Return of the Class 8 Mage
36. person I should protect (3)
Chapter 36 People I Should Protect (3)
Calm before the storm. A voice suddenly resounded, “Captain!”
It was the young knight standing outside. The one who recognized Ian first, he came to the mansion in a hurry.
“Food materials requested by the cooks finally ...”
The knight could not continue his report.
“Tiba.... outside.....”.
He felt a tension between Oliver and Ian.
“Cooking? Groceries? What the hell is going on?”
Ian could not understand the knight report.
Suddenly, did he just say cook and groceries?
“Uh. But the groceries in the mansion were not enough, and additional materials had just arrived from the palace..”.
The knight reported with nervous eyes.
After the report, Ian pulled back his mana.
Moreover, his murderous aura also stopped.
“S, so can I let them in?”
The crown prince ordered the ingredients himself.
However, the knight asked permission from Ian.
The previous tension still affected him.
“…..Yes can.”
After Ian stopped his aggressive stance, Oliver removed his right hand from the scabbard. Also, he unblocked the road.
“My apologies. I misunderstood the situation. ”
Then, Ian passed Oliver.
Oliver looked at Ian's back silently.
‘Mistake, yes?’
Oliver could guess what kind of misunderstanding Ian had.
However, the murderous aura, the aggressive attitude, it did not belong to a 12-year-old.
‘Can I slice it?’
As long as he's facing Ian,
That's what Oliver thinks.
If he made a bet, which side would he choose?
Imperial sword master, Oliver's sword?
Or the 4th grade Arch Mage, Ian's magic?
“I'll bet on magic.”
Oliver smiled bitterly.
A sad and cruel fact.
He could not even defeat the young man.
“I need to be stronger than now.”
To keep a promise with the current emperor.
Promise that he will protect the crown prince.
To protect the crown prince.
Oliver follows Ian to look after the crown prince.
“Is that true? Madam Page?”
Ian was heading to the mansion's dinner hall.
From there, he could hear voices.
“Is he really like this?”
“He always asked me to bake him for him.”.
The first voice was the crown prince, followed by Vanessa.
The crown prince was sitting at a large table all by himself.
In front of him, there was a red bean pie.
It seems he only had one bite.
“Hah! I can't understand it. It tastes like grilled mud, why does he like it….. Maybe he used to live in a difficult situation?”
Spicy criticism also came out of the crown prince's mouth.
He shook his head because he could not understand Ian's tastes.
“I tried it because of your sincerity, but ..”
Finally, the crown prince dropped his fork and knife on the table.
Then, he shouted into the kitchen.
“How long will the food be ready?”
With his shout, a young royal cook ran out of sweat. She's obviously embarrassed.
“Y, Your Majesty! Additional materials have just arrived. It won't be long from now. Please wait a minute .... ”
“However?”
“A, we will serve your food soon!”
“Hmmm.
The crown prince was starting to feel uncomfortable.
He closed his eyes and started thinking.
Wouldn't he lose his majesty if he continued to tolerate their actions?
‘No no.’
If the cook was a noble or a member of the Ivory Tower, he would show his anger. However, he was just an ordinary cook. To be a successful king, a king must show mercy to his people, right? The crown prince recalled some quotes from his memory. However, he did not remember which book.
“Good. You have to bring us the best quality food. I wanted to impress my brother on oath, Ian, and his mother with the best kind of food they had never experienced before. Do you understand?”
“I, I will serve the best of the best!”
“Good. I believe you. Continue.”
After turning over the cook, the crown prince looked at the red bean cake again.
What kind of person could live with such miserable food?
And Ian has grown while eating this pie?
His eyes betrayed his mind.
“Yang noble.”
Ian, who was waiting, quickly entered the dining room.
If he had waited any longer, the crown prince might have banned red bean cakes in the country.
“Oh! Look who's here! Ivory Tower Witch, Ian Page!”
The crown prince greeted him warmly.
Ian's a little embarrassed.
Ian felt sorry for her, that Ian was about to try to kill her.
“Well, it's better than having a bad relationship with him.”
With an optimistic thought, Ian lowered his head.
“I heard you've been waiting for me for a long time.”
