Chapter 32 - Holy Flame Magic (2/2)

”Uh, are you sure? This is Holy Magic” said Charlotte shocked as she looked at the Magic Book.

”I am sure, I want you to have this,” said Glaze as he smiled.

”In that case, I'll take it then,” said Charlotte as she smiled and took the magic book reluctantly as Glaze wouldn't budge on his decision and then hugged him.

He thought back to what the First Human Emperor said about the Will to Protect the Human Realm.

He felt her in his arms and smelled the scent of her hair, ”If not the Human Realm, I guess I at least want to protect her” he thought with a smile as he hugged her back.

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”What is it that you want, Queen Olivia Neverwinter ?” asked Razim.

”The Hero King, came to your borders and caused a commotion did he not ? ” said Olivia as she smiled.

”He did, that was quite a commotion, the army could get through, it was like a invisible wall, when it vanished, no one was to be found,” said Razim.

”Haven't you been rivals with the Everheart Kingdom, now the Lockhart Kingdom for centuries? This is your chance, use this as an excuse to take them down” said she as she leaned back.

”They are far stronger than us, we have been rivals but they have always been a step ahead, a war wouldn't fare well for us,” said he as he looked at her seriously.

”By yourself of course , but Neverwinter is willing to help you and aid you if you choose to do so. After all, we just want the Hero to take care of the Demons, not become another Human Emperor and slit all our threats do we ?” said she with a devious smile.

The offer was far too tempting for King Razim, they had been at odds with Everheart for a very long time but the latter had always had an edge and the wars they had waged they had always been on the losing side. But with Neverwinter, the strongest kingdom supporting them with Queen Neverwinter herself, they might be able to do it.

He knew Queen Neverwinter didn't want to publicly go against the Hero and was just using him, but he didn't mind it, as long as they succeeded in lowering his influence and prestige. After all, their other choice was to just hope the Hero would leave them alone and wouldn't wage war on them in the future.

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After a few weeks when Glaze was working on his desk, ”Your Majesty, Lady Captelli wants to see you” said one of the Kingsguard.

”Let her in,” said Glaze as he put down the documents of the Kingdom, the improvements in the strength of the cities were going as planned. And many talented people in all fields had come to the Kingdom and he had to decide what to do with them and what projects they should focus on.

Being a businessman in his previous life who was used to spending a lot of money on research and development, he was wondering what he should do with magic in this world. As everything in this world depended on magic, he wondered if he could approach it scientifically and make weapons that utilized the power of magic that could be used by someone that didn't even know magic.

While he was comprehending magic the normal way by himself, he thought this way could also be useful not in just creating weapons but improving his own understanding of it. It was for this reason he gave very lucrative offers to people who were talented in runes, formations and magic equipment to immigrate here.

He closed the file which had just a single line on the cover that said Project N.

”Your majesty, there is something important that I have to tell you,” said Marzia as she looked stressed.

”What is it?” asked Glaze

”Its the Kingdom of Artanza, they sent a messenger, they have declared war on the Lockhart Kingdom,” she said.