Chapter 11: Table Talk

"Are we going to talk about what happen in the forest?" Sir Brandon said as he ate his food.

The day pass by and now it's dinner time and they are sitting in the dining hall together. The hall been full and busy with the townsfolk's eating. Sir Brandon glares across the table at Seraphina to get a reaction from her to the question he ask but Seraphina kept her eyes on her plate of food. Lizzy and the driver looks at Sir Brandon and Sera exchange with curiosity.

"Miss."

Silence.

"Miss."

Silence.

"You know the food on your plate will eventually finish and you will have your talk to me." Sir Brandon said with one rise eyebrow.

Seraphina sigh and looks up to face Sir Brandon.

"Fine but we will not talk now. I'm still eating." Seraphina said as she glared at Sir Brandon.

Sir Brandon smiles in triumph as he leans back in his chair. Lizzy and the driver giggle lightly around the table.

Time went by and all four of them finish they food then Lizzy and the driver left the table to go back to they rooms to sleep leaving Seraphina and Sir Brandon at the table alone.

" What do you want to know Sir Brandon." Seraphina said as she leans back into

her chair and cross her arms.

Sir Brandon smiles at her action then says "What happened in the forest?."

"We were ambushed by a monster in the forest then you saved us. End of story." She said in a condescending ways. Sir Brandon gave Seraphina a board expression not amused of her answer.

" Fine then. Let me put it this way Miss. How the hell did you find the assassin whose located was 5km inside the forest without going inside the forest yourself." He asked as he leans forward from his chair . Seraphina stiffen as she looks at Sir Brandon sharp cold gaze. At that moment she knew she couldn't lie to him but she also couldn't tell him the whole true.

"I have the ability of sound. It's underdeveloped at the moment and I need time and training for it to grow stronger."

Sir Brandon expression on his face is complete shock. He knows that people at my age don't manifest they abilities only when they are 18 or 19 years old is when the core is fully mature making them gain abilities of Water, Metal, Earth, Mist and others elementals powers. The abilities strength is also depends on the blessing of the family. Then the rare few whose abilities that manifest at a young age end up dying for they core is underdeveloped making them over heat they body. People like me. This is why the Count never allow me to leave the mansion for he thought I was on of those rare cases of underdeveloped core meaning I will not reach adulthood but that is in the past. This time I made sure he doesn't find out of my abilities.

"Does the Count know?"

"He does not and I am not planning on telling him." I said In a stern voice.

"Fine then. I see you will not tell me everything and I will not let you lie to me so just tell me this. What must we do with our guest then." He said.

"We will take him with us to the Dukedom then we will extract information from him"

"Extract information?" he said with an over exaggerated expression.

" Sir Brandon please don't do this now- "

"So you expect me to be the one to 'extract' that 'information' from our guest." He said as he cut me off.

To tell you the truth yes I did expect him to do that cause he is a knight and all but I see he wants to know what kind of information am I looking for. I don't know if he will help me or run off back to the Count and tell him what am doing and looking for. I must walk carefully. From what I remember in my past life Sir Brandon was one of the strongest knight in the kingdom that uses metal element and also rose fast in the ranks in the knighthood after Lizzy was killed. I knew the real reason why he rose so fast in the ranks and that was for him to get close to me and kill me without getting thrown in prison by the kingdom. After the crime I committed Sir Brandon step forward to be the one to execute me. From what I remember he told me the night before my execution was

"You took my Lizzy way before we could be happy. She sacrificed her own happiness with me to be with a spoiled child like you. I will be the one who kills you for Lizzy" he said.

Those words still echo in me from a far dark corner of nothingness and I just let it ring.

"Yes Sir Brandon… Look I know you are not happy about this situation we are in right now but we are and I know I have no right to as you for this but I need you to trust me. This what is happening now and it will get worse and we will be put in dangerous situations but one thing I can tell you is that if I had stayed in the Count mansion I and Lizzy would have be killed." I said as i exhaled at the last words. Sir Brandon looks at me with shock then quickly schools his expression as I drank of my beer to hide my expression from him. Then put the empty glass down.

"I…I will try to trust you Miss but when thing get to-"

"Yes Sir Brandon I understand. If things get to different for you I will try to open up more. For now what information I have I can not share at the moment. You and Lizzy safety is my top priority." I said as I look down at the empty glass on the table. Sir Brandon grunts his approval.