“Iya. That's a bit old.”
“I'm sorry to you, Your Highness.”
“No, you don't have to feel sorry for that, but please don't tell me you've had dinner, right? Then you should probably feel sorry for me …. ”
Next, now he was joking with Ian.
Has he gone crazy?
Maybe thanks to mom's red bean pie?
Ian's confused.
“How about you sit there? So too with Mrs. Page. Dinner will be ready soon. I guarantee you will be surprised! Wow I never knew there was such good food in the world! Like these. Ha ha!”
While saying that, the crown prince knocked on the red bean pie dish.
It was a tacit order for the servants.
“Excuse.”
“Hmm.”
A waiter quickly picked up a red bean pie.
Ian looked at it with sad eyes.
He flew into the mansion to eat the cake.
Ian could barely control his thoughts to drive away the grief.
While he was not paying attention, Oliver was next to the crown prince.
“Your Highness, did you bring a gift for Ian?”
Oliver whispered to the crown prince.
There might be a special reason why he visited the mansion.
“Ah! I almost forgot about it.”
As he remembered now, he clapped his hands.
After stretching his neck, he looked at Ian.
“Hmm! I came to visit your house for a simple reason. I've heard the announcement that you're becoming an archmage. So, I came here to celebrate in person. I forgot to send a message before coming here, but as you know, our relationship is special, isn't it? ”
“I thank you ...”
“Uhuh, this is not the time to be grateful. I'm the crown prince, I never celebrate someone without a gift, right? You don't know me.”
With a movement of his hand, the servant began to move. Soon, they brought a box sealed with silk, and its size and sound gave Ian a hint that it was not just money or treasure.
“Open. It is not easy to bring it here.”
Not easily? Whatisit?
After unwrapping the silk, Ian looked at the contents.
There's a little flask inside the wooden box.
‘Liquid?’
The inside of the flask is filled with liquid.
Did he bring a royal special potion?
If so, Ian would accept it without hesitation.
That was one of Ian's targets.
“What is this, Your Majesty?”
Ian asked the crown prince like an innocent child.
“It's called elixir, have you heard of it?
“Ya I know it.”
“Then, you will know what it does. It was a precious herb that was inherited through royalty. ”
As expected of Ian.
“Especially, this one, even I can only drink it once a year.”
Even the lowest level royal mastery elixir would be of great help to Ian. It was the secret key to the longevity of the previous emperor. Without an increase in mana, there is nothing bad about it. Furthermore, did he just say that he could only drink it once a year? It must be a high level potion.
“To increase your growth rate, I specially brought it for you. Not in my father's name, but I gave it to you as my first gift. So please drink without hesitation.”
Yeah, Ian won't hesitate anyway.
Soon, Ian opened the lid.
The red-colored liquid teased Ian with a faint smell.
From within his body, his instincts forced him to drink it.
“Come, fast.”
With proud eyes, the crown prince urged Ian to drink it.
Ian pressed the lid closer to his lips.
“….”
Suddenly, he paused for a moment, then released his lips.
Bad memories have come.
When he was poisoned by the emperor, Ragnar.
Not much difference from that time.
Royalties, Royalty visits, and fluids suggested from the emperor.
“Should not have been poisoned.”
Ja. Ian also knew his thoughts were paranoid. It was a completely different situation.
The crown prince was not brave and cold enough to kill him in front of a crowd. Moreover, a normal poison would not be able to kill a witch. After all, the poison that Ragnar carried 30 years later must not have existed.
‘Also, elixir good quality.’
Elixir's status calmed Ian.
Elixir is brewed through a very sensitive and careful process. If small unexpected ingredients are mixed in it, it loses its unique color and aroma. The color became dark and the smell became unpleasant.
“Cutting.”
Ian slowly calmed his mind.
The desire she felt when she smelled her scent at first, and the bad memories of her previous life.
After he wiped out those two negative thoughts, his consciousness returned.
“It should be a nice gift for mom.”
The key to the longevity of the previous emperor.
The royal mastery potion was his fundamental factor.
“I can't do it for now.”
