Chapter 122 - In The Capital In The Kingdom Of Dawn (Part 1)

Mattias was not a deluded fool or would be easily fooled, as many of his colleagues imagine. His uncle always sent him things from the city to eat, sent him letters telling him the news, and always worried about him.

In addition, he sent him a few short supplies for the winter to come, such as a warm blanket, soft pillow, gloves, and warm socks for sleeping, he even sent a solution of herbs to heal wounds caused by the intense cold.

Colleagues who came from wealthier families mocked that they were given much better things and still received a little silver... Used to bribe people in the kitchen or even some teachers for better resources.

Mattias received some money too, but there were few copper coins. The sad young man once told Giuliani, whom he saw as a master, on the matter, the future holy paladin told him an undeniable truth.

"If your uncle sent more money, he would probably be misled. He's smart and only sends a little.. What would you do with a lot of money here? You would only be deceived by your colleagues or taken from you by the most greedy priests for you to give an example of humility and righteousness to others"

That's why Mattias thought his uncle was a very intelligent and kind man, he never lacked for anything and he behaved well to make his uncle proud.

When he became a holy knight and gained some land for himself, his uncle could retire and take care of the land, while he would face demons and help people.

Mattias' thoughts were very simple and honest, almost forgetting how terrifying he had been the night before with the fire and the storm.

Of course, Mattias was most excited to see Giuliani acting all strong and brave, yet he created a healthy fear against the demons and swore he would be strong enough to banish them.

"Demons?" Bryan asked curiously.

The elves did not fear demons for religious and racial reasons, as their religion had other "evildoers" to be feared and racial because demonic energy could not corrupt nature's energy.

"Yes, they are very dangerous and evil, they set fire to some parts of the abbey... the fire was high and had a strange color... although it was very beautiful no water could put out... it was really nice to see the knights holy people use shields with holy energy to contain the fire..."

Mattias spoke very excitedly and didn't notice that he got closer to Bryan in his excitement, the dark elf felt tense for a brief moment, but seeing the excited human talking continuously without looking in his direction, he felt much more relaxed.

On the other hand, in the capital of the Kingdom of Dawn, a car with a magic engine stopped in front of a hotel with a wide courtyard. The oriental style was quite flashy, but the discreet neighborhood made the place a little deserted despite the colorful paper lanterns with symbols of beautiful flowers at each point of the patio, lighting the environment making it welcoming to those who watched from outside.

The man wearing a long black coat that reached below his hips, with a black vest with silver buttons with a lion pattern, long pants of the same fabric as the coat, and shiny shoes, with brown hair arranged and pulled back, he was the apparition of a small country nobleman or a butler of some high nobleman.

"Mr. Louis, is this right here?" a young man's voice came out of the magic car with a slightly fearful tone.

"We're in the right place, Theo" the man's voice was indifferent and he patiently waited for the young man to get out of the passenger seat of the magic car.

The 14-year-old got out of the car a little dizzy, the trip had been very fast and made him a little dizzy, especially that from the interior of the country to the capital, the roads were unregulated until they reached a medium-sized city that was an hour from the capital when the roads got better.

Still, he wasn't used to this kind of weird magical vehicle. In the small town, they had taken a magic carriage, but a long, beautiful car had come up from somewhere and they had taken that carriage.

Well, Theo didn't know where Louis got such a vehicle, and he didn't even know the butler knew how to drive such a vehicle.

It was a whole day of travel with small breaks just for them to stop and do something or for Louis to check with some people about the way.

Unlike Theo, the people of the city were not so surprised by the car that Louis was driving, some nobles from the capital sometimes passed through small towns to visit or stroll through some minor noble's territory.

In the small town, he had been buying clothes for the young man and of course, he had arranged it so that innocence and poverty would no longer hurt his eyes, the time he spent with Bishop Darcy in that poor abbey was enough.

He took Theo's suitcase and led him into the hotel, where there were two guards wearing strange clothes and not from the Central Continent. Despite the guards' strange appearance they carried firearms which made Theo anxious.

However, as soon as Louis pulled out a token that had some strange "drawings" on it, the guards moved out of the way, bowing to the butler and Theo, welcoming the Jiang-Li Hotel.

"Louis, I can't believe you're in this humble place"

Theo was surprised to see a man wearing a long, colorful tunic and long, wide sleeves, the man's hair was long and a dark blue hue that seemed to glow under the lights of the serpent dragon-shaped chandelier. His hair was tied back with some kind of weird golden item, but his long ponytail felt tight as the man took big steps towards them.

The man's face was very handsome, with long dark lashes and softly arched eyebrows, the red lips looked bright like pomegranates and the pitch-black eye color had a gentle glow.

What drew a lot of attention where the different features on the man's face, the narrower, slanted eyes, the light-toned skin similar to ripe wheat that reminded him slightly of bread… Well, he was a little hungry now.

Of course, Theo thought Bishop Darcy was more handsome, but he couldn't deny that this exotic beauty was also beautiful in his own way.

"Lee Ming" Louis greeted calmly putting his arm around Theo's shoulders.

"As usual such an annoying response," Lee Ming said with a smile, not minding the butler's indifferent greeting.

"Where are Ming-Yue?" Louis asked still polite and not showing much on his face.

"And who is this?" Lee Ming asked ignoring the question and looking curiously at the teenager who looked like a mini butler, which looked cute.

Lee Ming's dark eyes noted that the boy's body was very thin and his face was a little sunken. Which made him curious as to where Louis got this child.

The canary green eyes that were similar to snakes sparkled like jewels and drew attention, almost like a viper that hypnotizes preys by seducing them.

"This is Theo, the young master's new protégé"

Lee Ming almost laughed seeing as Louis gave him a warning, he was being warned that the young man belonged to the property of Archduke Leon (Darcy family).

A person outside his limits and there would be consequences if he dared to move. A person out of bounds, there would be consequences.

"Hello Theo, even though my old man doesn't introduce me, I'm the owner of the Jiang-Li hotel, Lee Ming. Any problem at the hotel, you can contact me"

Lee Ming spoke sympathetically and bent down to be the same height as Theo, trying not to intimidate the teenager.

"Hello"

Theo spoke very succinctly, Lee Ming's glowing appearance and unusual attire made the young man still cautious, but politely greeted.

"Ming-Yue is out. She should come back tomorrow night" Lee Ming spoke after standing up, he turned to look at Louis with some interest.

"Is there anyone who can go prepare the teleportation portal?"

"Yes, we have many talented apprentices. However, none of them have enough mana or enough experience to control the portal. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for Ming-Yue to arrive."

Louis looked a little annoyed, but he couldn't do anything about it, as these were some of the few clandestine teleportation points that were trusted at least by members of Archduke Leon's family (Darcy's Family). 

"Come on, don't get too angry. I'll take you to a nice room. It's nice to rest after a long journey" Lee Ming said smiling and calling someone to take care of the reception, while he went to take Louis and Theo to a double room.

"And my car?"

"Don't worry I'll have someone park it in our private parking lot" Lee Ming said opening the door showing the inner garden with a beautiful fish pond that Theo had never seen before, the cute and colorful fish that bounced excitedly.