them, the Werewolves would only target the cult members.
And those who tried to escape were killed. They split in two teams it seems. Just like before. One in the capital, and the other is outside.
I guess everyone is doing well.
After seeing the situation, I think it's best to make sure that no one escaped. But this capital is too big. Let's have Spot help this time then.
"Spot, are you awake?"
"What is it? Do you have something for me to do?" Spot asked excitedly.
I thought he was sleeping while wrapping himself around my waist. Seems like he wanted to have more actions.
"I want us both to cover the outside perimeter. The Werewolves were helping by killing anyone who tries to escape, but I don't know if that's everyone. We will fly around toward the opposite direction, and kill anyone, except for the Werewolves and the children." I said.
"That's easy. I will go now if that's all."
"That's all. You can go."
After getting my permission, he leaves and flew to the right. I guess I will go left and we will meet on the other side. Though he's faster so he should have covered more distance than me.
I want to go as well, but I need to tell Sonia to not let anyone leaves the capital.
"Sonia, tell the others to not leave the capital. Spot, I, and the Werewolves will kill anyone who tries to leave."
"Even if they are innocent?"
"Let's hope Shirley can bring them to safety instead of having them escape instead." I said.
After that, Sonia disappears.
I also run as fast as I could while looking for anyone who seems to be escaping, or anyone suspicious outside.
I should also refrain from using portals and running in the air anymore. I have used portals too many times, and I think my mana is almost empty. I still need to return old man Henry back here. And the girls might also need to return back to Cassau. They have classes.
My usual sneak mission turns into this after asking the others to help. Although the result is not as good as when I'm taking care of things alone, and there are many casualties, I like it this way better. It's faster this way. And the girls also learned more about how I do things as well.
Now, they know about how difficult it is what I'm trying to do. Alone.
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I keep telling them that I'm going to do some clean up, but they never asked how troublesome it is. They just believed me that I will do well. That is fine, but that will hold back their growth.
Should I bring them to Arturo?
Hmm… maybe not. That place seems to be much more dangerous than here. Spot will be important for me to sneak into the kingdom. With his camouflage ability, the only people who can notice me should be expert level mages or higher. I doubt there's a master level mage there, but maybe there's also some magic tools for detecting enemy as well. I need to be careful there.
Let's not think about that place now and focus on killing people here.
During the first lap around the capital, I found no one escaping. But when I passed Spot, I shouted the number of people I found.
"I found no one!" I shouted.
"One for me!" Spot shouted.
Seems like he found the guy first.
Then the second lap, I killed one man. And shouted the number I killed.
"One for me!"
"Three including the one before!"
…is that a challenge? He's faster than me, but if I'm lucky, I can kill more people than him.
Each time we passed each other, we shouted the numbers of people we killed. It's also a good way to pass time. And we're not the only ones defeating anyone trying to escape. The Werewolves did that as well.
Some Werewolves even try to keep up with us, but they failed. I have grown much faster than average Werewolves.
The battle continues until dawn when everything is over. I killed sixteen, and Spot killed forty.
Okay, I lost.
Before the sun rise, Old man contacted me through Sonia telling that he should return once the battle is over. So, I brought him over at the empty castle.
"…now, it's my problem." Old man said.
"I'll go meet the girls. They might want to return to Cassau. And I'm already tired, so I'll leave everything to you." I said.
"…it's me who've left everything to you. Thank you very much for saving my kingdom."
This is the first time I've seen old man acted so… kingly. He bowed down with respect toward me, a commoner from another kingdom.
"…just prepare a hell of a feast after I wake up. We can celebrate it later."
After saying that, I reunited with the girls who have regrouped, and thanked them for helping me here.
They said that they want to rest so I return them to Cassau. Leaving Celestine, Victoria, Spot, and I behind. I guess Celestine will keep staying with me to Arturo.
Now… I'll sleep. Good night.
Chapter 319 - Leaving Varadis
It has been three days since the battle against the cult members inside the capital of Varadis Kingdom. I have to say that old man Henry is a wise king. He managed to calm the people down, and blame everything to the cult. He even blamed his own children for joining the cult in front of the people and harshly decide their punishment.
Thanks to that, the hatred that was aimed for the old man Henry originally for letting the cult run amok, turned into pity. They think that he's a good king and now know why he hasn't decided an heir to the throne. His children are mostly unfit to rule. And everyone then helping each other in rebuilding the capital.
The cult members in the capital has been taken care of, but we don't know what happened in other cities. Are there more people who joined the cult? We don't know.
Though old man said that he will take care of the rest, together with his children who hasn't joined the cult but interested in the throne. This will also be a test to see if any of them are fit to be the next king..
And seeing how he harshly decide a punishment to their siblings who got caught, I don't think anyone dares to betray his trust again.
This is the conversation that happen when old man asked his children to take care of other cities in the kingdom:
"So, I want each of you, other than Julia, to leave the capital. I want each of you who has ambition to be a king to prove to me how well you can rule a city. And even if you don't want to be a king, at least show the people in that city that you are fit to be called as member of the royal family. Find any cult members, and kill them. No mercy toward those who have joined the cult. This task is also dangerous as we don't know if there are more expert level mages in other cities. If any one of you made a contact with the cult, report to me as soon as possible. If you decide to join the cult, I will make sure to send someone to kill you. That's all. As for where you will be sent, I'll think about it after the reconstruction of the castle."
That's what old man Henry said to his children.
By the way, I know this because I was told to hide and listen to the conversation.
"Why is Julia staying? Don't tell me that father want her to rule this city?" One of the siblings asked in jealousy.
"No. It's because she's an expert level mage. I want her to protect the capital since we are at our weakest while you are all gone."
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Hearing that their own sister is an expert level mage, everyone is surprised. The funniest part is that they all have the same expression as princess Julia when I told her many shocking stories. I can see that they all blood related. If Celestine was there, I bet everyone's attention then would be focused on her.
"Brothers. Sisters. I don't want to kill any of you, so there must be no more betrayal among us. Is that clear?"
Her siblings nodded after princess Julia said that. The hierarchy here has been updated with princess Julia sit at the highest position after the king. I wonder about the queen? I've never seen her. Maybe she has died? Well, that doesn't matter to me. It's their family matter.
Anyway, that was what happened between the royal family. or at least what's left of them.
Next is my clan members. They helped with rebuilding the capital. But only after all of them are not busy with school or other matter.
I told them that they just need to stay in Cassau, but they won't listen. So, I told them that I will only open a portal for them twice, so they need everyone to be free when I open a portal. Then I will return them back home before dinner so Lina can prepare them the meal.
Because of that, Shirley and Angela who have classes in Tatrama's capital can't help us. They just send their regards. Though Albert visited here from time to time to teach old man how he handles the cult in his own kingdom.
As for me, I changed my profession. I who was just an Aura user, changed into Aura User Construction Worker.
"Why did I end up becoming a construction worker!?"
I shouted loudly in old man Henry's office room.
"Why? Well, it's because I told the others that the city needs to be rebuild. They will rebuild the city, but for the castle, I told everyone to not mind it. There are some kind people who wanted to help, but I refused. I keep telling them to ignore the castle until their homes are repaired. And I will have someone fix my castle at the time. That someone is you. You should be honored. Now, don't be noisy. I'm too busy. I also need to pick someone to be the Prime Minister. What a disaster..."
That's how I ended up becoming as construction worker. Though thanks to Celestine's help, the castle was fixed in just three days. Earth mages are the best for building somethings. And it's even better the higher their level is, and how good they are in magic control. Thanks to Celestine, the castle is now sturdier than before. I'm just here for some muscle works.
