The Goddess Made A Mistake Again

"It must have been so hard for you, master."

"Yes, I suppose it was."

"You must have fought a lot hard too."

"Yes, I did."

"You are a very brave person, master."

"Yes… yes, I am." I nodded to Alice's words.

I knew this was just a bit of psychological consolation from the little witch… who wasn't little in any way, especially with her twin peaks. But still it felt better hearing her say such things to me. It is a reason why those words are called psychological consolation.

And I also didn't mention the other thing with Marva... didn't want to get someone rounded up with dark thought.

"Stop sounding like a freaking mother… he's not hurt." Jacob had to open his mouth and ruin the moment.

"Shut up you retard and I'm not acting like a mother." Alice said as she gently rubbed my back.

"I'm not a retard and look at his freaking back. There are no visible wounds on him!"
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"Not all wounds are on the outside Jacob, there are some on the inside too." I said, "You should know this better than anyone."

He went quiet for a second with that, "Seriously man… going for my weak spot like that."

"Alright, let's forget this shit for a sec." I said and turned to Alice, "Alice, were able to find anything resourceful for your magic."

"Well other than books related to usage of Sigmat rings and spells of them, there mostly wasn't anything on surface. I found zero books on spells for witches." Her face which were frowning turned to a smile, "But after searching for a while, I finally found a magic book in the black market."

"In the black market?" I questioned.

Alice nodded, "Yes, I figured that if its supposed to be somewhere, then it would be found in the black market and I did buy one book."

She turned around and went out for something before coming back with a hard covered leather book, "I found a vendor who seemed very shady selling this magic book… and even better this is a beginner's book for witches."

I take the hard covered book and give it a good look, "A beginner's book huh… You're lucky to find the one book that you were looking for."

Alice smiled, "Yes… and there are other witch's books too, advanced ones. There were some other books with forbidden spells as well."

I turn to her, "The same ones?" She nodded after a second.

"I think so; I didn't get a closer look at them." Alice said, "The vendor looked kind of shady and he was asking a lot of money for those books."

I put the book down on the table, "If what they're selling are the real deal then I don't have problem with spending more than what I thought."

"Still… it's a bit too much for a magic book, master." Alice said.

I rubbed her head as she suddenly had a smiley look on her, "You're cute, Alice."

"Hehe"

"But it's not just a magic book." I said, "It might have been just a magic book from where you were but in this kingdom, it isn't just." I said seriously.

"You must have seen how much low information this kingdom has about magic, right?" She nodded, "Indeed it looks that way, but in reality, the real magic books are kept hidden by the kingdom."

"Hidden?" Jacob asked, "But why? It's isn't like this kingdom has any witches or any warlocks practicing or living here to begin with."

"Yes, I know and that may seem that way but there are a lot of secrets that you guys don't know." Saying such I stopped, "Forget it, it's not yet time for you two to learn this yet."

Jacob frowned, "Don't just bait us and then cut off the line like that. Tell us."

"Not yet… when I know you guys are strong enough to understand them, then maybe I'll tell you." I said and turned to past topic, "About the vendor…"

"It's a vendor from the black market, of course they'll be shady. Next time when you go there, make sure to have Jacob with yo-" I shook my head, "No, that won't be plausible anymore."

I had my hand on my chin with a thoughtful look, "The day after tomorrow is D- Day."

Both of them had a questionable look, "D- Day?"

"I mean, the day for the final test."

"Oh!" Alice had a curious look, "Do you know what it'll be this time, master?"

"Hmm, I do." I nod and laugh, "Actually everyone in the kingdom should know what the final exam would be, isn't that right, Jacob?"

Jacob gave a slow nod, "Yes… the AOF."

"AOF?" Alice questioned.

"All Out Fight." I said, "They would put all the remaining contestants on a large stadium and let them fight until only one of them was left standing."

"Where will it be staged?"

"In the grand central stadium at the center of the capital."

"So it should be kind of epic then."

"Yes, I guess it will be. You guys can even be there as spectators. But I'd tell you guys to act extremely cautious that day and definitely not go there."

"Why? Is something going to happen?" Jacob asked with a narrowed look.

"Yes" I nod, "The competition will be attacked by an individual… or an individual from a group."

"Attacked?" Both Alice and Jacob had a shocked look. Jacob more so than Alice as he understood the consequences of attacking at such a place.

"They would have to be crazy. The grand central stadium will be packed with spectators and elite guards. There's no way that they can just come and attack as they wish." Just as Jacob was talking, he stopped and thought for a second, "Unless, they might use the spectators themselves as hostages and try to sow chaos."

Then his widened for a second, "So that's what they were talking about!"

"What are you saying?"

He looked at me, "I was at a bar today… to get some information," I narrowed my eyes on that but didn't comment, "And at that place, I heard somethings that were a bit unusual."

"How?"

"Well, there was a group of hooded guys seating at the table next to me and they were talking about attacking the capital."

"And you find that a bit unusual huh… curious." Alice said in a suspicious tone.

"Hey, such talks about attacking the kingdom and other ridiculous stuff goes around when you're in a bar. Doesn't mean all of them will actually be." He said and asked me, "Is that's what going to happen?"

"No… with the information that I've got, I'd say otherwise. They won't use the spectators but instead cause a distraction."

"Distraction?"

"Yes, one big enough to round up the guards and take the attraction to one place where everyone would round up to take a look." My eyes turned sharp, "Then that guy will descend upon the competition."

"Why do such a thing?" Alice asked.

"Let's just say, there are some pure blooded ideological maniac's in this kingdom that think letting some not so pure into the royal academy is a very bad idea."

"And they'll attack just because of that?" Alice asked dumbfounded and I laughed.

"Oh Alice… if you only knew how far mankind would go to protect things that are so redundant."

"Where did you get this information?" Jacob asked.

"Well, you have your ways to get information and I have my ways."

"Are you still going to be participating in it, master?" Alice said with a worried look.

"Of course, I am." I said, "How else would I get admitted to such a fine place for elitist education."