The Dark Magi's Ascension

「NO! PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM AWAY! HE'S THE ONLY RELATIVE I HAVE ON THIS LIFE. PLEASE I BEG OF YOU ALL PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE TO!」

My mother Melinda fell onto their knees and begged them.

This made my blood boil rapidly.

I yelled at her.

「MOM! GET UP! DON'T BEG TO THEM! THEY WILL ONLY PUT ME JAIL AND TORTURE ME! THEY CAN'T KILL ME UNTIL THEY'LL FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND IT. THEY DON'T HAVE **** WITNESS AGAINST ME!」

I tried to get up.

But Igil caught my hands back.

Chief Irving said with his face darkened.

While he grabbed my throat.

「PEST! MIND YOUR **** TONGUE! IF YOU WEREN'T THE VICTIM THEN HOW WERE YOU THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO RETURN FROM THE FORBIDDEN LOST WOODS ALIVE? WHY MY SON AND OTHER 18 KIDS HAVE GONE TO THE JAWS OF DEATH?!」

He pulled to the top in the air.

I was choking.

I can't breathe properly.

I survived death once but not twice.

Is he going to kill me?

My mother came crying to his knees.

I glared at her and she was crying.

「PLEASE MOM DON'T BEG AT LEAST FOR YOUR CHILD… WE WERE ABANDONED BY THE GODS…. AND FATHER WON'T BE HAPPY..」

Irving threw me to the ground. All of them grabbed my wounded body.

The scars and wounds increased my pain.

「Since he was selected as a child of talent awakening.. Let's test his talent in the King's chamber and put him into jail if he proves to be useless. As for his mother I think we shall be sent her to lord Alfred.」

「YES!!!」

They agreed in unison.

I was shocked.

Lord Alfred?

That bastard womaniser?

If my mother got near him then she'd be ruined?!

When my mother heard this she was shocked and afraid of everyone.

I yelled at my mom.

「MOM! RUN AWAY FROM THEM! FORGET ABOUT ME, JUST RUN!」

Silvia has taken up her hands and started to run away from them.

Chief Irving summoned his beast infinity beast Flargon to chase after them.

『Fuck. I can't let this happen. If these beasts caught up to Silvia and Mom… what should I do?』

I struggled between the hands of these **** gripping my body tightly.

My heart was filled with the same old feeling — Hatred once against myself.

Even though he decided to face all of this… there was nothing he could not do now.

I heard a whisper from my ear.

[You want to save your mother right? You should awaken your talent before you run rampant against them. Believe me, when you can get me unlocked from your soul affinity, I give you temporary strength in exchange for taking your body for a short time. But for now, make some time for me to break free from your soul affinity.]

If it's true then.

I can't just leave them like this.

I grinded my teeth.

[I know how you feel. But we've to be strategic about this like we did in the past. Make them feel that you submit to them for a period of time, but when the time comes we'll show them who the real villain is. Since your mother is with that girl then there won't be a problem.]

I was puzzled by his comment.

『What do you mean?』

He mysteriously replied to me.

[...You'll know in the future.]

***

I was standing before the king while being handcuffed.

The court was filled with aristocratic children and their family members assembled in the sidelines of the court.

I was one of few from the peasant family children gathered here to awaken the talent.

But I'm here handcuffed with chains on my neck and hands which made me stand out from others.

All of eyes was filled with disgust and ridicule towards me as if I'm a criminal who'd done a terrible crime.

They were were few murmuring across the aristocrats while glancing at me.

I fixed at the second finale boy who was testing his talent.

「Sir Winfried Of Sword Wright Family!」

The boy was extremely handsome from young age and was wearing unique nd luxurious attire from others.

The boy started put his hand in the Pool of Chosen Path {1} from which water turned into Stormy Cyclone which shocked everyone in the court.

「What?! Storm Magic?」

「No way!」

「No! This can't be! A stronger elemental type magic?」

「As expected from the Sword Wright Family still has a couple genius Storm Mages aside from Knights… this kid got a bright future ahead him!」

Then Winfried withdrew his magic and tested his physical strength by smashing big crystal in the court.

His strength is clearly lacking.

But his magic was quiet enough for him to surpass others.

Unlike all the peasant family children who didn't have aptitude for magic but had great raw strength.

Most of the aristocratic family was able to awaken weak elemental magic.

But this Winfried is different.

He has middle scale SA {2} compared to other aristocrats with ordinary scale SA.

I saw his satisfactory smile.

「Hahahahahaha, Let's see what's your talent you born with, peasant!」

But I feel is arrogance.

He walked right infront of me

The Queen Velissa III was satisfied with him.

She'll be award him the Honor Of Talent badge {3}.

She looked like a Old Jealous hag.

But as far I know she have sons which strong aptitude for magic and physical strength for each.

She looked at me at disgust and mockery.

「Is you the one who survived Forbidden Lost Woods alive?」

Everyones gaze was locked at me with inexpressible shock even with Winfrieds' Face.

The murmuring began among them.

The guards forced me to reply.

「My queen, I'm the only one who survived from Forbidden Lost Woods—」

She interrupted me.

「...Y-you Satan's Child! Don't call me by my respectable name from your filthy mouth!」

She crossed her hands uncomfortably.

Like others she describing me as satan.

I really wanted to slap this thot's face.

Everyone enjoyed it when she called me a filth.

She looked at Irving Sain.

「He's also the one who killed innocent 19 kids!」

Irving bowed and kneeled Infront of her.

「Unfortunately yes, he's the one of the selected talent awakening student. We still need to check his talent before we could give him further punishment…」

The Queen frowned deeply and she said.

「Che! If he wasn't selected then we'd already have killed him.. But since he still has final chance to prove his worth.. then let him… but if he shows a weak talent… kill this Satan's child once for all! This is my order!」

Author's Note:

{1} Pool Of Chosen Path: It's talent awakening pool which extract SA from soul to externalize magic. It contains high mana energy and magic in that pool.

{2} SA = Soul Affinity: Refer above the magic system page.

{3} Honor of Talent Badge: It's gifted to those who are highly talened. It could give extra benefits to who are wearing these badges.