Chapter 17 - Come give your aunt a hug
Fernando was in his office, making preparations for his trip. It had been more than seven years since he had assumed his responsibilities in the capital. When he was about to sign the last document, he felt something approaching at high speed. Fernando's sonar expanded. He saw Felicia's flying ark approaching. He was surprised. Why would she use her ark to travel such a short distance? Fernando sensed who was in the ark.
When Fernando saw inside a frown appeared on his forehead, in the ark he could feel 7 people, in particular two were very weak and one of the weak people was John his son the other was a lady he did not know.
With just a thought, Fernando's figure flashed and he disappeared from the office to appear outside Venhorst Castle, the next second Catarina's figure also appeared beside him.
The flying ark descended from the air and floated a meter above the ground, Felicia jumped carrying John in her arms.
Alex, Isa and their family left the flying ark on their own, Isa helped her sick mother along with her aunt, the commander who was trapped in the earth prison, with a swing of Felicia 's hand , the commander flew out of the ark and crashed to the ground.
When Fernando and Catarina saw this scene, it was as if their hearts were stabbed, it was a shock for both of them, Catarina took John from Felícia in her arms and a tear ran down her face.
-What happened?
Fernando was furious, unable to control himself, his murderous intent spreading, a pressure falling upon everyone present. Alex, the commander, Isa, and her family all fainted. They couldn't bear the murderous intent of a higher being, even if it wasn't directed at them. Even Felicia was a little frightened.
—Who was it?
It was just a question, but when Felicia saw her brother's eyes, she felt as if she had been sentenced to death.
—Keto
Fernando called, but at some point he had already arrived, when Ceto felt the anger and bloodlust in his lord's words he shuddered, in all these years that he served the Venhorst family, even on the battlefield he had never felt so much bloodlust coming from Fernando, he did not delay in responding.
—My lord?
—Bring the healers to John's room.
Before leaving, Ceto sensed Alex's condition through his sonar, when he concluded that everything was fine with Alex, he followed his master's orders.
Catarina paid no attention to her surroundings; she simply entered the castle and headed to John's room. Fernando, slightly suppressing his bloodlust, looked at Felícia with great anger. He almost struck her. If it were anyone else, Fernando would have attacked already and only asked after venting his anger.
— Felicia , what are you hearing? Who did this? How come you didn't protect him?
Felicia pointed her finger at the commander and spoke in a trembling voice.
—He was the one who did this to John.
Fernando said only one word.
— Graviton
The commander's body floated and stood in front of Fernando, the earth prison that Felicia had made shattered, he intended to crush him using gravity, bone by bone, he would slowly crush him while extracting some information, then he would crush him completely until there was no corpse left to bury, but then he felt the evolution level of the commander that floated in front of him, he could feel that it was only a primary being level 2, how is this possible?
Fernando gave up on the idea of crushing him to death, he swung his hand and the commander's figure crashed into the flying ark and fell to the ground, he raised his hand towards Felicia and made a grabbing gesture.
— Graviton
Without resistance, Felicia was enveloped in a gravitational field and was drawn in front of Fernando. The gravitational field was contracting, crushing Felicia's body. She couldn't resist because looking at Fernando, she could now only feel anger. The bloodlust wasn't directed at her. With each word, the gravitational field contracted more and more.
—Now you tell me, how? You could kill a primal being with just a look, and then you come telling me that someone at such a weak level left my son in this state, how could I accept that? After all, what are you hearing?
Fernando wasn't stupid when his anger subsided a little, he soon understood everything, there was only one scenario It was possible for Felicia that a higher being could not protect John from someone so weak. The anger that was about to subside, but a little, flared up as if someone had thrown fuel on the fire.
you protecting them?
When Fernando saw that Felícia wasn't saying anything, he knew he was right.
—F* ck , what the hell were you doing, what's more important than protecting your nephew.
Fernando's sonar never left John's body; it was only making so much noise because, although John looked unwell, none of his internal organs were injured; he could feel that the injuries were only superficial. In fact, the baby inside the egg did a great job healing John's body from the inside out.
