Chapter 112: Courting

The next day after the start of Angus's break, he reluctantly held his plan to sneak towards the capital city alone. He is forced to accompany his mother on her shopping spree in the commercial district.

Just a few hours of accompanying her mother, '*Sigh* when this torture end?' thought Angus.

Angus feels more exhausted than fighting people for days. As Angus was exhausted mentally and sitting on one of the benches inside the store, "Angus, come here. You need to try these clothes." said Angus's mother.

'Urgg… No wonder there is a suicide case in my previous life when a man accompanies a woman shopping.' thought Angus.

Fortunately, this torture come to end for Angus in the evening. Although Angus didn't need to bring all the baggage, he still feels exhausted mentally just accompanying her mother.

The moment they return to the manor, Angus immediately ditches his mother and goes towards his room to rest.

"Damn it… No more accompanying a woman shopping. Fortunately, Vergil will be back from the exam tomorrow." said Angus while laying down on his bed.

Before Angus could truly rest, "Angus, You got a letter from the royal palace." said his mother from outside his room.

Hearing this, Angus's fatigue immediately went away and he opened the door right away. Before her mother could react, Angus took the invitation letter from his mother and back inside his room.

Looking at Angus's behavior, "Ehh.. What an energetic boy. It seems my boy is interested in the Fourth Princess." said Angus's mother playfully.

The next day, Angus managed to get away from her mother's nagging while going towards the Royal Palace.

'Haa… I never thought I would prefer to stay in this stupidly huge palace than in my own home.' thought Angus as his carriage entered the royal palace perimeter.

After being guided by Darius towards the same training area as the last time, Angus found Jayna already started training in swordsmanship with Master Ban.

Noticing someone arriving, Jayna stopped her training and looked at the approaching Angus with a smile.

"Morning, Jayna." said Angus.

"Morning, Angus." replied Jayna shortly.

"Let's continue our training right away. Before that, Master Ban, I presume you already know about fighting patterns with the constant use of your eyes." said Angus.

"Yes, of course. Jayna said you could break or change your fighting pattern. Is that even possible?" replied Master Ban.

"Anything is possible in this world, Master Ban. How about a little bit of demonstration?" said Angus.

"Hooo… Alright, how about doing the same spar as last time. But, I will not restrict myself with weight, Still, I will limit myself to the speed of a grade one or two combatant. As long as you could touch me, you win, kid." said Ban.

"Okay, that's acceptable. Jayna, make sure you see this. I will show you some of my skills." said Angus.

Then, both Ban and Angus go towards the center of the clearing. After that, Ban immediately channels his man to his eyes [Magical Eyes]. he immediately perceives every Angus movement, muscle tension, and breath.

Suddenly, all of these change, and Angus disappears from his spot [Beast Walk]. Angus appears behind Ban and punches him. Still, Ban managed to perceive this and dodge sideways.

As Ban dodged Angus's punch, he found another hand point at him. From the hand, shoot a few [Firebolt] at point-blank range. With Ban's fast reaction, he channels a huge amount of mana to his hand and slashes the incoming firebolt at fast speed.

After slashing the incoming [Firebolt], Angus pursues Ban once more. Gathering a great amount of mana in his hand, he pretends to punch Ban but aims at the ground below them [Iron Fist]. *Bang*

Such an attack makes the ground crack and tremble. Because of this, Ban lost his balance and footing. Using this opportunity, Angus launched a flurry of kicks towards him [Dynamic Torrent]. Ban could dodge all of these attacks and managed to get hit from the kicks.

"Kid, you are good. Let's continue." said Ban with a smile.

But Angus already walked, looking at the confused Ban, "What?? I already touched you so it's my win." said Angus nonchalantly while walking back to Jayna's location.

"Angus, are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Of course, besides the one that got hit is Ban not me. You look at my movement right?" said Angus

"Yeah, although you are moving very fast I still caught some of them." replied Jayna.

"Oy, kid. Don't ignore me." said Ban.

