The Tales of Draconic Warlock

She is a bitch. Elisha is a total bitch.

Did she forget that her family still survives because of the sacrifices that my family and my father made?

Looks like she is going to be a problem in the academy. I should prepare myself for any traps that she may prepare for me, and speaking honestly, with a bitch character like her, she would certainly do so.

Oh, I a getting ahead of myself. Let's start from the beginning.

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I spent a lot of time on her gift. While I was on that business of finding a gift for her, a mysterious scroll caught my eye. It didn't cost me much, so I brought it alongside with a gift for my fiance.

The necklace is made for her. I chose this necklace because my fiance is a mage, an Ice Mage.

The necklace is called "Necklace of the Winter", and is a Tier-1 accessory.

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Call of the Winter: Wearer would have serval advantages, as long as he or she is an Ice Mage. For others it is deadly.

Casting time was reduced by 10%, and the range of spells increased by 10%.

The boost is only for Ice Mages.

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Not only it was useful for Ice Mages, but it also looked beautiful. The chain is silvery-white in color, and the pendant has a deep blue jewel.

I felt that this was the most appropriate gift for her but what did she do with it? She threw it to the corner where all other gifts that she didn't seem important were kept.

Sure it may not be the most expensive gift that she received but I am her fiance. Even if she didn't like she shouldn't have thrown the necklace like that.

Wait, I am getting myself ahead of the story again. Here's what happened.

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As I am engaged to the birthday girl, my family was invited to the party along with me. The birthday girl was Elisha Siren. She was a bit older than me but I am he only one of my father's sons whose age was near to hers. So I became her fiance.

This deal was made when we were infants and I had no idea about it until a few years ago. I hoped that the girl knew about the fact or else everything would be awkward between the two of us.

Luckily there was no awkwardness because of not knowing about each other but there was quite an awkward moment because of the Count's Son, William Rutgurd.

At first, everything was going well. My father introduced me to my soon-to-be in-laws. I introduced myself to them respectfully and all that. I would soon marry their daughter, so I need to be respectful even though I never met them before.

Things were going well until the birthday girl made an appearance. Truth be told, she was really beautiful and I felt that I hit a jackpot if I could marry her.

"Hi, I am Magnus", I introduced myself to Elisha, "Here's my gift for you", I handed her the gift.

"Oh, hello. Thank you for coming to my birthday", she said perfunctorly and then moved on to the next guest.

Unless there was someone important who showed up, she spoke to them in brief. She only spoke in a better mood when the nobles greeted her. She showed no enthusiasm whenever she met others.

At first, I thought that it was just her character but it wasn't. I came to know when she greeted another boy who looked more or less our age.

"Happy Birthday Elisha", a boy greeted her and a smile blossomed on her face.

"Thank you", she said with a smile but didn't move on from him to the other guests.

When I saw that expression, I felt that something bad was going to happen soon. So I learned everything that I could about the boy.

The boy's name was William Rutgurd, a nearby Count's son. He is also two years senior to us. It means that he has already formed a group of idiots in the academy who would follow him around and he can use that power to suppress me.

Why?

I mean why does the universe create problems one after another for me, when my only wish was to live a carefree life?

Forget about any future problems that may arise. I now have to deal with these two love birds before they can stab me in the back.

The obvious way was that he would goad me to a duel and then defeat me in the said duel for Elisha's hand. Though it was the obvious choice, I don't think that this William is an idiot. He is after all a Count's son and he can't openly challenge a marriage deal between two Viscount families.

If he does that, it would make his family lose face.

Marriage between noble families was common and most of them were decided when the children were young. Many in his own family were married in this manner. So he couldn't openly challenge and also he was two years older than me, so he couldn't do anything in public.

If he was an idiot, he would have done that but he was not. He didn't make any moves during the party. He kept introducing himself to the Siren family. He made jokes and laughed with my soon-to-be-in-law family. He was trying to make a good impression on the family.

To be honest, if the Siren family withdraws and pays the compensation for the withdrawal from the marriage, it would be for the best. We would get some compensation, which can be used to get back those elders who switched from neutral to the opposing faction.

Since my father's side would be getting nothing due to the cancellation of the marriage, then they would have no reason to be against my father.

The problem would be when William would try to beat me down when we were at the academy. I have no idea what his rank was. Even if his rank was low, with the training he took for two years, I don't think that his skill levels would be low.

Moreover, unless we fight in an official capacity, there is no reason for him to fight fairly. He can bring his friends and goons. He can bring out the best equipment out there, just to defeat and humiliate me. Even if he doesn't directly attack me, there are other ways that he can.

I hope that he won't cause me any trouble in the academy but I should be prepared well enough so that I can face whatever he throws at me and I started that from that party itself.

Let's see what he can do and I would show what I would to people that mess with me.