Business in the castle

After arriving at the gates of the castle. The man walked towards the guards and spoke demanding , " I want to talk to my sister , let me in"

"but Sir Allieot , the princess is currently..."

He was cut-off mid setences by a Head knight

"let him in , the princess has allowed him audience"

"Yes Sir" , the guard Said and stepped aside

The man , Allieot followed the head knight to bedchamber , he entered the room while head knight stood outside standing guard

Inside was a frail looking women with shoulder length black hair and brightly glowing red eyes while Allieot was checking her condition from afar , she spoke , her voice frail but stern , with fury barely concealed

"Allieot "

"Alice" , Allieot called her name , hoping to calm her down abit before speaking , even this weak , she was a scary person when angry

"I think you have some things to explain to me"

"so you know ", Allieot said , not suprised considering she was actively using the bloodline ability since he had entered

"yes , it was quite easy and my bloodline ability is strongest in the family , one look was enough to roughly guess what happened , tho they still refuse to tell me but i heard you took my child so i believe you own me an explaination"

Allieot sighed and sat down on a nearby chair before he started speaking

"the boy was dead , breathing but dead . some soul curse , a powerful one it overloaded the barrier and tore throught

Left the body intact and damged the soul "

Alice cut him off , " so why did you ask your knight to take my child away , why .." as if realising something " wait... Don't tell me , you.."

Before she could finished Allieot said , " i did"

"oh " she said trying to accept the consequences of her brothers and then added , " bring back the dead is forbidden and the person brought back isn't the same "

"I didn't bring anyone back tho , the body was still breathing , so technically alive i just asked for a long forgotten blessing

and all we can do is hope the boy reaches enlightment before lasts of his fragmented soul is gone "

"anything else " , Alice said strangly accepting of the situation

"aren't you supposed to be mad at me?" , Allieot asked puzzled by his sister's calmness considering her protective nature towards her children

" I am mad , but more at myself than anyone else. I should have been more careful and i trust that you have a plan and didn't just half ass it and expect everything to work"

Allieot was stunned his sister was very good with the bloodline ability

Alice meanwhile closed her eyes and re-opened it , this time her eyes turning purple non-glowing

"so anything else?"

"yes , go back home after 2 years alone

Do that and you will meet the boy eventually . Do not interferre with what ever happen there and he will come to you himself , i gave my knight our family crest who will pass it to your child "

"Quite the confidence , even after knowing that the crest can reject the person when they don't have our family's bloodline ability or if the bloodline ability is too weak , so anyway what will you do now?"

"Nothing grand just kill the bastards who plotted this thing"

"you don't have any evidence"

"don't worry about it "

"ok.."

"Anything else?"

"and spend my last years travelling"

"i see" , Alice somewhat aware of his situation , tho he never told anyone , there were enough clues that anyone of crimson family would know with their bloodline ability

With that Allieot left

That day was the last day , Allieot was seen and a great tragedy for many noble households whose patriarchs mysteriously vanished one by one along with some mages

Free City of Vandor

Eastern port

the knight carrying the child was looking around when he noticed James 'serpent' noctix walking with his wife towards the only ship leaving the continent

He understood who his lord ment when he said the words "recorgnisable"

He was in dilemma tho , on how to get them to take care of the child , who had just fell asleep after crying for 2 hours , he was just beginning to suspect something was up when the child was silent for first 3 hours of their trip until suddenly he wasn't , the knight did feel a sudden chill but thought nothing of it and continues

Now looking ahead , he was thinking when his eyes caught the headline of a article which read , "young master of noctix clan exiled due to will of previous patriach "

Knight smiled and thought , 'guess this will be easier than expected '

He walked towards the couple

"Sir i have an offer you may be interested in"

James who came just after buying the tickets , said ," and what would it be?"

"its very simple Sir , you take care of this child and in exchange my lord will give you enough money for you to settle in a another continent far away from her " , the knight said mustering his best smile which made him look more like a scammer than anything else

"And if we refuse?", James asked

"then i would have no choice but to sell this child to a nearby brothel and return to my lord"

James was about to reject , after all no matter how desperate he won't raise a kid from some shady knight when he saw his wife, Elisabeth looking worried about the child after all that was the type of women she was , the kind who was empathic to other's crisis despite her own circumstances and that's exactly why he fell for her , she had a big bo- heart... definetly a big heart

James sighed , truth to be told he also needed money after all he didn't expect to find a blood will expelling him and taking his child to be raised by next patriach when he led the rebellion , blood will after all required blood of all family members to be made

James' father had outplayed him

Not that he was overly worried , his brother was good enough to raise his child

Tho same couldn't be said for his own situation

James sighed once again and accepted the deal

the knight said , " do not teach the kid any battle art , only archery if you have to"

When knight was leaving

Elisabeth asked ," and kid's name? "

In response knight threw a threw a handkerchief in vanished

James caught the handkerchief

When Elisabeth said , " James , its a boy"

It then , James knew he had been scammed he entered the negotiation thinking he was saving a girl from a hopeless future awaiting brothel which mostly sailors and pirates visit

And the knight took full advantage of his misconception , but no point worrying about it now

He unfolded the handkerchief inside which was a note writting , " azaroth "

Well now atleast he knew the boy's name