Chapter 14

Some days have passed and everything seems peaceful, there was no movement from aunt Lilian so everyone had forgotten about the incident except for me. These few days I’ve been training and also training my squad, at first it was hard because most of them have little or no Mana in them so I had to train them my own way. They didn’t take it seriously at first since I was a five year old but after talking to commander Philip Jones who was my squad commander they all tried it out.

They are slowly improving since the training was meant to boost their physical strength to make up for their loss in Mana it was going to take some time before they catch up to others. I only had ten people in my squad unlike other squads with twenty to thirty people mine was smaller not that I was complaining.

My squad includes the captain Philip Jones, the vice captain Lisa Thompson, then Huston, Blair, Blake, Samuel, Tom, Jake, Sandra and the most impressive person out of all of them is Andrew who was fifteen years old and is the youngest of them.

He was a very fast learner and surprisingly serious for his own age but that’s what I like about him if he continues to improve I might make him my personal knight. All of us have bonded over these few days even if I don’t spend much time with them they still trust and respect me, which I appreciate because the more loyal people you have on your side the more stronger you become.

It’s now time for me to leave because I had a meeting with Lizzy but I told my father that I just wanted to see them since it’s been a long time since I saw them, he was hesitant at first but I had to plead with him and even had to tell him I loved him so he would let me go and I wanted to wash my tongue after that, I really can’t get use to this childish behavior.

“Young master please be careful so you don’t trip over” Philip said to me as I climbed up the carriage, seriously I’m so tried of this body can’t I just grown sooner because being a five year old is really stressful. I got up the carriage along with Philip and Zoe since she was my personal maid.

After a long ride we arrived at the bar/guild, this reminds me of the first time I came here and I’m glad I did if not I would be wondering about in the streets. We went inside but unlike the time I came here the first time everyone was quite and didn’t want to meet eyes with us. This is what power feels like, it’s a very familiar feeling if only I could go back to those times.

When we got down to the secret room I was suddenly attacked by someone and that some one happens to be Luca, he’s the same as the last time I saw him so full of energy. “ Oh my how much I missed you little brat did you miss uncle Luca a lot hmm” he rubbed our cheeks together, I pushed his face away and said “I’m not here for you silly man I came to see Lizzy” he pouted at what I said.

“What are you doing Luca bordering the Adonis as soon as he came here when will you grow up huh” Lizzy finally arrived and was scolding Luca who finally left me alone. “ Lizzy how have you been, I came here to talk about something important” I said to her, she then escorted me into her office.

“What would you like to find out about Adonis, is it about the incident that happened to you recently” she seems to have known about the incident between me and madam Joann but that’s not what I came here for so I just go straight to the point and said “ I would actually like you to find out everything you can on Lilian Blackwell”.

“Isn’t she your mother’s sister in law why are you looking into her” she seems curious but I can’t tell her until I know if my suspicions are correct or not so I just tell that I would explain when I get the reports. After that we went back to the others and spent a few hours with them before we decided to go back home.

On our way home we came across something blocking our path, the carriage came to a stop and I was starting to have a bad feeling about this. “ I will go outside and check what’s happening “ Philip went out to see what was taking so long but not long after he left, both Zoe and I heard the sounds of swords clashing. Zoe took me close to her and became very alert, she even brought out her a dagger from under her skirt and slowly open the carriage door.

Outside the carriage the coachman was lying dead on the floor while Philip was being outnumbered by bandits and he seemed to be having a hard time due to the number of people attacking him. Zoe spotted by the bandits and one of them told her to had me over but she only hid me behind her so as to protect me while she prepares to fight.

Zoe was fighting the bandits with great effort, I knew she was strong but seeing her in action was very different from what I imagined. The more she was attacked the more it became hard for to protect me so she said to me “ Young Master please go back into the carriage ok I’ll call you out when were done”.

I was really curious to know why these men were after me or maybe it could be the work of that woman Lilian so I needed to get caught so I can get to know what they want with me. I tried going back to the carriage but also pretended to trip over and fall allowing one of the bandits to grab me and take me away.

I could hear Zoe and Philip call out for me but I had already been caught by the men, Zoe even tried to catch up to us but she couldn’t, her face turned pale and she sweat also out of breath but still tried to run after me, sorry Zoe I really need to find out more about these guys. Then men the men made me sniff something that made me fall unconscious.

When I woke up I was in a cell with some other children from the ages of five to ten, most of them were crying while some looked lifeless and scared. What we’re these people planning to do with all these children and are they related to Lilian, so many things were on my mind right now how could they do this to innocent kids.

“ I can’t believe another one failed again, if this keeps on going the priestess of the Zion temple might become furious with us” two guards carrying a lifeless body spoke as they passed by the cell. I wonder what exactly they were doing with all these children and what connection does this Zion temple have with them.

“Lets take out the next test subject, why not take the little kid we got today he seemed healthy enough for the sacrifice let’s take him to the other room” they looked at me while talking making me know they’re talking about me. At least now I can know what’s get going on, so I followed them deep into the dungeon and then into the room and their I saw a large black snake curled up in the corner of the room.

What in the world could such a large beast be doing here, it seems to have noticed my presence because it started moving towards me slowly hissing as if it was trying to observe me. Looking at the snake it had injuries on his stomach, I wasn’t scared of the snake rather I was curious of what it was doing here so I asked it “ hey will you stop hissing and tell me what a beastman is doing here and what you were doing with the children brought to you” it paused surprised at how I knew about his identity but how could he know that I studied countless times about beastpeople so I couldn’t be fooled for even one bit.