Aaron moved his gaze on the Fortress, turned around and walked away.
"You know what to do."
He said not looking back.
Protean channeled his demonic energy, forming a dark cloud above the Fortress... He stared at the cloud for so seconds, then followed behind Aaron.
BOOM!!!
A huge dark lightning fell from the cloud, turning the whole Fortress into ashes, and ruins.
_
So distance away, Anna stood on a tree, her sword in hand, gaze fixed on the Burning Fortress.
With gritted teeth, she observed the two figures walking away.
"Who are you two?" She asked with killing intent, and added:
"The big boss won't be happy with this news, what should I do?" She sat down on the tree, thinking of ways to reveal this information to the Boss.
"What happened here?"
Anna jolted hearing the voice behind her, only one person can have such voice.
She stood up, and quickly turned around:
"Boss!!" She bowed.
Hovering above her was a figure in black outfit, and mask enclosing her face.
"Answer my question! What happened to the headquarters?!" The voice was filled with anger.
Anna quickly got down on her knees, and started:
"Two guys ca to the headquarters, they were powerful, and destroyed everything... I alone managed to escape."
The Boss stared at her with narrowed eyes... She flew towards the Fortress, and Anna quickly stood up, and followed behind.
The Boss landed on the ground, and frowned seeing a Flag with the logo of a red sun.
"Huh?"
Anna was stunned.
"There's only one kingdom in whole of Elvis who has the flag."
"Terra." Anna muttered.
"Yes, and I'm guessing the two n are Aaron, and soone else... Soone powerful... It seems Terra is more powerful than we all thought." She said.
"What do we have here? I know you'll return."
The two looked over their shoulders, seeing Aaron and Protean smirking at them.
"Let's retreat, this flag Is graining our energies... Staying longer, we'll be weak."
Anna nodded with her Boss, and the two instantly disappeared.
Protean turned to Aaron:
"Master, why did you let them go?" He asked in mild confusion.
"Let them prepare, fighting weak enemies is boring... At least they now know who we are." Aaron smiled, and disappeared from the ruin fortress.
Protean moved his gaze around the place, and also disappeared.
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[1 mile from Mott's Ho.]
Aaron and Protean appeared before the group of three.
"What of Gjon, fugio, and Mariel?"
"Gjon, and Fugio have gone back to their ho, While Mariel is with the Queen." Emily answered.
Aaron nodded, and turned to Mott:
"Co on, Mott. Lead the way."
Mott nodded with a smile, and led them towards his father's estate which could be seen from their location.
_
After half an hour of walking, the group of five got to the gate, and Mott knocked.
"Who is it?"
The guard opened the gate, the mont he saw Mott, he exclaid in surprise.
"Young Master?! Why are you here?!"
He quickly opened the gate, and Mott and his three friends walked inside.
The guards stared at the Silver hair kid, and the two girls in surprise, but what caught his attention was the back raven on Aaron's shoulder.
Noticing his gaze, Mott introduced:
"Oh, Guys, This is my father's head guard... Norman... Norman, this is Jack, Lori, and Stellar, my closest friends."
"Greetings, Sir Norman." The girls greeted with a smile.
"And you too, such beautiful girls." Norman said, staring at Lori, and the cute rabbit, then at Aaron who remained indifferent, not even greeting or moving.
Norman turned to Mott, choosing to ignore him.
"You can go in, the master and madam will be surprise, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you."
"Thank you, Sir Norman."
Mott said, and walked away with his friends. Norman's gaze still fixed on Aaron.
Aaron stopped walking, and looked at him over his shoulder, instantly, Norman broke out his sweat, seeing Aaron's eyes.
With that stare, Aaron continued walking.
'What was that? I felt like I was a prey of an ancient Beast.' He thought, wiping the sweat off his face.
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[Currently in the Mansion.]
Two figures were moving back and forth in the hall, both anxious, and scared.
