Eric, who was sleeping beside his wife, slowly opened his eyes as he sensed the sound of something hitting the window. As he got up from the bed, making sure that his wife was not disturbed, he went towards the window and opened it.

As soon as he opened the window, an orange bird flew into the room and preached on his shoulder. Looking at the bird he asked “What happened?”

*Chirp**Chirp**Chirp*

“Mm mm... they are persistent huh?”

*Chirp*

“Yeah, that tracker will reach here within a day or two, I have to get ready. You can go.” Eric told the bird.

*Chirp*

With a chirp, the bird dissolved into his body.

Ruffling his hair, Eric stood there while contemplating on what to do next.

As he was thinking about that, he felt two hands wrapping around his waist, and a head the crook of his neck.

Sighing, he fondly creased the hands wrapped around his waist and said “Honey, they are coming again. We will have to redirect the tracker and move to another location.”

“Mmmm….. Should I trap him like we did with the others?”

“No, this time we will redirect the tracker to the outskirts of the forest near the border of Prideland. The Baron and his soldiers will take care of him.”

After that there was silence as both Eric and Robin did not speak anymore and just looked out of their room and watched their two sons sleeping soundly.

The silence was broken by Robin as she asked Eric,

“Eric…. How long will we have to run like this?”

Sighing Eric replied “Until his transformation, or when the interest in him by the one searching for him dies down.”

Then looking at her he continued “Don't worry, I've got some clues on the one who ordered those guys, I'll find him or her soon, and we will make sure that they won't be after our son ever again.”

“Yes, I can't have my baby be raised in the shadow of fear.”

After saying that both of them went back to their bed and fell asleep.

As their breathing was stabilised indicating that they were sleeping soundly, a pair of green eyes looked at them through the gap of the door and muttered “I think I won't be able to live peacefully as accepted.”

After muttering that the eyes stopped looking at Eric and Robin and blended into the shadows.

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The next morning, before Ralph and Rath woke up from their sleep, Eric and Robin went outside the house and started to write something on the ground in a circular shape whose center is the house.

After finishing that both of them stepped out of the circle, then Robin raised her hand towards the circle and spoke in a different language.

“ᛞᛖᚲᛖᛁᚢᛖ ᚦᛖ ᛗᛁᚾᛞ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᛖᚾᛖᛗᛁ, ᛟᚺ ᚷᛟᛞ ᛟᚠ ᛗᛁᛊᚲᚺᛁᛖᚠ ᛚᛟᚲᛁ.”

As soon as the words left her mouth the circle illuminated and slowly the house started to disappear and the same vegetation outside of the rune circle started to appear.

Looking at the changing scene, Robin said "It's done, only I and the ones I allow can see our house now, but like before it will only last up to one day."

"That's enough time for us to lead that man towards Prideland." Then looking at Robin he asked "You do have enough mana for that right?"

"I do." Was her reply, then turning around she darted into the direction where the border is located.

Seeing his wife's impatience, he just shook his head and followed her closely.

A couple of minutes later, the door of the house slowly opened and Rath came out, first he looked around to find his parents. Not seeing them, he concluded that they had ventured out to get that tracker guy.

Sighing Rath muttered under his breath "Why are these guys after us in the first place? Is it because of me or because of my parents?"

As he was thinking about that he saw a man in a hooded outfit arriving a couple of meters away from the house. Seeing that man, Rath froze as he knows that he doesn't have any kind of power to stop that guy.

Fearing that the man would hear the sound of his breathing he held his breath.

But a couple of seconds later that man went in a different direction. Seeing that he released his breath and sighed in relief.

Then he asked himself "Why didn't that guy see me?"

So he looked around his house with scrutiny making sure that he didn't miss anything and he found some kind of letters written on the ground.

As his curiosity was raised he went near it and squatted down to clearly see what was written on the ground.

Looking at the symbols he thought 'Is this rune of this world? If so, why does it look similar to the rune from Norse Myth on earth?'

As his thought process reached there, he shrugged his shoulders and muttered "Whatever, even if there is any kind of connection between this world and Earth, it's none of my business. I'll leave it my future self."

Even after saying that Rath lingered around the rune circle for quite some time and went back to the house.

"By the way, when will they be back?"

Leaving the question unanswered, he went to the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat, and luckily for Rath his mother had cooked meat stew before going.

Serving himself with a bowl of meat stew he ate it like it was divine medicine and muttered in a low voice "There's nothing like mother's cooking, in any world. But I do crave some food and beverages from earth."

As he came to realize that he craved food and beverages from his past life he thought 'Why don't I recreate those dishes here? But, I'm sure that the ingredients will be different to get the same taste or I can try to match it. Oh well, even if I think about it deeply now, I won't be able to cook it at all, as I don't know which spices will be similar.'

Just then he heard a creaking noise from the bedroom and heard his brother calling his name "Rath?"

"I'm in the kitchen." Rath replied in a loud voice.

As Ralph came into the kitchen he saw his brother eating meat stew alone, so he asked him “Where's mom and dad?”

“I don't know, I went to their room but it's empty.”

“Really? What are they doing by leaving us alone here?”

“How would I know? But brother, will you tell me how you hunted the boar with dad?”

“Of course I will.” Saying that Ralph went ahead and served himself a bowl of meat stew and sat opposite to Rath.

Looking at Rath, Ralph started to describe how his first hunt went with pride. Rath on the other hand listened to what Ralph was saying earnestly because, one day he would have to go on for his first hunt, and it's good to know important details from another person who has hunted at least once.

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Chapter 3 End