The king

Owen took all the pills from the container and gave them to the woman before him.

"Put them in the treasury and reward them to apprentice mages." He said.

He had already tested them for poison and found nothing.

The woman in front of him, a first-grade apprentice mage, nodded and left with the pills.

Then he took the empty pill container and put his three 'limit breaker' pills in it.

These limit-breaker pills are incredibly precious, worth over ten thousand magic crystals.

They can expand the apprentice mage's root mana pool in the aperture.

They were sent to him by his ancestor.

'limit breaker' pills are immensely beneficial for people wishing to break through official mage.

It's not easy to reach the official mage.

Even if everything is done correctly, there is a chance of failure!

Expanding the root mana poll is one of the ways to lower the chance of failure.

It's a pity that the materials needed to concoct them are ancient and precious.

Although these pills are rank 0, they are very expensive.

Only the wealthiest people can dream of using them.

Anything that can increase the chances of reaching an official mage has a very high value, incomparable to the likes of root mana pill.

Owen put the beautiful pill container in his pocket and went to the throne room.

Today, they would discuss the matter of the Duke of Robles.

Initially, he wanted to deny Scarlet's fake will and let Luther inherit the title.

After all, she had probably killed his brother.

But he didn't expect that Luther was red according to Three Light Fate magic treasures, so he killed Luther!

Now, there is no choice but to let one of Scarlet's sons become the Duke of Robles.

As for personally punishing Scarlet, he won't do it anymore, as one of her sons will become the duke, and if Owen kills his mother, the new duke will be resentful.

That may cause instability that Owen wants to avoid more than anything.

He must close his eyes on this point.

However, he was informed that Scarlet sent people to kill Luther on his way to Mata.

Luther even brought a witness.

This matter went beyond Owen's range of tolerance.

Therefore, he is planning to order an investigation into the issue.

If the evidence is strong enough, Scarlet should be punished, regardless of what the new Duke of Robels thinks!

Owen cares deeply about the rule of law.

He will not punish Scarlet for killing his brother, partly because there is no unquestionable evidence that she did it.

Everyone knows she most likely did it, but it can't be proven.

However, regarding the attempted murder of Luther, there is evidence.

He won't get involved directly, just ordering his subordinate to investigate and charge her with appropriate crimes, letting the process play itself out.

With these thoughts, He reached the throne room, opened the door, and entered.

He saw the usual four people there, all men.

Mages are very inclusive regarding gender, but mortal kingdoms are male-centered.

One was a tall man named Phillip Fowler, Owen's assistant regarding matters of nobles.

The other, Julius Jacobs, was his assistant in matters of surrounding kingdoms.

He was ordinary; the only distinguishing factor regarding him was his blind right eye.

Jeffrey Ellis was his assistant regarding the Kingdom's management.

He was, in essence, the prime minister.

Jeffrey was also the oldest.

The Last One, a rank one official mage named Nell Kidd, was sent to him by his ancestor!

Nell Kidd was the protector of the royal family!

With Nell, even Owen has to be a bit respectful!

They all bowed to Owen and started reporting.

First, Phillip started to report on the matter of the Duke of Robles and explained the attitudes of other nobles regarding this.

"The noble faction doesn't like a son of Lady Scarlet to get the title and prefers Luther. They already sent letters to us indicating they will sue in court if Alec gets the title," Phillip said.

Owen looked at him and said:" Luther has died in an accident. I order that nobody investigate his death. The title will be transferred to Alec, son of Scarlet. Make this known to all. This is an article One order," he said with a commanding tone.

Philip was shocked, but when Owen said it was an article one order, he didn't talk anymore and moved on to other matters.

Nobody in the Kingdom, or even other kingdoms, would dare to question an order if Article One is involved.

Article one means that Blue Light Academy is on board, so any dissent is, in reality, disagreeing with the Blue Light Academy.

Philip continued:" Duke Adams is marrying his daughter with the eldest son of the Kingdom of Solis, and the marriage is set to take place in 1 month."

"huh? Why is it the Kingdom of Solis? Send him my order that marriage is not allowed. This order is also Article One," Owen said calmly.

The ancestor of the Kingdom of Solis had a lousy relationship with his ancestor, so no marriage between the two countries could occur according to his ancestor's orders.

"Count Sykes is gaining a lot of money by mining a gold mine in his territory."

Owen said:" The matters regarding Nobel's territories have nothing to do with us. Report me if he found magic crystals, but he can mine as much gold as he wants."

