Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 54

The Banquet of Stars! Part-5.
The Royal Palace, front door.

When Jareth got out of the car with Mark and Risa, a butler came over to escort the trio inside.

Two knights standing opened the door slowly, and a gigantic banquet hall appeared in the trio’s sight.

“Whoa! It’s so bright and beautiful!”

Risa’s eyes shone with excitement as she glanced around everywhere.

But Jareth was not focused on the luxurious items.

His eyes fell directly on a man who was sitting on one of the chairs beside a wide table, and a wine glass was in his hand.

Wearing a red coat and various luxurious rings in his hand, the smile on the other party’s face solidified instantly when he saw Jareth’s face.

His dark purple hair waved in the wind, and his purple eyes shone with wisdom.

Before the other party could say anything, Jareth raised his hand to cast magic. The grimoire of the night witch flew in mid-air and amplified Jareth’s magic.

[Ding! Are you sure you want to use the ‘Attack Enhancement Card (Advanced)’?]

[Yes or No]

Immense pressure began to build up around Jareth, and the mana started to condense into such a pure state that it nearly became solid.

The whole palace started to rumble like crazy, and even the knights guarding the area bent down on their knees under that immense pressure.

A look of genuine fear appeared on the other party’s face as he felt ‘Death’ in that one moment, but fortunately for him, Jareth stopped himself on time.

‘No’

As Jareth denied the attack card’s activation, the mana dissipated once more, and everything returned to normal.

Mark and Risa panted heavily as they were nearly chocked by that immense pressure.

*clap**clap*

“You are strong! Jareth Blaze!”

Reynald, who was wearing the king’s attire, flew out of the palace’s inner area and clapped with a smile on his face.

Jareth glanced at the king for a moment before nodding his head to greet him gently.

“Greetings, King Reynald, May the royal throne remain glorious…”

Reynald landed on the ground and nodded his head to acknowledge Jareth’s greeting.

As if he was impressed by Jareth’s polite manners and his wild power, Reynald said in a satisfied tone,

“You are stronger than the rumors describe you to be; it seems my son is under the protection of a great mentor…”

Jareth shook his head and replied in a polite yet cold tone.

“No, the pleasure is all mine. I get to teach such a genius student; that’s my fortune in itself…”

At that moment, Reynald’s eyes narrowed, and he spoke in a meaningful tone.

“Well, it’s a good thing you didn’t blast off my palace just now, though… It will take a lot of money to get it rebuilt…”

Jareth nodded his head and replied in an equally meaningful tone,

“No problem, your highness… It’s just that I lost my cool for a moment after seeing an unpleasant face… I will certainly get into a lot of debt if I destroy your palace and have to pay it all back…”

Reynald laughed at Jareth’s words and nodded his head.

“Well, the time is not ripe yet, so let’s continue this talk later…”

Jareth nodded his head at those words, and Reynald flew away again.

The reason he even came out was to stop Jareth from destroying the palace.

If Jareth had used his attack, Reynald would have immediately cast massive barriers to prevent the deaths of all people in the area.

He had to leave a meeting to come here before the set time; the banquet hadn’t even started, and this wasn’t the time for the main star to appear.

Once Reynald left, Jareth walked over to the other man and stood in a fairly distant spot from him.

Jareth stared at the sweat-covered head of the other party, who bowed in shame.

“The only reason you lived through today was because you were under the king’s protection… Next time won’t be so lucky…”

After saying that, Jareth shook his head and went over to sit on a faraway seat from the other party, as if he were avoiding a plague.

Seeing Jareth’s retreating back, the head of the Blaze family, Kaiden Blaze, could only bow his head in shame and sit back down on his seat.

As all major family heads will arrive at this banquet, he also had to come, but the reason he came so early was to avoid meeting Jareth outside the palace.

If Kaiden was outside the palace and Jareth caught him off-guard, then his death would have been fixed and no one would have tried to save him, but if he stays inside the palace, then even Jareth will have to respect the limits.

