Chapter 91: Me and the Darkness

**A Few Days Later (Ethan's POV)**

My eyes opened once again to the same ceiling. I had been kept under house arrest for a few days now, and to be honest, I'm starting to feel better. After losing control, I was doubtful that I would recover, but it seems like I can actually get better. Although I still think about what happened in those initial days and suffer because of it, I no longer know what to do.

Since I attacked the king, I should be executed, but it seems there are some issues that need to be resolved for my execution, as I've been kept here for days.

Now that I think about it, what is my mother doing after hearing about all this? Remembering her protective attitude toward me, I'm sure she might get herself into trouble because of me. But I hope my sisters can calm her down. To be honest, I'm really curious about what's going on outside right now. Actually, if I wanted to, I could easily get out of here, but for now, I'll wait to see what happens.

As for how I could get out, the hours here seemed to pass much more slowly. I started getting extremely bored, so I decided to spend some time better understanding my powers. And it turns out, I knew nothing about my powers. During this incredibly dull time, my mind oddly began producing theories. One of those theoretical questions was about how I could put my body into the darkness.

If I could manage that, it would definitely be useful in a battle.

And after countless attempts, I finally figured out how to hide my body in the darkness. The place where I was being held was a bit smaller than my normal bedroom, and apart from the knights constantly keeping watch outside and checking on me every half hour, there was no other problem. So, I had enough space and time to experiment.

After numerous attempts, I had an idea. What if I covered my entire body with a dark armor? Would that work? And yes, after covering myself with dark armor, I could successfully enter the darkness. Interestingly, despite this place being the darkest as it should be, it was quite bright inside. Anyway, there was a more important matter.

When my body entered the dark realm, I could exit from any other dark place of my choosing, and when I say "any place," I literally mean anywhere I wanted. More precisely, I could do it with enough power.

With my current Kaizer power, I could cross from one end of the capital to the other twice at most, but even that was an immense power. So, I could easily escape from this palace if I wanted to, but as I said, I want to see what happens for now. After all, even if I escaped from here, the entire Asina Kingdom would be searching for me, and I would have to live my life like a rat for a while. Sёarch* The Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

So, for now, I decided to continue with my experiments, but there's something that constantly nags at my mind... Roxanne. I'm very curious about what happened to her. I can do nothing but hope that nothing bad happens to this crazy girl who risked her life for me. However, a death sentence has probably been issued for Roxanne, but it will probably take a few days before she is executed.

After all, Roxanne is a noble, so her family needs to be investigated before her execution. So, if I don't get out of here in a few days, I have a plan in mind to rescue Roxanne, but it's going to be incredibly dangerous.

Before I get into the plan to rescue Roxanne, let's talk about the subsequent experiments I conducted. After covering myself with dark armor, I wondered why it worked and why I couldn't enter the darkness space without the armor.

After thinking about it for a long time, I came to the following conclusion: First, I couldn't put a living being into the dark realm, but after covering myself with dark armor, I could enter. So either the dark armor was presenting me as an Lifeless object, or the dark armor was serving as a key to enter the dark realm.

So, like a scientist, I expanded the scope of my experiments and took out everything black-colored from the wardrobe. And for some reason, there were women's clothes in the wardrobe. Anyway, I took off all the clothes I was wearing and put on black-colored clothes so that not even a needle-tip of my skin was exposed.

Unfortunately, since there weren't enough black clothes, I had to use some bras, but this was definitely for science! I just hope no one sees me like this...

Anyway. After finally making sure that my entire body was covered in black, light-blocking clothes, I activated my ability and tried to enter the dark realm... And yes; I succeeded. So, my first theory was correct, or rather, both of my theories were correct but incomplete.

Actually, it wasn't the dark armor, but the darkness itself that presented me as an lifeless object, and it wasn't the dark armor, but the darkness itself that was the key again.

As time passed, another idea came to mind. It seems the more bored I got, the more new ideas came to me. The idea was this: if I could enter the dark realm when I covered myself in darkness, could this also apply to other living beings? In other words, if I cover a bird with darkness, could I later put it into the dark realm? So, I started another experiment.

