Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 54:
‘Well, every one to his trade, they say . ’
During this week, that was Ian’s evaluation of the Crown Prince . He was not bad at memorizing . Of course, Ian supported him with a few supportive spells to reduce his tiredness, but still, he did much more than Ian had expected .
‘He actually impressed me . ’
Since Ian had no expectations of him at all, the Crown Prince’s passion for learning moved Ian deeply . It was the best moment of the Crown Prince Ian ever had experienced .
‘Of course, dealing with the real situation is a different story though . ’
The council would be held at the town hall of the neutral city, Demidera, the biggest meeting room in it . Only the retainers of each country, one high ranking soldier who could made a decision about their armies and supplies, and two Archmages who could discuss of magical support were allowed to attend the meeting .
‘There are many familiar faces . ’
Ian had rewound his time, and was the main hero who united three countries into one . He knew most of celebrities from each country .
‘I hope he doesn’t get too pressured . ’
Would the Crown Prince manage to make his own speech? Ian started to worry even before its start .
‘Wait . Why I am worrying about him?’
Ian scratched his cheek with awkwardness . He never imagined a day would come when he worried about the Crown Prince . Except his mother, Ledio, and Douglas, it was Ian’s first time worrying about someone in his new life .
‘Maybe, it’s not my first time . ’
Suddenly, he recalled 5 years ago that he had sent advice to the Crown Prince about the fashionable society . He did it because he worried about the Crown Prince .
‘…… Let’s stop thinking about it . ’
While Ian was in denial,
The arbiter of this meeting, mayor Engolo, had entered the great council room . He wore very formal clothes .
“My name is Engolo Navil, 19th mayor of Demidera and arbiter of this council . From now on, every word spoken here will be recorded, and I have authority to halt this meeting, in emergency . Please remember that . ”
With this introduction from the mayor, the council started . Since it had been 10 years since the last meeting of the 3 countries, the atmosphere was heavy and full of nervousness . There were more than 3 thousand of soldiers from each country staying near the city . A direct intermediary was definitely required between the 3 countries . .
“As you know, since our Principality’s path to the great grass field is narrow and rough, we can’t operate large squads and supply chains . So, we want to support this conquest by mages and elite knights rather than soldiers, and money rather than supplies . ”
The starting topic was deciding army supports and its method .
The true social power holder of the principality of Lo, Duke Benart, his son ‘Maxwell Benart’ spoke his first claim with the continent official language . Even if it wasn’t his mother language, he spoke it fluently .
“Actually, we already discussed this with Coldwood Empire before . Ah, do not misunderstand, though . If the Greenriver Empire minds this decision, we will gladly renegotiate it . ”
While saying that, Maxwell looked at Hayden Greenriver . Soon, other people looked at him as well . The problem was only their ‘eyes’ were heading to the Crown Prince .
‘Their ears are focusing on Ragnar . ’
They already have enough information about the Crown Prince . The succession issue of Greenriver Empire was quite famous . The great current Emperor tried to keep the Crown Prince as his successor Crown Prince, but this stupid Crown Prince hadn’t made it easy . They also knew of the 5th prince’s talent .
‘Say it like you practiced . ’
In the meeting room, only Ian had hope that the Crown Prince would give a proper answer . So, Ian was more desperate .
“…… . ”
However, the Crown Prince Hayden couldn’t open his mouth easily . The 5th prince Ragnar, who was sitting next to him, prepared to start his speech as he knew it . He was sure this idiot Crown Prince wouldn’t able to answer .
“Instead of the Crown Prince highness, I…”
When Ragnar was about to start his speech,
“…… About the army supports,”
The Crown Prince started his speech as he decided .
Soon, everyone’s ears focused on the Crown Prince .
“I would give authority to our Empire’s great commander, the flawless strategic leader, Dunken Mitos . I already have an expert of war here, so I do not have to talk about this personally, do I?”
The Crown Prince’s voice was full of nervous .
Although his voice shook little bit, but he didn’t falter
“Sir Dunken . ”
“Ah, yes . I will give an answer instead . ”
Complimented, the great commander quickly organized his thoughts . He wasn’t embarrassed because of the Crown Prince’s compliment, but his attitude . He hadn’t expected the Crown Prince to say it like that .
“This old man thinks, about the request of Principality of Lo… . . ”
Although he was confused about the Crown Prince’s action, Dunken Mitos did his best as he was ordered . He had thought Ragnar would be a better Emperor, but he was still very loyal to the current Emperor and his country . He did what he could for his Empire .
‘Good start . ’
With this scene, Ian was relieved .
The beginning of the meeting was much better than Ian had expected . Although the Crown Prince simply answered an expected question, he chose correct answer among those many answers he had prepared with Ian .
‘Just keep going . ’
Not just worrying, now Ian started to cheer for the Crown Prince .
(ED note: Confirmed Crown Prince x Ian??lel)
Ian didn’t deny it now .
That man was doing something good .
The man who Ian thought was just an idiot was doing a great job .
‘Let people reconsider about your real talent . ’
After that, the council flew relatively fluently . The Crown Prince spoke when he had to, and kept silence when he had to . He strictly followed what Ian had taught him, which he had practised more than a thousand times .
‘The last moment is coming . ’
Ian felt comfortable now .
