His answer was simple; he would learn the concept of sovereignty and his path would probably absorb it naturally. After that, he would have to find a way to subdue the other two concepts and advance as a five-concept mage.
He had never heard of anything like this before, so he was lost on how he should subdue his two concepts. Unfortunately, the impulse ended before he found that answer.
When Kayden opened his eyes, he saw thousands of people looking intently at him. Emotions ranged from disdain to contempt. From the side conversations, he heard that he was the only one who didn’t advance. Quickly, a rumor that he was crippled was spread without any reason.
The look on the faces of the teachers who taught Kayden was just one of pity. They saw how hardworking Kayden was and tried to get the most out of every class. Only the unarmed fighting teacher had a genuine smile on his face.
Coldly, he stood up and waited for the dean’s words. Without trembling or expressing any emotion, Kayden stood imposingly with the gaze of more than 10,000 people on him.
"Students, or rather, wizards from the Sol academy," the dean’s voice resounded throughout the grounds. "Congratulations on the successful advancement of all of you. You will have a month of rest before returning to classes. Now, they must pay for the classes and equipment they want to use. Merit points can be obtained through missions." His speech was short and ended abruptly, signaling the end of the school year.
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As soon as Kayden stepped out of the training area, he was flooded with questions from his friends. Linus had managed to advance with 4 concepts and Isaac with three concepts. Heimer and Sarah were together and asked Kayden dozens of questions. The only answer the boy could give was:
"I wasn’t ready yet."
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After a week of vacation, Kayden called a meeting with his subjects. No one but him knew the purpose of this meeting. Since the delivery of the nectar, no one has seen Kayden. This reinforced the rumor that he was unable to advance.
This rumor reached Sarah, but the matter was easily resolved when he said he was just looking for concepts that would take him further.
"You must be wondering why I called you here. I’ll be blunt, I can’t advance to the first realm. I will forever be a wizard." At the dining table with space for almost 50 people, there were only a few seats.
"I don’t want to follow this trash from home anymore!" A blonde girl got up from the table immediately after Kayden spoke. His only response was a neutral look from the boy.
"Anyone who wants to leave without consequences, speak up now. Logically, you will never be able to share the special techniques or pass them on to your descendants." In the next few minutes, practically everyone abandoned Kayden, leaving only 6 people including Luan and Locke. One of them was Sirius.
One of them was Yan Heart. The boy had blue eyes and black hair, a strange combination, but one that looked beautiful on the boy. He had no great talents physically or as a wizard. He was among the worst of the worst in the academy, but if there was one thing he was capable of, it was manipulating money. In recent months, he had been multiplying the amount Kayden gave him, buying houses and setting up stores. The boy was practically a born entrepreneur. His three concepts were as simple as possible and were found through money.
Kayden was no idiot and when he realized this, he placed Yan as administrator of the Heart family’s wealth. The properties were all placed in the family name and, using his count status, Yan was able to get much better deals.
The other was a girl named Rafaela Heart. His hair was blue and so were his eyes. Her white skin contrasted with these two features, forming a beautiful combination. Unlike Yan, she had great magical talent but preferred to work with alchemy. His work needed a huge amount of money to progress, and Kayden provided it. The similarity between Yan and Rafa was that they both worked hard to reach the level they were at, and Kayden helped a lot with that. Their gratitude and honor prevented them from jumping out of the boat, even if it was on fire.
"Very well, now that we’ve cleaned up, we can continue. I’m not incapable of moving forward, I didn’t think it was the right time. The money that others received will now be passed on to Yan to take care of. You should ask Yan. I’m going to spend some time in seclusion. Anything, consult Locke." Kayden trusted the prince enough to be his second in command.
He was hardworking but mostly honest. Kayden saw how he was always willing to help and without asking for anything in return. When Kayden said he was unable to advance a few days ago, the prince took it perfectly well and decided to continue his ties with the Heart house.
After tidying things up inside her house and allowing Rafaela to use some rooms to make a larger laboratory, Kayden decided to return to her meditation. He didn’t know how long it would take, but that didn’t matter at this point.
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Kayden missed the registration period for classes. He didn’t even notice the time passing. The boy stored enough food for 1 year in his room and warned everyone that he was entering a secluded cultivation and should not be disturbed.
Little by little, he felt closer to understanding the concept of sovereignty. Unlike the other concepts, this one resonated with his path easily. The material he was using was books and information provided by the academy.
Most of the people who understood this concept were kings or belonged to the highest level of society, so it was difficult to access information, but nothing that Kayden couldn’t get.
Staying awake 24 hours a day, Kayden no longer felt the need to keep track of time. His cell phone was thrown in a drawer somewhere, the days or hours were the same length for him.
Two months after going into seclusion, Kayden left when he received an urgent call from Heimer. As soon as he went up to the kitchen, he saw his friends waiting for him.
"Kayden....your master has died" was a simple sentence, but one that carried great weight. Kayden was first taken aback in disbelief and then asked for more details.
"It is not known how he died, they found his dead body in his room, the kingdom is still investigating, but this caused a wave of fear throughout society, as this event means that there is someone loose capable of killing people in the fourth kingdom easily ."
The funeral was scheduled to take place at 2 pm. Kayden was a little sad, but nothing too deep. He respected his master as a man and teacher. He would pay due respects as a disciple.
A few hours later, he left the house in the smartest outfit money could buy. The event would take place in the Alchemy Tower itself, so Kayden took the opportunity to walk around and get some sun.
"Look who we have here?" Kayden saw three boys standing in front of him. Their leader had red hair very similar to the person he cruelly beat up early last year.
Kayden wasn’t going to respond, but he saw the leader charge toward him like a bull. Without thinking, he utilized his path to the fullest and put distance between them. Kayden wasn’t crazy about facing three wizards.
Before he could take two steps back, he tripped over a tree vine that appeared out of nowhere. Within seconds, she wrapped herself tightly around his body. Even breaking the tree, it managed to grow a little more.
BOOOM!
A thunderbolt from Zeus fell heavily on the first wizard who came close. They were not someone with four concepts and one path, so they received very heavy injuries and fell unconscious to the ground. Kayden’s bad luck was that he wasn’t controlling the vines.
There was no time and the redhead punched Kayden in the face and began to punch the boy’s entire body mercilessly. The beating took a few seconds as Kayden gathered mana for another beam.
Even under the pain of being beaten, he was still thinking about what to do. To try to buy time, the boy tried to threaten both of them.
"If you keep this up I’ll kill you one day or another, I promise." His response was just a laugh. Within a few minutes, he mustered the strength to unleash another Zeus bolt that fell directly onto the vine wizard. Once again he caught his opponent completely off guard.
With a thud, another body fell to the ground, leaving only the red-haired leader hitting Kayden. The problem was that now Kayden was no longer able to throw another Zeus bolt. His strength was quite weakened. It would take twice as long to gather strength again. His body was tied with a piece of iron this time, making it impossible for him to move again.
"If you don’t help them soon, they will end up dying." His speech fell on deaf ears. The humiliation that the redhead suffered was recorded in his mind. The resentment was too great for him to stop now.