"What should we do, Love? Scar is coming today, and we don't have the money, even the Empire refused to lend us money... How should we pay him back?"
A woman looking her late thirties, in a green gown said anxiously.
"Don't forget who is Scar's backer... There's no way the Emperor will lend us money... If my son was with us, I would have said we should escape... The rumors about Scar is scary."
"You caused all this!!" The woman yelled at her husband.
The Baron sighed, and collapsed on the couch:
"I only borrowed so we could have the money for our son... You know he need it in the Academy."
"But you don't have to borrow such huge amount, and I know you didn't give our son all the money... Tell , what is he going to use 1,000,000 gold coins to do in school?! Why didn't you borrow Silver coins, but you jump to gold coins."
"What are you saying, Love? I took the money, so I can pay the workers, and the overlord... If we don't, he will remove us from our position... And we'll lose all this, and start a life of poverty."
"At least it's better than owing soone money!! 1,000,000!! And he's coming today to get it, we need to find a way to solve this." She said, slumping down on another couch, tears could be seen on her face.
"Don't cry, Love... We'll get out of this ss." The Baron stood up, walked towards his wife, and sat down beside her.
"How? No one is willing to give us money, and all our businesses are down, and bankrupt... We don't have anything...!"
Her eyes suddenly widened in surprise, she swiftly turned to her husband.
"What about the Academy? I heard the Dean and miss Kara are good people, they might help us... Think about it."
The Baron thought for a mont, and shook his head with a sad smile.
"If our son was a core student, they'll gladly help, but he's only an outer student... And we can't bring our son into this. This is my fault, and I'll take all the bla."
"Then how can I call myself your son?"
The two turned their heads towards the door, and was stunned seeing Mott, and three youngsters walking inside with him.
"Mott?!"
The woman stood up in shock, ran to her son and hugged him:
"Why are you here, Mott? Shouldn't you be in the Academy?"
She asked a little scared, with the issue at hand, why did their only child suddenly show up? With him in the Academy, he'll be safe, but now.
"Wait."
She cald down her mind, separated from the hug, and observed Mott again.
"You? How did you reduce in fat? Did you follow your Father's advise and exercise more?"
"Nope, you know I can't do exercises, My friend here helped ." Mott said, turning to Aaron.
"SON!! When did you enter the core section?!"
The Baron stood up, he has been staring at the uniform his son and his friends were wearing... And he finally recognized it as the core section uniform.
"Oh? We're all core students." Mott answered with a smile, this was the reason he asked them to put on the uniforms.
"Wow! My son is so powerful!! But... Why are you here?" The Baron asked, trying to make his voice as calm as ever.
"I took a day off to co and see both of you, It has been a year and so months... I miss you two."
With tears in her eyes, she hugged her son tightly in her arms.
"Mum!"
Mott separated, and gestured to his friends.
"Oh?! It's nice eting you all."
"Greetings, Baroness." The girls greeted.
"Oh, so beautiful... And please don't use honorific, you're my Son's friends... Honey, please introduce your friends to us." She said.
Even the Baron was interested: 'These three are all Core students, which ans, they're from a powerful family or are powerful themselves...'
He was hoping for the two, or even one.
"Mum, Dad... This is Jack, he helped enter the core section, and also helped with my fat... This beauty here is Lori, Jack's girlfriend... And This cute bunny here is my closest friend in school; Stellar."
"Wow!"
Out of everything their son said, they got only one; which is: Jack is the strongest here.
"Welco, Do you need anything... Soone should bring--"
"--Hold on, Mum... What were you and dad talking about? And don't lie to ."
The two looked at one another, not knowing how to start...
The Baroness heaved a helpless sigh, and before she could say anything, Mott stopped her.
"I know everything, even before leaving for the Academy. You tried to hide it from , but I overheard both of you, and even saw so things with that despicable man called Scar--"
"--Oh? I don't know soone is so disrespectful, I'll have to teach you so manners."
They all turned to the door, and was stunned speechless.
"This?"
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