I really hate it whenever my bad premonition cos true. Especially when it concerns my life or death. Looking at the girls, they all had a frown on their faces as they listened to our talk.
"That... Can I ask for more specific details?"
The other countries are aiming for my life to get the top system administrator privilege. I guess I could understand that, but... Why do they want it? Can't they settle for a normal admin privilege?
"That's it. They want the top administrator privilege. What else do you need to know?"
The king frowned, unable to comprehend the intent of my question.
"No, I an. Why do they even want the top administrator privilege in the first place?"
"What? If I could take it, then even I would love to have my hands on the top administrator spot!"
The king guffawed.
"But to do that, I would first need to kill you, who is also the System's Crowned Successor. If that happens, then that bastard Agor will gain more power again."
I felt his murderous gaze sweep toward , making my hair stand on end. However, it faded just as fast as it appeared, and I heard him let out a long and hard sigh.
"D*mn... If only you weren't the System's Crowned Successor, this entire thing wouldn't even be a problem..."
Hearing his words, conversely, I felt relief that I was actually the System's Crowned Successor. Otherwise, this king would probably either kill off to get the top administrator privilege for himself or just toss to the other kingdoms to appease them.
Although my question remained unanswered, I guess the threat to my life beca a bit clearer with his words.
"So? What's the plan?"
If he was planning to just give to the other kingdoms as a sacrifice, then he wouldn't have spent all this ti talking. As I stared at his still-scary-looking expression, a fierce grin appeared on his face.
"I like how frank you are, Will. Don't worry, we don't plan to sell you to the other kingdoms. Doing so would be similar to tightening the noose around our own necks too, after all."
The king raised his right hand, and from behind him, a black hand appeared and passed a card to him.
"...!"
What's with that hand? It was not a physical object, nor was it an energy body. Illusion? If not, then there should at least be so energy traces left behind. While I was thinking about the black hand, the king passed the object he received from it to .
"Here, take this."
He flipped a gold card on top of the table, sending it to my side. I quickly slapped it on the table to prevent it from flying off and inspected it.
"This is..."
Looking at the card, it seed weirdly familiar. Other than the color, it seed completely identical to the VIP pass that I got once from the governnt office or the one that Fina had.
"... It doesn't have a tracking or recording function... Right?"
Just in case, I need to confirm. After all, last ti, I was completely blindsided by a freely given black card with a tracker and recorder attached. Now that I think about it, those functions must've been Miss Yu Na's doing too. I'll try to ask her if it's true the next ti we et.
"What? Oh, like last ti? No, there's nothing attached to this card."I think you should take a look at
The king smiled as he reassured .
"This is sothing like a VVIP card that could let you go anywhere you wish around the kingdom without being bothered by inspections and lines and such things."
He then snapped his fingers, making the entire room suddenly flicker in golden light. All around us, armored knights wearing golden armor appeared in the blink of an eye. The girls quickly prepared their stance, ready to fight back, but I waved my hand to stop them. After all, the armors aren't living beings, but more like puppets.
"These armors would protect you around the clock, as long as the card is with you. They're strong enough to give a 9th-stage tar a hard ti, but could only equal them at best."
The king stood up and reached out his hand.
"Well, this is the best we can offer to you now. If you want, shall we assign you so tars as guards too?"
I smiled at his offer, stood up, and took his hand in a firm handshake.
"No, it's fine. Unless they're god-tar level, I don't think I would need protection from them."
It may sound overconfident, but I was telling nothing but the truth. If I wish to, I can kill anything before below the 9th stage. However, doing so would make living peacefully a dream within a dream.
"Then, Will, I'll be on my way. I still have things to do."
"Alright, I understand King..."
Wait... I don't even know his na...
As if realizing what my blunder was, the king raised his brows as he sneered. The grip on his hand strengthened, making feel the bones in my hand creak.
"You... To think you don't even know your own kingdom's King's na. If this was a normal audience, I might've needed to punish you for that."
"Well, it was an informal audience after you ca in late, after all. So? Na?"
"Damn kid. Even if I look like this, I'm about half as old as Zeshion! At least pay so respect."
Although his words were a bit prickly, his face was covered in a friendly smile.
"The na's Leonard Fighall. The last na is a bonus since you seem like you don't even know of it."
"Of course I don't know of it. You've got a sharp intuition."
The two of us smiled, completely cool about the snide remarks the other made. The maid seed like she'd faint, though, noticing her pale face.
As I was about to follow King Leonard out of the room, soone burst inside and slamd the door violently.
"Y-You... You brat! H-How dare you... How dare you!!!"
At the door, a fuming, skinny man, Prince lo, ranted.
To think he'd be able to move around this early... I thought it would take him until tomorrow to recover, honestly.
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