The king was lost in his thoughts. What Jenny told him made sense. However, there was a problem with that solution. "Jenny, you just said he has a rank S talent. Or am I wrong?"
"You're exactly right, my liege" Jenny admit it.
"Jenny, I took you from the orphanage, even before you were awakened. And I took a great time educating you. Tell me, why I was so focused on your education?" the king was staring at the flowers behind Jenny once more. He was admiring the beauty of them but also he was thinking of the situation that Jenny mentioned. He indeed took her in, even while she was powerless. Even tho she was only eight years old, her intelligence was higher than most scholars. So he decided she would make a perfect maid for his daughter.
"You saw my potential? Or maybe so I could help princess Margarita with her studies after she began going to school?" she questioned king. Even tho she was grateful, but she could never ask this before.
"It's to make you perfect subordinate for myself. Not for my daughter, but for me. You were thought to see into the future of the kingdom. And what you said, did make sense, but… Do you know what's the problem with your plan?" king questioned again. He was angry, that after all education she went through, she can't seem to figure out why her plan was stupid. But, he still felt joy that Jenny was thinking about his daughter's safety and happiness. However, he did not show it.
Jenny took a moment to think about it and realized. "It's his rank S talent… Even without a teacher, as long as he sees the spell, he can learn it almost instantly!" She now realized, that trying to stop him from learning, may end up even a greater catastrophe, due to him feeling a grudge for the kingdom.
"Indeed. Even if we would try to imprison him, we would need at least an S-ranked magician or mutants. Our kingdom only has four of those. And even then, there might be casualties. Let's say, Thomas ends up fighting them, he already has an advantage of legendary tier body. He can easily survive most of the spells that are legend or lower tier. And even worse, after he sees the spell, he will probably be able to copy it as long as he has that type of energy within his body."
Jenny understood now, it was basically impossible to cage a person without him retaliating against the kingdom. News also already spread to other kingdoms already, for a person like Thomas, they wouldn't mind starting a war if they found out he was imprisoned. She began blushing out of embarrassment after realizing her own stupidity. How could she even suggest such a thing? If the king decided to agree on this, it would mean the destruction of the kingdom itself.
King stood up and picked a cigarette out of his pocket. He lights it up using fire magic. He slowly blows out the smoke. "Instead of restricting him, we need to show the benefits of being a royalty instead. In case he is in fact a dangerous person, we can always get help from other kingdoms to stop him. If a person decided to end a kingdom, other kings won't stand still out of fear that the same will happen to them.
"So what will you suggest my liege?" Jenny asked.
"As I said before. We will invite him to the castle. We will show him the benefits of being in a royal family. I am pretty sure he will be excited!" The king chuckled.
"But my lord, what if he already has a lover?" Jenny was curious.
"In that case, she will also join a royal family haha! It's not uncommon for a nobleman to be married to more than one woman! Especially for royalty. I was the only black sheep among the kings that only married one woman. " the king became excited while thinking about Margarita. He was sure, with a man like Thomas, no one will ever harm her.
"But.. How… are you going to convince princess Margarita? You know her attitude." Jenny was again curious.
"We will let it go with a flow. I won't force either to marry if they don't agree with that. But, as I said, I will give Thomas a chance to live in a castle as royalty and in time, maybe they will fall in love. Who knows?" the thought about this put a smile on the king's face.