In the meantime, the Professor heave a sigh of relief. With Keon's personality, he couldn't possibly say anything to His Majesty, right?
That is indeed true but only for the former Keon. Now that he has returned to the past, there are a lot of things that he wanted to change. Including his childhood and teenage years where people always step on him
"H-hahaha, I-I see" the Professor said, trying to end the topic right there but would Keon let him do that? Of course not!
"But if the professor doesn't want His Majesty to know about it, you already know what to do, right?" Keon asked sweetly but there is an underlying meaning behind his words
'Stop being arrogant and treat me like you would treat any other Imperial Moon' that's what Keon meant
"If professor continue being too hard on me, I might accidentally spill the beans to His Majesty due to too much stress" Keon continued and the professor took a step back
If he still can't understand that the 1st Imperial Moon was threatening him then he would be too much of an idiot
"Y-Your Highness..." Ronald muttered and in the next second, all the hair from his body stood up
"What are you still doing? You might trigger this Imperial Moon's stress. Professor, why are you still not kneeling?"
A deadly and cold aura was released by Keon's body. The pressure his existence brought made even the professor fearful
The sound of loud gasps rang in the area as the students around were utterly surprised by the words that came out from Keon's mouth
If those words aren't shocking enough, the professor even did kneel on the ground with a shaking body
"P-please f-forgive me, Y-Your Highness!" Ronald stuttered. He doesn't know where this great sense of fear was coming from. The only thing he knew was that he must kneel and beg for forgiveness
"Forgive? Heh ... why do people mindlessly do something just to apologize for it? You shouldn't have done it in the first place if you are just going to apologize later"
Just because he wasn't loved by the Emperor and Empress, Keon was bullied by almost everyone. But when he blackened and gained the power to toy with people's lives, they all ask him for forgiveness and mercy. What disgusting creatures!
"I see, you are already using your status to threaten someone. You really never change"
Unpleasant sentences entered Keon's ears and even before looking at its source, he can already guess who it was
"Greetings to the Young Duke of Ybra" Keon greeted with a slight bow that Imperial Sun and Moon give to a Young Duke. Keon was clearly adhering with the etiquette but Cain wasn't
As a Young Duke, Cain should have bowed to Keon deeper than the Imperial Moon does. But not to mention a bow, Keon did not receive even a single nod
"Professor Ronald, please stand, I will talk with His Highness about this matter"
Even without asking for Keon's permission, the Princess was already dragged away by the Young Duke, causing the students around to gossip
"When did His Highness and the Young Duke become close?"
"Close? Did you not see the look on the Young Duke's face? He was clearly displeased!"
"I wonder what the Young Duke will do to His Highness. Would he get hurt?"
"I don't think so. The Young Duke is an uptight man. He surely wouldn't commit any crime"
While the students were in debate, Keon can only let himself be dragged. At this point in time, the two of them are still not engaged
After all, only with Keon's scheme did Cain become his fiancé unwillingly
"Young Duke, did you miss me that much?" Keon asked playfully, completely ignoring how hard Cain was holding his wrist
Keon is sure that he would receive a bruise later but compare to the other things that he had experienced, this is merely nothing
"Shut up!" Cain almost roared. All words that will come out from Keon's mouth has always left a bad taste in his tongue
"Oh my, how fierce" Keon replied playfully and the Young Duke further tightened his hold to the Princess' wrist
After some time, the two arrived at a secluded area in the Academy where there is no other person except for them
As soon as they arrived, Cain immediately threw Keon's body to a nearby tree. The Imperial Moon's body was slammed into the trunk and he fell down yet he was still in the mood to be playful
"Your Grace, is this how you like it? Rough? You should have informed me first so that I could get prepared mentally"
Keon acted bashfully as if he was shy to receive the Young Duke's burning gaze
"Keon Blythe Morningstar, when will you be serious?!" Cain's anger exploded and he once again wrapped his itching hand into Keon's pale neck
It looks as fragile as a thin sheet of glass where even the slightest bit of pressure would break it
"Y-Your Grace, I-I am a-always serious. I-I am t-the e-epitome of s-seriousness!" Keon replied forcefully while looking directly straight at the Young Duke's eyes
Perhaps due to so much rage and anger, Cain's blood-red eyes became even redder. It looks as if someone smeared blood into it
"Hah! You always make me speechless at how disgusting you are!" The Young Duke took back his arm and he acted as if he just touched the dirtiest thing in the world
"This is something that my mother forced me to always take with me. An object that even you, desired in the past" Cain said before he took out a ring with a small white stone in the middle
"The Ring of Absolute Obedience" Keon muttered. It was the exact same thing that he used to place the Tower's Archmage in Lawrence's hands
The Archmage's life was literally in Lawrence's hands' thanks to this ring of unknown origins
"I regret not using it on you in the past"
Cain already planned on using the ring to Keon. However, he was fooled by the Royal Villainess
The Princess acted pitifully in front of Cain and the latter's heart softened which was a big mistake
It gave Keon the chance to snatch the ring from the Duke and he schemed to use it against the Archmage, obtaining the Tower's greatest power
From how Cain looks, it seems like he would really use the ring to Keon and the Princess tried resisting
Unfortunately, Cain was not the strongest Duke in History for nothing
The Young Duke hold out his hand and a green magic circle appeared in front of it. The next thing that Keon knows was that there were already vines wrapped in his arms, legs, wrist, chest, and torso
He was completely bound and fated to not be able to flee from Cain's hands
"Oh my, you are kinkier than I thought. Do you like bandage play?" Keon commented in a teasing manner but deep inside him, he doesn't like this outcome
Even with the vines wrapped in the entirety of his body, Keon still managed to use his magic
A black miasma was released by the pores in his body. This miasma feels and smells foul and they are starting to melt the vines
If this continues, Keon might be able to flee but the Young Duke of Ybra is not a mere statue!
Another magic circle appeared in front of Cain's palm and it sucks all the miasma that Keon was releasing, stopping him from breaking free
"As you are smart, I believe you are perfectly aware of the disparity between our magic powers"
In the past, Keon is also a terribly strong magician. He could defeat most magicians with his power
However, Cain was on an entirely different level. He even managed to steal the treasures from the three superpowers of the Empire even if he was bound to die after that if he didn't use the power from the legend
"Your Grace, is this the level you are stooping down?" Keon asked darkly, earning him a loud fit of laughter from Cain
Everyone knows that Cain is a man of justice. He never bully the weak nor did he let anyone bully them
He is a man of integrity that people would trust. No one will not find it hard to believe that Cain could force someone to be his eternal slave
"Hahahahaha!! Are you judging me? The one that caused the Bloody Aristocratic Night? The one that poisoned my mother? The Villainess that corrupted the Saintess? If preventing you from repeating all those things from happening is the consequence of me stooping this low then so be it! I would gladly accept the judgment and consequence!"
Keon grits his teeth at that and he does not have a choice but to let Cain prick his body to gain access to his blood
Cain pointed the Ring of Absolute Obedience to the droplets of Keon's blood, sucking them in and the ring's color instantly changes