The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

Seya sent a mental response to Aku Kiro, thanking him and he continued addressing the crowd.

- I understand if many of you think it's strange that these beautiful women are not as human as they pretend to be, because High Mage Gandalf already introduced them. But they are in fact, Mermaids, Magical Beings created by the Goddess and with the responsibility to stop any Demonoid that escape the Demonoid Island by going through the ocean. They are the first line of defense and many of them already died over the last Millennia, to fulfill the duty that the Goddess gave them. Like the LizardKind, they surely deserve our respect and thanks.

After saying this, Seya made a deep bow towards the Mermaids. Taking advantage of that moment of distraction, Ariel immediately took a dagger from underneath her clothes and she rushed towards Seya. Seya sensed the movement in the air around him, but it was too late. Ariel had placed the tip of her dagger on Seya's chest, in the direction of his heart. Seya went with one of his knees to the ground, while Ariel smiled and shouted.

- Die, you monster! I got my revenge from that humiliation that you gave me, years ago! The world will be free from your claws!

While Queen Athena and Princess Attina were looking back in a shock, they saw Ariel with a dagger on her hand and Seya kneeled. They screamed and that was the signal for the servants near King Rohan and Heiji to act. They had already a dagger hidden in their hands and each of them went straight towards the neck of John, Princess Heiji, King Rohan and Queen Rohan.

John put his Security Guard experience and his long hour's training with Myra, Ryn, and Hina, to full use. He sent a concentrated light beam towards the face of his attacker before he could approach him. The servant's head was immediately vaporized and his body fell to the ground, like if it were a mere rag doll.

Princess Heiji just grabbed the hand with the dagger that was coming to her neck and stopped it easily. A beam of concentrated fire towards her attacker's head vaporized it and his body fell.

The servant that was going towards the Queen, as soon as he threw the dagger at the Queen's neck, she rotated sideways and avoided him, while hitting the servant on the back of his head with one elbow, announcing the name of that move while the servant was falling to the ground, completely knocked out.

- Null Strike!

Null Denar'an was dumbfounded. His personal move that Seya imitated in the Denar'an Trials years ago was made perfectly in front of him, by Queen Rohan. While Null was still in a shock, the Queen sent a gush of fire against her attacker, completely vaporizing his body.

The last servant, as soon as he went with the dagger towards the King's neck, was easily stopped. The King grabbed his attacker right arm while turning to the side, twisted the servant's arm and threw him to the floor. The servant flew over the King's head, and he landed badly at his side on the floor, with his arm twisted in a strange position.

- Aaaarrrggghhhhh.....

Null was rubbing his eyes. The favorite movement of Seya was made right in front of his eyes! The King stepped hard on the servant's neck, breaking it. The Queen sent another gush of fire against the King's attacker and only a small pile of ashes remained on the floor. The King fixed his clothes and announced.

- The penalty for attacking a member of the Royal Family is death on the spot. Seya, for how long are you pretending to be hurt? It's finished in our part, already!

Before a terrified Ariel, Seya slowly got up with a smile, with Ariel's dagger still against his chest. She pulled the dagger and she tried to pierce him, again, and again, just to see it stopped against Seya's skin.

- Why? Why doesn't it pierce? Why you don't die? This is impossible!

Seya smiled and he grabbed the dagger, disarming her. Before Ariel could gather her Magic, Seya absorbed it. She felt her strength leaving her and fell on her knees. Seya made a rock ring to restrain her arms against her body and he then turned it into a Magic Crystal Ring. He quickly made a Magical Program, capable of absorbing any kind of Magic. It was the same Magical Program that he had made for the enormous Crystal that Princess Heiji used in the first show at Seya's Coliseum. Queen Athena tried to reach Ariel and when she was about to speak, Seya shouted, while surrounding himself with an enormous amount of concentrated Dark and Light Magic.

- Queen Athena, stand down, now! Attina, don't move! In fact, anyone that moves without me allowing it will be killed!

The Mermaids stopped, completely pale. They understood immediately that they were in great danger, like everyone else inside the throne room. Even Seya's parents froze, completely overwhelmed by the strong pressure of Seya's Magic that made the air heavy and hard to breathe. Seya turned to Master Aku Kiro.

- Master Aku Kiro, I'm really sorry to bother you but can you please check her memories? I want to know everyone that was behind this attempt of assassination of the Royal Family. My life is not important but threatening my little sister Heiji, the next ruler of my beloved Kingdom, is something that I can't leave without punishment.

- …|.. Me understand, me obey. Mermaid Ariel dishonored Mermaid millennial loyalty towards Master Seya and Goddess honor duty…|…

Ariel started to laugh while looking in anger towards Seya and Aku Kiro.

