BXBX NOVEL Chapter 304
Chapter 304
Three large birds landed near the walls of Boston in the vacant lot designed for the flying beasts. Two handsome, well-dressed guys jumped off the fearsome falcon. The menagerie workers hurried to greet the important guests and provided them with the best mounts, following orders from above.
«What a shit hole… Can’t they afford a decent barrier? It’s the capital after all! Why the hell should we drag to the palace on these half-dead mares?» – Roman grumbled.
«Run home and cry to mummy.» – Rose waved him off, gracefully mounting the white-maned horse. The blond guy on the elegant horse looked like a prince from fairy tales, every girls’ dream, especially in their younger years.
The two friends headed to the palace with a group of bodyguards. Ordinary citizens hurried to clear the road before them. Even the guards at the entrance were afraid to check their formations. The mere sight of the diamond tokens spoke eloquently about the status of the guests who couldn’t waste a second of their time.
Soon the couple arrived at the Grand territory and then at the palace. Accompanied by servants, they went up to the top floor and entered the great hall, where an ugly, obese young man, apparently the prince, was waiting for them at the negotiating table.
«Greetings, gentlemen. My name is Dick Grand. Nice to meet you!» – Kyon cheerfully held out his hand, but the partners were in no hurry to shake hands.
«Let’s do without formal greetings, prince Grand.» – The long-haired blond guest asked politely, trying to hide a squeamish grimace behind a mask of courtesy.
His dark-haired friend nodded in agreement. He was even worse at hiding his disdain for the ugly prince with the pathetic cultivation in the advanced phase, so he turned away, pretending to study the interior of the palace.
«My important guests must be in a hurry.» – The prince said with an understanding smile. – «In this case, let’s get down to business. Here is a document confirming that the service requested from you is legal.»
Rose looked over the paper and raised his eyebrows in surprise: «How curious… What did the poor daughter do so that her parents decided to give her into slavery? And who is going to be her owner?»
«Seriously?» – Roman stared at the document. – «Ha! Crazy, right? It looks like primitive customs flourish outside of Dantes! Well, at least they don’t walk around swinging a mace…»
Dick satisfied their curiosity: «This young lady’s parents are authoritative elders in my royal family. They wanted to marry their daughter off to a wealthy gentleman, but she is a stubborn one. Finally, they came to me for help. They need a formacist who will make her the most faithful wife, even to her hated husband.»
«Really? Why didn’t they come themselves?» – Rose squinted suspiciously.
«They don’t want to see their daughter being enslaved.» – Dicj looked at his guests glumly. – «The only question I have is if you can apply a subjugating formation on the noble phaser in the finishing stage?»
Rose’s inflated sense of self-importance overshadowed all his suspicions. He puffed out his chest and said proudly: «I am Rose Valentine, the only formacist of the third rank in the whole empire! They will write stories about my achievements for thousands of years! I can’t fail! Consider the job already done!»
«Here, here. Your halo is growing heavy!» – Roman teased his friend.
Dick gasped in awe: «Wow! Incredible! You’re the Rose Valentine?!»
Rose nodded smugly. Everything returned to normal: he was the center of attention and widely admired. Even his grandfather, the great first general who commanded the strongest army in the empire, bragged about his gifted grandson to the officers! The best formacist in the empire, he was like a star among the rubbish! However, the wretched prince gave him a somewhat sluggish, unnatural response… How annoying! The freak couldn’t comprehend the whole spectrum of his greatness.
{I don’t give a shit who you are, dude… Your skills are trash, you’re just a frog trying to jump to the moon.} – Kyon thought scornfully and said with respect: «I am counting on you, great formacist. Follow me.»
The two guests followed the prince into a well-guarded luxury room.
They saw a red-haired barefoot girl in an exquisite dress, bright as a sunray, sleeping on a wide bed. She looked like she came straight from a fairy-tale leaving a pleasant trail of her sweet scent and striking with the expression of innocence on her sleeping face.
