Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

[ "Then go and rest for now. At least get a little shut eye. Tomorrow is going to be a long day for all of us." ]

"Yes headmaster…"

"I don't think I will be able to do so, but I will try."

"It will be difficult."

"Then, I will be heading out first."

I left the place before them with an anxious look and walked to the balcony on the other side of the room.

This was too much for me to take in all at once. Some of it was absurd, some of it did not make any sense, while some of it was just…

'Headmaster wants us to work with the Emperor and the three empresses, as well as Master Maverick, along with a few people he personally asked for the favour.'

We all had our best to keep this matter to ourselves since dealing with the small forces of evil is something encouraged by the academy and serves as a good experience. However, the main reason we deal with these forces of evil on our own is very political.

Not only is the existence of these forces a threat to the stability of any nation, there are times when the nations calm to have these forces and increase their own power in the world.

In both scenarios, the stability of the world is put into jeopardy. And whenever the stability of the world is questioned, the academy and the headmaster has to step in personally.

'Headmaster and his select few people deal with most of the things related to the demonic humans and the other forces of evil all by themselves.'

Sometimes, the work is left to the student council as well, and even though this was our first time going against the demonic humans as the student council members, we had felt with those bastards along with him in the past, and, he knew when it came to the matters relating to them, he can count on us.

'But the current situation is different than what all of us had foreseen.'

The enemy was stronger, they had both numbers and individual strengths, they were organised like some finely raised knight corpse, their preparations were thorough, and we still did not have enough data on them to do a frontal attack.

There was a possibility of them having greater forces hiding in different places. And since they had teleportation machines made with undetectable technology, there was no way we could stop what they were planning to do in time.

'Not until I get to know all that was planned by them for today.'

Which was theoretically impossible to find out, so, our only option left was defence.

"Haaaa…"

The three of them and the head butler came out of the room, and, though he was about to approach me, president and vice president stopped him, and shook their heads at him.

They knew I wanted to leave alone for now, and, they also had to rest and prepare themselves for what will happen later today, so, the two just left with him, and Rein came and stood beside me.

"It's rare to see you worried like this," she said with a smile, looking up at the sky like I was doing. 

The night was dark for some reason, few stars were visible, and our dear blue moon was hidden behind dark, gloomy clouds.

"Haaaaa. I am worried, Rein."

"That you certainly are. Anyone can see that."

She patted my back to provide some emotional support, however, I needed reassurance more than anything right now.

"Haaaa. I am worried, Rein."

"Why are you repeating the same thing twice, silly? Hehe, there's nothing to worry with me here~. Don't be like that and cheer up. Let's go take a look at that kid."

-Slam!

She was caressing my back but she slammed it out of nowhere. And it hurt! It hurt like always!

'She has this bad habit of slamming my back at unexpected times. And since she is strong, it hurts!'

The pain from her slamming is always worse than getting wounded or injured. She is bad. She is a bad person!

"Aww awww. When are you going to stop this slapping nonsense?"

-Slam!

"What do you mean nonsense~. It's just my way to cheer you up~. Look it worked as well~."

She slammed my back again… this damn girl!

"You scared him, you know?! Look, he's afraid now."

"Hmmm? What do you… ohhh! You were here?! Sorry, I wasn't trying to hurt him or anything! We are just playing, hehe. Right~? Eon~? Say we were playing~?"

On the right end of the corridor, there was a little figure hiding in darkness, his deep purple eyes glowing with the light of the night. 

His body was hiding in the shadow of the door and, seemed to be almost invisible due to the darkness, however, his purple eyes were glowing in the dark, and, the fear in them was obvious to anyone that saw it.

"You are scaring him."

He must have seen her hit him and perhaps, it might have reminded him of something he did not want to… he was a slave until just a while ago. Who knew what kind of things he might have been through or just how much of the reality of this world he might have seen.

"E-Eon… I didn't mean to do anything like that! Tell him… please tell him I am not a bad person…"

Rein was worried that the kid would think she was some bad person and that she was hurting someone that was practically his 'master' now.

He did not know who she was yet, I haven't even had the chance to introduce myself to him yet so, this was certainly not the best first impression.

"Rein, calm down. Come with me."

