Duke Ignatius

Almost instantly after Fia knocked, the door opened.

Leus was standing beside the door with his back leaning on the wall, so he couldn't immediately see who opened it, but as soon as the door opened, he felt slight pressure weighing on his body.

The pressure was becoming more intense by the second

'What the hell is that?'

Clearly, there wasn't anything physically weighing on him, yet, Leus was feeling as if something was slowly crushing him.

His breathing became slightly heavier and his body felt sluggish.

Leus tried to resist the pressure but it was futile.

'It happened as soon as the door opened, could Ignatius be checking on me or something? Strange'

'*What are you ...*'

Leus clearly heard a confused voice just now, but it felt different

He looked around him in confusion

'Where the hell did that voice come from?'

The pressure stopped increasing, it was mildly annoying and made moving a bit troublesome, but it wasn't really that much of a big problem.

'It must be Ignatius .. maybe that's telepathy? What did he mean by that?'

All that happened in less than 5 seconds, so Fia didn't notice anything, but when she turned around, she saw that Leus' face was a bit pale.

"Hmm? Leus? Are you okay?"

Leus decided not to say anything about the pressure and just take it easy

'If it's Ignatius then she probably can't do anything anyway'

"Yeah, I'm fine"

Leus walked forward and entered through the now-open door, and as soon as he entered the pressure weakened a bit more

'What's he trying to do anyway?'

The distance between the door and where Ignatius was sitting wasn't small, from that far Leus couldn't precisely see the expression on Ignatius' face, but he felt as if Ignatius was looking at him with narrowed eyes.

'Is this some sort of a test or something?'

Leus calmed himself down and decided to act normally.

He looked at the man who opened the door

'An old-looking man with white hair and grey eyes ... Light Affinity?'

The man's affinity was a bit surprising to Leus

'Isn't Remedy the only Elite Light Mage? So this one must be an Elite Light Knight, interesting, I've never seen a Light knight before.'

The man was wearing a suit and he didn't have a visible sword, the expression on his face was unreadable, almost blank.

Yet, if you focus really hard, you'd notice that his eyes were opened slightly wider than normal in surprise, but Leus didn't notice it.

Leus extended his hand to the man

"Hello, I'm Leus"

The man quickly shook Leus' hand

"I'm Sebastian, the Duke's Butler, please, call me Sebas"

Leus nodded with a smile then moved forward

'Why didn't Fia tell me about this test? Is it to see how I act under pressure? Like some sort of a job interview or something?

I thought they put psychological pressure, not a physical one, I guess the standards are different here.'

Leus looked around him and inspected the room, it was really big and had countless things in it.

The furniture looked extravagant, its colors were a mix of red, blue, and black, of course, red was the most common one.

'Swords, Books, Buttons, Armors, Drinks, Paintings ... Even Mana Crystals, All sorts of stuff are here.'

Everything in the room looked luxurious.

'There are even doors all over the room, Damn, this room alone is bigger than our house at least twice ahahaha.'

Leus wryly smiled when he realized that, but suddenly, the pressure on him increased a bit, erasing the smile off his face

'What's wrong with this man?'

Behind Leus, Sebastian was talking with Fia about something, so Leus was alone in front of Ignatius, and he slowly moved forward toward him.

When Leus got close enough to be able to see Ignatius' face clearly, he became very surprised

'I always imagined Ignatius as a red-haired version of Arno ... but they are the complete opposite'

While Arno looked like a wise old man, Ignatius looked like a charming young man.

'He doesn't look any older than a man in his 30s, he also looks somewhat like Dad'

Contrary to Leus' expectations, Ignatius looked like a young man full of vigor and vitality.

Suddenly Leus thought of something

'If Ignatius is so old yet he looks so young, How old is Fia? Could she secretly be as old as my grandmother or something ...'

Leus realized a scary fact

'I can't trust my eyes anymore, how a person looks has nothing to do with his age but with how powerful he is ...'

When Leus finally stood right in front of the desk, he pushed away all the useless thoughts and locked eyes with Ignatius.

Ignatius' expression was solemn, and as soon his eyes met with Leus', he sent a transmission to Leus' mind

'*Are you a human?*'

Leus furrowed his brows

'What is he talking about?'

Leus was so taken aback by the question that he didn't know what to answer.

'Am I a human? What should I answer to that?'

The expression on Ignatius' face became even more solemn

'*Answer with a Yes or a No, are you a human?*'

Leus quickly answered

"Yes"

The expression on Igantius' face relaxed, but only a little

'*Then why does your soul not synchronize with your body?*'

When Leus heard that, a stupefied expression appeared on his face

'What does that even mean?'

Once again, he was at a loss for words, but the pressure on his body increased, forcing him to give a reply.

"I - I don't know"

This time Ignatius is the one who tilted his head in confusion

'*How come you don't know?*'

The pressure started to affect Leus' breathing, his breathing became heavy and his face became paler, so he replied in a slightly higher-than-normal voice

"I do not understand what you mean by synchronize"

'*Lower your voice*'

Leus narrowed his eyes

'This man is annoying me'

But the annoyed expression on his face quickly turned into a shocked one

'*You are not a child, you aren't fooling me, what are you?*'

Leus' mind became blank.