Chapter 345 112 - Tournament arc (part 10)

Chapter 345 112 - Tournament arc (part 10)　　Mizoe was already healed up and put on one of the beds in the sickbay as Letro was carried in and thoughtfully placed on the bed on the other side of the room.

At first, Zoemi wanted to kick him out the very moment that Burushi would confirm that she fully healed him, even before the blue-haired man would not regain his consciousness, but ended up deciding not to do that as showing pettiness to that degree might have been too much.

"That duel was really something – short, but ridiculously intense."

The blond heroine finished using the check-up spell just in case the patients were about to leave after getting healed up and turned to the black-haired boy sitting by his father's bed.

"It had to – dad has less mana than an average earth magician – basically the same as an average darkness magician. His only chance at winning was to end it as fast as possible and he surely delivered on that."

Zoemi smiled at the calm face of the sleeping pale-blue-haired knight before turning over to Burushi.

"He often laughs that he is a reverse transcended magician. But because he is well aware of his weakness, he is capitalizing on things he is good at – let me tell you this, even with using the physical enchantments on a weapon, an amateur wouldn't be able to swing a sword and create a projectile of air and pressure as he did. My father is the shining example of also being the opposite of the overconfident magicians with lots and lots of mana that do not care about their unaugmented physical abilities – his technique is on such a ridiculous level that barely anyone can match up to him."

The black-haired boy boasted, puffing out his chest before turning back to his father.

"...but of course, since magic is so important in this world, at least for the nobles, having lots and lots of mana is the most important thing so people like him are treated like worse."

"Yah, I figured that much out after hearing this lovely gentleman speak his mind during the fight..."

Burushi nodded, pointing behind at the unconscious Letro.

"Though, I can't say I'm surprised. You know, I know - nobles, commoners, basically middle ages. Self-explanatory."

She raised her hand while rolling her eyes, sighing.

"Still – wouldn't normally someone like him want to prove himself and be accepted back into the family or is something wrong with my logic?"

Burushi added, putting her hand down.

"He is stubborn, but he isn't an idiot, hoping for people who already condemned you to have a change of heart because some quality that you showcased sounds amazing... But honestly, outside romanticized novels, such turn of events will happen only on the surface level and only because they will try to use you for their own gain. Dad had that figured out soon after he adopted me. No, he really just wants to have nothing to do with the Auequas family anymore..."

Zoemi explained, stopping himself by the end and frowning while figuring out whether let the blond heroine in on some of his family problems.

"Basically, a very nice woman proposed to my dad, and the Auequas family forced him to reject her by threatening to make problems for her family..."

"And since Perserios family relies on the supplies from families like Auequas, as our territory has the worst soil and harshest climate, sir Mizoe made the most honorable decision."

"?!?!?!"

Zoemi sighed and explained without dropping the name of the woman in question just in case – but that turned out to be unnecessary as someone who just entered the sickbay had revealed it all.

"It would be nice if he had properly explained things to my sister, but considering the duel we all just witnessed, I chose to believe he has full intention of marrying her after all."

The person who entered turned out to be a blue-haired boy younger and much shorter than both Zoemi and even Burushi, maybe a thirteen or fourteen years old.

Despite his age, he did not carry himself like a child and was surrounded by a surprising aura of authority.

"Lord Zoemi, miss Burushiitto."

The boy smiled and give a short nod as a greeting before reaching out his hand toward the surprised black-haired boy.

"It's nice to meet you. My name is Devios Elef Perserios, the heir of the Perserios family."

He introduced himself making eye contact with both of them.

"...?!"

Zoemi did not budge at all but Burushi couldn't help herself from raising her brows with interest – one of Devios's eyes – the right one - was a perfectly healthy blue eye...

...while his left one was also blue – but instead of it being a blue iris, it was entirely blue, made out of the sculped sapphire mana stone.

"I can heal that up if you want. Your depth perception must be messed up as it is."

Before realizing what she was saying, the blond heroine raised her hand and pointed at the prosthetic eye of the younger boy.

"Hmm? Oh, no this isn't caused by a wound, I was born without a properly formed eye so it's not like I am not used to my vision, not to mention that I can use this mana crystal as another mana reservoir which is invaluable in battle."

The young heir to the Perserios family didn't seem bothered by the question at all, and instead waved his hand dismissively and explained in a lighthearted voice.

"Lord Perserios, by any chance did you come here to have a talk with my father?"

Zoemi stood up and grabbed the blue-haired boy's hand and shook it firmly before asking while glancing over at the unconscious knight on the bed by his side.

"That is one of my reasons to show up here, yes. But first - just Devios is enough, sir Mizoe did more than enough to prove worthy of my approval, so unless my sister changed her mind, the two of us will become family anyway. Hmm... since sir Mizoe is your father then that would make me your... uncle...? step-uncle...? Excuse me, I still have a lot to learn about..."

The blue-haired boy furrowed his brows, making a concerned expression as if being unsure about something was giving him a hard time.