As the woman was laughing hysterically, with no clothes on even, Felix was trying to contemplate how many ways this could go bad. He already had a sinking suspicion that this woman was dangerous, but he just wrote it off believing that whatever it was, he could handle it. First things first, he needed information.
“ Alright, I've let you out. Now I trust you won't mention them to anyone correct?
“ Hmm? Oh yes, yes, not a word. Though I am curious is to how you have children at such a young age. What are you, like 12-13?”
“ That falls under the category of none of your business.”
“ Very well. Man you kids today try to grow up so fast. But let's get back on track. You're searching for your brother correct? Now that I'm free finding him should be a snap.”
Thank you, but no thank you. I'm perfectly capable of finding my own brother.”
“ Oh come on, seriously. You managed to release me and you're not going to try to take advantage of this chance.”
“ Tempting, but still no. I have a distinct feeling that trouble is going to follow me the more I'm with you.”
“ Hey now, that's rude. Is that how you usually talk to ladies, especially one as gorgeous as myself.”
“ Only when they are more trouble when their worth. Speaking of which, who are you anyway.”
Ohho, so you finally ask that question huh? Well brace yourself young one. I'm about to open your limited mind.
The woman stood up straight in front of Felix like she's a ruler, though Felix had a hard time taking her seriously since she was still naked.
“ I am the queen of all Magus, believed to be a goddess reincarnated, and one who will eventually lead the world in a whole new era of magic, Alicia Rand Philistine!
“..... Great, I'm outta here.”
“ Hey, wait a minute. Did you not hear what I said. I'm the great Alicia Rand Philistine, the bringer of fear to all terrans, the mage whose magic could blot out the sky, the woman who's the terror of every terrans mind, the--”
“ I heard what you said, I just don't really care. Even if you are who you say you are, I don't feel like you're much of a threat right now.”
“ Oh yeah, well maybe this'll change your mind in a heartbeat.”
Alicia pointed her finger at a tree and a bolt of lightning came down and struck it. However, the lightning bolt only gave it a small synge.
“ Like I said, not a threat. Bye now.”
“ W-wait a minute! This can't be right. Why isn't my magic working. Hey get back here. Don't just walk away. I said get back.”
Alicia didn't like being ignored so she used her lightning to zap Felix. While it didn't hurt too much, it definitely annoyed him enough to respond with a foot slam on the ground that created a small shockwave and knocked her off her feet.
“ Hey, what do you think you're doing. Are you trying to damage this delicate body of mine?”
“ Then maybe you oughta think twice about striking me with lightning, no matter how weak it was.”
“ How else was I supposed to get your attention? You refused to hear me out and were about to abandon me.”
So, it's not like we were in a relationship. As a matter of fact, you probably wouldn't even want to be with me considering my background.”
“ Oh really, and just who are you exactly? I never really got your name.”
“ I'll tell you as soon as you put some clothes on.”
“ Huh, oh yeah. Why didn't you say something like this sooner. I should be able to do this much. Watch this.”
Alicia said a small chant and a pair of red and white clothes suddenly appeared on her body.
“ Well, I will consider that pretty cool at least.”
“ Finally, I thought I'd have to threaten you to get a compliment out. Now I think it's time I knew who you were.”
“ Felix Drake, descendant of the hero Alex Drake, the only terran who could ever stand toe to toe with you.”
“ Aahh, I see. That explains why you look like him. It's a good thing I could differentiate, otherwise I would've throttled you when I first appeared.
“ I'm surprised that you're not on edge knowing who I am.”
“ Please, even as a descendant, there will never be another terran like Alex. He was the only one who I had to actually take seriously.”
“ Cocky much?”
“ Oh save it. If you don't seek anything else from me then I'll be on my way. I have a lot of affairs to get in order before I can reclaim what's mine.”
Alicia did a wordless chant and began floating in the air. It looked like she was about to fly away until it ended with her crashing down.
“ Ah, back so soon.”
“ Argh, what gives? I can't feel any of the natural mana and my own energy reserves are near empty. What could be the cause of this.”
“( This is the women who sent my brother to the grave. I'm honestly not impressed.)”
