The following days, I kept a close watch on Alesha without her noticing. The fact that her aura suddenly vanished and that clicking sound, baffled me. You could say,
" it rubbed me the wrong way".
I got up from my bed early that morning to practice my mana control. It tried swordsmanship without my magic enhancements; I could only slash twice or so before keeling over with tiredness.
I had been watching m sister for a week since that night, and I finallysaw her heading for the old study once more. His time, I used teleportation with my warp portal skill, arriving minutes before she did. I hid in the corner using concealment magic and watched her as she confidently approached a certain, white cover book.tilting he book back, I remembered I'd seen such a mechanism before.
It was a secret passage. The bookshelf split into two, revealing a long passage. Using my agility, I passed by my sister quickly while still concealed. This made her blame the wind for the disturbance. I tailed her to an opening under the mansion. From above, the light of the moon pierced in, illuminating the centre. What I saw next, surprised me beyond words.
" Wait a minute, is that mom, dad and Anna-May!!".
I thought to myself in my head. They were all clad in black cloaks and had masks in their hand, but chose not to wear them. I was about to run back, when the shock of a lifetime took a hold of me.
My father spoke,
" come out August, I know it's you".
At that point, I couldn't help but curse in my head, " Holy shit!!".
Turning around, I slowly summoned my blade, ready to apprehend any attack. My thought ran wild, and I began blaming one of them for the illness this body had before the actual August Grimmseley died.
Stepping into the moonlight, my father asked in y to come and sit. Once I was seated, a long explanation from my father was given.
" Long ago,
Before you were born, your mother and I were both adventurers and heirs to our noble houses. We met on one of our family's assignments. We were to aid the holy knights in the conquering of the world dragon, Demise Ragnarok. At first, we were thrilled. The battle was gruesome, the bloodshed was intense. That was when we saw it, the holy knits were using black magic. They absorbed energy from the knights of our families to strengthen themselve. They did not even care if the men died afterward. However, they tried so hard to keep I and your mother safe. At first, we thought it was dedication to duty, but once we returned home, we realized it was only for the game and fortune. Those otherwordly knights, were only helping the people for their own gain".
Hearing other worldly, I was baffled. So the holy knights were from my world as well?!.
My father continued.
" Your mother and I decided to report this to our families, who turns out, already knew as were fine with it as long as they too gained Fame. As our plan to start a rebellion, I proposed to your mother, and we fell in love. This led to our families, banishing us to the backwater domain of Vansneath, since they wanted us to build relationships with the Holy knights and tie them to our bloodlines. Your mother and I were resolute and would not back down and join blood with such a despicable group of people. We founded an underground organization known as The Night Cloaks, of which Sir Henwick, was among. This was the only way to keep your sister safe while she was in school, studying and gathering intelligence.
With Sir Henwick, assassinated, I fear the holy knights and the empire are onto us. That is why your sister can't return to school".
I was angry, I wanted to attend Bright Star as well. But those stupid knights got in my way. Before my father began to speak again, I stopped him. I stood up and got on my knees before him. With rage in my eyes and tone I spoke,
" father!!, train me in the way of the sword. I will protect my sister. She can return to school with me as her protector".
My family was baffled. My mother gave a bright smile to my father and my father, proud of my decision, patted me on the shoulder and agreed. As for magic lessons, they would call upon one of the highly advanced mages of the night cloaks to train me in magic. It would seem my family knew my magic had awakened early because of the concealment magic.
Now, there was but one thing I had to do, chew out that stupid goddess for not telling me before she reincarnated me here!!!.