13: Chapter 7.2 Let’s keep the window well closed.
13: Chapter 7.2 Let’s keep the window well closed.
“Nothing happened.” The two men’s eyes met in the empty air, but it was Maxim who backed down first.
“Sigh…
Forget it.
Anyway, the kid seems calm and smart.
I wish my son would watch and learn from him…
I should introduce them sometime.” “Do as you please.” *** Time passed, and it was now night.
I was reading a magic book while shooting wind out the window to practice my wind magic.
“This Wind Spell…
hmm…?
What’s different from Fire?
Ah, this part is completely different from Ignition.
Wait, is this pushing part any different from Telekinesis?” I was faithfully following my grandfather’s words that to convey intent, one must feel and understand the concept.
Taking things apart on my own was as fun and exciting as opening a gift box.
Since there were still few things to enjoy in this world, the small miracle I was causing felt both wondrous and enjoyable.
“Oh, it seems mixing in Refined Mana is a bit stronger than channeling Mana directly.
Wait, I’m confused if it’s stronger because it’s refined, or because the Total Mana Amount in the space itself has increased.” As I was muttering like that for a while, a piece of parchment flew in from outside the window, unfolding on its own, and the magic circle within it began to glow.
“What is this?” Feeling a sense of unease, I was about to pick up the parchment to check it, when.
An assailant dressed in all black climbed up from outside the window.
Whether you looked left or right, he exuded an ‘I am here to assassinate you’ aura as he climbed over the window, and from his clothes, a sharp, gleaming dagger appeared.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The knights pounded on the door, but all that came out was a despairing fact.
“Someone has intruded upon His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince’s room!
Damn it, the door won’t open!
Call a mage, now!” It seems that parchment was blocking the room door.
I looked at my opponent, breaking out in a cold sweat, but without a moment to think, something flashing flew before my eyes.
I barely managed to twist my body, but my shoulder was torn open.
The assassin silently pulled out another dagger from his clothes, and I started madly throwing the surrounding objects with my Telekinesis.
“You crazy bastard!
Get away!” As if the peace until now had been a lie, the assassin approached me, emanating killing intent.
I spun my Circle furiously, but he dodged the magic I threw as if it were pathetic, cut through the objects, and approached me to land a kick.
Gak!
At that, my body flew up and collapsed on the floor.
There was a ringing in my ears, and it was hard to even breathe as the assassin took the mount position over me.
The moment he raised that chillingly sharp blade high, I spun my Circle to its limit, pulling all the mana I had and didn’t have to block the hand holding the dagger.
The tinnitus in my ears grew worse, and it felt like I could hear something grinding.
My body was heating up, but I couldn’t stop.
Because I knew that the moment I relaxed, that blade would be lodged in my throat.
Contrary to the urgent situation, my head was spinning like crazy.
But the blade was already near my throat, pressing on the thin skin and drawing blood.
‘More…
I need more output!’ As I spun the Circle beyond its limit, my vision began to blur.
But conversely, the mana circuit in my body became clear, and I could see how the mana from my heart was rooted in my body.
At that, as if opening all the circuits, I madly sucked in the surrounding mana, and at the same time, as the unrefined mana rushed in, I poured it out indiscriminately.
At that, my vision turned white, and when I finally couldn’t hear anything, another circle was miraculously formed in my heart.
My eyelids trembled madly, and my vision slowly, faintly returned.
Without even a moment to rejoice, I increased the output and knocked the blade away.
The assassin seemed flustered by the sudden increase in power, and aiming for that gap, I shot fire and wind magic at his eyes and genitals.
Kuaaargh!
Aiming for the gap as the assassin staggered, I pushed him away with telekinesis and got on top of him.
Then I grabbed a large glass shard nearby and plunged it into his neck with all my body weight.
Stab!
Gak!
I screamed and put my strength into it.
“Die, you bastard!” Even with the glass in his neck, he shot his burned eye wide open and thrashed wildly, trying to throw me off.
As if squeezing out his last bit of strength, the assassin’s hand struck my side.
Gasp.
As if I would never let go, I wrapped my legs around his waist.
The eyes staring at me were so terrifying that I pulled out the glass shard stuck in his neck and stabbed his eyeball.
I wrapped my arms tighter around the madly thrashing body and started stabbing his neck again.
Stab!
Stab!
Stab!
“Just die already!
Die!
Uwaaaaaah!” My hands were torn by the sharp glass, and blood splattered into my eyeball.
My nose was numb from the scent of blood, and the metallic taste of blood clung to my mouth, moistening my parched throat.
The assassin’s body trembled finely as he breathed his last, but I just held onto the glass in my hand and repeated the motion of stabbing and pulling out.
At that, the door was split in half, and my father and Lily came in.
“Imperial Prince!” My father grabbed my hand and pried open my fingers one by one to make me drop the glass.
He looked back and forth between my hands and my face, then winced in self-reproach.
Lily, seeing my unfocused eyes, burst into tears and hugged me tightly.
“…” “Shh…
It’s okay now, Imperial Prince…
It’s okay…” Lily repeatedly said it was okay while holding me close, and I fainted, feeling her body temperature.
My father, his face filled with rage, spoke to the knights.
“Find them.
Uncover the mastermind, no matter what it takes.
I will personally carry out the nine familial exterminations, cut off their limbs and throw them to the beasts, and I will perform decapitation and display of head on their despicable body before the castle gates.” The knights trembled and just bowed their heads, then took the assassin’s corpse and hurriedly left the room.
And so, the long night ended.