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Chapter 95: Chapter 95 Princess Aurelia
If the princess was just starting the academy, then she would be in his class, meaning they’d be starting together, and she’d also be in the Queen’s tournament.
That was why the Queen wanted the tournament because she was sure her daughter was going to win Roman even if the other participants failed to win him, and if the princess met him in the tournament, she was definitely not going to hold back in front of her mother, the Queen.
Roman stood there looking at her, and at first, he was admiring her, but now he was watching her; she was using a sword; Roman had no idea how to use a sword, and even if he wanted to learn, he couldn’t just beat someone with years of experience.
The princess stopped and took a deep breath, facing away, and then her eyes met with Roman’s.
The maid beside him bowed her head immediately while Roman stood there with a smile on his face, staring at her; she was beautiful, just like how a princess should be.
She had long silver hair, she was petite, and with how tight the training clothes she wore were, Roman could see all her curves no matter how small they were.
The princess was also staring at Roman, and soon she began walking towards him; Roman was accustomed to the idea of bowing his head and stood there till the princess was in front of him.
"Princess," The maid spoke as she bowed her head and walked backward, slowly till she was out of range to hear their conversation.
"So you’re the male who awakened an S-rank Elemental ability. I was planning to visit you, but here you are," the princess spoke.
"The palace was boring, so I was looking around," Roman replied nonchalantly; the princess couldn’t blame him; right now, Roman was even more precious than she was.
"I heard you’re attending the academy with me; I hope we can get along," the princess said with a smile on her face.
"I hope so too, I’m sure you already heard about the Queen’s tournament?" Roman asked.
"Yes, I did; it’s a shame you won’t be able to stay at the academy longer; I don’t agree with my mother’s plan of refusing an S-rank to attend the academy even though it’s a male," The princess spoke.
"Really, I’m glad" Roman replied.
"I’m done with my training; maybe I can show you around," She said.
"I’ve seen enough; maybe I can escort you back to the palace. Also, I never got your name," Roman spoke.
"It’s Princess Aurelia"
"Aurelia... that’s a nice name; I’m Roman," Roman spoke as they began walking back to the palace.
"I heard something; I had no idea if it was true or not; I heard you passed out after casting a single fireball spell. Is that true?" Aurelia asked.
"Yes, as an S-rank, I had no idea my spell would be that powerful; the fireball was enough to consume my home; luckily, I shot it into the air, and no one was hurt," Roman replied with a smile.
"Really, that’s an S-rank for you, but if I was S-rank, I would have loved to get one of the other types of magic instead of elemental; imagine what an S-rank summon would be able to do," She spoke.
"That’s true, but I’m happy with what I got"
"Did you hear that your village was attacked? I’m sure you did" Aurelia said.
"What did you say?" Roman stopped as he turned towards her.
"It seems you didn’t; your village was attacked last night by the Blood Fangs; it seems they were looking for the S-rank male; when they found out you weren’t in the village, they left, leaving all the mages down or injured," She replied.
"Did any of the villagers get hurt?" Roman asked.
"Of course not; only the mages who fought got hurt in the process; the villagers were safe; how come you didn’t hear?"
"I wasn’t told, and who attacked the village, who are the Blood Fangs?" Roman asked.
"They are a group of criminals, five of them, I think it started around 2 years ago when they attacked the kingdom of Aldegard, no one really knows what their objective or goal is, but they were declared criminals"
"How many members do they have to be able to attack an entire kingdom?"
"Five members, one S-rank, and four A-ranks mages who are too powerful to even be classified as A-ranks also Karin who uses the Blood artifact is among them," She replied.
"Five members! Then what do they want with me, and what is the Blood artifact?" Roman asked.
"You don’t know about artifacts, you grew up in the boonies so it’s understandable, but they are seven artifacts, we don’t actually know if they are seven in number, but only seven have been discovered"
"The artifact increases the user’s power by a lot, an artifact can make a mage who awakens as a C-rank stronger than an A-rank Mage"
"They are really powerful then, how did the artifact fall into her hands?"
"How do you think, it was stolen from the kingdom of Aldegard...but here’s a problem with artifacts, you can’t just get one, it must choose you, meaning you can take one of the seven artifacts and it won’t activate"
"...meaning you can take one of the seven artifacts, and it won’t activate," Aurelia said.
Roman narrowed his eyes, thinking about what she had just told him. "So, that Karin woman... the artifact chose her?"
Aurelia nodded. "Yes. That’s what makes her dangerous. Not just anyone can use one of the seven artifacts, but it accepted her."
"Do you know what the artifact does, or does it only increase her battle prowess?" Roman asked.
"All the artifacts have different unique powers apart from just increasing the user’s power"
"No one knows the full details since it has never been used before, but from what I’ve heard... it enhances blood magic and creates blood I think. Karin doesn’t need her blood or the blood of anything to fight, the artifact generates blood"
Roman looked ahead, quiet for a moment. He had no idea why they were coming for him.
"If you’re worried, you have nothing to be worried about, the Blood Fangs are not strong enough to attack Avalon, and definitely not the Royal palace or the magic academy"
"I’m not worried... I’m just wondering why they are after me, and how did they know about me, did the kingdom make an announcement or something?" Roman asked.
"No, only the council and the noble families were told, but word spread and now it’s spread through all the kingdom but not fast enough that the blood Fangs would have the information"
"So you think someone told them?" Roman asked.
"I have no idea, but that’s it..."
"Hmm... among the seven artifacts, how many does Avalon have?" Roman asked.
"We have three while the other kingdoms have two, but the Kingdom of Aldegard now has one after the blood artifact was stolen"
"So the seven artifacts represent all the seven types of magic; which ones do Avalon have?" Roman asked.
"I can see why you would want to attend the academy, I’ve never heard of a male this interested in magic before... Avalon has Tempest core for elemental mage, the veilring for illusion mage, and the golden chain for the summoner"
’Artifact...this would be a game changer, with my [Arcane Supremacy] I have the capacity to use all the artifacts but would any of the artifacts choose me, but instead of just one I can try all seven of them’
"Do you know their abilities?" Roman asked.
"Yes," Aurelia nodded, both of them were almost at the door that led to the palace.
"The Tempest Core is a tiny crystal on a necklace that lets an Elemental mage cast spells faster than normal, and the power of each spell is tripled. It also lets them control all the elements and they can do so all at once"
Roman’s eyes widened a little, "That’s... overpowered."
"The Veilring is different," she continued, "it lets an Illusion mage create illusions that can affect all the senses—touch, smell, even pain, and the user can create clones of himself, clones that can’t be differentiated from the original. The moment you wear it, people can’t trust anything they see around you unless they’re stronger than you which they can’t be"
"And the Golden Chain?"
"It lets a Summoner form instant contracts with any beast they summon. The summoner just uses the chain and wraps it around the beast’s neck and the beast becomes yours permanently... also the chain can be used as a weapon as it is unbreakable, and the chain can also change in size depending on how the user wants it"
"All three of them are too powerful, and no one has been able to use them?" Roman asked.
"Yes, but it has been used in the past, that was how their powers were recorded, but the blood artifact has never been used before"
