Magical Cosmic

The dinner was very satisfying. But shockingly, Lillie ate many times faster than me. Before I even finished half of mine, she already finished eating hers. Of course, an eagerness to eat more was still plastered over her face as she eyed my steak.

"No! this is mine." I covered my food before swiftly continued to eat.

She pouted in dejection but manage to hold her d.e.s.i.r.e to eat my steak as there was still an unopened tray on the food trolley.

A swift eater and a glutton, I'm scared that if her background wasn't that of an influential rich family, they would have succ.u.mbed to poverty.

I shook my head before finishing my meal, then my hand grabbed the last tray from the trolley and lifted the round cover. There, a pale-colored food in the shape of a wide tube could be seen. Lots of attractive red strawberries were decorating the upper surface of the food and making anyone that saw it drooled in d.e.s.i.r.e.

"Is this food? How beautiful!" Lillie exclaimed full of anticipation on her eyes.

"Yes, it's called cake or more specifically, strawberry cake," answered me with a satisfied smile.

"Cake? I hear that it was popular in the capital."

Hmm? Does she know a word cake? how unexpected.

As I gave one of the portions to Lillie's plate, she immediately took her scoop and ate part of it. Just when the scoop full of cakes got into her mouth, her eyes shone in delight and her body seemed to shudder in excitement. If she had a tail, then it would have wagging in happiness.

Hmm… cute.

After that, I cut my part and sat back before scooping a part of the sliced cake. When I put it in my mouth, a sweet taste pervaded upon my tongue. The sensation of the cake melting was pleasing.

Yeah, definitely not my cup of tea but Lillie seems to enjoy it a lot.

Just as I finished eating my part and gazed into the whole cake at the center. My mouth went agape as I couldn't believe what happened to it. The cake that was supposedly still there was gone, totally gone. At first, I tried rubbing my eyes before finding that Lillie's mouth was smeared with cream and currently munching something.

"Lillie, did you just ate all of the cake?" Questioned me, dumbfounded.

She then shook her head innocently while still munching the cake and holding her mouth with her two hands.

"..."

After having dinner, I decided to finally awaken the two captive knights. But first I would need Lillie to explain to me the common sense of this world.

"Lillie, I know that this was sudden but—"

"A-are you gonna chase Lillie away because of the cake?" Lillie gazed at me with her puppy eyes.

"Well… no, but I was a solitary explorer that had secluded myself for years, so I didn't have the newest information about the world. If you were kind enough to explain it to—"

"Of course! Leave it to Lillie." Lillie puffed out her c.h.e.s.t and tried to be prideful although what I could see was an innocent little kid trying to be older.

And just like that Lillie started explaining the geography, history, and common sense that she knew. I also asked a lot of simple questions and despite giving a little doubtful gaze to me, she still answered it, nonetheless.

So, it was like that, the forest that I was currently in was named Plain forest. A quite safe forest as there weren't many dangerous beasts in here.

Wait a minute, not many dangerous beasts? She said that this forest was quite safe!? If this place was safe, then what was deemed to be dangerous? Holy shit! Did what I fought before is only at the bottom of the food chain!?

When those thoughts come across my mind, cold sweat trickled down my body.

Anyway, Lillie said that this region was ruled under a Viscount. But for some reason, she was reluctant to divulge about this place further.

There's also a lot more information that she tells but it's too shallow, and I need to see it with my own eyes to be sure. After all, I cannot always believe secondhand information.

"Oh yeah, I had caught two bad knights. Would you like to question them with me, Lillie?"

Hesitation appeared on her face, but in the end, she nodded before answering, "Uhu… Lillie wanted to question them about Lillie's family.

"Okay then."

And with Lillie in tow, I went back to the control room, not before taking some antidotes from the medical room. I noticed that Lillie's body trembled when we reached the place. There was a fear inside of her eyes when gazing at the two unconscious knights at the side.

As I had suspected, the incident before still clear in her mind.

