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The Archivist's Ploy: A Tale of One Against The World

Far above the horizon, beyond the clouds and the apocalyptic storms under it, hovered a yellow-haired old-looking man. His yellow eyes gave off a bright radiance, and countless books floated around him. Throughout history, the man was known by many names, (The Watcher - The Chronicler - The Historian - The Custodian - The Recordkeeper) But during this Era, he was known as The Archivist. The Archivist's perception inspected thousands of kilometers far and wide, Yet 'Nothing interesting is happening' His frustration grew 'What's the point of a worldwide perception if there's no apposite change to perceive?' 'The world has become mundane' 'And no one is doing anything about it' Ergo, The Archivist will take matters into his own hands 'I'll orchestrate a worldwide, All-embracing scheme against an oblivious individual' With a sinister smile on his face, he devised his plan 'Turn the entire world into a person's antagonist, Then enjoy the show' And he had the perfect plot for it 'First, Utter Despair that would cause immense Pain' 'Then, More Despair that would turn the Pain to Loathe' 'Then, As the Loathe grows, The Despair will transform into Rage' 'The Rage will make the Being Crave Revenge, and the intense Crave will result in Devotion to his goal' 'Finally, The Despair, Pain, Loathe, Crave, and Devotion will all be used as fuel for the Rage, Transforming it into an even extremer emotion' "WRATH" How would a single person unleash his Wrath against the entire world? 'That's what I'm going to find out' "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The Archivist's maniacal laughter echoed loudly 'The world is about to be entertaining' He looked up and asked with a reverberating, Bleak voice "Who will be the unlucky one?"

Adhaman · ファンタジー
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295 Chs

Birth

Location: The Eastern Continent

The Crimson Castle Kingdom

The North Western City, Crimson-Walls

Date: Year 2108 of the Magic Era according to the Archivist's book

Also referred to as The Crimson Year 438 inside The Crimson Castle Kingdom

A beautiful, blue-haired young girl nervously asked her father

"Dad Dad, will Mother be okay?"

A red-haired boy quickly asked as well

"Yes Dad, When will Mother come out?"

Their father tried to assure them by saying

"Just wait a bit, Everything should be okay, Your mother will come out holding your brother any moment now"

Despite his calm tone, He was anxious as well

'It's been too long, And I can't hear any crying as well'

He nervously looked at a closed-door

'Why is Remedu taking so long...'

'I hope everything is okay'

In the locked room, A young-looking woman was standing with a worried look on her face 

The woman had white hair and grey eyes, She was wearing a white robe and she was holding a newborn baby in her hands

She gently caressed the boy's head 

'Why are you not breathing'

'You can't die after all this'

She looked at the blue-haired woman lying unconscious on the bed 

'Your mother almost died as well'

'If you die it'd be bad for my record, Please wake up'

The woman began chanting inaudible words 

After she was done, White light came out of her palm and seeped into the baby's body, But it didn't do anything 

'The body should have been fine, But why is the heart not beating, I'll try one last thing, If it doesn't work then it can't be helped'

She decided to chant one of the forbidden spells

The reason this spell is forbidden is simple, It needed a lot of experience and delicacy,

If an inexperienced Mage tried to cast it then there was a possibility that both the Mage and the patient would die

The rules were that this spell should either be only used by very experienced Mages or under the supervision of one

Luckily, Remedy here is one of the best Light Mages in the city, So she didn't have any problems with using that spell

As Remedy chanted the spell, She directly sent her life force to the baby's heart

'Please work'

Within a few seconds, The heart greedily absorbed all the life force it could, And it started beating.

Remedy stopped channeling her life force and inspected the baby's face

The baby slowly opened his eyes

It seemed empty, Devoid of life, Just dead eyes staring forward without blinking

When Remedy inspected the baby's body, She noticed something 

'He's not even breathing!'

Suddenly, Something changed.

The color of the eyes began to change,

The right eye from Black to Blue, And the left eye from Black to Red

Then the baby started breathing.

