"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
"I can cure him. Completely." Ian repeated his sentence word by word to make it easier for Rick and his family to understand, digest or register. And yet, everyone still kept looking at him with an expression of disbelief. 'Did they lose it?' Ian was honestly curious. As he kept looking back without repeating himself for the third time, Rick looked like he managed to get a hold of himself as he stood up from the chair. "Ian... Can you.. please.. repeat what you just said?" And this time, although he was asking Ian to repeat himself, it was more of a request for further explanation. Ian nodded his head and spoke again- "I know you guys must've tried every possible method to cure your brother during all these times." He said calmly as he looked around. The simple looking room had hundreds of mana devices installed in it, controlling the different factors of the atmosphere as well as blocking the outside mana, filtering it and letting it in etc. "You must've brought all the renow
"I'll leave it to you then.."The previous King and Rick's older brother decided to leave his fate to Ian. It was the last strand of hope that was left to a dying man, that's what he was entrusting Ian with.With that, Ian's preparation to use the blue flame to cure him began. First of all, there were two things he needed to do."First, I'll need mana stones. A lot of them."Since the blue flame required more than ten times the amount of mana compared to normal healing spells, it was obvious that Ian would run out of mana before he can even heal a single limb. "Mana stones?"Rick wondered what Ian was planning to do as he tilted his head. To which, Ian replied with a serious nod."Yes. Enough to fill at least half of this room."Ian gave him an idea of how many stones he was going to use as he pointed to the room. Now, people may think that although it's an absurd amount, since they were royal's, they could still manage it. But that's where you're wrong. There are some huge misunder
"I'll lend some to you, okay?"Ian said he'd lend the magic stones to Rick while grabbing his shoulder. Ian was in a hurry. He wanted to leave as soon as possible so he chose the quickest and most effective method. Ian's initial plan was simply. Find Riley's family, have a chat with them, and then decide whether he would leave Riley to them or take him for himself. But things had gotten a little more complicated. Not only did Riley turn out to be a Prince and perhaps even the future ruler of the tribe, he also got to meet a remarkable a remarkable individual like Rick. Honestly speaking, if it weren't for his respect for Rick and his struggles, he wouldn't have really cared whether the previous King died or lived. It all stemmed from his relation with Rick, which Ian wanted to maintain for a long time. "You'll lend me...?"Rick repeated Ian's words like a parrot as he looked at him with a blank expression. "Yeah. I'll lend them to you. So don't worry.."Ian nodded his head. "No