Chapter 28: The trip

"Well we'll be here in the capital for a couple of days, before we head for our cabin at the northern mountains" Luke said

"I'll go with Perseus in his little adventure and try to steer him away from trouble" Eliza suggested

"Good idea, he seems to listen to you more than us" Dad said

"Maybe it's because she's like an older sibling for him" Mom joined in

-Your mother is wrong- Dabria commented

"Can we go with him?" Oliver asked

"Yeah he's fun to be with" Emily added

"No" Olivia replied

"Yeah, if he encounter more trouble, Eliza can take care of herself while you guys can't" John agreed

"Awwww" the kids sulked

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"Well we got a couple of hours before we have to meet at our spot, where do you want to go that doesn't involved us getting into a fight" Eliza asked

"I want to go by and see the Academy, magic academies will have competitions to compete with each other, I have to scope out the competition"

"Well I'm going there too, just to make sure you don't pick a fight with students"

The school were huge just like any other academies in a fantasy world

"I heard it's even bigger than the ones in Artia" I said

"Of course, theirs are much older than the one in Artia" Eliza replied

We went by there, the school was quiet since school haven't properly started. A couple people walked by, they were probably the newer students coming to check their new school out

They were also examining me and were whispering

"You think that's him?"

"Probably, white hair and purple eyes and have a grey cat and a snow wolf for a bond"

"Yeah, it's him, his score is not just the best of his kingdom, but the best among the continent"

"Yeah no one in the 10 kingdom ever gotten a perfect score before"

"We better avoid him, he can defeat a 3rd year at his age, better not make an enemy of him"

They all whispered, avoid my gaze and left the area

"People fear you already" Eliza said "Well it's definitely a good thing since even nobles avoid making an enemy of you"

"It is, at least people won't carelessly bully me, though some people will probably think that I cheated, especially the more stuck up ones"

"Well you definitely shouldn't anger them, even good nobles like the Golds have no clean records, they need to know at least how the black market works, we don't want assassins after us, your academy can't protect you all the time "

"Well I expected that, well it's as good as any to make a new food invention"

-You stole those inventions- Dabria said

-Don't worry, I already got John to patent it, I will be known as the inventor in this world-

-Your monopoly is definitely the top of the food chain- Siege said

-Well we're getting rich from it- Ace replied -I don't mind getting more things-

"What are you making this time?" Eliza asked

"Ice-cream cake"

"Wait, it's possible to mix cake and ice-cream and eat them at the same time?"

"Of course"

"I better be the first one to taste it"

We then walked through the city to get the ingredients, seems like my franchises and foods have made their way here.

"Our things are more popular than I thought"

"Of course, everyone desire those sweet treats" Eliza replied "Now we better hurry back, I want to eat that new inventions of yours"

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"Big bro this is great" Oliver chowed down

"I'm having seconds" Emily said before having slice

"Well we can definitely sell these, I'll get to it" John said

"Yeah this is too good" Eliza complimented

"Well do you plan on going on your own the moment we arrived at our cabin or after a couple days?" mom asked

"The moment we arrive, and I'll return back to enjoy the rest of our trip before I head off to the academy" I answered

"Are you sure you don't want anyone to accompany you?" Dad asked

"I'm sure, I'll really return without making any trouble this time, like today, I went a day without any trouble"

"Well that's because of me accompanying you, I doubt you won't pick a fight with troublemakers you meet" Eliza replied

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"Call us on the amulet if you need any help" Mom told us

"Yeah and run away if you meet trouble" Dad lectured

"Do you need extra clothing?" John asked

"No, this robe helps regulate my temperature, and I can use fire magic to help me and Ace warm"

"Well keep yourself fed properly" Olivia instructed

We bid our farewells and left for our 3 days trip.

-We can stop by your former place before heading off to the dragon's and phoenix's lair- I told Siege

-It's fine by me, but they probably left for a safer place since we were caught in that trap- Siege shook his head

-That's probably it, but we'll look just in case, they were your family, we have to check- Dabria said

-Well I can't wait to see that mutant phoenix, and I definitely am going to enjoy your conversation- Ace joined in

We went by the forest and the cave where Siege used to live.

-No one is here, just like I thought- Siege mumbled in a sad tone

-It's fine, we're here for you- Ace comforted

-Yeah we're family after all- I said patting Siege

-Thank you- Siege replied

-Well do you want to camp here for tonight or do you want us to go to the lair-

-We'll continue, staying will just bring me sad memories, but I'm glad you found me that day- Siege said

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We arrived at a cave about 3m tall. We head into the huge lair and found the black phoenix inside.

"My older brother will be here in several minutes, he went out to get some groceries from the humans" the female phoenix said "Please make yourself comfortable"

"You're siblings?" I asked

"Of course, is it weird?"

"A bit" Ace answered

The dragon arrived in 10 minutes.

"Do you always stay in your human form?" I asked while sitting on a couch

"Well, you're here earlier than expected" he replied