18 Suspicious Person

The evening had come. Due to the winter season, the weather was getting colder as soon as the sun was slowly starting to set.

It had been six to seven hours since Amelia was unconscious, lying in bed. Slowly doing so, Amelia was emerging from the unconscious state, and her eyes began to open.

Amelia was sitting on the bed, rubbing her eyes, half asleep, and opening her eyes. 

'Where am I?'

I feel as if I have woken up from a profound sleep and am having a dream where someone is holding me in his hand and is taking me somewhere.

But didn't we go to the monster subjugation where I got hurt due to the attack of the Kreman monster? So how did I come here?

And is it perhaps not a Mansion of the Turner Territory? And how my clothes changed and why can't I see any injury marks on my body. 

When Amelia was getting up from her bed and getting ready to leave the room, Leena, who had gone out of the room to fill the jug of water, entered the room.

As Leena's gaze fell on Amelia as she entered the room, she was delighted to see Amelia in her senses.

"Ma'am, have you come to your senses? I'll just call Master Hugh, he's been standing outside the room worrying about you for a long time."

(Wait a minute, right–) 

Before Amelia could ask a few questions, Leena quickly went out of the room in joy, seeing Amelia in her senses, and as soon as she left the room, she began to inform Hugh and Daniel, who were standing outside.

Amelia was sitting on her bed without knowing anything.

'Tell me something, what is all this happening, how did I come here? And is everyone right? I don't remember what happened after the monster attacked.' 

While Amelia was sitting on the bed trying to remember what had happened yesterday, Hugh and Daniel, as Amelia regained consciousness, quickly entered the room as they heard from Leena.

"Finally, you have regained consciousness, do you know how much tension you were giving me?"

"Miss Amelia, glad to see you are safe. We were terrified that nothing might have happened to you."

Hugh and Daniel, as soon as they entered the room to see Amelia that she was right, both were relieved. 

As soon as Hugh entered the room, he went to Amelia and stood before her.

Amelia had no idea what was happening.

(Brother, tell me what happened yesterday.)

Hugh lowered his face as soon as Amelia asked in gestures. Amelia found it even more strange why Hugh turned her face down when she asked her questions.

As Hugh turned his face down, he began to apologize to Amelia. 

"Amelia, I'm sorry, I failed to save you. We might have lost you if Roy hadn't come at the right time. I really don't deserve to be called your brother."

Hugh was apologizing to Amelia while facing down, but Amelia could not understand well what Hugh was trying to say.

'Did Roy save our lives? But he didn't go with us, so what does Brother Hugh want to say?' 

(Brother Hugh, I am unable to understand quite a bit–) 

When Amelia tried to ask Hugh again, this time instead of Hugh, Daniel bowed his head, and he also started apologizing to Amelia.

"Miss Amelia, I am really ashamed of myself, we put your life in danger because of the crisis of our territory, forgive me if you can, I apologize to you on behalf of the entire Turner Territory." 

When Daniel also started apologizing to Amelia, Amelia put her hand on Hugh's shoulder in defeat, and as soon as Hugh began to look at Amelia, Amelia started asking her.

(Brother Hugh tell me from the beginning what happened when those monsters in the cave started attacking us. I want to know.) 

Amelia looked into Hugh's eyes, looking for the truth in her own eyes. When Amelia asked Hugh in gestures, Hugh paused for a moment and started telling her everything, whatever had happened after she fainted.

And Amelia started listening to Hugh with full attention.

"Amelia, when the monster broke the shield you made, then that monster attacked you and while those monsters were attacking us, then Roy came there and –"

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Roy was standing alone with the sword on the open ground that had been built behind the mansion. And like every day, whatever he used to train every day, he started doing that training.

As he swung his sword around his body, a little light came out of his sword, which would make a stunning arc.

Roy's coat hung on a tree, and Roy continued his training with the shirt folded up at the sides.

'This shirt is hindering me from moving my body freely but if I take off the shirt in this weather then my health is bound to get worse.'

