"Bastard! You dare to plot against my granddaughter!!" Saurus shouted angrily as he repeatedly punched the trapped Aubert.
Still he could say that Aubert wasn't suffering, after all his Touki is emperor rank.
*Ding!*
[Stop the conspiracy against Eris Boreas Greyrat!]
Reward: 3D Locator Rings!
*Ding!*
[You successfully stopped Aubert Corvette!]
[Reward: Gravity Magic!]
*Ding!*
[Eris's affection has reached 100%!]
[Reward: Demon Eye of Future Sight!]
I was momentarily perplexed by the system's rewards, and then a smile appeared on my face.
'Looks like Morgan's speeding things up, huh?'
Besides that I could feel a light weight in my pocket, I touched it and I could feel metal pieces, those must be the rings.
Also my eye of future sigth was active and I was seeing double so I cut off the flow of mana from it.
"Father, I think that's enough, don't you think we should interrogate him?" Philip asked when he saw that Saurus was still hitting Aubert.
We were in the middle of an alley in the middle of the night so there weren't many people but it was still better to go back to the castle.
"What the hell is there to interrogate?!! This bastard is Aubert and the guy who stained my halls with his blood is Wii Taa!" Saurus's voice echoed with anger "I don't think you're stupid enough to guess who sent them!! This is a declaration of war!!"
Philip just sighed but didn't deny it, after all those two only stay in the capital, especially Wii Taa who is only at the service of the Notos.
Only Darius or Philemon himself could have ordered something like this, so there was no need to go to such lengths.
"So what do we do with him?" Philip asked with resignation at the end.
"Hmm! Kill him and burn his body!" Saurus replied indifferently.
"Haaa... You heard him" Philip sighed as he looked at me and Ghislaine.
So they both left and it was just the two of us again.
"Are you sure you don't want to talk?" I muttered while holding my sword.
"There's nothing to talk about, even if you left me alive, Darius would find a way to kill me." Aubert said with a weak smile.
"So you admit that Darius sent you...tell me what he thought when the Knuclegard brothers didn't return?" I asked with a mocking smile.
Aubert's eyes widened, then he sighed again.
"So it was you, huh? That bastard... He just sent me to my death..." He muttered as he looked up at the starry sky.
Without saying anything else I held my sword firmly and with a slash Aubert's head fell to the ground.
His body twisted slightly before he died and so I undid the earth dome that had trapped him.
"You did a good job," Ghislaine said as she patted me on the back.
"Yes... is Ana okay?" I asked.
"Yes, the Maids are taking care of her, there's nothing to fear!" She replied and then kissed me lightly on the lips.
"Burn that bastard and we'll go home" she said and I nodded.
So with a ball of fire he burned Aubert's body until only ashes remained and so I returned to Boreas Castle.
...
Two months passed, the attempted kidnapping of Eris was not made public for obvious reasons and life at the Boreas mansion continued its course... Well almost.
When I returned to the castle Saurus gave me a bear hug as he thanked me for saving his granddaughter and gave me a gift of one hundred Asuran gold coins.
Besides, he asked me what I wanted for my birthday.
"Ask me for anything you want and you shall have it!" He shouted.
And like the good boy that I am, I simply asked for one of Yulian Jalisco's 48 magic swords.
And in response Saurus said "I assure you I'll get you one!"
In other words, today was my birthday and since I had asked Philip, he agreed to allow my family and friends from Buena Village to attend.
"Rudy!!!" Sylphie shouted with joy as she ran towards me through the hallways and hugged me tightly.
"Sylphie... I missed you so much, how have you been?" I asked while stroking her head.
"Mmm... That spell that makes things levitate is very difficult! You must teach me how to use it better!" She complained.
Obviously I was talking about gravity magic which I obviously taught him on a break from work.
"What is the heaviest thing you can lift?" I asked.
"Hmm? Well, I can lift myself a few inches but nothing more, and in other things I can lift some heavy stones but only that" she replied frowning.
"Hehe, but you still have a lot of time to improve, right?" I whispered to her and she nodded while blushing.
"Darling! Don't keep us waiting!" My mother and Lilia came towards me while hugging me tightly.
"Da-... brother!" Aisha and Norn shouted in unison as they hugged me back.
I raised an eyebrow at this but Lilia winked at me.
'So they thought about this too...'
"Rudeus... congratulations"
Laws' voice brought me out of my thoughts and my smile grew bigger.
Pretty much everyone I cared about was here including Laws and his wife Hope.
"Father-in-law... Thank you very much for joining me today," I said, bowing slightly.
Sylphie blushed at this but took my hand and Laws smiled bitterly but also nodded.
"S-so this is where you work Rudy?" Sylphie asked timidly.
"Yes, here it is." I said as I started walking down the halls guiding everyone "this is where I tutor young lady Eris" I continued
"hmm..." Sylphie simply nodded without asking any further questions.
"Rudeus!" Eris's voice called from the hallways and she stopped when she saw the crowd of people I was with.
"they are..."
"Yes, they are my family and... My fiancée Sylphie's family," I said, pointing to the people behind me.
"hhmp! So that's how it is, huh?! You better give Rudeus the best birthday!" She said while acquiring her typical Eris pose and his gaze fell on Sylphie.
"You! Are you Rudeus's fiancée?" She asked curiously and I could hear the jealousy in her tone.
"Yes, my name is Sylphiette, you must be Eris right?" Sylphie replied with a smile as both girls stared at each other and in the end they both let out a slight laugh.
'Did I miss something?'
"Well, Rudeus, you better hurry up and go to the party hall!" Eris said and ran off without looking back.