Not just we're fixing the broken part that Spot destroyed, we also reinforce the whole castle and making new passages for the king. In the end, we had so much fun building new passages that old man told us to stop.
"Enough! The castle has no more need for too many passages!"
"I just made two new ones. The rest were already there so we fixed them up." I replied.
"…just how many passages did my ancestor build? Anyway, aren't you in a hurry? You need to go to Arturo as fast as possible. There's a chance that the whole kingdom has fallen, and each city is filled with powerful mages. We don't know if that Harold is still alive or not." Old man said.
"Not yet. I'm going to teach your daughter some new tricks before I leave. Although portal is useful, there's a chance that I might use it many times just like that night. I don't have as much mana quantities as average mages. That's why I don't know if I could return here as much as possible, and tried to teach her everything before I leave. After that, maybe I can have my student teach her later once I leave. It's not like she has any class since I'm here."
My only student in Cassau, Sara, is one of Albert's agent. And she's one of the two air element mages that I taught. Now, I have three with princess Julia who is totally new in air element despite having it for fifteen years.
She has many questions to ask, but I patiently answered them. Maybe there are a lot of exclamation mark when I replied, but if I said that I was patient, then I'm patient. No one need to think otherwise.
The castle was done, but teaching wasn't done. I brought princess Julia to an empty island to test her new skill.
"Alright, you can try what I taught you. Now, combine fire magic and air magic to make your Fireball bigger."
Then, princess Julia closed her eyes and make a huge Fireball high above her head. Probably fifty meters from the land. And the size of that Fireball is much bigger than anything I've seen. Even Angela's Fireball which I improve with my air magic was not that big. I guess that's the difference between two people cooperating and one person who have those two elements trying the same thing. And add her level, the Fireball is more like a sun. A second sun since it's still bright.
Then, princess Julia dropped that Second Sun into the sea. The sea water evaporated and the sound of explosion resounded. And the same princess Julia's funny expression pasted on her face despite she's the one doing it herself.
"Aaa…. WHAT WAS THAT!? WHAT WAS THAT!" Princess Julia shouted.
"That was your fire magic combined with air magic. If you have improved your air magic, your Fireball might be able to get bigger. And you also need to have proper magic control so your magic won't run wild." I said.
"No wonder they said that I'm an idiot. If it has so much power, even as an advanced level I could fight against expert level mage alone."
"Exactly! Now you know how awesome air magic is, you can learn more and become even stronger. Let's go back to the capital. I'm going to leave to Arturo after introducing you to my air element magic student." I said.
After returned to the capital, I asked Sonia to tell Sara that I will bring her here, and she needs to teach princess Julia about air element. Since she's also an agent, she needs Albert's permission.
Then I introduce her to both princess Julia and old man Henry. Since I will be leaving, Sara will be the one reporting to Albert or me in case something happened again.
After that, I rode on Spot's back together with Victoria and Celestine toward Arturo Kingdom. The capital of that country will be my last stop before I can finally go home.
Chapter 320 - Mysterious Forest
"Here is fine, Spot. Let's stop here."
We were on our flight to Arturo, when I asked Spot to stop and descend right before we entered a dark forest. Although it's still bright, the forest is too dark for average people. Not me though.
"Why are we stopping here?" Victoria asked right in front of the forest.
"I heard from old man that this is one of the most mysterious location in the entire continent. Even though it's sunny, the forest is too dark. Not many people have explored this forest. Although it seems as if cutting through the forest to go from Varadis to Arturo is faster, people would choose to travel through sea route since it's safer that way. If I have to guess, this place is perfect for hiding spot. Maybe while we're on travel, we could find the cult's base or former base in this forest.." I explained.
That's also why I asked Spot to fly this way instead of crossing the sea.
The life of the king might be in danger if he's still alive, but after realizing how close Varadis was to be under their control, I need to be more thorough in cleaning up the problem. Though after this mission is over, I will leave everything to the kings and have a good rest.
"So, how is the forest to you two monsters?" I asked Spot and Victoria who were both monsters.
It was because I heard that this place is where the Dragon Dung Flower originated from. That is why there's no monsters coming in or out of this forest. Unless there's a real dragon dung there.
"The forest is dark, but it's not difficult for me to see." Spot said.
"And there's nothing that prevent us from entering. I think we're fine." Victoria said.
I guess the Dragon Dung story was fake. But there might be some truth in it. because I didn't see any monsters inside the forest, or outside it. At least from within my Divine Vision's range.
"So, are we going in?" Victoria asked.
"No. Let's rest for today. We'll enter the forest tomorrow." I said.
After that, we prepared to camp right outside the forest. I don't think anyone will come here. And if anyone indeed coming, they are suspicious.
The next day, we prepared to enter the forest after breakfast.
"This is supposedly one of the most dangerous location in this continent. Let's be careful. We will ride on Spot's back like before, but he will be smaller and slower. Is that okay, Spot?"
"Sure! This forest seems interesting!" Spot said excitedly.
Well, if he's happy, I don't think he will swallow anyone anytime soon.
Inside the forest… there's nothing other than very tall trees that covers the sun. the leaves are mostly green, but there are trees with purple leaves, pink, and other color. I don't get why this place is labeled as dangerous. Maybe because there's some kind of effect if you breathe in the surrounding air directly. If that's the case, it's good that I protected everyone with my Air Barrier before we enter this forest.
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"Roy, do you see anything?" Celestine asked.
"Nope. Not at all. Do you sense anything?"
"When we reached expert level mages, our senses increased so we can sense magic close to us. That's how we detect people. When we entered this forest, I didn't feel anything. But now, I feel like I'm being surrounded by… everything here. These trees must be dangerous." Celestine said.
If she says so, I guess that's correct. I should be careful and maintain the Air Barrier around us at all time.
"Does that mean you always sense me just from… breathing? Since I mostly breathe thanks to air magic." I asked.
"Not really. But if I concentrate on how people breathe, I might be able to differentiate between you and other people." Celestine replied.
"That remind me of boys in my world. They can differentiate their parents' footsteps just by hearing. That's how much they want to keep their secrets."
Victoria suddenly spoke. She must be feeling nostalgic after hearing something similar. But I thought there's no magic in her world? And what kind of secrets do boys want to keep from their parents?
I will never know. It's because I'm not from that world, and I have no parents. But whatever Victoria said always piqued my interest. But let's just stay curious and never ask her for the truth. I don't think I can handle it.
"Then how about I breathe the magic? You might find out what makes this place dangerous." Victoria asked. But there's one flaw I can see in her plan.
"…you don't even have lungs. How will we know that the trees are dangerous If it doesn't affect you?"
"We won't know if we don't try."
After saying that, Victoria jumped off of my shoulder and landed on the ground, so I asked Spot to stop.
Because I don't know if the air will affect our body even if we don't breathe it in, I put a large Barrier enough to cover Spot's body which is already smaller than his real body. And Victoria is already outside the range of my barrier.
Since it has come to this, we can only watch.
"Hmm… there's nothing wrong with me." Victoria said.
The trees around us have pink leaves. It's dark since the sun is covered by the trees, but I can see the color. If this place is not dangerous, this will be a beautiful scene. Though we still don't know what makes this place dangerous. Maybe the danger label will be lifted if there's really nothing dangerous?
"I guess it doesn't affect me. Then… OH MY GAWD!"
Suddenly, Victoria shouted. What is it? I looked around, but there's nobody around us.
"What is it, Victoria?"
"Roy! What are you doing with Hill! No, don't do that! Actually, do more!"
