I Don’t Want To Court Death!

Yang Yang woke up and screamed. He looked around and saw that he was on a bed. Princess Jasmine was sleeping beside his bed with her head at the edge of it. 

 

"That...that was a dream, right?" He huffed and puffed, terror in his voice. "No. That was real. That happened. For me to make a connection with her, that must mean that every time I get closer to death, I will see her." 

 

Yang Yang removed the blanket and got up from his bed. He woke up the princess and she began apologizing. It took half-an-hour before he could calm her and convinced her to leave his room. Once she left, he sat back on his bed. 

 

"In that 'dream,' there was a army of demonic and ghostly beings behind her. Damn it. In ten years she managed to amass an army that large! If I don't reach godhood soon, she'll wipe out this world and capture me. There's also those two creatures that are coming here. That grand spell formation will definitely keep her and that army for a thousand years, but those guys will reach here in less than three-hundred years." 

 

Yang Yang rolled around his bed. A knocking on his door stopped his rolling. He got up, opened the door, and saw the large-nosed Old Butler Reed. 

 

"Senior Reed, please come in." 

 

"No need, child." Old Butler Reed handed him a letter. "Read this quickly. I'll be on my way now. Play carefully with the princess next time." 

 

Yang Yang closed the door after Old Butler Reed left. He lifted the seal and read the letter. 

 

"On the account that you awakened a grimoire of Life Magic, one of the three-thousand ancient magics, you are assigned to be the student of the kingdom's chief doctor and foremost magus in Life Magic, Stone Cliff. You are still assigned as a butler of Princess Ivory Jasmine, but you will spend most of your time to be taught by Chief Doctor Stone. For the first three months, you are spend your entire time in the Department of Medicine and Health. You to are report to the department as soon as possible. Princess Jasmine has been informed of your studentship to Chief Doctor Stone. Best wishes, Department of Medicine and Health." 

 

He put away the letter and dressed in his butler attire before leaving to the Department of Health and Medicine. In an hour, he arrived at the department. 

 

The Department of Medicine and Health took over an entire region of forty-thousand squared kilometers. There were many structures and facilities in the region, but only the public hospital was available for any person to go in. Yang Yang entered the hospital and gave his letter to a nearby guard, who took the letter and lead him to a teleportation spell formation. 

 

He stepped in there and, within a few seconds, he arrived at the lobby of another facility. There were no windows in this facility, suggesting to him that this was either one of the department's most secretive facility or an underground facility. Perhaps it was both. 

 

"AHHH!!!!" Yang Yang turned his head and saw a facility staff member looking at him while running. "What the hell are you doing here? Hurry up and run!" 

 

A yellow fog could be seen behind his back, and with the fog was a pungent smell. Yang Yang gagged when he breathe in and resorted to breathe through his mouth. The yellow fog moved as quickly as the wind and quickly consumed the staff member, who started crying. Yang Yang saw the staff member inhaled the gas.

 

Then to his horror, he heard the staff member let out an earth-shattering, heaven-shaking sound from his behind. He collapsed in the stinky, yellow fog. The yellow fog converged around the staff member's behind, as though it was eating something. 

 

"No way..."  The yellow fog then started to advance forward, heading right toward him. Yang Yang applied a speed-type spell below his feet and ran with all his might. "What kind of sadist made that abomination!?" 

 

Suddenly a voice appeared behind him. "Oi, I'm not a sadist. Mistakes were made, okay?" 

 

A small glass jar appeared before the yellow fog. The yellow fog stopped and began to retreat as though it was afraid of the jar, but then a suction force came out of the jar and took the yellow gas in. A hand appeared and sealed the jar. 

 

“My Fart Fog Beast slipped out of my hand for a moment. Oi, you’re new. Are you suppose to be the new kid, Yang Yang?”

 

......

 

Within the imperial palace, Princess Jasmine was sitting on a chair in her room. She was sitting with her legs and arms crossed, and her eyes were covered by her long hair. She hung her head. 

 

“Your highness, Yang Yang has entered the Department of Medicine and Health. He has been assigned as a student to the Medicine-Health Minster.”

 

The princess remained silent. 

 

“Apparently, he will be spending three months there.” 

 

The princess remaind silent again. 

 

“I heard from other people that his apprenticeship will be for as long as six years.” 

 

The silence continued. The maids stood still; cold sweat slid down their forehead. Seconds seemed like minutes; minutes seemed like hours. The silence was crushing them like a mountain. The maids were unsure of how much time passed until the princess spoke up. 

 

“So he won’t be by me forever, huh?”

 

The princess emitted a purple aura and caused all the maids to kneel. A black grimoire with the image of a purple mammoth floated above the princess’ head. Although the maids were at a higher magus level than the princess, the rank of her grimoire was far greater than the rank of the maids’ grimoires. 

 

Princess Jasmine raised her head, revealing eyes of dark purple that were borderline black. A faint roar could be heard from the grimoire. 

 

“Treason. Treason. Treason. Treason. Defying the princess is treason.” The maids kept their body low to the ground and held their breath. 

 

“To be assigned, not recommended. That means that my royal father had him leave me. Fine, so be it. However, I refuse to not know what he’s up to for three months.” The princess turned toward the maids and stood up. “Go. Send spy to the Department of Medicine and Health. I want to be able to see Yang Yang within these next three months, whether or not he could see me. Go now!”

 

The maids left the room and Princess Jasmine sat back down on her chair. The darkness in her eyes remained. She raised her hand and her grimoire drifted down into it.

 

”He promised, didn’t he? My Yang Yang is such a liar.” She hugged her grimoire and jumped onto her bed. Her face flushed, but her eyes grew increasing colder. “Without him, there really is nothing fun.” 

 

She twirled her hair, and then removed a strand of her white hair. She muttered magic and turned the color of the hair from white to red. The red hair tied around her wrist and it became a bracelet. 

 

“Ah, I’m so glad I increased my magus level. If I didn’t upgraded my Night Mammoth Grimoire, I wouldn’t have have the Star-Seer spell. Ah, my Yang Yang. For as long as I dream, I will see you. For as long as I am awake, I will spy on you. One day, you will see my love for you because it is from the stars.” 

 

The princess laid laid down on the bed and began sleeping with a smile on her face.