Haah.."This is why I didn't want to come."Louis said while throwing his hood to the ground. The attitude he showed was somewhat different from his usual demeanor, piquing Ian's interest."Brother? What's.. wrong..?"Lucas asked with a confused tone. The rest of the members of Ian's party also had a similar reaction as they looked around, confused."Hey.. Kid!"Louis looked at Oliver instead of giving anyone a proper answer. They all looked puzzled by the sudden and unfamiliar change but were too stunned to speak. Oliver flinched at being called so abruptly. The whole situation didn't make any sense, to him at least. He was all excited and happy about getting to introduce Ian to his family and friends, and also by the simple fact that they came to his rescue with such a perfect timing.All of a sudden, his whole village, the elders and the adults, everyone, was bowing in front of Louis, another cat tribe member who was just like him, whom he thought of as a friend. "W-what is it?
Two hours had already passed since the moment Louis dropped Lucas on the King's arm. Currently they were inside the building, or palace, where the King stayed. The location was the Queen's bedroom where she was finally reunited with her lost son.Ian finally had a somewhat clear idea of what this whole stort was about. Turns out, Lucas and Louis aren't blood related at all. Louis was some legendary character within their tribe, whom the people used to call 'saint'. But due to some unknown reason, unknown because Louis haven't talked about it yet, because of them, it looks like he lost most of his powers and his memories a few years back.That's when he met Lucas. And seeing how the two of them looked to similar to each other, he presumed that Lucas was his family member and has been taking care of him ever since.It was only recently, after being rescued by Ian and under his proper guidance and care that he started to regain his memories and power. Ian could understand that much. T
"So what's your story?"Ian asked while simply lying on the soft bed and staring at the ceiling of the room. He didn't want to inquire about Louis's personal matters before today because he wanted the kid to have his space. But it looked like he was finally willing to share by himself right now, no, he even looked a little excited to share his story with Ian, making him tease the kid by pretending not to be interested any more. "There isn't much.. really.."He looked a little shy as he said, trying to shorten his whole life as much as he could. It was the first time he willingly wanted to share the mess called 'life' with someone else. It took a long time. No matter how much he tried to shorten the mess, it was still too long, too heavy and too complicated to finish in a few sentences. But they listened. They listened with all their heart and mind. The two people inside that room, the two people who could easily be called the closest ones to his heart after Lucas, they listened to
"You lost your memories?""Why? How?"Both Ian and Ash asked simultaneously as they looked at Louis. "I don't know.. Maybe it was a backlash for overusing my powers.. Or a side effect from trying to cure Lucas.. "Louis looked down helplessly as he thought about their question. It was a question that he himself was dying to know the answer of. "What happened next?"Ian asked. "The next time I opened my eyes, I was inside a prison like cell, along with Lucas. And with no memory of the past.""So the slave traders somehow got to you two while you were unconscious?"Ian wondered what kind of shitty luck one needed to have such a thing happening to them. Just imagine, a being powerful enough to be called saint, someone whom King's and Queens bowed to, had their memory snatched away from them and was left with a kid too small to know about the dangers of the world. "They had already placed a restricting collar on me by then, eliminating any chance of my powers returning to me."Ian rem
The next day.Everyone was having their lunch together in the royal palace due to the King's request. Even Oliver was there. He now knew about the true identity of Louis and was acting a little awkward since he was confused about how to behave around them. Ian looked at Lucas who was sitting between the King and the Queen. Although the child looked a little less awkward compared to yesterday, he still didn't look like he belonged there. "Really.. I don't know how to thank you guys enough for what you did yesterday.."The King was thanking Ian and his party for what they did. They were simply people who came to know Oliver through a weird set of circumstances. Neither did they have any close relationship with the cat tribe, nor were the obliged to go through so much just to help them.Yet, without any greed or hidden agenda, they simply decided to help them out. Their whole tribe was saved due to Ian and his party's generosity. "Anyone would've done so in our position."Ian remembe
Louis and Ian was having a conversation about what their future actions are going to be when Ash knocked and entered the room.He saw the huge board in front of Ian. He had been helping Ian put it all together throughout the whole week so it wasn't anything new to him.And the questions Louis was asking, the confusions and doubts that he had, Ash had felt them weeks or maybe even months ago.He was the one closest to Ian. The one who knew about each and every one of his crazy stunts and impossible to explain decisions.That's why, to Ash at least, it wasn't unnatural. He knew Ian's personality better than anyone, and how private of a person he was, how much he hated attention.More than anything, how much he wanted to stay hidden from the mass. It was almost as if he was traumatized by something, making it almost impossible for him to accept the attention of the masses. "The others are ready."Ash informed Ian while taking a seat at the nearby chair. They were planning on leaving tod
A bright and dazzling morning. Ian and his party was up and running once more after having their breakfast. "The omlette cooked by Ian are really the best." Rick exclaimed as he rubbed his full belly. Ian always wanted them to eat freshly cooked meals and prepared their meals accordingly. Everyone helped by either collecting herbs or vegetables, some hunted wild animals while the others collected firewood. After two or three days, at night, they'd make a temporary shelter and get some sleep. Since all of them were mana users, they didn't need regular sleep like normal people. It had already been more than three weeks that they left the village of the cat tribe. During these three weeks, they visited two other places, both of which were under the organisations attack. As for how Ian managed to find these places, it was all thanks to the board. The information he had about the future and the ones he collected through the help of the cat tribe gave him a clear idea about the lo
A fresh breeze surrounded them from the moment Ian called out to his familiars. The boring, monotonous mood disappeared and was replaced with a happy and jolly atmosphere. As Ian looked at the three kids hugging and petting his familiars, a smile automatically appeared in his lips. Even the ones that had never seen them before, like Rick and his guards, had their guards down and were looking at Jet and the others with gazes full of curiosity.Amber was already near the kids, trying to act friendly so she could get a chance to pet them as well. Following her, even the others had also started approaching them just to get a chance at befriending them.Jet and the others were wary of their presence at first since they weren't familiar with them. Whenever one of them tried to pet them, they'd fly away or jump back.Ian couldn't help but chuckle seeing the expression of heartbreak in each of their faces as they failed to pet them or earn their trust.At first, it was Amber. When she fail