- Ahahah! Good luck with that, your Mind Magic doesn't work against us, Mermaids. You forgot that we also use it!

Aku Kiro whistled, he was amused by that Mermaid lack of information.

- …|… Young Mermaid don't know. Aku Kiro bloodline taught Mermaid Race the Mind Magic, many, many night lights ago. Mermaids don't learn everything. Mermaids no match for Aku Kiro bloodline Mind Magic. Only Goddess and Master Seya are…|…

While Ariel was frozen in a shock, Aku Kiro started to look at her memories. He found her memory about the meeting in the house of a certain Marquess and he immediately probed the memories of the traitors, without them knowing it. While Aku Kiro was sending the images to Seya, Seya was creating a Magic Crystal Ring on every traitor, restraining them. When Aku Kiro finished, the ones restrained by Seya were a Marquess, the Marquess' wife and the 3rd- year boy that tried to kill Seya, two Viscounts and their wives, the three girls that tried to attack Ryn at school because of Seya, one Baron and his wife and two Counts and their wives, fathers of two 2nd-year boys that are students of Seya. Those boys were next to their parents, looking in surprise at them. They weren't aware of their parents' acts and they looked at Seya, with a puzzled look on their faces. Seya recognized them.

- I know you both, my dear students, and according to Ariel's memories and Master Aku Kiro that probed you, both of you are completely innocent on all this. I'm really sorry, but your parents did a terrible crime and for sure you know what their punishment will be.

One of the boys talked, completely pale and trembling in fear for their parents.

- But… Teacher Seya, there must be a mistake! My family was always loyal to this Kingdom! And my friend's family here, the same! We both grew up together, our families always had good relations!

Seya nodded and he looked at Aku Kiro.

- Master Aku Kiro, can you show the memories of Ariel about that treacherous meeting were they made the arrangements for this, to everyone in here?

The restrained Marquess was shouting that he was innocent, that it was a scheme from the others, the real traitors. Aku Kiro opened the mind of Ariel and he used his own to transmit the entire meeting. He then transmitted the memories of the Marquess on their next meeting, where it was perfectly clear that Seya's students were completely innocent. Seya's students gulped and they looked at their parents in anger. The two young boys looked at each other and they talked for a few seconds. They then took one step forward and they made a deep bow to King Rohan and one of them spoke.

- My King, we apology for our parent's actions. We understand and agree that the proper punishment is death and we don't oppose. We just ask that it can be made swiftly, for them not to suffer much. They can be traitors, but they are still our parents. We swear our allegiance to this Kingdom and that we will do everything that we can so that our future actions erase this shame.

- My King, I can vouch for their intentions. They are my colleagues at school and I know that they are good boys.

Princess Heiji confirmed with a gentle smile.

- Yes, I know them very well. I often study with them, they need some help on Maths or Potions and I tutor them. In return, they tutor me in History and Social Studies.

The King thought for a while and he slowly nodded.

- Very well. You two will inherit sooner, every rights and responsibility of your parents. I think you can still attend school while doing it, thanks to Seya's Gateway Magic. As for your parents, I'm sorry for their fate and I ask that you don't hate me for what it's going to happen to them. Guards…

Before the King could finish calling the Royal Guards, Seya interrupted.

- My King, I'm not finished. May I continue? Because I know the perfect punishment for these traitors and this Mermaid. But I need to ask for permission, first.

The King looked at Seya and he nodded. Seya went near little Aria and he kneeled to be at her size and he lowered his voice so that only she could hear him.

- My cute little Goddess, I need to ask permission to your grown-up form, I want to punish Ariel. I also want to show to the people in here, that you are watching over me, to prevent future situations like this one. Maybe you can disappear for a while because what I'm about to do to the traitors, won't be pretty.

- I understand. Open a Gateway to somewhere, I'll hide in there.

Seya smiled and he opened a Gateway to the Tea House, where a smiling Mary was looking at him.

- Milord, what a nice surprise! Congratulations on your birthday!

- Thank you, Mary. Please, can you get some tea for my friend Aria? She will be there with you for a while. I'll come to get her in a moment.

- Of course, Milord. Come, little Aria, I will get a nice fruit teat to you and a slice of cake.

Aria crossed the Gateway and Seya dispersed it. He then got up and he went to his spot, on the top of the stairs of the throne.

- Since I arrived into this room, I've been talking about the responsibilities and the duty that the Goddess gave to the Dragonoids, the LizardKind and the Mermaids. I would never expect that a Mermaid was capable of such an act, just to kill me because of a past situation that she caused, years ago. With her, those over there tried to arrange the death of the Royal Family. That boy restrained near his parents, is one student that tried to kill me in a hallway of our school. Those three girls tried to attack my girlfriend, Ryn, and they and their parents were scolded by the King because of that. The parents, well, you all saw their memories. For trying to kill the Royal Family, the sentence is death. For trying to kill my little sister, Princess Heiji, I will take care of that myself. Look very closely, because this is what waits for every one of you if the Demonoids reach our lands.

