Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

"Magical aptitude: 7 points,"

"Elemental Affinity, Wind: 6 points, Fire: 5 points, others below the threshold,"

"Mental power: 5 points."

"Okay, you are qualified. Go stand at the side with them."

"Next!"

Ron said in a hurry as he was afraid that Ian might hold up the line again. You never know; it was better to get this done with.

"Yes, Sir Wizard."

Henry gave a knightly salute and walked towards Ian and the others, clearly not in a good mood because if his qualifications turned out to be suitable for the Wizard path, he was told to leave this continent directly by his father, the Emperor.

According to him, being in this barren land was a waste of potential. It was better to seek opportunities elsewhere if you had the chance. Basically, he was told, 'You have no chance of becoming the Emperor, why not be a wizard instead?' to his face.

"Woah, Prince Henry is so awesome. Is he going to be an exalted wizard?"

"Damn! Don't forget to send this news to the Empire fast."

"Yeah, your majesty would surely be happy."

While he was walking in a sullen mood, he suddenly heard his group of entourages getting excited about his test results.

Some without knowledge about the intricacies behind it were genuinely happy for him, while some were spies clearly trying to convey this news to his father to directly cut off his escape route.

"Bastards!"

Henry cursed at them and turned his face away. He really didn't want to see their faces, as he might attack out of anger.

However, when he looked ahead, he saw his sister Aurora talking with Lyra, and then a new idea came to his mind.

'Maybe I can make an excuse that my sister is voidborn and can't go to the Calvora Continent.'

He thought of a possibility; a proper excuse.

'Yeah, it might work. After all, I can't leave my sister alone here, can I?'

The more he thought about it, the more he believed it was plausible. So, his steps unknowingly became a little faster as he made his way towards Aurora.

...

While Henry was making his way towards Aurora in hope, Lyra and she were talking about something.

"Wow, I didn't know that. So, that's how they met?"

Aurora said in surprise as her emerald green pupils dilated, while her curious gaze shifted to Ian and Carl at the same time.

Apparently, Lyra directly told her how Carl and Ian met and didn't forget to describe how Ian thrashed him in the arena because Carl pestered her too much.

Although she didn't lie, her narration made Aurora believe that Carl was a bad person and Ian was a hero defending Lyra; a classic hero-saving beauty plot except the roles were reversed.

'What happened?'

Carl saw Aurora's weird gaze and couldn't help but feel bad. From the look in her beautiful eyes, why was he feeling slight disgust?

"Yeah, didn't you see how Ian helped you even when you were a stranger?"

"Yeah! You are right. He did help me." Aurora nodded and then asked in confusion,

"But, didn't you say he had to beg Sir Wizard to let me in? Why didn't I even see him asking about it though?"

She then asked what seemed confusing to her, making Lyra almost choke in anger.

'Did she really want Ian to beg in front of everyone? She doesn't even know about figures of speech.'

She was speechless. How did he help, did it matter, as long as you are getting the benefit?

"Uhum, that's not the case. That was just a figure of speech. Still, to help you, Ian had to promise Wizard Ron some things. Or do you think there was no price?"

Lyra patiently explained to this clueless girl what she thought of. Since she didn't know Ron was under a pact with Ian, she also thought Ian might have paid some price. After all, there was nothing for free in this world. Everything had a price you had to pay.

"It makes sense... I'm sorry if I sound like I'm doubting."

"Ah, don't worry about it. I'm not that narrow-minded. Let's talk about other things."

Just when Lyra and Aurora were trying to divert their conversation, suddenly, Henry butted in between them with a sullen mood.

"Sister, it seems I have been chosen. According to the order of the Emperor Father, I have to depart this continent leaving you here all alone."

Henry said in a sad voice as if he was truly going to leave her right now. Although he wasn't a good actor, he tried his best to conceal his dual thoughts.

"Sigh, it would have been better if you were also with me on this journey. You were so looking forward to it too."

Henry sighed heavily, making Lyra and Aurora believe he was truly sad.

"Actually..."

Seeing that he was feeling bad for her, Aurora tried to explain that she was also going when Henry cut her off.

"You don't need to say anything."

He waved his hand, showing sudden determination on his face as if making a difficult choice, and continued,

"You know what? It's really unfair for you to return alone. In fact, let's return together. I don't want to go to such an unknown place by myself anyway. Yeah, as a brother, I can't leave you behind."

Henry tried his best to show his righteous look to Aurora emotionally, but Lyra instead rolled her eyes. As quirky as she had become recently, with her wizard apprentice-level mental power, how could she still get fooled?

"Okay, you don't need to act like that. Ian already asked Aurora to follow him. So, no, she doesn't need to return alone."

She directly cut off his acting with a mocking voice, leaving Henry stunned.

"She can still leave?"

Hearing such a sudden twist in the story, he couldn't help but blurt out, forgetting his sad look just now. He was really surprised by Lyra's words.

"Yeah, Ian asked Sir Wizard to allow me to leave even when I don't have Wizard qualifications."

Aurora chimed in with a beautiful smile. Now, she liked Ian more and more for helping her.

"So, there is no need to feel sad brother. We can journey to another continent together."

Although she wasn't stupid, she never doubted her brother was acting since he had taken care of her throughout the entire journey.

'Why do you want to leave? What is the point of you leaving anyway?'

Henry was breaking down inside by this reversal but still managed to smile awkwardly at his enthusiastic sister.

"It is indeed a good news."

"Yeah, all because of Ian."

Aurora beamed while looking at Ian who was busy contemplating something.

'Sigh, it seems this is my fate.'

Seeing her being so happy, Henry couldn't help but feel sad, having to leave his luxurious life to embrace some flashy dream he wasn't even sure if possible. But he really had no choice now.

While the drama was unfolding between brother and sister here, Ian, on the other hand, awoke from his stupor after hearing the sudden prompt from his system.

[Ding!]
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