"WHAT THE HELL!? STOP THAT!"
I punched Victoria as hard as I could to make her returns to her sense. And maybe the trees here have an effect that gives the people who breathe their scent to fall into hallucination. In any case, whatever Victoria is seeing must be stopped. So, I tried to surround Victoria with Oxygen. I don't know if this will work, but I hope if her lung is filled with it (If she has any), she will return back to normal.
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"Huh? What? Where's Hill?"
Victoria looks confused after I used my air magic. I guess it works. But maybe I need to upgrade my ability to cure the condition faster.
"That was hallucination, I guess. Maybe this place is good for me to improve my air magic. Then I can use hallucination gas to my opponents." I said.
"Call it Hallucinogen gas. I like that one better. Anyway, it's a shame that that was just hallucination." Victoria said.
"It's not a shame! You're the shameful one to think of something like that! Anyway, if no one has any problem, I'd like to have Victoria test every tree I can see. At least let's stay in this forest and leave before it's dark. We'll continue to go to Arturo tomorrow." I said.
"Then I'll go back to the Empire. I want to tell Lynn about everything that happened directly. Call me back tomorrow before you leave." Celestine said.
"Sure. Spot, sorry but you don't have anything to do."
"It's fine. What Victoria did look funny anyway." Spot said as he turned small and wrapped himself around my waist.
Then I opened a portal to the Empire and let Celestine go there.
Today, let's have a lot of experiment.
"Victoria, I want to test if the different color of the tree leaves gave you different hallucination. Around here, the color of the leaves is pink. Let's go to the red one nearby next." I said.
"…I shouldn't have volunteered before. Sigh… let's do this quickly."
Then, I run quickly to where the leaves are red. I throw Victoria outside my Air Barrier, and waited for her reaction.
"YOU F***ING SWINE! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?"
After waiting for a while, Victoria shouted in anger. I guess the effect of the trees around here is anger. As for before… it was most likely lust. Though I want it to be wrong.
"Okay, Victoria. That's enough." I said as I grabbed her and return her back to my Barrier.
"Uuu… I don't want to do this…" Victoria said.
Sorry, but there's no way out for you. As long as you don't transform, you won't be any danger whatever hallucination you see. That's why you're the only one I can ask. Though I won't tell her that.
I think Victoria knows that as well. And she thinks that this will improve my air magic as well. So, she agrees to follow through this plan.
"That was interesting. Let's get to the next one." I said.
"Can't you just go back here alone later? I'm too embarrassed to think of what's going to happen to me later." Victoria said.
"No. I want to see everything today first. Of course I will return here later after the mission. But while you're willing to be experimented, I will have you breathe in most of the trees here."
And so, we spend the day experimenting on the effect of each color of the trees until it's dark outside. After it's dark, stopped and take a rest outside of the forest. Though Victoria needed to be hugged the whole night after that because of embarrassment. So cute.
Chapter 321 - Result Of The Experiment, And Arrival At The Capital
"I won't come back here ever again!"
The next morning, Victoria shouted that before I opened a portal to grab Celestine so we can continue our journey to Arturo. Most the hallucination that we tested on her, made her so embarrassed that she needed to be spoiled after all that.
By the way, Spot had a great laugh.
About the hallucination gas, or what Victoria called Hallucinogen gas, there are several colors of leaves that we found. Each color has different effect. And when we found leaves with same color but in different location, they have the same effect.
Here's the summary of the experiment.
Pink Leaves:
"Roy! Hill! Don't do that! Please do that! Don't do that but please let me see if you're doing that!"
That's what Victoria shouted.. I don't want to delve deeper into what she means. But from her reaction, it seems that the pink leaves gave lewd hallucination. And that's also depend on the person since I took a sniff a little, and see what I want to see. Not between boys, but between me and my lovers. It means that what we've seen depend on the person who smelled it.
But I quickly cure myself from the hallucination with my air magic that I improved while I'm here. I have clearer image to cure each condition the leaves give now.
…though there's one thing that bothers me a lot. It's Victoria.
"Roy! If you have completed researching this gas, let me sniff it! It's a good source for my book!" Victoria said.
Her books were quite popular with… same-minded people. And she was quite successful as an author. I keep saying that she can write whatever she wants as long as she doesn't use me as reference of her characters in her story. Though I doubt she follows my rule.
Though we ended up agreed on it since I told her to experiment on my magic once I can produce them later. Let's just hope that I won't get popular for the wrong reason.
Then the experiment continues.
Red leaves:
"You Motherf***ing, F*, F*, F*!"
…there were a lot of F words in her sentences that I have to censor them in my mind. But the one that start with mother, doesn't that just mean a father?
Whatever the case, red means rage. Those who smelled it will feel extreme rage that they will shout curses. And Victoria even transformed into her human form and fought me. But since she's angry, her moves are predictable and I can stop her.
Yellow leaves:
"Don't come near me! Aah! AAAH!" Victoria scream in fear.
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That's right. Yellow is fear. Victoria seems as if she's extremely afraid of something and want to escape from that scary hallucination that scares her.
Green leaves:
"No way! Really!? I won the best-selling author award!? Thank you very much!"
Green leaves gave people who sniff them happy hallucination. Victoria in her human form has a huge smile on her face.
Blue leaves:
"No way… I shouldn't have done that. I'm much more useless than a pebble. It's best if I lock myself in a room and never come out ever again…"
She looked very depressed. So, I thought that blue leaves mean depression. It's scary in a way.
White leaves:
"Aaahh… it's so peaceful. I wish every day is this calm…"
…me too. I want everyday to be calm as well. I guess white leaves give calmness. This is also useful for me as a doctor. And probably when I want to escape from reality. Using this with sleeping gas might make people sleep more easily. Probably they will have good dream as well. I'll try it later once I succeeded in producing this calming gas.
Then the last color of the leaves that I found. It's also the most dangerous one. It was because the location where I found it is filled with corpses. Animals, monsters, and even humans, all of them are just corpses here.
When I ask if Victoria still wanted to continue, she asked if I will stop her no matter what if it's something dangerous. Of course I agree. And then she sniffs on the area under the tree with black leaves.
Black leaves:
"DIE! DIE! KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL!"
Victoria attacked me with the intention to kill. This black leaves is the scariest of all. It makes those who sniff it to attack other people with the intention to kill. And using my curing gas also takes a lot of time, so I need to dodge Victoria's attack for a while.
This time, she's using her technique without anger. She's trying to kill me by using strategy. Unlike that time with red leaves. This just makes it harder to stop her, but I did it in the end since the effect of the hallucination is gone.
In the end, the result of the experiment was amazing.
These gases that were produced by the leaves, able to control people. It's no longer just hallucination.
From Victoria's explanation, she always sees something that is not real, but she thought very real. That's what triggered her emotions.
So, if I can produce these types of gases, I could create chaos anywhere I want. If I could produce the same gas as the black leaves and spread it in the middle of the enemy ranks, they will kill each other as a result. Probably the black leaves are the reason why the forest is dangerous.
I will return here some time in the future to improve my air magic. But for now, I need to focus on the mission.
So, I called back Celestine who was being hugged by her sister so we can continue our journey.
"How was the experiment?" Celestine asked.
"It was enlightening." I said.
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"It was embarrassing." Victoria said.
"That was funny!" Spot said.
Confused that each of us gave different answer, Celestine asked Victoria who refused to answer.
"In summary, the leaves produce different types of gas depend on their color. That's what we learned. Though one color is both amazing and dangerous at the same time." I explained to Celestine the effect of the black colored leaves.