"Wow... She is..."
"Quite intense...young master, is she always like this?" Lilia asked, completing my mother's sentence.
"No, before she used to shout to talk all the time, now she's calmed down a lot," I said and everyone present shuddered.
"That's right, Rudeus did a good job scaring that girl," Ghislaine said suddenly as she walked towards us with Ana in her arms.
"Ghislaine!" my mother said excitedly as she approached the beast woman with excitement only to fix her gaze on Ana.
Obviously I had already talked about Ana's existence with my mothers and both were upset that they were not the ones pregnant.
But even though we had threesomes every time I rested they just didn't get pregnant...
The three women looked at each other, then at Sylphie and nodded simultaneously.
"..."
"Please make yourselves comfortable. This is your home," I said, turning my attention to Laws and his family.
Laws nodded with a shocked look, and immediately a maid came toward us.
"Please follow me. I'll guide you to your temporary quarters," she said.
"Doggy?..." Norn muttered, tilting her head in confusion.
"Norn!" My mother yelled in reprimand and turned to the maid with an embarrassed expression. "I-I'm so sorry! S-she's just a little girl. She doesn't know anything!"
"Hehe, it doesn't matter. I could never be mad at Lord Rudeus's sister," she replied with a shy smile.
My mother breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking.
After walking for ten minutes, we arrived at a series of medium-sized rooms assigned to everyone.
"Oh... so we're not sleeping next to Rudy?" my mother asked, her voice full of disappointment, and I could only sigh in exasperation.
"I have my own room, Mom. I'm an employee of this castle, so I'm staying on the first floor," I replied with a slight smile.
"moou... It's a shame" she muttered crossing her arms and making a pout.
"Yes... What time is the ceremony?" I asked, directing my gaze to the maid.
She blushed slightly but then she coughed to regain her composure.
"Your birthday ceremony will be at sunset," she said.
'It's noon... There's still some time left'
"Please can you call Lady Hilda and Lady Eris to go to my room please?" I said and the Maid nodded.
"Young master..."
"Rudy? Why did you call her?" My mother asked slightly jealous.
"Please everyone leave your belongings in the rooms you choose and follow me to my room, I need to talk to all of you" I said.
Everyone except Ghislaine seemed surprised but noticing my serious tone they nodded.
"Rudy...is something wrong?" Sylphie murmured worriedly.
"...I want to talk to all of you in my room" I said without denying her question which she understood.
After walking for another ten minutes and going up one floor we arrived at my room
"Wow...it's even bigger than ours!" Sylphie said in surprise. "Ah... But it's a bit empty." Her tone faded slightly.
"Yeah, huh... I don't usually buy many things, I send all my salary to my family," I replied and Laws looked at me with admiration.
*knock knock knock!*
Light knocks were heard at the door and it opened revealing Hilda and Eris.
"Rudeus? Why did you call us?" Hilda asked expectantly, her cheeks flushed, only to see the crowd of people in the room and let out a disappointed "oh..." sound.
I could even notice that Eris was slightly blushing and she in turn sighed with relief.
'What kind of things did Hilda say to this girl?!'
"I'll be brief because there's a pending celebration waiting for us," I said as I addressed everyone present.
Everyone stared at me with slight concern on their faces, especially Sylphie, who was looking at Eris out of the corner of her eye.
"I have a very bad feeling... And that involves the mana sphere in the sky in the center of the city" I said while pointing to my window.
The red orb had grown to a considerable size like a full moon in the middle of the sky, that's how visible it was.
"Is there something wrong with that?" My mother asked in a serious tone, leaving her "I want to fuck every day" tone.
"Yes, Ghislaine with her demonic mana eye was able to confirm that over the years that orb has been accumulating mana at one point until it became visible, manifesting in that way, I have a feeling it's just a matter of time before something happens, and who knows what catastrophic consequences that could bring," I declared.
The room fell silent as Lilia and Sylphie looked at the sky in concern.
"So... What are you planning to do, Rudeus?" Hilda asked.
"I've been creating this in secret..." I said as I pulled a bag full of rings out of a drawer.
"You could say they are magical instruments, but I equipped them with everything I could," I declared.
Actually, the damn things are so useful! I think it's the most useful thing Morgan has ever given me!
"Makes enough for everyone," I said as I put on one of the rings. "Please pay attention to how you use them," I said, and a holographic map of the world was revealed before me.
"Th-that's it!" Laws squealed in amazement.
A holographic map of the world had been revealed before me and in the kingdom of Asura there was a small brown dot.
"Please observe, by making these movements we can make a more precise approach to the location" I said while zooming in on the Asura kingdom approaching the city of Roa
"This brown dot you see here, that's me," I said.
"Th-that...I-I've never seen a magical object like this!" My mother was the next to speak.
"It's because it's something I invented," I replied.
"But it's not just for that, I also equipped it with all kinds of protective and defensive devices," I said and began to explain.
Honestly, I couldn't even understand how such an incredibly convenient device ended up in my hands!
Those fucking rings are equipped with real-time GPS, barrier magic up to Emperor rank, Emperor level healing magic, and has the ability to launch stone bullets with shrapnel up to 100 times per second...
I have never seen such a convenient object and neither have the people around me.
Laws was the most skeptical that this was real but it was proven to him.
"Please everyone put a ring on, Mom, Lady Hilda, put rings on Norn and Aisha too," I said and they both nodded.
Fortunately, the rings looked like simple wooden rings, so they didn't attract much attention.
Still...it's too exaggerated for my taste, but I still couldn't complain about something so incredibly efficient!