"Princess! I have a report to make. Rude has been taken away!" A cloaked man with a scar over his face bowed towards a girl.
She wore a green dress that emphasised her figure, a silk veil hung over her face, a bejewelled headdress ran down and shone brightly in the sun.
She looked as if she had descended from heaven itself. "Tell me more about this, Tetson." A cold and unfeeling voice echoed throughout the room.
The source of the voice was none other than the Third Princess Tia Finále. She was beloved by all and was a benevolent and caring princess.
Her only fault was that she was completely obsessed with the Genius Spellcaster, Rude Szera. "Yes, Your Highness. Just yesterday a mysterious phenomenon had occurred, every noble children aged thirteen and above had been enthralled by a mysterious voice calling them to the forest."
Tetson found it strange that such a thing had happened. He knew that there were very few monsters that could bypass the magic barrier.
Not only that the victims had claimed that a creature that grants wishes live lured them there.
Rumours were that once you go into the woods you can never come back unless your wish had been granted. In addition there is always a price for those wishes.
"The victims say that a small walking talking sheep that had immense magic power had appeared before them. After granting their wishes they disappeared into a puff of smoke. The only three that had not come back were, Lydia Rozen, Beltram Evergreen and Rude Szera."
Witnesses had for sure seen these three in the crowd but had not appeared with the others. There was an investigation for finding and rescuing the Genius Spellcaster as he was a valuable asset to the country itself.
Not only was he a great Sorcerer, he was also part of the Szera family. The reputed household of wizards. A cracking sound could be heard.
Princess Tia had completely obliterated a block of wood. She was furious. "Find that creature. If he can really grant wishes then he shall become our trump card in upcoming wars." Her fury had mixed up with her intentions.
She wanted to beat the culprit up however she knew that a powerful ability to grant wishes was an extremely dangerous power.
She knew that if the other countries found out they'd surely go to war with them in order to obtain the wish granter.
"I need you to issue a gag order in case we have spies in our midst, this information could lead to devastating results." Tetson bowed once more before returning to the shadows.
Tia just hoped that her beloved was doing fine. "Where are you? Lord Rude." She hugged her body pillow tightly not wanting to let go.
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Inside the shop.
"Boss, are you sure I do not need to take a Devil Fruit?" Lydia had rivulets of sweat soaking her entire body. She was running on a treadmill to lose weight.
"No pain, no gain. Besides unlike the boys you have no training in martial arts or weapon arts." Nathaniel had grown accustomed to being a store owner and had employed three boys and one girl.
Although he did wish that more girls came in but he was satisfied for now. "Oh, by the way Beltram are you getting accustomed to your new body?"
Beltram had undergone a complete change. His stature was now taller, his build had completely transformed giving him very well refined and toned muscles.
His skin was smoother and rid of any scars and blemishes. He looked older, mature. He hasn't changed a single bit except for appearance and a newly added feature.
He was now a Dullahan. This meant that he could take off his head anytime he wants. The trade off for wanting to become a superior race.
Dullahans were a rare existence nowadays due to the mass extermination a few hundred years ago. And it was very unlikely for one to have survived.
In other words, even Rude, who was most knowledgeable about the ancient times had no knowledge concerning the Dullahan race.
But luckily I had created an item that could find out any information about races that used to exist.
The Psychometric Search Engine. Any knowledge you want to obtain about past events shall appear. As long as it is acknowledged as the past it will eventually be known.
"Dullahans were a peculiar race, they were also very strong. Their exclusive racial skills are very powerful as well." Rude was on a table compiling the knowledge of all the species that I needed to replicate.
"By the way where is Walter?" Beltram was midway in finishing his routine of lifting weights when he realised that Walter wasn't there with them.
"Ah, Walter? He went to train Rena and Blake." Rena and Blake were Eliza's siblings and were very important customers.
Every once in a while they would buy a Stick from us to make their lives easier. "By the way I was thinking, what if we bought royalty in? I mean I know that nobles come to buy stuff from us once in a while but we do not truly sell the good stuff to them."
Rude was correct, we sold anything that was deemed invaluable to us but to others it was. "Royalty, huh? I think I can consider doing that. Ah, that's right you have any idea who we should get?" I turned to the bespectacled boy in front of me.
I smiled goofily. "Master, I recommend First Prince Crow, Second Prince Ren, Third Prince Graham. As for the Princesses I recommend the other three but not Princess Tia." His voice faltered at the mention of the Third Princess.
I was confused, but I knew not to be nosy in his personal life. "Very well. Let's see how we should handle this, let's spy on them for a bit."
