Ian decided to come out after Rianne was done changing her clothes. But when the trio came out, the hall room was a total mess with all the noble kids freaking out everywhere.
The fire had spread to an unimaginable degree covering almost all sides of the building. Ian wondered how they'd be able to get out at this rate when he suddenly sensed something.
People. A huge number of them. Knight. Frightened cries of the horses.
"Father's here."
He knew instinctively that Miller and the others had finally returned after gaining their victory against the kidnappers and rescuing the Princess.
"PIPE DOWN EVERYONE!"
Ian shouted at the top of his lungs, gathering the attention of everyone present. All of them were kids who had just witnessed Ian gaining an overwhelming victory against their enemies.
So the moment they realised that Ian hadn't run away by himself, which they initially thought after not being able to find him anywhere, they
"Aaaand you're bleeding.. once again.. young master.." Corner was the first one to notice the wound on Ian's legs as he commented. He was tired of seeing Ian get injured every single time. He was worried that one day something serious might happen at this rate. 'Fak.. I forgot to change my pants..' 'That's why you're an idiot.' Ian couldn't retort. He had used so many potions and yet managed to forget that he had blood stains and cuts on his pants. "Young master's leg was heavily bleeding earlier. And since he was worried about the other nobles, he couldn't even immediately use his power to defend himself.." "So he intentionally.." "Received that wound..?" Tens of glares were directed towards Ian as Rianne tried to explain to them how hard Ian worked to save the others.
"Umm.. You won't fit.."Ian spoke with a troubled voice."I'll manage.."Albert insisted with a scary smile."I'm telling you, it's too small for both of you.."Ian was practically on the verge of tears."Young master won't have to worry about that.. We can adjust..""No why are you even here in the first place?!"Ian shouted back in frustration. He wanted to take a nice little nap with the kids when these two fully grown adults barged into his bedroom and decided that they'll spend the night there."My bed wasn't made to accommodate knights and princes!""The Duke gave his permission though..""And I'm not a knight anymore.."They both had a weirdly persuasive tone in their voice as they rejected Ian's rejectio
"ugh... can't.. breathe.." Ian's peaceful sleep came to an end at the suffocating pressure he was getting from all sides. As he slowly opened his eyes, he finally knew why. 'I told them it'd be uncomfortable...' Ian removed Canis from his chest, then untangled Eli from his leg and finally Jet, she wasn't on top of him like the other's, thankfully. 'Come back.' He summoned them in and let them sleep a bit longer right next to his heart. "These four..." On his left, Ash, then right next to him, Arthur, on his right, Damon and then next to him Albert, all four of them were stuck closely to each other and clinging to Ian. 'I'll let them sleep a bit longer.' Ian quietly got off the bath and went to the washroom to take a shower. He was pr
"Umm.. What do you mean by 'acted normal'...?"Albert, who had no idea about Ian's memory loss excuse, couldn't get the hang of it, the conversation between Ian and his parents, and asked back in curiosity.He wondered what they meant, why Ian would need to act normal and what was going on with the whole situation overall."Hmm...""Ahem.."The hesitant expression on Ian's parents made Albert even more confused. They kept staring at Ian as if they were waiting for him to guide them or give them permission of some sort. They looked fairly uncomfortable and at the same time eager to say something."You can tell him. I don't mind."Ian focused on the steak in front of him and spoke in a casual manner. He didn't want to lie so he passed the ball onto his parents who looked like they were eager to share some big secret with t
Ian wanted to draw lots and select a specific date when he can celebrate all of their birthdays together. As he proposed the idea of a joint birthday celebration, all of the kids looked at him with excitement in their eyes. They all had vague ideas about birthdays and party's but had no practical experience. 'Whats even worse, many of them probably don't even know their own birthdays..' Ian knew what life was like for orphans. Since him and his brother had to live that life for decades. And he also knew how precious these little things were to someone like that. "So what numbers shall we pick for the draw?" "That's up to you. Here. I'll give you the papers. Art. Help me sort these out, will ya?" "......." "Hm?" As Ian turned around after receiving no immediate reply, he could see that Arthur was actually nowhere to be seen. He hadn't brought Arthur with him in the first place. "I'll help." Louis, Ash and a few other beast and people, including Lucas and Henry, came forwar
'A Phoenix??? For real?!'Ian couldn't help but ask the voice inside his head in shock. Even the wings on his back fluttered strongly in response to his emotions.There were many fictional beings and creatures in fantasy novels, dragons, mermaid, fairy, werewolf, vampires etc. But if someone asked Noah what was his favorite, his answer would undeniably be"A Phoenix of course! They are the coolest."That was the reason Ian had such a huge reaction when he realized the possibility of a phoenix existing inside the novel.'Took you long enough.'Is all that voice said before going quiet. But he sounded a little happy, or so Ian sensed from the tone.'What?! Seriously? Is this true?'Ian was acting like a fan who had a chance meeting with his celebrity idol in a shopping mart. The only thing left was to ask for an autograph. And even though his previous reply confirmed his doubts, Ian still wanted to double, tripl
"Young master. Can I come in?"Someone knocked on the door. Ian flicked his finger and opened the door."What is it?"Ian asked without even moving his gaze from the book in his lap. He already knew who it was by their voice."The prisoners are awake.""Alright. Bring those two and the previous one in a different cell.""As you wish, young master. But umm.. will you go down there by yourself?"Ian planned on giving some special people a visit today so the preparation was going on. Ian closed the book in his hand and looked up to Corner from him comfortable seat."Yes. I need to see them for myself.""But it'll be dangerous by yourself. At least let me be by your side."Corner looked determined about something as he requested.'Hmm.. I gue
Ian was standing in front of a prison cell. As he grabbed the keys to the cell, he told Corner that he'd be going inside."Y-young master!"Corner hurriedly came and squeezed himself in between Ian and the Cell door."What's wrong?"Ian took a step back and asked."That's too dangerous! Please let me go in first."Corner pleaded. Seeing his earnest expression, Ian wondered what was wrong. Something about Corner was definitely off and Ian could feel it.The only problem was he couldn't exactly put his finger on what exactly had gone wrong. So he let things continue for now and handed the keys over to Corner."Go on.."Corner looked relived as he took the keys from Ian's hand. He then carefully unlocked the door and opened the door for Ian, after checking for himself th