Chapter 80 - The General After Intimidating an Army

  Nathan Evenhart:

  I was in my aunt’s room with my mother, Chloe, and Kinue. After that i in the forest, where I got a little too angry with the tigers and actally overdid it, we returo the party. Since dinner had already been served, we ate just a little and received permission to leave without it being seen as an offehe guests could tinue enjoying the party, which would st until m, but we decided to return to our rooms, where I was getting a scolding from my mother.

  "You wao just scare the tigers!? You call that ‘sg’? Do you realize the chaos you caused? Everyone was alerted, Nathan Evenhart!" she said, while pulling my ear again.

  "Sorry, Mom! I swear I didn’t mean to…" I replied, pulling my head to the side, trying to escape the punishment.

  It wasn’t my fault! It was that damn headache that irritated me, and my mana els were a mess at that moment. I didn’t mean to unleash that much power.

  Due to the period of awakening my Special Eyes, my power was being uable because of the chaotia ciry mana was being ed to create the eyes, but at the same time, as they were f, it wasn’t using as much mana anymore, which caused an imbah the leftover energy in the Gem.

  My goal was to intimidate the tigers with the threat of my killer gaze, but the pain activated my elemental mana, causing havoc with lightning in the sky. Last year, I actally discovered that I could mix the elemental mana of Wind and Thunder, speeding up a cloud in the sky and charging it with energy. Basically, if my lightning touched a cloud, it could cause a small storm.

  My iion was to use the killing io make those tigers uand their pd not dare to challenge an a god again. The problem was that I activated my element through my eyes, not my hands. I didn’t even know that ossible.

  Could it be because my eyes are creating a new mana el? Maybe…

  "What’s your excuse, Nathan Evenhart?" My mother asked, using my full name. She was definitely upset.

  "I think it’s alright, Katie. No o hurt in the chaos he caused, and yoing to end up giving him elf ears from all that pulling," my aunt Margie said, ughing and trying to calm my mother down.

  Thank you, Aunt Margie!

  My mhed, visibly trying to calm herself.

  "Nathan, remember reement? No showing off your abilities or drawing attention!" she said, with a tone of warning.

  "Sorry…" I replied, l my head.

  Kinue approached me and gave a few pats on my back. Seeing that, my mother seemed to rex a bit more, realizing that she might have been overreag, even though she was right.

  Thank you for saving me, Kinue!

  Since my magical talent started increasing, I begaing more and more offensive spells. The problem is that the current power of my Gem, bined with my elemental power, is a dangerous mix. Sihe Thunder element is naturally offensive, I was forbidden from using it unnecessarily while my mana els are votile, as it’s not safe… for other people.

  "Is Nate in trouble?" Chloe asked.

  My mother seemed to calm down even more, notig that even Chloe was ed.

  Thank you, Chloe! I owe you one!

  "He’s not in trouble... just barely. Whatever he did caused a otion with the soldiers outside. They were spouting nonsense about a divine void other crazy things. They were so scared of the thunder Nathan unleashed that some said they’re afraid to sleep."

  "Hahahahaha," my aunt Margie burst out ughing as she sat on the bed.

  My mother shot Aunt Margie a stern look to stop her from ughing at the situation.

  "In the end, everything turned out fine. My nephew is safe, and there were no acts. I think it was fair, sidering how they treated us at that party," Aunt Margie remarked.

  My mhed, deg to drop the subject. I chose to stay silent to avoid further scolding. She sat doicked up a cup of water.

  "Katie, there’s o bme Nathan. It’s over. No one would believe that thunder was caused by a little boy, even though he’s the only one here with that element. After what happeoday, it’s better to keep Nathan’s element a secret for a while longer, just as a precaution."

  They tinued discussing other topics, and luckily, the i resolved itself. Everything was seen as a strange weather phenomenon, and the drunk king even started rambling about how the heavens were gratuting his son since rain is sidered a positive sign for the harvest.

  "Nate... and what about the story with those tigers?" As soon as I heard Kinue mention it, I pced my hand over her mouth.

  "Let that topic die... I don’t want my mother to start scolding me again," I whispered, and she nodded in agreement.

  I ’t tell my mother about the killing i or I’d have to expin where I lear. But if she asked about the tigers, I had the excuse that the thunder scared them.

  "I’m gd you mao scare the tigers away. I wouldn’t want to lose you," Chloe said sadly.

  I hugged my worried cousin. I could see that she genuinely cared about me, and I valued that.

  "Don’t worry, I have no iion of leaving you," I said to reassure her.

  Chloe nodded and smiled again. I looked over at my mother and Aunt Margie, who were now discussing the export of supplies and suppliers. Sihe topic was plex, I took the opportunity to get up and leave before my mother’s anger returned.

  "Where do you think yoing, young man?" my mother called out.

  Oops!

  "I’ve calmed down, don’t worry. e here, I want to see your face, I want to make sure you’re alright," she said.

  I walked over to them, and both checked my eyes. My mother and Aunt Margie sighed in relief.

  "Your eyes are normal. They’re not red, and they haven’t ged color," said my aunt.

  "I want to go home as soon as possible. I know no one would do anything, but after so many years without anyone awakening the Special Eyes… it would draw too much attention to you," my mother said, worried.

  She’s afraid someone might try to take them from me…

  "You go, my dear. It’ll probably be like before, and it’ll take a long time for you to feel pain again, but if you have another episode, e to us," Aunt Margie said.

  I nodded ahe room, heading toward mi wasn’t far, as I shared the room with my mother.

  "What a mess happened here. It suddenly started raining," someone in the hallway remarked.

  I turned around and saw the mysterious red-haired assing by me.

  "Very strange... you know how it is, nature is uable, hehe," I said, trying to py it off.

  I tinued walking to my room, and she followed me, which left me intrigued.

  "Are you also from the upper nobility? This area is exclusive to that css," I asked, curious.

  The red-haired woman stopped and leaned slightly toward me, a pyful smile on her lips.

  "I’ll answer you if you tell me what you know about that rain," she said with a provocative look.

  "Good night, miss..." I murmured, trying to avoid the versation.

  She let out a soft ugh and tinued walking.

  "Good night, kid... see you around," she said as she turhe er of the hallway.

  That red-haired woma seem like an ordinary person.

  I paused for a moment to analyze the situation.

  Night Killers are spies... could she be one of those secret police agents?

  I decided to let it go for now since I had plenty of other problems to deal with. When I finally reached my room, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

  We could have taken a double room, but Kinue would have had to stay in a separate area, where the servants of the families sleep, so we got a sed room in the mansion a her with our aunt and Chloe.

  "What a day... I really stirred up a mess," I murmured, exhausted.

  If I had lost my temper like that ihe hall, I would have caused serious damage to the ceiling... My mother is right. It was risky to py with my powers during the pain crisis from the mana el f.

  "I found it eaining. It's been a while sihere was any a," Athena said, sitting in an armchair.

  "Leave me alone, I’m going to sleep. I used up too much mana, and now I want to rest," I muttered, throwing myself onto the bed and closing my eyes.

  When will these Special Eyes finally awaken? I had to stop my advanced practice with the thunder element because of the chaos in my mana els. I just want to get back to testing those dangerous things soon...