A-Xuan smiled at the king and leisurely walked to the participant’s tribune. The whole stadium was silent, only A-Xuan’s footsteps could be heard.

He sat and laughed after he heard his husband’s angry mind link.

"Don’t you dare touch anyone’s head ever again."

He shook his head smiling.

"My love you’re lucky you’re with me."

"Why?"

A-Xuan answered:

"Because no one would accept someone as possessive as you."

Huang Xing chuckled.

He never felt jealous in his life before but seeing A-Xuan smile at her and caress her hair he just wanted to run down and take him away.

Huang Xing ordered:

"Don’t do it again."

"Announce the next battle, everyone’s looking at me."

Ming’s look was the fiercest, he can’t understand how A-Xuan can still be a mage and a god-level one at that. Li Dagou read him and he assured him he was a 5 tiered witch.

He is the best seer in the realm how could he miss that? Ming turned to look at Li Dagou to understand but he had other issues.

Li Dagou was looking at A-Xuan too. He can’t understand either how he is a mage when 10 days ago he was a 5-tiered witch.

He’s the one who read him so he’s sure of it. Unless a mage’s power can regenerate somehow? If that’s the case then he can help me get my vision back.

He noticed that every time he battled his powers would decrease at an expediently fast rate.

By his estimations, he only has 2 more battles before he’ll become a 5 tiered witch. No, I can’t, I’m the heir of the royal seer and the strongest in the realm.

If A-Xuan gives him his seer’s power he’ll be able to regenerate it later. Plus seeing how powerful he is giving just that won’t change much.

When he saw A-Xuan looking at him he smiled and he became hopeful when he smiled back. I’ll ask later when there are no cameras around.

He knows how desperate he is to make friends so to him it’s a done deal. He took a breath of relief.

He wants to be the strongest seer in the realm so he can help Ming when he becomes king.

Even if he knows he’ll still marry him if he’s a 5 tiered witch he wants to be strong enough to help him carry the load.

When the next battle was announced everyone refocused. The participants entered the dome.

The spectators would look at them and sometimes peek at A-Xuan. A-Xuan leaned back looking at the battle. He was bored but he still had to stay until the end.

Online comments:

@puppylover: Holly shit A-Xuan’s a mage!!!! I did not see that coming.

@gwenrobot: I can’t believe he’s a mage. No wonder he was smiling when everyone was screaming yield.

@cedric: Did you see the participant’s face? They didn’t know either he was a mage.

@gerard: I noticed that too. They were all scared when they saw the mage’s imprint on his forehead.

@dominic: Did you guys see Ming’s face? It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. Hopefully, they’ll face each other.

A-Xuan smiled as he read the comments. Don’t worry we will.

When all the participants left the stadium for the house they all walked in the back while A-Xuan was at the top.

They don’t know how to act with him now. I mean just this morning he made them breakfast and now he’s a mage? Like what the fuck? Have you ever seen a mage as cute and nice as him?

They were all pretty much in shock. Even if deep down they know he is nice and a good witch a part of them was now on guard.

A-Xuan walked leisurely to the house like nothing that changed the whole realm happened.

The cameraman who was following him was stunned. From always being with him he could see how sensible and shy he was.

Now it’s clear to him and the whole realm that the reason why he kept secret the fact he’s a mage is that people have been abusing him.

After all, he’s an orphan. A-Xuan was the only mage in history that witches ever felt sorry for.

After taking a shower A-Xuan went outside after ditching the cameraman. He walked past the pool and sat on the ping-pong table.

He had his eyes closed and his feet dangling in the air. Using the mind link he called:

"My love?"

"Yes?"

A-Xuan asked:

"Can you have a cameraman film me in secret?"

"Hold on."

A-Xuan waited and after a few seconds he heard:

"He’s here, don’t worry he’s hidden."

"Thank you."

"Anything for you baby."

A-Xuan smiled and he opened his eyes when he heard:

"Why are you smiling?"

A-Xuan nodded so he would sit next to him and said:

"Nothing I was just thinking about something that happened earlier."

Li Dagou smiled.

"I’m sure the whole realm is thinking about what happened earlier too."

