On the way back a lot more beast were around us, the smell of blood have attracted them, we weren’t attacked thank to our number. The wolves and bear live deeper in the mountains. They don’t care about humans as long as they have enough preys in their hunting ground. The threats of this parts of the forest were the furets, foxes, and wilds cats, alone they aren't dangerous, but more and more magic beast were attracted by the scent of blood. With Caroline in my back, i told the soldiers to break in a run.
We avoided the worst, once outside the forest, we directly went to the Lira village, we went straight to the village chief house and used a room. I asked for warm water and a clean cloth to clean the wound. The chief coopered, his reaction was quick, he provided all the necissities.
I explained, i learned from mother to take care of various injuries. I cleaned her wounds, no one was around to bother me, i used a druid spell (High Recuperation), which boost self regeneration.
Her ribs wounds closed quickly like her belly wound, i put bandages around it. I casted (minor regeneration) on her leg to heal most of the damage but everything wasn't heal in one time, a bloody wound was there to avoid suspicions. Once i finished « administering first aid » to Caroline, i asked for new clothes to the chief village, in fact, i bough them. Clothes are expensive so i couldn’t let them suffer a loss even if i am the Lord. While thhe daugter and the wife of the chief changed her clothes, i told what happened to Caroline to the village chief and his sons. It was not an obligation but since they helped, i felt it was nice to tell them.
« Chief Arthur, thank you for your help, we will be going ». i said, we left for the mansion to avoid to walk under the night.
« Its unfortunate to see each other again in circumstance like these my lord, i hope you a safe travel ». Answered the village chief with a pained smile.
It took us 6 hours to go back to the mansion, it was night when we came back. I said my thank to the soldiers. i told to Jules to come in the morning. Aunt Elise took care of caroline and watched over her that night.
I took care of Eva, she look like a doll, she is thin, have sharp ears, a very cute face, big blue eyes and blond hair. She has a big mana pool but like a lot of people in our world its obstructed by a plug of elemental energy.
I will figure out how to change that in the future. But for now i need to work on enchantment.
Eva followed me everywhere, i went to the corps of the magical beast, she stayed at the door of the garden.
« Big brother what ish it? »
« A horned rabbit and a red fox, the red fox babies are in the boxes to the right ».
« Why doeshn’t it move ». she asked looking curiously toward the corps
What a tricky question.
« Grandpa? » i asked with a pleading voice
« Yes ? »
« What do i say? »
« The truth, animal are killed to feed us. » he said firmly.
« We hunted them to eat them later, they have a magic core in their head that is valuable so i’m going to take them out. Why don’t you go to take care of the babies » i said smoothly.
« Why? »
Two years old, she can’t understand everything…
I let go of the dagger, i think that bloody scene should be avoided for now. « Come with me i will show them to you ».
I took her hand and we went to see the sleeping foxes, i fed them my mana as magic beast they need food and mana, so i mixed my mana in cow milk and gave it to them.
We went to a warehouse in the garden, a box filled with straw contend the three foxes. « You can touch them but don’t put strength in your moves, they are young and weak ». She slowly approached her hand, and caressed them.
« They are fluffy, i want them » she said joyfully.
« I will take care of them, when they are bigger you will be able to play with them for now just watch them ok, i will quickly come back ». i said before patting her head.
« Yesh »
« Grandpa you stay here and tell me if i need to come »
I ran to take out the magic core, Grandpa told me where to find them so it was fast, i couldn’t take care of the rest of the corps, so i hided them and casted (Freeze) to conserve them.
I washed my hands and the core in the pond of the garden and went back to Eva. She was standing by the box completely focused on the babies.
« John will they shleep outshide? »
« No, i will take them to my bedroom »
She suddenly turned her head and look at me with big puppy eyes and said « can i too? »
« I don’t know mom said if a boy and a girl sleep together an elf will be pregnant, we will have to ask to aunt Elise ». Grandpa laugh when he heard me.
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« Boy soon i will have to teach you how babies are made ». he said.
« How? »
« We will have to use your eyes, seeing is better than explaining a least i would explain while someone demonstrate, we will do that tomorrow night ».
Aunt Elise gave her approval with a smile to an over-enthusiastic Eva. That night a little devil shared my bed, she was so small but took so much place in the bed, she slept in a star position, spoke in her sleep and even kicked me.
Since i couldn’t sleep, i called Grandpa and looked for an otherworld to observe. We found a new world were people train their mind, soul and Qi.
They could make slave contract and influence other people mind, and for once we could directly cultivate the same. Grandpa told me to take notes while we looked for a method for him to become stronger or find a method to possess someone.
We found methods to use soul power to search someone memories, to force someone to say the truth, to make soul contract which is divided in two part domination or equal.
It means its whether a master - servant relationship, or a equal relationship between parties where you can constrain the other party to obey certain rules like not divulging a secret or not killing.
