The Magic Of Skill

Chapter 16's

There seems to be a big misunderstanding here. A bitter reality that eliminates the spirit of travel for 3 full days. The mistake that made me want to slam Florinas, and Lennef who even clearly showed a fake smile is creepy.

It's unbelievable.

We who were like fools followed Christa in the vast palace of Princess Nerna. I don't know where he's taking us. In the end, Christa took us to a little hidden basement. Underground is a giant library with a collection of books that are not loose at all on each shelf.

A table with several chairs of oil lanterns was placed in the middle of the room, a pile of messy books were on the table. Simultaneously, a beautiful girl with short purple hair was sitting on a chair with a thick book in her hand. His eyes shifted to the right and left on each page of the book.

She is Princess Nerna, the unofficial leader of the Kingdom of Le-Ugen. Instead of appearing in a pretty dress, Puri Nerna even still uses her nightgown, complete with a hairy hat decorated with rabbit ears.

And this is where the misunderstanding is meant.

“I didn't tell you to call Meffery Walter here!”

Good, from the start I didn't have to come here.

The testimony from Princess Nerna says that she did not actually tell Christa to come see her. But since there was Princess Lennef here as well, Princess Nerna should be able to maintain her modesty. Of course he felt bad because it made us walk away for 3 days.

No one blamed Christa for that, except me. But just looking at Christa's seemingly ordinary face, as if she knew that the Princess did not want me to come, I refused to blame her.

“Princess Nerna, I'm sure there's something you want to tell us.” I said.

Princess Nerna blinked shyly, she became misbehaved as many people noticed her who had just woken up from sleep. “... alright, alright, you guys are forcing me! Wait wherever you want, I'll get ready first. P-Princess Lennef, I'm sorry to leave you alone.” Princess Nerna showed her modesty before moving on.

Lennef replied with the same courtesy, “No problem. Besides I realize that you only have business with this guy, right?” Lennef pointed at me.

“Princess Nerna, if you only deal with me, you don't have to get ready. What needs to be prepared? Do you need makeup or clothes first? We only talk.”

Princess Nerna held back her anger, then loudly yelled at me, “Of course I want to take a shower! What kind of girl can stand talking to this disgusting body?!” rather than being angry, it is more appropriate to be ashamed. Princess Nerna did behave like that when we came.

After that he left, leaving us all in the library.

When Princess Nerna was a little away, I said to myself, “Give me what? Even her body odor remained fragrant before the shower.” And the result was me being pinched so hard by Lennef.

With an evil face like a demon, Lennef said, “Honey, you sniff the smell?”

“No, no, where possible!” I dispute that firmly. “The smell has been smelled since we came. You guys kissed her too, right?” I asked my other 3 colleagues.

“No, Master, I didn't kiss her.”

“I don't smell good, Mr. Walter.”

“I.. neither does.”

Why at a time like this can't my colleagues be trusted?

“See, you sniffed it right?” Lennef again accused.

“Patiently, Lennef, I do have a keen sense of smell.”

“Oh, then you know that I use magic items that can keep me fragrant and clean every time.”

“... eh? Seriously?”

“While I bought it for you.” Lennef furrowed his brows. And with a cute reddened face, she was angry with me, “You are completely unconscious, aren't you?!”

***

In the end, a middle ground was taken where Princess Nerna did discuss something to me. One thing he said about Christa was that she often acted arbitrarily. And Princess Nerna never made an official order to take me. But that doesn't mean it's wrong. The fact that Princess Nerna discussed something with me is proof that Christa is sensitive to the wishes of the Princess.

With perfect looks, beautiful clothes and slightly calmer emotions, Princess Nerna came back to see me in the library room.

The library room was an amazing place that spoiled the eyes. Cylinder-shaped, drilled into the ground, with a diameter equivalent to that of a sports field, this library was a gigantic building buried within the palace.

Because in the ground, everything was almost dark. But that does not mean blinding, the light still comes from the chandelier and that sticks to every shelf that circles the library. The part I liked the most was the staircase that connected the first floor with the other, where the stairs were made to float on the surface. So to move the floor, you'll feel what it's like to be on top of this tens of meters high room.

I'm here with Florinas alone, while the others are with Christa to tour the palace. Long wait, Princess Nerna came.

Florinas was busy picking up books and commenting on the cover of the book he was holding.

“Sorry waiting, Mr. Meffery Walter.” The Princess Nerna. He's showing the prestige of a princess now. Sejekap thought that the authority was just a mask, but I was wrong. Indeed from the beginning a woman is a new figure can be honest with others when she is humiliated.

“Call me Walter only.”

“Walter. Then you can call me Nerna. For Princess Lennef's fiancee like you, our level is not much different.”

“.. no. I will still call you Princess Nerna. It is impolite that I call you Nerna whereas I myself call Lennef more often with ‘Princess Lennef’ than ‘sayang’ or his first name.”

“Alright if that's what you want. How about we get straight to the heart of the conversation?”

Princess Nerna took me to one of the tables, she pulled a bench and invited me to sit there. A magic-activated lantern was in our center, illuminating the table between the dim corners of the other room.

“It's about two years ago, when Le-Ugen was still led by a couple of kings and queens, a kingdom full of freedom but also peace. My sister, Holiana, was 18 years old that year, and I was small enough to follow her at the time. But in the same year too, you know, there was a bit of cruelty going on. People recognize him by the tragedy of betrayal.” The princess started to tell.

Princess Nerna picked up a book on the table, explaining some things, gently flipping through the pages. When he got to the yard, he stopped. There were many pictures of people in the courtyard, lined up, like an exhibition picture.

