I roll over in the massive bed, and notice the morning light flowing through the windows, and i decide to get dressed, and start my day. I walk out of my room, and notice a plate with food, and a note on one of the tables. The note says 'I made use of your kitchen, and made some breakfast. I will be at the guild if you need anything.' She is really an early worm. I eat the food even though it's cold, and i decide what to do today.
I am going to reinforce my new house! I begin investigating the material of the house, and decide what to write on them. I decide to write 'inflammable', 'unbreakable' and 'unrottable' on the wooden parts of the house, and 'unbreakable' on the stone parts. I make 20 small statues made of adamantium, that look like garden gnomes, and give them small swords that fits with their size, and then i write 'attack invader', 'unbreakable', 'super strength' and 'invisibility' on them to make them a little OP. I place them along the wall, and finish enchanting them to make them invisible to the naked eye. There, finished! Now what am I going to do? I haven't seen Stultus since I first met, so i guess I will visit him.
I teleport outside the gate of the capital, and while walking to the castle i sightsee and buy a few snacks like pretzels and icecream. When i am close to the castle walls, i see two guards at there, and i then walk into an alley. I make an adamantium ring, and i enchant it. It says 'Whoever touches this ring, will obey the wearer,' and 'can only be used by Matthew Hill.' I put on the ring, and walk towards the gate. The guards see me coming towards them, and become slightly vigilant.
"Halt!"(Guard 1) The guards come towards me when i am close to the gate.
"State your business."(Guard 2) The other Guard then speaks. They speak in turns, almost like creepy twins.
"I don't really have any business, i just wanna meet the king and maybe the princess."
"Do you an appointment?"(Guard 1) The first guard is visibly getting annoyed, probably how i worded my sentence.
"Nah."
"Then you have to leave! Or we will remove you from the premises!"(Guard 2) Looks like they had enough, i guess i will stop fooling around. I lightly touch the guards with the ring so fast that you couldn't see it with your naked eye, and of course, i restrained my power so they only got a light bruising where i hit them.
"Do you need some kind of pass to be in the castle?"
"Yes, this one lord."(Guard 1) He takes a bracelet made of wood out of his jacket, and pours magic into it. After doing that he gives it to me. I look at the bracelet, and on it is a rune that says 'Tracking,' and 'When poured magic upon, it releases the royal crest.' I pour magic onto the crest rune, and what shows up is a golden sword surrounded by sunlight.
"With this, i can go around the castle?"
"Yes lord. But you can only go a few places, like the garden, and the quarters for the servants. The non essential places."(Guard 2)
"Ok, when i leave, pretend as nothing happened, and keep doing what ever you are supposed to do."
"Yes lord."(Guard 1+2) After they say that, i walk past them and enter the inner walls of the castle. Like i wanted, they went back to do what they doing, and are acting as if everything is normal. Behind the first wall is another wall which is again guarded by two guards. Instead of messing around with them, i touch them with the ring, just to be on the safe side. I just order them to act the same when i leave, and walk through the gate. I have now arrived at a garden like place. It's filled with plants and grass, and i can see an arena a little bit away, from there i can hear sounds of swords hitting eachother. I continue walking, and arrive at the entrance to the castle. The castle is circular, with two floors, and the inner walls has a guard tower every few 100 meters. There is no one guarding the entrance, but there are occasional patrols going around the garden. I enter the castle, and in front of me is the throne hall. To the left of me, is the entrance to the quarters for the servants, knights, mages and soldiers. The doors to the throne hall is open, and i can see the king slumped down on the throne talking to a knight. Looks like he hasn't noticed me yet, or else he would have been frightened and called for the guards or something like that. I do the same to these guards as the other guards, and use the ring on them. I order to them to close the doors after i walk in, and i also order them to act normal. I walk in and the doors begin to close, the knight and the king notices me, and i can see the shocked face on the king, the knight is only confused.
"Who are you, and why are you in here?"(Knight) Looks like he hasn't noticed the look on the kings face.
"Me?, i'm Matthew. Is the king alright? He looks kinda tired." The doors is now closed fully, and the knight notices the kings expression, and he shows concern for him, and becomes even more vigilant agains me.
"Are you alright my lord?"(Knight) He draws his sword, and faces me.
"Who are you?!"(Knight)
"I'm Matthew like i said."
"What have you done?!"(Knight)
"Nothing much, i only punished him for doing something that made me a bit mad."