So far, Felix felt that he overestimated this women. He was expecting someone who gave off a sense of pride and dignity, yet all he he got from this meeting was an arrogant, spoiled brat. Though she offered to help him, he doubted that this woman could barely help herself, much less him. Besides what happened to his brother was after his battle with Alicia, so he was sure she didn't know his current location. He was interrupted from his train of thought by a loud sound.
“ Aah, that's it. My lack of power could be because I'm hungry. After a millennium, I'm sure I need a good quality meal.”
“ Right, that's all it is.”
“ Do you think I could get a meal at your place?”
“ You're asking me after you just implied you don't need anything from me.”
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“ Truly humbling for me, but it's only because I know you're nice enough not to say no.”
( There is no way my brother had this much trouble with this woman)
This led to Felix bringing Alicia with him to his house having a full on feast all to herself. Needless to say her table manners left everyone in shock.
“ Wow big brother, it's barely been a day since Cassie left and you've already replaced her with an older woman? Man, I don't know how you're going to survive this one.”- Amari
“ For the last time, I hold no such feelings for this woman. I'm only doing this so I can wash my hands clean of her, that's all.”- Felix
“ I hope that's all it is big brother.”- Ariana
“ Yeah, you shouldn't have to worry about someone who doesn't even like you.”- Robin
Don't worry. After she's done she should leave.”- Felix
Felix was so happy his parents weren't here to watch this. His mothers had to go to meet an old friend to provide medical treatment and his father was summoned by his grandfather for military matters. So he only had to worry about explaining this to his siblings.
So how are we going to explain this when dad and grandpa return?”- Amari
“ Yeah, all that food was made for them when they returned. And this lady just scarfed it all down like it was going out of style.”- Ariana
“ We'll just have to make more. Hopefully there not to hungry when they get back.”- Felix
I just hope we have enough supplies.”- Robin
As they were debating, Alicia just finished the last of what was on her plate.
“ Aaah, well that wasn't the greatest meal I've ever had, but it was enough to fill me up.” Alicia
“ Is that the way you show gratefulness to someone who's willing to feed you.”- Felix
“ Oh c'mon. That can be considered a compliment. Don't be such a stiff. Anyway, I need to freshen up. Where's your tub?”- Alicia
“ Unbelievable. Ariana, Robin, can you please escort the self-proclaimed noble to clean herself up.” - Felix
“Okay”
“ Only because you asked.”
“ Hey, what's with that ‘self-proclaimed’ crap.”- Alicia
The girls escorted Alicia to the bath while she was ranting over that comment. Meanwhile Felix and Amari cleaned up after her so they could get themselves ready for their family.
“ So Felix, why did our father have to leave so suddenly?”
“ Apparently, the country of Sylvania in the West has started to increase their military power and are rumoured to prepare war on the other kingdoms. According to grandpa, the bulk of their army is mostly magicians, mainly demon summoners. Somehow they're becoming more and more aggressive and other kingdoms are getting worried.”
“ Do you think we'll be asked to join in. I mean we're mainly adventurers and were descendants of the mighty Alex.”
Before Felix could answer that, the door was opened to see his father and grandpa.
“ Ah, Felix I thought I heard you. And I see Amari is with you too.”- Damian
“ It's good to see my grandkids all grown up. Oh, we're your sisters, I thought they'd be out here?”- Nathan
““ Hey dad, hey grandpa””
“ Girls, where is she?” - Felix
“ Oh, she went to the other room to dry off.”- Ariana
“ Alright, you guys go to your rooms, I'll get some food ready.”- Felix
“ Alright big brother.”- Robin
The girls went to their rooms while his father and grandpa went to the dining room to sit down. Felix and Amari came in with more food. Amari went to get more while Felix stayed behind.
“ Am I to understand we have a guess?”- Damian
“ She's just spending the night father, she'll be gone by morning.”- Felix
“ Oh I can't wait to meet her.”- Nathan
“ You're better off not knowing. Anyway, what's the status on the kingdom?
