Invitation Card

"Where is he?"

After a few more minutes of walking, they finally made their way back to the carriage, but Wilder was nowhere to be found.

"I don't know, young master."

The carriage rider looked over at Lance and the rest, in their hands were bags of clothes, indicating that he had gone shopping. This made him smile, he hadn't known Lance for long but had come to be fond of him. He didn't act like he was above anyone, he always kept himself steady and went with the flow. Even with the restrictions imposed upon him because of the happenings, Lance didn't waste one minute sobbing.

Seeing him enjoy himself gave all the guards a sense of relief and happiness.

"Oh? Here he comes".

One of the guards called out, drawing Lance's attention to a gigantic man with an Ax hanging over his shoulders. This was, of course, Wilder.

"What happened??"

Immediately after Lance's eyes fell on wilder, he froze. There were several tiny cuts all over his arms and his clothed had been ripped. Coupled with the Ax on his shoulder, Lance was able to quickly infer that he had gotten into a fight.

"You are lucky kid, here you go"

Completely ignoring Lance's question, Wilder pulled out a small card invitation from his clothes and handled it to lance. On this card was a strange design, it contained a flaming dragon and an icy blue snake coiled around each other, and underneath it was a writing that read, Fire, and ice academy.

"This is??"

Lance looked up at Wilder with a stunned expression, wilder had gone and gotten him an invitation Into The Fire and Ice Academy and judging from his current state, it wasn't easy, and he had to fight for it.

"Hehe, I have a friend in the academy, only she's a bit feisty, but it all worked out at the end. I only needed to work my charm."

Wilder smiled and said, the Alduwin faction had alot of pull in the fire and ice academy so he knew a few people who could help.

"Don't get too excited, kid, this invitation is only for the academy's test. If you fail to pass the actual test, you will not be accepted into the academy."

From the side, an old man with dirty robes for clothes said as he made his past Lance and the others and into their carriage.

"Hm? Who's that?"

The man's action was quite strange, he just walked past them and sat in their carriage from out of nowhere.

"That's the physician, and he's right you know…. you do have to pass the test first, but that's a matter for another day, let's be on our way…."

Wilder walked forward and patted lance on the back, with a meaningful look on his face. Only, Lance didn't know what this look was for, but he nodded his head anyway. What he needed now was preparation. He had goals he needed to complete, and entering the academy was just the first step to completing those goals.

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Two days later.

Inside the Nadir family mansion.

Lance, his father Escanor and the old physician are inside of Laura's room, surrounding her in an awkward silence. The old man had arrived two days prior and had constantly been trying to wake Laura up, but it was to no avail.

"Don't worry too much kid, the worst part is over, it's a good thing I arrived when I did, if not she would remain this way forever."

The physician was called Yang, he looked quite a lot like the Chinese on earth and just like them, he was excellent at medicine and healing. However, even with his talents, he was only able to make little progress.

"How long will it take?"

Lance asked, he was growing worried, it seemed to him that the physician was holding back the truth so as to keep them calm. Lance was no child, he knew when something was wrong.

"Stop it, Lance, let him do his job. I understand your frustration, so I advise you should take some time to catch your breath before coming back"

From the side, Escanor urged Lance to take a step back, he didn't want lance to keep beating himself up about the whole incident. Only if was easier said than done.

"Your father is right, kid, take a breather and come back later."

Seeing the response of both parties, Lance had no choice but to leave. He understood that escnor was going through the same pain that he was, and his insistent rambling might be hurtful.

And when he left the main house, Lance headed straight to the cave situated in the forest.

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"Boss!!"

Upon coming into the cave, lance was greeted by several young men who were in the middle of hardcore training. Lance and his family weren't the only ones affected by the attack of the Octagon church. Some of the young men under Lance had their parents severely injured, and a few had actually lost some loved ones.

They had all the reason in the world to want revenge, some even wanted it more than Lance himself. So they had to train, train and become powerful. However, Lance was not too optimistic about their chances as it stood. A fight against random guards was one thing, but those employed by the church were truly powerful. Even he would find it hard to talk less of them.

"There has to be a way"

Lance thought to himself as he slowly made his way deeper into the cave area, he owed them revenge and had to give it to them, the only problem was that there was no way for him to make all of them powerful when he himself was not that powerful. The academies weren't easy to get into, so that was out of it, so how?

"Click"

A small wooden door opened and Lance entered a cave room similar to the one he had imprisoned Ariane in previously. The difference was that there was a desk and chair in this room.

Lance entered the room and took a seat, where he continued thinking with his hands folded in front of his face.

Then he suddenly felts a warmth coming from his pockets. He reached in and grabbed the object emitting that heat.

It was the invitation card for the fire and ice academy