«How… Charming!» – Roman exclaimed excitedly, clenching his fists. – «Lucky bastard who will own her! I’m sure he is the sponsor of her enslavement! Cheating little shit! I want to do this to the wretched bitch too!»
«I don’t need your comments here. You make us look like idiots before His Highness. Get out of here. Let me do my job.» – Rose hissed irritably, envious of Julia’s fiancé.
Roman sighed convulsively and left the room to save himself from heartbreak.
«What sedative did she get?» – Rose asked, touching Julia’s smooth forehead.
«Scarlet sage extract.» – Dick replied.
«Great. It’s just what I need.» – Rose the formacist nodded.
Applying a subjugating formation was only successful if the soul and mind didn’t resist. As Julia was fast asleep, her mind was compliant. Her soul was the only barrier, the difference in cultivation between Rose and Julia in almost one and a half stage should do the job.
«Would you please leave the room premises or be quiet while I am working.» – Rose asked the prince and put the slotter to Julia’s forehead. Any formacist required maximum concentration during work. The slightest mistake in the “code” could ruin everything.
Kyon folded his arms leaning against the wall. He watched Rose work, making no attempt to hide the disgust in his eyes: {What a disgrace…} – Such a shame to watch the sloppy work of an incompetent formacist. To enslave the girl, the klutz had chosen a formation of a fiery type, ditching about a thousand fire keys of the advanced grade. From Lovr’s point of view, it was like trying to shoe a flea with a sledgehammer. It had no efficiency, but with their difference in cultivation, it should work.
If Lovr were at least two phases higher (total 4.7), he wouldn’t have required anyone’s service. Julia’s parents’ seals and signatures wouldn’t have been necessary either. Laws didn’t apply to him.
After 15 minutes of “hard work,” Rose wiped the sweat from his forehead with relief: – «I did it.»
They left the room and sat at the negotiating table in the main hall.
Roman was shifting from foot to foot. He seemed preoccupied with something.
Rose clasped his hands in front of him: «Job’s done. The first to give the girl an order will be her master forever. The future owner has to press his family formation against her subjugating one for registration.» – He said nonchalantly and grabbed suddenly his friend by the collar: – «Where do you think you’re going?»
«Nowhere… I need to go to the bathroom! Why? Is it forbidden?»
«Just stay put like a good boy.» – Rose said curtly. Normally, he wouldn’t permit such familiarity with Roman in front of important people, but who was Dick Baker? A pathetic prince of a worthless kingdom. He should be grateful for being treated with feign respect.
«Well, you owe me half a million spheres.» – Rose grinned smugly.
Half a million spheres would be an unspeakable sum for any family from a third-rate kingdom, even the royal family couldn’t afford such expenses.
Kyon held out a bag of money: «Thank you for your great work. Have a safe trip home.»
«Hold on, I’m not leaving.» – Rose put on an air of dignity. – «I was very upset when I never received an invitation to your wedding. I’ve heard a lot about Princess Kara’s breathtaking beauty, and I’d hate to leave your wonderful kingdom without meeting the future queen.» – He spoke quietly, politely, and resolutely as if hinting that he would not take no for an answer.
Kyon had a bad feeling about this: «I’m afraid I have some bad news, gentlemen. I have not seen my wife or her mother for a week! Kara didn’t tell where she was going. She had left her sound transmitter, and I can’t find her even with a tracking formation! It’s like she disappeared off the face of the earth!» – The prince complained with genuine concern.
«What are you saying?» – Rose jumped up angrily. – «How come disappeared? Don’t lie to me!» – He put off the mask of pretense. There was no more respect in his voice, only an explicit threat.
«Don’t say that. I would never lie to you!» – Dick took out a handkerchief and blew his nose and groaned piteously. – «I don’t want to burden you with my worries, but could you help me find her?»