Seya opened a big Gateway to the Demonoid Island and he made a shield on the other side, to prevent one group of medium size Demonoids that were fighting in front of it, to cross the Gateway. The crowd in the throne room screamed. Some of them fainted while others kneeled and started to pray. Most of them, just stood there, frozen. Seya used his Wind Magic and he created some tornados that took the traitors through the Gateway. As soon as they landed on the other side, Seya sent a dark dot to the Crystal Ring that was holding them and placed it inside his Compressed Dimension. As soon as they got free, they tried to return through the Gateway, just to see that it was impossible. The Demonoids quickly approached them and using their long tentacles, they grabbed each of them and started to eat them, even while the traitors were trying to fight. The screams, the crunching sounds, and the blood dripping were too much for the most sensible of the Nobles in the throne room. Many that were frozen, fainted. The others that were able to endure it, watched over that scene till the end. When there was no trace of any flesh of the traitors and when the Demonoids were attacking each other again, Seya closed the Gateway and he looked to the Royal Mages.

- Can you guys go see if you can wake up those that fainted? Because this is not over.

The Royal Mages quickly went through the crowd and they started to help. The Nobles and rich Merchants that were able, started to help waking up the others. When all the people that were fainted regained conscience, Seya spoke again.

- You guys need to learn how to endure images like that. If you faint when facing one of those things, you will be eaten for sure. Now, Queen Athena, its Ariel's turn. But since she's a Mermaid, she's a very special case. For her, I need to ask for permission.

Seya turned to face the throne and he asked.

- My beautiful and kind Goddess, can I ask you one thing?

In the throne, a bright light appeared that started to spread. When it faded, the Goddess was standing in front of it, dressed in a long white dress with her long curly blond hair and blue eyes. Seya kneeled and so did every people and Magical Beings that were in the throne room. Ariel had her mouth open in total surprise and she shouted.

- This can't be true! Even the Goddess obeys him!

Queen Athena placed one hand on her shoulder and forced her to kneel.

- Kneel, Ariel! Don't disgrace me even more than you already did!

Aria looked around, with a serious look. She then punched Seya's head.

- You know I hate seeing those nasty things! Argh! Sometimes, I just don't know what I should do with you!

Seya spoke, with an inscrutable face, while rubbing his head.

- My beautiful Goddess, I think you saw what happened here. I want to kill this stupid Mermaid, so that she never tries something like this again, but she's a Mermaid Princess, a powerful Magical Being that was supposed to protect us from the Demonoids.

The Goddess took a deep breath and she nodded.

- Yes, and I even helped her friends by making them alive again, after you executed them some years ago because they tried to kill my sweet Princess Heiji. I think this young Mermaid was spoiled too much by all her sisters and her mother, Queen Athena. Since she's the youngest, I understand that her family spoiled her. But they spoiled her too much, she became a very bad being that doesn't deserve to live in my beautiful world. But I don't want that she dies, every Mermaid is needed and a lot have already died over these last Millennia. So, my dear Seya, I'll give you a choice. I can turn her into a Jumping Mouse and you can keep her as a pet for as long as you want, or I can turn her into a baby again and erase all her memories so that she can be properly raised by Queen Athena, this time. But Athena, if I see you spoiling her too much and she becomes the rotten child that she is now, I'll turn you into a small fish and place you inside the pound of this Castle's garden!

Athena started to cry and nodded. She looked at Seya with begging eyes. Seya smiled at her and he also nodded.

- My beautiful, kind and brave Queen Athena, I'm sure that you won't make the same mistake again. You have a lot of daughters and you raised them very well. You only exaggerated on the amount of love that you gave to this one. My kind Goddess, I think turning her into a baby and letting her grow up again, will be the best thing to do. I'm sure that she will become a strong and powerful Mermaid, to help on the Demonoid Underwater Border.

Aria smiled and she approached Seya and whispered at his hear.

- This won't be free. You'll have to make a baby with Atina. We'll need a powerful Mermaid to keep a close look on Ariel. And while you're at it, make one with Talya, she deserves to have a baby to keep her company, while she waits for you to fall in love with her.

Seya froze and he turned pale. He whispered while stuttering.

- But… my Goddess… that's a little…

Aria punched Seya's head while smiling and she stepped back.

- For you, it's Goddess Aria, you rude brat! By the way, congratulations on your birthday.