The Youngest Hides a Lot - Chapter 257

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Chapter 257
“Kill me? You dare, you non-mages! Who do you think you are!”
“Shut up. Shut up! Shut up! Please! Just shut your mouth!”
Void lost his composure and screamed.
In that instant, First roared like a beast and mobilized his mana. The binding spell that erupted from him froze Void’s movements completely.
“Ugh.”
“If you’d wanted to kill me, you should have succeeded in that ambush!”
First rose from his kneeling position.
And just as he was about to unleash an attack spell toward Void’s heart.
Snap!
“…What….”
First’s movements stopped dead.
As if he’d been caught in a binding spell.
“Why am I…bound by a binding spell?”
With a creaking sound, barely turning his head, he saw a magic circle extending from deep within the Prison.
“This can’t be….”
He felt as though he’d locked eyes with a predator lurking in the undergrowth.
The mana of the magic circle was connected to the mana of the mages inside the Prison.
“….”
The eyes of the children cradled in Liam’s arms gleamed with an unusually brilliant light piercing through the darkness.
A chill ran down my entire body.
I struggled to break free from the binding….
But it was already too late.
“Hey, I warned you.”
Void approached, roughly wiping away tears. His frustration and resentment were so overwhelming that tears kept welling up involuntarily.
“Those bastards who torment my little brother….”
Gathering all that emotion, Void poured strength into his arms.
“I’m going to kill every last one of them!”
Whiiiiing— a silver flash cut through the air without hesitation. And then.
“…!”
Thud–.
What had been First’s head rolled across the ground.
A pathetic, inevitable death without even a scream.
“Don’t look.”
Liam quickly embraced the young mages.
When protecting the children, I’d asked just in case, and there was a little one who knew how to cast binding spells.
He even said he’d just been forced to learn it by First.
“Live like a beast, die like a beast.”
I’d have to throw him to the demonic beasts later.
Liam adjusted his glasses with a cold expression.
“What’s happening?!”
Hearing the commotion, the Mages who had been searching the area came rushing over. But the moment they discovered the corpse of First, all fighting spirit drained from their faces.
“We… we surrender…”
“Prince Void, Prince Liam!”
Reinforcements arrived shortly after.
They quickly bound the surrendering Mages, then stuffed First’s corpse into a sack. All the children who had been imprisoned were safely rescued.
“Arrrrrgh! I’m so furious! Why! Why on earth!”
Void, despite having cut down his enemies, couldn’t contain his rage and finally exploded.
Liam quietly patted the shoulder of his younger brother, who stood alone with thick tears streaming down his face.
* * *
Father descended the Tower, having captured the Mage King.
His eyes were covered, and his entire body was bound in shackles that emanated magical restraint.
A man who had ascended the throne with vast and formidable magical power alone, yet now that he could no longer wield it, he had become more helpless than a newborn fawn.
‘At least a newborn fawn is cute.’
I helped Mother, who was limping, down the stairs.
Seeing the corpses of Mages scattered everywhere sent chills down my spine.
I thought it was very much like Mother that she had killed all the Mages in crimson embroidered priestly robes, yet spared those who surrendered.
“Rubian, I’m sorry.”
“No, Mother.”
“Still, I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you…”
Mother whispered the words softly.
From the Tower Top, we had heard everything about how the Mage King had violated my body.
Mother had lost her reason and raged without even realizing she was injured, while Father desperately tried to stop her, saying he couldn’t bear to see her hurt further.
But I knew that the one who was truly angrier than anyone else in that moment was Father.
An immeasurable, crushing rage swept through him. My shoulders felt weighed down, my lungs constricted, and my breath came in short, suffocating gasps.
“Why?”
Father asked.
“Why did you… target me and my family?”
“Well…”
“…”
“Because there was no greater thorn in my side than you in dominating the Continent.”
The Mage King continued speaking even as his entire body trembled.
“Want to know something amusing? Actually, if the mark of my Seventh were to grow and become my perfect puppet…”
“…”
“I was planning to order her to kill you and return.”
“What…?”
“It would be the most agonizing way to kill you. Ah… if it had been realized, it would have been such an amusing reunion… That was one of the reasons I stole that child.”
Father’s aura exploded outward.
That was when the Mage King, whose magical power was sealed, lost consciousness from the pressure.
‘He’s truly pathetic. Knocked out just by the pressure of an aura.’
I clicked my tongue and pressed my throbbing temples firmly.
‘…The Mage King’s plan to use me to kill Father actually came to fruition in the dream.’
In the dream, Seventh, marked by the stigma, had gone to kill Leviathan.
‘I’d always assumed that was just part of the original story.’
Honestly, I had no idea what was real anymore.
It seemed I’d have no choice but to interrogate the Mage King further once he regained consciousness.
And separately from that, I felt oddly relieved hearing the Mage King’s words.
