Chapter 12: The journey

The memories then started to flood in. Considering he was young, there wasn't much going on. I did learn a few things, magic beast like Ace and the wolf who are born with magic talent are smaller and takes longer to grow since their lifespan are longer, at least that's what the pack leader said, so magic wolves will able able to join the hunt later, so when the wolf was 7 months old, he finally joined his first hunt, it went well.

But the 2nd hunt is where it all went wrong, the hunting group got caught in a trap, sharp metal wires that was so thin that some wolves died instantly when they ran, his parents tried to get him to safety but died in the process, the pup tried to escape so the bandits cut off one of his legs to stop him, he also saw them skin his parents for fur in front of him. He spent the next month in a cage till he met us, he thought of me as strange, a human unlike the cruel humans that killed his parents befriended a magic beast, he also thought Ace was strange, a magic beast that has complete faith in a human. He despite growling at me, he seems to enjoy my company as it doesn't make him lonely, but he is also sad whenever he sees me playing with Ace because it reminded him of his old family, after seeing the happiness Ace have, he decided to trust Ace's words and put his trust in me and accepted to do the bonding ritual and show his weaknesses to me.

The memories were a bit short so I woke up a bit early, but I noticed something strange, I can see better in the dark, I probably got his ability and my mana capacity got even larger than it already is. And I also got a strange burning sensation on my left arm, similar to the one I had with Ace, I lift my sleeve up to see a black tattoo with the shape of a wolf's head

"I seem to have gotten a bit stronger" I said in a whisper as to not wake the other 3 up. I then tried to get some sleep as we are going to head to Artia in the morning, if it's like any cliché we are bound to meet some bandits along the way. But due to the bond, I was hungry, so I couldn't fall asleep at all.

Ace then woke up.

-Morning, Perseus...Did you not get any sleep? Your eyes have bags under them- He said concerned

-My stomach was growling through the night, I'll get some sleep in the carriage to Artia-

I showered and and walked out of my room with Ace in my arms to have breakfast, Olivia was there with some fresh baked bread and my dad was making some eggs. John noticed my presence.

"Good morning lit- Woah did you get any sleep last night?"

"A bit" I replied groggily

"Must be excited to go to Artia, huh? Well you can get some sleep on the carriage" Olivia giggled

"No, the wolf and me decided to do the bond ritual" Ace then jumped down to get his breakfast from my mom

"How? He kept growling at us and even you" Dad asked

"Well seems like we have another pet in our house, Axel we have to now go out hunting more" My mother said "But this is the last one Perseus, we can't afford anymore pets"

"Sure thing Mary"

"Sure thing Mom"

"To answer your question dad, I got Ace to talk with him, both his parents are killed by those bandits and has to watch them skin them for fur with his own eyes and even if he goes back, he has no home to go back to, so I got Ace to talk to him and offered to bond with him and give him a home"

"Poor thing" Olivia said as she wiped off a tear from her eyes

"You seem to make friends easier with beast than fellow humans" John commented

It's not like I haven't tried, after my parents pestered me, I decided to interact with the other kids, but they just made fun of my weird hair color saying that I probably got some unknown disease, well I at least got an excuse to now not interact with others. My parents seem worried but John told them that it's probably just a phase.

After breakfast, since the wolf haven't woken up, I just picked him and placed him next to me on the carriage.

-Ace wake me up when he wakes up-

-Sure, no worries- Ace replied confidently

I then slept for about 3 hours and woke up due to Ace shaking me.

"Perseus, he woke up" Ace said when I opened my eyes

"Seems like this is the first time he spoke out loud" Mom commented

"Well he seems to only communicate with Perseus" Olivia replied "Well then again they did bond, they trust each other a lot"

"Well it's not like he needs to communicate with us, we'll still treat him the same"

"Well good morning human" the wolf said

"Well looks like you learned our language through my memories" I replied

-You are like what the cat said, you are indeed interesting. And I know you're curious but no, I did not saw your dream of the cat's memories, I saw every other dream though-

-Dabria why is that?- I asked

-I don't know much about that, but when you share your memories with me, like the wolf I won't be able to see the dreams of Ace and the wolf, I won't be able to see the dream of memories since those dream are shared only between you and Ace and with the wolf.-

-Thanks-

-You're welcome-

-We'll discuss what abilities I got later- the wolf said

"I'm talking aloud because I need you to name me, but your naming sense is bad, so I want your family to also hear your naming sense, but I'll only use the name you come up with"

-Yes, your naming sense is as bad as a cliché protagonist- Ace added

-Yes, it's terrible- Dabria agreed

"Paws?"

"Cute but no" Olivia commented

"Growly?"

"You are smart at everything but naming I see" my dad said

I then spend a couple more minutes thinking of a few more names to only be rejected.

"Siege"

"Ferocious, I'll use it" the wolf well Siege finally seemed happy

"That's a strong name" my dad said while smiling

The carriage seem to come to a stop, I then heard the coachmen yelled

"Damn it bandits"

Uncle John then used his magic to sense the enemies, and my parents armed themselves. Since they're former adventurers, I can tell from the look of their eyes, it's not their first time encountering this situation.

"10 in the back and 6 in the front" John finally said

-Happening like those novels you read, I would help, but I'm a liability right now- Siege said

-Not another one- Dabria groaned

-I want to have fun- Ace jumping up and down excited

"Oh that's it?" My dad raised an eyebrow

"Yeah, it'll be easy, you 2 will be enough, I'll stay in here to protect Olivia and Perseus"

"Can I fight some please?" I asked

"NO!" The 4 adults including Olivia said in unison

"Please, I'll use one move and leave the rest to you"

"Fine, it also looks like Ace want to join in, one move each and then head back in and we'll handle the rest" My mom said as she nocked an arrow

I then opened my spatial storage and take out the magic sword I got from the bandit's boss several days ago.

"You got a attribute for space? No wonder you want to keep your attributes a secret." John said wide eyed

I then walked out with both my parents holding the sword.

"HAHAHA, look it's a kid with a sword"

"Oh man, I feel so bad that we're about to rob them"

The bandits all laughed.

-Their guards are down, Ace you take care of the 5 in the front, I'll take the 10, we'll kill them all in 1 move-

-Gotcha- Ace replied and then run to the front

"Looks like the cat got scared HAHAHA"

I then got to my pose and charged flames into the enchanted blade, this moves works and looks better with a greatsword, but it'll do to take care of lowly bandits.

"Time for RETRIBUTION"