Chapter 101: Sound, Void and Sun [1]
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"Greetings Prince Michael, it's an honor to meet you again here." Elizabeth bowed a little.
Michael raised his hand to stop her.
"Please there's no need to be formal, we are both students here."
Elizabeth looked up at him, surprise in her eyes.
It was a little surprising to see members of the royal family suggesting to be informal with each other.
Rather it was quite unprecedented even with Michael's personality.
Her eyes moved over to Amon who simply stood staring at both of them stoically.
He was leaning against a tree, watching their conversation.
Her gaze seemed to say, 'You also influenced him in this.'
But Amon simply shrugged back and she got back to talking with Michael.
It had been 2 days now that they were training under Daniel.
Amon had finally been able to make a proper interaction between them.
Daniel wasn't simply letting them talk in peace and kept giving them practices.
Fortunately, he stopped today finally to not make himself suspicious.
Unfortunately for him, Amon had already seen through him.
After making himself a little comfortable with them and letting them let down their guards a little, he started his plan.
Surprisingly, even Elizabeth wasn't able to notice something off of him this time.
But it was to be expected from him since his plan had failed two times just because of her.
He must have figured out that it was caused by her passive ability.
His facial expressions and the madness in his eyes were now perfectly sealed.
So much that Amon would have been completely fooled like them if he didn't know what the plot was.
Now, throughout his demonstration, whenever Daniel used Sound Magic, it had miasma mixed in.
It was subtle, very subtle.
This was why Michael and Elizabeth failed to notice it initially.
However, Amon could see the effects on them now.
The spontaneous twitch of their muscles and their pupils dilating for a split moment before returning to normal.
The time-to-time irritation on their arms.
They were minor cues but were noticeable to Amon who kept observing them.
He wasn't using the magic to mix miasma in their mana pathways or bloodstream, no.
If he did that then over time, their symptoms would grow and it would undoubtedly be figured out what he was doing.
This would shift back the conversation between the two.
Having known both of their personalities and pasts, it was easy to do it.
It was also easy for him because they both were happy talking to each other.
Michael who always wanted a friend to talk to informally without any bounds finally had a
new addition.
Especially since Elizabeth was really warm and kind to him.
Even if Amon had some kind of jealousy envy or something within him, Michael had nothing
but pure compassion.
Pure kindness, generosity, and compassion. Something that Elizabeth loved seeing and it
warmed her.
Just within some hours, both of them looked to be great friends.
Amon sighed a little in relief. Well, at least he had accomplished the main task of this lesson.
Finally, it was time for them to separate.
"I'll meet you two both tomorrow then again. It was great talking to you Michael, hope we can meet outside lessons sometimes to hang out and know each other better." She smiled.
Michael exuberatingly nodded.
"Yes! It would be great for us three to hang out." He smiled back.
She nodded and gave a final wave and smile to both of them before leaving.
Then, Michael turned to Amon.
"Welp, see you in class tomorrow bud." Amon raised a hand.
"Yeah, I'll see you there." Michael smiled and high-fived.
Then, he left as well.
Being left on the large white staircase, Amon released a tired sigh.
He looked up at the crimson-orange sky, the flooding sun setting on the horizon.
'Well..' He opened his eyes and found Zephyra standing at the bottom of the staircase.
She was gesturing for him to come down.
'I'll make sure it goes the way I planned.' He stared at the interface in front of him.
======[QUEST]======
Objective: Kill Daniel
Time Limit: 7 Days
Reward: [2 Elemental Points Increase in Any Element of Choice]
Penalty: [1 Whole Rank Decrease]
Status: Accepted