Chapter 2 – Two-Faced Master

The Clocktower, Great Britain, 2001

Jean's POV

Hehehe, its my lucky day! I summoned a very strong servant, his stats are very strong for a caster, but his skills are what changed everything, most of them are A rank and above, except for the "Golden Rule" which is B rank. And with his over powered Noble Phantasms, the war is truly in the bag.

My bubbly side showed itself when I kept talking to him about things, like were you a very rich person back then, were you truly the strongest Magic Caster in his time, were you someone from the Age of Gods, do you have books with you, do you know necromancy, where did you get that staff from, and other stuff. Though he seemed overwhelmed, mmmmooouuuhhhh, just answer those questions already!

And for the record, I didn't pout at that time, no if I did, I wouldn't be Jean Rum. One of the strongest Mages in the Clocktower... Promise, don't look at me like that! I have my dignity to protect...

Though I noticed some things from him, he was the strongest magic caster at his time, he was also a king in that time, while he also has 10 rings in his fingers... Maybe he was actually King Solomon from the Bible! So I asked him if he was actually King Solomon.

He said no... Really? I actually thought he's King Solomon, hmmmm maybe I overthinked about it a little, though he answered yes that he was from the Age of Gods. Wait... Didn't he have Independent Manifestation at EX rank, was he still alive when I summoned him.

I was about to ask, when I noticed he was actually sitting on a jet black throne, where did that even come from? I didn't bother him because he looks like he was thinking about something, but what is it about? I then noticed the distorted version of Caduceus was floating beside him.

I think it was called "Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown" couldn't he thought of something original when naming it, a staff like that should have a name on it own... I couldn't think of any name for it though, maybe when I get back to reading in my library I'll be able to decide a name for it.


Evening

I've read all the books about fiction and history, but I still got nothing on what to name that staff, and while I was on it, I decided to search the history books for Ainz Ooal Gown. Sadly nothing came up, not even a mention, hint, or even a reference of sort about him and the name of his kingdom. Like he didn't even exist in this world...

Nah, that's impossible, surely the grail can only summon someone that was known in the past in this world so there has to be some books or information about him. Someone of his stature should be known by many people, so why!? Why can't I find anything about him!

Then I noticed that it's already night time, in my quest for finding a fitting name for an awe-inducing staff and finding information about my servant made me unaware of the time. Oh dear that's not good at all, I haven't been this focused about one thing in so many years.

I should get going, registering ourselves is more important than getting information on my servant... I think. I went into the room where I summoned Caster and I saw him still sitting on his throne still thinking about something, well whatever it was, we need to get going. So to get his attention, I poked his eyeholes, somehow I knew it wouldn't offend him or anything, and lo and behold it worked.

"Hmm, what is it master?" said the tall and scary skeleton.

"We need to get going Caster." I answered, with my two fingers still in his eyeholes.

"Can you remove your fingers from my eyes master, contrary to popular belief, I can't see clearly with you poking it." Caster said

"Sorry, but you looked like you're in a deep thought sooo..." removing my fingers from his eyeholes, hoping that he'll get my meaning.

"..." A sigh escaped from his mouth, though it sounded he only used his voice, because I know skeletons couldn't breath... Maybe Caster does that a lot before he became a skeleton? He must've lead a stressful life if he was used to sighing even when he became a skeleton.

"What do you need, master?"

"Weeeellllll, we kinda have to get going Caster." And we really need to hurry, the next flight to Romania is 9:00 pm, and I don't want to be late when it comes to things like this.

"Where to master?" Caster asked, I'm liking his very deep voice hehehe, makes me feel calm. Anyways "I'll tell you when we get out Caster."

"Alright then" he answered, standing up from his throne and grabbing his staff.

"That's right lazy bones, move hehe." I just can't take it and made the pun, giggling as he was groaning at it, wait how did he even understand it? Maybe the grail gave him an understanding about puns, oh this is going to be fun!

First things first, before I went out of my workshop, I took a deep breath, exhaled, and don my emotionless mask that I wear when dealing any Magus related things. As we got out, Caster already switched to his spiritual body and disappeared... Yea I'm totally going to ask about it later, convenient though, I can't have him freaking out Magi with his skeleton form, thinking that a monster somehow infiltrated the Clocktower.

Yea I just don't to handle that one, anyway as I walk through the halls, I telepathically spoke to him and said 'Caster, we're leaving for Trifas in Romania, for the War will start there.' Silence, he didn't speak, hmmmm... Looks like he was thinking again, wait there should be something I didn't say, oh.

'The church mediator is also there, which means we'll have register to him as participants of the war.' Yep, another reason to go out, strange though, the church is on our side in this War. Smells suspicious if you asked me, but we'll cross that bridge when we see it.

'I could teleport us there master' Caster suddenly spoke, giving me the chills, did he just say?..

'Really?!' I replied disbelieving that he could teleport us there, somewhere so faraway from here.

'Yes, just find a place where people are scarce.' Curiosity got the better of me and just beelined at the nearest park, with the night out, there shouldn't be any people staying there. By the time I was still contemplating on how my servant will teleport us in Trifas, we were already in the park.

'Here you go Caster, there should be no people here' anticipation on seeing how he does it.

'Thank you master' he said, materializing in front of me, he faced forward and said "Detect Magic" what does that I wonder. A second later and he seemed relieved, he thrust his staff slightly forward and said "Gate" and what appeared was an obsidian colored hole. It floated right in front of us, Caster then turned his gaze to me and said.

"Go on master, it's safe" he said, I was standing there shocked and in awe, that thing can truly instantly transport us to Trifas? Amazing!

"Whoa, you're amazing Caster!" I exclaimed, removing my mask for a little bit. Though it makes sense, he couldn't be the Sorcerer King if he didn't know any teleportation spells! In this era only Zelretch could do something like that because of his mastery of 2nd True Magic.

"Do Magi here don't know how to teleport?" he asked, seemingly confused about my excitement, looked like he had high expectations for Magic in this era.

"No actually, only Zelretch knows how to." I answered, the feats he achieved when he was still human was astounding, I have to respect him for that, though his constant mischievous streak is what makes me tick. He's really annoying when he wants to, and with how most can't handle training under him I wouldn't hesitate to say yes if someone asked me do I hate him.

Then Caster's deep voice called out to me and said "Come on master, step inside"

"Oh, right" making me stop contemplating about that damned old vampire.


As soon I stepped inside the portal thingy, a large green plain and a clear blue sky greeted me, it's so peaceful, maybe if I weren't here for the War, I would ask for a vacation and stay here in Trifas. Caster followed suit, as he stepped out, the portal disappeared. He seemed to be also staring at the beautiful scenery, but we still have a work to do.

It looked like he also realized what we came here to do and asked "Should we head on to the church master?"

"Yes Caster, the sooner done, the sooner we can prepare." I started walking to the town, making a beeline for the church with Caster switching to his spiritual form as I stepped in the town.

'We're so going to win this war, I can feel it hehe' I inwardly said, excited as to what will happen when the War starts.


A.N

If you guys are wondering, why the early chapter bru? It's 'cuz I'll be busy this weekend, I got some school work to finish and pass at Monday. Hoped you enjoyed the chapter though, thx :3