To save his life from Jareth’s claws, Kaiden had no other choice. No grade-2 magician will volunteer to help him out, and no one will try to offend Jareth for no reason.

Since the day Jareth killed off that wyvern with one attack, Kaiden has been living in fear of death every single day.

He knew how many bad things he had done, and there was no salvation for him. The moment he steps out of the capital city, Jareth will kill him in that instant.

Kaiden laments his past decisions now more than ever.

If he had acknowledged Jareth in the past, then nothing like this would have ever happened, and with two grade-2 mages, the Blaze family would have been the strongest family today, just below the royal family.

…

Unconcerned about the previous matter, Jareth asked a waiter to serve him tea.

Mark and Risa sat down beside him in an awkwardly quiet manner.

Just before entering the palace, they were happily talking with Jareth, and now that they had witnessed Jareth’s immense strength once again, they fell silent from shock.

But, disregarding all that, Jareth tilted his head and inquired in confusion.

“Hmm, you are already at the royal palace; shouldn’t you go and greet your father, student Mark?…”

Only after hearing Jareth’s words did Mark snap out of the daze.

He nodded his head and hurriedly ran off to greet his parents.

Previously, he only talked with them on the phone, and this is the first time he gets to see them after so many months; thus, he didn’t want to let this opportunity go to waste.

Seeing Mark leave, Jareth glanced at Risa and said,

“You should also go; your father is already in the meeting room inside, and your mother and siblings should be in the waiting area…”

Hearing those words, Risa nodded her head and ran away instantly.

She didn’t even ask how Jareth knew about all this. (Jareth sensed their mana presence with his mana singularity…)

Sitting alone while sipping tea, Jareth felt so out of place.

He already wanted to go home.

He’s not a big fan of such massive events himself; the only reason he ever liked to go to such events was because he wanted to eat amazing food.

But now that he is in Jareth’s body, all food feels bland and tasteless to him, as if he has lost his taste buds or something.

‘This body certainly has some defects too…’

While thinking about it, Jareth glanced at his palm and saw many cut marks on it.

‘I have so many scars all over my body… I can’t even heal them, as they are already too old… but I guess I can reduce them once my ‘active heal’ reaches a high enough level…’

Jareth sighed and thought,

‘Maybe I should regenerate my taste buds first, though… Not being able to enjoy food is a real issue…’

The original Jareth lost his taste buds as he lived in poverty and ate unhealthy food for quite a long time.

Before getting adopted by the Vassal family, he had no money to buy food after all.

(Fun fact: The original Jareth has even eaten raw dead mice before; it feels nauseating to eat, though…)

…

While waiting for the other guests to arrive, Jareth sipped the tea quietly and thought about his future plans.

He was bored and out of topics to think about.

Then Jareth’s eyes fell on the door, and he noticed Shin’s arrival.

He was wearing luxurious clothes today and was accompanying a beautiful lady.

‘Oh, I nearly forgot that he is a married guy… I don’t know if he had kids, though…’

Jareth shook his head and thought to himself.

(D*mn! Even Shin rizzed up a girl! This world is so unfair!! Let chaos take this world!!)

…

Meanwhile, in front of the meeting room in the inner area.

Reynald wiped the sweat from his forehead and gritted his teeth.

‘The F*ck was that aura!? How could a grade-2 mage have such immense strength!?’

‘He clearly showed the aura of a grade-1 mage just now!’

Earlier, when Jareth was just about to attack, Reynald was already ready to use his strongest attack to counter the force.

He knew that Jareth’s attack was at the same level as his own.

‘Sigh~ the old fox is really shrewd; he said that Jareth is only a grade-2, but that power is clearly at the same level as mine!’

Although Reynald was sure that he was still the stronger one among them both, he would not be able to walk away unscathed if he fought Jareth now.

(And thus the misunderstandings continues…)