He was wearing a hoodie so his head was covered and he was naturally good at hiding his presence so noticing this young little thing in this dark night wasn't the easiest thing.

"Ah, don't be afraid. Just stay there."

He tried to step back from where he was standing when we started to approach him, but as soon as he heard my voice, or received my order from his perspective, he stopped and just told in his place until we were standing before him.

And, when we were before him, he kept looking down with an anxious, afraid, and uncertain look.

"Don't be afraid like that, dear."

Rein couldn't bear looking at him like that, so she knelt down and hugged the little boy. She liked him the moment she saw his cute looks, his charming eyes, and how miserable he seemed, I knew that. But, neither his looks nor pity was the reason I bought him.

'He was special, so special that there was no way I would let anyone else have someone as precious as him.'

But, the specialness aside, he was still just a young little boy. And one cute enough to have charmed even my Rein.

"There's nothing to worry about now. You are safe here."

She caressed his back and, well, she was learning how to handle the little ones so, she was good at this. Her presence and touch were enough to calm this little kid, and, her warm hug made the kid less anxious about the situation he was in.

"Have you calmed down now, little one?" She asked with a warm smile as she picked the little one up. 

And though surprised, instead of reacting to her action, he tried to search for his hood that had fallen back. 

It had revealed his silky pretty hair that were a little dull shade of purple than his eyes and his golden brown antlers, and the little kid was embarrassed by this so, he pulled hood back and hid his horn with a blushing face.

"Hehe, you are cute." 

She touched his nose while giggling, attracting the attention of the little kid again, and this time, he looked at her in the eye for the first time.

"Pretty."

"Hmmm? You said something little one?"

"Miss. Pretty."

He called her pretty, well, that was something she had been dying to hear from a cute little kid like this one.

"Awwwww~. You are pretty as well~!"

She hugged him and rubbed her cheeks agasit his, and this time, he did not seem to mind that. He liked it quite a bit actully.

"Master."

And when she had stopped, he looked at me with his little finger pointed in my direction.

"Good. Prettier."

He called me prettier… lol he called me prettier than her!

"Whaaaaat! No fair! Ain't I prettier than him though?!"

"Master. Prettier. Miss. Pretty."

"Nooooo! How am I less pretty than him?!"

"Miss. Dark. Master. Bright. Master. Prettier."

"No fair!"

"He likes brighter shades, what is unfair in that? Everyone has their preferences."

"Ughhhhh."

She was grumpy now. Which was obviously a cute reaction for both os us.

"Hehe."

And the little one laughed at this so he looked quite cute as well. 

"Hump. Bastard Eon."

His laughter was cuter for her, and the bright look on him was much better than the gloomy or afraid one. 

"Haaa. Then, baby. Can you tell us your name? I'm Reinelle by the way. Your master's eternal partner. And your master, well, he doesn't like the title of master so, you can just call Axion or Eon like we do. 

Or, boss, uncle, and big brother will work as well."

I certainly bought him as a slave as he did have a slave mark on him but, we will remove that soon. 

I wanted him as whole, not as a slave that would be bound by the relationship of master and servant. 

There will be a deeper relationship between him and us, so we needed him completely. Master wasn't going to be an appropriate title here.

"Hmmm? Rein… Elle?"

"Well, yeah. You can call me Elle."

"Elle. Pretty name."

He pointed his finger at her while saying that, again. And she liked his positive response… as well as the way he said her name.

"Master… Eon… uncle… brother… boss. Boss!"

Of all the names, he ended up at boss, not much different from master… but, boss was not the same as master so this will work.

"Boss! I, Magik~! Happy!"

"Magik, what a pretty name you have there little Mag~."

"Nooo! Magik! No Mag!"

"But I will call you Mag though, hehe."

"Nooo! Magik!"

He liked his parent given name more, it seemed. He was strongly protesting agasit a simple nickname.

'This is a good start though.'

He wasn't human, or any simple being for a matter of fact.

He was unique, different from the others, rare, and powerful as well.

His young age made him more dangerous for a reason, but, since we had him now, he will be fine… but that was all after we deal with those fucking demonic humans.

Until they were completely gone…

"Magik! Elle. I Magik!"

"Yes yes. You are Mag~!"

"Nuuuuuuu!"

This cute little boy was also a threat to this entire city and the people currently residing here.