Sage's Tower

However one day..

I was eating with my mom in this extravagant dining room, though the household's leader for the 4th generation has depleted half of our resources this household still held half of them, which is still an extensive amount.

My current mom has astonishing beauty. She has a red hair and a very fit body.

The Stumblebum/ my pathetic dad is currently absent, his location is unknown. But if I were to speculate, I would guess he's out there fucking other girls.

*sigh* such an asshole.

"Killigan. Have you introduce your presence in front of the sage?" My caring mother called for me and asked such interesting question.

"No mom." I replied.

'We have a sage? Hmm.. this sage could perhaps satiate my hunger for knowledge.' I thought. I have been living in this world for 5 years, I have adapted to this world's aristocrat's way of talking, which I found very elegant and archaic but I do realize that there are some 'modern' vulgar words being used here, like 'fuck' and or 'shit'.

After eating, I said my farewell to my mom and gone to my room to change into a better satire, I opened my room to meet my loyal, personal knight whom I have tricked to serve me, Dylan Selvyk.

He is a frail and weak looking man with a gigantic curved saber hanging on his back. Do not let his frail and weak appearance fool you for he is one of the few who reached legion class in swordsmanship.

Swordsmanship and other weapons have different classes/ratings,

Bronze class, the weakest rate. Silver class, the second weakest. Gold class, the third weakest. Platinum class, the third strongest. Grandmaster, the second strongest. Legion, the strongest.

Dylan Selvyk is a prodigy that no man has ever seen since The Olden Eras. He reaches Legion class when he was a mere 17 years young. He has a quite interesting backstory as well.

He never uses any armors when he fights and always used such giant saber that has a bigger size than his whole body. For the reason why he never used any armor well he said this, "Why use armor, when you're not planning to get hit."

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Dylan bowes down and uttered politely, "Madame has requested me to accompany my liege to the sage tower." He shows quite a respect towards me, in fact many people does.

And they have all the reasons to.. I'm the master of this household, the future heir. However that is not the only reason, since I was young I have shown such complex way of thinking and analysis.

I'm notoriously smart for my age and my parents love to boast about it when they meet with other families. I was intending to hide my inner abilities but I decided not to, because I thought that it would be good to settle in my public image before I'm a teen.

It's trust, I wanted trust from others, so I gave them the reason to trust me. I can't do that when I'm hiding my abilities, but of course I've never gone all out.

As I headed towards the sage tower, I asked my knight, "Can you tell me more about our sage, Dylan?"

Dylan responded after thinking for a while, "He is powerful, very. He is loyal to the household, but most importantly he is mysterious." I wondered about that last statement and thought that this man would be compatible for me.

"I have heard.. rumors about him, some says that he is immortal, which I found a plausible theory. I have never seen him outside the tower and he have been here even before I joined.

He served the 3rd generation leader." I was shocked at this, the third generation ended around 120 years ago.

"I see.." That's all I muttered and returned my gaze on the path.

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*knock* *knock*

We knocked the front gate of the tower and it opened by itself. The cold breeze hushes from the gap of the gate. We entered it before it closes by it self.

We were met with an eerie hallway that was lit by torches from the side of the wall. After walking around 5 minutes in this straight hallway there's nothing else to be found, until we saw the end.

It was.. underwhelming? The end of the hallway is just a brick of wall, I saw no rooms nor any signs of living throughout the hallway.

Dylan steps forward and laid his hands on a brick, he presses it and took a step back. Sounds of mechanical instrument rings from every direction. After that, the wall opened up like a door.

'A hidden door!'

"This way my liege." Dylan took the lead and showed me the way. Behind this door is a gigantic, mystical library. In the middle of the room there's a- a girl? A young girl with silver hair in her twenties can be seen reading a book while sitting down behind a table.

We walked to her but she didn't even spare a glance.

"Dylan, I thought you described the sage as a 'he' not a 'she', what is the meaning of this?" I whispered.

"I thought it might be a pleasant surprise, my liege." Dylan replied as we walked towards her side.

"The great sage of the tower, I came to greet you. My name is Killig-" She interrupted me. She looked at me and I can finally see her face. 'She has pointy ears- wait! Is she an elf?! Fascinating creatures, read about them at the library.'

"Killigan Northanrey, the first born child of the 6th generation. Hmm?

what an immense mana signature." She said the last part quietly.

I've read about her species in the mansion's library. It's said that elfs has the purest connection to magic, which leads to a humongous mana quantity. They have divine beauty and a very potent aether skill, overall they are strong, very.

"Oh my! What a pleasant surprise, so you knew about me." I said

"Dylan talked about you when he visits me to play. Oh! How rude. I haven't even introduced my self, my name is Tessa de Gislena."

"Nice to meet you, Tessa the sage" I said after shaking each other's hands, but it would soon be awkward, none of the opposing individuals came out with a topic to talk.

However the moment I decided to leave she suddenly grabs my hand, I was surprised at this and even Dylan's hand was already at his sword hilt.

"I- I'm sorry, my liege, may I ask a permission for you and I to talk alone." She said while letting go of my hand. I nodded.

"You may.. Dylan?" I glanced at Dylan, he nods and leaved the room for the both of us.

I walked towards an empty chair and sat down before asking, "What is it?"

"You see, my liege, I have served many Northanreys in my life, I have served even the 2nd generation leader. Her name is Talia Northanrey, a figure I look up to.

She has a righteous heart that sets her image differently than the rest, she's pure and selfless. My liege, have you learned about the word 'slave'?" She asked me.

I was young around 5 years old, that's why she's hesitating to use a very mature word.

"Yes." I simply answered. She continued,

"You see.. I was a slave, not because of my body but because of my unique aether skill. It's a skill that let me see others true nature." She said while a third vertical eye was formed at her forehead. I was perplexed, it is gorgeous but very eerie.

"I'm interested about this skill, tell me more." I commanded her in a curious voice.

"Eh!" She was taken back by my order, "As you wish my liege, I call it illuminati, it can let you hear other people's mind, control people's mind, understand any languages, and calculate one's exact mana and their magic."

She explained like it was nothing.

I was surprised. Seeing through others psychologically is already an amazing skill on its own, but with all of those extra abilities, she can overturn even the biggest civilization, if used correctly.

"Anyways, after being a slave for a spoiled young master. Talia Northanrey, came in to rescue me. The corrupt household was soon to be destroyed. After being saved by her, my aether skill reawakened.

Talia recruited me as her household's sage, I- of course promptly agreed to this. It was a serendipity. I was loyal to my household, that is until the 4th generation heir was born.

He was diabolical, a true born devil. The history books pictured him as an incompetent idiot, but in reality he's the complete opposite. Have you studied about 'The Bloodied War of The Eternal Days'?"

"Yes!"

The Bloodied War of The Eternal Days, it was stated to be the most ferocious war humanity has ever seen. All species, kingdoms, tribes for unexplained reasons started declaring war one at another.

It happened so fast, it was horrifying.

"I never leaved his side, I knew he is diabolical, evil, and cunning. That's why every meeting, every discussions, every conversations that he had never leaved my sight.

But then it happened, he manipulated others even my self to be aggressive. I remembered it like yesterday, he suddenly hugged me and said sentences after sentences.

It made me mad, it made me wanted to kill someone. He manipulated others right in front of my radar successfully, manipulating me simultaneously.

Do you know what I see in him when I activated illuminati? Darkness. Void. Nothingness. It was nightmare.

But somehow, someway when I activated my third eye just now, I saw pieces of him in you.

Who are you?!" She reluctantly asked.

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