I Just Want A Peaceful Life Chapter 4
Advertisement
The following day, Angus arrived in front of one of the rooms inside the mansion. This room will become his study room for the next three years until he goes into the royal academy.
Arriving in front of the room, 'Huft… I hope I didn't get any weird teachers. Well, at least I could learn the one called magic besides the books.' thought Angus.
Although Angus wants to hide his real strength, he is still interested in magic. For Angus, who never knew the existence of magic in his past life, he finds magic is a marvelous thing that could contradict some physics and his past common sense.
Because of this, he wants to learn magic. But, magic itself is a complicated subject that not everyone can do it. Only a talented and hard-working person could do it.
*Knock* *knock* After knocking on the door, he hears a pleasant female sound from the inside, "Come in."
Angus immediately enters the room and sees a young woman in a strict teaching uniform that gives the vibe 'I am a teacher'. The woman is quite beautiful and tall with deep blue hair.
But, he knows behind her petty figure hidden an aura of a skilled fighter that is already through many life-death situations. He confirmed it by how she positions herself and her entire body language.
Before he could think further, "Done admiring? If yes, hurry to your seat, Mr. Young Master." Said the blue-haired woman in a sarcastic tone.
Without saying anything, Angus immediately went back to his lazy expression and sat at his seat.
After Angus took his seat, *sigh* "Well, my name is Andria Cobalt. I will tutor you for the next three years until you enter the royal academy." she looks disappointed by Angus's previous behavior.
Advertisement
After that, she immediately began her lesson. In summary, she teaches Angus some common knowledge about this world. From Andria's explanation, Angus found a lot of hidden dangers behind his everyday peaceful life.
One of them is the danger of monster hordes. Unlike in Angus's past life, the world he resides called Firuman, inhabited by many races and other living beings besides the human race.
But the most dangerous one is the monster, a being corrupted from miasma, which is also called corrupted mana. The monster tends to go berserk and seek the only destruction of civilization.
As for the reason behind this phenomenon, nobody could uncover it from ancient times. The only possible explanation is from the myth where a powerful evil god corrupted some beast into a monster through miasma and sought the destruction of civilization.
Fortunately, other civilized races are also not so weak just to be destroyed by a monster horde. They could utilize mana to protect themselves and fight back against the monster horde.
As time goes on, both the monster side and civilized races begin into stalemate situations. But, the danger of monster hordes still exists as they grow stronger and increase their number over time.
On the other hand, the civilized races could only pass down their mantle to the younger ones after growing at a certain age or slowly cutting down monster numbers.
Still, this kind of problem will only happen in the future for him to worry. Instead, he worries about his matters about the so-called politics between the nobles. If he is not careful enough, he may get stabbed in the back by other nobles.
Angus knows precisely how dangerous humans can be from his experience. Although he already decides to leave this matter to his brothers as the heir, he still needs to be careful around the noble society.
Advertisement
Fortunately, Angus's rank as noble is not tiny as the son of the duke. Basically, not many dare to stab him or try to 'use' him openly.
A few days later, Angus was called into the training ground by Andria for physical training. Because of the monster horde threat, all the people in the kingdom have learned some sort of self-defense since childhood, especially the noble one.
Since Angus wants to hide his real strength, he tries to put on a façade that makes him look like he has average physical strength.
The moment Andria tries to push him further than a normal average kid could do, Angus immediately stops his exercise and looks at her silently.
Angus looks at teacher Andria silently with an expression like mocking her, 'Are you a retard? To push me to do this?'.
Occasionally, he immediately leaves the training area while making excuses, "I am sorry, teacher. I need to go to the bathroom for a while."
Many times Andria tries to punish him for that. But Angus always gives the same excuse to go to the bathroom before going for hours. Then, he will be found falling asleep below the shade of a tree in the nearby garden.
Because Angus is also the son of duke Jacob, Andria cannot do anything too excessive about him besides tolerate his behavior. Even after she reported this matter to the duke himself, she only got a reply as let him be since he was still a child.
As time goes by, Andria gives up trying to push Angus training harder during the physical exercise. Fortunately, Angus was interested in magic, so Andria still could tolerate his lazy behavior.
Many young nobles also prefer the magician's path since the magician is positioned at the backline in battle. This way, they are safer than other combatants who fight on the front line.
'Hm… he also will not go further in this magician path because his mana is quite low and his mind power to construct magic circles is almost below average.' thought Andria as she looked at her students who tried to cast simple fire-based spells.
Andria will never think Angus planned all of this to give him the impression of a weak, spoiled noble son who is very lazy. Still, it is also true that Angus' mana and mind power are below average since he didn't increase them during the past few years.
Because of the status panel, he could monitor his growth rather than use it to improve further. He used it to make it stagnant.
