SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS

Early morning inside the royal palace of the Phoenix clan...

Kent, who embraced Soya in his hands, woke up to the sound of beautiful music coming from outside his room door. Clearly, a large group of women were singing praises for him while playing rhythmic, soothing, and aesthetic music.

Kent, who didn't know the customs of a royal palace, tried to get up from the bed. But Soya held onto his hand and dragged him closer in a drowsy state. With a smile, Kent placed a finger on her forehead and slowly ran along her nose, lips, chin, neck, and chest.

As his finger passed through the central grove of her two mountains, a rare shy smile appeared on Soya's face, and she immediately opened her eyes. "Stop tickling me." Soya spoke annoyedly and turned upside down to sleep on her stomach.

"Can't you hear the music outside? What is it?" Kent asked while plying on her back with his finger.

"They are here to wake you up. Seems like there is an urgent matter you need to attend to. That's why they were doing royal customs to wake you up. If you go out now, they will personally clean your body and dress you up for the occasion." Soya replied, enjoying the smooth and ticklish sensation running through her back.

"Then, why are you not hurrying me? They have been playing the music for a long time." Kent replied while picking up his dress.

"I want to spend more time with you. That's why I didn't wake you up. If you go out now, you will leave for war." Soya replied in a sad tone without turning around.

Kent, who dressed up, got down from bed and began arranging his clothes. After making sure that he looked normal, Kent turned around to see Soya, whose naked back is facing up.

"Phat…" [Slap]

"Ahhh…"

A playful, tight slap landed on Soya's ass. With a loud cry, she turned around and stared at him with an angry look.

"This is punishment for your mistake. Now, get ready before I leave for war." Kent said it with a serious smile and turned around to leave.

"You hit me too hard, you evil prince." Soya cried out with a frustrated look.

Kent paused in his tracks and turned around with an evil grin. "Your butt is really smooth and bouncy. I doubt you even felt any pain."

Hearing his words, Soya began cursing in a muttering gesture, and Kent reached the door with cheeky laughter. Just before opening the door, his face turned serious.

With a proud face, Kent opened the door slightly and stepped outside. Soon, the song and music came to a stop, and the head lady of the queen's personal servants approached Kent and bowed in respect.

"The queen gave the command to prepare the prince for war. Please, come with us." The lady replied while gesturing for young, petite, alluring women to accompany the prince. With a quick bow, several young ladies surrounded Kent and held his hands.

Kent let the ladies drag him to the large private room, which has a big pool covered with flower petals and lotus flowers. With a synchronous motion, the ladies undressed Kent and began applying aromatic, massaging oils to his body.

The lady did several things to relax his body while proving a pleasurable feeling. Kent tried to stop the ladies who prepared to clean his little brother. But the ladies proceed further without waiting for his consent.

"What happened, prince? We are the ones who usually wash your body every time. If you don't feel satisfied with us, please say so. I will call for the next ones who suit your taste." The petite lady, who is cleaning his little brother, asked in a sad tone.

Seeing her tearful eyes, Kent did not understand how to refute her service. Closing his eyes, he let the girls do whatever they wanted. After cleaning his body multiple times with different lotions and aromatic solutions, the ladies dried out the pond by removing all the water.

Soon, another batch of girls entered the private room while carrying large plates that contained war suits and decorations. They first dressed him in comfortable clothes and wrapped the leather armor with a defensive inscription on top.

After wearing defensive armor, they began fixing the decorative items with unique properties. They put the golden crown with a phoenix feather on top. Crimson anklets with a phoenix head symbol and a golden waist ornament.

Even though Kent felt heavy with all types of defensive equipment and ornaments, he slowly got used to his stature. Each ornament on his body has special properties like quick healing, keeping a peaceful mind, increasing his aura circulation, etc.

"It seems like I need to collect similar items in my world. These are definitely helpful while fighting a large army." Kent muttered while letting the ladies put a fiery mark on his forehead, which appeared like a phoenix outline.

By the time the ladies finished decorating him, Soya had come into the private room after reading herself beautifully. "Do you have any other things to do before meeting the queen mother? Once we meet the queen, you won't have time to do other things." Soya asked while putting a black dot on Kent's neck.

"Take me to the alchemy room and fetch me a good quiver." Kent replied while staring into her eyes.

With a quick nod, Soya instructed the ladies to accompany the prince to the alchemy room while she left for the clan treasury to bring a suitable quiver.

With half the ladies walking in front, Kent walked in the brightly lit corridors of the palace. After taking twists and turns, he finally reached the alchemy room.

At the center, the nine cauldron pots still stood in their positions. After his warning, no one went close to the pots. Kent skillfully removed the cloth covers binding the mouth of each pot. The physical arrows that observed the poison through inscribed patterns were glowing in the respective poison color.

The solution left behind in the pot after arrow absorption is the antidote for the respective poison arrow. Kent asked the ladies to fill up the antidote solution in small round potions veils that looked like marbles.

Soon, Soya came running with a shiny, brown quiver that had space inscriptions all around. While Soya held the quiver, Kent began arranging the nine types of poison arrows in a clockwise order.

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/// A/N - Writing an innovative war sequence with new set of attacking style. The chapters may release little late, but I can't go down on quality. Please understand. ///