Chapter 101: Fear of the gods
"Can't I just train them by looking at beautiful girls along the streets?"
"If only it was that easy" Nova replied "Come on now, I don't have much time out here to train you, thanks for the necklace though, great craftmanship"
"Yeah thank Eliza and Luke for that, ok again"
Nova then surround his hands in light, I then used disruption to shatter his spell before it can shoot out, sometimes it works and sometime it doesn't. We were at it for a long time before I can rest for the day.
"You did good, but please do not overuse it, it would be far too dangerous for you" Nova warned
"Colden warned us that an enemy that the even the gods fear, what do you guys fear?"
"That would be the fear of death" Dabria answered as she showed up in her mortal form "Ironic isn't it? Immortal beings fear death the most, dream world is a strong move that can make anyone insane, and you shown Colden his fears"
"I wanted to experience what's it like to be mortal, to find my purpose, even as a remnant of my original self, my feelings haven't changed" Nova added
"My head is a mess right now, did Elektra kill me? Was my death intentional? I have a lot of questions that needs answering, I want to confront her about it but she would kill me"
-We couldn't even defeat Colden, confronting a goddess who's much stronger than him is definitely a bad idea- Siege agreed
"We can't even confront her in the first place, her rank is much higher than ours" Dabria replied
"Well, let's just focus on getting stronger first, we need to be able to fight without relying on your sword's abilities too much" Damon suggested
"Yeah that's true, I don't know if you guys noticed but Draven and Urie weren't fighting with their all, we need to at least be stronger than them to stand a chance"
-That's why we're training isn't it?- Diana chimed in
"We need to work hard to get rid of all the threats so that we are able to rest without worry, as the phrase goes 'Work hard, play hard' "
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3rd person view
"Sorry to interrupt your magic training" Charlotte apologized
"It's fine, I was resting anyway" Eleanor sat down on the training ground
"Is Balor not with you?"
"No, he's at his house training or something"
"Well, I'm here to tell you that our brother has returned"
"Should I go meet him?"
"It's fine" Charlotte shook her head "He's currently helping father with paperwork and other things to restore the kingdom back to its original state"
"Is that all?" Eleanor asked
"Well I do have a good piece of news for you, father has now considered Perseus as a possible candidate for your future engagement, why do you look disappointed?"
"Well...I want to choose myself, I don't want father to choose for me even if I do like him, it feels...forced, besides why does only me and big brother have to worry about this and not you?"
"I'm the heiress to the throne, Eleanor" Charlotte answered "My partner would have to be someone who is powerful, have a lot of authority, and brings in a lot in for the kingdom, so far there are very few candidates to the position of being my possible partner"
"Didn't father tell me before that Perseus is a commoner and wouldn't be able to qualify unlike Balor or Albert?"
"That was until he sees his bond with both a dragon and a phoenix, you know that a phoenix is sacred to us in Artia, it's even a part of our royal family's crest" Charlotte replied "Not just a regular phoenix at that, but a mutant one that shoots out black flames"
"What's the catch? Father always have one" Eleanor questioned
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3rd person view
"If he can't marry Eleanor or settle down with an Artian noble, we might have to kill him? What sort of bullshit is that?!" Professor Steel shouted
"Be mindful of what you say, professor Steel, my nephew is the current king" the headmaster advised "I agree with your reaction but it wasn't just his decision, after the incident, we held a meeting with a few trusted aide and advisers and told them about what happened, some think that he may be a threat, me and professor Williams' arguments did not convince them enough to think otherwise"
"He was able to defeat an opponent that royal guards and royal mages couldn't do anything against, the military in particular, suggests that we can remove him and let Albert wield his sword" Professor Williams said
"It's because they think that they can control him, isn't it?" Professor Woods asked
Professor Williams then nodded
"Well I ain't killing the kid, I'm not even gonna try" Professor Williams crossed his arms "Many of our own left us because of precisely this, and besides, angering a dragon and a phoenix? You can count me out of the operation if that ever comes up"
"Calm down professor Steel" Professor White said "We feel the exact same as you but please try to think of it from their perspective."
"I also agree with professor Steel, if we were to deem him a threat, we would not be any different from terrorists" Professor Blue reasoned
"Quiet down everyone" the headmaster ordered "I share the exact same opinions but currently I do not wield the authority to be able to oppose it, we can already lose him at any moment, Gloria especially are the most forward with their attempts to bring him in, they sent a lot of offers and gifts, if we didn't interfere, the odds of him leaving this academy is high."
"Sorry for my outburst earlier" Professor Steel apologized "But I really can't stand this stupid decision, if the kid were ever to hear of this, he would already accept the offers of the seekers of whatever already, if he's already deemed a threat, he might as well become one"
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1st person view
I came back to the house to rest after my training.
"Why is she in our house again?" I pointed to Cordelia who was playing with my cousins
"I heard you can cook really well, so I thought that I would want to try it out" Cordelia answered
"That's not the answer I was looking for, do you have any ulterior motive?"
"Calm down, Perseus, your girlfriend is here for dinner, so make it good, we might get good in-laws that way" Dad replied
"I told you that she's not my girlfriend"
"Yeah stop using your usual arguments of being 'just friends' " Mom added "What sort of friends kiss each other?"
-They do that in anime-
-Well that is fiction and this is reality- Dabria argued
-We're also fictional characters, you know-
| Now wait just a second there |
-Wow, I thought you like us- Ace whistled
-Yeah, are we supposed to be some sort of side characters?- Siege added
-I can't believe that's all you think of us, fictional characters- Diana shook her head -We have feelings too, you know-
-Yeah not cool at all- Damon agreed
-You know what I meant!-
"That how if feels, little nephew" John nodded
"Wait why are you a purple core mage now? When did that happened?"
"Stop trying to change the subject" John replied "But if you must know, I was at a bottleneck for very long, it took some training with a few royal mages, but I broke through"
"Yes, please go clean yourself up now" Olivia instructed "We don't want you to be dirty when you cook us dinner"
"I already cleaned myself up with magic"
"Well we're the adults here, so go" she ordered
"This is revenge for all the times I teased you and John isn't it"
"Oh big time" John and Olivia said in unison
"You have such a wonderful family" Cordelia giggled