Suddenly, Angus disappears from his spot and launches a concentrated punch towards a spot. *Bam* Angus's punch got easily grabbed by a man with blonde hair and crown on his head.

"Hoo.. to think you could even perceive me. You are a very sharp boy." said the man before throwing Angus back.

"Ahh.. Father, You are here." said Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus immediately bowed his head towards King Leon. "I am sorry for my rudeness, Your Majesty." said Angus.

"Hahaha… don't worry about it, kid. Besides, I also didn't expect you to perceive me. If I am not wrong you are the third son of Jacob right?" said King Leon.

"Yes, Your Majesty." replied Angus shortly.

Right now, Angus is feeling a dreadful feeling from King Leon. Although the man itself didn't do anything, all his instinct is telling him to get away as far as possible from this man. It seems like King Leon itself is a walking disaster.

Looking at Angus's pale expression, "Relax kid. You are the son of my best friend. I will not do anything to you. Still, I never thought that you are another kind of prodigy that is even greater than Jayna. It seems the Heart Kingdom's future is good." said King Leon.

"You praise me too much, Your Majesty." said Angus.

"Hahaha.. Don't be too humble, kid. Not many people could perceive me when I want to hide. Besides, I bet even an ordinary grade two human combatant could not beat you in a frontal fight. Anyway, I hear you are helping my Jayna in her training?" said King Leon.

"Yes, Your Majesty." replied Angus shortly.

"Why?" asked King Leon in a low voice.

"Pardon me?" asked Angus back.

"Why do you want to help Jayna? I believe you already know about her current problem. So, why do you want to help her?" asked King Leon.

"Father, I.. " said Jayna but he stopped her as King Leon raised his hand.

Hearing King Leon's question, Angus couldn't help but look at King Leon's face who was glaring at Angus. Despite every being afraid of King Leon and telling him to get away from the man in front of him, he still steeled himself and looked King Leon in the eyes.

"I…" said Angus but during this time he got pressured by King Leon from his aura.

"I like your daughter. I will help her with all my might to keep her safe." said Angus resolutely.

Hearing this and looking at Angus's resolute eyes, King Leon began to smile, "Hahaha… It's been a long time since someone dared to declare something like that in front of my face. You are either foolish or someone with a true backbone." said King Leon.

"Alright, Darius helped them to procure anything they needed in their training." commanded King Leon.

"Yes, my liege." replied the old butler Darius.

Then, King Leon came back to see Angus, "Kid, show me that you are worthy for my daughter. Show those nations that both of you are not something to be played off." said King Leon.

After saying that, King Leon disappeared from his spot. The moment King Leon left the training ground Angus slump on the ground as all the pressure he felt before is gone.

Jayna immediately comes and hugs Angus, "Stupid Angus, why are you saying that?" as Jayna keeps hugging him.

Looking at the current atmosphere, "Master Ban, it seems we need to give both of them some time." said the old butler Darius.

"Err… Yeah, you are right." said Ban as he didn't expect to find King Leon.

After both of the butler and swordmaster were gone, "I am sorry Jayna. But, I feel if I lie like usual, I will never get you." said Angus while hugging Jayna.

"Stupid Angus, Didn't I already told you, I trust you. I trust you will get me." said Jayna.

After silence for a while, "Anyway, don't do that again. I thought I might lose you at that moment." said Jayna.

"Ehh.. How come?" asked Angus curiously.

"Well, last time someone mentioned marriage or something to get me killed instantly by my father." explained Jayna.

"Ehh... that means I just managed to avoid death." said Angus.

"Yeah.. you got lucky. That's true. Father is too protective when it comes to something like this." said Jayna.

"Haa.. No wonder there is no noble trying to court you openly. I guess I am the first, right?" said Angus while patting Jayna's blonde hair.

"Of course, you are the first that courted me like that in front of my father. S-So, you must take responsibility" said Jayna while blushing.

"Of course, my princess." Said Angus with a smile.