"What?! What did you do to his majesty?!"(Knight)
"I only made a ring that draws his stamina, he deserved it."
"What?! Release him!"(Knight) I start becoming tired of all his screaming.
"Nah, i'm tired of this so i will do what i came here to do."
"Wha..."(Knight) Before he was able to finish his sentence, i had already punched him with the ring.
"There, done. What is your name, and what is your post?"
"My name is Vetor, and my post is being a general, and a the head knight of the royal guard."(Vetor) The king is becoming confused as well as scared watching us.
"Ok. Hello Stultus, how are you?"
"Wh-What are you doing here?! And What did you do to Vetor?!"(Stultus)
"I had nothing to do, so i came here. And all i did to Vetor was make him become obedient to me."
"What do you mean?!"(Stultus)
"I made him obedient to me via this ring." I show him the adamantium ring. When we were talking, the doors to the throne hall opened, and in came a beautiful girl with raven black hair, namely Aurora.
After she walks inn, the doors close again. I send a look towards Vetor saying to act normal, i guess he understood it. There isn't any danger for Stultus to say anything because the ring doesn't let him say it.
"Hello my name is Aurora, and your name is?"(Aurora)
"My name is Matthew, it is a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is likewise."(Aurora) I start feeling a sweet smell emanating from the wall to the side. What is that Aterna?
That is sleeping gas.
Why is there sleeping gas being released in here?
There are kidnappers hidden behind the curtains on the walls, sent by the king of Qato, to kill the princess.
Did they here us talking just now?
No master, they did not.
Why would they kill Aurora?
Because the nephew of the king of solisa will be king after her then, and he conspired with the king of Qato to make him king, and then the king of Qato hopes to manipulate the nephew. The nephew of the king is a general of the millitary, and he lead the kidnappers here.
What is his name?
His name is Protor.
Ok. I wait for the king and the princess to be knocked out, and then i act like i also was knocked out. After a minute or two, i could see 5 men clothed entering through the wall, and checking if all of us is knocked out. The man who is going to check up on me only looks at me for a few seconds, and then return to the others who have finished checking, and one of them is holding the princess over the shoulder.
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They leave through the same hole they came in through, which is a hole i think they carved out. When i can't see them any longer, i switch to tracking them with mana sensing. In addition to the 5 men who came in to the throne hall, there is 3 more people, 2 men, and 1 woman. I stand up and stretch my arms and legs, and make myself invisible, and conceal my mana, i also a make another rune on the ring i am wearing, that says 'silence'. I walk through the hole the kidnappers made, and when i am on the other side, i am in the room of a servant, and on the ground close to the wall is a dead old man wearing butler like clothes.
The kidnappers are leaving, and checking if the hallway is clear. When they have confirmed that there is no one in the hallway, they sneak carefully through the quarters for the servants, and the like. I follow them walking completely normal, and not worrying of being found out. We come out of the castle after a minute, and there are no guards nor soldiers in sight. Guess that nephew must have a lot of power. They whisper with eachother, and after they finish, they walk slowly towards the inner walls. When they get there, they help eachother vault over the 10 meter tall wall.
The one who is carrying the princess is going first, and he has the help of two persons. When the first of them is over the wall, they throw down rope for the others to climb up. When all of them is over the wall, i morph wings onto my back, and fly over the wall. They are going to go over the walls, in between 2 watch towers. They climb over just like the way they did on the other wall, and i fly over as well.
On the other side of the wall is a carriage, and 6 of them go inside the carriage, and 2 of them sits upfront to control the horses. All of them take of the black clothes, and hide the princess, under a board on the floor of the carriage. I fly just above them, and follow them as they travel through the streets. After about 30 minutes they arrive at an old building in the outskirts of the capital. All of them exit the carriage, and two people, on man and one woman come out of the building to help them. they talk a little bit of how it went, and then they take the princess inside the building. I guess it's time for me to step in. I erase the silencing rune, and make myself visible again, and i float down to the entrance and enter.
When i enter all 10 of the people stare at me, and becomes vigilant.
"Who are you?!"(Kidnapper 1) I don't answer his question, and just stare at them.
"Nevermind, just kill him!"(Kidnapper 2) All of them draws a weapon, and half jums towards me. The first one to reach me is middleaged man with a sword as a weapon. He swings his sword, and i grab it with my hand, and the man gets suprised.
