The robe like blue energy straightened up and parted in two sides. The now wings like physical construct flapped together and propelled Rae out from the wilderness to high into the sky.
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The wings like construct on his back was one of the physical constructs for which Rae had worked really hard.
Flying was a really rare event in the world, at least for the people in the kingdom of Aeratia. Rae had tried to bring about revolution and many changes in the world but he settled down upon making skills for himself.
"Hahahaha, this feeling." Rae laughed maniacally as he felt the rush of flying by himself. This was not possible in his previous world and it was same for people in this world.
There were many people who had tried to fly with different methods but the best they could do was used their constructs to glide in the air for a while.
Now that Rae was all geared up with his custom made techniques, he had decided to complete the mission for Alice.
He was anyways going to enter the group of influential people soon. He had been waiting for some of his personal research to conclude before that.
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"I am here to meet Alice." He announced to the man who was standing guard at the door. He did not bother to travel by land, he had landed close by to the guard with his full speed.
"Yess yes sir.. your name happens to be?? I am sorry Sir, I am new here and I do not know of your noble identity." The guard began to stutter, he was nervous seeing a warrior arrive like that.
One second the door was devoid of people and another second Rae was magically there, dropped from the skies.
"Tell Alice that Rae accepted the mission, she would understand." Rae did not want to trouble the nervous guard so, he told him to deliver a cryptic message that only Alice would understand.
'Is he really the Viscount I remember? He looks so young and different.'
"Yeah? From your expression it seems like she would not be pleased to meet with the old me. Well, it's best I meet her like this." Ree could somewhat read her emotions, he understood that there was such possibility.
'With my new looks and physique, I doubt that Serena would be able to resist me. I have my charms unlike that time when I could only use my communication skills.'
Rae was confident in his looks, combined with his flirting skill he believed he could get any and every lady out there.
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"What about the king? What's up with that guy?" Rae changed the topic again, he finally came to the main part of their meeting.
"That's a really complicated question you have asked me. There are many reasons, but the one that the queen believes most is that the king has been possessed." Alice made a face before giving a short explanation.
She had no idea how to explain the details of what she had discussed with the queen, she decided to skip to the conclusion of their talk.
Also, the point about possession was slightly absurd. Being a ki warrior herself, she knew there was literally less than 0.01% chance of possession being a skill.
"I don't really know what to trust anymore, but there has been certain incidents which proved it to be true." Alice added her personal opinions on the matter. She believed that queen was partly right.
Though right now, the mission from her was to save the queen's sole relative who is alive.
"Does that mean the kingdom would be in chaos for a good amount of time?" Rae asked directly
"Let's not talk about that, the circumstances do not seem to be getting better anytime soon." Alice did not want to come to a conclusion yet. Being a business owner, she had given it a thought and there were many situations that she wanted to avoid.
"At least not before the king decides to behave like his previous self and decides to get back to work." Alice sighed as she recalled the queen's face.
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