The crown prince's eyes were filled with pride and hope. Next, his mother's eyes. He didn't know about elixir well, but he was glad his son received a nice present.
‘No choice.’
He chose to meet the crown prince's expectations.
Ian drank.
*switch*
Elixir has a unique slimy taste.
That's not delicious at all. That's bitter.
Herbs and other medicines are no exception.
However, the effect on Ian's body was clearly different from his previous body.
His body was young enough to absorb most of his strength.
*Beating! Defeat! Defeat!*
Mana's heart, in fact, his entire heart started to beat fast.
His blood circulates faster than usual.
And through the blood, a large amount of mana had flown.
His body is getting hot.
On the other hand, his mind was clear.
“Hwooo!”
Ian exhaled his warm breath.
The strength of the potion, and the body that took its power, they did their own best work.
“I, Ian?”
With Ian's appearance, Vanessa begins to worry.
On the other hand the crown prince's eyes were filled with hope.
That reaction, he knew very well because he had drunk it before.
The potion worked perfectly.
“Hwooo....!”.
Ian's body was stabilizing.
Including his trembling heart, blood, mana, and his burning temperature.
“Hwoooooo...!”
Ian spat out his last hot breath.
He could feel that his body was full of sweat.
“How is it? Can you feel the difference?”
The crown prince asked with an excited voice.
Did he just ask Ian if he could feel it?
‘Pasti’
The pool did not increase. Each elixir has its own type and characteristics. However, Ian could sense one big difference. ‘His mana’ regeneration has improved tremendously.
‘Similar to Mogrian ring.’
Low-grade artifacts that increase the activity of the heart mana.
The herb falls into the same category.
‘More precisely, about half of the number of Mogrian rings.’
It was more than he expected. Especially the fact that the characteristics of his own body had changed made him satisfied. It was a good result of the collaboration between good elixir and young age.
“K, you don't like it?”
The crown prince started to feel nervous as Ian did not show any reaction.
Ian looked at the crown prince's face.
‘I've thought of him only as a useless fool.’
A tool that makes the connection between Ian and the emperor.
After that, a useless man in the empire.
Ian used to take the crown prince for granted.
, Idiot, Humble Man, Naughty.
Many nicknames and points of view for the crown prince, Hayden.
Ian agreed with that.
‘Well, those words are rather true.’
Although he is not a case that ‘in fact, he is a good and diligent prince’.
However, he was a better man than Ian had thought.
‘I can see some kind of usability in him.’
But of course, ‘a little better’ than Ian thought.
“Ha ha ha!”
The crown prince's laughter spread to the streets.
The dinner at Ian's house was done well.
Ian's reaction to the crown prince's first gift was good, and the food was amazing.
Moreover, they had talked a lot and left peacefully.
Perfect, indeed.
“Very well. I feel very good!”
The crown prince will return to the palace via the night road
The crown prince looked very happy.
As usual, he did not miss out on drinking wine, and the crown prince drank most of them. Ian's too young, and Vanessa doesn't drink. That's why he became hyped.
“Yang noble.”
Captain Oliver, who was standing next to the crown prince silently, opened his mouth.
“Are you okay with that?”
“Hm? What?”
“It is only allowed for royalties. If Your Majesty our Emperor hears that you gave it as a gift.”.
The royalties mastery potion. The recipe and the manufacturing process are strictly forbidden to expose. Especially the potion he gave Ian was only allowed to the emperor and the crown prince. The crown prince had just broken a law that was kept for hundreds of years.
“Ahh, it doesn't matter at all. My father told me to pull Ian to my side by any means necessary. I just follow my dad's advice, that's all I do.”
There must be a limit to ‘perlu’. However, the crown prince actually used whatever method he knew.
“Or you're not happy, because I didn't give it to you just yet.
With tempting eyes, the crown prince looked at Oliver.
“Not everything.”
“You should have told me then.”
“Yang noble.”
“Ha ha! I was just kidding. Come onl. I have the right to joke, don't I?”
He's been drinking a lot. Even Oliver who had served him for 12 years, only rarely experienced the crown prince's jokes. He used to joke once, only when he was very young. At some point, he stopped making jokes.
