13 Chapter 14: King (1/2)
”Where am i..?”
I open my eyes, only to be greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling. It's not the same one as the inn, the bed feels comfortable..
”Where's ariel?”
I hastily looked around in search for her, but she wasn't here. I was the only one here.
I got up from the bed and made my way to the door but somebody else had already opened it before i got there.
The man walked inside the room and i felt a strong anger after seeing him. He was the one who cheated our fight.
”Where.. Is she..? I'll say this now... If you laid a finger on her...”
My surroundings began to freeze as I let out my blood lust.
”Whoa, calm down. I'll explain”
”Explain?! You went back on your word!” I shouted
Why am I so mad...
”The king requests to meet you.”
”Oi... You still haven't learned a lesson? You really think I'm going to believe you after everything you just did?” I asked as I got up
With an emotionless expression, I slowly walked towards him, with each step, a trail of ice would be left. I was walking on the cold ground, barefoot, yet I couldn't even feel it.
”Even I'm mad at you, you little ****, but I can't oppose orders from above, even I'd like to know what they want with a kid like you.”
Without listening to him, I continued to walk, why... Why was I so angry?
You're not really planning on fighting in the palace, are you? And you know what happened before.”
He was starting to get nervous, you could tell just by looking at him
”Y-your friend is safe in one of the guest rooms!” He shouted
And in that moment I stopped.
”Explain yourself.”
”F-First of all, Sorry for kidnapping you. I was told to test your skill but didn't expect you to be able to win or use chant-less magic. Please understand that i had to follow my orders and capture you alive”
After hearing that Ariel was safe, i had calmed down.
”Alright, Let's just get this over with.”
”O-Okay...”
That explains his neat clothes, completely unlike before.
Without saying another word, the man took me to the kings chamber. As we passed through the corridors, there were many maids and neatly dressed people, Upon seeing that, I could tell that this wasn't a joke.
The only one Inside was a man. He looked like he was in his late 40s at most. He sat on his throne and looked at me.
I walked up to the throne and bowed my head with my kneels on the floor, something William advised me to do.
”Lift up your head young boy.”
I lifted up my head and stared at him. Long Silver hair and White eyes. He gave off vibes of a competent man
”What is your name?” He asked
”John Fox” I replied
”How's our kingdom? Is it to your liking?”
”Surely an orphan like me wouldn't have many positive views on it.”
He got people to spy on me?
”Who taught you how to use chant-less magic? It's a lost method, The ones who do know are few in this world.”
”It's self taught.” I replied
”So you're saying a kid who hasn't received any education is able to pull off Chant-less magic as if it were nothing? Haha, are you trying to lie to me boy?”
The look on his eyes, were as if they were looking at trash. If not for my knowledge, I'm sure he would have disposed of me on the second.
”Not at all, I simply understood the concept and became able to use it.”
That's not accurate, I understood the concept of an element to be able to use it, but there's no point in telling him that. I don��t like the look on his eyes, nor this kingdom.
”Interesting.. So you're saying you understand the concept of magic..?”
”In a way.”
”That itself is already perfect. Our court mages have been trying to figure out the concept since they were kids and have only gotten so far..”
Obviously, Magic is science, this worlds education is clearly behind. Therefore someone like me, who is from another world and has learnt about these things, has no difficulties using it.
”Say, would you be interested in working for the palace as a teacher? We can make your pay way higher than what you could make as an E-rank adventurer and you would have your own territory and house.”
So he wants my knowledge, and after that he'll most likely dispose of me so that I don't teach it to others...
Why would I assume that? Because of how the way this kingdom treats the commoners. They separate the kingdom into 2 sections, the commoner sect and the noble sect. Commoners are not allowed to enter the noble sec and some are killed if they do.
If I wasn't invited by the king himself, I would have been killed by now. The palace is located in the noble sect after all. That just shows how little they regard the lives of commoners.
If a commoner like me were to possess valuable knowledge, they'd naturally want to get rid of it, to keep balance in the kingdom. And to increase it's overall strength. But don't worry I have no interest in staying in this kingdom or getting involved with your corrupt society.
”Could i have some time to think it through? I'd also like to consult it with my friend and there are a few things i left unfinished back in the inn”
”Very well, You have a week to think about it, during that time you and your friend can go finish what you had to do.”
I left the Giant golden room and was greeted by william who took me to Ariels room.
”Ariel, how have you been?” I asked as i walked inside
Ariel who had been sat on her bed got up and ran towards me
”John!!” She said as she gave me a tight hug
”I'm back” I said
”There's a lot of things that i have to tell you!” She said as he continued to hug me
”I'm interested in hearing them, but let's leave it for later. We have something we need to do now.” I whispered to her, while making it seem like a normal hug
”Ahem, while i'm glad you are happy to be reuniting, the king would like his answer as soon as possible, so please go finish what you have to at the inn.” Said will
”Understood, what we have to do will take a few days, but i'm sure the answer will be before his deadline. But i would like to return as soon as possible.” I replied as i stopped hugging Ariel
Will nodded before leading us to our inn
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The palace was quite far from our inn, since it was in the commoner area. The castle was in the middle of the kingdom and Noble Area.
When i first came into this world, i didn't realise it was a noble area so i tried going inside, but got stopped by the guards. At least 80% of the kingdom is mainly for nobles, which is why i never really took the time to explore the rest of.
The discoveries, magic they were all exciting, but i haven't done anything that made me truly feel like an adventurer, all I've done is subjugate monsters. I want to explore this world, see new things. Fight a dragon, make a party.
The kings offer was boring. I'm not going to spend my days teaching people how to fight. But i couldn't exactly tell him that. The education i received holds a lot of power, which is why he wouldn't just let me go. So my only option is to grab Ariel and run.
I was honest to gain his trust but i'm sure he's still wary of me. That's fine, i already have a few countermeasures even if he sends people to watch me.
From what the innkeeper told me, This kingdom has a severe lack of adventurers. That's because of the inequality between the commoners and nobles and because it has no dungeons. It's also surrounded by other kingdoms making monsters difficult to find. The knights are all that's needed to take care of them