Chapter 154 - Jun

"Y-You're alive!" Jun yelled out in pure joy and relief as he embraced Julius after finally seeing his student which he had assumed to be dead, breathing, blinking and speaking.

"Of course I'm alive. Why do you sound so surprised? Did you actually think that I would die?" Julius asked his master with a confused face.

"Of course I did! You've been asleep for over 7 days! We've already overstayed our welcome yet the librarian still allowed you to stay here!" Jun yelled Julius.

"There's no need to yell so much. You should by happy instead. After all, I completed my mission," said Julius with an arrogant smirk.

"So I see he has awoken from his slumber. Well you two better get out of here right now since you're done with your business. Next time make sure you know how long you need to stay for before you come!"  the librarian yelled at the both of them.

"She's right. Let's get going now. You can tell me about what you did for these past 7 days on our way back to your father's kingdom," said Jun as he walked out of the library with Julius following behind him while the librarian and her employees began to reorganize the secret art scrolls which Julius had unwrapped and laid on the floor since he didn't need them anymore.

After walking outside of the library, the two got on the ruby dragon which belonged to Julius before asking the majestic red beast to take them back to the kingdom which Julius was both into. As they rode the dragon while the sun began to set, the two started their conversation on what had happened over the past week.

"So Julius, what took you so long to come back to us? You scared me to death! I actually thought I would never see you again!" Jun complained to his student.

"Woah, are you saying that I'm an important figure in your life and you would go into a deep state of sadness?" said Julius in a goofy sinister voice to which Jun responded by whacking him on the head.

"No, I do not need distractions like you in my life. Don't forget that I'm only here because your father asked me to train you nearly 4 years ago. You should be grateful that I even worried about you," Jun replied with a fed-up tone.

"What ever helps you sleep I guess. Anyway, I went through hell and back while I was battling those monsters," said Julius as he spent the entire ride back towards the kingdom which his father ruled over by talking about his battle with all of the beasts which ruled over the scrolls. It was exactly when the ruby dragon had made it back to Henry's kingdom that Julius finished his story and got off the dragon.

"Wait, since you killed all of the monsters from the scrolls. Does that mean that you can use every single secret art that was stored in the library of the limitless?" Jun asked as he also got off the ruby dragon as the two of them both walked towards the entrance of the castle so that they could also greet Henry since they hadn't seen him in some time.

"I don't know. I haven't tried it yet. Now that you mention it, I should probably give it a try," said Julius as he pointed his palm forward while preparing to use one of the many secret arts he had consumed over the past week.

"No! Stop that, you could probably destroy this entire kingdom if you accidentally used one of the stronger secret art. Hell, with your strength, you might be able to do that with even the weaker secret arts," Jun said as stopped his student by grabbed him by his wrist so that he wouldn't use a secret art.

"Come on, don't be a party pooper. Fine, but the next time I'm in an open field, don't blame me if all hell breaks loose," Julius said with an irritated tone.

"We'll see about that," said Jun while the two continued to walk towards the castle in the dead of night as it had taken them quite a white to get back to the kingdom.

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"Who goes there?" the guards near the entrance of the castle asked as they pointed their swords at Julius and Jun since they couldn't see who they were clearly in the night.

"Hey there, relax. I'm Jun and this is the prince of this kingdom, prince Julius," Jun explained to them. Hearing those words, the two guards which had stopped them took a close look at Julius and Jun before apologizing for treating them harshly.

"Sorry for startling you. It's just protocol. It's a bit difficult to see in the dark," the guards apologized before letting the two of them in.

Once inside the castle, Jun and Julius were greeted by some maids which led them to Henry who seemed to be talking to one of the butlers before finally spotting Jun and Julius.

"Oh I see that you two finally decided to come back. I was starting to worry that you two wouldn't make it back in time for Julius' birthday," said Henry as he made a bad joke.

"Anyway, you two must be hungry. I'll get the castle chefs to make the both of you something to eat before you go to sleep," said Henry before instructing a near by maid to tell the chefs to make dinner for the two.

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After waiting for about an hour, Julius and Jun were presented by a feast which covered all of the large table. Seeing this, Jun prepared to start eating before he was stopped by one of the butlers.

"Excuse me sir," said the butler as he drew a line with a white chalk across an area on the dinning table.

"The food inside the line is yours sir Jun. The rest of it is for prince Julius. It is a request sent down by our great king, Henry," the butler explained.. Although a bit shocked, Jun didn't complain since the food inside the line was more than enough for him.