"Wha...!"(Kidnapper) Before he could finish talking, i had already punched him in his stomach. He falls over and lays there, not breathing. I think i killed him... Well, what is done, is done. The second one is charging me, and i concetrate a bit of mana on the tip of my finger, and i shoot it out as a beam towards the second one. It hits him in the head, and he slumps down, just like the when the strings of a doll is cut.
The third is a woman in her thirties, and she uses a katana like weapon. I don't really want to kill her, but i guess i have to, at least i can give her a quick death. I make an adamantium sword, and cut her head off before she could react. The fourth person is a man in his twenties, and he is attacking me with his bare hands. Guess he is a martial artist. I take the sword and cut him in two. The ones not attacking is getting shocked.
The last person attacking me directly is another middleaged man, but he is really huge. He is using a sword and a shield to attack me. I put the sword in my inventory, and rip his shield open, and the man is scared as well as shocked. The man attacks me with the sword, and i redirect the sword to stab him in the chest. He falls down, and dies almost immediately as the sword hit his heart.
The ones who is staying back, is ranged fighters, and all of them fires all they got towards me. The impact creates an explosion around me, that didn't affect the kidnappers or the princess.
"D-Did we get him?"(Kidnapper) They are saying a flag raising thing.
"Nah, you didn't get me."
"Wh-What!?"(Kidnapper)
"Why are you attacking us?!"(Kidnapper)
"Because you kidnapped the princess." The princess is starting to wake up because of the explosion.
"Whatever i am tired of this." I fire mana beams at all of the people except for the man who is holding the princess, and all of them slump down when the beam hit them.
"S-Stay back! Or else the princess will die!"(Kidnapper) The last person is holding the now awake princess in a choke hold and is holding a knife pointed at her throat.
"What?! Who are you!?"(Aurora) She becomes very confused, and she is asking for help with her eyes.
"Relax Aurora. In a second or two you will be safe."
"What!?"(Kidnapper) I teleport behind him, and chop him in the neck with my hand, with just enough force to knock him out. He starts falling backwards, and i catch the princess before she fell as well.
"Thank you."(Aurora) Looks like she is scared.
"It's okay, you are safe now." I lead her out of the building to get her away from the carnage inside, i also take the last kidnapper with me. I pick her up in a princess carry, which is ironic since she is a princess. She as you would expect gets suprised.
"Wh-What?"(Aurora) She is starting to blush.
"Please let me down!"(Aurora) Looks like she doesn't want to, well i will change her mind.
"No, we gotta go back to the castle right? This is the fastest way."
"B-But... Fine."(Aurora) She initially didn't want to she admits this is the fastest way. I pick up the kidnapper, even though it is a little hard to hold onto him.
"Hold on tight."
"Wha...!?"(Aurora) I didn't wait for her to finish the sentence, and i jumped on top of the roof on the building infront of us, and i continued to jump from building to building till we reached the castle. I jump over the walls, and in the garden i see the king complaining to a few guards, and i see a young man in armor ordering soldiers to search after the princess. The places he said go search is nowhere near where the base was. I land on the ground, and the people there notice me. The soldiers circle around me with their spears pointing towards me.
"Release the princess or you will regret it!"(Soldier)
"Wait!"(Aurora)
"This man saved me! So lower your spears!"(Aurora)
"He saved you?"(Stultus) I let the princess down, and ask.
"Who is Protor?" I ask looking around.
"I am."(Protor) The one who said that is the young man in armor that was ordering around the soldiers.
"Well then guards, maybe you should arrest him rather than threatening me? After all, he helped the kidnappers inside the castle."
"What?!"(Protor) He looks shocked, and a little bit afraid.
"Don't believe him! He is just a random man saying absurd things."(Protor)
"I have evidence." I lightly flick the kidnappers head, and he starts waking up.
"Did this man lead you into the castle?" He looks very much afraid of me, and he is even more afraid of what will happen to him if he doesn't answer.
"Y-Yes he did! He conspired with the king of Qato to kill princess Aurora."(Kidnapper)
"What...?"(Stultus)
"Is this true Protor?"(Stultus?
