The Tales of Draconic Warlock

It took just a few moments for us to return to the Winter City from the capital. We took my father's car which was in the parking lot for the last few days, to reach home.

When we arrived home, I instinctively felt that the atmosphere was different here.

My family is happy but I could see that some members of the family are not. They belong to the faction that was against my father. If anything good happens to my father's branch, obviously they wouldn't be happy.

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"So what is it?" I asked my father, as soon as we entered our personal compound.

My father who kept a straight face, trying to not tell me burst out.

Apparently, my big sister Eritrea was in love with a fellow colleague and that was the true reason why she avoided marriage all this time.

The colleague only accepted her proposal recently.

The wedding preparations were along the way and the marriage date was fixed and to be held in a month's time.

As of now, only two sisters are here at home and they were busy shopping with our mother so much so that, they were not even here to receive me. From what father said, they are not even in Winter City. This was why mother had sent father to pick me up, so that I don't feel abandoned.

I was happy hearing the news, so I immediately messaged Eritrea congratulating her.

Since my mother and sisters were not here, I decided to take a proper bath, before going to the magic association to complete the promotion mission.

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After celebrating for a little bit at home, I went to the Magic Association branch and I didn't go alone. I took a driver with me.

I did this because, when there is a driver, they are also the chauffeurs of the passengers. They would report where I have been and what I did.

After we return home from the association, the driver would report that I went to the association and the time I spent inside to the family. They would think that I took a Tier-2 promotion mission and nothing else. There aren't many reasons for me to be there except for taking the promotion mission at this point.

The family need to know that I am still weak. This was because there were still problems in the family. If they ever find my progress, they will be alerted.

Some of the Elders from my family tried to assassinate me, almost two years ago. There is also the one who placed the demon summoning ritual method in the library. If anyone other than me had got their hands on it, it would have been disastrous.

Many human nations are at war with demon nations.

Not all demons are bad and not all humans are good but instinctively when one race sees members of the other race, they would be at each other's throats.

This was why I had to kill that demon. He was going to kill me as soon as the wards failed and it would be a disaster for the kingdom. So I had no choice but to kill him. If I had the ritual to send him back then, I would have.

Luckily Inari was not as aggressive as him and it worked out for the better, at least for me. After I complete the promotion mission and reach Tier-5, I will find some time to send her back.

With everyone home, it became quite troublesome to send her back. With too many back in the family compound, someone might find out what I am up to. It would be bad

In addition to sending Inari back without anyone knowing about it, I need to clean the house as soon as possible. The internal threats are much more dangerous than external ones.

The external ones can be seen by us and could be taken care of properly but the internal ones, no one can see them before they cause immense damage. I need to eradicate these idiots but at the same time not get caught or have some proof of their wrongdoings.

Instead of eradicating them personally, if the family sees them as bad for the family, it would be for the best.

There is no concrete proof of the assassination attempt on me. Though those guys failed their job, that was because they underestimated me but they are professionals. There was no evidence linking the family elders to that.

Wait, is there no evidence?

I don't think that those guys are idiots to blindly take the job to assassinate me. I am not some orphan or commoner who has no power to retaliate.

My father is a viscount. No matter the differences in the family, most elders would put a united front on the outside.

Assassination of a Viscount's son would be a black mark on the family. They would try everything to find the culprit. I don't know whether they would get justice for my death and punish the elders who plotted against me but the assassins wouldn't last long.

They should have known that fact, but they didn't have any evidence at that time. It means that they were hiding the evidence against the family elders who hired them, but where is that evidence?

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"We are here sir", my driver broke my thoughts, as the car came to a stop.

"Thank You Stephen", I said and got out of the car and went straight inside.

I approached the reception and said, "Hello, I am here to take the promotion mission".

"Sure sir. Please follow me", she said as she led me to the third floor, the same as before.

She stopped before a room and said, "I believe that you know the procedure. You can take this room for the promotion sir. If you need anything I'll be outside"

I said, "Thank you", and walked through the door that she opened for me.

Once I was inside the door was closed, so there won't be any disturbances.

I walked towards the promotion crystal and placed my hand on it. A warm energy passed through my body.

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