4-02: An Inevitable Catastrophe (3/3)

4-02: An Inevitable Catastrophe (3/3)

What!? That spell just now! Was that

The guests were all either nobles of the great magic country Earthgant or people related to them.

Though they were neither warriors nor scholars, they were not so poorly learned that they would not be able to figure out what that spell was just now.

Impossible Was that a Magic Formation of Mana Absorption?

But thats prohibited during peace!

The Magic Formation of Mana Absorption. As the name implied, it was a magic formation that took the mana of those within its influence and bestowed them upon the caster.

It was often used to focus mana into an attack against an enemy army or focus mana into a specific spell caster.

When poorly used, it could destroy an entire city, or allow one to gain access to vast reserves of mana, so its usage required authorization from the government. It should have been impossible to use it while within the borders of Earthgant because of the city barriers, but alas

Count, is the barrier working properly!?

I checked just this morning! This doesnt make sense!

Why here of all places!? Not to mention, when did the boy even set it!?

Dont tell me Did the boy use his feet while they were dancing?

Thats why the guests faces paled and caused a commotion. They faltered with fear and vigilance, and as though to take their place, the maids, who were present in the venue, stepped forward.

They surrounded the princess and the boy and covered for the guests behind them.

Though their faces remained expressionless, they glared at the child that has been seized by their master.

Huh!? W-Whats happening!?

The child appeared surprised and seemed to be panicking, but something cold touched his neck, and he suddenly stopped talking and shaking.

Enough of the half-assed play. Its boring.

The one who pointed a knife at the boys neck and looked at the boy coldly was none other than Kite.

It was only a table knife, but it was something that came from the maids.

A product forged with a special metal called Silverganth, something that only Earthgant was capable of accomplishing.

With it in Kites hands, even the strongest monster beast could be slayed.

But of course, that was only possible in a surprise attack, yet regardless, such a dangerous thing was cruelly being pointed at the neck of a child.

Then a clicking sound resounded, and something was fastened around the childs neck.

This is a Collar of Mana Sealing, a kind of shackle meant for criminal mages. With this, you cant do anything anymore.

Ku, ka ka ka! What a surprise! I cant believe you actually found me out!

The boy seemed to have finally realized that there was no fooling anyone anymore, so he dropped the act, and his expression changed as though he had been possessed, looking just like something that had taken the form of a laughing child.

Though that somethings voice remained that of a child, there was something else mixed in with its voice.

It also spoke like an old man now, yet that actually seemed to suit it better.

How cruel I still look like a child, you know?

They had no intention of letting down their guard, they wouldnt even talk to the creature.

Theyve already confirmed his Status, but his rank wasnt something they could accept without question.

After all, there were indeed ways to cheat ones Status, and it wasnt absolute in the first place.

They had resolved themselves to deal with any resistance from the creatures part, but the person in question acted strange.

You really should treat children more delicately.

A Collar of Mana Sealing was on his neck, something said to be the death of any mage, and his entire body was shackled with magic restraints, yet he just remained there without a care in the world.

But the princess and her maids were far too used to this sort of confidence to call it a mere bluff.

Princess, hes dangerous!

The chills that crawled up Kites back spoke of the danger of the boy.

There was an air about him that he knew all too well. Yes, it was the same air that a certain boy carried himself with, the aura of a person with an absolute trump card.

There were some differences, of course, but there was no doubting the fact that this child gave off that aura.

Frau, helped the count and the others escape!

The princess immediately gave that order telepathically, but she did not feel it reach the other party.

Instead, the childs face was twisted creepily. Not only had the Mana Communication, which should have been highly secretive, been overheard, it has also been sealed. As a princess of Earthgant, such a thought should have been absurd, but it wouldnt leave her head. Thats why it was only after a moment of hesitation that she tried to raise her voice.

There was nothing wrong with their vigilance and response.

They noticed the anomaly, foiled the opponents plans, destroyed the magic formation and restrained the culprit, all the while staying vigilant of the enemys allies and the trump card of the child.

Not even the counts guards would have been able to respond with such efficiency.

That might have been because they were unconsciously imagining someone that could display terrifying skill even when cornered.

But there was one thing that they forgot.

That there were creatures in this world that could not be reached even after doing everything that they could.

The unforeseen ever occurred in the world, and the thing known as compatibility existed for everything.

There were no absolutes in the world, but occasionally, one would find oneself in a predicament that might as well be absolute.

There were beings that could bring about such predicaments, an opponent against which one was so poorly incompatible with that one was absolutely disadvantaged.

Now then, lets put an end to little games, shall we?

Though it would lose out to a certain someones wickedness, the corners of the childs lips lifted into a smile.

Despite that, an overwhelming presence that could induce awe exuded from the child.

It was a pressure that could make them halt in their breath, and despite the magic sealing, vast amounts of mana.

By the time they realized that the situation was bad, the shackles and everything else along with the hall was enveloped in a flash of light.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))