Pov: Tor
Tor was a tall man, about 1.80m tall, with dark skin and wrinkling began to appear on his face and gray hair began to appear in both his hair and beard, the aura that surrounded him made him seem more imposing, he wore a long red and gold tunic that covered his entire body, making it impossible to see what he was wearing underneath, especially at this time when he was sitting in an enormous golden chair, thinking about the various ways to avoid his daughter's marriage and the hero, unfortunately knows that it is something that cannot be avoided
'Is there really no way around it?'
While he was thinking about what to do, there was a knock on the door.
-Forward
-His majesty of him, a black-haired boy came asking for an audience with you
- Black hair? Why does he want to talk to me?
-He says that he wants to work as a real magician
-Send it in
-Understood
´Lately the magicians who work in the castle are resigning for some reason, they are paid well and have many benefits since most of the kings look for them to hire them and it is normal, after all they are very rare´
"Well, whatever it is, if it's a magician, I'll hire it"
What Tor did not know is that the person who wanted to work for him was someone unique and rare.
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After waiting for several minutes, the guard returned to the door.
-You can pass
-Thank you
-I already told you mucus.
'It's really annoying'
Kaito entered accompanied by the guard and upon entering, he couldn't hide his surprise.
-It really is amazing
He was so impressed that he blurted out those words unconsciously.
The courtyard was spacious and meticulously cared for, the garden was lush and the ponds were filled with lily pads. In the center, there was a majestic fountain that spat crystalline water. The marble stairs would lead to the great hall, where the king and queen's apartments are located.
And upon reaching the main hall, Kaito was even more impressed.
The hall is immense, with high ceilings and adorned with sumptuous tapestries. Large windows allowed natural light to bathe the room, there were also hanging sconces that would illuminate the space with twinkling lights.
-It really is wonderful
Kaito was so impressed that he did not realize that they had reached the entrance of the room where the king was.
-Wait a moment, I'll tell his majesty that you're here.
-Yeah
The guard proceeded to knock on the door and on the other side the voice of His Majesty could be heard.
-Forward
-Okay, let's go
-Yeah
Upon entering, the guard stayed behind Kaito, it was normal for there to be more people taking care of him, but since the incident with the hero occurred, he doesn't like people outside his family to be with him. After all, even though his guards still respect him, most of them talk bad about them behind his back so he doesn't trust anyone.
On the other hand, Kaito was impressed, only this time it was not because of what decorated the room or because of the beautiful chair where his majesty was or because of his luxurious clothes, but because of how imposing he looked and because of that aura he emanated.
-Present yourself
-I'm Kaito
Despite being impressed, Kaito continued to speak matter-of-factly, he felt that if he allowed himself to be scared by this, he would not be hired.
-I heard you were a magician, is that true?
-Yes, that's true.
-Could you show it to me?
-Yeah
-Then let's go to the back, there are several magicians training right now
-Okay, only that I already used up part of my mana, so I can only use it once
-I see, wizards can usually use it about 10 times a day, although you can restore your entire hand with an elixir
I'm sorry, but I don't have any.
The elixirs cost around 2 gold coins, even with everything he had saved, Kaito was unable to acquire one and even if he wanted to, they are usually very scarce and impossible to obtain.
Don't worry, I'll provide you one.
I'm sorry, I don't have enough money to pay for it.
Don't worry, I'm giving it to you.
-I see, thank you very much.
-Hey, guard
-Yeah?
-Go for an elixir that is in the warehouse and take it
-But his majesty, I can't leave him alone with this stranger
-Just obey my orders.
-But… -I gave you an order, just do what I say
-Yeah
After the guard left the room, Kaito said what he was thinking out loud, even though he didn't mean to.
-Wow, all the guards are annoying, how I hate them
hahaha, you're right
I'm sorry to speak ill of them.
-Don't worry, let's go.
-Yeah
"Actually his tunic is quite long, I can only notice his red boots"
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After walking for a few minutes through the corridors of the castle that contained King's Paintings and slender armor, they arrived at the backyard, where there were a total of 14 magicians, 5 women and 9 men, all dressed in black robes, typical of magicians, the courtyard was really too big for only 14 people and the guard who would go for the elixir was already there.
´Magicians are really scarce huh, I thought there would at least be more, maybe the guards train at different times…´
-Go on with yours, I just came to test this boy who claims to be a magician
Just as the king told them, they all continued to do their thing.
-Take, the elixir that you asked me for
-Okay, take it boy.
-Thank you
Kaito did not doubt the king's words and took the elixir that he gave him.
"Wow, it really restores all mana, that's pretty impressive."
-Then use your magic whenever you want
-[Ball of fire]
-...
All the magicians stopped what they were doing and the little noise that had ceased to exist, even the king and the knight were speechless, only kaito completely ignored them.
-Well, that's a fireball. And I can also use light magic, only the only spell I get is blinding, so I can't use it right now...
If the king was already impressed by dark magic, he was totally speechless upon hearing that he could also use light magic…
'Who the hell is this strange boy?'