The Son of the Sorcery Emperor (Yuno X Male!Oc fanfic)

Chapter 20:

~~In the Interrogation room~~

3rd Pov.

Within the interrogation room situated in the depths of Clover Castle, the two captives have been restrained and their mana suppressed as Marx used his spell Mémoire Absolue to try an find any information they can get about the invasion, the Eye of the Midnight and its leader. 

"It's no use..." Marx looks towards Julius, "There's some kind of protection spell on them, and I can't search for the information."

Julius frowned in disappointment.

"Kuhuhu~ Even if there wasn't, we wouldn't tell you." The now old witch cackles softly. "Our master is the light in the darkness! He's our god!"

"He's the only one who hasn't abandoned us." says the other captive, "We will never betray him."

Seeing as this was going nowhere, Julius stopped the interrogation until they could find a solution to gain access to the captives' memories. 

"Apparently, their master has some absolute unifying force and fearsome magical power." Marx comments as he and Julius walked out in the gardens of Clover Castle. "I'm also assuming that the one who defeated Fuegoleon is also their master."

Julius immediately thinks back to his encounter with the mysterious Light mage at the enemy hideout, they were fast enough to escape his grasp and their mana was nothing to sneeze at.

"Indeed. When he wakes up, we may learn something. Let's wait for the Lion King to wake up." said the Sorcery Emperor.

"Also, I have heard from Doctor Owen that Damien is able to return to duty today. His injuries were rather minor and he only had to stay the night because of mana exhaustion." said Marx.

The news immediately made Julius happy, "That's such good news! We should pop in before he is released. I almost never get the opportunity to see him anymore~!" The man could almost skip as he walked.

"I think that is best." said Marx and Julius looks at him, surprised.

"I'm surprised, Marx! Usually, you'd be telling him to give him space and not baby him and all that other stuff." said Julius.

The blue haired man sighs, "That's true, but I knew how a week ago you were so stuck with work and wanted to check on Damien to ask how he was doing because of what happened in the dungeon. As the Sorcery Emperor, you have to put your duties before family so I understand that you don't get to see Damien much."

Julius frowns, "Yeah, I was really looking forward to having some father-son time with Damien during his day off but with all this work and now this terrorist threat..."

Marx stared up at his superior, taking note of his distressed features. Although Julius Novachrono is perceived as a cheerful, magic nerd who has way too much time on his hands (with his constant escapades to the Common and Forsaken Realms in search of unusual and rare magic), the Time mage still stresses about the wellbeing of Clover Kingdom and the lives of its people. However, the time-consuming title of Sorcery Emperor barely leaves him any time to visit home and see his family. When Damien was still a child, Julius would sneak out of his office to take his son outside the Novachrono residence for some father-son bonding time even though it ends up with the older man being scolded by both Marx and his dear mother (with his wife and younger brother smirking amusingly in the background). Now that Damien has grown up and pursued his dream of becoming a Magic Knight like his parents, that leaves even less time for the father and son duo to spend time together because of their conflicting schedules.

But now, if they could pop by the medical ward to say hello to Damien before the teen returns to his squad headquarters then Julius would feel a bit better after seeing his son's face and hearing his voice again.