Picking up Girls With My System Chapter 17

“Did you?”

He got closer to Arthur and wanted to kill him. One thing was the king dying, who made a pact with a demon and was a threat to everyone. But Jonan? Jonan was a good and talented man.

“No, of course not. Let explain everything to you, okay?”

With that, Arthur explained everything that happened, or else he would be in trouble.

“So you t my granddaughter at this magic academy, then our family showed up and kidnapped her? And now you’re here trying to rescue her, and soone killed Jonan?”

“That’s right, sir. I know it’s strange for to show up at the palace, and soone magically dies. But I promise you everything I said was the truth.”

“I know, kid.”

“Yes, this is a misunderstanding and- wait. Do you believe in ?”

“Of course. Your heart did not race, and there are no other symptoms of a lier. And the story you told makes sense, and I didn’t see any flaw in it.”

“Thank you for believing in , grandpa!”

For a mont, Arthur thought that man would kill him. He was happy that everything worked out in the end.

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“Nefion, that’s my na. Or you can call grandpa. I don’t care much. But Arthur, if the things you told are true, then we are in big trouble.”

“How big of a problem?”

“Uh, let see. It could potentially destroy the entire kingdom.”

“Damn it. But how can we do sothing about it? We are trapped here, and if we get out, everyone thinks we are traitors.”

Nefion laughed and said, “kid, this grandpa here can escape any ti he wants.”

“Why didn’t you?”

“After what happened, there wasn’t much for to fight for, so I stayed here. I didn’t want my family to look at as a traitor. They told all of the kids that I died in battle. Imagine if they lie to Jane and make her think I’m a murderer,”

“But things are different now. If that demon has my son’s body all of this ti, and now suddenly Jonan is dead, then he’s starting to act after all those years.”

Nefion explained to Arthur what had happened a long ti ago. Barion wanted power and went into dark ans to obtain it. He made a pact with a demon. Barion got the power he wanted, but he was getting insane as days passed and beca a threat to the royal family and the kingdom. Nefion was the only one who knew about what his son did and was the only one strong enough to put an end to it. He saved his family from the hands of a demon. The kingdom did not get destroyed because of him. And in return, they locked him there, forever.

It was a sad story. Arthur also got wrongly locked down there, and it sucked. Nefion was down there for many years, and Arthur could only imagine how that must feel.

“Kid, we must kill this demon again, but for good now. And figure out who these hooded people were, and find out if they have sothing to do with the king.”

“It is finally ti for my family to know .”

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They did not leave imdiately. Nefion was confident in investigating what happened stealthy, without anyone noticing him. But for Arthur was a different story. He wasn’t skilled in that sort of thing.

“Look, kid. We don’t have much ti. Even if you are a genius, there is no way you’ll learn what I want you to in a couple of days. But there’s another thod, a painful one.”

“Bring it on.”

Arthur did not get angry after Nefion said that. He knew that even with talent, it took ti to learn stuff. But ti was not on their side, and Nefion opted for a more dangerous route.

What Nefion wanted to do was to implant the knowledge directly inside Arthur’s mind. It was sothing Arthur had not seen before. Marget, who was soone strong, couldn’t do that. Nefion was on a completely different level. And to think that he stayed down there without proper training for years.

“This will hurt a lot, kid. I’m not lying to you when I say it might kill you. Will you do it regardless?”

“Yes.”

“Good.”

Nefion pointed his finger into his head, and a filant of light attached to his finger. It was the knowledge he wanted to pass on to Arthur.

“This is all of my stealth techniques. I don’t have that many, but all of them are extraordinary. It is the best I can give you. I have a lot more to teach and pass on to you, but you’re still weak,”

“Now, stand still, and endure.”

When that small filant of light touched Arthur’s head, everything stopped. Ti froze for him, and intense pain followed right after. It was a type of pain he had never felt before.

“AAAAGHHRR!”

Arthur’s head was almost exploding, and he fell, rolling on the ground with his hands on his head. He wanted that to stop. The pain needed to go away. But how could he do that? The only way was to integrate the knowledge he got from Nefion.

It was not an easy task. Arthur was still weak compared to most of the people in that world. But, he had one thing that could help him. Most mages are used to absorbing small amounts of mana over ti. Arthur was the opposite. When he absorbed sothing, it was the entirety of a spell. No other mage could do that without dying. No one knew how that felt. But he did.

Arthur tried his best to rember how it felt when he absorbed that spell in Wisa’s class. After many tries, he eventually found what he was looking for.

Concentrating on that feeling, the pain diminished. It was still bad, but it was doable. Nefion watched everything and was surprised to see Arthur overcoming the pain so fast.

“This kid is a genius. Maybe it is ti for to get an apprentice again after centuries? Hmm.”

It took Arthur so ti to overco the pain, but he did it. He lay on the floor covered in sweat. For a brief mont, he thought that would kill him. Nefion wasn’t lying when he said it would hurt.

Arthur returned to his senses and was expecting a system notification telling him that he had new skills, but it did not. He couldn’t understand at first, but with so thought, he understood.

The system he had was a special one. It belonged to Dream Realm beasts, and it only showed the abilities of the system itself. Nefion taught him a normal ability that had nothing to do with his system. Arthur still knew how to use the skill, as the knowledge of it was inside his head, but it required more concentration on his part.

“This is how people learn things anyway. My system’s abilities are like innate ones. I don’t need to train to use them. They are a part of . But if I want to learn other things, I need to do it like everyone else.”

“Congratulations, kid. You impressed . Now, let’s leave this place.”

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When Nefion said he could leave that place anyti he wanted, he ant it. With a wave of his palm, the lock on the cell turned into dust. Arthur was afraid that the guards would co there bringing food and then discover they weren’t there.

“Don’t worry. They will wait three days before giving you any food. We have three days to end this shit that is happening here.”

They did not take the normal way to leave the underground area. Guards were probably at the stairs waiting for them. Arthur was still new to the stealth skills, so Nefion did not want to risk it. But, gladly, there was a secret passage that led to multiple underground tunnels.

“There’s a tunnel in here that goes directly to a secret room where he stored weapons. At least they did.”

Nefion led the way, and Arthur followed closely behind. It was a bit dark, but Nefion seed to know where he was going, so all Arthur needed to do was follow him.

After so ti walking, they arrived at the end of the tunnel. There was a door, and when they opened it, Arthur noticed that the room was sowhat familiar.

“No way. Grandpa, we are in trouble.”

“Trouble? What do you an? There’s an enemy in here?”

“No, but the thing is, this isn’t a place where they store weapons anymore. This is a secret room inside a building where people bath, and this is the female bathroom.”

“What? Hahahahaha!” Nefion laughed.

“Grandson, you have a lot to learn. This is no problem for us, but a blessing. This is the best way to practice our stealth skills. Let’s go kid, there are boobies for us to see.”

“This old man is worse than . Damn it!”