Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 43:
“Then tell me . What had happened at the night?”
By the request of the Emperor, Ian took a breath .
He started his report, which only contained a story that would be of benefit to Ian .
A perfectly manipulated story, so that wouldn’t cause any suspicion about Ian .
“At night, it was right after the sun had set . Suddenly, continuous explosion sounds were heard . Since one of the sound had come from the ballroom, I rushed to the room and protected the Crown Prince, princess and my mother with my shield . Soon, I and sir Oliver found something suspicious . Firstly, the scale of explosions were too small to damage the royal palace directly . Secondly…… . . ”
Ian continued his story .
Most of his story was based on facts .
Except that he already knew the existence of the Coldwalkers .
Without that critical fact, he summarized the situation .
“…… Although we had suspected the situation, we couldn’t decide any further action . When I said it to the Crown Prince, he ordered me to chase the suspicious clues……”
It wasn’t on the previous report .
Suddenly, everyone looked at the Crown Prince .
‘D, did I?’
The Crown Prince also looked embarrassed .
He never did it .
‘Did…… . . I order him to?’
The night was full of confusion .
Maybe he forgot that fact due to the confusion?
“Prince . ”
“Did I really d…… . ?”
“Prince!”
“Y, yes! Father!”
“Is it true?”
“Yes?”
“I am asking you, did you order Ian to do so?”
It had to be confirmed by the Crown Prince .
Every talk in this council was recorded as document .
Numberless liege men were listening .
Naturally, they would say what they heard here outside .
Which meant, it was chance .
‘An easy chance which was given to the Emperor . ’
A good chance to solidify the relationship between the Crown Prince and Ian .
With a shiny eye, the Emperor looked at the Crown Prince .
With a short hesitation, the Crown Prince opened his mouth .
“I, I thin…… . . Y, yes, that’s right!”
With the Crown Prince’s reply, the council room was swayed for a moment .
It wasn’t a negative reaction though .
They were just surprised .
That Crown Prince really did?
“Stop . ”
The Emperor had let them talk each other for a moment .
Then with his order, everyone became quiet again .
“Although the Crown Prince had ordered Ian to do so, obviously It was Ian Page who distinguished himself to the empire the most . Without him, we would let our unknown enemies steal our precious information, and we would be laughed by the whole world . ”
When the liege men were listening the word ‘laugh’, they turned down their head for shame .
“Since Ian Page has prevented such tragedy at an early stage, I will never forgot what he did for us . For this time, I would like to reward him by my very hand . ”
It meant the Emperor wouldn’t ask Ian for his reward .
“The reward I will give is . ”
Quickly, maids and servants started to move quickly .
Ian already had been rewarded gold and a mansion before .
Since what he distinguished himself with last night was quite the huge one, he would be rewarded by something better .
With that Ian was excited .
“This . ”
It was a robe .
New, the robe with cobalt blue color had no wrinkles on it .
It wasn’t decorated luxuriously, but it had some precious aura .
“The robe is my ancestor’s, who was the only mage of royal blood, Michell Greenriver’s only inheritance . Originally, It is not supposed to be given to non royal blood . Actually, I better say I lend it to you, rather than give it to you . ”
As he explained . Even Ian wouldn’t have that much chance to see it in former life .
The first and last mage of royalty .
The one who was talented in magic, so became the Tower Lord .
‘ The robe of Michell Greenriver . ’
In former life, Ian had received various treasure of royalty .
Nevertheless, he couldn’t have ever had a chance to see it directly .
It was a testament that they didn’t reward it to non royal blood .
“Duration of lending will be, until Ian Page is deceased . Or, until you don’t want to possess it anymore . ”
But the Emperor broke the testament, by excusing he was ‘lending’ it to Ian .
It was an unusual reward .
“Try it on . You wouldn’t need to take off your clothes since its robe . ”
With the Emperor’s order, maids helped Ian put it on .
The problem was its size was way too big for Ian .
The size of robe was designed for adult, but Ian was still a young boy .