"N-No your highness i would never do such a thing! These men are lying!"(Protor)
"Aurora, is this man really one of the kidnappers?"(Stultus)
"Yes father, he is. Mister Matthew saved me, so what the kidnapper is saying is most probably true."(Aurora)
"Then guards, Arrest Protor for the betrayal to the crown, and i sentence him to be executed by hanging."(Stultus)
"N-No!"(Protor) Protor draws his sword, and charges towards Aurora, but when he is going to swing his sword, i grab it and punch him in the stomach, with enough force to knock him out. He drops down, and he loses grip on the sword, so i am holding it now. He was knocked out. The guards quickly take Protor away, and i drop the sword.
"Thank you."(Aurora) Looks like she is shocked that her cousin would attack her.
"No problem."
"Guards, arrest that kidnapper, and try to get as much information out of him as possible, and when you are done with him, i give him the same sentence as Protor."(Stultus)
"Father don't you think Mister Matthew Need a reward?"(Aurora)
"That man doesn't deserve a reward."(Stultus) He sneers at me when he says that.
"Father... I am sorry for my father mister Matthew."(Aurora) She says with a sigh.
"No, it's okay, and you can just call me Matt."
"Are you sure?"(Aurora) She has a small glimt in her eyes.
"Yeah, it's okay, i don't need more money than i already have."
"I didn't mean that, i meant the name."(Aurora) She still has a small glimt in her eyes.
"Yeah, it's okay." I say with a smile.
"What are you going to do now Matt?"(Aurora)
"I guess i am going back to Esol and do quests there, i am an S-rank adventurer." I show her the card, and she looks worried for something. She takes me away from the guards and the king, who aren't looking. When we are out of their hearing range, she says. "You should stop going around with that card, because it has been enchanted with something that isn't that good for you."(Aurora) She says out of concern.
"It's okay, i have already dealt with it." I say with a small smile. The Princess was a little suprised.
"You knew of it?"(Aurora)
"Yeah. Well i guess i will leave now. Bye Aurora." I say while waving.
"Wai..."(Aurora) I jump over the walls, and land on the street on the other side. I continue walking towards the gate of the city, but while i was walking something caught my eyes. 'Brano's Brewery', It has a sign with wine and mead in it. I walk in, and inside is shelves with ingredients for alcohol, and at the end of the room is a counter, and behind the counter is an old man. I walk to the counter, and. "Can i get two wine bottles?"
"Yes, that will be 20 silver."(Old man) I give him the coins, and he walks into the backroom, and a few seconds later, he comes back with two glass bottles full of a red liquid. "Here you go."(Old man) He gives me the bottles.
"Thanks." I walk out of the brewery, and continue walking out of the city. When i have gotten a short distance away from the entrance, i put the bottles in my inventory, and morph wings onto my back. I fly up into the air and travel towards Esol, and as expected it only took a few seconds. I walk through the gate, and walk towards my house. At the entrance i meet Valenta. "Hi."
"Hi."(Valenta)
"Wanna have some wine?"
"Wine? Isn't that expensive?"(Valenta)
"Not for me."
"Well, i will take you up on that offer."(Valenta) We walk up into the living room on the second floor, and i take the wine bottles out of my inventory when Valenta isn't looking. I also make two wine glasses when she isn't looking. I open the first bottle, and pour to both glasses, and give Valenta one of the glasses. "Thank you."(Valenta) I take a glass for my self, and taste. It tastes like fruits, and it smells sweet. While i am only on my first sip, Valenta has already come to the second glass.
We continue drinking like that for an hour or two, and Valenta has come to her 5 glass, and i only 2. She is starting to look drunk, and i am considering stopping her.
"Did yuu kno dat i havnt been dis close to a man other dan my fader?"(Valenta)
"No i didn't know that." Luckily i can't get drunk from my immunity skill.
"Well, now yuu now."(Valenta)
"How old were you again Valenta?"
"Me? I am 22 yeas ol."(Valenta) She moves closer to me, and looks very sleepy.
"Did yuu kno dat yuu ar very hansom?"(Valenta)
"I didn't know that, no." She moves closer in, and she puts her glass on the table.
"Well her is de danks for lettin me stay here."(Valenta) She holds her hands around my head, and moves closer. A kiss, she kissed me. And not some short peck on the mouth, a fullblown kiss with tongue and all. "Dat was my first kis."(Valenta) She says that, and falls asleep. I am very confused, and suprised. Well that was suprising. I can't let her just lay here, so i guess i will carry her to her bed. I lift her up in a princess carry, and move towards he bedroom. I open the door, and put her in the bed. I consider taking off her clothes, but decides against it in the end. I pull the blanket over her.