Few years after finding out how the system works, Angus knows that doing specific actions continuously, such as training or reading books, will increase his status.
Reading books will increase his intelligence which will increase his speed to construct magic spells. So, Angus uses most of his time pretending to read books while he is just sleeping or goofing off.
He did all of this hassle because he learns he will be tested with a machine that will roughly calculate his body strength and mind power in the royal academy. Knowing this, he immediately planned to stagnate his growth by doing his daily routine carefully.
'Hmm… not too bad' as Angus looked at his status panel.
Host: Angus Victory
Age: 5 Years Old
MP: 5/10
Strength: 3
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 4
Vitality: 5
Soul Point: 31
Advertisement
- In Serial59 Chapters
A Gentleman's Curse: Arc 2
Moving forward from his past wasn't easy and the world of magic he has accepted continues to be drawn deeper and deeper into turmoil. Finally turning of age, the Mage Academy and all it holds awaits Damien, ready to turn his expectations upside down while the ones he loves must decide what it is they want in life. This is the second Arc of my series. Find the first part at https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15983/a-gentlemans-curse. The unedited versions of these chapters are also up there after chapter 27, if you can't wait for the edits, and I will be posting my edits there and here. I'm making this in an attempt to separate the two arcs in the future, and pave an expectation for arc three later this winter. Thanks for your support!
8 170 - In Serial26 Chapters
Aether: The World Inside a Dream
Aether is the name given to the world inhabited by creatures and objects once dreamed by humans. It's a weird universe, but still intriguing and full of mysteries that connect to the real world. Kazuki, a typical high school student who loves games and has a bit of hesitation towards girls, but a flaring libido, gains irregular access to this world, and RPG powers. His entry into this place is sure to change forever his life, as well as the fate of the entire universe. Update: (Paused, I'll will focus on another website in my native language, then maybe I come back here. If you want to follow there: https://kiniga.com/projeto/aether-o-mundo-em-um-sonho/) Note: I'm not english, so the story may have grammatical errors. I'll fix it whenever I'm made aware of them.
8 189 - In Serial200 Chapters
PERFECT SECRET LOVE: THE BAD NEW WIFE IS A LITTLE SWEET (Part One)
Before her rebirth, she was in love with someone else, bent on escaping him, and hates him deep to his bones.After her rebirth, she looked at the beauty on the bed, seriously thinking, why did she deny such beauty and his love.In her past life, her mind was muddled. She tried to get rid of the outstandingly beautiful husband that she didn't want, was victimized by slag men and cheap women, and her most trusted friend brainwashed her. In the end, she found herself isolated and alone.In this lifetime, all of the evil people scheming and longing to destroy her should yield. Sorry but this young miss's IQ is on the line this time!
8 241 - In Serial10 Chapters
The Mischief of Rats
Dru is being hunted. Hunted like a rat through the bowels of the space station. He needs to find out what Commander Goul has done to all the kids that have gone missing. Tired, cold and so terribly hungry, the inside of a decaying hulk is no place for a ten year old. But he has to go on. He has to find his best friend, Gar, or die trying.
8 122 - In Serial11 Chapters
The Kingdom of Ilcor
Every child of Ilcor must go through four trials to be accepted into society. The first trial at the age of 7 is retrieving a dragon egg from the dragon's haven.Second trial at the age of 12 is to swim to the bottom of a lake and outsmart or outriddle a magic clam. Once consumed, its pearl will grant you unique powers and you become a mage. Third trial at the age of 16 is going to a steaming hot wasteland and made to fight beasts and each other with weapons you find on the field. Those who succeed become knights and skilled in the weapons they chose. At the age of 18 you must complete a quest within the job you wanted and if you manage to pass and complete this quest you become a commoner working in that field. However if you fail all trials you are exiled from the kingdom. These people are outcasts and often become pirate or thieves. Follow Jasper as he begins his new life as a mage. First uploaded to: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/3377
8 168 - In Serial6 Chapters
Grazing the Sky
Aspiring musician Lance awakes one night to hear a voice. Someone warning him of danger to come. Someone telling him to start running, now. Lance has no choice but to shrug off the event as something of his own imagination, but upon falling unconscious, he is kidnapped and injected with deadly cells from a race kept hidden from humans, a race kept secret. Zidane is a crossbreed of Razalek and Spiro, a breathing hybrid that shouldn't exist. There's too much hatred between the races; there's too much bad blood in his veins. But he needs to save Lance's life. He has too much death on his hands already. However, Lance isn't so easy to trust him. So, with a question, he's teleported into Zidane's mind and introduced to a world of magic, racism, and everlasting love. Memory by memory plays, giving Lance answers to his question. Giving him every reason to trust.He has no choice, after all. [THIS NOVEL CONTAINS SWEARING, VIOLENCE, & ABUSE] [Written from 2010 - 2017]
8 186

