"How about the other brother?" Artemis asked.
"His name is Prince Osiris, the youngest of the three and also the weakest in power," Azariah began. "His abilities are charm and weapon summoning. He works alongside Prince Cressida. He also leads the military in Elpidia. You should also try your best not to get near him, nor look at his eyes for too long; his charm ability allows him to control anyone," he warned.
Azariah noticed that Artemis was in deep thought. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Artemis hummed and sighed before asking, "Can we really fix my machine? What if it fails?"
Azariah thought for a while. He understands Artemis' feelings and doubts; he knows what it's like to be sceptical of something, especially if it's a plan that could endanger your life.
"If the machine has the potential to explode... we can try to obtain a permit from the Empire of Justice! Even if you're about to do something against the law, as long as you have a permit from the Emperor of Justice, you won't get arrested, even if the Kingdom of Time doesn't agree with the Emperor. No one has ever disapproved of the Emperor's permit," Azariah explained.
Artemis looked at Azariah with a 'seriously?' expression on his face. "Why didn't you say that from the very start?"
Azariah laughed awkwardly and scratched his head. "I just thought you could keep me company for a while," he stated.
"Oh, I see," Artemis responded.
Artemis might stay for a while since he wants to learn more about this world. After all, he has nothing else to do if he ever comes back to his world. Scarlett will be disappointed in him if she finds out about the time machine exploding.
"If you want to know more about the Empire of Justice and some other nations, or even the creation of this word, I have a few books at home. You can read them if you want to," Azariah stated.
"Let's eat first at my house before we go to the Empire of Justice," Azariah suggested. "You might be hungry from our walk and talk," he added.
~~~
The two finally arrived at Azariah's house. It was a little hut made out of wood; Artemis was not even sure if it was stable—and how did Azariah make a laboratory inside the little hut?
"This is your... house?" Artemis asked, visibly confused.
Azariah laughed. "Yep! It's actually nicer on the inside," he said before opening the door to reveal a nice modern home; it almost looked like a house from Artemis' world.
Artemis was perplexed. He was perplexed because the inside size differed greatly from the expected size because the hut was very small, and Artemis estimated that the house could only have one floor.
Artemis couldn't say a word, making Azariah laugh at his confusion. "Never judge a book by its cover, they say," he stated.
"Come on, get inside. So we can eat already," Azariah said, making way for Artemis to walk inside and signalling that Artemis gets inside first.
Artemis walked inside; the inside seemed to have an air conditioner opened, but he was confused as to how an air conditioner would exist in this world.
"The reason why it's cold inside is that I made a gadget that will release cold air using Ice Abilities as my reference. The finished product came out to be better than I thought," Azariah explained as he also walked inside and closed the door behind him.
"Wow... I'm amazed; this world is truly amazing," Artemis remarked.
Azariah chuckled and signalled to Artemis to sit on one of the white couches next to a coffee table with a lot of books on top of it.
"Oh, you can't understand our language, my bad," Azariah said awkwardly, before raising his hand and waving it around the books. The words written on the titles suddenly changed to a language that Artemis could understand.
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"I'll be back; I'll grab us some things to eat," Azariah said before leaving Artemis behind, probably going to the kitchen.
Artemis looked at the books on top of the table as he sat down on the couch. An author's name caught his eye; it was Prince Cressida Astrid, the guy that Azariah fears.
Artemis took the book and read the title aloud: "How we met." It got Artemis curious, making him open the book and start reading the first page.
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There lived a prince. He was a vessel to keep an overwhelming amount of magic in him.
A certain amount of magic inside a person's body can kill the person. The Queen created the Prince to keep the overwhelming magic inside him so that the Queen doesn't have to put herself in danger just so she can use additional powerful abilities.
The queen was surprised that the vessel she made was like a human, one that has human emotions and ages like one.
The vessel was a young boy with high self-esteem who also had the innocence of a child. He was still kind and friendly to others, but he still thought of himself as high and mighty because of the magic he possessed that was given to him by his creator—his mother.
One day, the prince met a poor boy that he found on the streets—he didn't have parents or a place to go, making the prince feel pity for the young boy.
"Little child, where are your parents?" the young prince asked in a gentle tone. looking down at the brown-haired boy sitting on the ground with his head on his knees.
The boy looked at the owner of the voice and saw a young prince the same age as him. He wore a white suit with a delicate pattern of gold and a gold bowtie with small gemstones on it.
The boy didn't say a word because he was shy, but he was astounded at how pretty his suit was. He was certainly out of his league because he was poor.
"What's your name?" the young prince asked.
"...I don't have one," the boy said shyly. keeping the volume of his voice low but loud enough to be heard by the young prince.
There, the young prince realised that he had to do something to help the boy. After all, he's a prince.
~~~
Artemis softly laughed; it was cute that the author was literally glorifying himself secretly. Artemis flipped to the next chapter, which contained two maps that were hard to read.
~~~
The young prince named the boy Ophir and even gave Ophir a place to live in the Castle of Hope. Ophir adored his name and treasured the gifts bestowed upon him by the young prince.
"I have something for you!" the young prince said enthusiastically while dragging Ophir to his new room.
The young prince stopped in front of a door.
He opened the door and revealed a big room. He and Ophir went inside to get a better look.
The room looked luxurious; it was like a room for royalty. a big bed just for him and a closet that will be filled with his new clothes soon.
On the wall, there were two big maps: one map for the world and one map for Elpidia, the kingdom they're in.
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The kingdom of Elpidia had a separate map because it was floating in the skies.
Ophir was taken aback; he thought he'd never have such a luxury. He was grateful for the young prince and swore his loyalty to him and the royal family.
~~~
Artemis was surprised when he realised that the book was actually about Ophir and Cressida meeting when they were kids. He never thought that Cressida had actually helped him in the past.
"Do you like sweets? I found chocolate biscuits in my kitchen," Azariah said as she approached Artemis and placed the tray on the coffee table.
Azariah sat next to Artemis, trying to peek at what he was reading. He noticed that it was the book that Cressida made solely for him; it was kind of weird since Cressida was basically glorifying himself in it.
"Is this story true?" Artemis asked, looking at Azariah.
"It is," Azariah said, smiling. "Cressida helped me get out of poverty in the past, and he's also the reason I got a free education and my very own gemstone."
"Cressida isn't evil; he just has a lot of self-esteem; the reason he's hunting me down is because it was ordered by his mother—the ruler of Elpidia; he had no choice but to obey or else he'd be decrowned," Azariah explained.
"I see. Must be difficult when you found out that the person who helped you in the past is now after you; I hope things change," Artemis said as he put the book back on the coffee table.
Azariah thanked Artemis for the assurance and then looked at the tray he had brought. "Here, I got us some food to eat, but it's not much because I wasn't prepared for the unexpected visit," he explained.
"It's fine, thank you," Artemis said, taking a biscuit.
Azariah picked up a book from the table. "You said you wanted to learn more about this world, right? Here, this one is about the creation of magic," he said while holding a book with the title "Saviour Michael."