"Isn't that amazing? You can destroy the cult from the inside if you can produce the same gas. What about other color?" Celestine asked.
"I'll explain it later when Victoria isn't with us. She's already helpful with the research, so I can't say something that will embarrass her. Though it's good to keep this as blackmail material." I said as I teased the sulking Victoria.
"Don't do that! If you ever tried to blackmail me, I will hate you for the rest of your life!"
The rest of my life she said. Then after I die, she won't hate me anymore, right?
I guess the reason she can't say that she will hate me for the rest of her life is because that's too long.
"Let's go. We should save the king of Arturo as fast as possible. We have delayed our journey for a while." I said.
"Yeah, right. If you hadn't meet Spot, you wouldn't even get to Varadis at this time. You might have crossed the sea, but you won't reach the capital yet. It's all thanks to Spot we can travel fast." Celestine said.
"Yeah! I'm very fast!" Spot said proudly.
"But we need to be really careful this time. We will stop at every city we passed. If there are any report telling that they've seen us, they will just think that we're wind mages who can fly fast, beastform mages, or summoner or tamer who ride on the back of a flying monster. We'll call ourselves as travelers who want to see the world as our disguise. Is that okay?" I asked Celestine.
"Let's say that we're a couple on our honeymoon to see the world. I think that's more believable than just travelers." Celestine said, to which I agree.
I haven't even married anyone yet, but already went on a honeymoon? Other girls will be jealous.
We continued our journey and stopped at every city we see for a day or two. We continued that way until we reach the capital of Arturo Kingdom.
In every city, there are a lot of people who have explosive devices in their mouth. As expected, this whole kingdom has fallen to their clutch. Though there are some who don't have explosive devices, I don't know if I can trust them or not.
Celestine also see many people she recognizes as her worshippers. Good thing she's wearing flattening underwear. No one will think that she's the same Celestine as the one they worshipped.
"Finally we're here. What do you think, Roy?" Victoria asked me as we can see the capital within our sight.
"…I'm currently doubtful that the king is still alive. Probably they keep him barely alive. Victoria, can you transform into him again?"
Old man Henry, Lynn, and Albert has told me about the king's appearance. And Victoria mimicked how he looks like. The three told me that she's the exact replica of the man, so I know how he looks like.
I can see some areas around the entrance of the capital, but I haven't seen anyone with similar appearance as the one Victoria mimicked. There's also a chance that he's not being held in this place. Maybe he was brought to the base of the cult. Or he has died.
"In each city we enter, we haven't met any expert level mages. But this is the capital, so we need to be careful. If anyone sensed someone suspicious, don't react. Act as if you don't know they are looking at you." I said to everyone, in which they nodded.
Now, let's enter the capital.
Chapter 322 - At The Gate
"Wait! We need to examine you first before you enter!"
As we were about to enter the gate, the gatekeeper stopped us and told us that he needs to examine us. That's weird since when other people entered, none of them were examined. Did he think that we're suspicious? Let's just stop and let him do his job first. Well, if it's his job.
Celestine and I entered the gate side by side. As for Spot, he's pretending to be my belt. And Victoria is my beard.
Nowadays, I no longer have her transformed as a grappling hook under my sleeve anymore. It's because I already capable of running on air. And I no longer wear protective gears like shin guards and arm guards anymore since I can use Blobbies for them. Those materials from the Giant Salamander during the Stampede are no longer useful to me.
.That mean even if the guard is checking my body, there's nothing suspicious. Well, maybe my weird-looking belt is a bit suspicious, but I can blame it on my fashion sense.
"What examination? The others passed the gate without any examination. Why do we need to do it?" I asked.
Now that he's in front of us, I can see clearly that he's aiming for Celestine. Even though she hides her breasts size, she still has a pretty face. Celestine always care about her appearances after all. That's how she looks younger than she is.
"Not you. But her." The guard said without hiding his intention.
"Please don't touch my wife." I said while protecting Celestine behind me from the guard.
"What do you think you're doing? I'm the gate keeper here. You have to obey my order!" The guard shout in anger.
"WHATEVER YOU DO, I CAN SHOUT VERY LOUD! I CAN MAKE SURE THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO US IF YOU DO ANYTHING INDECENT TOWARD MY WIFE!" I shouted loudly. It's about as loud as Jewel's voice.
"Don't shout!" the guard panicked because he never thought that I would scream. This is also so other people can learn how to handle people like him. Those who heard my shout looked at us curiously. With this, those people watching won't fall victim to this guard's crime.
I also see someone who seems to be his higher-up coming down the stairs after hearing my shout.
More people mean I have to be more careful. So far, I haven't found anyone suspicious to be expert level mage. But there's no shame in being wary. Let's escape once things go wrong, or just kill everyone here first then escape.
Just when I think of that, the boss of this shameless gatekeeper who is going down the stair, stopped for a bit. And his face has a frightened expression. But he calmed down, and continued going down the stairs to meet us who cause trouble.
"What's going on here?" The boss asked.
Though I noticed that his expression when he saw me and Celestine turned slightly, but his expression returned to normal quickly.
…I know this guy.
Not from my previous life since I don't remember anyone else from that time, but from this life. Old man Henry and Albert told me about this guy. That's right. He's a royalty of this kingdom.
I need to find a way to talk to him in private. But why did he react when he was so close before? I don't think he's an expert level mage. If he is, he would react long before I entered the gate.
He's disguising himself as a guard. I wonder why? We also need to be wary of him.
"Sir! Listen to this! This this gatekeeper is trying to molest my wife!" I said to the man in disguise.
"No, sir! I'm just doing my job! She's actually suspicious! That's why I stopped them!" the gatekeeper tried to make some excuses.
The disguised royalty stopped to think for a moment about the situation, but I won't let go of this chance. I summoned Sonia and she appear in front of me while being invisible.
'Sonia, tell that guy to bring us to chat privately.' I said in whisper that only Sonia can hear.
'Did you find something?' Sonia asked.
'Probably.'
After that, the disguised royalty suddenly changed expression again after Sonia whisper something to him. He looked at me to which I nodded.
"You two, come with me to my office. And you, don't use your privilege as the gatekeeper to stop every woman and molest them. If I found you doing the same thing again, I will make sure you get punished harshly."
After that, we followed the guy upstairs and enter an office room. Knowing that we're alone, I put Air Barrier to block our voices.
"…so, do you need something?" He asked me while still being wary.
That's also what I will do when someone extremely suspicious asked me to talk with him in private. In any case, even I need to make sure that he won't be a problem. And if he tries to do anything, I will restrain him.
Again, just as I thought of restraining him, he started to prepare to cast a magic silently. Don't tell me that he can read my mind? That's impossible. If he can, he won't be surprised when I asked Sonia to relay a message to him.
Since his magic might be dangerous, I was about to restrain him without question, but he quickly raised his hand and aimed his magic toward me. Celestine about to cast a magic, but I'm faster. I quickly get behind him, and with a Blobbyknife on his neck, I asked him to stop attacking us.
"That's enough of you. As long as you don't do anything that will harm us, I won't attack you." I said.
"…how can I trust you?" He asked.
"I don't know. But it's you who needed someone you can trust. That's why when the ghost told you to talk with us in private, you agreed." I said.
"…fine. What do you want?" He asked.
I put down my Blobbyknife, and take off my disguise. Which is just a fake beard.
"First… what did you do? I don't think you can read my mind, so… you can see the future?" I asked.
"How did you know!?"
Oops. He admitted.
"From your reaction. Don't worry, I won't kill you." I said.