If it were magic crystals, it would be taken over by the Academy, but resources such as gold are useless to mages, so they don't care.

"Count Cherry has found an unaffiliated first-grade mage apprentice to operate his formation, "Philip continued.

Owen frowned and said, "No sane rank one mage apprentice would work for the kind of wage. Send an order that the mage must register with the Blue Light Academy in one month. They will take care of this matter."

Philip took note of all of the orders and then stopped talking.

After a while, Julius started talking.

The Blue Light Academy was vast, and its size was equal to an entire kingdom.

Seven different kingdoms and one empire surrounded it.

Robles kingdom, Kobi kingdom, Bass kingdom, Terrell kingdom, Morton kingdom, Holt kingdom, Solis kingdom, and Salas empire.

Salas Empire was the biggest one supported by the dean of Blue Light Academy.

The other seven kingdoms were each supported by one of the deputy deans.

The dean and seven deputy deans have been working as the managing team of the Academy for many years.

Bellow them, there are other commissions and superintendents, but those are all subordinate to these eight people, known as the board of directors. Any tie vote will go to the way the dean votes.

Some independent cities and Nobles existed near the territory of the academy.

But those are all small and weak.

That is, of course, because Blue Light Academy won't allow any big kingdom that they don't control near them.

If another rank four deputy dean appears, they may establish another kingdom exclusively for that rank four mage.

Julius spoke about the situation of these surrounding countries, but nothing exciting was happening.

War was forbidden among countries, and assassination on the level of kings was also banned, so they were forced to live in relative peace.

Then Julius stopped, and Jeffrey Ellis started talking.

"Your Majesty, we have had an established court system for fifteen years, but some Nobles still don't respect its orders. For example, Count Sykes confiscated free people's land by force, and when the court ordered him to return the land, he ignored the court's order."

Owen thought and ordered," Send a representative from me to him and other nobles and remind them that they must respect court orders. Pressure the other nobles to convince Count Sykes to comply. If he still doesn't comply, send a royal decree. Only write five words in that decree: comply with the court order. If he disobeys the royal decree, prepare for war. next?"

Ellis said," Your majesty, the latest plan regarding taxing knights appears to have scared some knights away from the royal territory to the Nobles' territory. I strongly recommend we lower the tax."

"We need money to improve the knight's academy, so we can't lower the rates. Don't worry; we will have a net gain after the knights graduate. Next," Owen said.

Ellis talked for 20 minutes, and Owen decided on all the issues.

They ranged from farming, hunting, banking, and everything else.

Owen was very involved in the Kingdom's management, leaving little discretion to 'prime minister' Ellis.

Then, Nell Kidd, the rank one mage, started speaking.

"Your Majesty, the Academy requests us to conduct a talent exam and send them 100 people with at least 3rd-level talent. We should start very quickly, as they gave us a deadline of 3 months."

"100 ranks three talent? It's tough to find that many! Everyone, cooperate and gather the requested number before the deadline." Owen said with a serious look.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

'Requests' from the Blue Light Academy have priority over everything else.

They are called requests, but in fact, they are the highest form of an order.

Not complying with the 'requests' would have severe consequences for the Kingdom.

Nell again started talking," Recently, an official mage has appeared near the Kingdom's northern border. According to reports, she had taken over an independent city."

"Send the news to the academy; they deal with these things," Owen said.

After 10 minutes, Owen ended the conference, set the next date in one month, and dismissed everyone.

Then, he went to rest and meditate.

After meditation, he went to the training ground for knight training.

Even though he is a legendary knight, the peak of what a knight can reach, he still trained very hard.

…

Two weeks later, At night

It's said that the best time to consume any pill is at full moon.

Tonight was such a night, and Owen sat in his meditation room.

"I'm going to use a limit breaker pill tonight." he thought.

He was already at the peak of rank one apprentice mage for a long time, so other pills were useless.

He took out the pill container and opened it, taking a look.

His eyes widened, and he took out all 17 pills!

"What's going on here?" he looked in confusion, looking at each pill with vigilance.

After a While, with a cold sweat on his forehead, he confirmed that All the pills were real!

"This pill container! It's this pill container! My three pills become 17 because this container makes pills! It has been 14 days since I got it, so maybe one pill a day?" Owen was breathless as he thought about this priceless treasure!

If this thing is as strong as he thinks, then not counting anything else, he can reach unimaginable heights!

"With an unlimited supply of limit-breaking pills‌, I can reach the state of the true limit!

