The Greatest Magician's Ultimate Quest: I Woke from a 300 Year Slumber to a World of Disappointment Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 8] by Matsue Fukuyama

Author:Matsue Fukuyama
Language: eng
Format: epub

As soon as we returned to the palace, Lelesha began to prepare. I leaned back on the sofa and smiled, enjoying the comfort of being in one’s own home.

Lelesha and Mil were quick to bring out snacks and drinks. Of course, for me, the blood of a girl like Mil or Rosa would have been far more appetizing, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t enjoy human food as well. I took a sip of wine from a silver cup and complemented my servant on her selection while I savored the taste.

“Very fine indeed.”

It was a well-aged wine with complex flavors that overlapped one another, but not in an overbearing or kaleidoscopic way.

“With your awakening in mind, I began to gather wines and spirits and put them in storage many decades ago.”

Lelesha proudly explained that she had a large stock of both new and old bottles. This was the sort of attentiveness I could always rely on her for. I clicked my tongue in satisfaction and brought us to the main subject at hand—during the last three hundred years, just what had happened to the country Al and I had built?

“I’m sure you’ll find that a less than pleasant subject, my lord. If possible, I would have preferred you to hear it from someone else.”

“That won’t be happening. Now, speak plainly.”

“As you wish.” Lelesha bowed deeply and then, with a look of resignation, began to speak. “In the end, the ideals of my lord and his brother lasted no more than fifteen years.”

“What? Are you saying Al committed some error in leadership?”

I had put on a grandiose demonstration—one that involved staging my own death—transferring power to Al because I had believed he was worthy of the role.

“No, my lord. There was no mistake in your judgment. I can say with certainty that the reign of your brother was the height of prosperity for Vastalask in all of its three hundred years. However, he was not blessed with a talented successor.”

Lelesha continued her explanation with deep discomfort while I sat and listened with a look of bitterness on my face.

Al had had five sons, but they had all been of average disposition. He had raised them as well as he could, but even the most promising of them had been only marginally capable of standing above his fellow man. While Al had still been alive, he had supported this heir, Tel Kuon, from behind the scenes and managed an effective reign. However, once Al had reached the end of his life, matters had begun to spiral out of control.

Without the backing of Al, Tel Kuon had had great trouble maintaining the fealty of his retainers. After all, those subjects had mostly been individuals who had directly served me. They had been an undeniably talented lot, but they had also been rather fickle. Over time, the unexceptional Tel Kuon had grown jealous of the capabilities of his retainers and irritated that they weren’t quick to obey him. As a result, he had committed the foolish error of strengthening his power base as a means of keeping them in line.

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