The meeting was supposed to be held for many days. However it  had ended earlier by Hayden Greenriver and Ian Page, who thought of everything and not by Ragnar as everyone had expected.
âYour highness.â
âOh, Captain. You should have seen it!â
With the Crown Princeâs happy face, Oliver was relieved. He as well, was very nervous about this meeting.
âI smashed the councilâŠ.. Khmmm, before this, letâs get some wines and start my story. We havenât enjoyed it for a while, right? And letâs tour this city for a bit. We donât always have a chance to come Demidera, do we?â
The Crown Prince looked at Ian and Oliver. As he said, when would be the next chance to play around? Ian nodded his head, and Oliver remained silent but with a positive attitude.
âHahaha! Good. Ian, you are almost an adult, arenât you? I will teach you how to drink like a real man, real men has special waâŠâŠâ
âThe Crown Prince, your highness.â
While the Crown Prince was thinking about alcohol, Ragnar, who hadnât a single chance to speak  and was supposed to be the main hero of the council, approached  the Crown Prince.
He smiled a fake smile.
âWhat.â
âIt was outstanding. Today, your little brother learnt many thingsâ
Even with the cold response from the Crown Prince, Ragnar complimented him. He  controlled his facial expression very well. Today, however, he couldnât truly hide his real emotions perfectly.
âHis mouth is smiling, but his mind is not smiling.â
Not only Ian, but the Crown Prince felt same way.
âThis is good.â
It was first time he defeated Ragnar, and its excitement was unspeakably good.
His old hatred was mostly solved by this event.
âNo more bad feelings, as well.â
During normal days, whenever the Crown Prince met the other princes, especially Ragnar, he felt a pressure that squeezed his heart. However, at the moment he felt nothing.
âThatâs strange.â
Although the Crown Prince didnât know that the feeling he used to feel was in fact, inferiority. However, this time, he wasnât inferior to Ragnar anymore. Hence, he hadnât felt the bad feeling.
âMaybe itâs because I feel good today?â
After he made a brief conclusion, he laughed loudly.
While tapping Ragnarâs arm, he replied warmly.
âHaha! Thatâs good to hear, brother.â
Thanks to his response, Ragnarâs hatred was  growing bigger. The pitiful Crown Prince used to growl at him with inferiority. Thus, every time Ragnar saw his struggling, he felt good. It made him feel superior. However, this time was different.
âYou, too, eh⊠whatâs it called again? Ah yes! Practice! Always practice, and train yourself! AndâŠ. Whatever, do your best. Do you understand?â
Ragnar now lost his smile completely.
He barely prevented himself in making his angry face.
He didnât expect to hear such bullshit from the Crown Prince.
His pride was shattering.
âFuck!â
After re-managing his face, Ragnar turned his face away. If he kept on seeing that idiotâs face, he wouldnât able to calm his mind anymore.
âItâs all that bratâs fault.â
He now looked at Ian.
The very existence who made him the most uncomfortable right now.Son of a bitch!
âThat bastard ruined everythingâŠ!â
Ragnar ground his tooth.The Crown Prince, the knight who protected that idiot, and the mage who helped that idiot,
âI will make all of them regret it. I swearâ.
Regardless of Ragnarâs feeling, the Crown Prince was excited about tonightâs party. He intended it.
âOk ok, Letâs have fun! We will blow away all the tiredness from last week. Oliver, you too, relax and enjoy tonight. Donât be too strict, okay? Ian, you too, you will be adult soon soâŠ. Ah, did I already tell you this?â
While the Crown Prince was getting more excited,
âAnyway, soâŠ. Huh?â
Ianâs body started turn. The Crown Prince was the first one who noticed that change. Soon, most of the people recognized Ianâs change. Not only Oliver and Ragnar, but also Greenriverâs embassy and its guards who were standing far away saw the change.
âI, Ian? Whatâs going on? Your bodyâŠ..â
Precisely, Ianâs body started to blur. At the beginning, his body blurred slightly, but as time goes by, his body started to blur more severely.
âI guess itâs my limit.â
âLimit? What do you mean?â
(ED Note: Until now I completely forgot he was a puppetâŠDue to me not releasing for so longâŠ)
The Crown Prince couldnât understand what he was saying.