It was useful information, cultivating the soul would able the person to directly attack other people by passing their physical defense and mind training would allow a person to increase is mind agility and process.
Which is what anyone need. Once the Redgarzer family leave the Baronet, i’m going to teach that to everyone and i will also tell them about my eyes and grandpa.
Grandpa is ok with this, he was against before because he said that as long there is hope for George and Caroline to become something better we will never earn their loyalty, which i more or less understood.
In the morning, my eyes hurt but Grandpa was so happy, he said he would take a week off to train the soul. Observing that world helped me to understand the 2 energies that constituted his body.
One is mind energy and the other is soul power. I decided that i would train them in the morning each day for half an hour each.
Caroline came out in the morning to complain « John! Why was i the only one to be injured, moreover it will let a scar ». she said angrily.
« Jules was injured too, while he interposed himself between you and the fox » I protested.
« He is a commoner that doesn’t count » she said like it was obvious.
« Since when does it matter whether someone is a commoner or a noble? » i asked completely taken off guard by her affirmation.
« Father said that in the future, i should avoid being too much with commoner ». She said proudly, as if avoiding commoners was a privilege in itself. That’s certainly dumb.
« Oh, do what you want, but for now, i would like you to say thank to him, he will come here this morning to receive some treatment. Mom left me some ointment. » I said it a bit harshly but her words are too rude. Without commoners wouldn’t we be only 4 in our baronet?
« Humff why should i, i’m a Baroness, It’s his glory to save me.» She arrogantly said.
« You are the heir of a knight, and for the time being a commoner whereas i’m the appointed lord of the baronet for now, so you will do as i say, or i will report it to father. I don’t understand why you are thinking like that. Does a fireball changed your character? » I was pissed off to see her being a jerk.
I used my eyes to look through her, nothing changed her mana is still blocked, but there is more fire energy in her body near her wounds. The fire energy mixed itself with the rest of her body, Does it change something?
She glared at me as if i had kill her family, this was a great change of mood.
« Humff i don’t have appetite anymore, i will go rest in my bedroom." She left like that. Aunt Elise and Eva where silence the whole discussion.
« Did she said something to you aunt Elise? » i asked cautiously
« She said that a low slave should not touch her » answered with a sad face
« Oh look like, they will be leaving our baronet faster than i excepted» i said angrily
« Why would sister Caroline leave ? » said Eva
« She will marry, she will have to go » i answered the little devil.
« But she will be with you on the military service » said aunty
« Yes, father promised to uncle George to help him to improve his family title, maybe her change are due to the fireball, we will see if she revert back in the coming days ». hopefully i will be right
I went to the garden to dismember our preys, i gave the furs to aunt Elise to make a vest for Eva. Jules came i gave applied ointment on him and discreetly cast a (minor regeneration) on his wound.
I gave him the fox meat as reward for his brave heart, i told him to share it with Martis the fox killer. Eating magic beast meat will improve their knight training.
The day continued with nothing important, i trained, ate and observed. Tonight Eva went to sleep with Elise, she said she would come to sleep with the foxes and me tomorrow night.
That night i observed our world to look for being with fire energy in them, i found a lot of them, they were all aggressive in their behavior but did not disdain others around them. Did the fire energy let out the true thoughts of Caroline?
The days went one after an other, Caroline did not explain herself and stopped training, she only went out of her bedroom to eat. Nor did she thank Jules or Marts.
Grandpa came out in his sixth day of practice, he looked a bit more tangible. I told him what i happened, and the effect of fire energy.
« Sometimes, we think we know the people around us but in the end, we only know what they show us. Caroline behavior is because of her father who should have put idea of supremacy of noble bloodline in her head. Once in its very hard to get it out. Our family always went to war, so we shed blood with Dukes and commoners. Moreover its not nobles who cleaned this territory to live in but commoners. Noble supremacy is a joke and should not be imparted in the Bladebreaker family. Commoners will work for her in the future because of her status and wealth but will never give their loyalty. If something happen to her or her territory, they will never share the burden ». Patiently explained grandpa.
« I feel bad about it, its like I reacted too much and lost a friend. » i was really sad, it was me who put Caroline in this situation, we would not be in this situation if she didn’t get hurt by the fox and if i didn’t get angry at her words.
« You should not, your aunt helped to take care of her the whole night, she dared to call her a lowly slave. She know Elise since she came to the territory and she’s your sister mother. Her words can be taken has an insult to the family. She can stay in her room and leave our baronet we lose nothing. We even earn peace, because they will not be able to learn anything from us and we would be able to develop more actively our lands. Don’t feel so bad, she caused this situation its her fault, you reacted like you should. »
« During your 6 days of absence, i continued to observe the world with soul methods. i have recorded different practices and different methods of soul attacks. I have found a better mind energy cultivation method. » i reported to grandpa
« Good, good this will help all the family. Now we have to wait for you parents to come back. » declared Grandpa.