"…but you killed me many times already. Each time happened just because you're wary of me. I can only see one second to the future. But you're several second ahead of me." He replied.
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"I'm just fast. Now, I need your help, Crown Prince." I said.
"How did you know!?"
Not just him, but everyone here other than me and Spot who doesn't care were shocked. Including the ghost and my fake beard.
"He's the Crown Prince!?"
"No way!"
"I guess if it's him, he can notice this guy is a Crown Prince. Though I'm more surprised that he remembers the Crown Prince's appearances."
The last one who said that was Victoria. Of course I remember. I tried hard.
"Sonia, go tell Albert that I need him now." I asked Sonia to tell Albert.
"Sonia? Your wife is called?" the Crown Prince asked.
"Not her. It's the ghost. She's invisible at the moment."
He shudders after I said that.
Although I remember his face, I forgot his name. The only thing that I remember most about his appearance is his red hair. He's wearing a blond wig at the moment, but I can see his real hair color under the wig.
"So, you can really see the future, huh?" I asked.
"That's right. Anyway, who are you?"
I told him the truth about who I am and why I'm here. From his reaction after seeing the future, I know that he's no match to me. That's why I told him.
"My real name is Roy. But I'm disguising myself so don't use my real name. We're here to see if the real king, your father, is still alive or not. King Albert of Tatrama, King Henry of Varadis, and even Empress Lynn of Consenza, know that the current king is a fake. What do you think, Crown Prince?" I asked.
Hearing what I said, the Crown Prince slumped on his chair and sighed in relief.
"Finally! I'm not the only one who noticed!" He said with tears in his eyes.
He probably found out about it from seeing the future.
"We'll talk more about that later after we get one more guest. Or maybe more. Depend on the guest. Do you know any expert level mage in this city? We need to be wary and probably get to somewhere far from them." I asked.
"No, around this gate, I don't think there are any expert level mages here. I'm the strongest here, and I'm just advanced level. Though I don't think any of the expert level mage I find in this city is stronger than you." Crown Prince said.
"You know that just in one second?"
"Whenever I really want to do something, the future changed according to what I'm doing. For example, when I was afraid of you, I did my habit of testing you. In that one second, I would try to cast my fastest magic, Wind Slash at you. Then I can see the future of what happened after that magic even when I didn't use it in the end. It's very useful, but I don't know why I get this power."
"That is very useful, and I might know how you got that power. Hmm? Seems like we can continue now."
Sonia returns and just nod telling me that Albert is free now.
I check around the surrounding again to see if anyone is an expert level mage, when I open a portal to let Albert come.
Chapter 323 - Taking The Crown Prince For A Chat
"K-King Albert! How did you suddenly appear here!?"
As soon as I opened a portal, just like everyone else who saw it for the first time, the Crown Prince of Arturo reacted the same way as the others.
"This voice… you're really Crown Prince Fabio? If not for Roy, I won't believe that it's you. Your disguise is quite good." Albert said as he enters the room. I guess that means I don't need to maintain the portal anymore, so I closed it. I thought Albert would just talk through the portal, and not coming here.
Well, as long as I don't use portal too many times, I can allow it.
"Yeah, but one man found out about me." Prince Fabio said as he looked at me.
"He's not normal.." Albert said.
Like usual, the reason why I brought him here is to see if this guy can be trusted or not. Meeting the real Crown Prince just as soon as we entered the gate is already a huge achievement.
"By the way, you're really Fabio, right? Not a fake?"
Albert asked with the intention to see if Fabio is the real Crown Prince.
"I am. I'm hiding myself by pretending to be a guard. Though by some chances, I get promoted and become the captain. Now, I'm responsible for examining those who want to enter or leave the capital." Prince Fabio said.
"And you're not doing a good job at all. the gatekeeper even tried to molest Celestine even when I said she's my wife." I said.
"…sorry." The Crown Prince apologized, then he continued, "So, how did you ended up here? You just appear out of nowhere." He asked Albert this time.
"That doesn't matter at the moment. We're in a hurry or your kingdom will fall to the cult." Albert said.
"…how much do you know?" Prince Fabio asked.
"The Harold that we met a few months ago, was a fake. He's not the real Harold. That's why we suspected that Arturo has fallen."
"…and?"
"Even Varadis was almost fallen as well. The one old man Henry about to appoint as his successor was member of the cult. If not for Roy going there before coming here, we will never know. Now, it's your turn. Tell us everything that you know."
"Not here, not now. I can't even trust my own siblings. Let's talk more later tonight. It might take a while, but luckily, tomorrow I'm free. We can chat as long as we want." Prince Fabio said.
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I guess he doesn't even trust this office. Even if I told him that no voice can leak, he also can't trust something he never sees.
"Alright. Later tonight. As for the location, we will arrange it. Roy, bring me back." Albert said.
Then, I opened a portal again back to his palace. It's dark over there. Must be that time difference.
"Just what is that? Magic tool?" Prince Fabio asked.
"We'll tell you later. For now, you can continue with your job. I'll meet you later." I said.
We were about to leave, but he stopped us.
"Wait! I want to ask you a favor." Prince Fabio said.
"What is it?"
"My sister. Although I don't know if I can trust my other siblings, my youngest sister is just seven. I want you to take her away from this kingdom. Take her to somewhere safe." Prince Fabio begged.
"That's easy. Just stay with her tonight. I'll find you two later."
Albert said the we will arrange the location. I can guess that it's probably in Albert's palace. That mean prince Fabio's sister will be safe in Tatrama. Or even better, in my own house.
After that, we leave that place. We ignored the guard who tried to molest Celestine, and find an inn. That guard tried to follow us to see where we're staying, but we managed to escape his sight.
I look around to see any inn located close to the castle so I can see clearly the situation in the castle. If the fake king is still acting, he needs to learn all that the real king knows. That mean he must be imprisoned somewhere nearby.
The inn we choose was quite expensive, but that's no problem to the rich me. We asked for a big room for both of us. The receptionist said that the security in this inn is the best, but I doubt it if the cult is already here.
So far, no one thinks that we are suspicious. But we also haven't met any expert level mage. From What Fabio said, there were some that he suspected to be expert level mage. He saw them killing him in one second. Or maybe he only noticed their killing intent in that one second? We can talk later tonight about his ability.
The room we're staying is facing away from the castle, but that's no problem to me. Since this place has its own bathroom, we can finally take a bath after a few days. And I said to myself that I need to focus on the castle, not the bathroom many times…
Though the castle is still too far from my sight. I can only barely see the entrance. I need to get closer, but that will be suspicious. I should just have Spot camouflage me so I turn invisible, but the danger of expert level mages was still there. I guess I should do it tomorrow.
For today, we need to act like a loving couple and go on a gourmet tour around the capital. I doubt they will erase local delicacies just because they take control of the kingdom. Right?
So far, I haven't found anywhere where the real king is located. So, we returned back to the inn, put some Blobbies in our room as disguise in case an expert level mage is nearby, and look where Crown Prince Fabio is at.
He's at a small house near the gate, with his sister. Only two of them living together.
The place is also safe since I don't see anyone suspicious. In fact, we're the most suspicious group here.
I knocked on the door, and entered the house after he let us in.
"She's your sister?" I asked as I looked at the little girl who is only one year younger than Daniel. She's holding prince Fabio's hand and had no intention of letting go.
"Yes. Her name is Luna. And… she's just like me. She can see the future. But her power seems to be much stronger as she can see few second ahead of me. We never told anyone about our power other than to our father." Prince Fabio said.
"I don't want to leave Fabio!"
