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The Undying Magician - Book 4 - Chapter 62

Added 2025-03-19 16:43:17 +0000 UTC

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The next chapter is the epilogue of book 4.

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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 3 | Day 26

To my surprise, when I head back to the main lobby area for the suite in which my family and friends are staying, I find everyone already gathered together there. And they all stop talking the moment I come in before shouting, “Good luck, Nathan!” All at once.

The faintest hint of a smile spreads across my face as I see everyone.

My parents, Aidan, Amelia, Rebecca, Cyria, Sofia, and even Leo and Anabel from my time at the academy. Every single one of the people I care about is here.

Even the top officers of the Undying Caverns are here, with Claire, Ryan, and Benjamin all sitting in a corner with drinks in hand.

I can’t help but chuckle a little at that sight.

They’ve certainly come to know my friends and family at this point.

Actually, the entire reputation I’ve kind of built here has pretty much crumbled by now. With everyone in the caverns previously thinking I was cold and friendless. But now everyone knows better.

Although I may actually be pretty cold. Both literally and figuratively, seeing as I’m a vampire.

I end up joining everyone as drinks and food are all brought into the suite for a bit of a party. And for the first time in ages, I actually drink and eat with them despite not needing to.

Which feels really strange as I haven’t had anything to drink or eat in a long time. Other than blood.

But then something unexpected happens.

Everyone suddenly turns to look at my parents as they turn to me with a smile.

I blink for a moment before tilting my head a little.

Are they going to say farewell prior to the mission or something?

I glance out of the corner of my eye to find Incendia being fed by a couple random soldiers on a table closer to the wall. Then I turn back to my parents as they begin speaking.

“Nathan, I would like to thank you for everything you’ve done these years,” Dad says, surprising me that it’s not just a farewell. But he keeps going regardless of my surprise, “You’ve protected us with everything you can, and your mother and I can’t thank you enough for that.”

I feel a slight twinge in my chest as his words get to me.

“You have always been protecting us, even back in the Republic,” Mom says with a warm smile on her face. “Even when we haven’t been able to do anything to protect you in return. We even got in your way by being used as hostages against you.”

I begin to shake my head to deny their words, but Dad just shakes his head and continues, “No, Nathan, you can’t refute the truth. I didn’t raise you to deny what’s right in front of you.”

That makes me shut my mouth again.

“Before you go, there’s something we wanted to tell you,” Dad continues with a faint smile spreading across his face as he puts his drink down. With Mom doing the same right after him. “Something we all have to tell you.”

I feel more and more confused the more he speaks. But then he slowly begins to approach me.

“You’ve been alone for too long,” Dad says, with mom soon following him towards me. “But you aren’t alone anymore.”

When he reaches me he wraps his arms around me in a hug, with Mom doing the same thing immediately afterwards.

Both of them then say the exact same thing at the same time.

“I don’t care what you are or how twisted you think you might become. I will always love you, Nathan, and nothing will change that.”

In the middle of their warmth, I feel tears beginning to come from my eyes. And to make matters worse, the other people in the room all begin to shout their own agreements with my parents’ words.

“Yeah! You’ll always be Nathan and nothing more!” “Three cheers for the King!” “Save the crying for after the war is over, Nathan!” “Nothing will ever change the fact that we’re best friends!”

Their words, all of them, make the tears flow ever faster. And for the first time in years, I find myself sobbing in the middle of all of them.

Then, once I finally manage to recover, we all go back to drinking again. For an entire three hours before I have to head out.

And so, with Incendia jumping onto my shoulder, I head back to my lab to change into more suitable attire for battle, grab my newly created Arcadian Metal weapons courtesy of the Republic, and begin marching through the Undying Caverns. Where I’m greeted by my own people, all of whom are kneeling to me.

“May good tidings follow you, Your Majesty!”

I feel the corner of my lips quirking upwards at their continues stubborn use of the term ‘Your Majesty’ despite my title technically being a prince. With ‘Your Highness’ being the correct term.

But none of them ever budge. To the point that they’ll even refer to me as king even when the skeleton is right next to me.

Although it doesn’t help that the skeleton welcomes it as well and finds it amusing.

And just like this I continue marching through the Undying Caverns while wearing a set of pitch black military armor with both of my blades sheathed at my waist and my boots echoing off the floor of the caverns amidst their shouts. All the way until I make it out of the Undying Caverns, just to find the entire military force of the Undying Caverns waiting outside while kneeling on the ground.

“We greet His Majesty, the King of the Kingdom of the Fallen and Immortal Ruler!” all of the soldiers and officers shout at once. With Ryan, Claire, and Benjamin being front and center amongst them all, despite them having been at the party. “And we wish him good tidings in his mission!”

Then again, I did notice that they snuck out at one point.

I look around at everyone before floating up into the air a little using my fire magic. And without hesitation, I draw one of my swords and raise it into the air while coating it in death flames in a display of power.

“I will come back with the doctor’s head! Of that I swear!” I shout at the top of my lungs for the first time in as long as I can remember.

And the moment I do, the entire army bursts into disciplined cheers in one loud roar.

Then, with a proud grin on my face, I take off flying in the direction of where the doctor is. Which is on the opposite end of the continents from where we are.

The time of my revenge is finally nigh.

And I’m going to savor this with everything I have.