[A long time ago, the world was peaceful; everyone lived happily and carried out their daily activities. But one day, everything changed; evil came to the earth, and chaos soon followed. A very powerful demon appeared near the kingdom.]
[Everyone was scared and feared dying at the hands of the demon. Many magical knights went out to defend the kingdom, but they couldn't defeat the demon and unfortunately died. People began to lose hope of surviving, but in a situation full of darkness, the light will always shine through.]
[Soon, a person stood in front of the demon. It was a young nobleman carrying his four-leaf grimoire. Fearlessly, he faced the demon, and an intense fight ensued between the young nobleman and the demon.]
[The fight lasted for hours due to the demon's immense strength, but the young knight didn't give up and fought until the last drop of blood to defeat the demon. In the end, the young nobleman died but defeated the demon. For this action, he earned the title of Wizard King, a very important and powerful title, much like that of the king.]
[Every so often, the kingdom chooses a new wizard King based on their magical power and great deeds as a magical knight. Receiving the Wizard king title means you are someone important, powerful, and above all, willing to defend the kingdom from dangers and enemies that try to attack it.]
[This is the story of the Wizard King and the great change he brought to the world.]
Outside his house in the backyard, Satoru sat on a wooden log with an axe in his left hand, watching his father talk while he stood in front of him splitting some logs in half.
"The story is interesting, indeed, but what I'm more curious about is your story."
"My story?"
"Yes, because you said before that you were a magical knight, but then a lumberjack, and then a builder. I even doubt what your real job is."
"Hahaha, my son worries about his father's job, haha."
"Well, what do you want to know?"
"I want to know why you stopped being a magical knight."
Upon hearing Satoru's question, his face turned dark and somewhat complicated as he remembered his past. But seeing his son's excited face to hear his story, he couldn't hide it anymore and decided to tell him. However, Satoru realized that his father's expression about this story was strong and not something he'd like to remember. He tried to change the subject, but his father began to tell his story.
"Do you know what my magical power is?"
"Yes, it's magic that allows you to enhance yourself or your companions."
"You're right, son. My magical power allows me to enhance myself or my companions up to three times their power. You can imagine how strong I can be."
"Yes, I have an idea. That's why mom wakes up so tired the next day after you use your magic power, and why you take care of household chores that day."
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The father was surprised to hear his son's words; his face turned red with embarrassment seeing that his son overhears them when they're exercising at night.
"This, Satoru, I..."
"I didn't hear anything, and you didn't hear anything, if no one knows what was said, there's no problem."
Satoru was holding back his laughter from seeing his father's embarrassed face, telling him he overhears their exercise session with his mother at night. Although he was also surprised when he saw his father at that moment, it's not that he likes to spy on others, but six eyes don't help much in this regard.
"Well, continue where you left off, Dad."
*Cough* "Well, as I was saying, I can enhance myself or my companions within a range of approximately 15 meters, depending on how much magic power I use. That's the amount of enhancement I can give."
"Before, I was a good magical knight and managed to fulfill the missions I had, as well as gaining the respect of my companions because I made them strong."
"But as you know, in this society, commoners aren't very appreciated. At first, they treated me well, but upon knowing I was a commoner, many started to discriminate against me. There was a quite strong incident that I don't want to mention, but that moment changed my perspective."
Satoru didn't know what to say; he knew his father was having a painful moment remembering that memory he tries to suppress, but even so, tears started to appear on his face. He tried to hide it from his son when he sat on a log and bowed his head, but Satoru saw the tears.
"I'm a good fighter when facing enemies at close range, but if we add that the enemy is a noble who uses long-distance magic or flies, I have quite a few difficulties. After living through certain situations, I decided to quit being a magical knight."
"I took some time off and started traveling to find peace and overcome that moment. During one of my travels, I arrived here in the village and could feel that peace, joy, and peace that the village emitted. I decided to stay for a few days to relax, but one of those days, the best thing of my life happened."
"I met a beautiful lady who shone brightly like the sun, the sky was perfectly set behind her beautiful figure. She was such a beautiful flower that you wanted to admire forever. I met your mother and fell in love instantly."
Upon remembering his encounter with his mother, his face lit up with a warm and refreshing smile, although it changed to a bit of sadness but then returned to the warm smile. Satoru was curious about the story although he only wanted to know why he stopped being a magical knight, not his romance story with his mother.
"Hahaha, seeing your face, son, I can tell you're curious about the story but also feel some discomfort, isn't it?"
"A bit, yes. Hearing your father's love story isn't very common, to say the least."
"Yes, you're right. Well, the thing is, I fell in love with your mother, although at first, it didn't go so well. There were certain problems, and I almost suffered a severe punishment for flirting with your mother."
"What was the punishment?"
"You almost weren't born."
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Yes, a severe punishment, but everything was sorted out, and now we're happier than ever, leading a simple life with our dear son, who behaves like an adult sometimes or like a mischievous child who is fascinated with sugar."
"Uh, but all that goes to the brain to function well."
"Whatever you say, son."
"Well, changing the subject, father, how about a competition to see who cuts more wood logs?"
"I think that sounds good, on the count of 3."
"1"
"2"
"3"
Father and son started their competition to cut wood, both started quite fast, and within a second, they had cut a large amount of wood. The father used his magical power to be faster at cutting, while Satoru, thanks to his physical condition and the cursed energy, could cut the logs just as fast. They were excited and didn't realize the amount of wood they already had. All this was observed by their mother, who simply stood at the back door of the house watching as her husband and son had a competition.
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"Ugh, not a good competition daddy"
"Yeah, I was pretty surprised you could keep up with me, I thought you were going to fall behind."
"Like you think I wouldn't fall behind."
"Well let's go sell all this wood because if we get a little excited"
"Nah seriously"
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