—F* ck . f* ck . f* ck
Fernando cursed several times and said all kinds of bad words, he undid the gravitational field and Felicia was free, the murderous intent in the air dissipated completely, after another thirty minutes of cursing all of Felicia's ancestors, which ironically were his too, he calmed down, he was still angry and worried, but now he could control it.
Only now did Fernando notice that there were a few more people with them, they were all unconscious, he only recognized Alex, a gentle spiritual energy was generated in Alex's body and the others, gradually everyone except the commander regained their senses, Fernando looked at Felicia and asked.
—Who are these people?
Felicia shook her head and said helplessly
—I don't know who they are, but John said to bring them.
The wolf family was very scared, they huddled in a corner, to them Fernando was like a madman full of rage, the worst thing was they felt Fernando's bloodlust before they fell into unconsciousness, Isa and her aunt hugged the sick woman she was pale, it was not known if it was from the disease or it was just fear or something else.
Fernando and Felicia's eyes, four pairs of piercing eyes, stared at Alex at the same time. When Alex felt the questioning gaze of the two superior beings, he shivered. Alex was actually quite lucky today. He only had worn clothes and a few scratches here and there; he'd just fought with the Silver-rank mercenaries.
When the commander arrived, Alex was just paralyzed by the dark element, when it was his turn to be tortured and eventually killed, Felicia fell from the sky, for Alex, Felicia arrived in time, John was not very lucky, he was just a fingernail away from death.
—Who are they? Felicia asked.
Alex spilled the beans, he told everything that happened from the moment they entered the city of Novo Redondo, he talked about how they met little Isa at the market and how they ended up in this situation, Fernando and Felícia listened to the whole story without interrupting Alex.
After the story Fernando sighed and many thoughts went through his head, he looked at Felícia and said.
—We're not done yet
Felicia didn't say anything, she also didn't tell what happened to her, Fernando noticed that some employees were watching the whole scene, Seto had also returned, Ceto was also a father he was worried about Alex his son, before even leaving the first time he used his sonar to feel the condition of his son, this calmed him , it didn't make him less worried.
—You take care of everything here, right?
Fernando pointed his finger at the wolf family and said.
—Take good care of them, they are guests of the Family, find a good place for them inside the castle, help them recover when the healers treat John, send them to take care of our guests.
Fernando was about to leave, he took one look at the family of three and spoke to Ceto.
—Prepare some clothes for them too.
Keto grabbed Alex, bent down, and helped the wolf family, but some maids joined him. Keto saw that the family was a little scared, and he smiled and said in a welcoming voice.
—You don't need to worry, you will be well taken care of here at Venhorst Castle, my lord and lady are kind people.
The wolf family followed Ceto and the maids. Felicia packed up her flying chest and followed Ferdinand inside. But first, Ferdinand ordered two guards to take the commander to the castle prison. He wanted some answers. He didn't ask Felicia what she was doing or where she was. He wanted to see John for himself . He also wanted to comfort Catarina. He left everything else to deal with later.
***
Fernando and Felicia reached the hallway. At the door leading to John's room, two guards stood. When they saw their master, they opened the door and let the two in. As soon as they entered, they saw an unexpected sight: the two healers had no elemental powers.
As soon as the two healers arrived, with Catarina's help, they bathed John and changed his clothes. When they used healing spells, something strange happened. They were high-level healing spells. They tried to restore John's vitality, but all of his vital energy was being diverted somewhere inside John's body. They used all of their elemental power. They became exhausted, and only when they were empty did they finally stop. It was like trying to fill an empty bucket ; the amount didn't matter.
The baby inside the egg saw life energy being poured into John's body, he raised his little hand and absorbed every spell, until the healers ran out of elemental power, the baby converted it into crimson energy, and effortlessly healed John's body.
Those outside only saw the crimson energy enveloping John's entire body, all the wounds regenerated at a visible pace, now not even a single scratch could be seen, there was only a tenou crimson glow on John's body.
