Thanks to Arthur's assistance, the agreement went smoother than he thought.
Not only did King Uther decide to release Morgana, he even made an announcement to free Emery from all the charges related to the death of Sir Badgemagus and his knights with his position as the knight commander of Divine Order.
The announcement dictated that what happened at that time was a self defense and thus could not be tried.
Honestly, the decision made by the king bothered Emery, somehow. There was a hunch that made him believe this would become a problem later down the lane. However, after thinking it through, Emery just decided to accept this as a win for now.
The next thing that came as a surprise was the king's, or rather, Arthur's initiative to give him a title within the Divine Order. It was a recognition for his alias, Merlin, as a wizard.
The title itself was an empty one without even a useful perk at all, but Arthur insisted Emery to receive it because of how important it was. Apparently, the title would help and further smooth the relation between him and the other figures in the Divine Order.
If Emery was to be honest, he felt he didn't need such 'benefits' as he had no plans to mingle in the murky waters of the 7 kingdoms.
Moreover, as if it wasn't useless enough, the title actually came with a responsibility that he had to fulfill.
The moment the aid of a wizard was needed, he would have to appear and lend a hand no matter what.
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In the end, an agreement had been made between the two parties.
One of the tasks in the agreement was the collaboration between Emery and Logress Kingdom in the hunt for a certain witch named Meave.
Emery did his part by giving a detailed description of Meave. He hoped that with this information, the knights would be able to catch the shadow of her in a short period of time.
King Uther and Arthur were gobsmacked when they heard the description Emery told them. It was almost unbelievable for them that the witch responsible for the incident 20 years ago was a woman who appeared to be in her mid 20s.
Emery also told them about Meave's modus operandi, in which she traveled from village to village under the identity of a healer.
King Uther looked visibly excited at the moment, probably because he now finally had the opportunity to catch the damned witch.
After the agreement was made, Gaious, who was also one of the wizards of the Divine Order, assigned a specialized bird to Emery. He watched in interest as Gaious let the bird perched on his shoulders for a while before taking it back.
It turned out the bird had already recognized his scent and could quickly find him if there was any information they wanted to convey to him. In short, this bird was a communication channel.
Then, while Emery was eyeing the bird with curiosity, Gaious gave him another bird that looked similar to the first one. But, different from its counterpart, this bird would return to the Order if Emery had an important message or information he wanted to send.
Even though Emery felt the bird was useless due to the existence of his [Spatial Gate] spell, that allowed him to easily return to Logress Kingdom, he still accepted it because he thought there might be an occasion and moment where he would need its capability.
After all, it was better to have it and not use it, than to need it and not have it.
When he accepted the bird that was locked in a small cage, Emery grinned as he looked at the red-haired girl standing next to him.
"This is your official task from me, Morgana. You will be in charge of this bird!"
At first, Emery thought the girl would refuse to do it, because he could see a frown on her face. However, the moment she received the cage and locked eyes with the bird, she seemed unwilling to let go of the latter, even if the world were to be destroyed in the next moment.
Emery appreciated how Arthur really gave extra thoughts and consideration to make sure their agreement would work out.
So far, except for a few knights, who were still afraid of him, everything had been resolved and proceeded smoothly.
Now, Emery only had to find a way to actually help Arthur pull the sword, as the agreement per se.
He returned to the room where the sword was, in the endeavor to crack the dilemma. Unfortunately, Emery still wasn't able to find even a concrete solution to this.
The only clue that he had at the moment was the matter about the light element and the requirement of strength.
Left without any possible path, Emery, at the moment, could only hope that the Lady of the Lake could help him.
This would be ideal, the High Priestess helping Arthur and he could reap the credit. Thinking about this somehow brought a smile to Emery's face.
In the chance that even the Lady of the Lake was unable to help him, Emery was confident the Magus Academy would certainly have the answer. It just meant it would take more time for him to help Arthur, as the latter had to wait until he returned for his third year.
Finally, after a whole day had passed, the necessary preparations had been set.
Not wasting any more time, Arthur swiftly prepared a convoy that would bring them to the Forbidden Forest.
Destination: Venta Town.
It was finally the time to bring Morgana back home.
Thinking about home, Emery once again frowned. There was still one more girl problem he had to solve, before he could finally put all these things away and focus on his training.