Chapter:-7 Talk with the King

The King of Graycastle looked at this Genius-son of his for a moment before glancing at the ministers inside the [Throne-room]. He waved his hand towards them ,saying "I want to talk to my son for a bit...."

The ministers glanced at the Nation's pride with complicated looks before bowing towards the King to show their respect, they left the [Throne-room] with their attendants following behind closely.

Seeing the giant door closing ,The King looked towards Kite and said "Get up, you don't need to bow....What happened my son....????"

Kite slowly rose from the floor and looked towards the King. He cautiously glanced around while using the power of his [Holy-sword] and [Spectator] to see if someone was foolish enough to spy on them.

After 5 minutes of observation, Kite didn't observe any abnormalities in the surrounding ,he pulled out his sword and formed a [Spiritual wall] ,isolating them from the outer world.

He looked towards, his old-man while he observed him using [Spectator] ability. A middle-aged man, fine wrinkles on his face ,a bunch of silver hair behind his ears, a serious expression on his face, face muscles tight.

He wore golden robes with silver outlining, signifying the status of The King, an aura of self-confidence surrounding him with fatique hidden deep inside his expression.

"You are tired father...." Said Kite as he watched his father giving him a wry smile.

"Nothing escapes from those blue-eyes of your's does it ......True, I am tired that's why I arranged the [Royal selections] ,to choose the next successor." Said the King.

"You now that the Church will surely use this chance to pit your children against each other, to weaken the royal family and take control over the kingdom." Said Kite as he continued to observe his father.

"I know that, but what choice do I have, if I wait for my death to start the selection then the Church would be able to speed up the process of total control."

"If I do so now, the result would be the same ,just the damage caused to the Royal family could be minimized by my presence." Reasoned the King while looking at his son with a complicated gaze.

"Sometimes I feel blessed that you aren't my blood-descendant, atleast you can avoid this bloody process." He sighed as he seemed to age a bit.

"I will be leaving the capital, if I stay then my brothers and sister while surely try to pull me into their faction. I don't want to be a part of this mess. I will wander the whole kingdom to survey the condition of our citizens, it will be helpful to the next King." Said Kite ,still looked at his father.

"That's a brilliant decision !!!!, .....I agree with your thoughts.....Go my son, for the future of this Kingdom will also be in your hands." Said the King as he smiled towards Kite.

"Father, I think you should lock down the castle till the selection process is over, let the people decide the new king....."

"Church will surely try to use this opportunity to assassinate you, the [Seals] left by ancestors will not allow witches to enter the castle while the [Shadow-guards] will kill every intruder."

"You do remember that.....They tried to kidnap you ,if I wasn't there then they would have surely succeeded in doing so, this time they will surely manipulate my brothers into killing you." Reasoned Kite as a cold-glint appeared inside his eyes.

His father, the King smiled as he said "I know that, but I also know that my time is near. If by my death, a worthy ruler could be chosen for my kingdom, so be it."

"Kill the one who kills me, a traitor doesn't deserve to rule the kingdom, kill the one who will be framed, this kingdom doesn't need muscle but brain. My death is certain but so is the birth of a new ruler." Said the King as he stood up from his throne and walked towards Kite.

"But father, why sacrifice yourself....If you want to test their character ,we can always find another way to do so...As for the church, I shall handle them." Said Kite as he tried to change his father's decision.

"No !!! Kite, let me reunite with my queen ,I am tired..... tired of fending off the church, tired of fending of the enemy kingdom, tired to living....."

"I want to reunite with my beloved.....Let me die....Die a Ruler's death, for the people, for the Kingdom." Said The King as he stood in front of Kite and hugged him.

Kite tried to struggle but somehow couldn't gather his strength, even after becoming a [beyonder], in front of his father's hug he couldn't even summon an ounce of it.

"But..But..." Unknowingly tears spilled out of Kite's eyes as he thought to himself 'Why am I feeling to sad, so suffocating, like my lungs are going to burst, this pain, this emptiness, this sorrow ,this anger ,this love....'

"It's okay my son, even if I die I will live on in you..." Said his father ,The King.

After staying like this for sometime, Kite regained control over his emotion as he felt that a portion of the [Reader] potion has been fully digested.

[Reader] level-9 sequence ,need for asking things ,gaining reasons, why this ???,why that ???, an information that has been fully understood.

Though the process of potion digestion was extremely slow, it was still quite a fortune to digest a portion of it so quickly.

If you are able to grasp the corresponding [Acting-method] then the speed of potion digestion while be faster and more effective but mastering an [Acting-method] was much more harder than thinking about it.

His other pathway ,[Bard], [Apothecary], [Spectator] were still in their initial phase ,waiting to be digested by Kite.

He had decided to digest other potions after reaching his destination-[Border land] and start planning to find a way home.

Klein or rather Roland and Azik had already left for the place ,Kite decide to go to his own house before heading towards his destination.