My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

12 – Ultimate Magic (5)

Fortunately, the magic that I created over a period of several hours seems to have succeeded.

As if to prove him, the monster mountain that had been in front of his eyes until just now has been erased without leaving a trace.

I used my magic well in the direction I wanted, and I also accomplished my goal of annihilating Masu Mountain.

‘It’s garbage magic that can never be used again…’

But I didn’t feel very good.

Because the magic I just used was such a bad spell.

It can be powerful enough to blow down a whole mountain like that, so why is it so weak? You may think that, but in fact, there are many problems behind that magic.

Of course, I acknowledged the fact that it was powerful. The magic I just used might be even stronger than the strongest skill a hero can use, the liberation of the holy sword, in terms of power alone.

‘I expected it, but it doesn’t have any practicality.’

But then what? The important thing is that this magic has absolutely no practicality.

In the end, actual combat is important, and from the aspect of actual combat, it is safe to say that this magic is full of flaws when viewed as combat magic. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s third-rate… No, fourth-rate if it’s classified as combat magic.

The reason I’m giving such a harsh evaluation is because there are too strict conditions to use this magic.

‘There are no idiots who would stand still and receive this kind of magic.’

First of all, aside from the fact that it costs an awful lot of mana, the biggest weakness of this magic is that it takes a really long time to cast.

Extraordinary magic that requires memorizing a spell for at least an hour. When I am memorizing a spell like this, the enemy never stays still.

They’re probably trying to get rid of the wizard. If not, they will try to evade the magic itself. In that respect, it can be seen that there is no practicality at all.

‘The preparations must be prepared unconditionally.’

In addition, as a preparation, there must be stones floating in the sky that can be dropped.

In the first place, the essence of this magic is that I control and drop stones floating in the sky with magic.

So, if there is no stone in the sky nearby, it cannot be dropped. It’s a magic that can’t even be used.

‘It’s embarrassing…’

It’s embarrassing to call it magic.

It would be more correct to call this magic a technique called magic.

No matter how much you think about it, it’s a magic you’ll never use again.

“Wow… Xerath… You’re amazing…!”

But Lucy didn’t seem to think so. She looked up at me and let her twinkling eyes shine.

It was a slightly burdensome look, as if facing God.

Why do I see such sparkling eyes while looking at such flawed magic? I honestly didn’t understand.

“This isn’t that great…”

“What are you talking about? To be able to drop stones like that from the sky is completely fraudulent magic. With this ability, you can destroy an empire if you set your mind to it?”

Of course, after listening to Lucy, I can understand her attitude a little. If she puts her mind to what she said, I might be able to destroy the empire.

However, that’s nothing special. Again, the important thing was practicality, and no matter how you think about it, it’s a very unfortunate magic when you look at it from the aspect of actual magic.

‘Because the warrior party guys didn’t like this kind of magic.’

By the way, what I am claiming now is absolutely not empty words.

Right now, even in the warrior party, which was my former colleague, whenever I used magic, it responded that it was not satisfied. My magic wasn’t given a good rating because it wasn’t practical.

If an unknown adventurer gave me such an evaluation, I would doubt the authenticity of the words, but if no one else but experts like the warrior party gave such an evaluation, wouldn’t they be right?

To be honest, I’m doing well, but it’s not like they’re deliberately putting me down, right? No matter how you think about it, there was no reason for them to do that.

“… Ok. Thanks. Let’s go home.”

“Yes…! Xerath.”

Anyway, so I couldn’t brag about it to Lucy.

If I boast to Lucy, who is ignorant of magic, with just this kind of magic, it would be like bragging to an academy elementary school student that she knows how to do math in high school.

For now, I just have to wait for it to be quietly forgotten. I have no doubt that it will soon be forgotten anyway.

# # #

The day after I got rid of Masusan, I thought I would simply be forgotten, but unfortunately, my expectations were completely wrong.

“Wow…! There was a rumor that the wizard did it last night. Is it true?”

“This is a much more powerful wizard than I thought.”

“Wizard hyung, you’re really cool. When I grow up, I want to become a very great, strong, and amazing wizard like you.”

As soon as I woke up in the morning, the residents of the whole kingdom rushed to my house.

And they give me this and that as a gift and express their gratitude to me over and over again. It seems that rumors about what happened yesterday have already spread.

What the hell is this? I feel a bit ashamed to say that I used some useless magic, to receive so many compliments and gifts from the residents of the kingdom.

“Hey… Xerath. The King wants to see Xerath.”

That alone is quite a daunting situation, but it wasn’t the only one.

A lady-in-waiting from the royal castle who can be seen among the people, she called me.

It seemed that the King had something to do with me about this.

Is the king calling me about this? Anticipating that, I went to the royal castle.

“Xeras-sama. I heard the story. They said you got rid of Masu Mountain.”

