28 Chapter 28

December 31 Year 30,765

Around two months has passed after the Coronation Day. With the Kingdom literally depending on Kira to keep it intact, all her ideas and plans were implemented

Even if the Nobles wants to make trouble for her, they cannot. The normal citizens love all the changes that Kira made as all of them improve their lives a lot

Only the Nobles are different as they are still suppressed by the Royal Family. Kira even went to find excuses to raise their taxes while lowering the taxes for normal people

For Kira, equality is good but sometimes, equity is needed. The Nobles have more than enough food on their plates and more houses than they can live in while the normal citizens are struggling. In the Queen's eyes, it is not wrong to increase their taxes

Besides, all these Nobles have surely done something dirty before to keep their wealth. They also make use of the system to have the lower class people earn money for them

The Nobles cannot use the citizens to pressure Kira and they also cannot use Cairo. The kid rarely showed himself. To Cairo's convenience, his laboratory is also inside the Royal Palace

Nobles can easily enter the Palace compared to the normal citizens but they must have a proper excuse to do that. And in the Royal Palace, almost all people are loyal to the Queen. They would surely help Cairo in case the Nobles did something bad

Thus, the Nobles' status remained as what it was when the previous King is still the one on the throne

As of now, Cairo is inside his laboratory while injecting himself with the last shot of serum he can take. Around Cairo were the mages loyal to him

Cairo's formula isn't that special as it was the first formula the past him made. The only surprising thing about it was how fast he made the serum and how he adjusted the formula so that it will be completely compatible with his body

The serum has a high potency and will surely fetch a high price but it was still not enough to make these mages greedy and covet it for their own good

Besides, this serum is only compatible with people that are still only at the entry-level of mages. Only Acolytes will have good use for it

One of Cairo's mage assistant injected the serum into his body causing his veins that are now vibrant blood red in color became visible

Cairo gritted his teeth and endured the pain all over his veins. The process of integrating the medicine's effect on Cairo's body is extremely painful and cold sweats formed all over his body

Fortunately, Cairo already does this for a long time and this is his last shot. The pain from the serum increases his pain tolerance a lot

Higher pain tolerance is also beneficial to all mages. If they are in too much pain, they won't be able to use any of their magic, and what's the use of being a mage if that happens?

Cairo's mage assistance check his body for any negative effects while his body was still digesting the medicine. Cairo might have already used the serum for thirty times already but who knows if it will leave damages in his body?

Fortunately, even after the pain subsided and the medicine finally took effect, the mages still haven't found anything wrong with Cairo's body

These mages are stronger and more knowledgeable than Cairo, they are experts in this field too and it would be beneficial for the kid if they help him

But of course, as much as possible, Cairo doesn't rely on them. It's just that taking medicines can still have bad effects even if it was proven and tested to be safe. It would be better for Cairo if these mages are around to help in when the worst-case scenario arrives

"Thank you, you can leave me for now" Cairo said to the mages and they nodded their heads before walking away

As soon as they were gone, Cairo immediately tested his new powers. He went to another part of his lab that has an open space and several dummies around

This has become Cairo's basic training grounds, his real training grounds with different terrains and enemies are located outside his lab and Royal Palace. That training ground of his is even a few times bigger than the Blood Sand Town of before

"[Blood Magic: Boiling Blood!]" Cairo starts stimulating his own blood, his physical strength, movement speed, attack speed, and reaction speed all received a great boost

In no time, Cairo appeared in front of one of the dummies and his fist went to give it a strong punch. Because of that, a loud sound was generated and a gaping hole appeared in the dummy's body

Cairo retracted his hand and the dummy's body starts returning back to normal

"How powerful" Cairo muttered to himself before his body flashed

Cairo started 'massacring' the dummies around. His fist went to punch them while his legs will kick them. When his attack landed on the dummy, a part of them would surely be destroyed before they will return back to normal

After some time, Cairo moved away from the dummies while his blood was still boiling

"[Fist Boost!]" Cairo said and circular runes appeared above both of his hands before they 'entered' his skin and vanishes

Cairo charged at the dummies again and gave them another punch. This time, instead of just leaving a fist-sized hole, the surrounding part that Cairo punches also received great damages

Two of Cairo's Magic Affinities are Blood and Body Strengthening. Using both of them at the same time increase Cairo's physical attack by a notch

With the resources provided by Kira, Cairo's body is now healthier and stronger than before. He can safely fight in a close distance too unlike before where it was dangerous as his body is still fragile

This made Cairo appreciate the effects of having enough resources. Without those resources, how can Cairo improve this fast?

Cairo jumped away from the dummies and uses another body strengthening magic. "[Leg boost!]"

Two round runes appeared again but this time, they formed in front of Cairo's legs

For the nth time, Cairo charges at the dummies, and this time, he kicked their bodies. His new magic increased his leg's movement speed and power and the dummies were abused again

Cairo only stops when he was already too tired to continue and he fell to the ground while panting hard

"Young Master Cairo, you are pushing yourself too hard again" Del commented as soon as he entered the training grounds. Cairo just let him be as he cannot answer due to how hard it is for him to breath

"It is New Year tomorrow, why didn't you rest for the day?"

Cairo also wants to rest today as he was always cooped up in his room and lab. His body's fatigue is increasing too. But the last shot for his blood strengthening serum is accidentally today. Not taking the shots on time will lower the medicine's efficiency and Cairo can't let that

Also, since Cairo already injected himself with it, why not train again to not waste time, right?

After some time, Cairo finally regained his breath and he turned to look at Del. "Is my sister still busy today?" Cairo asked normally but Del looked at him with some sadness

"Unfortunately, the Queen still has a lot of things to do today too" Del answered and that saddened Cairo a bit

Cairo loses the warmth of family ever since his parents died. And when he learned that Kira is his sister in the past life, it gave him some urge to get closer to her

Too bad that as a Queen, Kira has to manage various affairs in the Kingdom. Cairo was only saddened a bit as he knew why Kira is doing that

If Kira doesn't manage the Kingdom well, it would eventually fall. In the end, everything ended up with strength. If the Kingdom has enough strength to protect itself, Kira can simply order someone to maintain the Kingdom's orders

Strength! Strength is everything!

Cairo retrieved another medicine from his spatial ring and drank it. The medicine spread a wave of warmth to Cairo's body and he can feel his mana being replenish at a rapid rate

The medicine can help a mage recover their mana in a short time but they can only use it once a day if they don't want to damage their bodies

Cairo can feel the strength in his body again and he looks at Del. "Spar with me"

Del wants to refuse but he saw the seriousness on Cairo's face and he can't say no to that

Sands immediately appeared below Del and he uses it to form a Humanoid Sand

Del as Cairo's personal guard is a strong mage. He is not someone that the kid can defeat. Del was even afraid that he'll hurt Cairo and resorted to using a weak sand dummy