Published: January 4, 2026
“Ka ka ka, it’s no wonder Your Majesty is pleased. Even I couldn’t subdue Behemoth, yet you tamed it in just an instant.”
“You couldn’t subdue it?”
“Indeed. I obtained it long ago, but Behemoth only told me its name and refused to speak further. Its form back then was so ethereal; I always hoped to encounter it again someday.”
“You mean its form… like this?”
I linked Behemoth with the armor ring.
Just like when I made Leviathan and Luthier fight, Behemoth’s form also materialized.
On the table appeared a golden bull.
Despite being outdoors, the golden radiance was so intense that everyone present couldn’t help but avert their eyes from the dazzling light.
Indra, seeing this, exclaimed:
“This is it! It can do this too? Amazing, boy!”
“Behemoth.”
I commanded the linked Behemoth.
The golden bull slowly moved on the table and skillfully poured sake into Indra’s cup, still maintaining its bull form.
The sake in Indra’s cup shimmered with a golden hue, though transparent.
“Whoa!!!”
The onlookers gasped in amazement.
“So it can do that too?”
Indra was even more astonished.
Behemoth’s behavior showed complete obedience to me, acting like a subordinate.
Given how it had been indifferent to me before, this was truly impressive.
“With this, I can make them fight and learn strength and technique.”
“Fight? Against what?”
“For example, Leviathan.”
I summoned Leviathan as a water swordsman, just like before.
“Hmm.”
“Luthier.”
This time, an elemental fire martial artist.
“Oh!”
And finally, the beauty in the painting.
“Fuwawa.”
These are the willful weapons and tools I command.
I materialized them all—then, in the next moment—
My vision turned completely white.
No, it wasn’t just that.
It felt as though my soul was whisked away to a far-off place.
A voice echoed.
An overwhelming and ethereal voice unlike anything I had ever heard.
“It’s been a thousand years since the four of us gathered.”
“Since the Silver Age, indeed.”
“That child then was extraordinary. Level 255, able to command all four of us and restore our power.”
“Soon, the day will come when all of us (…) will be assembled. We shall regain full strength. A joyous occasion since the creation of heaven and earth.”
“Oh my, you seem quite fond of this child. The mad dog Leviathan (……).”
I heard a voice I had never encountered but strangely recognized (……).
Just after the vaguely familiar name, my senses were rapidly pulled back to reality (……).
I looked around.
We were on a main street in the city, near the market stalls.
The four figures on the table looked unchanged from before—Luthier, Fuwawa, Behemoth, and Leviathan (……).
All exactly as they had been.
Was that… an auditory hallucination?
“It was a voice from heaven. The heavens have high hopes for his imperial highness the prince.”
“Huh?”
Startled, I turned toward the source of the voice.
The onlookers were there, all wide-eyed with expressions of disbelief.
“So that means… it was a god?”
“I don’t really understand, but I think that was a god.”
“Eh? I’m not the only one?”
“The god is expecting great things of prince wise your highness…?”
The onlookers spoke excitedly, casting me looks filled with hope and respect.
Until just moments ago, they looked at me as just a prince, but this was different.
This wasn’t the begrudging respect tied to status.
It was genuine admiration.
“Could it be… that everyone here heard it?”
“Yeah, that’s right. I heard it too.”
“Lord Indra.”
“Impressive, boy. This is truly magnificent.”
Indra’s face showed no respect, but rather strong joy and high expectations.
Putting that aside—
“Jiji.”
“Huh? Ah, yes!”
Jiji, the maid who had been waiting apart and was equally stunned by the voice, hurried over when I called.
“Give five—no, ten Lien to everyone here who witnessed that.”
I took a leather pouch from my pocket and handed it to Jiji.
This was also one of the duties of a noble.
Noble celebrations are often on a much larger scale than those of commoners.