Chapter 124: Interrogation

Chapter 124: Interrogation

What capabilities of yours make you believe that you can stop the war? the Princess locks her gaze on me and fishes out another scroll from her bag of holding before I can run away.

[Curse Received: Paralysis of the Limbs]

I feel my legs and arms go slack, and my mouth opens again.

My understanding of magic is probably one of the most advanced in this world. I firmly believe that, in due time, I will be strong enough to take on the challenge.

How can your magic be so powerful? she asks, skeptical.

Im a gifted person, I feel that something dangerous is almost coming out of my mouth when I hear a voice in my head trying to reassure me.

Ill keep a lid on the most secret things. Otherwise, I think this is a great development. A feat worthy of a Vanedeni [Hero].

Define why you believe to be a gifted person, Princess Laura huffs, unsatisfied with the nature of the answer. Apparently, how she formulates the question makes a big difference in the amount of detail she gets.

I have always been extremely gifted in mathematics and physics. My teachers made me skip several years of school education because I was too good for it. If I had wanted to, I could have graduated high school passed my tutors tests at ten. Even though I behave like an idiot on purpose, most of the time, I can solve incredibly complex problems that no one seems to grasp well enough.

Describe your results on the Cantrips, then, she says, frowning even more.

I can complete the 23 Cantrips better than anyone else I know. Most likely better than your Ancestor.

Princess Lauras frown deepens while looking at the blue inside the crystal.

How do you know there are more than 23 Cantrips?

I own a magical relic stolen from a great treasury read it in a book, and then my tutor taught me all the Cantrips.

The crystal sparks tremble for a second before they turn blue.

Trivial.

Why do you have a puny class like [Luxmancer], then?

[Light Mage] and its advancements are very strong classes if you know how to manipulate spell matrixes into different elements. Plus, thanks to the knowledge of my world my teacher has taught me, I can create deadly spells from simple [Light] spells.

Who are, or have been, or were, your teachers?

Yes, I fear loss. Yes, I fear going on a bigger stage.

I went through amazing baking and cooking courses in Italy and apprenticed under great Chefs, even if I didnt tell my mother that part. It took me a few months just to get to their level. The experience others needed years for I could reach in a week. Great Chefs got angry with me because they knew I would become greater than them; others encouraged me to pursue this more seriously. I ignored them all and went back home to open my own little bakery.

A great life isnt suited for just anyone. I have seen in those Chefs, in some of the people whom the universities had sent to speak to me, the great sacrifices they had to go through. And the problem is not even the sacrifice but the cost of failing when the stakes are so high. When you have to put aside your family, friends, love, and everything else in your personal life to try to become great, what happens after you fail? What happens when your attempt is unfruitful?

I slowly recline my head to my chest, sighing.

Im sorry, Joey, but I have a few more questions.

I would shrug if my arms worked properly.

Wait, isnt this the first time she actually used my name?

Would you like to fight for a mighty feat, for something greater than just what you are doing now?

I laugh before the curse can compel me to answer.

Yes, I answer out of my own volition.

The lights flash blue again.

And you would fight for us if we married?

Guess what.

Blue, baby.

See, that would have been a very nice last question to this interrogation. But alas, Lady Luck is never on my side, is she?

But would an amnesty from all existing paperwork be more appealing to you?

Oh sh

Yes.

And it flashes

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