Remedy was confused

'Huh? What even happened?'

She had no idea what was going on, Buy

'I never used this spell on a newborn before, Maybe this is how it's supposed to work?'

'Well, It doesn't matter anyway'

'As long as the baby is alive then it's fine'

It was such a hard day for her, Remedy consumed a lot of her Mana and Life Force to save both the baby and the mother

'But wow, 2 different eye colors? Opposing ones at that'

She looked at the baby's red and blue eyes

'It's unique, I've never seen someone like that before'

'I wonder, Is this the result of Heterochromia, or could it be that he has a double Affinity?'

Only time would tell

Remedy held the baby and tried to put him in his mother's arms, But while doing that she noticed that the baby was looking at her strangely

'Hmm? Now what is this?'

She leaned closer to the baby and whispered

*Why are you not crying like normal babies?*

'If Blaze sees him like this he will start asking me questions about why he's not crying and why he's looking like this ...'

Remedy definitely didn't want that, She didn't have answers to these questions, and more importantly

'I'm tired, My Mana is low, and I just want to go home'

*If you don't want to cry, Then Let's just put you to sleep*

After saying that, She began chanting something

Her index shone with a bright light, Then she put it on the baby's temple and said

*Sleep*

Remedy looked proudly at the sleeping blue-haired beauty

The woman was holding her baby tightly in her arms

'Amazing... My record remains perfect!'

She checked on the mother a final time then walked out of the room

Outside, She found Blaze sitting on the sofa waiting nervously with both his children waiting beside him

As soon as Blaze saw her he stood up and asked her

"How are they?"

She spoke in a neutral tone

"The baby looks unique"

"What do you mean unique? Remedy, They both are fine, Right?"

"Of course, Do you really doubt the great Remedy?

Trust me, Without me, At least one of them wouldn't survive, It was really hard"

"But they're okay now right?"

"Yes, I put them both to sleep, And I'll come in a week or so to check on them"

Remedy extended her hand forward and said

"Now pay up"

Blaze put his hand in his pocket and asked

"How much?"

She replied evenly

"3 Gold coins"

Blaze's eyes shot open

"3 Gold!!!!! Why? That's  TRIPLE the normal price!"

Remedy explained in a bored tone

"It was hard, It took long, and I'm nearly out of mana and won't be able to work for a while

And on top of it, I had to use a Life Force Spell"

"Life Force Spell? Was it really that serious?"

"Yeah, Now hurry up, I need to go"

Blaze looked at her for a couple of seconds then went to another room

He wasn't pleased at all

'That's a fortune !!! 3 Gold coins?

Not enough that her so-called "normal price" is almost 10 times more than normal Light Mages, She's taking triple that!!

I don't know if I should call myself lucky that I was able to bring one of the best Light Mages in the city or unlucky that I ended up paying this much'

Blaze opened a safe, Took out 2 gold coins, and added it to the gold coin in his pocket, Then went back to the lobby

There he found Remedy standing at the door, As soon as she saw him she took the coins from his hand and left without turning back once

Blaze could only sigh with a bitter smile

'Whatever, I don't mind paying my life for Viorica's good health, it's okay

Nothing is too much for the family'

He walked back to the children and spoke to them in a gentle tone

"Let me clean the room then I'll take you inside to see your new brother and your mother, They're sleeping so don't make any noise, Okay?"

Amethyst asked in a very low tone while jumping

"Daddy Daddy, How do you know it's a brother, not a sister? Why are you sure?"

"Ahh, An old witch said that while gobbling my money, She should be at least right about this part"

"Old witch?"

He patted her head and said

"Don't worry about that, Next time it'll be a sister okay?

Now make sure Merlin doesn't make any noise, And don't let him run around

The floor will be wet and he's ..... yeah just don't let him run okay?"

Amethyst replied with a bright smile

"Okay Daddy, Count on Amethyst!!!!"

She raised her fist high

'Such adorable little girl, She's cuter than her mother'