A Place Where Blood Can’t Be Seen (1)
“Mother?”
Without any hesitation, Ian rushed out of the tent,
The three knights and conducting mage followed .
“shu! shu! stop playing hard to get! I know you miss the touch of a real man”
“wh, what … ?!”
What humiliating words .
Seems he laid his hands on mother’s body .
“Come on, have a listen . Don’t you feel lonely at night after being a widow for 7 years? there are plenty men who will sneak into your bed if you just let the door open…… huh?”
The soldier who was sexually insulting mother was stunned .
Of course, because of the mage and knights .
Seems he doesn’t care at all about Vanessa’s son, Ian .
“What is this ruckus?”
One of the knights, who is named Aaron, asked .
There was a natural-born solemness in his low voice
“I . . it is nothing, sir! This degraded kitchen maid dared to look inside the tent, I was scolding… . ”
“Degraded?”
Ian cut into his excuse .
“How dare you! Don’t you see I’m talking to Nobles here?”
Now he started rebuking Ian .
Totally different reaction from the soldier compared to the attitude he just showed to the mage and knights .
Well, I understand that’s how the rank system works
Then…
“Mr . Mage . ”
“hmm?”
“Am I mage now?”
The mage can’t give a straight answer to the sudden question of Ian .
Can this little boy be called a mage?
‘Far from officially being enrolled as an mage, he hasn’t even received admission to the Academy’
Officially, he is not a mage yet .
However, he self-studied the management of mana
Furthermore, he is able to cast 1st class magic .
‘The Royal and The Ivory tower will be alerted . ’
To adopt this boy into the Empire, by any means necessary .
The boy who contains unfathomable talents .
Literally, it is only an matter of time .
It didn’t take long for the conducting mage to make a decision .
“He is a mage . ”
Official confirmation by the conducting mage .
Suddenly, all the eyes focused on Ian .
Although, Ian stood solid, without any emotional swaying .
He continued the conversation .
“So what is my rank now?”
“Equivalent to Empire Nobles”
“How about my mother?”
“Same . If you wish . ”
Now Ian looked at the knights .
“Did you hear that? my mother and I, from now on, are Noble . ”
*sururung!*
While Aaron, who is sensible enough to understand Ian’s intention, drew the first sword,
*sururu! sururung!*
Two other knights drew their swords too .
“Insulting an Noble is applicable to instant execution . ”
Aaron’s brutal declaration reached the soldier’s ear .
That was what Ian intended .
“uh…… . huh?”
The soldier still didn’t understand the situation .
After he rolled his eye few times, finally he was able to conclude this situation .
So, the boy is a mage .
Vanessa, is the mother of the boy .
So that means… .
“Heeeeccckk?!”(E/N: just a moment of shocking revelation)
Not just shocked, but he started to drivel on the ground .
“P… . p… . ,please, please spare my life!”
He quickly bowed down, hammering his head on the ground
Now, the apologies were targeted to Ian, neither knight nor mage .
The tide has turned .
“Please, mercy, then I will… . ”
“Why do you apologize to me?”
“I will never forget this grace …… . I beg your pardon?”
Ian indicated to his mother and spoke quietly .
“It is not me who you should apologizing to . ”
“…… . Ah!”
The soldier now turned his body to Vanessa, and repeated what he just did to Ian .
“Please, please forgive me! please just give me a chance!”
He totally lay on the ground hammering his head into the ground .
Begging for his life with a servile voice .
“I . . Ian . You don’t need to do this much…”
He was so desperate that even mother who was receiving the apology felt uncomfortable .
Actually, even if he just said sorry, she would accept it .
Now I remember .
‘Right . Gentle and kind, that was my mother . ’
If I execute him in front of her, she will struggle with nightmares .
So, it is not a good time to execute him, not now .
‘I’ll shed blood, in a place where blood can’t be seen’
The promise of my second life was carved deep in my heart .
‘For now, my mother is the priority . ’
Suddenly, Ian felt sorry for his mother .
In his former life, he couldn’t protect his mother .
He was immature, didn’t understand much .
‘At that time, I was too young . ’
In his former life, Ian was an newbie, just entered into the academy .
He didn’t tell anyone that he self-studied the fundamental management of mana and 1st class magic, actually, he couldn’t .
‘I was afraid, since I was young . ’
Blinded by the fear that he might be rebuked about it .
So he had spent another whole year on magic theory class with other kids, in his former life .
As an ordinary mage apprentice, neither superior, nor inferior .
‘Of course, no privileges was given to her like nobles . ’
Mother had left Mogrian village .
She no longer needed to work as a kitchen maid, but that was all .
She spent 1 year alone .
‘She didn’t get to enjoy any luxuries . ’
After 1 year, when he finally became a 1st class magician, he finally received the rank as high as nobles .
Then mother passed away from an illness .
Even if she had a greatly talented son, she never had a chance to be treated as a noble .
However, this time, history will be changed .
“hew . ’
After recalling the bitterness of his former life,
he sit squatted in front of the soldier .
“Listen . ”
A whisper only the soldier can listen .
“I exactly know how rubbishes like you think about my mother, saying dirty jokes about her . ”
Then he made an eerie face at him .
No one would have imagined such an expression came from an 12 years old kid .
“So what you saw, and heard today, relay it to the **** like you . ”
The soldier nodded crazily, as if he going to break his neck .
From his shaking two eyes, his desire of survival was reflected to Ian
“I will watch you . ”
Then, Ian stood up and said to knights
“I think this is enough . ”
At Ian’s word’s, knights sheathed their swords .
‘Th, thank you! Thank you! Thank you for my life!’
Although Ian stopped the execution, the soldier kept begging his life, to avoid Ian’s reconsideration, just in case .
“Is that little boy a mage?”
“The son of an kitchen maid?”
“Shut your mouth . Didn’t you see that the soldier almost lost his neck?”
People started whispering to each other, and it seems there was no sign to the end of it .
Today’s story might be spoken by people for a while .
“Mr . mage, are there any more tests left?’
“…… . huh? N . . No . It is all done . ”
“Mr . Mage, if you’ll excuse me, I better return to my home . My mother seems quite frightened . ”
“Yes, as you wish . Ah! wait, hold on a second . ”
The mage suddenly stopped Ian and asked the knight, Aaron .
“Sir Aaron, please **** the boy . I will contact you later through the crystal orb . ”
Aaron obeyed the order without question .
It couldn’t be refused, and also it was his duty .
“Ok then, I better go now, Mr . Mage . ”
Ian left the area by escorting his mother .
A Kitchen maid’s son, escorted by a royal knight!
Due to such a rare sight, People can’t take their eyes off them .
‘What a surprising boy, in many ways . ’
Soon, the report of the conducting mage was sent to The Royal, and The Ivory tower .