
“But, I still want to try it.”
Alex is determined to try it to hide his embarrassment.
"Okay, all right."
Looking at her eyes, Alicia could not resist it and she thought to herself. ‘Hmph-deep. I've explained how hard it is for you. Don't come back to me crying when you fail.'
Alex closed his eyes for a moment and he tried to focus his mind. He started chanting incantations in his mind while imagining the previous scene where magic was formed with his new chant.
A thumb-sized fireball formed in his hand but soon spread.
Fatigue immediately surfaced in his mind as he gasped for breath.
"It's hard and exhausting." Alex sighed, but he was determined to master this technique as quickly as possible.
'The monster! This was the only thought that came to Alicia's mind. Mia blinked her eyes a few times, not believing such a thing could happen. This monster actually almost succeeded on its first try.
Alex tilted his head and looked at the two sisters in confusion. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You.. Do you know what you're doing? Argha! How do I explain it to her.." Alicia walked up to him and grabbed his shoulder, she looked extremely frustrated.
"I failed." Alex doesn't know what he's thinking. The only thing he knew was the fact that he had failed this time.
“You.... Ah! I want to punch this guy.” Mia is the same. He has the self-esteem of being the most talented among the family. However, everything changed when he came here. All the pride he had stored in his heart was shattered.
People called him a genius, but if he were to compare himself to him, he might just be mediocre.
"Allicia! You can do the rest." He pouted and went inside.
"Why is he behaving like that?" Alex was confused by the sudden action.
“My sister is known as a genius in this Kingdom.” Alicia rolled her eyes.
"Have you?" Alex furrowed his brows, wondering why he said it in past form.
"Yes. Because you just replaced him." Alicia shrugged her shoulders.
Alex's body trembles as she begins to sweat, wondering if this is a good or bad thing. Then I'll go back to training.
To avoid that embarrassment and thought, he decided to continue his training until the Grand Duke called him.
Alex and Alicia walked side by side towards the meeting room.
'Tok Tok Tok!'
"Lake in."
Alex and Alicia open the door and walk into the room, only to find the grand duke along with another middle-aged man whose face resembled that of a grand duke.
Suddenly, Alicia jumped towards him and dropped him to the ground. "Uncle!"
With just that one word, Alex managed to deduce the identity of the man. He must be the king of this country.
“Hoho, Alicia my dear. How are you?” The king smiled gently.
"I'm fine. Just a little disappointed." Alicia looked down with a sad face.
Alicia pointed her finger at Alex with a frown.
The king looked at Alex while furrowing his brows before getting a nod from Raymond.
He rose up from the ground and cleared his throat. "So you are Alexander Sirius? Let me introduce myself, I am Carollus Zelle Van Acacia. The king of this kingdom is currently."
Alex was silent for a moment, he wasn't sure what he should do. In the past, people close to the king often called him a rude brat or something, so he thought he needed to kneel here.
The king noticed his actions and stopped him. "You don't have to kneel. It's just a private meeting, so you can relax. No need for such formalities. Just as you call Raymond Uncle, you can. No, you should call me that too."
Alex glanced left and right only to find the grand duke nodding his head. He finally resigned himself to his fate and called out in a soft voice. "Uncle…"
"Good!" The king laughed and Alicia decided to tell her father about what had just happened.
Father.Would you if Sister Mia's self-esteem had just been destroyed by her?
“Kok can? What happened?”
"How do I say this... Alex could control the flow of mana on his first try. Then he succeeded in his first spell, also on the first try. He then made a new spell and he managed to use it as well. Not only was the spell alone." it was shorter, but its power output was greater than ordinary fireball spells..."
Raymond opened his eyes wide while looking at his own daughter in disbelief. "Please tell me it's not true? You're kidding, right?"
"i'm serious. You can ask Mia and she will give you the same answer, even though she will hate you too if you ask her now."
Raymond dumbfounded. He looked at Alex with mixed feelings before grabbing his shoulder and watching him in reverse. Even Carollus was confused by such an action.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"I just checked it to see if this boy was a human-shaped monster or not."
"What are you saying, Raymond? Don't be rude!"
Raymond repeated what Alicia had just said to him. “And if you say that he is not a monster in human flesh, then I do not know who he is..”.
"Are you serious?"
Alex's heart was pounding, let alone Carollus deciding to do the same as Raymond.
After observing Alex for a few minutes, the king and his brother suddenly went into a corner, talking to each other.
“Alex it.. Its potential is unlimited. I think he has more potential than our founder.”
“You mean he has the potential to become a God? Don't you think that's a little excessive, Brother?”
In fact, I think I'm still underestimating his potential. If I had to say it word for word, this guy seems to have potential as an ascender.” The king confirmed with a nod.
“If this is true, our kingdom will have God in a few decades. No one has ever ascended after the first man five thousand years ago. Even our founder cannot reach that stage before he dies.”
“It will depend on how we develop his ability. If we carelessly increase his strength, he might lose his chance.”.
"Then, what should we do? I think we should tie him to our kingdom first..." Raymond thought for a moment before recalling Alicia's words earlier. “Didn't Alicia say Alex made her sad? No matter how small it is, we still have to do whatever we can.”
The king widened his eyes in surprise while smirking cunningly, "That's good!"
The two suddenly laughed like two old foxes. Alicia was puzzled by the reaction of her father and uncle while Alex stood there feeling a little frightened.