—How is he?
Fernando asked, Catarina pointed with her eyes to John's body, it even seemed like he was just sleeping, when Catarina's gaze met Felicia's, even though she didn't say anything, Felicia understood what Catarina wanted to convey with this look.
Felicia was shocked by the situation. She saw the precarious state John was in before, but now there were no remaining injuries. John was just a normal person. He hadn't even entered the path of evolution yet. How could he have such a high recovery rate? Felicia wanted to ask all sorts of questions, but since she was somehow responsible for John's misfortune, she decided to remain silent.
Time passed and the day gave way to night, Fernando and Felicia were having dinner in silence, Felicia told Fernando everything, she talked about the three priests, Fernando got angry, but in the end he could do nothing, everything was over John was fine and Felicia was his sister, Catarina was angry in her own way she didn't say a word to Felicia, she just gave looks that Felicia understood, but sometimes someone's silence was worse than any kind of words of reprimand or threats.
Catarina stayed in John's room the whole time, she didn't leave, not even at dinner time.
***
The next morning
John opened his eyes, he saw Catarina sleeping right next to him, he saw that Catarina's eyelids were a little wrinkled, it was a sign that she hadn't slept all night, For Catarina she wouldn't get tired easily, after all she was an average peak being, she was only like that because her emotions were reflecting in her body.
John felt touched, in his past life he had lost his parents very early, he was between 5 and 6 years old when his father and mother suffered the accident that cost them both their lives, at the time his sister was very young, just 1 year and a few months old, in this life he had parents who took care of him and protected him, he was only worried about his sister on earth.
In another half month it will be 8 years since John came to this world, according to this world's calendar John was born on October 8, 2017 and now it is September 17, 2024, John wanted to take advantage of the time he still had in the Venhorst territory, Fernando his father had already warned him that as soon as he was a level 1 primary being it would be when he left for the institute.
John was now at most 2 years old, after these two years he would have to leave the Venhorst territory, seeing his mother sleeping so beautifully like that, he decided not to disturb her, he left the room without making a noise.
***
John arrived at the dining room and saw Fernando, his father, and the woman who somehow saved his life, he greeted them both.
—Good morning, Dad.
When John was about to greet the woman, he discovered that he knew nothing about her. He tried to ask first, but the woman just said that she would introduce herself if Fernando didn't kill her.
Felicia, who was taking a bite of honey bread , saw John's confusion, she gave a beautiful and sweet smile, Felicia is a beautiful and attractive woman, this smile would enchant any man, John has seen countless beautiful women before, there were thousands of beautiful women just a click away all over the internet, but the woman in front of him was a wild, scorching and dominating beauty.
—Come give your aunt a hug.
Felicia walked over and hugged John. As he was short and Felicia was a slightly tall woman, the top of John's head brushed against Felicia's full breasts. Unfortunately, he didn't feel the expected softness. Felicia was wearing a piece of armor that covered her breasts. John only felt the hardness of the armor.
But in John's head a word buzzed, your aunt, since when do I have an aunt? Why didn't anyone tell me anything? John thought.
—Aunt ?
Fernando smiled and introduced Felicia to John.
—Junior , this is Felícia, your aunt, she's my older sister.
When Fernando spoke the last word, Felicia almost spat blood and quickly ratified Fernando's words.
—Your father is joking, I'm his younger sister.
Fernando knew that his older sister reversed the birth order of the two, and whoever said she was the older sister would be in trouble, so he gave John a wink and said with a fake cough.
—This is Felicia , my younger sister.
John thought it was strange, but for him the key point was the word, aunt, whether she was younger or older didn't matter to him.
Continued....
Thank you very much to those who read it.
As for the reaction of the parents, Catarina and Fernando, I was a bit lost and didn't know what to write.
I hope I didn't disappoint anyone with this chapter.
Leave your opinion
From the next chapter onwards I will be developing the world a little and explaining how magic works.