Now whatever strategy I have made regarding the future, I have to fulfill it in the same way I have thought, then I will have to do my training a little more.

And I have to become even more powerful; only then will I be able to stay on the frontline in the war ahead. I, myself, will have to be on the frontline with Andrew; only then will Andrew get the status of a hero quickly.

I will cover the frontline from Holt Territory and have Andrew fight under Holt so that he will be easily highlighted. Due to this, everyone will have a happy ending again.

And now I also have the Power of Phantom, which is a very dangerous power. I will make full use of this power to achieve my goal.

Now the new journey of the Villain will start to become a Legendary Hero. 

Roy was swinging his sword very fast, and he was fencing in such a way that if someone else looked at him at this moment, they, too, would stand in one place for a few moments.

Standing up and watching Roy do sword fighting, he was looking at nothing less than a trained professional.

Roy was wielding his sword with all his concentration.

'Perhaps Amelia must have regained consciousness by this time.'

And I don't think I should go to meet her right now; at this point, she will definitely get annoyed at seeing me if I go to meet her.

It was also because of the incident where I had set foot on that boy's head and now the incident where I had sent all of them for monster subjugation; it is good that I do not meet Amelia yet.

Amelia would love the same. 

Roy stopped swinging his sword and pointed one of his hands towards the stone twice his height.

And as soon as he turned his hand towards the stone, he started concentrating his magic power in one place.

'Now if I want to be strong, I have to master myself well in using magic along with magic circles.'

I used to use magic without using magic circles; whenever I used magic, the reason? Because using magic circles causes a slight delay in using magic.

Inside this world, the magic circle is mostly used with the help of some chanting, but without chanting, we can also use magic, but without magic circles and the attack will be weak from an attack done with magic circles.

I saw Roy using the magic circle without chanting in the anime. When he had devoted his whole life to training, his magic power had become so much that he could use magic circles without chanting. 

No one else managed to use the magic circle without chanting, but Roy succeeded. The reason? Developers aspire to make Roy a mighty villain.

Roy had made to fight with the Protagonist's party shortly before the end of the game by the developers, so if Roy had not become powerful, then how would it have been the last scene? Therefore the developers deliberately give Roy this art. 

But Roy also did not master this art, due to which I hesitate to use magic circles anywhere other than training. But now, if I want to become strong, then I have to learn this art well.

Roy held his hand to the stone, his red eyes lit up in the dark, and his bracelet was also lit up as the magical energy was concentrated in his hand.

When Roy concentrated the magical energy in his hand, several dozen magic circles of reddish purple color began to form in the air, which began to circle around the stone.

Roy used magic in his mind as soon as the magic circle was created, and the rune made in those magic circles started emitting lightning.

'Lightning Bolt'

At the behest of Roy, the lightning rays fell on that stone, and there was an explosion. 

As soon as the explosion happened, dust started flying around, and the blast was loud, but Roy was some distance from the mansion, and the ground was also massive, due to which no one except Roy heard that sound.

And as soon as the dust began to stop flying and show what was hidden inside the dust, Roy found that the stone on which Roy had attacked had been shattered into many parts and was lying on the ground below.

That attack completely destroyed that stone.

Seeing this, Roy started thinking in his mind. 

'This attack was very strong but not as strong as I wanted it to be, nor did it attack all at once, it took some time to attack.' 

At the end of the game, Roy's attack looked much more powerful than this, so it was much weaker than that, and it also took some time to happen.

If I want to become powerful, I have to reduce this time to zero; only then will I be able to use the Magic Circle during battle.

Now I'm in a world where kingdom battles are common, and even a slight delay in a war can lead to my own death, so I desperately need to become stronger.

Roy was again getting ready to train for his sword. As Roy was getting ready to train, some light flashed on the gem of his bracelet, and Roy's eyes lit up for a moment.

Roy left his sword on the ground and looked to his right. As Roy looked to his right, a man jumped over him to attack with a sword in his hand.

He had jumped down from the tree to strike Roy's chest; as soon as his sword touched Roy's chest, Roy turned to his left and grabbed the hand of the person on which that person was holding the sword.

