True Magician

Chapter 72

Capital.

My released mana ran rampant around me. The wind outside roared and blew objects out of place. Curtains or the like were tossed from side to side as if trying to find a hiding place. And the sky changed color.

I'm sure all the inhabitants of this world noticed it. Especially the trio in front of me. They were gulping air with their mouths, but they couldn't take a breath, and their eyes, which read pure fear and awe, wouldn't leave my side.

The building shook with pressure, threatening to collapse right on their heads, and the cracks in the floor, walls, and ceiling only fueled that intent.

Slowly and reluctantly, the smile slid off my face, replaced by an indifferent and aloof face, and my gaze met theirs. And it made their fear magnified by leaps and bounds. It became so dense and overwhelming that it could be sawed away.

After a few seconds, the mana pulled back into my body, and the chaos disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. The silence in the room was broken only by one sound-the beating of the hearts of the three of them, more like the sound of a jackhammer.

Well, let's get down to business.

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Even when it stopped, Pina could clearly hear every beat of her heart echoing in her head.

The man smiled that same 'smile' again, and it made the blood in the princess's veins freeze again, and it was as if her brain didn't want to give the command to breathe. In Pina's eyes there was only this unknown man who could crush her like an ant and not even notice it. Zorzal and his slave girl receded into the background as her mind frantically searched for a way to survive instead of worrying about them.

'W-w-what am I supposed to do! What does he w-want?!'

These were the thoughts that settled in her head and had no plans to leave her. For in Pina's eyes, it was Death himself and no one else.

- "Are we ready to talk like civilized adults now?" asked the embodiment of doom as his gaze bounced between the princess, the prince and his slave, "Or do you need another shake up?"

- "NO!" Without holding back her voice, a trembling Pina shouted, and instantly covered her mouth and eyes. A couple of seconds later, realizing she was still alive, she cautiously opened them and looked around. The man's gaze was directed straight at her, studying and as if expecting something. Pina, seeing that he didn't mind listening to her, took a deep breath and continued in a nervous and anxious tone, "I-I mean, there's no need for that. W-what do you-want?"

At her words, the man tilted his head to the side, and the smile on his face changed to a pensive one.

- "Hmm... I take it you are the voice of reason for this group, aren't you, young lady?" he asked, to which he received a hesitant nod, "Fine. In that case, if you would be so kind as to tell me about this world. I don't need the whole story, something common knowledge is enough. I won't be here for long."

When the man's words reached Pina, she fell back into shock.

'He's not from this world?! Another Gate opened somewhere!!!! Where?! When?!'

The young princess's thoughts took a new circle, and a much bigger one than they had been before. As if the upcoming conflict with Japan wasn't enough, there was an opportunity to unleash a new one.

She realized from the man's phrasing that he knew nothing of either the Empire or Japan. And that meant he was part of them. A new war could break out, and if those to whom this man belongs are even slightly as strong as he is, the Empire will be wiped out even faster, and its existence will become history.