Chapter 69: Lilith and lilin (1/2)

After Sol finished his discussion with Setsuna, he let her sleep a little and left the infirmary.

It was during this kind of situation he realized once again how much he was advantaged by his race.

The final attack the two of them launched was more or less of equal might with Setsuna's Railgun being faster and slightly stronger. Anyone else in his place would still be in his bed, but thanks to his high resistance to magic he came out without too much damage.

Dragons were really the bane of mages. Still,

”I shouldn't become conceited.”

At the end of the day, he was just a hybrid dragon. If even the full adult dragons weren't the strongest in this world how could he dare to become prideful just because he had some of their power? That would be the height of stupidity. After all, even Tiamat, the divine beast was just one out of 14 of such beasts.

Despite that, he couldn't help but smile as he clenched his fists in happiness,

”I have become strong.”

It wasn't much. He still had a long way to go and many things to learn. But this didn't deter him. It was just the beginning. His starting line was already the end line of many people of this world. He would be the most idiotic bastard if he didn't become a legend with all the advantages he had on his side.

”Your highness.”

His shadow blackened before Milia slowly walked out of it. Ever since she revealed her identity to him, she began to hide less and less of her abilities. This shadow like power was truly worthy of an assassin. But something bugged him.

'Her race shouldn't allow her to use magic.'

The cow beast men were one of the weakest beast-kin race. At most, they had a somewhat higher physical strength than normal humans and could use mana since birth. But that was all.

'Perhaps she is a variant?'

”What's the matter? Is it about my speech? I thought I still had thirty or so minutes?”

He could see that Milia had a somewhat awkward expression on her face and tried to guess why.

The normal schedule had been completely destroyed. Initially each of the five fights should have had a time limit of 20 minutes while the fight against Setsuna had a time limit of 45 minutes. But he attacked the five of–

”Speaking of which, I thought I was supposed to fight five people. I did not think of it much back then, but what happened to the fifth one?”

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In the lounge of Camelia, a young blonde-haired and green-eyed knight could be seen trying to fight back against the chain of mana that was binding him.

From her seat, Chloe would sometimes look at him with pity while sneaking a glance at the still smiling Camelia who was humming a song with sentences like 'Naughty children should be punished' or 'Stupid children who get tricked by stupid nobles need to be punished.'

Shivering a little she stopped looking and turned back her attention to the fights that were ongoing in the Arena.

'Aunt is seriously scary when she smiles like that.'

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”Fufufu~!”

Laughing under her breath, ”The fifth one should have been a member of the church. But it seems like he was slightly problematic, as such, Saintess Camelia decided to forbid him any contact with you until he received corrections.”

”Heh…”

Understanding what Milia was saying but deciding to not waste brain cells on someone who wasn't particularly important as of now, Sol discarded him from his mind.

”Your highness, this isn't about your speech. Rather… Well, please follow me. I am sure it will be a pleasant surprise.”

Tilting his head Sol couldn't help but wonder what was going on, but from her smile, he guessed that it should really be something interesting.

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In the lounge belonging to the royal family, a somewhat awkward silence was hovering.

Three people were currently present with the third one standing and trying to not sweat under the pressure that was slowly growing heavier by the second.

The two who were seated were eerily similar. From their form to their temperament and even their hair and eyes color.

The only notable difference was their ages.

The silence was finally broken by Lilith.

”So you came back.”

Her voice seemed to lack any emotion as she looked at her daughter who had escaped from the kingdom about two years ago.

”Indeed.”

Silence settled once again.