Chapter 25: Aftermath (1/2)

As the sword arced towardsit Auguy really showed no tact The hood covering the guard's face was blown back as he charged towards ed veteran's furious expression

Faces of horror could be seen clearly from those around us The Twin Horns desperately tried to uard when they saw hilooked surprised at the unprecedented action of his guard, while the Queen had already frantically started reaching for her wand

My eyes stayed focused on the guard that was about to swing down, but I was quite relaxed Whether or not it was because he was angry, or because the training the royal guards received was s I didn't even need to will mana into ht foot as his sword swung doards rip of his sword between the cross-guard and his hand

I proceeded to pivot on , while uard's His reinforced shistled harh the e a s his sword in it In one smooth movement, I quickly struck hiuard with mana The force of my upward punch, co, created an ied to let out a low grunt before he cruround

My attention immediately focused, then, to Sebastian As I had expected, the dense fool was silentlya spell as his beady eyes locked intently with mine

SEBASTIAN'S POV:

'That i asks for so, it isn't a request; it's an order! How dare he not only refuse, but also repri! That brat doesn't deserve his equals contract! I personally coes capable of bending nature to their will I don't have a contract with a beast at all! Yet, that brat has a beast that was capable enough to fore! That means that the beast's level is least A class!' I couldn't help but grind my teeth in frustration

'I'nificent steed that that beast will grow to beco?'

"Insolent peasant! You dare insult the King and his faed towards the brat, his sword brandished high up in the air

'Yes! Kill that brat! I guess augmenters do have their uses at times Hahaha! After that brat's dead, that black htfully befor him, he'd been knocked out

"…"

'What the hell? How did that useless, half-witted fool uess I'll have to handle this brat byouttowards h 'He's actually co to die?' Well, I didn't really care at this point That non-, but I'll probably just get off with a light punishnificant brat

Whatever bothersoetting an silently chanting a spell, I couldn't help but grow irritated as he continued to approach me Was he such a fool that he couldn't tell that he was about to die?

However, a twinge of unease began forround or power to save him, had such confidence Why did I feel like this brat, who's only halfdown at me; as if he was the one that was superior

However,so so hard for 'You're just trying to make me want to kill you more, aren't you, brat?'

He arrived in front of me just as I was about to finishcrunch sounded from beneath me before I dropped to my knees

""

'That's weird Why did I suddenly lose balance?'

I glanced down, only to see so with the bones, tendons still attached, sticking out of the skin

'T-t-that's !'

"GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"M-MY LEG! MY LEG!! AHHHHHHHH!"

IT HURTS! IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS! I've never felt such excruciating pain in my life! Why should a noble conjurer likeme?' As I frantically looked around, it was apparent that everyone was somehow frozen They weren't just surprised, but actually frozen in place

It was then that I noticed that the colors ofhad been flipped, or reversed 'Have my eyes been clouded fro, so I'll htnow that it would be best for both of us if you stopped your hopeless pursuit of do you one last chance"

The boy was speaking in a e The tone of his words, coupled with the way he articulated the sensation that I had felt before

'It was hiht this, the pressure bore down onme to fearfully comply

He turned his back toa few steps forward, before suddenly glancing back at me

He looked at ht intome wince in pain

'No… No, no, no I can't breathe! I-I'm scared!' The torturous pain had been somewhat nus as my body accepted its fate of death

His eyes continued to bore down at ust as I tried to stop

He looked at me as if I was simply an insect, and slowly mouthed,

"Know Your Place"

KING GLAYDER'S POV:

While the i of a country was provoking, this eight-year-old's reasoning and arguh Sebastian was a loyal guard that had served us for decades, it was beneath ive up his pet And yet, I still promised hio back onwent south 'Do the Royal Knight Guards only aht-year-old's provocation?'

I didn't bringthat there wouldn't be any trouble, but I couldn't have guessed that these fresh trainees would cause this h it surprised me, I quickly couard was to kill this child, the public ht pity him and his family for a couple of days, but ulti in my way

It was a pity that this kid's fa ties with the auction house owner may turn out to be a bit inconvenient, in the future

Yet, outside of all expectations, the eight-year-old displayed a series of movements that couldn't be ht had done it So deftly did the boy knock out my Royal Guardsman

'Harry, you fool How inexperienced do you have to be that you even forgot to reinforce your body?! The only thing you're doing is give a bad nahts of Sapin!'

"KYYAAAAAAAAAA!" I instantly turned my head in the direction of the shrill screa behind et a better look

'How is Sebastian, as fine just a second ago, now on the ground clutching his left leg like that? His leg has several shards of bone sticking out, yet he's just glaring daggers at the boy?'