Sword God in a World of Magic

The Custodian came out of the Lightning Emperor's study and threw a glance at the waiting Shang.

"You left quite the positive impression on the Ancestor, Shang," the Custodian said with a polite smile.

When Shang heard that, he felt like something was different from before.

It wasn't that his status had changed or anything, but that something about the Custodian was different.

It was like the Custodian was more… distant?

Cold?

Off-putting?

Something in the way the Custodian was talking or looking at Shang had changed, but Shang couldn't be sure what exactly.

Nevertheless, Shang only answered with a wordless nod.

The Custodian gestured to the hallway with a move of his head and traveled back to the entrance with Shang.

The Custodian opened the door, and the two of them arrived in front of Queen Primordium again.

Shang still couldn't see Queen Primordium, but he could tell by the atmosphere that she felt relieved.

Since she was the leader of the Reinforcement and Contender Departments, she was obviously very interested in powerful people. After all, it was her job to make new Thunders and Mage Kings.

"I apologize for the wait, Vana," the Custodian said with a polite smile. "The Ancestor enjoys talking."

"No worries," Queen Primordium said. "Any new orders?"

The Custodian nodded. "Our little friend Shang will enjoy very special treatment from now on. First, his allowance will be increased by a factor of ten."

"You're referring to the Ancestral Mage allowance?" Queen Primordium asked.

The Custodian nodded.

Queen Primordium nodded back.

areas except the grade 0 ones for a price. The prices will be according to the arms

Primordium raised an eyebrow with

That was quite good.

had some decrees they could implement for emergency situations like wars

to push the power of every member as far as possible, which included cheap access to very expensive

was only Shang that got this access, the Lightning Manor wouldn't lose much money, but it was still quite

accessible to people that rendered great services or

Shang got to enter these without needing to

"Okay," Queen Primordium answered.

"due to the peculiarity of his Spirit Sense, his true power needs to remain a secret. In public, he

trust that you can find

talisman should do the trick,"

nodded in

Spirit

does," Queen Primordium

he doesn't tell anyone

Queen Primordium

tell him about our friends," the Custodian said. "If he finds someone fitting, you may contact me, and I will try to persuade

said, "not introduce him. I assume that means that the others also shouldn't know about his true

better. Only I will be the one that tells the truth of his existence

"Is that your order or the Ancestor's

lost some friendliness.

"Understood," Queen Primordium said.

his polite smile recovered. "If there is

Wester," Queen Primordium

them nodded at each other, and the Custodian threw a glance at

Shang just nodded back.

and Queen

walked back to Queen Primordium's room and

Lightning Emperor earlier, and he was only glad that there were