Limit? What limit?
What did he mean?
âI apologize, but I think we better enjoy the party at the Royal Palace.â
âSo what do you meanâŠ..â
âI will tell you in detail,â
Soon, his face started to blur, hence, his voice started to blur as well.
âAt the Royal PalaâŠâŠ.â
Ianâs body disappeared like a mirage.
When everyone was caught in the embarrassment,
The Tower Lord opened his mouth.
His voice was quite different than normal.
It was full of nervousness.
âA, an image? So he had been an image for a whileâŠ?â
He murmured like a mad man, and everyone could hear his voice.
He completely lost his mind.
âThere is no such image spell in existenceâŠ..â
In his understanding, it was impossible. Mirror Image only allowed its caster to make a puppet that canât do anything but  stand. He hadnât seen nor heard about a puppet that can talk, move, cast spells, and last for a week.
âSo all the plans we had preparâŠ.â
Due to his mind being lost, it lead him to say things until Ragnar pulled the Tower Lordâs robe quietly. Thanks to that, he woke up from his disoriented (delusion?), and quickly  shut his mouth.
âSo all the plans we had prepared were made into playthings,â
Unbelievable puppet magic.
Although it was unbelievable, everyone saw it with their own eyes.
It was some kind of new magic that he didnât know.
âBy his puppet magic?â
Literally, their plan was âplayedâ by Ianâs puppet. The Tower Lord had thought himself as âThe peak of magicâ, but he was made a plaything of by that youngster, Ian Pageâs puppet magic.
ââŠâŠâ
The Tower Lord Habert lost his words.
His pride was stomped.
He had passed around 70 years old.
He never felt such shame in his life.
âHahahaâŠ..â
Many people were watching him.
He couldnât laugh out loudly.
But the way the Tower Lord laughed was weird.
His laugh was uncanny. It was based on something that came from his deep ego, âmadnessâ.
âMy lord. This is the document plan about rebuilding the border village. Please read it and tell us any things to fiâŠâŠâ
âNothing.â
âPardon?â
It was the basement gymnasium of the Pieric province castle.
More than 10 days had passed since Ian became unconsciousness by the Puppet Play spell. However, the great land lord and his best warriors were still fully armored. Except the moment when they ate or went for the toilet, they kept protecting the gymnasium by rotation.
âHow many times do I have to tell you? I gave you authority to make any decision for a while, didnât I tell you before?â
âB, butâŠâ
âUnless you dared to sneakily create personal benefits.â
The great landlord Kalian re-grabbed his axes quietly. By its threatening scenery, the middle aged secretary was surprised
âP, personal benefit? Why do you talk like that to meâŠ..â
âI know, I know. I know you can be trusted. Anyway, support the rebuilding project as much as we can. If it is still not enough, use money from my family cache. Do you copy?â
âY, yes my lord.â
âThen go back. I need to protect my benefactor.â
Ian Page, the benefactor of the province.
It was the true honor and responsibility to accomplish his benefactorâs favor. Although it was getting longer than he thought, but it was a part of it.
âZzzzâŠ. PhewâŠâŠ!â
Not everyone was armored and awake like Kalian and his warriors. Mary, who sat next to Ian, was sleeping deeply.
âZzzâŠ..â
âMaâam Mary.â
âPhewâŠ.â
âMaâam Mary.â
âHuhâŠ.?â
Mary opened her eye.
âEhik!â
As her costume magic was dispelled, she made weird shouting.
âSirâŠ. Ian?â
âLong time no see.â
âY, you awake?
âAs you can see.â
Ian was still lying down.
He couldnât move his body.
He hadnât moved his body for more than ten days.
Although he minimized his bodily cycles with the help of magic, but it wasnât be perfect though.
âYou okayâŠ.. Right?â
âIt seems I have some problems at the moment. I feel a headache, I canât move and most of all,â
Ian paused for a moment.
Soon he opened his mouth.
âMy stomach.â
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âHuh? Your stomach? Do you feel a stomach ache?â
âNo, Iâm feeling hungry.â
He never said to someone that he was hungry, except for his mother. However he couldnât bear it anymore. Even a mage couldnât perfectly control their bodily cycle.