Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 37:
Chapter 37 Sometimes, the stick is better than the carrot (1)
(Tell me the truth . It’s an expensive one, isn’t it?)
Vanessa spoke through the communication orb .
While hiding his nervousness, he replied naturally .
“No way, mom . If you can’t believe me, check the gold coins that the emperor highness had given to me . Except for the few coins we have used, there would be no difference at all . ”
Of course there wasn’t .
Ian bought the orb with jewels .
(Really? Hmm it is really surprising though . Other communicative orbs I have seen in this mansion and the province castle, they only allowed me to communicate within a close area . But this… how?)
It was quite a natural reaction .
Ian was heading to the ivory tower at the moment .
Even if he was quite far from her, the communication was working .
According to her experience, it was impossible .
“I did some tricks on it . ”
(C, can you even do such things?)
“You don’t say . I’m a mage . ”
(But… . . )
“Mages are always the best . ”
Hmm, didn’t Ian say something similar before?
Whatever, Ian changed the topic .
“Anyway, please always keep it safe . ”
(But this size… . is a bit too big, my dear . )
“I will try to fix it to reduce its size soon . ”
(It’s too big, isn’t it?)
“Well, I’ll try to find a way . ”
Yet, Ian couldn’t decide the shape of the orb for his mother . The appearance wouldn’t be the problem . There were not that many visual differences between Ian’s orb and other ordinary orbs . So he just needed to consider its portable factor .
‘But I can’t think of any decent ideas for it . ’
And that was the problem . He couldn’t think of any .
A ‘portable design’ of the orb .
He should visit the workshop later to get some advice .
“And wherever you go, please go with guard soldiers . Not just you alone, nor just with maids . Please . And this is the order of the crown prince, not just my advice, you know right?”
The crown prince was more useful than Ian had thought . At first, he complimented Vanessa’s beauty for hours . Ian had worried for a while that he might be interested in her, but he wasn’t . Instead, he sent a few guards for Vanessa’s body guards .
‘Whenever I see Mrs . Page, she reminds me of my passed away mother . She was very beautiful . As you can see from my face . Haha! But, hmm, you… . may look more like your father . ’
Still, the crown prince’s word remained in Ian’s heart .
Ian used to worry about it when he was young in his former life .
Why didn’t I inherit my mother’s beauty?
The crown prince’s words reminded him about it .
‘Ah, but there’s nothing wrong or bad about it . You may grown up as a cool guy, later . Hahaha!’
With his continuous jokes, even his mother had laughed .
Even Ian had lived much longer than ordinary people . But since the crown prince had given his bodyguards to his mother, Ian forcefully calmed himself . Royal bodyguards weren’t just well physically trained soldiers, but trained well mentally . They were much more trustworthy compared to mercenaries .
(Ok ok, you little mage . Why did he become so chatty after he became a mage? Where did those characteristics come from? The crown prince said he may be similar to his father . Was my husband chatty though?)
“Mom… . . ”
Vanessa’s voice had stopped .
It seemed she left her room without the communication orb .
“Sigh… . . ”
Ian disconnected the orb’s mana .
While he was sighing, his lips were smiling .
Compared to when she was a kitchen maid, she had changed dramatically . Now she wasn’t depressed, but confident . She looked more comfortable and brighter .
‘Circumstances and environment are important for a human, indeed . ’
No one now ordered her around and looked down her .
Her only son became a powerful man one day .
Ledio, who is usually bright and funny whenever he felt comfortable .
Douglas, who acted like a child, unlike Ian and many other facts might have affected her .
‘By the way . ’
Ian swung his staff with the orb hanging on it . Unlike his mother’s orb, his orb was already fixed into staff form . There were absolutely no people in the empire who would hold doubts about a mage who brought his staff .
‘Private lesson of the Ivory Tower, huh?’
Today was the entrance day of the magic academy .
Of course Ian wouldn’t go to the academy . He would be sent straight to the Ivory Tower and receive private lessons from Archmages . Well, they called them ‘private lessons’, but they would try to convince him to stand with the Ivory Tower .
“Oh . Academy . ”
While Ian walked far, he could see the academy .
He refused to use a carriage today .
He wanted to see the academy slowly .
‘In my former life, I was there as well . ’
From a distance, Ian could see the outer meeting area of the academy .
There were kids who called to the mages, from every side of the empire .
Actually, there were only six kids from every side of the empire .
‘My academy class mates . ’
They were Ian’s classmates .
Although not this time, but in his former life .
‘Haldis, Kaldaram, Jayjay, Roana . ’
Especially those four were Ian’s best friends .
They all got killed during the first war, though .
‘This time, please live long . ’
He decided to say hello to them soon . Although it won’t be easy to became a close friend like in his former life, but he would try his best . It made him feel happy .
“S, sir Ian Page?”
From the Ivory Tower, a man with a robe ran into him .
It was the mage who guided Ian in a rude manner when Ian page visited the Ivory Tower for the first time .
“We meet again . ”
“H, haha . H, hello . ”