The Magic Of Skill

Chapter 15's

Christa Dervin, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Le-Ugen, came to the Kingdom of Raverine to convey Princess Nerna's objections to my actions that drilled down the Caffarel mountain during this week. I never thought there would be anything this ridiculous that was really worth discussing.

A long journey we took by horse-drawn carriage. From Raverine to Le-Ugen it would be more or less a 3-day journey, and it would be the most ridiculous trip I could have taken in a matter of seconds by teleportation.

Le-Ugen is a high security kingdom, they have hundreds of supervising magicians on duty to install guarding magic. The magic covered the entire kingdom, so when there was a strange magical activity, then the kingdom would instantly know.

Christa forbade me from using Dimension Teleport because of the policy, even if an ambassador came with me, it was still not allowed because it could have been an act of treason.

“Your queen is too vigilant, no, be wary, but what she does is madness.” I said commenting on Christa's explanation.

Christa chuckled and replied, “Yes, maybe you were right. But our kingdom is not led by the Queen but the Princess. Princess Nerna has her own reasons why she is so wary of anything, I hope you can understand.”

“Already, already, after all wouldn't this be a nice trip?” Lennef ended the debate, he seemed ordinary with everything I experienced.

Even Lennef who was a princess came with us. And of course, Killifer, Quine, and Florinas are also in the horse-drawn carriage today. Christa's driving the train, and we've been 13 hours since the trip started.

Quine and Killifer fell asleep, as did Florinas leaning on my shoulders.

It was already a little dark, our horse carriage was speeding on a path in the middle of a meadow surrounded by dense trees. We cannot build tents in wolf-prone areas like this, so before finding the inn we will continue to go.

Over time, after no more conversation, Lennef covered his mouth that was yawning from drowsiness. My yellow blonde fiancee then dropped her head on my left shoulder, she tried to sleep with a smile still on her face.

Both beautiful women now sleep on my shoulders, Florinas even looks very charming when he does not talk much. I'm not going to say much about women's beauty, I don't think whether it's Lennef, Florinas, or Quine, they're all beautiful. But honestly, among all, Florinas have a different type of beauty.

“You didn't sleep, Mr Walter?” Christa asked when she realized that I was the only one left on her carriage who was still opening her eyes.

“Thanks to a few days of heavy work, my sleep time got a little messed up. Let's just say I can't sleep.”

“Is that? But it is quite a long journey, you can sleep first until I find lodging.”

“Thank you for your concern, but really I'm fine. I'm here to take care of this trip anyway, right?”

Christa laughed to thank you.

***

Marquis Daralo that afternoon went to the district government office to receive a monthly routine report. He came with his wife who also happened to be in close contact with the wife of the head of government.

Government offices are not so made special, the shape is not much different from nearby buildings such as beverage factories or armories. It is also located in the middle of the city that many people pass through, only not many people who need to enter the government building.

Although a high-class noble who held a large area in the Nasaroth Empire, Daralo was a person who did not quite look up to his title. Instead of meaning that he was a humble person, he was at least aware that his title was a chain that could restrain him one day.

Daralo and his family were nobles, the title of Marquis was given to Daralo for his involvement in building the city. You could say, Daralo is a person with high awareness as a leader.

“But, it's true that lately we're short on wine. Many tourists with adventurous professions settled here, I received a report from the Guild that the number of adventurers is increasing rapidly. Those adventurers.they are like fools who do drunken parties every day.”

Daralo listened to additional explanations from the head of government, Fredick. Every word Fredick spoke entered Daralo's ear and became a valuable informant, although Daralo's eyes were not fixed on Fredick, who was his subordinate, because he was busy reading the report written on the paper that Fredick gave.

“You can tell that to the traders, make a profit agreement to them by buying wine from outside countries. This is not a serious problem, so do not rush.” Daralo said, his eyes could not be separated from the report he read.

“Countries outside, for example Raverine?”