I stood up and slowly lifted my hand walking towards the golden mirror. "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Lend me your eyes and heed my call." The glass shone and shattered.
"To what do I owe this pleasure to, my liege? Do I spy on the ones who kill and deceive?
Or shall I make them fall, to the very bottomless pits. Maybe have them serve as slaves to clean out sh*t?"
I frowned, I had forgotten how vulgar this magic mirror was. While being sadistic was okay since I truly do not feel anything for them, I still feel sad about my personal mirror saying such things.
"No, for now we shall spy on the royalties, however exclude Princess Tia as Rude seems to have some animosity towards her." I commanded Rude to be my side through the contract.
Hands on his shoulders I began to speak. "Speak your mind; tell me, how do you really feel? Why did you want to make a contract with me? Why do you hate the Third Princess so much?" I shook him out of his confused state feeling worried about him.
"No need to worry Master. I feel fine really. The reason why I wanted to form a contract with you was because I thought it was interesting at first but now it's different I guess? And the Princess, it's a bit hard to explain, see she is maybe overly obsessed with me."
He smiled wryly, I arched my brows, I nodded in sympathy. "I see, the reason you went with me was to escape from her?" He nodded, I felt concerned about him, maybe I should give him a present?
I was about to speak when a gentle ringing sound echoed. A customer came. I ran out of the room and went straight towards the counter.
"Welcome, oh it's just you Eliza, how are your siblings." It had only took a moment to realise it was just Eliza, I took the opportunity to ask her about their Devil Fruit training.
We chatted for a bit before getting to the point of her visit. "So what brings you here today? More Sticks?" She was amused and started to chuckle. "Sheri, you can come in now!"
A girl in ragged clothes and braided blue hair shyly stepped in, she had closed her legs tight looking as if she was looking for the toilet.
It was undeniably cute. "So who is this?" I casually said out loud which seemed to invoke a fearful reaction in her. "Sorry, she's a bit shy but she'll get used to it soon. Oh by the way this is Sheri Bianco, she's a huge fan of one of your Sticks."
I felt flattered that she liked my products, I did wonder however which Stick she was referring to. "Which one?" I said. Eliza smirked, I was interested now that Eliza
had aroused my curiosity.
"The Broomstick." I heard a soft voice whispering. "I like flying on it, it's so fun." Sheri smiled, my heart rate grew, that was so cute!
"I-I see, so what do you want now?" Eliza seemed to had expected this and started to laugh. "Nathaniel! I want you to give this girl powers!" Shock was shown all over my face, I had to do what?
It wasn't that surprising since I do grant powers once in a while, but most were Devil Fruits. And the Ark was unfinished, I could not use the system placed in Index as well.
I have no choice but to create my own solution! Grabbing my bracelet I rubbed it ferociously.
Smoke puffed out engulfing me. My clothes had changed and I was completely topless. My hair colour changed into a light shade of blue.
I had unknowingly pushed my glasses up. I had returned to my genie form! While I did say I had rules my wish granting power was actually unrestricted!
But I could only rely on others to wish for me. "Oi, Rude you know what I want!" Rude walked nonchalantly right in front of me.
"I wish for the Genie in front of me to become an almighty god." My face widened in shock. This wasn't the plan!
Hazy white smoke engulfed me once more reverting me back to my original form. This time however a great white halo hung around my head.
"I didn't want to become a God! What is wrong with you?! You know what screw it I'll stay like this, I might as well use my new powers to create a new power source."
I was filled with rage with all the antics he had done so far, it had already gotten quite annoying.
"Awaken, True Potential!" Thrusting and putting my hands onto her chest I forced her to recall all her dreams and desires.
"Condense! Power Up!" Twisting the laws of reality and bending the world itself, the heavens shook as I unleashed my godly power.
My divine energy shrouded the shop, encasing it within a tangible bright light. My body had grown tired, I stopped using my Godhood and fell to the ground.
I had wasted my energy. I wondered if it worked? I'll find out later. I'll just go to sleep.
The last thing I saw was Rude crouching looking towards me closely. I passed out a few seconds after.
....
"Oh, master you're awake!" I heard a familiar voice call out to me. "Looks like you lost your Godhood, such a pity."
Veins popped out of my forehead. "What do you mean by pity?!" A soundless shockwave exploded shredding the room to pieces.
But not Rude, he had known this would happen so he used his Lightning Human body to avoid it. "What was that? That's not my power is it?" I was confused on where the shockwave came from.
I was truly confused, I had never known that I had such powers. "Listen well since this is the first and last time you're hearing this...."