Chapter 20: Cliché alleyway scene

I charged forward surrounding my body with wind and and lightning magic around my fist. I punched one in his most painful part(for a male). He screamed and fell, Ace then send a wind blade to another one and charged his body with lightning to crash into another one to which I finish with a fireball to his face. Siege sends ice shards to the last guy and took him down.

"Well that was easy since we took them off guard"

-They are still breathing, you want me to finish them?- Siege asked

-Leave him for now, Albert and the princess wouldn't want to see us killing them, since Albert is the type of guy who believes that everyone can redeem themselves, we'll just leave these guys be, they have no chance to survive unless they get someone with John's level of healing here in a few minutes-

"Well let's get out of here" I said to Albert and the girl

"Y-yeah" Albert stuttered

"I'm sorry for troubling you" the girl bowed

"No worries"

As we left, Eliza looked back at the scene and then to me

"Those guys kinda deserve it, you were so quick to get into action, good job"

"It's not like this was our first time fighting" I shrugged

"Really? You had to fight other people before?" Eliza asked

"Yeah, Siege was kidnapped before he bonded with me, I fought the bandits that captured him"

"What happened to the bandits?" Albert asked

"Dead"

"I-I see" he looked a bit conflicted

"Is the cat your bond as well?" the girl asked

"Yes, he is my first one, we saved him from these magic coyotes"

"Of course, it was a fortunate encounter" Ace said as he was on my shoulder

"He can talk?!" Eliza asked shocked

"I did the last stage of the bond with him, he got my memories so he is able to speak, but this is only the 2nd time he speaks out loud, he usually just talk in my head, as for Siege, he doesn't really like humans, so he also only talk in my head, he did talk aloud in front of my family when he wanted me to name him"

"Why did he speak aloud then?" the girl asked

"He said that my naming sense is terrible, and he wanted my family to be the witnesses" I answered to which Siege and Ace nodded

-It wasn't just terrible, it was horrendous. Your naming sense is as terrible as every cliché novel protagonist- Dabria agreed

-You don't even read novels- I retorted

-I don't, I just know you hate being compared to a cliché fictional protagonist-

"What did you want to name him?" the girl asked

"Paws"

The girl and Eliza then giggled uncontrollably.

-Eliza's giggle is super cute-

-Don't get distracted now- Dabria scolded

"That is incredibly cute, coming from someone who just beat up some thugs, despite your usual smart talk, you are really cute" Eliza laughed

-I'll take that as a compliment since she called me cute-

| Bro I doubt she meant it the way you're thinking |

We reached the streets, the girl then bade us goodbye.

"Be sure to stay safe out there" Albert said

"Yes, I will remind myself to not wander around alone anymore" she replied

"What is your name if you don't mind me asking"

She hesitated before replying "Eleanor"

-Such a cliché name, the author needs to come up with better names-

-Yeah we know- Ace nodded

-I'll just stay out of this- Siege said

| I'm trying alright |

I got a glimpse before she left, she got red hair and blue eyes with a round face.

-If she is like any cliché princess, Eleanor is her real name, she just left out her last name-

-How can you be so sure?- Dabria asked

-I'm willing to bet on it-

-I'll take your word for it-

"How did you find us?" Albert asked after Eleanor left

"I heard a scream so I ran"

"He ran so quick, I had to run after him just to make sure he doesn't get himself in trouble" Eliza added "But how did you hear the scream? That alleyway was so far from where we were?"

"Ace and Siege told me in my head"

-I don't want to reveal my enhance hearing yet, sorry guys-

-I don't mind- Ace said

-I don't mind either- Siege agreed

"I forgot to introduced myself, my name is Albert Golds" he took his hand out

"Elizabeth Iron, but call me Eliza" Eliza shook it

"Perseus, can I ask you how do you start a bond?" Albert asked

"The animal that wants to bond with you will show you how to do it, but just know a few will have a different method, like the wolves have only 1 stage of bond which is the last stage, you guys will share each other's past memories, including you know what"

"I see, well I'll see you later, I was just walking around when I see Eleanor who looked like she got lost, she went in the alleyway and then I saw those guys followed her, I have to go back to my parents"

"I'll make sure to keep in touch, I'll call you through the communication amulet if I need you"

We then went back to do what we were doing. We then saw a stall named BOBA, whose franchise is secretly owned by me.

"Let's get a bubble tea" I invited

"So those are the things people are raving about these days" Eliza said

I went up to the stall and got 4 bubble tea, even though Siege and Ace can drink the chocolate flavored one, since they are a bit different than regular beasts, I still got them the regular milk tea for them, you know just in case. I got myself and Eliza a chocolate milk tea.

We went to sit on a bench. She took a sip and I can tell from her face that she liked it a lot.

"Whoever made this is a genius"

"They sure are" I smirked

-You just stole the invention- Dabria commented

-Well they can't sue me across dimensions, can't they-

We went back to our family. We got dinner together and talked about our day.

"He already got himself into trouble" my mom sighed

"We really can't leave you alone for one second" Olivia nodded

"Did you like the bubble tea?" Olivia asked Eliza

"It was great"

"Good, we should give you a black card, you can get free drinks that way since we own the franchise after all"

"Wait you guys own Boba?"

"Of course" John answered "Perseus came up with the drinks after all, and he still have a couple more flavors that he haven't taught us"

Eliza seemed to recall herself calling me a genius earlier and blushed

-Her blushing face is cute too-

-Why don't you just marry her already- Dabria said

We then had a wonderful dinner and parted ways the next day.

*****

I'm finally 11 years old, I trained with my parents in weapons and hand to hand combat and is now a pro(for an 11 year old anyway) with John supervising to make sure my magic doesn't go out of control, I also learned how to use light magic to heal better and my family just mostly think I'm a freak since I seem to have an affinity with every attribute.

We still kept in contact with Luke and Eliza, Eliza is said to already better than Luke back when he was at her age.

John and Olivia married and got a twin, Emily and Oliver Silver, one son and one daughter, they are only 2 years old this year.

-Well it is time to get our bond Dabria, seems like there is no better time-

-Well the day finally arrived- she grumbled -You will be asleep for a couple of days, your parent's will freak out-

-We'll handle it- Ace said

-We'll make up some excuses to make sure thy don't disturb your sleep- Siege added

-We have to wait for your parents to get out of the house first then we'll started- Dabria said

We waited till the next morning and we made sure we were alone.

-Don't freak out too much, I'm going to appear in front of you in my mortal form-she warned

Then black mana strands started gathering into this cocoon and a 173 cm woman in her early 20s, super attractive, with black hair and purple eyes came out of the cocoon.

"Well let's it it started" Dabria said to me whose jaw was dropped

"Can you say ara ara just once?" I asked