As we read earlier, Aryan started working at Aunt Riya's restaurant.
After one month, Aunt Riya realized that because of Aryan, the restaurant's sales had increased massively. In fact, the restaurant had earned more profit in just one month than it had in the entire previous year.
Because of Aryan, the number of girls visiting the restaurant increased so much that Aunt Riya had to start distributing tokens just to manage the order of customers. The situation became so extreme that people even started selling restaurant entry tickets on the black market.
Seeing the growing popularity of the restaurant, many other restaurant owners offered Aryan attractive deals to join them
Seeing the growing popularity of the restaurant, many other restaurant owners offered Aryan attractive deals to join them. However, Aryan refused all of them because he felt that leaving would be a betrayal to Aunt Riya.
Slowly, all the young men in the city began to feel jealous of Aryan. Unmarried girls had already started imagining Aryan as their future husband. Because of this jealousy, a few people even came to the restaurant intending to attack Aryan. But Aunt Riya scared them away by invoking the name of Sana, the city's commander.
Soon, rumors spread throughout the royal family that a boy even more handsome than the royal prince himself was working in a small restaurant.
Hearing this, Princess Babita decided to find out the truth herself. Disguised as a servant, she went to the restaurant.
As soon as she entered, she saw that the place was completely packed, and most of the customers were girls. Just then, a boy walked out, and everyone turned to look at him. Princess Babita's eyes also fell on him, and she found herself staring for a few moments.
"So the rumors were true... even our royal brothers look ordinary in front of him," she thought.
At that moment, Aryan came to her table and asked politely,
"Miss, what would you like to have?"
"Oh-yes," Babita said, snapping out of her thoughts.
"Please bring me the best dish of this restaurant."
After some time, Aryan returned with a samosa.
Looking at the dish, Babita asked curiously,
"What is this?"
"This is one of our restaurant's best dishes-samosa," Aryan replied.
In fact, within just one month, Aryan had taught the magical stove several dishes from his own world, such as samosa, burgers, and pizza.
When Princess Babita tasted the samosa, her eyes lit up.
"Wow! This is amazing!" she exclaimed and immediately tried to give Aryan her diamond ring as a reward.
"No, miss. There's no need for that," Aryan said firmly, refusing to take it.
Just then, Aunt Riya approached Aryan and said,
"Son, you've been selected for the Magician's Hall. Now you can learn magic like everyone else. I'm sure you'll do great there."
"Thank you, Aunt," Aryan said as he opened the letter. After reading it, his happiness knew no bounds.
He ran straight to Sana, who was working in her office, and suddenly hugged her.
"Sana! I got selected... I got selected!" Aryan said excitedly.
"First, take a deep breath and calm down," Sana said with a smile.
"Now tell me, what happened?"
"I got selected for the Magician's Hall!"
"Really?" Sana exclaimed happily and hugged him back.
Suddenly, both of them realized their position and quickly stepped apart, feeling awkward.
Over the past month, Sana and Aryan had become very close friends. Deep down, Sana had started liking Aryan, but she was afraid to confess. She feared that Aryan might feel uncomfortable and that their friendship would break.
The Magician's Hall was a place where magicians were trained and assigned missions based on their levels. No one could enter it freely. Everyone had to pass an entrance exam consisting of five rounds, out of which at least three rounds were mandatory to pass.
Everyone had to pass an entrance exam consisting of five rounds, out of which at least three rounds were mandatory to pass
Only those under the age of thirty and who had reached at least the Second Tier level were eligible.
But Aryan had already reached the Grand Tier level by defeating several goblins, a rampaging demi-human, and a baby Crabster within just one month.
After that, Aryan went to pick up his younger siblings from their primary magic school and returned with them to the restaurant.
Meanwhile, Princess Babita sat in her palace chamber, blushing as she thought about Aryan.
"When will I meet him again?" she wondered.
Suddenly, she stood up.
"Wait... he's going to the Magician's Hall. Then I'll go there too!"
She rushed to inform her father, Maharaj Surya, the ruler of the city.
At that moment, the Maharaj was in his chamber with his first wife, Queen Ravina-Babita's mother.
In reality, Maharaj Surya had married Ravina when he was still a prince and never wanted to marry again. However, royal tradition demanded that a king must have at least four or five wives; otherwise, he would be deemed unfit to rule.
Forced by tradition, he married five times and had two children from each queen. Still, he spent most of his time with Ravina, which made the other queens secretly jealous, though they could do nothing except praise her openly.
Just then, Princess Babita burst into the chamber.
"Father... Father..." she said, panting.
"Slow down," the Maharaj said calmly.
"What's the hurry?"
Catching her breath, Babita said,
"I want to go to the Magician's Hall."
Both the Maharaj and the Queen were shocked. Babita had never shown any interest in magic before and had previously refused to go.
"Why the sudden change? You were the one who rejected it earlier," the Maharaj said.
"That was before. I want to go now," Babita replied firmly.
"But the royal family only gets ten seats at the Magician's Hall every year. Since you refused earlier, we gave your seat to someone else," the Maharaj explained.
"How could you give my seat to someone else?" Babita protested.
"I want my seat back!"
In truth, although the Magician's Hall belonged under royal territory, the royal family had no authority over its decisions.
When the Magician's Hall was established, an agreement was made between the royal family and the Great Grand Magician Alhara. According to it, the royal family would never interfere in the Hall's decisions, and in return, the Hall would grant them ten seats every year.
Alhara was one of the most powerful magicians in the country, famous across the land. People believed he possessed a unique blessing from nature that allowed him to live far longer than ordinary humans. Even now, Alhara was said to be nearly a thousand years old.
Finally, the Maharaj sighed and said, "Alright, I'll get your seat back
Finally, the Maharaj sighed and said,
"Alright, I'll get your seat back. Just don't be angry."
Babita smiled brightly.
"Thank you, Father."
The Maharaj then summoned the ten candidates selected for the Magician's Hall. Among them, he called Samira-the weakest among them.
"You already know you're not good at magic," the Maharaj said gently.
"You're not even qualified for the entrance exam. This seat would be wasted on you. Why not give it to Babita instead?"
Though Samira smiled and handed over her entrance token, deep inside she felt burning jealousy.
And so, the day finally arrived when the new session of the Magician's Hall began.
What will happen next?
Will Princess Babita trap Aryan in her web of love?
Will Aryan truly become a magician?
To find out, keep reading - Sorcerer of Sorcerers