Roy put that person one hand in an upward direction, put his own foot on top of that person's head, and made him lie on the ground.

Due to lying on the ground, he was trying to get rid of his grip on Roy, but Roy's grip was firm, so he was unable to release himself.

Putting pressure on his leg, Roy pushed him to the ground and started asking him questions.

"You think a weakling like you will even be able to touch Roy Holt? Far from touching you can't even see me without my permission. Tell me quickly, what was the purpose of your attack, why were you trying to attack me?"

I felt that my bracelet had told me that someone was going to attack me, and as soon as I rolled my eyes, I found that this person was really attacking me. 

I really can't believe what is there that this power cannot do. Where will this Power of Phantom really come from?

But for now, let me focus my attention on this person who attacked me. It is essential to know the reason why he attacked me.

It is essential to know, and I am also interested to know who attacked me and for what reason.

As far as my intellect works, I should not have any enemy at this time, so who is he? 

And why can't I feel any magic power from him? Isn't he noble? Is he a commoner?

The man had put some cloth like a black handkerchief on his face, and he was not even answering Roy's question. He was trying to get himself out of Roy's clutches.

But his attempt was not successful.

When Roy saw that the person was not responding to Roy, Roy increased the pressure of his foot and started putting his face on the ground. 

"Answer what you have asked. Who are you and where have you come from? If you do not answer, then I will bury you here alive on the ground."

The man was waving here and there in pain, but he was not ready to answer Roy's question, and neither was Roy ready to leave him.

When the man shook his head here and there, the black cloth over his mouth began to move away and reveal his face to Roy.

And as soon as the cloth was removed from the boy's mouth, Roy looked at his face, and Roy was surprised to see the person behind that cloth.

"You? What the hell are you doing here?" 

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Hugh had told Amelia everything about how they all survived the monster attacks, and the one who saved them was Roy; he didn't know how he had suddenly arrived at the crucial moment.

When Amelia was tormented by the Kreman monster's venom, and to relieve her agony, Roy cut his hand, mixed his blood in a bottle of water, and gave the bottle to Hugh.

And Amelia's pain was also reduced by drinking that water bottle. 

"And I don't know from where Roy came with a strange flower and made you drink its juice, which completely removed the poison of that monster from your body. If we went according to what Daniel said, it was probably an ancient flower."

"It was a sure ancient flower, I can say with a bet, that flower looked exactly the same as I had read in the book, but the question is, where would the Roy brought the flower that has extinct?" 

"Only Roy can answer this question and he is the master of his own will. And not only this, when Roy had made Amelia lie down on the tree, she did not even have any wounds. It was also very strange."

When Hugh saw Amelia outside the cave, there was no scar on her body, which was surprising because the injury had disappeared because the Kreman monster had attacked.

Perhaps that wound, too, Roy must have cured by doing some way. But Hugh could not understand how.

Not a single time did Hugh's mind wander that Roy might have a healing attribute because those with healing attributes never wanted to be a warrior.

Those who are healers, their attacking attributes are not so powerful, and Roy was a mighty warrior, seeing that it was clear how hard Roy must have worked in doing so much of his strength.

So in Hugh's mind, it was not difficult, but not possible, for Roy to have a healing attribute.

But no one knew that even Roy's birth was an exception. 

"He asked me the way to Leviathan Mountain, but it is eighty-five miles from the territory, where even if we go by horse, it takes at least a whole day. So how could that boy get there so soon?"

"We may come to know whether or not it can be ascertained by looking at it, but how can Roy know the exact location where it may be an ancient flower. How can you not think of this?" 

"If I just think about it anymore, I will go crazy. That guy is crazy who knows all this and I don't think anyone else can be mad like that."

"You are absolutely right. I have also seen such a madman for the first time in my life...….So Amelia I forgot to tell you one thing about Roy while talking to Daniel."

When Hugh and Danielle were talking about Roy, Amelia sat down on the bed with her feet close to her face. 

