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The Undying Magician - Book 4 - Chapter 41

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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 2 | Day 30

As it turns out, that Class S wind magician is, in fact, not breathing. I know this before even asking, before the magicians even reach me in fact. Because the answer is as clear as the head that I now notice being carried by Juan behind him in a little cage of flames.

Guess they beheaded her.

My eyes widen a bit when they get closer, and I realize the head is moving on its own. Clearly implying that the skeleton raised her head as an undead.

The hell? Why’d he bother doing that?

My answer comes when I realize that the head is moving its eyes around like a normal human being. A normal, headless, human being. Which isn’t all that normal, but the head still clearly has intelligence in it.

I guess he raised her with her mind intact?

But that won’t last long. Not when she’s just a head.

From what I understand, you can bring a person back from the dead as an undead, but they won’t last long. And the amount of time they last is entirely dependent on how much of their body is left.

Something about the soul needing flesh attuned to the soul itself to tether itself to, and a dead body – unlike a living body – only having a loose grasp on the soul even if it’s the previous body owned by the soul. So loose it will eventually lose the tether entirely no matter how much someone tries to force the tether. And the grasp is even weaker the less flesh there is to tether it to.

I’m not well versed in all of that since I don’t have soul magic or any subordinates who can use soul magic.

But I guess the skeleton does have someone who can use soul magic. So that’s interesting.

I wonder where they are and why they didn’t follow?

Juan and the skeleton immediately turn their attention to the frozen stiff soldiers from the Republic. Then they glance at me and I shake my head to signal them not to kill them. So they both ignore their presence as they look around at me, then at the terminal on my arm that still has Amelia’s contact information pulled up.

Until it goes into sleep mode that is.

Juan just continues to ignore it as he pulls the flaming cage around him and focuses on it. But the skeleton doesn’t ignore it.

“Nathan, I will give you one warning as a fellow immortal,” he states while staring at me with the blazing flames in his eye sockets. “Do not get close enough to mortals to care about them.”

I blink at that before narrowing my eyes ever so slightly.

“I won’t meddle with your relationships, but for your own good, you should stay distanced from mortals,” he continues, making me relax ever so slightly at the confirmation that he won’t hurt any of my friends. “Your family is one thing as you are already close to them, but those friends of yours from the academy are another. You will outlive them, and it will hurt to see those you care about growing old and dying, leaving you all on your own.”

I don’t say anything in response to him. But I am glad that he’s not going to do anything to them.

That said, his words do hurt.

Because I know they’re not wrong. That it will probably hurt when I see them growing old and dying of old age.

All while I’m still forever unchanging. Other than my magical prowess.

I grit my teeth at that thought before taking a deep breath and letting it out again. Then I turn to look at Juan as I ask, “What’s with the head?”

Juan answers without turning his gaze from the head, “It’s easier to bring proof to show that she’s dead to the other Class S magicians and their own nation. And the filthy corpse is why she’s undead right now.”

So I turn my gaze towards the skeleton, only for the skeleton to answer before I can ask him anything, “I wanted to get intel about the alliance from her if possible. But she hasn’t been very talkative, so I’m going to have to resort to force when I get back to my lab.”

I blink at that before glancing at the head without a hint of pity.

If it weren’t for the fact that she kidnapped me and was just running experiments on me then I’d feel bad for her. But thanks to that I don’t feel anything for her.

Juan looks at me for several seconds out of the corner of my eye before I turn to look at him and tilt my head a little bit. Deciding not to ask anything out loud since he looks tired. And a tired teacher is never a good thing when it comes to my next lesson. Especially if I irritate him somehow.

Not that he’s ever been anything but nice to me thanks to my immortality and fire magic. Even if his lessons tend to be rather difficult.

“You should take a break from training for a few days,” Juan suddenly says, shocking me so badly that my jaw drops open. And I’m not the only one as the skeleton’s jaw also drops open. Which looks more comical on him since he’s a skeleton.

I stare at him and so does the skeleton.

In fact, even the head of the Class S wind magician stares at him in shock despite her just being a head.

Did Juan just… huh?

That’s… not something I ever expected to see.

Juan being considerate and worried about someone.

I purse my lips for a moment before letting out a sigh and asking, “Can I go check on my territory?”

He nods his head and responds, “I’ll drop you off there before returning to the battlefield.”

I nod my head in thanks, deciding I’m too mentally exhausted by everything that happened in the past like hour or so to think about his strange behavior any further.

Juan glances at the skeleton and hands him the head while saying, “You deal with this.”

Then he takes me into the air through his fire magic and we begin heading back to the Kingdom of the Fallen.