After the knights checked on me, I covered myself in dark armor again and entered the dark realm.

It was evening, and no one was in the garden, so I suddenly extended my hand from the darkness to catch a bird on the tree. Even though the bird chirped and tried to escape from my hand, I kept clinging to it. Then, I put the bird's body into a small, completely black package and made sure the package was sealed.

When I entered the dark realm again, I saw that the bird was still alive inside the black package. And that's when an experiment idea that had been nagging at my mind came to me.

Since this experiment was extremely dangerous, I didn't want to test it on myself, but I could have tried it on a bird. I opened the package containing the bird, which was constantly flapping its wings, trying to escape, but as soon as I opened the package, the bird's flapping and noise ceased. When I looked inside the package, instead of the bird, black dust started coming out.

I examined the inside of the package in astonishment, but there was only pure black dust. It seemed that if I were to remove my dark armor now, I would probably turn into black dust.

After leaving the package in the dark area, I returned to my room and, since it was already very late, I went to bed and fell asleep with my thoughts. At least now I had a good plan to rescue Roxanne from where she was being held, although the plan still had many issues.

The next day, when I woke up, I saw the knights outside becoming active. Noticing the increase in sounds and footsteps, I got up and stretched. Then a knight entered.

"Hey, fucker, didn't I tell you not to come in without knocking?"

The knight, slightly sweating from my inappropriate words, bowed and said, "I apologize, Your Excellency, but King Richard will be coming here soon. I was instructed to check on you."

"Alright, now that you've checked, get out."

The knight left with my words. A few minutes later, hearing the heavy footsteps approaching, I realized that the person I was expecting was finally at my door. King Richard entered with his usual authoritative demeanor. His eyes had the familiar coldness, and his face wore an expressionless mask. As he entered the room, his gaze wandered over me as if he were judging me.

His footsteps were as confident as always, carrying the weight of a king's steps. As the silence between us stretched, the tension rose. Then he sat on the couch across from me and looked at me for a while before speaking.

"My son," King Richard began, his voice carrying a hidden sternness, "have you seen where your powers have brought you?"

I didn't know how to answer this question and remained silent.

"But when this power is used in the right hands, for the right purposes, it changes the world, Ethan. That is why you are still alive," he added.

These words surprised me. I was sure that King Richard would have me executed immediately, but he was considering a different path. "What do you want from me?" I asked.

"Heh, you talk to me as if you're speaking to a stranger rather than to your father. But pay attention to your words, my son... Also as for what I want, it doesn't concern you. What's important is what you want, isn't it?" Richard said.

"What do I want? To get out of here and take a few heads. Well, I don't think I'm asking for much from life," I said in a sarcastic tone.

"Ha. It seems that being held here hasn't improved your sense of humor. But are those really all you want? A few heads and to get out of here?"

For a moment, I wondered what this old fool meant, but then I regretted thinking and decided to ask. After all, how could I know what was going on in that old brain?

"So, what do you propose?" I asked.

"I want you to be king."

As my father's words echoed in the room, my mind stopped. Was he joking? Had he brought up such a serious topic so casually? For a brief moment, I thought he was mocking me, but when I examined his expression, there wasn't a hint of a joke. King Richard was indeed serious. But my instincts told me that nothing would come this easily.

"What did you say?" I asked, my voice coming out lower than usual.

"You heard correctly, Ethan," he said, with not a trace of hesitation in his voice. "I want to make you the new king of the Asina Kingdom. But it won't happen immediately. I need to prepare and introduce you first. But first, let me explain why I'm making this offer."

I remained silent for a while longer, as thoughts swirled in my mind. It was impossible to understand what King Richard was planning. This man's mind was like a labyrinth, and I had lost my way in it. Reaching my goal of becoming king so easily was undoubtedly tempting, but what was behind this offer? What was Richard's intention? Was he crazy enough to make his son, who tried to kill him, a king?