BXBX NOVEL Chapter 647 Crown Details
Now that he had made his point Marcus was just about ready to leave but he wanted to issue one last warning just for good measure.
‘Now remember that I can find you wherever you are and reach you no matter what. There is nothing you can do to be safe from me and if I ever come for you again you will not even know it.’
After saying this with his telepathy, Marcus moved his still intangible hand towards Algernon’s neck and made his pinky appear for just a second.
He then created a small cut on the man’s neck and a few drops of blood began dribbling out of the wound.
This was Marcus’ way of telling him that at any point, his head could roll, and he would not even see it coming.
With that Marcus felt that his work was done and if Algernon continued harassing Lilia, that would be the end.
‘You are lucky the king did not want me to kill you, or I would have.’ Marcus thought. ‘Hopefully this experience allows him to grow and be a better person, so I do not have to deal with him again.’.
Taking his leave Marcus made his way back home and settled in for a little over a week until a letter arrived saying that Lilia’s suspension was revoked, and that Professor Rathin was found to be in violation of academy policy and fired.
While this was horrible news for the professor, it was great for Marcus and Lilia, and he was more than happy to tell her that she could go back to school and resume her studies.
“I know that you are fine in combat, but there are still plenty of other of things for you to learn. Like math.” Marcus said with a proud expression.
Though as he mentioned math Lilia grimaced since it was the one subject that she was really bad at no matter how dedicated she was to trying to learn.
Soon Lilia was on her way back to school since she had missed quite a bit due to her suspension.
‘I hope that she can bounce back quickly, but I am sure with her friends she will be fine.’ Marcus thought as he saw her off.
Now that Lilia had left it was time for him to return to the castle not only to see Mrazivý and hammer out a few more things for their upcoming engagement party, but to also get to work on a new crown for Frostine.
The current crown for the monarch was apparently an impressive magical tool, but it did not really suit Frostine as she would be the first ruling queen of the kingdom, and the king wanted something stronger made for his daughter.
When he arrived, he was actually first brought before Kalt the deputy king and Frostine the crown princess.
“It is good to see you again, Irene, I was quite afraid for your safety when I heard about what had happened up north.” Kalt said with a look of genuine worry in his eyes.
He had initially been Marcus’ handler for the mission, until it became out of hand with the discover of the Doomsday Worm.
“Thank you for your concern. It certainly was unexpected to run into such a monster, but everything ended as well as it probably could have in the wake of such a threat.” Marcus said to ease the regretful expression Kalt was wearing.
Both Frostine and the deputy king then asked her for an account of the battle since so far all they had heard were from secondhand reports and they wanted Marcus’ personal experience from the front lines.
Quickly he told them everything he knew in detail, and the two of them were stone faced by the end since the reports certainly did not mention exactly how dangerous the situation was and how many times so many of them almost died.
“It truly was a fearsome foe and I hope not to have to fight something like it again for a long time.”
But as Marcus said this both Frostine and Kalt went wide eyed and looked at him like he was crazy.
Seeing their reactions Marcus was taken aback, but quickly found out why they had reacted this way.
“Are you crazy, you want to fight something like that again. You just told us that you had to blow yourself up and only got out thanks to a revival unique skill.” Frostine said with an almost frantic tone.
She could not imagine why Marcus would ever want to fight a monster that powerful again.
However, his long-term goal was to reach the pinnacle of the world, so at some point he was going to have to fight such monsters and beasts in earnest once he had obtained a higher level.
Naturally he explained this to both Frostine and Kalt, but they still did not seem to think he was in his right mind for wanting to put himself in such danger.
“Anyway, I think we should get down to business. I am here to work on your crown.” Marcus said as he looked towards Frostine.
At the mention of her crown Frostine’s expression flipped in an instant to one of excitement.
Se had been thinking about it quite a bit and wanted something that would be quite intricate.
“That might be difficult, but I can do my best to make it.” Marcus said as he blinked in disbelief at what Frostine described.
She wanted the base design to actually be a circlet that she could always where for defensive purposes, but it needed a feature that allowed it to transform into a more conventional crown whenever she was in public.
It was certainly going to be a challenge as Marcus would have to figure out a formation on his own that allowed for this effect. While also cramming in everything that would be required of the crown which would become one of the treasures of the royal family.
‘This is going to take my skills to their limit, but I will definitely get some good experience out of it, and the kingdom will be supplying me the materials so I will not need to worry about my own stores.’
Continuing on Marcus wrote down all the details that Frostine described to him, which became greater and greater until he had to stop her and tell her that somethings just were not going to be practical.
Eventually they did settle on a design and the types and number of enchantments that would be etched into the crown that would become the most powerful item Frostine would have.
Once that was done, he turned to Kalt to go over the next order of business.
“Okay I will need some time to write up a list of items that I am going to need in order to complete this, and I will need to see the forging facilities on the castle’s grounds. I assume that you have a set up for working with amethros?”
Kalt nodded his head at this and acknowledged that they did have a forge capable of working with amethros.
“Normally it is only usable by the kingdom’s top royal forgmaster, but the old man who has held the title for the last eighty years has gotten quite old, and honestly cannot handle the intensity of working with amethros anymore. That is why we had Thabon make Mrazivý’s sword and you are going to make Frostine’s crown.”