Chapter 21: Caw... Caw... Caw...

After two weeks...

During these two weeks, Ben taught Noelle some mana control exercises for her to control her fast-growing mana.

Noelle made good progress, but she still looked down on herself.

No matter what Ben said, she would nod her head in determination, but when facing her siblings, she would turn back to her usual depressed mode.

Sigh...

'This girl... come on, I am trying to cheer you up.'

Ben looked at Noelle, who was having a hard time controlling her mana in front of the portraits of her siblings.

"I... I can't focus. When the portrait is looking at me like that."

Noelle looked at the portraits that Ben brought a week before, which contained the image of her siblings glaring menacingly.

"You should. You need to come out of your inferiority complex if you want to become strong."

Ben shook his head in denial, looking at Noelle with a serious expression.

"____"

Noelle, who saw the serious expression on Ben's face, didn't object anymore and once again started to practice while looking at her sibling's portraits.

After that day when Nebra visited them in the garden, she somehow started to show up around the garden frequently for many silly reasons.

When Ben noticed her, she would turn and leave like she had not noticed them practicing.

'Is she that desperate to bully her sister?'

Ben narrowed his eyes whenever he saw Nebra because he thought she was looking for an opportunity to bully Noelle.

Due to this misunderstanding, Ben came up with the idea of Noelle practicing before the portrait, trying to make her overcome her fear.

While they were training, a maid approached them.

"Sir Ben, Lord Silvia summoned you."

The maid lightly bowed her head and informed Nozel that she had summoned Ben.

Ben nodded his head in acceptance.

"Noelle, I will go and see your brother. Don't slack off."

Ben started to walk following the maid while Noelle nodded her head and continued her practice.

Ben arrived before Nozel's room where he was waiting inside.

Sigh...

Knock... knock...

With a sigh, Ben knocked on the door twice.

"Come in."

After getting permission to enter, Ben opened the door and entered the room.

Silva's Headroom...

When Ben entered the room, he was shocked by the craftsmanship of the interior.

The room was in pure white, with a large eagle made of silver placed as a memento at the back of Nozel, who was sitting at his desk.

There were many books on the shelves connected with the eagle statue placed for display.

On the right side of the room, there were portraits of family members who became captains of the Silver Eagle.

There were no windows present in the room, but Ben could feel the comfortable breeze there.

Solid Silvia, who was standing next to his brother while arguing about something, stopped and looked at Ben with a frown.

"Ben, you have completed your mission of training Noelle for three weeks."

Nozel said without any visible emotion on his face.

Ben nodded his head with wide eyes because he forgot to see the time limit of this mission.

"Take this. Report it to your captain."

Nozel gave a letter to Ben with the silver emblem of the Silvia family logo.

'It seems like my job here is complete. Sigh...'

Ben gave a salute to Nozel and took the letter from his hand.

When he was about to leave the room,

"A peasant teaching trash. What a combo."

Solid said with a mocking tone, opening both of his arms menacingly.

"____"

Ben, who was about to walk out of the room, stopped and turned back with narrowed eyes.

'This guy... Why do I feel like punching his face just hearing his voice?'

Seeing his provocation was successful, Solid walked forward with a wider smirk.

"Believe me or not, she will become one of the most powerful members of your Silvia family soon."

Ben said with a smirk, looking at Solid, who was about to provoke him more.

"____"

"____"

Both Nozel and Solid widened their eyes, hearing Ben's reply.

Nozel had a shocked expression because of how high Ben's expectation for Noelle was, while on the other hand, Solid, who had a wide smirk, stood frozen.

'He just... He just compared that trash with me... Brother... How dare he.'

Solid started to leak mana in anger, unable to control himself.

"How dare you compare her to us."

Solid opened his grimoire, and the pages in the grimoire started to flip rapidly.

"Water Magic: Holywater Assassination Bullet."

A huge amount of mana gathered beside Solid, which condensed into a water stream taking the shape of a cannon bullet.

"Why shouldn't I compare her to you? Isn't she your sister?"

Ben looked unfazed while answering calmly.

Nozel didn't stop Solid because he wanted to see how Ben would react to provocations.

If the situation gets out of hand, then he will stop it.

"You commoner shits are eligible to question us."

Solid launched his attack on Ben with an irritated tone.

When the attack landed on Ben's head and blasted Ben's head from his body,

'Take it, you trash. Just because you are first in the Magic Knight exam doesn't mean you are above us.'

Solid looked at the headless body with a menacing look.

Nozel, who looked at the attack connected, stood from his place in a hurry.

He thought Ben had a way to deal with the water bullet, seeing his confident speech.

'Shit... Shit... Charlotte will go on a rampage.'

When Nozel woke beside Solid, their faces froze in shock.

The headless body of Ben, which was standing before them, moved, and the hands and both hands showed the middle finger, while blood was spurting from his neck like a fountain.

"____"

"____"

Before both Nozel and Solid could process what was happening, the body started to disintegrate.

Caw... Caw... Caw...

Ben's body started to disintegrate into many ravens with blood-red eyes and fly from the place.

The ravens flew and started to gather before them, forming the body of Ben, who was looking at them with a gentle smile on his face.

He had not even a single scratch on his body.

Looking at the scene unfolding before them, both Nozel and Solid looked at Ben with wide eyes.

'What just happened?'

Solid felt his attack landed perfectly on Ben, but how does he look perfect, not even a scratch on him?

"Why are you attacking me? Look, I am crying in pain."

Ben dusted his shoulder with a mocking smirk visible.

"You!!!..."

When Solid saw Ben, who was mocking him, he was about to cast another spell, but his brother stopped him.

"Stop, Solid."

Nozel turned and looked at Solid, who was confident for a second before starting to panic and lowering his head.

After Nozel stopped Solid, he turned and looked at Ben with narrowed eyes.

"You don't interfere with us royal matter. Get lost before I change my mind."

Nozel started to release his mana to intimidate Ben, to scare him off.

Click...

'Delusional bastard.'

Ben clicked his tongue in annoyance and started to walk out of the room.

After leaving the room, Ben went to the garden to inform Noelle.

"What!!! This early."

When Noelle, Ben was leaving today, asked while panicking.

"You... I still have not trained properly... So you should..."

Noelle started to come up with excuses to make Ben stay longer while panicking.

Sigh...

"Calm down, Noelle. I have finished my job. Now it's up to you to continue the practice I instructed until you get your grimoire."

Ben placed his hand on Noelle's head while ruffling it to calm her down.

"But..."

Noelle was out of words; she didn't know what to say.

Ben is the first one who treats her nicely and helps her to improve.

Not even once he mocks her for her weakness; instead, he tries to help her.

"____"

"Don't let me down, Noelle. I believe in you."

Ben turned and started to walk, leaving behind Noelle standing there.

'Believing in me? I will get stronger.'

Seeing the departing back of Ben, Noelle clenched her fist with determination.

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