Chapter 226: Departing From The Capital
The fever subsided after a few seconds and after another few minutes, he woke up.
[User Information]
Name: Alpha
Physique: Grade B
Genetic Physique Type: Burst
Awakening Status: Awakened
Awakened Ability:
Metal Control: Enables the user to control all kinds of metals.
'Okay, my job here is done.' Keith thought as he controlled the being of light.
"Tomorrow, another one of you guys will be picked. Just wait for your turn."
Everyone knelt and smashed their heads against the ground while the being of light vanished. Keith withdrew himself from his spatial dimension and walked out of his room to see everyone getting ready to leave.
"Oh you're here." Adrian said as he walked over, "The third princess is waiting for you in the living room. You should probably go meet her."
Keith nodded and rushed over. Leora was silently sipping on some tea and when she saw him, she gave him a polite nod.
"Good morning, Keith."
"Morning." Keith said and nodded back at her, "You're ready to leave already?"
"Yeah. It's better to hurry since we don't have much time. We should pay a visit to Duke Arthur's territory before we start moving right?"
Keith nodded as he sat down in front of her before he began to pour himself some tea, "You're right. Amelia said that she wants to introduce me to her mother, so yeah."
"Well..." he continued, "There's viscount Barbarossa's viscounty close by so we can hit him first once we leave Duke Arthur's territory."
Leora hummed before nodding, "Yeah, we can do that. I'll just be tagging along and well, I've decided to not bring any knights with me so my safety is in your hands for the next year."
"Sure, I'll make sure that there won't be even a single scratch on your body." Keith said confidently before standing up, "Alright then, I'll go take a nice bath and then we can depart. Everyone else is getting ready so you don't have to wait much."
Leora waved at him as he left and smiled, 'You're the only one who treats me like a normal woman instead of a grand princess. Feels refreshing... it would have been great if Chowder saw me as a normal girl instead of some untouchable gem. Tch, damn knights. So frustrating. Can't you even tell that I have feelings for you after all the signs I've been giving you?
Keith silently spied on her thoughts and chuckled as he walked into the bathroom.
'That's the curse of being a princess. Some want to get close to you for fame and money while the others would do their best to not get too close since history has taught them that getting romantically involved with royalty when you're just a commoner, is not a great idea.'
He grabbed a jug and poured some cold water onto his head before shivering, "Ugh... so cold."
As he continued to wet his hair and skin, he thought, 'If I didn't have the ability to give systems and such, I would have done my best to stay away from you and the succession wars too. It's just way too risky even though you're a beauty in your own unique way.'
Keith took his sweet time to wash himself up and once he walked out, he put on the new clothes he had bought recently along with Miya and Clara before walking out.
His clothes and other things were tossed into his spatial dimension and he did the same with his group's luggage once he met them at the living room.
"This will give us more flexibility and room when we're traveling. A great artifact indeed." Leora said as she saw Keith making the suitcases vanish right in front of her eyes.
Keith nodded, "Yeah, it's great. I'm simply renting it for now." he said and turned to look at Arthur who seemed ready to leave.
"Shall we go then?"
Arthur nodded, "Yeah. We'll be practicing swordsmanship whenever we stop to cook meals. Are you ready?"
"Of course. There's still a lot that I can learn from you but just make sure that you don't run out of tricks. It'll get boring if I surpass you too soon."
"Tch. Must be nice to have such great talent." Arthur grumbled as he walked towards the exit while the others followed.
Keith, Clara, and Miya took one carriage for themselves while Amelia joined her father and brother. Caleb jumped onto a horse while Laura and Nathan shared a carriage with the fourth princess.
"I'll switch with you in a few hours Caleb." Keith said and pointed at Nathan, "And Nathan will take over the night shift."
Caleb nodded, "Okay."
Arthur had brought his own knights and all of them did the same thing as Caleb and sat on top of individual horses. Their job was to make sure that nothing unexpected happened and to keep their masters safe from danger.
Keith silently observed them and nodded to himself before he closed the curtains of his carriage. He turned to look at Miya and patted her head, "Since we're traveling, I'll be teaching you the numbers while mama will teach you the alphabets."
"Okay!" Miya said excitedly while Clara placed her hand on Keith's knee, "Are you sure that you don't want to meet your sister before leaving? I'm sure that she'd love to meet you."
"She would, but it's not a good idea to meet her right now. If Zander finds out that I'm close to her, there's a high chance of him attacking Adam and Rebecca and I don't want that to happen."
Clara silently stared at him for a few seconds and once she realized that he had no intention of meeting Rebecca, she gave up on persuading him.
"Okay, understood. But would the second prince really go to your family?"
Keith chuckled, "Of course he would. He tried to assassinate us when we left the hall during the youngest princess's coming of age ceremony. We're literally going to chop off his fingers and limbs by hitting the nobles on his side, so it's not too far-fetched for him to attack my sister to retaliate."