The Magician of Sound

Welcome to Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Kai looked at that huge signboard as he finally arrived at his destination.

"Well, my departure is not announced, so only a few people will come to get me, which is lucky on my part," Kai muttered while looking around as he looked around. He opened his device and activated the translator mode as it would record the voice of people near him to translate them. "Well, I'm not good at French, so a translator might help."

"Hmm…" Kai walked forward, looking at all types of merchandise that spread in so many stores. He would probably buy something for the others, but he would only do it on his way home.

After messaging Sofia, he waited for a second because he was sure that Sofia would message him back as soon as possible.

And it turned out he was right.

"We are right outside. You just need to walk a bit more from the departure area and you will find me."

Besides that message, Sofia kept muttering his name as if giving him a signal where to go.

Of course, no one heard her, but for Kai, it was loud enough for him to get the direction. He followed the sound and soon found three people coming to get him.

The first person was none other than Sofia. She waved her hand as soon as she found him, to be exact, his giant "flame" that she recognized. After all, not a single person could be compared to that flame that symbolized Kai's danger level.

"We're here," shouted Sofia, wearing a big smile.

Kai nodded with a smile before looking at the person next to her. The first one was a middle-aged man wearing a formal suit. He had spiky hair, sharp eyes, and a muscular body. He was emanating a powerful aura like the ones he had seen so far.

He then continued to the second person, who seemed to be an elderly man. He had the same hair color as Sofia's and even the same length tied into a ponytail.

Despite his old age, his eyes hadn't lost their luster and his face had yet to be filled with wrinkles.

There was no doubt that this old man was an expert.

Kai came over with a smile and introduced himself. "Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Kai Carter."

The middle-aged man stretched his hand and shook Kai's hand while saying in English, "It's our pleasure to invite the genius Kai Carter. I'm the minister of defense, Arnaud Kaplan. If you feel Arnaud is hard to pronounce, just call me Kaplan. I am responsible for your safety here, so if you're going somewhere important, please tell me first."

"I understand. I will inform you about it. But if possible, I would like to not invite attention. Hence, I would like to go to another place by myself, but I think that's impossible, right?"

"Ahaha, that's impossible." He shook his head helplessly and continued. "Although you are forbidden to go alone, as long as someone can guarantee your safety. We can allow you to make that trip."

"I understand. I will inform you when that time comes." Kai nodded before turning to the other person.

"Ah, this is my—" When Sofia was about to introduce her grandfather, he already cut in while shaking Kai's hand. "Hello, I'm Jules Campbell. It's my pleasure to see the soon-to-be strongest person in the US Base. My blood is boiling right now. How about we have a go?"

"Ahaha, I can't say that I don't have the interest, but maybe next time?" Kai shook his head. To think that the person his master wanted to beat was him, he truly couldn't comprehend. "For now, I want to fulfill my side of the condition first. Maybe we can fight when I'm about to return."

"Indeed. I will wait for you." He nodded with a smile before his grip became stronger and his smile disappeared. He released a killing intent as he shouted. "You brat, I'm still not giving you my granddaughter!"

"…" Kai's eyebrows twitched before he forced a smile and said, "Of course, I'm here to discuss it as well. I wonder if you have the time to discuss it with me along with Sir and Madam Campbell."

"Eh?" He suddenly stopped and stared at Kai with a dumbfounded expression, not expecting this answer. It soon turned into annoyance as he said, "Oi, oi. That's not the line you're supposed to say, you know. Can't you actually fulfill this old man's wish? I really want to say that line with you reacting properly."

"Hahaha, is that so? You shouldn't tell Sofia about your intention if that's the case." Kai remained calm and handled this grandfather well. "I couldn't promise to do it soon, but I swear that everything will be settled in three years. I hope Sir Campbell can understand my circumstances."

Jules narrowed his eyes and shook his head helplessly. "Whatever. Come to my house later since you want to talk about it. It's not going to be long anyway."

"I will." Kai nodded. "By the way, I am supposed to go to the academy, right?"

"I will send you to the academy dorm later. For now, let's continue the negotiation." He then turned to Arnaud and asked, "How about you explain it to him while we are going to the embassy to deal with the paperwork a bit?"

"I understand." Arnaud then turned to Kai. "I will be informing you everything you need to know here, including the academy. Is that fine?"

"Yes."

"Then, let's go to the car." Jules turned around, leading them to exit the airport.

Meanwhile, Arnaud started talking. "I'm supposed you already know about the government system, right?"

"Yes. Unlike United Asia's decentralized government, which is controlled by a single family in their region and US Base's democracy, this one seemed to be maintaining their border. No, should I say, despite the big incident back then, it remained as European Union?

"This may look like United Asia, but they all have their own program and report to the union. So, the synergy is there." Kai nodded in understanding.

Arnaud nodded with a smile and explained. "Exactly. Back when that happened, only five areas remained: France, German, Spain, Netherlands, and Austria. The others were either wiped out or managed to seek refuge here. Luckily, we have gained back Sweden on the north and the entire west area, Italy, and up to Poland to the east.

"All the people who came from there had returned to their own country and formed a government from scratch. In total, we have eleven countries right now.

"Now, you are in France and will attend the La Martiniere School as a third year student. This school system is a bit different than yours. Unlike you, who form a group, we fight alone because we have the technology to do something like this. Of course, there will be someone controlling the deployment, so I'm sure you will see it later."

Kai agreed in amazement as this was also the result of his research about the EU Base. "I am looking forward to seeing something like that."

"Haha. You can when you enter the school. I believe there is a class for a special unit. All of them have an exoskeleton, you know."

"Ho? That's an interesting class, I guess?" Kai smiled. "I wonder what the chain of command here is. I know that my rank is useless here, but I think my words still weigh a lot, right? Unless you are trying to shut me up?"

Arnaud let out a long sigh and nodded. "Yes. Although your words weigh a lot, we can't really give you any leadership because it will hurt the people's trust. At most, we can give you an advisor role or a captain position for an elite group. That's all the things we can give you."

"I have no hope for this when I come here, so I don't really mind. However, I just want you to know that I won't agree to a ridiculous command." Kai narrowed his eyes.

"I understand that. I will also tell those people about it." He nodded before adding, "That's right. There is something that you need to know. Unlike the US Base that allows you to get a mission once a month, this place only allows you one week break. We believe that fighting on the battlefield will give you more benefits than studying in the school since most subjects are about battles."

"I understand. I don't mind that since I only have one request, which is to investigate one place. After that, I can follow the instructions." Kai nodded before noticing the noises from the outside. "I think we've arrived."

"Yeah." Arnaud then looked at Sofia and Jules, asking, "Would you like to accompany us?"

"Nope." Sofia shrugged. "I'll be waiting here."

"You can go. That stuff tires me out," Jules said nonchalantly.

"Ahaha…" Kai chuckled before signaling Arnaud to continue, even if it were only two of them.

Arnaud understood and opened the car door, leading Kai inside.