Damian sighed thinking about all this. This world is a headache in itself. Damian stood up from his bed, and when he is going to exit the room, the doornopened by itself. There is a maid standing right in front of him and it's none other than the one will destroy his future as a revenge against her parents who died when Rowan swept through all the bases of evil cult and purged the group entirely in the territory. One of the remnants of evil cult, Sophie.
She introduce herself while grabbing the hem of her maid skirt as a courtesy," Hello, young master. I'm the new maid Sophie. At your service ", Damian only has one thought,' the rat is here ', he also gulped inwardly. She sure is seductive. Nice curves, a sharp and fine looking face. A gentle smile on her face, the red hair similar to his mother.
Damian must have been attracted to the red hair more than anything. Because during one of the dialogues he said with melancholy.
" Aye, she has the same red hair as mother. That's one of the reasons that I got close to her quickly ".
' but she is mistaken when she thinks, she can tie a bell around a cat's neck. Let's begin the cat and mouse game then ', Damian thought and said," who assigned you to me? ", Sophie said," the head maid, Evelyn sir ", Damian said," i don't need a red head. Go and tell the head maid to send someone else ".
Damian walked away with a cold expression. But she grabbed his hand," young master, you just woke up after collapsing. Your body may be weak. Please allow me to serve you for sometime and see if I'm not good enough. I was starvedon streets young master. If I can't get this job, I'll be begging in the streets again. Please understand sir. I have a little brother to feed also ".
1-star mid mage, Toxic mage.
That's her rank, despite being a low ranked mage, she had a deadly, slow, chronic poison on her. It didn't kill anyone but made them weak and destroy their potential slowly.
The Kiss of Succubus
A poison generated by succubus after mating with a male and absorbing their vitality. It's a slow yet chronic curse.
Damian turned to her and said with a cold face," let me go ", Sophie flinched looking at his cold expression, though it's more like an act than a real one. She let go of her hand while Damian took a sigh of relief and walked out of his room still in those messy clothes. When he walked down the corridor, the servants looked at him with surprise.
His cold look made them look at him in surprise. The usual gentle and kind Damian is not there anymore. But Damian had no choice, if he needs to grow stronger this is the only way. Instead of acting like a spoiled brat, he can instead grew cold and grow stronger with this facade.
He arrived at his father's office and can hear few sounds that he can't understand. The room is sound proof yet the sounds can be heard from outside means the talk inside isn't a talk at all, it's more like yelling. The door opened with a bang and revealed Helen who looked at him with a cold expression.
Damian flinched when he felt pressure from her. But instead of being scared he met her square in the eye. She opened her fan, placing it in front of her face, her expression turned more cold. She narrowed her eyes on Damian before waking away.
Damian turned to see his father. Rowan glanced at him, the usual stern eyes faltered for a second. An expressionless face met him immediately as Rowan gained composure. He said," come in ", Damian walked in. He glanced at Rowan while Rowan asked," it's foolish of you to throw away your life like this. It isn't yours to begin with ".
Damian met him in the eye without any fear. That's right. Selene wouldn't die if it isn't for defending Damian. She is a five star mage and can escape with some wounds in the ambush. But she took many blows to defend her child, Damian and got fatal injuries in the process.
She died succumbing to the wounds. Rowan must be guilty that he didn't go with Selene even after she asked him and didn't provide her with enough guards. He also has a concern and affection on Damian but there is a little blame in Damian too. If it isn't for Damian, Selene would be alive by now.
Damian said while looking at him," I want to train with a sword and also learn how to wield mana ", as the game name suggests thereis aether in this world. Something that appears with combination of multiple manas or energies. Basic one is the combination of Aura from the knight's core combined with mana from mage circle formed around the heart.
Rowan glanced at him and said," Selene wanted to train as a mage. Why the sudden change? ", Damian said," if I'm stronger, she wouldn't have died. Magic isn't enough to survive. I'll train in both", Rowan tapped the table and said," many people wouldn't be able to reach peak of the knight and mage at their lifetimes. Some even gave up kid way due to limitations and you're telling me you'll train in both sword and magic at the same time. What did you take me for Damian? A fool? ".
Damian didn't flinch and said," I have your blood as well as mother's. There will be no problem. If there is, I'll abandon a path and follow your teachings. And father you promised me a gift a few days ago remember. This is the gift I want for 13th birthday. Let me train on both aura and magic ".
Rowan frowned. He glanced at his son and approached him while a huge pressure filled the room. It's started shaking, the books and objects started falling. The glasses in the room started creaking, Damian felt he is under a boulder that is crushing him into the earth.
Rowan said," I see you managed to grow some guts instead of hiding in your little hole like you did in the past few days. Fine, I'll allow you to train in both and check your progress regularly, but if your progress isn't upto my standards, you'll abandon one of oaths and heed my words from now on without saying a word. Is that clear? ".
Rowan hand fell on Damian's shoulder and the pressure increases suddenly. Damian nodded while gritting his teeth. Rowan left without looking back at Damian and said halfway," go and take a bath. You reek of filth. It's unfitting for someone of a marquis lineage ".