A-Xuan nodded not saying anything.

"Why did you hide the fact that you’re a mage?"

A-Xuan swallowed and said with difficulty:

"I grew up in MercyOrphanage, the witches in charge were selfish and greedy. If one of the orphans there was read tier 2 he would be used until nothing would be left. I passed as a 3 tiered witch my whole life and people still abused, insulted, and looked down on me because they knew I was an orphan. How bad would it be if they knew I was a mage? I couldn’t even learn my true power because I was scared they would find out. So I worked hard to get into Divine U but people still look down on me."

Li Dagou looked at him annoyed. Seriously you’re a mage and you dare complain? He hid his annoyance and said:

"But we never looked down on you."

A-Xuan smiled and nodded. Li Dagou knows that he is so desperate to have friends that he’ll accept anything.

"I wanted to ask you. 2 weeks ago I read you and it said you were a 5...I mean a 3 tiered witch. How come you’re not anymore?"

A-Xuan explained:

"I’m not like other mages. Within my power is the power of every witch. Like for example I also have the heightened power of a seer but if one day I lose it I can regenerate it. My core can never be emptied and it’s somehow more powerful than any other witch."

Li Dagou looked at him with envy.

"How do you know that?"

"The day before you read me, I woke up in the wraith forest in the middle of the night. Someone had drugged and tied me to a tree. Turns out the witch responsible had been poisoning me for a month to take down my protection before feeding my core to wraiths. Luckily I woke up in the middle of the night but not before I fell to a couple of lower tiers."

Li Dagou took a breath of relief when he saw that he had no idea who was responsible.

But the witch Ming paid said they brought him back to his room the morning. So they were lying...

"How do you know for sure it regenerates?"

A-Xuan waved his hand between them and a 3d image of his core appeared.

"That’s my core."

Li Dagou looked at it shocked.

"T-That’s not possible."

A-Xuan waved his hand and a second core appeared, he pointed at it.

"This is yours, this is what every witch has. But if you look at mine you can see that it’s red instead of gold. The reason is that my powers are linked to my blood. As long as I have blood flowing through my vain I’ll never run out of power, unlike other witches."

The whole realm listened shocked. It’s the dream to be this powerful, but that’s all it is a dream.

Not for A-Xuan thought, at that moment they truly understood the depth of his greatness. Li Dagou can’t fathom someone being more powerful than him let alone an orphan.

He was furious but he took a breath to calm himself. At least now he knows for sure he can give him his seer power and get it back in a few days.

A-Xuan waved his hand and the cores disappeared.

"We are friends right?"

A-Xuan nodded with a beautiful smile on.

Li Dagou smiled and said:

"I need your help with something but you can’t tell anyone."

"Sure if I can help you I will."

Li Dagou smiled in his heart, he looked around making sure no one was there, and said with pity:

"I don’t know what happened but since the first battle, I’m losing my power. I only have two battles left before I’m out. I don’t know how it became like this but I can’t become a 5 tiered witch. I’m the heir of my family and the most powerful seer in the realm. Can you give me your seer power since yours can regenerate?"

A-Xuan looked down sadly and asked:

"You want my power?"

Li Dagou was so frantic that he couldn’t see that he was hurt.

"Yes, in a few days yours will be back but not mine. So you need to help me."

A-Xuan looked up and stammered:

"L-look I-I..."

Li Dagou cut him.

"You’re my friend so you have to help me. Unless you don’t want to be friends anymore?"

A-Xuan looked at him sadly and his eyes shone with unshed tears. Everyone looking at this scene felt heartbroken.

They watched as he waved his hand and Li Dagou’s 3d face appeared. Every bad words and insult he ever said to A-Xuan were live for the whole realm to see.

After a while when people pretty much understood what kind of person he is he said as tears fell down his face:

"This, this is the reason why I always kept secret the fact that I’m a mage. I knew people would try to use me. You knew I always wanted to be friends with you even when you looked down on me for being an orphan but you never cared. Now that I have something you want we’re friends? Using friendship as leverage isn’t what real friends do."

A-Xuan left for his room without looking back.