Despite all his rambling, he had no grand motive or tragic backstory.
‘I’d always thought nothing was more tedious and revolting than a villain peddling their sob story.’
The last thing I wanted was for all the Mage King’s atrocities to suddenly become comprehensible to me.
And I understood the Mage King now—he was pure, unadulterated evil itself, which was why he committed all those vile acts without hesitation.
‘If it hadn’t been Father, you would have done the same to someone else and ended up here regardless.’
Of course, this was all my own reasoning. Mother and Father likely felt differently, which was why Mother kept apologizing to me.
‘Ugh! There’s still more to hear, so I can’t even kill him yet.’
I watched Father dragging the Mage King away by the back of his head.
I understood that this bastard had stolen my body from the Grave and kept it alive with magic until my soul returned.
‘And that vanished soul must have flowed into modern times and then returned.’
But his explanation was missing a crucial premise.
‘Why did the soul disappear in the first place?’
And…
Even though I’d captured the Mage King, why did this inexplicable unease persist?
A deep rumble echoed.
The sky, heavy with dark clouds, let out an ominous groan.
“Rubian!”
As I stepped outside the Tower, I ran directly into Kalid, who was just trying to enter.
I saw Mother nearby receiving basic treatment from the Maids, and he hurriedly examined me.
“Are you hurt?”
“No. What about you…? No, you look fine.”
A small mound of dark magical beasts lay beside him.
“More importantly, Kalid, let’s track the Dragon God’s power immediately. I have a bad feeling about this.”
Kalid raised his thick eyebrows but didn’t ask further and nodded.
“Understood. But what happened up there?”
“That’s…”
“Your Majesty!”
Just then, the thundering sound of horse hooves shook the ground. It was Father’s knights.
“Leon has arrived!”
“The orders I gave.”
“Yes. As you commanded, some of the troops visited each Village and released the Mages who were being held captive. Oh, and the Imperial Prince Licht…”
The Adjutant whispered something into Father’s ear.
“He found Idelaine and the scattered Elders?”
“Yes. Among them, there were even Elder Mages who had plans to strike the Royal Palace, so they’ve joined forces and are currently on their way here.”
“The timing worked out well.”
Father stared at the unconscious Mage King.
He was the enemy of all. I wished that everyone who harbored resentment could have a chance to cut his throat once, but unfortunately, a human only has one neck.
Still, at least he could show his neck being severed before those who held a grudge against him, Father laughed coldly.
“Where are Liam and Void?”
“The young masters have displayed the head of First. They’re currently occupied with organizing the interior of the Royal Palace alongside the Knights.”
“Tell them not to let a single remnant escape.”
Then Father added urgently.
“Of course, only Void. Tell Liam to stay quietly under some large signpost.”
“Ah, yes…”
“Finish everything before sunset, and send an urgent dispatch to His Majesty right now informing him that we’ve captured the Mage King.”
“Understood!”
The Knights quickly retreated once more.
“Now I need to think about how to cut this bastard’s neck in a satisfying way.”
Father stepped down hard on the back of the Mage King, who lay sprawled on the ground.
In the meantime, I briefly explained to Kalid what had happened in the Tower, and finished preparing to move to the Basement.
* * *
A black shadow raced swiftly through the Palace Underground.
It was the very power of the Dragon God that had been forcibly extracted from his body as Kalid released his mana.
‘It’s difficult to endure for long without a vessel.’
He thought he must reclaim Wistal before his power faded.
He could clearly feel the Goddess dwelling within Rubian.
‘Why… why!’
No matter what he did, she would not respond to him.
He had thought that if he drained all of Rubian’s mana, the hidden Wistal would reveal herself.
‘…Has she truly been lost forever?’
No, no.
That couldn’t be.
My time cannot have been wasted.
Then I must change my approach.
‘The time I’ve hidden away.’
As he drained Rubian’s mana, he realized it. The answer lay in that moment when Kalid and Rubian first met.
‘If I revive that memory… then Rubian will be able to use it again.’
The regression magic that turns back time in this world.
Rubian, the Mage who learned time magic.
With it, he had succeeded in stopping the time of his own seal until now, and in restoring the time of the blank document…
But it seemed he could not recall the true essence of regression that would turn back time in this world.
‘Or perhaps Wistal has blocked it…’
It didn’t matter.
If I recall only the memories from before the regression, I’ll remember the regression magic circle as well.
‘Then I’ll go back to how things were…’
I’ll return to that time when you were alive.
And then….
If only that could happen.
‘I’ll tell you that I love you.’
This time, without hesitation.
A dark shadow burst through the door of the Stone Chamber underground.
Found it.
This place was a palace I created to spend time with Wistal. Of course, I kept her belongings here as well.
Among them was a silver mirror she used to watch over humans. A sacred artifact that reveals whatever one desires when infused with magical power.
‘Show me the time they have hidden away.’

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