"Welcome to my humble abode," she said as soon as we appeared before an enormous structure.
"Humble my-... thanks? I guess?"
What more can I say while standing before such a broad building?
Though the most magnificent structure I had seen is our home tower and that fact won't ever change, the building before me was the true castle-like estate I was seeing for the first time.
Even if I had little experience of this world, I knew this building before my eyes were no normal home.
We were standing before the door of the building, directly crossing the enormous gates, large magic barriers, and high security of the house.
And even after seeing us, no knight or mage currently watching us do anything and just continued their watch.
I could feel the tension as soon as they spotted her, as well as the respect that practically oozed from them, which was special in itself.
She had a great grasp of things in this place and with all that I can see with my three eyes, I somewhat understood the one I called Rein.
"Wow~! Big sister has a beautiful house~!" Zoe expressed her admiration in her cheerful voice and she nodded in excitement.
"Right? I knew you would like it~!" she cheerfully answered, and I also chuckled at this.
This house, castle, estate, or whatever I call this, was actually beautiful.
Colored with lavish purple and white, with some different colors as decoration, this house that looked like any ancient house from my past life was truly marvelous.
I wanted to admire this place some more but, as we stood there, the doors to the estate swung open and a giant figure ran out with tear-filled eyes.
His short, dark purple hair was a different shade from her, a tall and muscular build, his old and yet young face, and the practically harmless feeling he gave were just the thing I expected.
This grandpa before me was one of the [King] ranked knights and ninth seat of the house of the Prism.
From the look and feeling he had, I knew this grandfather... was one like my crybaby father.
'Why are every strong or special man like my dad? Not that I dislike it, I love this type of them.'
Maybe it was a common thing in this world? Who knew?
The way he had just jumped on her out of nowhere was like a grandfather greeting her long-lost granddaughter.
'Oh... how long was she out looking for the ingredients again? I think we forgot to discuss that one.'
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMaybe she was out for much longer than I knew and if so, this poor grandfather had a valid reason to worry about his granddaughter, who was older than himself.
"Grandpa... cry if you want, but not now. We have guests here. Let's go in first." She said, while hugging him back warmly.
Her poor grandfather with silver eyes stopped his tears in an instant, and the sudden transition was amazing for Zoe and me.
He truly was serious when crying, but the speed he stopped himself and stood up as if nothing was wrong was just amazing.
A person that has transcended human limits, and emotions being one of them.
Someone who had precise control over their body and emotions.
And I was talking about both bodies...
Nodding at her dear granddaughter, and hearing her sweet sigh, he smile and walked toward us and stood before me with a brighter smile than before.
"How should I express this feeling, Eon? I didn't believe it after receiving brother Zahavi's call, but... I can say even without knowing it.
You are far more amazing than that golden beard boasted.
Mana attributes that I can't even sense, a powerful blazing Aura that's practically born to destroy, something special that can't even be perceived.
The presence of something, or someone unfathomable deep inside you...
This is more than what he spitted even while knowing.
Well, Eon~!"
He started with a voice filled with curiosity, admiration, and happiness, but he just shouted my name in joy at the end.
That one aside, for now, the things he just said... were weirdly accurate.
From my Mana, Aura, and Solnova that he couldn't sense to Ronna deep in my soul.
'So... this is a king and their world authority?'
'Three eyes.'
[[ *Using skill [Three Eyes] on a powerful being with high mental defense.
Starting the understanding of the skill.
Processing...
The skill is a special creation, and the energy used to maintain it is unique.
Understanding the energy.
Match complete.
Skill understanding in progress.
...
Skill understanding compete.
A higher grade mental defense has been breached successfully.
Intelligence increased by 1.* ]]
*
I looked at his smiling face and used my eyes.
This has already happened before, so I wasn't as surprised as before and being able to breach the mental defense of a [King] ranked knight was a big thing in itself.
These abilities of Lucy were really amazing.
The status window of one of the strongest appeared before my eyes and I internally smiled.
But, even before I looked at the status window that successfully appeared before my eyes, he spoke up.
"Don't fully believe the status windows, little Eon. They might come out entirely baseless in some cases.
But, although I don't know what kind of ability that is... I believe it's better than Elle's."
His words were sharp, but the radiant smile on his face was still the same.
I knew this old man was old, but his voice was as young as a dad's. Or was it just the feeling that it was young?
Well, after reaching that rank, they had the practical lifespan of hundreds of years already, so right now is considered their prime.
His words were a fact though, even if I believed in my beloved skill 99%, that one present would be something I would have to think many times over.
Well... whatever.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm===Status===
Name: Maweth Atraxia
Age: 66
Race: Human (A king.)
Strength: 261
Dexterity: 255
Stamina: 265
Magic Power: 222
Intelligence: 198
Luck: 102
Charm: 111
[Skill: Skill creation, Body strengthening, Free Mana strengthening, All strengthening, Supreme mental defense, Aura use, Swift weaponry, precise weaponry, Scythe of one, The reaper, Master's strength, One true defense, Environmental control, War cry, Three cut, Death's eye, Divine all resistance, Law defiance, Teach, Bestow skill, Lend skill, The last moments.]
[=>World Authority: Violet winds.]
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"You're stronger in the true sense, Axion. Marvelous." He said as he wiped the tears of true blood sliding down my red eyes.
My red eyes have frozen on the status window, and my mind has suddenly been bombarded with aftereffects of using my skill on someone I can't even fathom.
My body has fallen stiff the moment I read that information.
The sudden drainage of almost all of my Mana.
The bright smile plastered on my face.
And in all of this, some familiar voices rang in my mind.
[[ Master is fooooooooool~!!! ]]
[[ "You did something unnecessary big brother~!" ]]
[[ *I'm also the one to blame here. But take note of this and don't use this on someone like him unless you are absolutely certain of being safe for next moments.* ]]
Their voices were one thing, but... I had witnessed the 'numerical strength' of this word in those numbers, information, and skills.
I... couldn't help but smile in this situation.