Supreme Magus novel Chapter 327

They reached the Warp Gate leading outside the academy, where their chaperons were waiting for them. The girls would bring along their parents while Lith had asked to Marchioness Distar and Count Lark to be his escort.

Raaz and Elina were too busy with the newborn Aran, plus they were completely oblivious about the Court etiquette. Bringing them along would be like inviting disaster to dinner.

"Thank you so much, dear Lith." Count Lark didn’t seem to have aged a day. His black suit was brand new and so was the silk string preventing him to lose his black rimmed monocle which kept jumping out of his eye socket from excitement. _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

"I never attended a Royal Graduation ceremony before. I’ll never thank you enough for giving me this opportunity."

"Don’t mention it, old friend." Lith replied. "If it wasn’t for you, I would have never attended an academy. I’m glad to have you by my side today and to be able to call someone like you a friend.

"If you or your family ever need my help, you just have to ask."

Lark had to fight back the tears. Lith’s words moved him deeply.

Lith turned around, needing but a glance to notice something was out of place. Marchioness Distar had the smug grin you would expect from someone accompanying the three highest rankers in all the Griffon Kingdom.

Jirni looked at the two youths with the usual eyes full of expectations, like she hoped Lith had already proposed to Phloria or was about to. The odd thing was that instead of the polite and detached attitude usually Orion gave Lith, he seemed to be as eager as Jirni if not more.

Lith shrugged it off as one of the many false flags his paranoia pointed out.

The Warp Gate lead them directly inside the royal palace, just a few rooms away from the Banquet Hall. The Battle Mages and Mage Knights in charge of security didn’t care for Jirni’s Royal Constable badge.

Only after checking thoroughly their IDs and communication amulets the guards let them though. While waiting for the background checks to be over, Lith looked around the room.

’Disgusting. Despite this place is just a waiting room it’s so full of gold and artworks to be tacky, at least by my standards.’ He thought.

’That’s just because you are stingy.’ Solus reproached him

’The room is furnished with proper taste. It resembles the royal palace of Versailles from your memories, not a rapper’s house. Royals have the duty to not only be powerful, but also to appear as such.’

The path towards the Banquet Hall was filled with marvels. Solus noticed at least fifty different arrays and countless magical treasures hidden inside the walls.

’To think that Balkor could bypass all this and attempt on the Royals’ lives five years in a row makes you understand how powerful he is.’ Lith and Solus thought as one.

The double doors leading inside were wide open. Before they could enter, a valet checked their IDs again before announcing their arrival, speaking with a magically enhanced voice.

The room was more than forty meters (133 feet) long and over thirty meters (100 feet) wide, with a single red silk carpet with gold embroidered edges going from the three meters (10 feet) wide double doors up to the two steps that distanced the floor where nobles stood and the raised one for the royal family.