Supreme Magus novel Chapter 967

Chapter 967 Win Some, Lose Some Part 1

Kallion had spent the last year accepting and completing the most difficult missions the Mage Association had to offer. He used the merits achieved to boost his noble title and increase the Nuragor’s family political influence, yet, in the end, all of his efforts amounted to nothing.

Just listening to the Queen praising Lith’s meritorious acts made him green with envy. He was nowhere near that kind of prowess and he had always worked with a team. Kallion was aware that without Deirus’s support he would’ve never become a Great Mage despite being older than Ranger Verhen.

The same Queen who treated Lith like a son in front of the Court had yet to grant Kallion a single audience without Archmage Deirus interceding for him. To make matters worse, both Lith and Kallion had received their Great Mage title in a private ceremony.

However, Lith’s had received it directly from the King, whereas Kallion had been awarded by a nameless bureaucrat of the Association. Great Mage Nuragor was now replaying the entire event of Lith’s ascension to Archmage in his mind.

Kallion felt humiliated by his opponent and exploited by his patron, making it impossible for him to attend the ceremony any longer. He stormed out of the room, losing a lot of face and drawing more sneers from his own allies than from his enemies.

Even Archmage Deirus considered such childish behavior unbecoming of a powerful figure. Losing with dignity was more important than winning to achieve the respect of the Royal Court, or any powerful association for that matter.

Sooner or later, everyone would make a mistake, even Lith had failures in his resume, like Kulah’s massacre or the destruction of Zolgrish’s lab. Just like with magic, what mattered was learning and improving from your own failures.

Someone who threw a tantrum and ruined the mood was hardly considered a worthy candidate for a key position in the Kingdom. At most, they would send him back to kindergarten.

Meanwhile, Lith was finally able to reconnect with his family. Each one of them congratulated him and Tista shook his hand, slipping Solus into his palm. They exchanged their respective memories of the last week, updating Lith on the outside world.

Solus had not remained idle, splitting her time between studying Kulah’s books in the case Lith’s life force needed fixing and Forgemastering weapons for the prison break with Protector’s help.

She would sneak inside Tista’s room at night through the window and receive updates from her.

’After I learned about the ceremony, I stopped producing weapons and remained at Tista’s finger to not miss the departure. I wouldn’t have missed your ascension for the world.’ Solus thought.

’Our ascension.’ Lith corrected her. ’None of it would have been possible without you, partner.’

Solus smiled with joy at those words, yet looked at Lith’s sisters and Kamila with an envy so strong that he perceived it.

’Not only do they look gorgeous in their gala dresses, but they could actually attend the ceremony. How long will I be forced to be just an extra and to live at the fringes of Lith’s life?’ She thought.

"I’m so proud of you, Archmage Lith." Rena gave him a curtsy, barely holding her chuckles. "Don’t you dare to give me a big scare like this again."

"At least you knew it was an award ceremony. I was kept in the dark." Lith said. Rena was stunning in her red dress. No one thought she could actually be the mother of four kids.

"What do you mean, kept in the dark? Everyone studies the ascension ritual at the academy." Tista said. "What did you think the jumpsuit and the honor guards were for?"