"Don't worry, Luna. You are safe with him. Isn't that right?" Prince Fabio asked me.
"That's right. And there are many other kids you can play with." I said.
"Umm… where will you take her to?" The prince asked.
"My home. Don't worry, it's the safest place I can think of. Even Albert's children stay there. She can get along with them. Though they are just three years old." I replied.
"If King Albert can trust you with his children, then I can do the same. Are we going there?"
"Yes. Let's go now. Celestine will stay here just in case." I said as I opened a portal.
When I told Sonia that we will bring Prince Fabio's sister, Albert told me to have a discussion at my place. This is also the first time I will return home. But I need to focus on the mission first.
I had told Sonia to tell the other back home that I will return temporarily. I will of course return back here to Arturo since I haven't found the king yet.
We entered the portal, and greeted by Shirley who hurried here together with Angela. If they just return back to the palace, I could bring them along with Albert.
"Fabio, it's been a while. Luna too." Shirley greeted Prince Fabio and Luna.
"Shirley!" Luna let go of Prince Fabio's hand, and run toward Shirley and hugged her. I guess they know each other. They are both royalties after all.
"Even Shirley is here. Seems like King Albert trust you with his life." Prince Fabio commented.
"Wait for a while. Have you had dinner? You can also have a second or even third dinner here. Seems like my maid prepared quite a feast."
I let Shirley introduce everyone. Then, I closed the portal, and opened three new ones. Each portal connected to each leader of a country.
"King Albert! Empress Lynn! Even King Henry!" Prince Fabio was shocked to see that not only I brought Albert over, but also the other king and empress. Even Marie and Claudia joined us. and through the portal to Varadis, I can see Princess Julia waving at us.
"No need to be so formal. Just call me old man like usual." Old man Henry said.
"In this continent, this is probably the safest location from the cult. There are two former cult members live here, but they have betrayed the cult and joined our cause, so they are not a problem." Albert said.
"Before I tell you anything, I have many things to ask." Crown Prince Fabio said.
The we decided to tell him what we know first before he explains to us what happened to the kingdom.
Chapter 324 - Crown Prince's Fabio's Story
"Then, I want to ask you one important question first. Are you with the cult or not?"
Albert directly asked Prince Fabio something that will decide if he can be trusted or not.
"Obviously no. I knew that the cult was bad before my father disappear. And I only noticed that the disappearance of my father was related to the cult few months after he was substituted." Prince Fabio said.
"I see. You can be trusted. Now, what do you want to ask?" Albert asked.
"There are many things I want to ask, but I'll make it simple. How can I trust you lot?" Prince Fabio asked..
"I let that guy answer that question." Albert said as he pointed his index finger toward me.
"Why me? If you answered him, it will be more believable."
"You're the proof." Albert said.
I'm the proof? Hmm… oh, I see. He wants me to tell Prince Fabio about his own lie detection skill. That's why I'm the proof since his ability was inherited from his ancestor who was an Aura user. And that's probably the case as well since not just the prince Fabio, but his sister Luna can see the future. And I'm the one who's supposed to tell him that.
"Alright. Prince Fabio, it was quite surprising both you and your sister can see the future. I know why. That's the same reason as to how Albert have the ability to detect lies." I said simply.
"He can detect lies?!"
"That's right. That's why he asked if you are with the cult or not. Since he didn't detect any lie when you replied, you can be trusted. It's that simple." I said.
"Does that mean each royalty from each kingdom has ability?" Prince Fabio asked.
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"Not that I know of. At least Lynn and old man Henry don't have it. The reason you have ability is because you inherited it from your ancestor who was an Aura user. That's the most likely answer since only Aura users or their descendants have abilities other than magic. And I am probably the only Aura user left in the world."
Then, I started explaining to Prince Fabio about what Aura user is. As for Luna whom he brought here with, Daniel is chatting with her and asked her to play with him.
…what about me? Doesn't he miss me at all? I feel sad thinking that he doesn't think much of me anymore. As expected, taking too much mission away from home is terrible for my relationship with Daniel. As for the others, they are fine since I can ask them for help. But Daniel is too young to bring over. Does he hate me now?
I finished explaining about Aura to Prince Fabio, but he still doesn't get why he can trust us.
"I get how you can trust me. It's all thanks to King Albert's ability. But how do I trust you? I lost my father without knowing how and why."
"Because our goal is to destroy the cult. I came from the future, and in the future, the world is destroyed by the cult. This time, we won't let that happen."
This time, I told him about the future. He might be able to see one second to the future, but I'm someone from the future. The real future and not one that he sees every day.
With the help of the kings to convince him, he finally believed us and explains what happened.
…well, Prince Fabio didn't believe it for a while, so I asked Albert, old man, and Lynn to convince him. We also told him many things so he can trust us. I think it's faster if we just blackmail him, but we wanted him to join us without being threatened. But finally, he believed us.
Then, he started telling us what he knows about the kingdom.
"Luna has told me long time ago that she can see the future just like me. She also said that the only other person who knows about her secret is our father. Father also know that I can see the future although it's a weaker version that Luna's. We never really noticed it when he got substituted, but one day, when we were all having family dinner together, which is quite rare, Luna suddenly turned stiff even though the dishes were her favorites. She looked at our father fearfully, and then looked at the whole family. Lastly, she looked at me with tears in her eyes. I thought that she must have seen a terrible future, but a minute has passed a long time since then. Luna's power let her sees the future one minute ahead. That's why I noticed she's thinking of something suspicious. After dinner, I brought her back to her room so we can have a chat in private. When no one's around, I asked her what's wrong. And she said that the person we're eating with is not our father. In her future vision, she can see that person who disguised himself as our father was shocked after he heard of what Luna was about to say."
"…and what was she about to say?" Albert asked.
"She wanted to ask about what happened with her previous vision. Father said that her vision helped him a lot and that's also the reason why all the dishes that night were her favorites."
According to Prince Fabio, Luna saw the king with a scary expression and with the intent to kill. In that one minute, Luna saw every single members of her family were killed by the fake king after some strangers entered. Just because the fake king doesn't know that Luna has future vision and answered wrongly. That's why Luna was scared stiff.
Then, Prince Fabio also asked for a private time with the king. In which he realized that the fake king doesn't know about Prince Fabio's and Luna's future vision. So, he thought of a plan.
He asked one of his brothers from different mother, to help him arrange something. The king has many wives and this brother of him is someone he can trust the most.
He asked to arrange for his own and Luna's death. This brother is someone he can trust, so Prince Fabio doesn't mind telling him the truth. After hearing his plan, Prince Fabio's brother agreed to do it, while risking his own life to stay in the castle and spies on the fake king.
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Though Prince Fabio and his brother never really had a chance to meet again after that. But that mean I have someone to contact in the castle. I just need to be careful of anyone who can detect my presence.
"So, both you and Luna pretend to be dead? Then you decided to join the guards? Am I right?" Old man asked.
"That's right. And this fake king… he didn't do anything that change the capital or the kingdom at all. in fact, he rules and acts as if he's our real father. The biggest difference is that there are more people entering the capital. I know that because that's my job. Each time someone new entered the capital, I would test them with my future vision. I would see what they will do in the next one second. That's also how I know that there are several people who entered the capital who can kill me in an instant. As I'm proud of my strength as an advanced level mage, those people are more powerful than me. That's why I thought they must be at least expert level mage." Prince Fabio explained.
"…as expected, Entering the castle will be difficult. But if I can find your brother, things will be easier. Then, what about the fake king's reaction after you and Luna died?" I asked.