“ Not good, Sylvania is putting all the other kingdoms on edge. They already have the west kingdom and the south kingdom is at their mercy.”- Nathan
“ And queen Elena is clearly under pressure. She's supposed to meet up with an ambassador from the west kingdom to discuss this matter.”- Damian
“ (I wonder how she and the kids are doing). I've never believed that Sylvania would become such a major threat.”- Felix
“ Oh has Sylvania actually fallen this much.” - Alicia
“ Alicia. Shouldn't you be sleeping.”- Felix
“ I've been in that monument for centuries, I've had my fill of sleep.”- Alicia
“Ah I see you are the guest that my son brought over providing shelter eh. I’m his father, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”- Damian
“The feeling is mutual, I’m his grandfather Nathaniel. Now if you don’t mind me asking what do you mean by your earlier statement. You speak as though you know a thing or two about the history of Sylvania.”- Nathan
“Greetings to you both. It’s nice to see someone with manners here. And to answer your question, I know plenty about that country. It was once home to the prana knights and the great prana king, a mage who specialized in combat magic. It isn’t an overstatement when I say that he was able to rule over all the kingdoms in his heyday.”- Alicia
“ And yet, they could barely last more than a century despite all their prowess.”- Felix
“ Oh my, aren't you a little teacher's pet, knowing all your history like a good little boy ah.”- Alicia
“ Yeah well some of us don't have to become ancient history to know ancient history.”- Felix
“ Don't talk about me like I'm some sort of old corpse!”- Alicia
“ No you're a five year old brat with a superiority complex. An old corpse I can easily ignore.”- Felix
This led to a heated argument between the two.
“ Wait how is it you know all that? That information is kept strictly confidential and you'd have to be a high class noble and have special permission to read those records.”- Nathan
“ Hah, as if I need that crap to get information. Who needs to read it when you were there for it.”- Alicia
“ Not possible, that was several centuries ago. The only way for you to have been there and live to today would mean that you're a high class magus almost like you're--”- Damian
“ Exactly, and it's just how thought it. I am in fact the great and powerful magus who once had all the terrans at the mercy of my fingertips. The queen of the floating city of azure, Alicia Rand Philistine.
“” WHAT””
“ Do you really think that's a good idea to say in this house.”- Felix
“ It no longer matters to me, now that I've completely filled myself, I finally feel my strength returning. Now I think it's finally time for the world to witness the return of the magic queen.”- Alicia
After she said that, she began to perform a wordless chant that caused an enormous wind to explode around her. All the ornaments and furniture was being blown away. Felix was able to hold his ground due to his training while his father and grandfather were barely maintaining their footing. To say they were shocked would be an understatement. Felix knew he would have to do something fast before their entire house blew up. Before he could think of something though, he caught sight of his brother and sisters about to be blown away from the aftermath. That really rubbed him the wrong way.
“ ENOUGH”
Felix yelled at the top of his lungs. He hoped that it would distract her long enough to plan his next move. What happened next though surprised him. The powerful spell quickly subsided, though from the expression on Alicia's face told him she didn't do it willingly. That's when he noticed the seals on the back of his hands.
“Wha-what’s going on! Why is all my mana being drained away like this!”- Alicia
“It’s the limiters seal. It’s an ancient spell specifically designed to contain the person’s mana and can only be released by the person the spell has marked. This is a god-class seal, so no matter how powerful one is, the spell unable to be broken by force.”- Nathan
“WWW WHAAAAAT TT” Alicia
“So that’s what these marks are?”- Felix
“However, for this spell to be used, one must sacrifice their life force to maintain it. That means that if this seal isn’t removed in due time, it will eventually kill you. It’s for that reason that this seal was given another name, the Reaper’s seal.”
“OH NO”- Ariana and Robin
“Big brother’s going to die from that seal?”- Amari
“But for such an ancient seal that has been nearly forgotten to appear on this women means that there is some truth to what she says.She may very well be the deadly magus Alicia Rand Philistine.” Damian
“FOR REAL” Ariana and Robin
“It’s really her!” Amari
“Well, if it’s not one thing it’s something else, that’s the story of my life.”- Felix
This revelation on the seal definitely rattled poor Felix. So much so that he didn’t notice Alicia appearing behind him with a shadowed aura.
“I see. So the reason I can’t summon my magic is because of you huh. Well in that case. I”M GOING TO FREAKIN KILL YOU, YOU ROTTEN LITTLE BRAT.”- Alicia
“Oh geez.”- Felix