The 1000 Year Great Sage - Chapter 9

On the way home

Anna Hinamoto Well, it turned out ok. But you surprised me there, Seya, with those questions to the King. And what was that about experiences on your fields?

Seya Sorry mom, I just wanted to check some things. Seems like it’s possible for a person to have some new ideas about planting and caring for a field and new ways for having a better harvest and sell that idea, and gain money every time that someone uses that same idea. And the possibility of gaining money by creating some new tool it’s also there…

Anna I think it’s too soon for you to be worrying about something like that. You already have a lot of work with your Denar’an training and your Magic training.

And it’s not as if we are short on money, you now? The King even forced me to accept this big purse full with Gold coins…

Seya I know…..mmmhhhh…. mom, you said that you received a message from the Village Chief that the King was calling for you, right?

Anna Hinamoto That’s right.

Seya But if the Royal Capital is at 2 days travel by carriage at normal speed, how did the message from the King arrived to the Village Chief on the same day that the Princess got hurt???

Anna Hinamoto Your father never took you to the Village Chief house? You didn’t saw there a Communicator Device?

Seya A what? I went to visit the Village Chief once, but I don’t know what that Device is.

Anna It’s a pyramid, the size of your head, placed on a pedestal on top of the Chief desk. There’s a Magic Crystal inside that pyramid. When you place your hand on top of the pyramid and say to whom you want to talk, it connects to that other pyramid, using the magic inside the Magic Crystal.

Seya What?????????? That’s amazing!!! How many pyramids are there? Who made them? What kind of Magic makes it work? Can I see it when we get back????

Anna Slow down, I answer all of them, just wait.

There’s one pyramid on each village and city on the Kingdom, other countries also have them.

The first one was made by an Elfian Great Sage, 1.000 years ago and she taught other Mages how to make it.

It uses Light Magic. We can go to the Chief when we return, I also want to ask how the Princess is.

Seya Amazing, such a thing already exists and I never knew!!!

Anna You are always doing a lot of training with Sully and practicing Magic, it’s natural that some normal things you don’t now. Maybe I’m also to blame, always leaving you because of my travels, your father is always patrolling the Eternal Forest or hunting. I guess that sometimes you fell lonely…

Seya I understand mom, but I’m never alone. Father Sully, Mother Cemil and brother Null are always there any time I need company.

Anna Yeah, the Denar’ans are also raising you since you were born, they also consider you as their son. By the way, you better start practicing your Magic and fighting, you wanted to fight Sully on our return, right?

Seya Yes, I will start with my Magic then, you can sleep a little mother, and I will practice fighting later, when we stop to rest the horses and the driver.

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Seya – ||…Magic Flow around…. outside… tree….jumping mouse… further away… trees… further… further…. men… two…five… ten men ahead… three with Earth Magic… horses… hiding?…|| Mom! Mom, wake up!

Anna What’s the matter Seya? Uhuuaaaaahhh….

Seya Mom, there’s 10 men ahead, hiding near the road, with 10 horses next to the trees. Three of them use Earth Magic. Not as strong as dad, but together, they have the same amount of Magic.

Anna Bandits… How far ahead are they?

Seya 200 meters ahead.

Anna You can sense them so far away??

Seya Yes. By bandits, you mean that they are waiting to attack carriages like ours?

Anna 10 men in hiding, near a road, with horses next to trees and with 3 Mages… that can only mean trouble. I suppose that they are also armed… Driver!! Driver!!!

Carriage Driver Yes Milady?

Anna Driver, slow the horses, there’s bandits ahead.

Carriage Driver Bandits Milady??? Better if we turn around and get away as fast as the horses can!

Seya They would be a good training…

Anna – .. if we turn around, we could get home from a different road, but it would take a lot more days… but if I try to fight them, those 3 Mages will be difficult to handle… and there’s the other ones…

Seya Mom, I think we can handle them. If you stop the Mages, I can beat the other ones. And when you finish, you can help me.

Anna You father will kill me if anything happens to you. No, we are turning around.

Seya Mom, they are only humans, they are not Rabbit Warriors like Sully and Null. I can defeat them. Besides, if we let them, they will just attack the next carriage. And that could end bad.

I brought my bow and my Naginata, I can hit at least 3 of them when we get near. And with your Magic and mine combined, we can take care of the 3 Mages.

The other ones, they will run away. If some of then still tries to fight, I will use the Naginata while mom protects me.

Anna – ……….

Seya Mom, we can do it.

Anna – ……….. Ok, go with your bow to the front next to the driver. I will lay down on top of the carriage and wait my turn. Driver, stop the horses!

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Seya 150 meters… no changes… 100 meters… eye enhancement, body enhancement… Magic Flow inside of me…

Anna – Oh Water from the Goddess, hear my call…

Seya – first target hit, second target, third target! Mom, here they come!

Anna – …and freeze ahead ! Ice Spear!!

Seya ||eat my Ice Spear!!!|| 6 down. Mom, two of them are running away. But there are 2 that are holding swords.

Anna On it! Oh Water from the Goddess, hear my call and gather on my enemies! Water Cage!! Those two are not getting away from there.

Seya Great, mom! So, there’s only those two with the swords… can I mom?

Anna Ok, I backup you. As soon as I see you in trouble, I’ll drown everyone. Hold your breath when I shoot. But remember, those two are desperate, they will try to kill you.

Seya Father Sully and Brother Null are always trying to kill me, when we practice…