“Tragedy of betrayal is a hard incident that pushed me at this stage. My father and mother died, killed by nobles who planned to marry my brother politically. Because the successor to the throne will be given to my brother, and marrying him to create a king figure is a simple thing.” Princess Nerna handed the book to me, she told me to look at all the pictures.

“They're royalty?”

“True. 28 upper class nobles, who are attached to the kingdom. They were the ones responsible for my parents' death.” Answer Princess Nerna. I raised my head as a sign of wanting to listen further. “Murder plans. Fake war, a drama made by nobles to trap my father and kill him while off guard.”

“Sorry to ask, your father is a king,. Is he not aware of a trap? Aura.. or strange gestures for example.” Ask me in a polite tone.

Princess Nerna thought a little, she was worried about something. He just frankly after believing my gaze, “Many people say so. You're right, my father wasn't a great man. Has very little magic energy, can not feel the aura, even the physical is not so strong.”

Princess Nerna flipped the page from the book I read, on the page was a picture of a medium-bodied person wearing a crown, and a sword in his hand. His face was ordinary, his body was ordinary, his stature was ordinary. But it is written that he is the king of Le-Ugen. It is very different from King Loiros or Valarish who shows his muscles.

“I know, my father must have looked very weak in your eyes. That is the truth. But what makes him a king is his intelligence, his expertise to build the country, and his concern for the people. He's a great guy, Walter.”

“See from your response it is certain that he is a great king. Then, what about your mother? He can't use magic too?”

“My mother can use magic, but her use is very ineffective. In essence, the era of my parents' leadership was the weakest time for this kingdom. And he was also killed, but in a more special way, in front of the eyes of his own two children. Execution.” Princess Nerna's eyes fell in.

It must be hard to have such an incident. I don't blame the previous king for his weakness, even a smart man can defeat a strong man easily. What I don't like is this betrayal. The parameters of trust that explode and become betrayal, more than anything else it is very disgusting.

“So the point is you want me to know that both of your parents are great, but also weak, and were killed in the name of treason.”

Princess Nerna nodded.

I continued, “This has gone too far from the initial discussion. I'm here because I think you have a problem with the Caffarel mountain I destroyed. What.. do you have a reason to explain it from that far?”

Princess Nerna again thought deeply, she glared at something far away. His gaze showed sadness, but it didn't matter to him. What the Princess will say after this, is what makes a woman's heart move, and changes her personality permanently.

“28 nobles killed, my brother killed him.”

“... eh?!”

“True Death, a skill that allows people to instantly kill others with just one touch, it is an active skill that is impossible to break. My brother, he suffered for his bad deeds. For two years, my sister never left the room. And the only sight—”

“The only sight he could enjoy was the snow-covered tip of the Caffarel iceberg despite the spring, so?” I asked to cut off Nerna's conversation. Nerna nodded in response. “So, you sent me here just to blame me?”

“.. lie if I deny it,” Princess Nerna is honest. It is natural, I myself will also be sad if someone removes valuable things from valuable people. “But after talking to you, I don't even know how to blame you.”

It's a waste of time.

Princess Nerna may be too small to understand. I mean he's not on par with Hile, but he's younger than Lennef. His sister means he is now 20 years old, an age that is mature enough to build a family. Is this royal drama just a kid's joke?

Me and Princess Nerna pensively, thinking about each other's things. Suddenly, Florinas exclaimed. He came to me with a face full of vigor, the one in his hand was a large book with a slightly worn brown cover. Florinas put the book in front of me, and made me read it with him.

Florinas opened the pages violently, several times the old-looking book seemed to be broken in the hands of Florinas. Until he stopped at a page, which I could not read at all.

“What is this writing?” my many.

“The book uses an ancient language, written when the Great War took place. If not mistaken.your name, Miss Florinas? Great you could find that book.” Princess Nerna answered him.

Florinas pointed to a page, his index finger running around every sentence he saw. Then he paused on one paragraph, and showed it to me.

Because I can't read it, Florinas will. “.. that is his partner, the Fire Spirit Varnella, who wields most of the hot mountains around the world. Her face was beautiful, her hair was wavy in color burning furiously like dawn, I saw her in a dark dress. People flocked to come to him.he received all the banquet, he received all that—”.

“Wait first! If you read it in the middle of that sentence, I won't understand!” I said, cutting Florinas' reading.

Florinas closes his book, “Master, this is a book written by man when the Great War happened, all about the Great War is told here. And what I want to tell you is.the location of the eternal kingdom of Varnella.” Florinas picked up a piece of paper tucked into the book, when it was stretched out it turned out to be a map of a region whose image was almost faded.

“Is the kingdom of Varnella located? So.. where is it?” my many.

“This is nothing but destiny, Master. Don't be surprised, this is a map of Le-Ugen Kingdom, this kingdom. That means, the kingdom of Varnella is here.” Florina had a happy looking face. A slightly bewildering face when he actually hates Varnella.

A little disappointed Princess Nerna replied, “Sadly, even though it was written in the ancient book, I never saw any sign of the Spirit kingdom here.”

Florinas replied, “Human, you have no right to speak so. I know more about Varnella than you.” With an arrogant face, the answer was thrown out.

Princess Nerna instantly became a loser. It was true that Florinas had an aura like a Goddess, being humiliated by her was a huge pressure. I who did not accept the behavior of Florinas immediately said, “That's not polite, you know. Quickly apologize to Princess Nerna.”

“H-Heh? I have to apologize to this human?”

“Of course, you've done wrong.”

Florinas hesitated, his face annoyed at the order not because of me. “.. then. sorry.”

Princess Nerna who heard it became laughing, “Yes, I'm sorry. Walter, you have unique colleagues, yes.”