"…what we expected of father if he's the one who heard the news. He asked the other children to compete for the throne. After that, I heard that our siblings got split up. As for the one I asked for the favor of helping us escape, he's still in the castle as he has no interest in the throne." Prince Fabio said.
"…if he reacts the same way as your father did, then…"
"Probably my father is still alive. He's imprisoned somewhere in the castle. Since he never told the fake king that Luna and I can see the future, he must have known that my death is a fake. And that battle for the throne was something that he came up with."
"At least we have good news. Then my plan is to sneak into the castle, meet your brother, and find the location of your father. Do you have anyone else in the family that you can trust?" I asked.
"Why ask?"
"If you have someone you can trust, you can tell them the truth. And that person might be able to help you. Since the fake king told his children to fight for the throne, I don't think all of them are in the capital. Isn't that right? If you tell them that the king is an impersonator, they will stop fighting." I said.
"You're right. I also think that if I could ask them to protect Luna, I can do more things alone while in the capital. But I don't know who to trust. But there's someone who I believe his personality will never change. Unless he got substituted like my father. He loves fighting more than being a king. If it's him, you can probably bait him with a good fight." Prince Fabio said.
"Then we will ask for his help just in case. Now, do we need to make you dead again this time?" I asked.
"No need."
"Don't tell me that you want to return as a guard and stay in the capital?"
"No. Let's turn me into a criminal who escaped from the capital. That will create some trouble that will make you able to infiltrate the castle easier." Prince Fabio said.
Hearing that, I smiled. So, I just need to cause some trouble and have him blamed for it.
"That's what I do best."
Chapter 325 - Finalized The Plan
"Then where will you stay? Are you going to stay here?" I asked.
"No. Can you take me to where one of my brothers is at? The one who loves battle the most. I'll convince him to join our side." Prince Fabio said.
"If it's him, don't you think that he will join the cult instead? Since the cult is going to fight everyone?" I asked again.
"…I'll try my best to convince him." Prince Fabio said without any confidence.
If the guy is a battle-crazed mage like Angela, then I have many ways to convince him. As long as I offer him a good fight, he should join us.
.We continued discussing our plan to save King Harold. And we prepared a plan.
First, I will return to Arturo with Prince Fabio who will return as a guard. Then, I will leave the capital and look for Prince Fabio's battle-crazed brother. I will use portal to make Prince Fabio to go there while bringing Albert as well as a lie detector. We will convince him while making sure that he can be trusted. I hope at least he doesn't have explosive device in his mouth.
After that, I will return back to the capital again with Prince Fabio. I will go find his other brother who helped Prince Fabio and his sister escape from the castle. But the castle might be heavily guarded, and I can't just open a portal there. That mean I need to go in alone and ask him everything while telling him that he can trust me. I hope he also doesn't have explosive device in his mouth.
And since he's working in the castle, he might have some guesses where the real king is located. I will also look where he is, but I will still ask him just in case. I can't bring Albert with me since I can't use portal, so I need a way to trust him.
After meeting him, I will report to Prince Fabio, get him escape the capital, disguise myself as him, do a big crime that will brand him as a criminal, and escape. Making people think that the guard Fabio is disguised as, escaping from the capital with his sister.
During that Chaos, the security in the castle should be lowered. I will return back to the castle, and save the real king. Maybe find someone who looks similar to the king, kill him, and swap the king's body with the dead body. The cult will think that King Harold is dead. That way, they won't think that we have saved the real king.
"By the way, Prince Fabio, is there anyone you know with similar appearance with the king to swap his body with?" I asked.
"The gatekeeper who tried to molest your wife before. If you change his hair color, and make some slight alteration, he will look similar. He can die for all I care. He lets thieves group come in and those thieves would pay him. And stop calling me Prince Fabio. I'm disguising myself, you know?" Prince Fabio said.
"What's your disguised name then?"
"…Albertus."
Albert then stand up and make a victory pose.
"My biggest fan. I'll give you my autograph later." Albert said proudly. Annoying. Why can't he call himself Roy or something?
"I called myself with that name so in case I did something wrong, the one who will be blamed is the person called Albert or something similar."
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This time, I'm the one standing up.
"Haha! He hates you!" I pointed at Albert as he slumped on the chair.
"By the way, Celestine wasn't his wife. They are just disguise to get in the capital." It was Shirley who explained my relationship with Celestine.
"What? I thought they were married for real!"
"Roy is a good actor." Shirley said.
I don't think I have acted all lovey-dovey with Celestine though? What makes him think that we're married for real?
Well, that doesn't matter.
"So, once I located the king, I will kill that gatekeeper, get you transported you to your brother's location, create chaos in the capital under your name, save the king and swap his body." I said.
"Okay. Shall we go now?" Prince… no. Let's just call him Fabio. Fabio asked if we should leave now.
"Not yet. But the others will go home though."
I opened three portals for Albert, Lynn, and Old man to return.
They entered the portal, but before I closed it, Albert said something to me.
"By the way, the battle to decide who is going to be each college's representatives for the battle tournament has begun in most colleges. Even the one in Cassau." Albert said.
"Really? Kayla, how's the result?" I asked Kayla who listened to our discussion the whole time. The others are here as well, but Kayla is the only one who participate in making a plan to save the king.
"It's positive so far." Kayla said.
I guess that means all of us are doing well.
But now since the candidates is being selected, and I'm not participating, that mean I won't enter the tournament. Which is a great news.
"I'll listen to it after I finish my mission." I said.
"Oh, By the way, Tatrama will send youngster to fight, huh? For me, the only one candidate who will one hundred percent participating is just my daughter, Julia. Prepare yourself."
Old man then returned to do his work. And at the other side, Princess Julia is waving her hand.
There's only one candidate announced, but she's an expert level mage. I guess that's normal if he wants his country to be the victor.
"Hmm? What tournament did you talk about?" Fabio asked.
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"You don't know? Is it being kept as secret by the fake king or it hasn't been announced yet? Well, the tournament is…"
I explained what tournament we are talking about. But as I explained, I realize the possibility of why the fake king didn't announce the tournament.
…he's trying to send participants, who are all cult members that he can trust. That's why he doesn't bother to tell anyone else. Probably all of them will be expert level mages. And when they kill someone in the tournament, they will just say that it was an accident or something.
The tournament turned dangerous just by Arturo Kingdom participating. But I will trust Kayla and the others who will represent Tatrama in the tournament.
"That's the first time I heard of this. Just like you said, the fake king will probably send all expert level mages to participate so he can claim victory. And the cult might be using the chance when everyone is focused on the tournament to do big things." Fabio said.
"Don't worry. In the first place, I already know the danger of this tournament when we planned it. But if that brother of yours know about this tournament, he will probably try to participate in it no matter what the cost. Am I right?" I asked.
If he's really like Fabio said, he will join the tournament. But since Fabio doesn't know about the tournament, there's a chance that his brother doesn't know either.
"…we have to go there quickly to convince him before he received the information. He loves fighting too much." Fabio said.
"A moment please. I need to do some training. Veronica, please."
I asked Veronica to be my training partner.
"What should I do?" Veronica asked.
"Game of tag. I will find you and try to touch you. You will try sensing my location at all time. I should have done this from the start so I can improve my sneaking ability." I said.
After that, Veronica leaves. I know where she is, so I just need to get to her and touch her. But that's the most difficult part since once she notices that I'm approaching, she will escape. I need to bypass expert level mages detection ability.
"Umm… is it necessary to play now?" Fabio asked.