Everything Hugh and Daniel said was piercing Amelia like an arrow. Many thoughts were overlapping in Amelia's mind, and she could not understand what was right.

What she saw with her own eyes or what Hugh and Daniel were telling, There was a tussle of thoughts in Amelia's mind.

When Hugh turned his attention away from Daniel, he turned his attention to Amelia and started telling Amelia one last thing. 

"Amelia, Roy risked his life for you. He may not tell anyone, but seeing him at that time, anyone could know that at that time he could go to any extent to save your life."

This thing broke Amelia's heart, and she was unable to understand what could be the reason for Roy to do so much, why he went to such an extent to save Amelia's life. 

Wasn't he angry at Amelia that Amelia slapped him in front of everyone, but the same picture was coming into Amelia's mind again and again that she had seen?

How can Amelia say that Roy is correct in that case where the boy's face was under Roy's foot? Many thoughts were running through Amelia's mind.

When many thoughts were running through Amelia's mind, it was as if Daniel knew what Amelia was thinking about. He stood in his place and started speaking after Hugh spoke. 

"And Miss Amelia, I also want to tell you one thing about the boy Garrett whose grandmother had Kiamia's disease about Roy's action against the boy."

When Daniel started saying, Hugh and Amelia began to look at Daniel. And Daniel also turned his attention to both of them and started speaking further.

"That guy Garrett had been coming to us for a week, hoping we could bring the dead back with magic, which we can't. That body had started decomposing so much that it could spread the disease to others.

Amelia did not even look down for a moment. She wanted to hear everything that Daniel was saying about that boy. 

"So that's why Roy's approach may be wrong but I don't think what he did was wrong. If he didn't burn that body, then we would have to burn that body, even if we didn't want. So I don't think that the boy has done anything wrong in this matter." 

Hearing this, a strange feeling started coming to Amelia's mind, she was happy that her guess turned out to be wrong towards Roy, but she was depressed about the way she treated Roy.

Despite Amelia's slap, Roy does not say anything wrong to Amelia or scold Amelia, which hurts Amelia even more.

Amelia's condition was so bad that she could hardly stop crying. She was sitting on the bed with her head bowed.

She was self-loathing herself.

'I am the worst, and I have always hurt Roy; we are married, but have I done anything for Roy's happiness even once except to treat him wrong? I really only keep hurting others. Now how will I apologize to Roy?

Daniel Hugh was watching Amelia's condition. Hugh, as if he understood his sister very well, started placing his hand on her head.

And, putting his hand, began to explain to Amelia.

"Amelia, that guy doesn't know how to express love, but that doesn't mean he's a bad person. He lost his mother at the age of five, maybe that's why he doesn't know how to express his love."

When Hugh said this, Amelia looked at Hugh with tears in her eyes. And Hugh was smiling and explaining to Amelia as if he knew Amelia very well. 

"It's not too late, the boy is training outside at the training ground. He hasn't eaten yet, so go take food in your hand and go to him and tell him whatever you want to say."

Hugh was encouraging Amelia to go to Roy.

Hearing Hugh's talk, Amelia started questioning Hugh with a weeping face.

(Will Roy really forgive a girl like me, won't he be angry that I treat her like this.)

Daniel did not understand what Amelia was saying, but Daniel was not speaking at all in the middle and stood in his place.

Hugh was about to laugh at Amelia's question about whether Roy would forgive Amelia or not. The answer was straightforward, which was known to everyone except Amelia.

But Hugh stopped laughing and asked Amelia to leave.

"Now it will be known only by going there. Leave early or else Roy may come back." 

As Hugh told her that Roy should not return, Amelia thought she would miss out on an apology from her.

Amelia stood up from the bed, removed the sheet from her top, and headed towards the room's entrance.

Hugh and Daniel had a smile on their faces seeing Amelia like this, but they kept their laughter under control.

Amelia started going outside, deciding in her mind to apologize to Roy.

'I will ask Roy for forgiveness of all my mistakes and will accept whatever punishment Roy gives me, but I will not come back without apologizing to Roy.'

Amelia went outwards with this thought in her mind.

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