I patted her head, "No need to be scared, they're unconscious and already been chained so much that they can't escape even if they struggle for years."

"Lillie isn't scared!" After saying that, the fear in her eyes lessen a bit.

Subsequently, I moved toward the knights and chugged them with the antidote. In an instant, their eyes twitched a little before opening.

"Uuhh… Where am I? Y-you… who are you?" The knight on the left woke up first before finding that he was chained, "Hey, do you know who I am? Get these chains off!"

"Hmm… it seems that you still didn't understand what state you're in." I smirked before taking a seat on the captain's chair.

The eyes of the knight widen in horror as he tried to break the chains but to no avail. Just then, the other knights also woken up and gazed around in confusion.

"What kind of place is this?" He then stopped his gazed at Lillie in surprised before continuing, "You are… So, this was what going on, no wonder. Sir Magus, if you let us off, our lord would give a satisfying compensation."

Again with Magus…. Did all the people in this world regard anything alien as Magus? Guess, I'll play along.

"Hmm… if you know that I was a Magus. Did you think that a simple compensation is enough? Now tell me, who's your lord and what's your objective? If you satisfy me, I may let you off the hook."

Hearing what I said, hesitation could be seen on the knight's eyes before replying, "My apologies, sir Magus. But even if you brainwash us with a spell, it won't work."

Spell? This knight is either trying to bluff and play along or Magus and magic are real in this world. Still, they had an iron will on their eyes, unless if I extract their memory with advanced technology, it would be impossible. Wait, I remember that the Technology Cube had that technology in its database.

"If so, I didn't have any choice but to kill you. But as I was so generous, I'll give you another chance. As long as you answer this girl's question and one of my personal questions, I'll consider letting you off."

Thereafter, Lillie which had been holding herself back, burst out, "Did my parents still alive and where did you keep all of them?"

"Heh… you're so naïve and imm.a.t.u.r.e. I'll be blunt with you; they're all dead. But as I want to live, I'll give you one good news, your butler was still alive and kept in the camp not far from here."

"No… you're lying! Lillie didn't believe you!" A stream of tears was threatening to break out from Lillie's eyes, but she managed to hold it somehow.

Not bothering with Lillie's condition, I continued with my question, "Now then, tell me how you could have inhuman strength and move so fast?"

I had been curious about what secret these knights had. In the information that Lillie told me, it was said that they wield something called… qi?

The other knight that had been silent suddenly chuckled before showing a doubtful look, "Are you really a Magus? Heh… I guess you aren't since even a Magus that lives under a rock should know it. Even if you're one, you're just someone that found a legacy of the past Magus."

"Now just prostate and gave us the legacy. Our lord would be happy and may be willing to talk things out with you as long as you present us with that gir—."

Bang!

Smoke was coming out from the tube of my rifle as the headless body of the left knight slumped down to the floor.

"You're speaking… too much nonsense!" I aimed my pulse rifle to the other knight that was in shocked and threatened, "Either you speak or your head won't be sitting on your neck."

Finding that his demise was near, he suddenly laughed hysterically, "Ahahahahahahahah…. You weren't a Magus and dare to proclaim as one? You know that proclaiming to be a Magus if you aren't one yourself is considered taboo.

Shit! Just what is a Magus? There're too many things I didn't know about this world.

"Keep in mind that if words of you proclaiming yourself to be a Magus spread to the Magus Association, you'll be hunted even to the end of the world!"

"Now after knowing this much, it's obvious that you won't let me live. Ahahahaha…. Uhugh—"

Just then, blood was coming out from all his orifices as if he ate some kind of poison. He then died while his eyes and mouth still opened wide.

"Damn! He suicides."

This was no solution; I need information as soon as possible before having my next move. Wait, he said that there's a camp near here.

"ATA, direct the drones to survey the surroundings and find the camp!" I ordered after gazing at the sobbing Lillie.

["As you commanded!"]