“hahahaha… Not that great…”

“No. Thank you very much. On behalf of the people of the kingdom, thank you very much.”

As expected, my prediction was not wrong. The King continued to thank me for the work.

The way he bowed his head and expressed his sincere thanks to me was, as expected, quite burdensome.

“No. I’m done hahahaha… Let’s go.”

At a time like this, it would be best to run away quickly. It was time for me to return home as soon as possible after receiving such a thank you.

“More than that, Mr. Xerath. The reason I called you this time is to express my gratitude, but I came because I have something to tell Mr. Xerath.”

“Yeah…? What are you talking about?”

“I intend to step down as king soon and leave this place.”

“Yes…?”

The King of the Alprada Kingdom said something quite shocking to me.

Are you suddenly going to destroy the kingdom that was running fine? Is that the king of a country…?

I couldn’t help but be surprised because these words were never to be taken lightly.

“What do you mean by that?”

“No big deal… I just want to make my dream come true before it’s too late.”

I asked him why, and the king told me the reason with a bitter expression.

‘I somehow managed to live and become the king of the kingdom, but my past dream was to be an adventurer.’

‘This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I want to travel around this continent after I retire, when I’m a little bit bubbly.’

‘Lucy is also her old age, so she can be left to her. I’ll probably run the country brilliantly.’

He said he had a dream. When he was young and eloquent, he said he wanted to be an adventurer.

Although he couldn’t do it to inherit the will of his family, he always keeps that dream in his heart.

That’s why I couldn’t give up on that dream, and it was a story about wanting to achieve that dream once before it’s too late.

“Hmm…”

I had nothing to say after hearing such a story. Before he was the king of a country, he was also a man, so chasing his dreams is not an act to be condemned.

And there’s also an heir named Lucy, so it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. His words made a lot of sense, and I nodded his head thinking so.

“So please. Sir Xerath, please marry Lucy and lead the country together.”

“Kek… Kek…”

However, I couldn’t help but be properly taken aback by what the king said.

Suddenly asking me to marry Lucy, no matter how I think about it, these words were the most shocking words I’ve heard this year.

“Zeras, are you okay?”

“Ah.. Yes…”

Thanks to those shocking words, I coughed for a while, and after a while, I was able to breathe properly.

“Are you… Serious?”

“Yes. Seriously. Seriously, I’m asking Master Xerath if he will marry my daughter.”

Somehow my throat calmed down, but my heart still didn’t calm down.

I had no choice but to ask the king again. I questioned him to ascertain whether he really asked me to marry Lucy or whether he was making fun of me.

To my question, the king answered yes with a rather serious expression. It seems that what the king said to me was sincere without any wavering.

“…”

That’s why I had no choice but to think a little more seriously about those words.

It is absolutely not a question that can be answered carelessly, so I gave my answer to the king only after thinking it through.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry to tell you this, but I have no intention of marrying anyone right now. Princess Lucy is a very attractive woman… But that’s my problem.”

I declined with the utmost courtesy. Also, I had no intention of marrying anyone.

In the end, marriage was a matter that had to be carefully considered and decided. It was a job that a man in a state of being able to take responsibility for his woman had to do.

But I am not a man like that. Right now I have several problems. The biggest was his status as a criminal in the empire.

At least until I solved that problem, marriage was still too much for me.

“I see…”

Hearing my answer, the king smiled bitterly.

However, he smiled again and made another suggestion.

“Then, when Lucy becomes queen, would you like to assume the role of chancellor of the kingdom? She will ask.”

This time, it was his request that she become the chancellor of the kingdom.

Marriage Proposal with Lucy Next is the Chancellor’s Proposal…? It was the king who once again made a difficult proposal to me.

“…”

To be honest, I wanted to say no to this too.

Anyway, suddenly becoming the kingdom’s prime minister was such a high and responsible position that I didn’t know if I could do it.

“I understand. Since you said that, I can’t refuse. However, I will accept the position as long as it does not harm the kingdom. If I am not good at the Prime Minister’s work, or because of my past, If it causes damage to the kingdom, I will immediately resign as chancellor.”

Still, it was a bit like refusing twice.

I am the king of Alprada Kingdom, to which I owe no one else, but I had to make an effort to try. Because that’s polite

Also, her Lucy is crowned her queen, and as her friend, I wanted to help her. I don’t know if her ability will reach her, but it was my heart that I wanted to use her strength.

In the end, for those reasons, I accepted the chancellor’s position.

“hahahaha. You sound like Mr. Xerath. Thank you. Mr. Xerath. Thanks to you, I can leave safely. No, now I should call you the Prime Minister of the kingdom.”

As soon as I received the Prime Minister’s seat, the King smiled contentedly and took my hands.

“I have an eye for people, and I’m sure the Prime Minister will do well. Please take good care of our Lucy. Prime Minister. Please take good care of our kingdom.”

With the king’s congratulations, I became the kingdom’s prime minister.