After finishing the last piece of his favorite dish, Judge put away the cutlery and swiftly wiped his mouth with a napkin. He let out a sigh of relief as the oily food residue around his mouth was wiped, and then he finished the dessert in a swift action of grabbing the glass and drinking, he finished the whole glass in a single gulp.
He then gave another sigh of relief as the refreshing feeling hit his mouth, cleaning anything that was stuck and giving him a fresh breath of air in his mouth.
He watched as Lediya went out of the room, pushing the cart. He waited for her to close the door and waited a little more time, he knew she would still be somewhere to check for any anomalies.
After making sure that he was free of any watchers, except that damn spirit, he decided to pretend as if he was observing a new artifact, even though he did not finish the current one.
It was pretty abnormal in itself, but not the kind of abnormality that anyone would pay attention to. They only cared if he left his room.
Pretending to be busy, Judge thought about various ways he could escape his quandary. He leaned back on his chair as if he was relaxing.
Let's see, the spirit could not sense my soul or existence, it could only sense my body. Besides the spirit, only Lediya would visit me frequently. The other visitors are Melina and Dosav. Each and every one of them could sense my existence, so if I were to leave, I need a small form of existence inside my body.
It should still be big enough as not to arouse suspicion, I could just pretend to be asleep.
But there is still the matter of them coming into my room, and when they check on me up close, there is no way I could fake my absence.
So the factors I need to solve are— leaving while my body is still in my room, I could use a clone for that, but I have to create it in the real world. Next is to leave behind a small amount of ether to show my existence, which is manageable, but the last one is not.
I need to be alert when someone comes into my room, and I need someone to alert me when someone is close I can also not go away for a long period of time because of the spirit, but would be fine as long as I go out at night when my body is asleep.
So the problem remains for someone to alert me when someone comes into my room, should I tell recorders to do that?
No! I am a god's descent, why should I need help for something so silly?
Maybe I could summon a spirit by myself that would be outside my mother's jurisdiction.
After overworking his brain without a proper pay, he decided on a plan. It would be risky, but it was the only way he could go out. After the incidents with the fake reality, he could no longer bring things he made inside his studio to the real world.
His sword instructor, Mr Dosav, would come in after some time. He would teleport them to a confined arena in order for him to train his sword, the house arrest was that strict, who would put their own child under such strict watch just for going out a couple of times... maybe more than a couple, but still.
His plan was simple, he needed to learn how to summon spirits from his mother. Melina was a great option, but he had a gut feeling that she would raise an eyebrow at that request after his previous request for 'academic purposes.' He was not comfortable with being suspected of 'not-so-four-year-old' activities.
After summoning a spirit, he would then use the spirit to notify him about anyone near his room or in the hallway just outside his room. He could sleep peacefully, knowing someone would wake him up if anything was amiss.
Going to the studio was the next course of action, he would only go there with his soul like he had done when he first entered the studio. He could leave a little amount of his ether inside his original body when he leaves.
Then he could create a clone and roam the world, it was perfect— risky, but rewarding.
Judge jolted up from his seat as he heard a series of calm knocking on his door. He instantly knew it was instructor Dosav, other than him, only Lediya would knock, and her knock was different.
"Come in," He stood up and went near the unlit fireplace, why do dragons need on anyway? The winter cold was just a mild chill to them fire breathers. Judge lampooned as he took the unnecessarily decorated sword from the sword holding near the fireplace.
Instructor Dosav entered the place without great caution when opening the door, unlike Lediya. She was afraid that he might try to escape, while Dosav was confident in his abilities to stop Judge before he even tried.
"Are you ready to start? Young master Judge?" Dosav asked as he closed the double door behind him. "Today we have to work more on your natural flow."
Judge sighed as he nodded with discontent, he had no choice but to nod. Unless he was seriously ill, there was no way to skip lessons. Any minor issues can be dealt with immediately.
Judge thought about how the all-powerful ether that seemed to solve all of his problems acted against him when it came to skipping lessons. He silently cursed the healing magic, but he still did not hate it because he knew he would absolutely need it one day.
Dosav watched Judge sigh as he swiftly teleported them to the enclosed arena that was usually reserved for fights that avoided the public eye. No that the public would come into the castle grounds to watch any fight without permission.
But this place was built to avoid the eyes of even the servants. The friendly duals between the family members were held inside this arena, and the walls were strong enough to protect against most strong attacks. They were as strong as the castle walls as well as the grand city walls.
"Raise your sword, prepare your stance," Judge was uninterested in the rambling of instructor Dosav, he was strong, but Judge hated any lessons related to swords.
He sighed again, this was going to be another series of knocking out a dragon child.