Nevertheless, the Emperor still wanted him to put it on .
“It’s okay, please just put it on to me . ”
It was hilarious to watch Ian with an unfitted robe .
It looked like a kid who tried his father’s clothes .
Liege men turned their face away to stop laughing .
“It’s quite big for you . How long will it take to fit on your body?”
The Emperor joked to Ian .
Soon Ian realized the true meaning of his joke .
After he wore it, he could felt it .
One of the spells that was casted on Michell Greenriver’s robe .
“I will fit it straightly . ”
Ian injected his mana to the robe slowly .
Soon, a surprising thing happened .
The robe, filled with mana, started to stick on Ian’s body .
In addition, it started to worm around by itself .
As if it measuring scale of its new owner’s body .
Whirr – !
With a small noise of extracting mana .
Michell Greenriver’s robe started to change .
Its length, width and size, and everything else was changed for the young owner .
“Wow… . . ”
“How could it happen…… . ?”
Without dignity, the liege men started to admire it .
The Crown Prince stood up straight and watched Ian as well .
It was such a rare scene .
“It suits you better than I had thought . Especially its blue color . ”
A light impression from the Emperor .
Ian now could feel something clearly .
Every power of the robe of Michell Greenriver .
It was much more than Ian had ever imagined .
‘So this might be the reason why he left a testament to not reward it to a stranger . ’
Satisfied, Ian fixed his sleeves and collar .
While bowing to the Emperor, Ian said .
“I appreciate your grace, your majesty . ”
Ian’s second meeting with the Emperor .
The council meeting ended well .
‘It is an amazing robe indeed . ’
The robe kept whispering to Ian .
Ian wanted to check its power quickly .
‘I can feel a few formulas . ’
Clearly, it was some specific ‘formulas’ .
It tempted Ian greatly .
He couldn’t help himself but to test its power .
‘It has been long since I feel excitement . ’
It was an unexpected luck .
For a while, he would focus on investigating this robe .
A mysterious robe that he hadn’t seen in his former life .
There must be many things to investigate .
“Hmm?”
At the moment, there was someone who was caught in Ian’s eyes .
A lady who was watching Ian from far distance .
It was the princess, Hyree Greenriver .
‘It seems she still feels uncomfortable . ’
Yet, nobody knew she was a mage .
When the mages of the Ivory Tower had arrived, she had already spent her whole mana, so the shield was gone . It was a too high class spell for her to maintain it for long .
‘And injecting mana isn’t that much of a sight taking action . ’
The room was full of confusion .
Nobody found out what exactly the princess had done .
Even the Crown Prince and Vanessa who was very next to her .
‘It is not my business . ’
The reason she was watching Ian was obvious .
The princess hid her magical talent on purpose .
She was learning magic, while hiding it to the Ivory Tower .
If it revealed, it was one of the most heavy crimes .
And ‘Ian’ knew the fact .
The boy who was one of the Ivory Tower members .
The 12th arch mage .
‘She chose to be . ’
Ian had no idea why she had hidden it .
Of course, he wasn’t interested in it .
It was time wasting for Ian to care about what happened to the princess .
‘But,’
Ian gathered mana on his right finger .
With index finger, Ian drew something on the air .
Since it was quite small gesture, no one realized it .
‘I can do this for her, at least . ’
By his gesture, the mana was shimmering .
And Ian sent it to the princess .
By riding the wind, a chunk of mana had been sent to the princess .
Soon, it had been released on the princess’ face .
It was blue letters, formed by mana .
[You don’t need to worry about last night . ]
The biggest relief that Ian could do for her .
The princess looked more comfortable .
It seemed to be enough for her .
‘Now I had to do . . ’
Of course, testing the robe of Michell Greenriver .
With excitement, Ian left the royal palace .
Suddenly, a few people blocked Ian’s path .
Ian expected the Crown Prince and his knights .
“You did very well . ”
Ian’s expectation was wrong this time .
It wasn’t the Crown Prince .