Chapter -3

 Clack!

"Don't change the topic, willy young fox!" scoffs Topaz with an annoying smile.

The first knock Arthan still could take it as he was at fault. This second knock, though is a different matter altogether.

Moreover, remembering what this annoying fake uncle of his has done to him in the room, Arthan was enraged!

“Grrrr.....” Arthan lets out a low growl.

Knowing Arthan was at the end of the fuse and about to explode, Topaz quickly retreats backwards and hurriedly took out a green talisman.

whish  

Topaz decision to retreat backwards proved to be the right decision. Because out of a sudden, Arthan launches a deathly kick at his chin.

“Use talisman - Wind boots.”

After saying the name of the talisman, two swirls of green winds suddenly appears and cover both of Topaz legs.

woushs woushs

What Topaz uses is a regular one-time use talisman. It has the highest burst of power than other talismans on the same level.

But how the winds only sparsely cover his legs shows that the talisman is the poorly crafted one.

On the other side, unable to attack Topaz with his legs that are not long enough, Arthan then takes a pencil like-stick from his pocket. 

“Active the talisman – Head cracker.” 

With some chanting, the stick in Arthan hand is getting bigger and bigger, till it became two meters long Bo staff with 10cm round thick body.

'Head cracker', every child in Harry town would tremble after hearing this name.

With this staff, Arthan loved to crack someone head, not because he is a lunatic like he is.

But it was a decision after considering ordinary wounds would never make stubborn children shut up, and it is also not too dangerous with healing spells around.

Different from Topaz, what Arthan used is a finely crafted ‘Light talisman’. This talisman has many options and can be charged if out of power.

With the head cracker in his hand, Arthan thought, he is 'Good to go' to smack to hell out of Topaz. 

However, after he saw two swirls of winds sparsely covering Topaz legs, Arthan was furious like a fire splashed by gasoline. 

‘Seems… just some smacks will not do the justice!’

Although it was poorly crafted and even too crappy for him, Arthan knows well about the talisman he has researched before. 

“Hell, you THIEF! How dare you snoop at my research journal!” screams Arthan, swinging his stick swiftly at Topaz head.

Whoop~

Topaz was using a wind talisman with wind boots spell inscribed on it.

This talisman is what Arthan derived from the clown prince grimoire, an award from solving his great-grandfather magic formation test.

Although the grimoire itself is public inheritance and known as a high-grade handbook for beginner spellcasters in the kingdom.

The talisman used by Topaz tough could only be created solely by referring to the drawings in his research journal.

Thus, for Topaz to have this talisman in his hand could only mean Topaz has snooped Arthan research journal to create the talisman.

Seeing Arthan staff coming at him, Topaz smilingly take five steps back.

Whoosh

Like the winds, the steps Topaz takes are so fast that even before Arthan staff could drop to his head, Topaz was already several steps away from his initial position.

“Hehehe…you left the journal behind in your room, I'm bored, so I just read it. Research is needed to be proved, anyway! Am I wrong?” explains Topaz with an annoying laugh. “...And as a loving uncle... I took liberation to help out my cute nephew. Isn't am a good example of how to be a good uncle? hahaha...”

 “Hell, if I believe it! Don't run if you dare! I'm just a kid with a little stick. Why are you need to use a talisman, you twerp! I'm I that scary to you?” taunts Arthan.

“Who doesn't know about your staff Arthan? You can control it with mere thought! Do you think I'm that dumb! No use to goading me, my cute buffoon!” tease Topaz from afar.

Getting mocked again, Arthan didn't bother to taunt Topaz and just used his mind power to control the staff and made it fly to Topaz, with a single mission to wreck Topaz butts down.

Zooom~

Seeing Arthan staff flying at him at lightning speed, Topaz face changes. He quickly turns around and runs along the corridor.

“Chase me if you can, buffoon!”

Topaz ran as fast as he could to exit the corridor and escape from the scene.

ta ta ta

'Hehehe... I will win if there is a crowd!' Topaz thought.

He knows Arthan well. He will not dare to do anything if there is a crowd. Thus, he will again be the winner of this little farce.

Arthan wanted to use his own magic, yet he didn't dare to do so.

No one knows he could already cast a spell and even less know that he signed a contract with water element at the age of two, while other kids need to use a magical item at age six to do so.

whoop~ whoop whoop

whoos~ whoos whoos

Still without other variations of attacks, Topaz very easily dodges attack after attack that came at him as he just needs to focus on one staff.

whoop~

whoos~

As Arthan sees his staff hot chasing Topaz around. A question about Topaz goals for all of this little farce suddenly hit his mind.

“What is his goal? This is ridiculous! He keeps taunting and annoying me from the get-go! Something is definitely weird in here!”

Although, they consistently bantering as a way of communicating and doing some childish act in between.

Still, what Topaz doing is too much and not in the right place. They are currently in their master's castle and not in their home in Harry town.

At the intersection of the corridor, Topaz turns his head to Arthan. 

“Follow me if you can, Buffo--”

Bam!

Before Topaz could finish his words, a black walking cane flew from the right intersection and lightly hit his head.

“O-Ouch who dare to hit m—… M-Mist--”

Seeing who was the one hitting him, Topaz was petrified, stutteringly calling the hitter name.

Whack!

Whack!

Whack!

As Topaz is petrified by what he sees, Arthan staff that already hot on him, whacking him hard on the butt unceasingly till he falls to the floor and yet it still never stops. 

“N-No, Arthan! I-It’s not the time to play!”

Even though Topaz cried for mercy and said it wasn't time to play, it was useless since Arthan stood out of range to change the automation command.

Whack!

“Ouch...”

The mindless staff continue to whack Topaz hard on the butt, and his cry continues to reverberate around the corridor.

"Cough..." dry coughing with magical power severed the connection between Arthan's mind power and his staff and made the staff fall to the floor.

Clatter!

Discovering his connection with his staff is forcibly cut off, and hear Topaz keeps yelling 'Now, is not the time to play!' Arthan faces change.

'Gosh! Just what he is wanted, really! This damned fake uncle makes me unsettled!' thought Arthan, running as fast as he can towards where Topaz was.