Poweful half crest
Two days ago, I intentionally sent a warning letter to the guild master about an incident which was supposed to happen in the near future. The warning mentioned an imperial family member who will be kicked out and sold into the slave market as an assassin in Brinein.
The hidden character that I've mentioned in my novel is a half-elf. A kind-hearted boy who loves nature, not war and bloodshed. He was born outside the palace and secretly bought inside the family as a royal knight when he became 15.
Later, he found out that he was a prince and then tried to kill the king and took over his position to avenge his dead mother but he got caught by the first prince. Then, he was sentenced to death but luckily he ran away and reached Brinein to leave the kingdom.
Unfortunately, he was again caught by the slave market keepers and after that, he was killed by them by guild members because he tried to steal something from the guild office.
I didn't give much thought to write him in full detail because he was a tiny side character, but it's different now. I searched for his record and found out that he was the first prince of the Vestrain kingdom, born from a noble elf.
When the current king was crowned as a prince, he had a secret relationship with a noble elf lady from an elf territory. But her family didn't accept her relationship with a human but at that time, she was already pregnant with his child. Later, she ran away and gave birth to her first child and died. After that, the crown prince found out about his child and dead fiance, he ordered a man to adopt him and raise him as his son.
So technically, he's a royal born with a stronger bloodline.
Since the people from the guild are already here, I might go and check on him.
Viktor came outside barefoot and walked towards the men who were waiting for him. "The guild master has caught the man as you requested. We already bought him here. Throw that punk off the horse." One of the guild members kicked a huge bag from the horse and it made a noise. There was someone inside the bag.
"I see. You've done well." Viktor gave them another letter and told them to deliver it to the guild master. So they left as soon as their job was finished.
I didn't expect to get the delivery this soon. Can I order food from them? This type of service is really good. I don't have to pay any tips.
Adonis walked closer to the bag and opened its top to see who was inside. And when he glimpsed inside the bag, a head full of green hair came out.
"Hey!! What is the meaning of this!! Let go of me!!" The man inside the bag started to scream. But Viktor wasn't bothered by it. Instead, he was shocked to see the book above his head.
The half-elf has no family name. He named himself, so it was written in the book as a nickname, but not as an actual name.
No wonder I was unable to find his records inside my library. This is my first time seeing a pure white book.
"You made a huge mess inside the imperial family and ran away," Viktor replied with a calm tone of voice.
"He deserved it, and I never wanted to kill the king. I was framed by the first prince."
I already checked the king's record and found nothing about his assassination. So they were an excuse to kick him out of the family. This is interesting…
"Then what were you doing inside the guild?"
"I was looking for some clue about the connection between the king and the slave market. I wanted to show people his real face."
He's not lying. The words coming out of his mouth aren't wrong. Heheh… hehehehe..
Viktor was laughing by hiding his face with his hand but both of them were clearly seeing him laughing like an evil demon who was thinking about something really bad.
"What are you going to do with me? Are you going to use me as a slave and make me do all your dirty work?"
"No, you are wrong. I am going to get rid of that slave chain from your neck and give you a chance to fulfil your dream." Viktor looked at his slave chain hanging around his neck like a dog collar.
A slave chain or slave collar is a device programmed with obeying magic to make its user listen to the owner's orders. It's dark magic which is banned in every kingdom. But using on slaves isn't illegal.
For making a man into a slave, the collar needs its blood to activate the magic and it triggers an electric shock when the user is not listening to the owner's orders. It's like controlling a person like a robot. And only high-ranking magicians can lift the curse.
"What? Are you kidding me? Lifting a curse costs thousands of gold coins, and the only magician who lifts the curse is the person who made this collar himself. So how are you going to make him lift this collar off my neck? Once a collar is activated, there's no turning back."
But Viktor didn't even bother to listen to his chattering. Instead, he just held the collar with his left hand and it turned into iron dust.
"Now, this will work. Adonis, take him inside the guest room and a pair of my clothes. Make sure to treat him well until he decides to work for me or not. But this offer will only be available for seven days."
Viktor walked inside his house and went straight to the bathroom to take a bath. He took off his clothes and saw the water was still warm.
So, he jumped in the bathtub to take a warm comfortable bath after a long day.
"This lazy body of mine. I was supposed to take this bath at 6 pm. And it's 3 am. Hah..!"
Should I skip my classes today? I am so sleepy.
Looks like my lazy days are slowly disappearing. Works are piling up on my table, taking care of the record, searching for odd people around this universe and the others to put them in the irregular section of the library, researching why they are irregular and record them all over again to make them either red or green.
I feel like I am a real guardian instead of a demi-guardian. I wonder when my twin brother is going to give me back my full crest. I only received 60% of it.
When Viktor found the guardian crest in the sea as a book, he only received 60%. The other parts of his crest were in his brother's position. But he was unable to read his brother's record. In order to read them, he needed the other parts of his crest but he was nowhere to be found. So he had to rely on other crests to fill the gap and maintain the balance.
The crest of record isn't an ordinary crest like the other ones. It requires a large amount of mana to maintain its balance inside the human body. And without them, a human body will explode like the other people who tried to open the book 200 years ago.
The crest of record has the authority to change a person's past or future as the guardian wish. But it can trigger a whole world by chain reaction. Because everyone has links to so many people and events. One single change in the past or the present can interrupt the timeline of a universe. A major change is enough to destroy a whole world.
Also, the crest of record has the authority to burn a record or write a new record. This means that he can make a person vanish from the timeline, or make a person appear out of his imagination in a timeline by linking to a person.
His existence is a god himself and these are two main reasons why the one and only creator felt a little worried for the future and ordered the heavens guardian to kill him at first. The guardian of records was the first guardian who died innocently. Then, the guardian of time, guardian of dreams, guardian of death and the guardian of darkness.
Those five guardians were marked as the most threaded guardians by the creator. Because they had the potential skills to become the next creator.
Viktor always knew there was something missing in his crest because it was unstable. The gaps inside the crest were relying on the other crests mana. So, he searched about it inside his record and found there were some parts missing. They were in his brother's position for some reason.
For now, I will believe in him. I am sure he had his reasons to hide my powers for now. But I am sure that one day, he will give it back to me. Because a guardian can't use another guardian's crests unless he dies.
Just look at the damn time, it's already 4 am. I have to go and eat my breakfast to sleep. I bet Adonis is going to be mad if he sees me coming out of the bathroom.
Ugh! Even the water has turned cold.