Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent

Chapter 190:

Chapter 190 Decision

A heavy silence weighed down on us.

“Um…”

Princess Diana, the true master of the vampires, was sitting on her throne, nodding off. 

I was dying of boredom as I waited in front of her.

But it wasn’t boredom that caused her drowsiness.

It was pain.

I let out a sigh. 

I had been standing here for 30 hours already. 

It was no wonder I felt miserable.

Finally, her secretary broke the silence.

“Your Highness.”

“Hmm… Huh?”

Diana finally woke up with a yawn. 

She opened her sleepy eyes, straightened her posture, and shook her head. 

By the third time, she looked like a completely different person.

The secretary spoke calmly.

“We need to make a decision soon. Flan’s growth is alarming, and we have suffered quite a lot. .”

“Damage?”

“Yes. The officers survived, but they were not unscathed. The status of the vampires…”

“Oh, forget it.”

Diana waved her hands as if she didn’t need to hear more.

“Talking about status is foolish.”

Her eyes became sharper.

“Yes, it’s foolish no matter how you think about it.”

“What?”

“Tyra.”

Tyra. 

The secretary’s name. 

He bowed his head as soon as he heard his name.

“Have you ever feared humans?”

“I can confidently say that I never have.”

“What about the elves in the center of the continent? Or the beastmen in the outskirts?”

“Whatever you mention, I will answer the same. I only fear and follow you, Your Highness.”

“Right. Of course you do.”

“Yes. But why all of a sudden…”

“Flow.”

Diana lifted the wine glass that was on her right side of the throne. 

The transparent glass was filled with blood, not wine.

“We need to see the flow, Tyra.”

She tapped the throne with her fingertip, and a light descended into the void. 

A large map unfolded there.

“Let’s take a look together.”

Diana swirled the glass, and the blood inside moved freely and painted the map.

“Verkel, Great Forest, Academy.”

She drew lines on the continent like dividing meat parts. She paused for a moment and blinked twice. Then she resumed painting the blood.

“Right. Maybe we should mark the Tower too. The Tower.”

She finished marking everything and held the glass with satisfaction. 

The princess’s smile was reflected in the blood.

“Hehehe. It was worth watching.”

“Your Highness?”

“Tyra.”

“Yes.”

“Look. The situation has become so interesting.”

The secretary saw the princess’s boundary lines that separated the continents.

“The knights were dominant in the human realm, but Flan has increased the influence of magic significantly. Right?”

“Yes. His influence is still growing.”

“But the knights won’t sit still either. The tension will rise to a point where they need to expand in a different way…”

The secretary nodded quietly.

“The Tower blocks the way. It will be easy to interact with other races, and their power will grow accordingly.”

“Exactly.”

Diana nodded.

“I said status is not important for this reason. It’s limited to brainwash the noble and the handsome. What matters is how much power you have.”

“Yes. You are right.”

“How strong you are, how wide your power distribution is… We need to consider that. What do you think will happen if we take over the Academy and the Tower now?”

“Ah, we can absorb their momentum. We can cover the continent in a very short time.”

“No, no… Tyra.”

Diana sloshed the liquid in the glass.

“That’s focusing on the near things. We need to look at the far things.”

“I was short-sighted.”

“Think about it, Tyra. Flan is someone who has a clear conviction and doesn’t get tied down by anything.”

“…”

“What if he leads the way and shouts the void? We will win the hearts of the others. Sometimes, the heart is harder to get than the life. Don’t you think?”

“Indeed… It seems so.”

“We can sweep the continent without spilling a drop of blood if the one who turned the world upside down turns his grace to the void. It’s easy.”

Diana gulped down the blood in the glass.

“Flan, he’s an exciting guy. Maybe he can really bring him down.”

“…”

The secretary watched Diana carefully. 

The princess was spitting out a malicious look.

“But Princess, I can’t think of a way to make Flan loyal to the void. As you said, he is so confident…”

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“I’ll tell you the way now.”​The princess put down her cup and slowly spread her index finger. And she pointed at Maiev quietly.

“Maiev. You are the key.”

“…Maiev is the key?”

“Yes.”​A meaningful smile appeared on Diana’s face, and a chilling aura flowed from her face.​“I’ll leave it to Maiev first.”​The secretary still did not fully understand the princess’s intention. But Diana didn’t seem to give a kind explanation, she just threw a dagger at Maiev’s feet.​“…!”​Maiev’s eyes widened.​“This is…”​What fell on the floor was the dagger that the princess used. It was a precious and valuable treasure that no one else was allowed to hold.​Diana gave Maiev a look.​“Maiev, you don’t need to bother Flan. Just touch the blade. It’s not hard, right?”

“This dagger is…”

“「Rest」, a dagger that gives the blessing of the void.”​Maiev quietly bit her lip. She thought for a while and barely asked.

“What if I fail…”

“I’ll lead the army and go to the continent. Then I’ll have to crush them thoroughly with the simplest method.”​The secretary intervened in a hurry.​“Princess, such an important thing to Maiev…!”​But the princess’s eyes were still on Maiev. Her gaze seemed to pierce through everything about Maiev.​Princess Diana whispered.​“And one more thing. If you fail, your sister will be mercilessly disposed of. I’ll rip out her heart in front of you.”​“…”​“You know why I’m giving you this mission, right?”​How much does she know.

Maiev wanted to ask the princess, but he couldn’t.

No, maybe the princess already knew everything.​“…”​Maiev picked up the dagger and kept silent for a while.​Many thoughts flashed through his head.

The days with Flan, the days in the void, her sister…. Countless things overlapped and tangled.​But she soon made a decision.

No, she had to make a decision.​“…I know.”​◈​Fritz territory.​As expected, it took exactly a day to recover.​“That’s it.”​“Flan…. You always give us grace to the territory. How can we repay you…”​“No need.”​Flan cut off Hanja’s words firmly.

“Don’t worry. It was for my benefit.”​“Even so…”

Hanja, who was about to thank him, finally bowed his head politely.

Flan’s face always had sincerity.​“Flan, then I’ll be rude…”​Instead, Hanja cautiously made another request.​“Please take good care of our lady too.”

“Trixie?”

“Yes. Lately, our lady seems to be very concerned about you…”

“I’ll do my best to teach her.”

“Other things too. Right?”

“Hanja!”​But Hanja’s request was soon stopped by Trixie’s scream.

Trixie scolded Hanja with an unusually angry expression.

“Stop talking nonsense, go inside.”

“Ah, lady. No, lord…!”​Flan didn’t care about Hanja, who was pushed away.

Soon after, Trixie returned to Flan’s side and said.

“The situation in the territory was terrible lately. Everyone was tired and talked a lot of nonsense.”

“Was that so?”

“Yeah, but…”​Suddenly, Trixie’s face turned slightly red.​“…Keep your word to teach me well.”

“I will.”​Flan’s eyes quietly turned to the outside of the territory.​The goals that were abstract after coming to this world are now quite clear.

The stones buried in the mud also began to take shape and polish.​So always, tomorrow will be better than today.

“Let’s go to the academy.”

“Okay.”

“Okay!”

Trixie and Becky followed behind Flan.

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“What are you doing here?”

As soon as I arrived at the dormitory, I looked at the person in front of me with disbelief.

“Maiev.”

Maiev.

She was standing there, waiting for me.