'That's massive..'Ian couldn't help but be shocked as he saw the wolf who crashed into his shield. Normal adult wolves were blue-grey in colour, about the same size as a human. But the one standing in front of him was double their size and had deep blue patches all over his body. The dust around them slowly subsided and the wolf stood up on his feet once again. It looked around and saw the shield behind it. Since the shield was connected to Ian, his eyes naturally turned to Ian next. Ash and Louis stepped forward and covered Ian slightly as they tried to figure out what it'd do next. They were already treating him with hostility since he disturbed their meal. It was also true that many people would've gotten hurt if it weren't for Ian's shield. As such, they were just treating it like another mindless creature. But they seemed to have forgotten an important thing. Just like the humans, where the higher up you went on the ladder, the stronger and smarter they were, wolves were no
The Next Day. Ian left the kids at the Queens care as he only took the wolf kid, Louis and Ash with him. He never took Damon since that way, he could properly utilise Damon's powers in times of Danger. There wasn't too much of a crowd in front of the building where the King rested since it was almost noon. Most of the crowds visited the King either in the morning or the evening. Morning for commoner, and evening for nobles, that was an unwritten rule in the city. Ian wondered if it was really okay to visit the King at such an awkward time but shook his head soon. "Let's go." Ian, the wolf kid in his shoulder and Louis and Lucas on his side, the four of them entered the building together and was soon stopped by one of the royal guards. The royal guards had their own uniform and were all unique individuals selected for their outstanding talent in specific fields, be it intelligence, knowledge, strength, quick decision making. Every one of them were special. "Your identity." T
"Let's enjoy our lunch, shall we?" The King exclaimed with a cheerful expression as lunch was served in front of them. "Umm..but before that.." He continued his sentence with a troubled look. Ian wondered what else he was going to say as he waited, low-key scared of the King right now. 'I hate energetic people like that.' His reason was obvious. Our Ian or Noah or whatever his name you preferred, he's a complete introvert afterall. He didn't have the energy to keep up with someone like that. And the King, from his observation, seemed exactly like the type that he would have a hard time dealing with. "Shouldn't you guys do something else? For example..." The King continued with a weird tone. Ian waited patiently on the outside, while freaking out on the inside as the King continued his sentence. "Remove your hood?" "Hm?" Ian's answer was informal as he couldn't grasp what the King was talking about at first. But then he realised that all of them had hoods pulled up to their
"Whoa.. It's getting cold in here.." A casual voice cracked and dissipated the tense atmosphere that was brewing between the King's and Ian's men. The source of the voice was obviously Ian, since he was the only person who could calm Ash and Louis down with a single sentence. He picked up another round looking grape from the plate and put it in his mouth. Although he had indeed tried to rile up the situation just now with that cold tone of his, seeing how defensive the King and his men became when he talked about taking away the kid, he decided to cool down. "It's not like we're here to fight." Ian shrugged as he spoke. The King also let down his guard and the two Royal guards followed suit. They really did have no reason to act hostile towards Ian. If anything, they should be thanking him right now for bringing their precious little prince back to them. They should be showering him with priceless gifts and praises. "Right.. I apologize.. Since you were the one who brought him
"Here. Take him." Ian picked up the kid that was clinging to him like a monkey and placed him on the King's hand. "Uh.. yeah.." The King hesitated for a moment, seeing the kid flailing around in his arm but then held him properly. "You two... Stop it." Next, Ian removed another two babies that were clinging to him from left and right and placed them on the chair. "Should we continue our lunch? There's a lot I'm curious about.." Ian said as he sat down on his seat. Ian wanted to know why the rumours about the King were so severe and what exactly happened for him to put his brother behind the bars. The King nodded his head and took his seat. The royal robe fallen onto the floor was picked up by one of the guards and taken away. "But before that, can we have a proper introduction?" The King requested. Ian nodded his head since it was reasonable enough. Although they were comfortable with each other since they had met in good terms and even had that kid's certificate of inn
"Then! Let's go!" The King and his guards, followed by Ian and his kids, left the mansion and rode a carriage to the Royal palace. It wasn't too grand or majestic like the one Ian had been to before. But it did have a unique charm to it, being decorated by various wolf statues and sculptures. The flower garden also looked more gorgeous for some reason. 'Is it because it's within the mountain?' Ian started thinking about weird formulas and hypothesis inside his mind as they walked through the Royal road and reached the palace. "They're kept in the underground room because the healer told us to keep him away from any type of mana disturbance." The King explained as he entered the mansion. The knights standing on the gate and throughout the hallway all bowed and paid their respect as Rick walked passed them. None of them looked like they held any negative feelings towards him. After passing through a few other passages, they came across a hallway which seemed to have a dead end on
It was a silent reunion. Both the parents and their child were too surprised, happy, emotional and relieved to utter a single word as they hugged each other tightly. Ian and Rick was watching from the side as the happy reunion took place in front of them. A few minutes passed, and a certain someone started to feel a little jealous. "Hey! Let me in too! I also want to hug!" Rick, the King who didn't look like a king at all right now, shouted and expressed his jealousy. His brother and sister-in-law both looked at his puffed cheeks and laughed, wiping the tears that were continuously flowing from their eyes. "Come!" The big brother called his younger brother, and the younger brother ran up to his brother and joined the family hug. They were finally together. They were finally reunited once again. Ian quietly stepped back and went outside the room, giving the family their own personal time to enjoy the moment. His two kids waiting outside the door also looked moved by the whole si
"Yes. Please don't worry. I'll be careful." Following those words, Ian stood up and went and stood beside the King. He had already mastered his mana enough to make a microscopic level thread from it. So it wasn't too hard for Ian to match his mana with the rythm of the outside. Ian placed his finger on the King's wrist, trying to start with the basics, like checking his pulse. After that, he started creating a mana wave that had the same frequency as the outside in his finger tip. That mana wave soon entered the king's body and started rippling through his body on a cellular level. Everything his mana touched was being inspected and the status report were directly being send to Ian. 'It that probing magic?' The Phoenix, curious about Ian's technique, couldn't help but ask. 'No... But it's similar.. I created this.. using that magic as base.' 'You created another new technique?' The Phoenix looked amused as he asked, interested to hear more about this. Since Ian had already s