"Veronica is the same as Celestine who stayed behind. They both are expert level mages with ability to detect people approaching. All expert level mages can do that. At least those I have met. This will be a good practice to sneak into the castle. As for you, play with your sister and get to know everyone here. They will be the people you can trust from now on." I said as I leave to go after Veronica.
It was not easy learning to hide myself from expert level mage. Even with Spot's camouflage, we were still detected. But once I covered myself with Aura, Veronica had a harder time detecting my presences. But I can't bring Spot with me since he's too strong. As for Victoria, since she's just a slime, she was hard to detect in the first place.
Which mean I have to learn to control my Aura.
After playing tag for two hours, Veronica had a harder time detecting my presence but I still couldn't touch her. Even the closest one I've ever been is five meters from her. At least that's something.
That mean as long as I'm at least five meters away from other expert level mages, they won't sense me. I think this is enough to infiltrate the castle, but let's continue while training just in case. I'll practice with Celestine there.
"Alright, Fabio, let's go."
We returned back to Arturo with plans. Luna waves her hands at her brother who is leaving. She will stay in Cassau with her new friends.
…Daniel, why aren't you waving your hands? I'm so sad.
Chapter 326 - Another Expert Level Mage
"So, we're leaving?"
"Yes. But we will return. Will you stay here or you want to come with me?"
As soon as we return back to Arturo, we explained everything to Celestine who was standing by at Fabio's house. Then we discussed our next action there before returning to the inn.
"Hmm… I think it's best if I stay here so you can open a portal back here easily. You can be rest easy knowing that I'm here to detect if anyone nearby is expert level mage. Are you leaving right now?" Celestine asked.
"Yeah. It's best if I leave now. You can make up some excuse why you're alone in case someone asked." I said..
"I see. I hope you will return with good news. What about Crown Prince then?" Celestine asked.
"I will stay here acting as a guard like usual. Until it's time for us to commence our plan. And just call me Fabio or my fake name, Albertus." Fabio said.
After discussing what each of us are going to do, we were about to leave when something unexpected happened.
"…this feeling. The mana in the surrounding is being affected greatly. Someone about to breakthrough!" I said.
It was late in the night when we feel someone is breaking through to the next level. But this feeling is much stronger than what I previously feel when the girls' level increased.
"It's when someone about to enter expert level!"
Celestine as someone who has experienced it know what happened. It's when someone in advanced level about to enter expert level.
This mean there will be another expert level mage in this kingdom. Is this person an ally or not? I guess I need to delay our plan for a bit.
"Let's find out who it is quickly! Spot, camouflage and take us to the source of this." I asked Spot.
"Roget that."
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Spot then quickly transformed into a serpent big enough for the three of us to ride on.
"Why are we going there?" Fabio asked.
"We need to know if this person is related to the cult or not. If not, we have to protect this mage. And since it's near the capital, it might be someone that you know. We will delay our plan slightly and meet this mage. If possible, we will bring this mage to join us. And there's a chance that expert level mages in the capital is going there to see as well. Celestine and I will take care of those mages approaching, while you go protect that mage closely." I said.
I hope this mage who is about to breakthrough is not a member of the cult.
There's also a chance that this person is not alone. This person might have someone who will protect him or her. That bodyguard also might think that we are enemies. We have to be careful.
Riding on Spot's back, we quickly leave the capital toward where we sense the magic affected the most. A few second after we leave, I can see other people flying toward the same direction as us. they must have been curious about the person behind this as well.
Some of them have explosive device in their mouth. And some flying cult members were carrying someone else and fly slower. The person they are carrying could be expert level mage.
But Spot fly faster than them and our distance grew. I can no longer see them, but I know they are going to the same direction. I told what I see to Celestine and Fabio to get them prepared.
"That cave. The person is inside that cave. And there are nobody guarding that cave. That person is… a woman. Probably in her late 40s, but she's getting younger thanks to breaking through. As expected, raising magic level will make us younger. But the effect can only be seen once you're breaking through expert level." I told the other what happened.
"Late 40s? Since you said she's getting younger, she's probably much older than that, right?" Fabio asked.
"Probably. The good thing is that there's no one protecting her. That mean we don't need to explain anything to anyone until she finished breaking through. And I don't see any explosive device in her mouth. But we still need to be careful." I said.
Though I doubt that there's a cult member who is breaking through alone. I asked Celestine, and she said that she was being protected heavily even though the people around her are her worshippers. I hope this one is not related to the cult.
"Alright. Fabio, you guard the entrance of the cave. Once she finished breaking through, explain everything and try to persuade her. You're the Crown Prince so you should be able to do it. Celestine, build some wall to cover this place. Then you will protect this cave from the outside of the wall. Spot and I will fight those who approach. Let's hope that there are no expert level earth mages here. Spot, you can kill everyone you see other than us. Even if they are not with the cult, we can put the blame on dangerous monster roaming here."
I gave the order to the others. Then, we jumped from Spot's back, and Celestine build a wall around the cave. Fabio is inside the wall, but with my air magic, he and the mage inside won't have any problem breathing.
Spot and I split up to fight anyone approaching while Celestine will stand guard in front of the wall.
"Spot! No need to hold back!" I shouted.
"Nice!"
Spot then instantly used his breath attack to destroy the landscape. Many of the people approaching us died. Most of them are cult members.
"…maybe hold back a little. Just don't destroy the capital by mistake." I said.
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If he really went all out, the whole capital will be destroyed and all our plan will be useless.
Not just that the cult will be even more wary than before. We also stopped them from taking control of Varadis, so they should have been alert to us and trying to find our identities.
Thanks to Spot's attack, most people decided to retreat. I choose to fight those who are coming from elsewhere. Spot can take care of those people.
…now that I think about it, isn't it a good time to infiltrate the castle? Well, I doubt that all expert level mages in hiding are going here. But after this event end, the security in the castle should be increased.
Should I have another expert level mage join us, or should I save the king whose status is unknown?
Whatever. We're already here, so let's persuade her. But after we take care of these pests.
If this many people fight together, they should be able to defeat Spot. But these people don't seem to know each other, so teamwork is impossible.
Oh? There are two mages fighting Spot. They seem to be expert level mages. I'll help him later.
Those two let other mages pass to approach the cave. I need to take care of them first before helping Spot.
They are all members of the cult. And this is an open space. It will be difficult for me to defeat them all. But good thing there are only five of them. Not more. Let's snipe them from afar.
To surprise them, I shot the one behind first. The rest stopped, then I shot the two in front to death. Leaving only two left.
Those two created Wind Barrier to block the bullets and stopped. Trying to find my location.
While they are stopping, I aimed somewhere else where some people are still trying to approach the cave and kill them. And soon, other than those two and the other two who are fighting Spot, everyone else is either dead or retreated.
I approached the two mages and kill them with Reizpear, and about to help Spot when I notice that Spot, although he's wounded badly, he's winning.
I will contact Sonia to tell Kayla to heal him later. I don't need to help Spot here. So, I returned back to Celestine who seems to have killed several people on her own, and told her that everything is over. Then, I see that the two expert level mages are dead after Spot attacked them with another breath attack. He will return as well soon.
"Seems like she has broken through. Fabio is talking with her. Let's go in." I said to Celestine who destroyed the wall she built.
Hmm? They seem to be friendly. Do they know each other? What is Fabio's relationship with that woman? They both happily hugged each other and cried.
We both have entered the cave, and with the torch illuminated the cave, Celestine also can see that the two here are hugging.
Then, Fabio released the hug first, and turned at us.
"Guys, I want to introduce you to my mother, the queen, Carmen." Fabio introduced us to the expert level mage.
"…excuse me?"