Tales of Astora: Legacy

Chapter 16: Enemy of our enemy is our friend

Chapter 16: Enemy of our enemy is our friend

Alastor's POV

"Still nothing!" I grunted while lying down on the grass in the middle of the campus.

"You have to be patient Alastor" said Ikarus sitting next to me.

"It has been one month already ever since we came here. Do you know how many of you two admirers did I have to beat?"

"That's why I decided that it would be better if I stick around you. They won't harass you as long as we are around." as Ikarus explained her reason for following me for the last three days, Stella nodded in agreement. It was true that ever since they decided to tag along, there have been no attacks. But I got a strange feeling of someone stalking me since I beat that trio on the school ground. So I did a little inspection.

Lucky for me, the guy was only a Sapius, weak enough to be possesses by <Absolute Authority>. Taking control over the poor guy and making him spill everything. Apparently he was under the order of Charles to tail me and investigate if I was affiliated with the archduke.

How could I have overlooked this? Three powerful individuals enrolling at Helios at the same time, right during the conflict between the Prince and the Archduke. If I was Charles, I would definitely suspect that these three were sent by the other party either to spy or to assassinate me.

And since a few spies have already uncovered by the Prince, it would not be weird to find more of them. But that was not the problem right now. What I needed to do was to gain the prince's trust. Time for some direct approach!

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Charles' POV

It has been several days since I sent one of my men to observe the three new students. When I first heard of a first year Imperatus, I thought it was just a mistake from the examiners or the crystal was broken. But when I saw how he defeated those three Dominus with ease in the courtyard, I realized he was a genuine gem.

Voiceless incantation, the ability to cast magic without needing to speak out the spell. Just how many people in the world was able to do it? And that thing he did to the wind blade. How did he do it? The aim was accurate but it just disappeared when it reached his hand. Magic Cancel? I remembered something like that but only in tales from eons ago.

Nonetheless I wanted to recruit him to my side. With someone of his caliber by me, I would be able to ascertain my ascend to the throne.

Aside from Alastor, there were two other girls who were recently admitted to Dominus. But from their interaction, I could tell that they knew each other before entering Helios. Three powerful magic users entering Helios was too suspicious no matter how you looked at it. That was why I sent a few people I trusted to watch them, to know what their objectives were.

Anyway they were supposed to be back by now to give me their daily report. Why has none shown up so far?

"Lindzie, when was the last time you heard from Helmund and the others?" I asked the girl next to me. Lindzie was my childhood friend and the person I trusted most in the entire world.

"Since early this morning just before they left. Do you think something happened to them?" said Lindzie.

"It couldn't be. Attacking our people would be like admitting that they were the Archduke's men at this point. Anyway we should check it out." I said.

"You cannot!!!" the girl shouted as she hit the table "You know you are to remain here for two more weeks until the coronation in two weeks. The headmaster was kind enough for lending us this secret room. No one would be able to detect you here.