As he expected, soon they would discuss about ‘dividing’ territory and resources of the great grass field after conquest .
‘The most important part of today’s meeting . ’
Not only Ian, but all of the others’ thought this was the most important one .
The great grass field was affluent . Plenty of resources were expected to come out of the field . Dividing it fairly, or take some advantage in this process was the biggest aiming point of today’s meeting for the three countries .
“Let’s deal with this straightly . ”
The Crown Prince of Coldwood Empire, ‘Hector Coldwood’ said while tapping his knee . Unlike the Greenriver Empire, the Crown Prince was the core of Coldwood’s political power .
‘He killed all of his brothers except those born from his mother . ’
Contrary to his cool voice, he was cold and a serpent-like man . The man that was the biggest block for uniting three countries in Ian’s former life, continued his words .
“Dividing into three spaces equally? That wouldn’t be fair . Each territory has different kind and amount resources, and its quality is various . Who would want to play random number game here?”
Although the great grass field was an affluent territory, there were huge differences between its areas . Furthermore, considering hidden resources under the ground, the difference was bigger . If they just considering its distance to their own country and divide this land into three pieces equally, one of them might regret it .
“If we do so, there must be at least one country who would receive extra benefits over others . And it will ruin our relationships . And ruined relationships will easily lead to war , don’t you think?”
He was right . All of these countries were ‘big countries’ who desired to unite the continent one day . These three countries had survived by conquering many smaller kingdoms . A small spark would easily bring the flames of war into this land .
“At least, my country doesn’t want such disaster now . It would not be bad to remain at peace for a thousand years . So, if any of you have good plan, please tell me . Let’s divide it without any trouble, and go home satisfied . ”
After the manly speech of Hector Coldwood, the meeting room remained quiet .
“Tower Lord . ”
On the other side, Ragnar’s eye contacted with the Tower Lord .
They were about to release their ultimate blow that would turn the tides .
Ragnar didn’t have single chance until now .
The unexpected situation made him nervous .
‘Ian Page, you bastard… . !’
It was obvious . It must have been him who made this situation . That **** must have persuaded his idiot brother to speak like that . Otherwise, that idiot, how could he do this?
‘I have to fix it from now on . ’
The Tower Lord nodded .
Ragnar started to open his mouth .
To the people in the council .
“I humbly suggest you one th……”
All of sudden
“A perfect method!”
Unlike Ragnar with careful voice, someone shouted loud and confidently . There was only one who could make such confident voice which was rather arrogant sounding . He was born to it .
“I have a plan . ”
It was the Crown Prince Hayden .
Thanks to that, Ragnar’s speech was silenced .
“Then tell us everything what you know your highness Crown Prince . ”
The arbiter of the council, Engolo spoke in haste .
He had authority to do so,
At least in this council .
“Our Empire’s Ivory Tower, precisely, at the mage tower, we invented a new magic . It is a mass detecting magic that allows us to detect hidden resources under the ground, and also let us estimate its amount .
By his word, every people in the council’s reactions were various . Most of the celebrities from the other countries doubted such magic, but Ragnar and the Tower Lord couldn’t manage their faces .
‘H, how…?’
They both thought the same thing . ‘Detect Resource Spell’ was their trump card . For today the Tower Lord invented it himself, and of course he never introduced it to the Ivory Tower before .
“Is that true?”
Other countries’ embassies asked him about its very existence .
The Crown Prince on fire said while pointing at Ian .
“Of course . I am sure all of you have heard of him before . The youngest Archmage in the history of our Empire, Ian Page, has invented it himself . ”
With his word, the Tower Lord’s hands shook .
He felt like his spell had been stolen .
However, it wasn’t likely to have happened . He could’ve made the magic by simple imagining it, couldn’t he? If he wanted to make it, he could . But problem was .
‘Did he also know that a Detect Resource spell would be required for this meeting?’
He couldn’t believe that . He thought Ian was an innocent brat who was only interested in magic . He didn’t expect this youngster to see through the key point of this meeting .
“Wow… . . ”
Many people were amazed . It was an ultimate key that would solve the problem of the meeting . Furthermore, it was unique technology that only the Greenriver Empire had . They had to admit it .
“By using this magic, we will make a type of ‘resource map’ . Of course we also have to check the quality of the soil, as well . And after that, according to the map, we may divide it into several pieces . ”
The Crown Prince was on fire .
He now lead the whole council .
“And we will divide those pieces fairly to three countries . Considering the soil quality itself, and the resources under it . Borders may be confused, but we may spend more than 10 years just focusing on developing and mining, won’t we?”
“Hmm… . . ”
Positive reactions came out from the council .
Except the Tower Lord and Ragnar, everyone nodded .
“I am sure there is no other better plan . ”
As long as the Detect Resource spell existed, there were no other better options . Basically, they desired hidden resources of the territory, rather than its soil itself . And such ultimate magic was exclusive to the Greenriver Empire .
“I guess everyone agrees with this . ”
Soon, the Crown Prince gave the final blow to this meeting,
The final blow that only his Empire had authority to do for this meeting .
“That’s all . ”
The main hero of today’s council was obviously, one man .
The Crown Prince of the Greenriver, who had numberless infamous titles, such as;
Idiot
Good appearance, empty can
Trouble maker of the Greenriver royalty
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Hayden Greenriver was the main hero .