“I feel sorry for you, but I have to pull it to my side. You and your knight order can't smash the snobbish nose of the Ivory Tower, right?”
The crown prince did not underestimate the order of the knights.
It's just reality.
“However, the boy might be able to do it, right? He became an Archmage as soon as he entered the ivory tower.”
Oliv could not deny it.
The boy was a magician who had never existed in history with such talent. If he managed to overcome the distractions from his surroundings, he would become the greatest magician in the Ivory Tower in history with ease.
“We see. The day he gave me the Ivory Tower! I will wipe out all the witches that make me feel uncomfortable! Especially the tower lord who keeps following Ragnar, asshole! You tell me if any of them make you feel bad! ”
However, Oliver disagrees with the crown prince's plans.
Oliver highly doubts the possibility.
Recalling what he showed at the mansion.
He's targeting the crown prince.
Even though he misunderstood, he was a dangerous person.
Could it be possible to make such a monster stand by his side?
“And also...”.
The crown prince was about to speak more,
The royal palace gate is visible.
Besides, there's more than just a gate there.
A boy and his followers came out of the royal palace.
“Ragnar?”
The crown prince's face instantly turned ugly.
The 5th prince, Ragnar, and the guardian of the 5th royal prince.
The person he hated the most.
“Brother?”
Ragnar never referred to him as ‘Yang Mulia’. Just like the non-noble children in general, he called her as ‘brother’. It was tolerable if they were very friendly, yet the crown prince did not have a good relationship with the other princes, rather they were enemies. Ragnar insulted her with his intentions.
“It's very late, where have you been?”
“Then how about you, where did you sneak away?”
“Same as usual. Check how other people's lives are. In addition, breathe fresh air. I'll be right back, so you don't have to worry about me. ”
“Huh! I don't care about you.”
Ragnar answered the crown prince with a smiling face.
The crown prince wanted to punch him in the face.
“Then, see you later, brother.”
“Masa bodo.”
With one meeting with the prince, the crown prince felt uneasy. As he was caught in anger, he rushed to the royal palace. The second royal knight followed him in a hurry.
“Yang Mulia prince.”
Only one man, captain Oliver is left alone and talks to Ragnar.
“He is His Highness the crown prince. According to royal manners law, please call him with the proper title.”
He asked with courtesy, but it was criticism. One of the knights of the fifth kingdom came and tried to set the situation.
“Hei, Oliv. They are brothers, please try not to damage their friendly relationship.”
Guard captain, royal knight, ‘Caleo.’
He used to train with Oliver.
“I understand. The best swordsmen serve the idiot…. Hm! I mean, crown prince, so you might have a lot of problems to deal with. I understand, but.”
When he misspoke, Caleo referred to the crown prince as ‘idiot’. And the other guards laughed without a sound. Their reactions are natural.
“How dare you say such a thing to His Highness prince ...”
“Those who insult the nobility will be executed in an instant, but.”
“.....What?”
*Cutting!*
It happened in the blink of an eye.
None of the men realized what had just happened.
They only knew that Oliver unsheathed his sword, and his speed was invincible.
And they didn't recognize him for a moment.
Subsequently,
“To insult nobles.”
*Cutting! Cut it! Cut it! Cut it!*
“Will be cut into 5 parts from arm and leg to head.”
Oliver's voice was serious and stirred up terror.
And his intentions were immediately conveyed to the others.
*drop.*
The first thing that falls is the beard. Caleo has grown it to follow recent trends, but it has now been cut and dropped. Furthermore, his skin letters started to fall from his arms and legs continuously. If Oliver slashed a little deeper, Caleo's arms and legs would be dismembered.
“Yi....jeez!”
In reality, only his beard and armor were cut.
However, in Caleo's mind, he had already lost a part of his body.
”
He was caught in the illusion that he had been dismembered.
Caleo banged his butt against the ground while shaking his body.
Actually, Oliver's sword touched Caleo's skin.
Although he did not bleed, Oliver actually touched him with his sword.
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“Please remember, Mr. Caleo.”
After sheathing his sword, Oliver looked at Ragnar.
Then, he lowered his head in courtesy.
As if nothing happened.
“Then, make a safe trip."