Chapter 145: 145
After the King had been forced to hung up the call to the quarantine zone, many things had yet to happen before that long day came to an end .
Using fatigue as an excuse, Lith was escorted to his new apartments . It was a small one-man tent, around two meters (6 . 6 feet) high with a diameter of barely 3 meters (10') . It was completely bare, outside for a bed and a nightstand .
It was the smallest accommodation he had ever had; the only redeeming feature was that at least he had some privacy . Unless they shoved in a sleeping bag, there was no way another person could fit .
The first thing he did, was to check his powers . As expected, all kinds of elemental magic besides light and darkness seemed to be jammed for both fake and true magic . But while fake magic simply gave no results, with true magic he could feel an obstruction .
It was like touching an object through plastic wrap, he could still feel the world energy all around him, but was unable to reach it with conventional means .
Lith had no idea how the Small World worked, but was quite confident that in case of need, he still would be able to use magic if he pushed forward strong enough to overcome the invisible barrier .
- "The problem is the degree of awareness the artifact grants to Varegrave . There is a strong possibility that successful true magic, if not even my attempts, could be detected . It's best to keep it as a last resort . " –
Much to his satisfaction, both spirit magic and fusion magic worked without a hitch . Either the Forgemaster that crafted the Small World was a fake mage, or he had left loopholes on purpose, to not fall victim of his own creation .
Lith sighed, whatever was the answer, it was still a small comfort, compared to the realization he was losing control over his life, becoming a puppet in games he had no interest into .
- "You know, Solus, this may as well be the worst day of my third life . First, I was taken away from the academy, then I almost got killed, and now I have been declared a state secret . All in one day . Just imagine what could happen tomorrow . "
"It's not like they kidnapped you . They offered you a job and you took it . " Solus didn't believe her own words, she was just trying to lighten the mood . She knew that as long they lived in any country, there would always be offers that couldn't be refused .
"After that, things have got unpleasant, but at least you should be rewarded for your services . You may even get a nice home and a noble title . "
"Are you kidding me?" He snorted . "That would be the worst . If I get to choose, I'll pick money, hands down . A title would mean having underlings, responsibilities, becoming an active part of the system from which I'm trying to escape from day one .
Not to mention being forced to attend social life, marry and take part in politics . " –
He slammed his hand on the nightstand, making is sink a couple of centimetres in the soft ground .
- "Dammit, I never wanted to be a hero, nor to conquer this sh*tty world . My aim has always been to find a fix to my reincarnation problem, and then live a happy and quite life .
Now, instead, I'm on the verge of being recognized by the Crown itself, and if that happen, my family will always be used as a leverage against me . I can already feel the shackles around my body getting tighter and tighter .
But what options do I have? Kill my own family just to not have any more ties? And then what? Live all my life as the monster I would become, alone, spending all my life running and fighting like a mad dog?
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