Reasonings..

The next day, in Tessa's tower,

"What?! Your leaving Northanrey?" Tessa asked me.

"Well.. not now. So? You wanna come?" I ask.

"*sigh* I'm sorry Killigan, I have.. matters to confirm." Matters.. hmm?

"Matters?" I ask.

"Yes. Matters." I'm quite skeptical about this 'matter'. I've always been skeptical about Tessa, she is a war crime, killed many, tortured many.

She can mind control, but since I drank Bolorix drug which cures existent mental effects on your mind. I now know that Tessa isn't manipulating me in any way, because how I see her remains the same. That is except if she mind controls me again after I drank my bolorix drug then I'm fucked.

"Would you tell me a little about this 'matter'?" I ask.

"It's mage matters, nothing grand. Trust me Killigan, I vowed to you under Talia's grave that you will govern over my choices. I will not do anything even remotely evil." Tessa say.

I'm still skeptical, but I guess that wouldn't do shit.

"I'm assigning Dylan to watch over you. So don't do anything even a little suspicious." I say.

"Yes.. Killigan.. Or should I call you master?" She teased.

"No." I open the hidden door and leave, not giving even the least of care-ness I have in this world.

"My liege." Dylan bowes down in front of the tower's gate. "Madame seeks you at the mansion. I shall escort you there."

"Hmm.." Is mom calling me because Malvis's corpse was not in the forest? No. No it can't be, Malvis said that she used blood magic to create the exact imitation of her body at spot where mom left her.

I walked besides Dylan, many workers bowes down to show respect. All criminals under Northanrey have been debunked and now they're prisoned for their foolish actions.

Tomorrow in the supreme court of law, will be held upon a trial for the guilty nobles. I hope everything goes north.

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In the dinner table,

Mom is drinking her tea while reading today's newspaper, still wearing her pajamas.

The door opens. Killigan and Dylan walks in. Dylan stayed besides the closed door while Killigan goes straight to the sit in front mom.

"What is it, mother?" I ask.

"Killigan. I heard from Dylan that you wanted to travel? Is that correct?"

"Yes." I simply say. She throws me the newspaper she's reading. I catch it.

"Read the front cover." She say.

The front cover says,

"Hero of Northanrey,

The Frailed Knight and the heir for the 6th generation has saved Northanrey from the corrupted leader, Hassel Northanrey."

Then there is a picture of me and my mom walking out the carriage.

"This young, charming prince has saved Northanrey household from their imminent danger. Though many believes that The Frailed Knight mentioned the heir's name for a figure of speech, many also believes that Killigan Northanrey, an heir for the 6th generation, helped immensely to uncover the corruption of Northanrey. It's calculated that Hassel Northanrey and other guilty nobles has embezzled more than 100 million marida coins for over a decade. The Emperor himself presented a speech on the royal podium that he and his teams are 'Sorry for their inability to prevent this recidivism from happening.'

Now the question that we've all been waiting for, what is the next step for Northanrey?"

(1 marida coin = 1 USD)

"My face is famous now, that's not good, I want to keep everything low profile when I embark on this journey." I say. My mother smirked.

"Yes. That's why," She puts down a luxurious chest on the table in front of me. "I bought you a mask. It's a new one and is made by our exclusive blacksmith, Uta." She says proudly.

"Uta.. Isn't Uta that drunken dwarf that always hang out with dad?" I ask.

"Yes."

"I see." I open the chest and a fox mask is inside of it. There's gold carving for the details around the mask, there's a long ears protruding upwards with its inside being fiery red colored, its eyes are light blue with red, snake-like pupils. It doesn't look that luxurious but on one glance you can tell that it is absolutely expensive.

I'm totally not disappointed with the looks but what is its magic quality.

"Is it a mana infused object?" I ask.

"It is. Try wearing it then inject it with your mana."

I put the mask over my face and it fits perfectly. It feels quite comfortable. Then, I inject my mana into the mask. My vision turned infrared. I was baffled. Wow. That's cool, infrared. Now what?

"Is it cool?" Mom say. "Uta says that it has the latest mana crystal with that magic quality. Hmm.. I think the name is 'heat vision', because it can look at the heat of a person no matter if it's dark or light. It looks good on you." She gleefully explains.

"Yeah it's good." Though I was underwhelmed, seeing my mom gleeing like this, I can't help but to surrender to mother's expectations. "I like it, it's comfortable." Wearing this with the scarf Tessa made will be too cozy for me to handle. "Thank you mom, I will treasure this forever." I say. My mom smiled.

"You know.. 8 year old me used to be a lot like you. Killing people is norm, loved nature, strong-willed, love meeting with mythical creatures. Dylan said that you have your own pet, um.. what's his name again Yortimba, isn't it?" She say.

Dylan snitched on me. I'm not surprised especially since my mom said that the Selvyk bloodline in whole can't disobey mom.

"Yes, his name is Yortimba, he's a friendly rock giant." I say.

"A remetra monster. Ah.. I used to love playing with one of them. They were strong and I was an 8 year old girl when I first befriended them. I love to ride in their shoulder." She say.

It appears that Malvis may be right about me. Like mother like son huh?

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