"How dare someone with low birth like you touch the saint like that! Guards detain him!"
Hmm? Am I not dead? Wait, no, is this heaven?
Guards then appeared, surrounding me, and two of the guards slowly detained me. Even though it was slow, the way they were detaining me was different from the usual they do to criminals. How should I say... more forceful?
Wait a minute, guards? In heaven? Where the hell am I?
I then tried my best to look around, trying to understand the situation until I locked eyes with a certain person.
One of the prettiest black-haired women was really rare in this kingdom, with golden eyes, and a mannerism of a clumsy but educated child. She was being hugged while having a slight amount of tears in her eyes.
I then looked at the person who was hugging her, and he had white hair and red eyes. Those red eyes were now looking at me furiously. As I looked at him, he then tightened his hug to the girl.
Riley? And... is that Prince Matthew
No way, surely not!
The guards then straightened me, and then I saw my environment. It was classical, with many noble women in gowns looking at me with disgust, well-arranged tables and chairs, musicians who had instruments but were not playing them, and noble men looking at me with disdain.
I then looked back at the prince and the girl, then finally noticed the scenario.
Isn't this when I was arrested for trying to have a dance with Riley? Who, back then, should have been my fiancé? Then... Looking at the guards, I then scanned their faces one by one.
I knew it, these guards were from the prince's tutelage. Then those two... Although Riley was crying in the arms of Prince Matthew, a grin could be found on her face. I knew it!!! This is when they trapped me during the prince's 20th birthday!
Knowing the scenario, the guards would then say-
""Don't move, you criminal, you are under arrest in the name of the Prince!"" I repeated word by word
"""Eh?""" The guards and Riley reacted.
This damn run away saint! I was suspicious of this being a trap before, but now I am so sure!
I then started glaring at the Run Away Saint, full of anger. Then, by habit, I started clutching my chest.
Ow ow ow, this is bad for my High Blood pressure... Hm? I don't feel pain? That's Right! I am young again!!!
Noticing that I was acting like I was in pain, one of the guards asked me.
"Are you okay? Was what we did too painful?"
Surprised by the question, I looked at the guard, then said... "Eh, I am fine, aren't you going to put me in one of the cells in the palace right now? Can you hurry that up?"
"Y-Yeah, that's right! Put that man in a cell." The prince said
However, I am not done with this runaway prince either. As I was being dragged away by the guards, my eyes, that was full of grudge, did not escape the sight of the prince. To the point that even my head was twisted to a full 180, scaring the prince.
A moment later, I arrived at the cell I was put into. Unlike the dungeons, this cell was a little bit luxurious in a sense. The cell had a personal working table, a bed and even a private restroom.
"Wooooahhhhh"
"Now, then get in there!" The guard yelled while pushing me towards the room.
"Thank you, Mr. Guard of the prince!"
"Huh, ah huh? How did you kno- I mean, I am not a guard of the prince! I serve
"Uh huh, is that so? Go on then." I said sarcastically.
The guard then went outside and closed the cell door.
Knowing that the guard was gone, I then stared at the bed. There was a saying that goes, if you stare at the abyss, the abyss stares back. That's what I was feeling right now.
I then first put my buttocks on the bed to have a feel with the softness. As I sit down, I could feel the softness of the bed, it was drawing me in. Having experienced it, I then lay down and started melting. It was as if my worries were gone and it was just me and this bed.
Laying down, I stared at the ceiling. Normally in a cell, light would just seep through a small hole, in this cell, there was a light made with magic.
"To think I was crying being put in this cell before. How could I misunderstood luxury from hell, talk about being ungrateful oh past me."
To be fair, I was heartbroken too. Seeing my fiancé who I loved hugging someone else and crying in their arms made me feel immense pain.
Hmm, seems like I grew up or it's just that I met numerous amount of people that were better than Riley during my time as the hermit.
After feeling the luxury of the bed, i hopped off and then sat at the workbench.
"This is amazing, to think that this is on par with my workbench on the future... Is this really a prison cell?"
I then run my palm across the table to feel it. Then as the hand reached the edge, a soft light shined on top of the table.
One of my original magic, Magical Book. Using mana to write, I could ingrain writings at a magical book that does not exist physically but in a mana sense.
Unlike real books, magical books can be stored in my mana core which makes it handy for inventory.
"First off, my main issue, having to deal with the run aways. Although they were prophesized to be the one to deal with the demon lord, they simply ran away. Which is a no no no." Using my fingers, I wrote with my mana and then the words was integrated into the table.
"Second, the demon lord. If I can manage to secure all of the artifacts, I can do another explosion and remove the demon lord. However, If the explosion is what caused me to return to the past...
That means, there is the possibility that the demon lord also returned..."
Just thinking about it makes me shudder... If the demon lord returned he might get to the artifacts first before me.
Damn, this is bad. If he can secure it first, then he have the key to destroy the world if he uses it to the max or... he can go back to the past whenever he want to.
Let's not think of that for now.
I then looked at the table. "Third, how to survive on my own... Knowing how it goes, I would be exiled from my family tomorrow, I would be abandoned by everyone except my father who will support me in the shadows."
This problem, it's completely possible to do. Especially since I once survived on my own in the first place.
The problem is, I want to stay in the academy.
The academy, the most prestigious place for modern education. It belongs to no country and is a soverign state. Not just being able to graduate but to experience the academy will give a massive level up.
It's a pity really. One of my regrets living as a hermit was that I had to quit the academy. I missed out on so much magic spells and new found theories that could have helped me earlier.
At best, I want to stay in the academy for my remaining 3 years. However, the tuition is too much...
Ah... I have a plan...
I can't wait for tommorow