Supreme Magus novel Chapter 250

Lith’s personal possessions still amounted to little enough to be stored in the trunk his dad made for him, leaving space to spare. Most of his clothes were now too small for him, but Lith kept them anyway, moving the trunk in the pocket dimension before departing.

Returning to Lutia took him just a few minutes. His mastery of dimensional magic coupled with his recent breakthrough allowed him to open Warp Steps with a range of dozens of miles.

Lutia was a balm for Lith’s heart. It was a small, insignificant village in the middle of nowhere, but it was his kingdom. The only place where he could not care for the appearances nor constantly watch his back.

He needed some quiet to decide what to do with Solus. Lith still had conflicting feelings about her, but she was a too important part of his life to keep avoiding the issue for long.

He needed her for his experiments, since Lith was unable to operate the tower or to Forgemaster with true magic without her help. Also, she had always been his best friend, confidant, and his moral compass.

Her absence left a dreadful silence in his mind and a void in his heart that was only getting worse by the day. Even more importantly, when he had fused their minds, Lith had understood how deep was the feeling of isolation haunting her.

The pain that Solus shared with him had turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Lith had never forgotten about it and was worried about her well being.

Lith could have arrived directly at home, but he preferred to appear in the sky above Lutia’s plaza instead. He wanted to make sure that everyone knew of his return.

With all that had happened to him, he had no desire of wasting his time dealing with small fries.

Lith landed softly, drawing the gazes of many. Most of the villagers flinched at his sight. The memory of Lith’s last homecoming was still deeply etched in their minds. Of how he killed Renkin, the richest man of the village, and his son.

After he almost killed many of them for not having helped his sister when Garth harassed her, their despise towards him had turned into blind fear. Money and authority were a paper shield against his wrath.

If before the villagers considered him as someone that didn’t deserve his magical talent, that robbed them of their wealth and hopes for their children, now they saw him like a hungry monster.

His presence defended them from bandits and foreigners, but at their least mistake, he had no qualms turning against them too. The thought that one day he could be the lord of the land scared them to death.

Lith noticed their behavior and couldn’t help but scoff.

’Morons. If we wanted to take revenge on you, we would have done it years ago. As long as you behave, no one gets hurt. Right, Solus?’ The mind link was closed, so only silence ensued.

Lith inwardly cursed at himself before going to Nana’s home office. It was still midmorning, giving him the opportunity to visit his old mentor and pick up Tista before returning home.

Phloria’s words were still echoing in his mind and without Solus, he needed someone to talk to. His mind was a mess, Lith still couldn’t decide if to tell his family about the vision or not.

’Maybe I should warn at least Tista. She is the only other magic user in the family, she could make a difference in case something happens. Scratch that. The shadow made a short work of the Queen’s corps. If they are helpless, I doubt she can do any better.’

Lith shook his head. The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt.

He opened the door of Nana’s home office. The waiting room was filled with people, there was not a single chair or bench free.

Most parents forced their children to sit on their lap. Between the screams of the babies and the loud chatting of the adults, Lith felt like his eardrums were going to pop. When he entered the room, the conversations immediately stopped.

The place was familiar to him, yet it felt alien, like waking up from a long good dream. He had spent the last year in the academy, where everything was clean, everyone was properly dressed and fed.

Compared to the academy’s hospital, Nana’s office was dirty, noisy, and chaotic. Looking at those people, with their cheap clothes and weathered faces, Lith remembered how hard was life in Lutia.

’They are here to get a check up before winter arrives. Once it starts snowing, reaching the village becomes almost impossible. Many farmers die every year because of the flu or because a simple cold turns into pneumonia.’ He thought.

"Young spirit, you are back already!" Nana walked towards him as soon as her latest patient paid her.

"Yes, master. This year the academy ended early. How are you?"

"Good as always." Nana replied hugging him.

Death Vision kept showing him the waiting room as the set of a slasher movie, but unlike the others, Nana had only one possible outcome.

The light in her eyes would go out, her corpse quickly invaded by maggots and larvae.

Lith was upset, he still had no idea what Death Vision was, so he used Invigoration on his old mentor. He discovered that her life force was weaker than the last time he examined her.

Her whole body was filled with impurities that were clogging her bloodstream and weakening her organs. Old age was consuming her. Lith felt a sting in his heart, realizing that Nana had five years left to live at most.

"You don’t look so well. Let me see what I can do for you."

"Bah, I’m just old. Stop wasting my time, there are people waiting!" Nana rebuked. She was aware of her condition. Waking up early was getting more difficult every day and if it wasn’t for Tista, she would be able to work only for half a day.

’Can’t allow myself to show any weakness. As soon as word of my condition gets out, who knows what kind of criminals could get attracted to Lutia. Now the Queen’s corps are defending us, but once Lith gets out of the academy they’ll leave.’

Lith didn’t move, stopping the queue. Yet no one dared to ask him to move aside. Nana was about to scold him, but Tista was looking at her with puppy eyes, making her feel guilty.

"Fine, hot shot. Show me what a real professional can do." Nana pulled the curtain behind her, sitting in the patient seat. Lith pretended to cast a diagnostic spell first and a healing one after that.

What he was actually doing was using darkness magic to destroy most of the impurities in her bloodstream, cleansing Nana’s arteries while enhancing her kidneys and liver metabolism with light magic.

"By the gods, whatever you did, you just put me in a pinch, young spirit. I suddenly feel the need to take a bath, eat the biggest lunch I ever had, and take a massive dump at the same time!" A loud and stinky fart emphasized the last part of the sentence. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}