Rose shook with rage, his face scowling and flushed. It was written all over the prince’s idiotic face that he couldn’t lie. The main purpose of his visit would remain unattainable! Did he come a long way to these boondocks for nothing? He wasted the whole day!
Roman patted his friend consolingly on the shoulder: «Next time, buddy. Next time.»
«Fuck you!» – Rose gave the prince a scorching look and left the palace with his friend without saying goodbye.
Kyon thoughtfully pinched his thin moustache, fully embracing the image of Dick Baker: {What the hell is going on in their heads?} – The whole thing seemed suspicious to Kyon at once: why would the best formacist in the whole empire take this insignificant job? Wasn’t half a million spheres a mere trifle for patriarch Valentine’s second son? It was just a little pocket money. Rose wasn’t motivated by the desire to make money, but what exactly was his goal?
Lovr didn’t want to think about it. It didn’t matter anyway. He pressed the formation, and the superior servants let a handsome blond guy into the room.
Franz broke into a beaming smile as he shook the prince’s hand: «Kyon! Why did you invite me to the palace?» – He was no longer the sad miserable man, harassed by the Grands and the principal. Franz now radiated warmth and confidence, something that made all girls go crazy.
The fat prince leaned back in the hair with his hands clasped behind his head: «If you had the chance to get revenge on Julia, what would you do? Imagine that I am a genie willing to grant you one wish.»
Franz tilted his head to the side: «A genie?» – He thought a bit and then said calmly, retaining his composure: «After beating me up, she said she wasn’t done… But definitely won’t survive next time! I can’t afford to be merciful. I’d make a wish to take away her cultivation and hurt her so badly that the goddess would cringe.»
«Cruel but just.» – Kyon agreed. – «Why don’t you combine revenge with your desire to win Marina?»
«What do you mean?» – Franz sounded surprised.
«Every girl dreams of a prince, but what’s the point if his heart is already hers? Women love intrigue! The fact that numerous girls fall for you leaves Marina cold because you turn them down at once, showing a wolf’s loyalty. It would be fine if she sincerely loved you and reciprocated, giving all her soul and body to you… But somehow it’s not happening…»
«What are you saying?» – Franz swallowed anxiously.
«Make Marina fight for you! Become a desired goal for her, a prize for her efforts! Gain some value by proving that only the best girls are worthy of your love. Let her feel hurt, anxious, jealous because of you, but do not let her go away. She must know that she has a real chance to win you! With this attitude, she will fall head over heels in love with you. She will be proud to have won the most eligible bachelor in town. Then you will make her the happiest girl in the world.»
Franz was speechless. If Kyon had told him all this two weeks ago, he would have spat him in the face, but now… Now he took his word for it. Ever since Flitz met Kyon in Juno’s mansion, when Kyon was a footman who helped him become Marina’s friend, Flitz had changed his opinion of the little bastard. Later, when Flitz learned that the legendary TsyJy was Kyon’s master, that Kyon bended nine elements and was a pure-blood Stone, his opinion changed even more drastically. But the most fundamental change of his mind had taken place quite recently, when Kyon helped him get his life back on track after Franz had reached the rock bottom where he would have died of despair… He could no longer perceive his master as an inexperienced kid. Kyon had earned his deep respect on the subconscious level.
«Where shall I start?» – Franz asked quietly.
«Like I told you before, you must prove to Marina that you deserve the best girl. In Cernos, it’s Julia, the second most popular girl. She is under sleeping pills in the next room. I’ve hired imperial formacists to apply a subjugating formation on her. Her owner will be the first to give her an order. And it will be you! Show everyone at school that you are Julia’s boyfriend now! Make them believe that it was you who chose her, not the other way around! But make sure to let Marina know that she takes up much more space in your heart than the red hen. In this game, your winning prize will be Marina’s heart.» – When Kyon noticed Franz’s stunned expression, he raised his eyebrows. – «Why are you looking at me like this? Don’t you get it? Instead of taking away Julia’s cutivation go and fuck her!»