Maurice Austin

After making Arthur to accept the contract Austin was in a good mood. He had caught a big fish today!

Who would have expected that there would be a genius in this kingdom and he was first one to know about it.

"If Ozalis kingdom had got this kid under them and with the Silvermoon Empire's protection..." Austin shuddered thinking what would have happened to Omeryn kingdom. But now things are different.

"I wonder who father will say when I tell him about this." Austin remembered the days when he started his training to become a spy.

Austin's life was simple pretty simple until he turned 12. He had awakened with mana and became an illusion master which are rare in the kingdom. On that day after the party his father called him and told him something shocking. Austin found that his father is actually a spy of Omeryn kingdom. And he also wanted Austin to become a spy and serve the Omeryn kingdom.

After much persuation by his father when Austin finally accepted to serve the kingdom, his father made him accept a soul contract. His father told him of his reason to serve the Omeryn kingdom. That day Austin also found the hidden side of his father. He found that his gentle and loving father was actually a very ruthless person. He taught Austin about human's behavior, feelings and how to use them for one's benefit.... After years of practice, his father had made Austin a perfect spy.

As Austin was very talented, he got accepted into Silvermoon Ozalis Academy, the kingdom's number one academy. Due to his training and talent, Austin was easily able to blend with the nobles' children. After the academy he started to work for the royal family.

When Austin reached C-rank, the king of Ozalis made Austin to work under him directly. But this was only possible because Austin was an illusion master. He also had a chance of reaching B-rank. There are currently eleven persons who are serving directly under the king including Austin. The other ten are all B-rank elementalists.

Austin had come to the Evernight city on the request of 5th prince to check the memories of the surviving children and find if any of them had stolen the book and core. Veric had actually wanted to find out the person behind the teacher who killed his man at the dungeon and also the means they used to stole the dungeon core. Because Veric had never heard of a method to make the core of a dungeon disappear.

Austin really wanted to thank Veric for calling him here. Because of him he was able to find Austin and make him accept the soul contract whe Arthurnis weak. One should know that a soul contract is only possible if person who accepted it, is very weak. Just like the contract Austin made Arthur to accept. It was only possible because Arthur was much weaker than him. If the difference in their strength was small, then Austin wouldn't have been able to make Arthur accept the contract.

It isn't that there are not any other contracts. There are. But they are not like the "almost unbreakable" soul contract. Soul contract is the best method to keep someone under control.

"Fortunately he is very weak and lacks a lot of information about the kingdom." Now all Austin need to do is to tell another spy to inform the queen about it as soon as possible.

Thinking about the queen, Austin suddenly shuddered. She was the most ruthless woman he had ever seen. Different from Ozalis kingdom who has a king as a ruler, the Omeryn kingdom is ruled by a Queen. The kingdom is also much stronger than Ozalis. The queen is also of S-rank. Omeryn is the biggest enemy of Ozalis kingdom. Omeryn had long wanted to annex the kingdom of Ozalis because it is the only nearby kingdom in which mostly elementalists awakens.

Even though Elementalists' rank is sealed from the start but this also helps others now how much higher an elementalist can go, so they can invest in higher potential elementalists unlike other classes where they have not a perfect estimation of how much rank, a person can reach. But due to the Silvermoon Empire's protection Omeryn kingdom can't attack openly on Ozalis kingdom. Therefore it is looking for other methods.

"The Queen will be happy and father will also be proud of me." When Austin awakened as a an illusion master, his father hadn't expected that Austin will be able to reach C-rank. And when Austin did reached C-rank, his father blamed himself for making the Omeryn kingdom lose such a good soldier. Needless to say, before Austin was going to work under the king, he had been made to accept contracts. Even though they were not soul contracts and can also be broken, but the problem is that a high ranked person is required to break them. And the Omeryn kingdom dosen't have someone who could do it, even the queen couldn't break those contracts. So even though Austin could make the contracts lose affect for sometime like the time he did when he made Arthur to accept the contract to serve Omeryn kingdom, but in the end it is only for a little time. So Austin would have to serve Ozalis kingdom, no matter what.

While Austin was going back to the hotel in which he is staying, he received a message from Veric through a communication artifact. He accepted it and a voice sounded in his mind.

"Lord Austin, my men reported me than Daphne and Lucas are coming here to check the studnets soon. Could you please help me in this matter."

"Oh, the 3rd princess and 6th prince are coming. Tsk, tsk, poor Veric. But since he helped me find Arthur, I should lend him a hand this time."

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After a shower Arthur put on his uniform and went for the school. When Arthur entered the class while ignoring the whispers of the students around him he noticed that his classmates were much attentive today.

Classes started as usual, the teacher who was keeping an eye on them yesterday, hasen't appeared today.

'This must be Austin's doing.' When Arthur asked Austin how he was going to deal with Veric, he told Arthur that he does not need to worry about this matter. When Sophia's lecture ended she told Arthur to come to staff room after their classess ended.