Only then did Daralo lose his focus. He put the report on the table, then whispered something to Fredick. “For a while, it's best that people like us don't interact too much with Raverine. I don't want anything bad to happen.” Daralo whispered while looking at the left right, which was when the room he was sitting in was empty. There was only his wife and Fredick's wife chatting.

Fredick was a little confused by Daralo's ambiguous intentions, “Oh. But did Emperor Valarish do anything else to Raverine?” ask Fredick.

“You should have guessed it, after Princess Lennef was engaged, what do you think the Emperor would think?”

“... of course, he will be annoyed.”

“Yes, but this time it's different. When I reported the engagement, the Emperor was furious, he messed up the festival that Raverine was holding to commemorate the princess' engagement. But at the end of my meeting with the Emperor, he had said he wanted to. kill Queen Andervine.”.

Fredick was surprised, but he held his voice because he did not want the wives to hear this conversation.

“.. if Queen Andervine dies, it should reportedly reach us. There's no way Raverine could just sit idly by, right?” Fredick asked.

“That's the problem. I also just got word that Queen Andervine is in good shape. I didn't participate in the festival troublemaking either, so I don't know the details. But.. instead of Queen Andervine who died. lately I did not even see Emperor Valarish.” Daralo said with a complicated face.

The two men could say nothing more. Of course there is nothing to do for people like Daralo who bodo with all the things, let alone Fredick who is just a district-scale regional leader.

As they were daydreaming about that, suddenly the door of the room opened and a soldier with armor entered in with a breathless state. “Marquis.. Marquis Daralo! Is Marquis Daralo here?!” he was like a man who had just seen a dragon parked in front of his house, an unnatural panic.

“Yes, yes, I'm here. Try to calm down first!” Daralo.

The soldier then walked towards Daralo. “A really bad situation. Exactly a few minutes ago, a messenger from the Raverine Kingdom came with a corpse.he told us to bury it well.” The soldier said, reporting it out loud.

Daralo was confused by the random atmosphere that was happening to him. “Corpse? Whose body?”

Daralo was surprised, as was Fredick who heard the report next to him. Deep in his head, Daralo is scared but also saddened by the death of his best friend. Even in this situation, Daralo was still able to calm down. All he thought about was how this could happen.

Fredick was already very furious, he could not believe that the news that was like the apocalypse was heard to his ears. “Marquis Daralo, we must immediately take revenge. The one who did it was Raverine right? Then let's attack them immediately.”

“Wait, let me think.” Daralo calmed himself down. People like Daralo are great because they can calm down in very difficult situations like this. “To confirm..who killed Emperor Valarish?”

“This is the official information of King Loiros, who killed Emperor Valarish was the fiancee of Lennef's daughter, Lord Meffery Walter.”

“Taking that information straight from the king's mouth? Absolutely outrageous, they underestimated us!” Fredick was upset. “Come, Marquis Daralo, what are you waiting for? We gather troops and attack them immediately.”

“No. It's not something we can deal with easily. Meffery Walter. It looks like our Emperor picked the wrong opponent.”.

***

Long story short, 3 days of boring trip we managed to take. Starting from a steep journey in the highlands, hunting for food in the middle of the forest, to surround a large lake that is said to have ferocious monsters in it.

None of us intend to continue the journey on the second day, except Christa. We've all been like cheap, flaccid, shapeless sprouts. Lennef who usually put up a good image as a princess also turned somber, 24 hours he held my hand so as not to lose consciousness.

After the sprouts were about to die, we all came before the huge gate that bound Le-Ugen with the outside world. A high wall that stretched from end to end made the view inside completely invisible. In front of that gate, many people were waiting in line to enter, as there seemed to be a first inspection before being able to enter.

Our horse-drawn carriages lined up in the long line. But out of boredom inside, Killifer and I got out of the carriage to breathe fresh air.

And that's when the peak of silliness happens. I realized something very important, and I realized this very moment.

I immediately met Christa who was still at the wheel of a horse. “Damn it, you tricked me! If we can't use teleportation magic inside Le-Ugen, can't we teleport outside of Le-Ugen?”

