Knowing fully well that he cannot be seen, he followed the officials to their meeting. After Glorystein's concluding talk he said.
"You all can leave, there is something that i need to attend to".
Everyone in the room left. Now it remains only Iode and Archmage Glorystein. With his elbow on the desk and interlocked fingers covering his mouth he sat silently.
"So who might you be". Glorystein spoke as he broke the silence.
Iode looked left and right to see who the Archmage was talking to, but there was no one except for the both of them.
"I'm talking to you, what are you looking for". Glorystein said.
"Huh me"? Iode said as a bright blinding light shone. Iode immediately opened his eyes meeting himself in his room. He was so stunned that he stayed lying on the bed for a few minutes thinking back of what just happened.
"What was that all about". He said to himself.
"Now I believe these dreams aren't nightmares but some kind of vision or sort of. "
"It feels as if I'm in another plane or is it time?, The Archmage's name was different, it was Glorystein not Averay ".
"And that Archmage he... he saw me , i thought i was some sort of invisible entity watching everything and... i felt some kind of connection with him".
"Argh, what's all these, what's happening, i don't understand, it feels as if my brain would burst out just reminiscing on it ". Iode said as he tightly held his head with his eyes opened widely.
Knock, knock...
Someone knocked Iode's door from outside stopping him from his thoughts.
"Sir, the Archmage's announcement is in five hours, would like to come out and check the clothes you prefer for the occasion ". Someone said outside iode's room.
Iode got off from the bed and opened the door. A steward was standing at his door, his name is Hillford as seen in the tag by his left chest.
Hillford was a middle aged man around fifty years or so, he had long black hair with bearded face, green eyes and bushy eyebrows. He wore a purple rope with the purple tower badge sewn on it.
Despite the fact that he fact that he was a steward, people like him are not to be underestimated or messed with, they are at least advanced level mages.
"Alright sir, please lead the way". Iode said.
He was taken to some sort of dressing room which is just a few meters away from his room. Three sets of ordained ropes, laced with golden trims at the fringes and intricate design made different on each of the clothes.
The clothes before Iode were white, blue and purple. He chose the purple rope.
"If I'm the successor, i should wear clothes with the same color as my predecessor". He thought.
He tried the rope on to see if they fit and they do fit. Iode smirked a little seeing how good looking he is on the mirror. The purple clothing reflects his dark brown eyes, his brown hair and his sharp looking face.
"There is no wrong in wearing a royal clothing once in a lifetime". He said.
He was escorted back to his room by Hillford, taking the cloth along. When it's time for the announcement he would wear the rope and go to the courtyard. Breakfast was brought to him some minutes later.
It was time for the announcement. Iode was already at the courtyard standing at the podium stage with the high ranking officials. Iode was excited as well as nervous, seeing multitudes from the capital gathered at the courtyard and a large hologram screen was made to broadcast the announcement to other parts of the wizard kingdom.
Archmage Averay went forward and starts his announcement.
"Good day witches and gentle wizards, today is a glamorous day. For hundreds of years, the original five who are the founders and pillar of our existing kingdom, since their deaths, have had people inheriting and succeeding them except one".
"That one which is Igor as you all know never had a successor to call his own until now. Today l present to you IODE, the the inheritor and successor of Igor Zenivia ".
There was a large roar of screaming happiness of people in the courtyard as Iode stood beside Archmage Averay. He smiled and waved his hands nervously. He could see himself being broadcasted by an hologram screen.
He could only imagine the faces of everyone in the Roahanes academy as well as his parents and siblings.
In the chanting happiness of the multitudes at the courtyard stood a stunned fellow, Leventis de Burgesa stood pretty stunned and surprised. The fellow he walked around with the other day was not an ordinary wizard but the successor of one of the pillars of the wizard tribe.
In other parts of the wizard kingdom, Sylvester, Anna, Angelica and Reinhardt all had the same stunned expression on their faces in their respective locations viewing the broadcast.
"My word, Iode is the successor of Igor and to think i almost made an enemy of him, thank goodness he only buried me and I'm now one of his companions ". Reinhardt said.
"I knew Iode was special but to think he is the successor of Igor is way out of my expectations, good thing i befriended him, my dad is so going to be proud ". Sylvester said.
"I knew it, Sylvester can never be interested in just anyone, but to think he got interest in the successor of Igor is mind blowing ". Angelica said.
"Now I see why my uncle, Sylvester, Angelica and Reinhardt all have interest in him, he is the successor of Igor, but i messed up right in front of him, i asked him daunting questions, how stupid of me ". Anna said blushing a bit.
Also looking at the broadcast screen a jet black haired girl smiled seeing Iode's nervous smile.
"It has been a while, Iode. I can't believe you are the successor of Igor. It seems you fulfilled our promise, I can't wait to do mine, i can't wait to see you soon ". Olivia de Krillia said.
In Illusium city, Elena and Elenore together with their parents Priscilla and Arthur, were more than just stunned they were also happy. an indescribable joy flowed from their hearts.
"I... i can't believe my little boom boom is the successor of Igor, this... this... Oh". Priscilla said as she starts to tear up.
"For many years, you have been struggling to breakthrough to the second star, always putting yourself in anguish, now it seems all that will become obsolete now that you know who you are ". Priscilla said.
"My son is the successor of Igor, i can't explain how happy I'm ". Arthur said.
"Our brother is the successor of Igor, yay ". Elena and Elenore jumped in happiness
"Mom we are going to have a feast tonight right ". Elenore asked.
*. *. *.
After some minutes of iode's introduction, the Archmage continued.
"Now I'll give room for him to make a brief speech ". Archmage Averay said turning to Iode to give way for his speech and smiled innocently to him.
'this cunning old man, he didn't tell me i was going to say a speech, you could have told me earlier' was written all over Iode's grim face.