The true limit was the maximum amount of root mana an apprentice mage could hold.

Reaching the true limit isn't possible by normal means.

Only things such as limit-breaking pills can achieve it.

Anyone who reaches the true limit will have a 100 percent chance of breaking through to the official mage!

In addition, they will have an advantage after reaching the official mage; their path to rank 2 is easier than other mages.

Resources are critical in advancing the mage path, so this pill bottle is priceless!

If it is found out, it might cause a war between the academies!

Any king who reaches the official mage usually abdicates the throne and goes to the Blue Light Academy.

They pass all royal magic treasures to the next king when they leave.

Initially, he planned to leave here for the Academy as soon as he became an official mage, but now, his mind has changed!

He will never pass this pill container to anyone!

He can't even risk anyone finding out details of this magic treasure!

He put the pills away and decided to test them for poison and other things before using them.

Also, he planned to test the container for a lot of things.

Whether it can make a rank one pill, what happens if there are several different types of pills inside, or whether or not it can make liquid capsules.

Some medicinal plants can't be formed into pills, so they can only be used in liquid form.

Owen has so many questions!

"But one question remains. Why did Luther talk to this pill container at the last moment? Could it be that it's a conscious magic treasure?" Owen went deep into thought.

He has never heard of a couscous magic treasure, so if this pill container can understand the surroundings and do things independently, Owen will not dare to use it.

"Still, maybe Luther was desperate and thought it could make a detoxifying pill. I can't give up on such a treasure just because of a bit of doubt.

With this thought, Owen started moving to the treasury to put a few pill types in the pill container.

Rachel sighed with relief when she saw this.

It was a risky move to expose her abilities to Owen.

But not exposing herself also had a lot of risks.

Owen is already a first-grade mage apprentice.

If he breaks through the official mage stage without consuming 100 of her pills, then she would not be promoted to rank along with him.

In that case, she can either wait for Owen to die of old age so she can find a new host, or she can give the poison pill to him.

Official mages live up to 500 years.

Rachel doesn't even want to think about getting stuck without even being able to talk to her host for that long!

That is not considering the possibility that Owen might advance to a higher rank!

As for killing Owen, that is even worse!

The system has given her a rough understanding of the world around her.

She knows that Owen, the king of the Robels kingdom, has a rank-four ancestor.

What happens when Owen suddenly dies?

The rank four mage would likely investigate.

Then, she might be mistaken for some evil magic treasure.

And lastly, she can't imagine Owen would willingly give her to another person.

She looks charming, so it wouldn't be strange if Owen kept her in some collection somewhere.

For these reasons, she decided to expose her abilities to him.

It was a risk.

Owen might have gotten scared and buried her somewhere.

He might have given her to his ancestor.

But fortunately, at least for now, everything went according to the plan.

...

the fifth day of the third month of year 989956

After testing the pills for every possible poison and conspiracy, he determined no danger and decided to Use them!

A lot of limit-breaking pills are needed to reach the true peak.

Fortunately, in the past few days, he collected many of them!

He tested the pill container for a lot of things!

The results were mixed.

Firstly, it can't produce rank one pills.

He put some rank one pills he got from his ancestor in, but after waiting for days, nothing happened.

He was very disappointed with this.

Not being able to produce rank one pills sharply reduces the value of the magic treasure.

Next, it can produce other types of pills!

He put another rank 0 pill in, and the pill container copied it without a problem.

And to his surprise, the 'copied' pills were much more pure than the original ones!

Owen was happy to see this.

The pill container can't produce rank one pills, but at least the rank 0 pills it produces are pure.

The Best in rank 0!

Next, he put in a few types of pills at the same time.

The container copied the most valuable pill every time!

He tried it with many types of pills.

Results were always the same; it accurately chose the most valuable one and produced it, ignoring other rank 0 pills inside.

This proves that this magic treasure has some intelligence but may be passive.

The kind of intelligence to detect what is the most valuable.

Not the type that can conspire and think.

This made him sigh with relief a little.

Owen would be terrified if there were any evidence it could make plans.

After all this, he decided only to copy 'limit breaker' pills to prepare for the official mage stage.

Meanwhile, the Kingdom had many affairs that needed to be taken care of, and he, as king, was responsible for managing the Kingdom.

He went to the thrown room and saw familiar four waiting.

But this time, Jeffrey Ellis, responsible for the Kingdom's management, looked worried and started talking before everyone else!

"Your Majesty, even after your order, Count Sykes refuses to comply with the court's order and is not giving back the land!"