Killifer who heard that was also shocked, just like me he also just realized. When I was upset, Christa ignored me completely. “Please excuse me, Mr. Walter. That's my magic, Hypnotize. I make everyone forget that. But this is an order from Princess Nerna as well, in anticipation of whether you have strong teleportation ability or not.” Evidently.

I growled in my heart. How alert was Princess Nerna? He must be mentally ill. What difference does it make if I teleport here directly, does he plan to kill me with those 3 days of travel?

All right, I get it. Princess Nerna's orders were to have Christa use Hypnotize's magic on me. So he's guaranteed two things here. First, if I have teleportation skills, then I would definitely not use them because of the effects of Christa's Hypnotize. Second, it's not a problem either like I don't have teleportation ability, Hypnotize is only the main protector.

Pretty smart. But crazy.

“I just found out that Mr. Walter can also be frustrated.” Killifer said that in a joking tone.

I responded to her words, “Of course. Especially after mining for a week and sleeping with Florinas, he had a strange sleeping position. Every morning his buttocks must be in my head, let alone fatigue, I often experience torpor because of it. Hah.. troublesome.” My misery.

Killifer laughs. Either he is concerned or interested in the subject. “Nona Florinas can only behave like that to Mr. Walter, it is a privilege.”

“Ya.. Maybe you're right.” Our horse-drawn carriage advanced as the queue ahead shortened even more. Me and Killifer leaned on Christa's train when she stopped again. In front of us there were many people waiting. “By the way, if you need anything just say, the gold I mined is a mountain and sickening if it should be spent alone.”

Killifer was flattered, his face beaming. “Maybe now Mr. Walter is the richest man in the world. But take it easy, I don't need anything for now,” Killifer looked at the sword he hung on his waist, then stroked the handle of the sword. “Getting this sword alone is already an honor for me.”

Killifer's gaze moved me. It is true that Killifer holds a very strong field, but no stronger than the two twin swords on my waist. He also refused when I gave him the treasure. This person was actually good, wrong if only judging Killifer's physique as big as a monster.

“How about Quine?” ask suddenly.

“.. Quine.. why with him?”

“Come on, you guys for a week received a quest together from a Guild, even staying at the same inn, right? So.. how.. no stimulation with Quine yet?”

Killifer's face flushed red, he threw away his gaze, “J-Don't joke, Mr. Walter. I don't have that kind of relationship with Quine.” Killifer was obviously nervous, hiding something.

I hope you're wrong. I would be so happy if my life was filled with romantic stories about the people around me. Killider and Quine are not a bad couple.

Back again to the queue, for the second time our horse-drawn carriage advanced a few steps. Me and Killifer also had to change positions.

“Repot also if this happens again.” I muttered to myself. “At least if it must be exposed to the ability of the opponent, then I will ask for payment first.”

I'm gonna do a little experiment here. I will use the Crafter skill, which I copied from Emperor Valarish. Then, how about combining the Crafter skill and the Evolver skill?

The skill journey process took place, where I was completely exhausted. But luckily my body was fine even though it felt like a dead heart for a few seconds.

Skill Crafter, operation complete. The result of the merger of Crafter and Evolver, was a Super Skill Enhancer.

Enhancer has a unique function, namely by increasing the ability of a magic or skill. The function is the same, namely combining, the difference is that Enhancer does not produce new skills or magic but adds to the effects of existing abilities.

Then as a follow-up experiment, I will use the Enhancer to upgrade the Touch Drive skill with the Puppet Master ability. Puppet Master is a magic that serves to curse the target, so that the target can feel pain from the user.

Super Skill Enhancer, the operation is complete. The result of the Enhancer is a Touch Drive that transforms into a Super Skill Double Drive. With this, I can copy the full capabilities of a person if that person attacks me, no matter the form of magic, skill, or physical.

‘Double Drive’? Thank ye. Very amusing.