At night, Ilario was going to sleep. Solaris showed up.

“That guy’s behavior was very suspicious, he sneaked out of the castle. Would you like to go together?” Solaris asked hurriedly.

“Yes, let’s go together” said Ilario, he worn the cloak with hood to cover himself. He activated “Invisible” and followed Solaris.

Adrian went far away from the castle gate, it looks like he was going to meet someone. He went deeper into the forest until he reached to a hut, there was another man inside. Ilario could not see his face, he went near a hut after Adrian went inside. He was eavesdropping on their conversation.

“What’s happened? I heard the children returned safely,” another guy asked, he has a husky voice, “Both of them?”

“Yeah, my master was really angry. Why did they fail? You told me they were skilled.” Adrian asked.

“I have no idea. I knew only that they all died from attack. That’s why I could not ask anyone, their leader did not know anything too,” another guy said.

“That was the worst situation. We didn’t know how that boy came back safely. My master wanted to make him gone the most,” Adrian said.

“I got a hard time with my master as well. He missed the second chance to experiment on a child from that family,” another guy said. “What’s the next plan?”

Ilario felt angry of his words. They talked like the experiment was a normal thing to do, moreover, their targets were him and his sister.

“It's a difficult situation. We could not find a chance. That boy has grown up so much, it might be hard to kidnap him,” Adrian said.

“What about the girl?” another guy asked curiously.

“There are several knights guarding around her, most of them are not our people,” Adrian said.

“I have an idea. There will be a festival in the city of Fortis. Can you do something to make them out? We will deal with them after that. What do you think?” Another guy asked Adrian, he was a sly man.

“I will tell my master,” Adrian said.

They both came out of the hut. Another guy has appearance that match with the information from a mercenary. A thin man who was in his mid-forties, and he was working for a noble.

Ilario followed another guy. He went to the inn at the city of Fortis. There was no more movement after he went into his room.

“Can you follow this guy until you know the information of his master? We might get more clue of their plan and the one behind them,” mind communicated Ilario.

“Of course,” mind communicated Solaris.

Ilario used “Teleport” back to the castle. It was nearly dawn, it would be problem if someone knew that he was not in his bedroom.

***

3 days passed, Ilario went to training ground as usual.

“We will train by having a mock fight today, Young Lord” said Adrian, he was looking down on Ilario. He handed a wooden sword to Ilario.

Ilario wanted to deceive him that he was weak, but the contrary seems to be not good to do that. There were many knights at training ground, it would be a shame on his parents and the future of himself.

The knights were gathering and surrounding the fighting area.

Ilario was guarding and waiting for first attack form Adrian, he thought that he will play with him for a bit. Adrian started to attack first, he hit at Ilario hard and continually, he might get order from his great uncle to beat him. However, his attack could not compare to Oliver. Ilario blocked all his attacks easily. — Adrian was very upset that he could not hit Ilario even once, he was attacking Ilario harder. Ilario wanted to get back at him since he knew that Adrian was also a person who behind the incident of kidnaps, he was playing with him by blocking all his attacks until he was out of breath. Ilario waited for this chance and hit him hard at his waist after he dodged Adrian last attack.

“Argh” Adrian cried, he was hurt by Ilario’s attack.

“Ah…Sorry, I thought you can block my attack,” said Ilario innocently, he made it looks like an accident. “Did you get hurt?”

“Arg…No,” said Adrian, he was acting like he was fine. It would be a shame if he had to admit defeat, and even got badly hurt in just one hit.

Ilario knew that his ribs were broken by his attack. He hit him hard, and with his speed, no one could see what had happened clearly.

The other knights were surprising and talking to each other. In their point of view, it was just an accident. It was unbelievable that Ilario could hit Adrian easily.

In the afternoon, Beatrice came to play with Ilario. She knew that he will be busier with his private courses. For that reason, she did not miss a single chance to play with him.

Aside from playing outside, Ilario always tells her the fairy tale and teaches her about the magic at once.

“Brother, what about The Princess? What’s happened next?” Beatrice asked enthusiastically.

“The Princess was locked up by a bad monster in the tower. He planned to eat her alive because he knew that she has magic power,” Ilario told her a made-up story.

“Ohh…Did The Princess know about her power?” Beatrice asked curiously.

“Unfortunately, no, she did not know that she has magic power. She cried for help but no one heard her voice. There was no human who can reach to the tower because it was so high,” Ilario continued to tell her a made-up story.

“So…who will help The Princess?” Beatrice asked seriously, she had an imaginary and worried about The Princess.

“When The Princess felt hopeless, the great spirit showed up. Her appearance was like a white cat and she could talk! She told to The Princess that she could help her out of the tower. She used her magic power to break the door and help The Princess out of the tower safely,” Ilario told her the made-up story.

“Wow, is it the same as Ava and Vita?” Beatrice asked enthusiastically.

“Yes, it is. Ava and Vita are the spirits as well. They have magic powers to help Bia when Bia got locked up from the bad guys,” said Ilario kindly. He tried to make her remember that she can get help from her spirits.

“He’s right. We will stay with you and protect you all the time,” said Ava energetically.

“That’s right, That’s right,” said Vita energetically.

They both always show up themselves to Ilario when he was playing with Beatrice.

“A great spirit had taught Magic to The Princess. So, she can use magic power fluently. Like this,” said Ilario, he activated water magic in shape of a butterfly, moved it like it was flying around her.

“Ah…Bia would like to use magic power like The Princess,” said Beatrice excitingly.

“It’s very easy. I will tell you how to do it,” said Ilario kindly.

He taught her the magic passing through the story, it made her feel enjoyable. Her emotion will be stable and it was hard to explode. In the worst case, Ava and Vita can drain her magic power before it happened.

Ilario guided her to make water ball at first, it was harmless power. Beatrice activated a water ball successfully, she was very happy with her success. She was very talent, she remembered how to gather power and activated magic power carefully.

“Good, Let’s try a butterfly,” said Ilario kindly, he activated water magic in shape of butterfly.

Beatrice tried to activate magic power in shape of butterfly but she made it looks like a shape of water that could not be described instead.

“It’s all right. If you concentrate and imagine about it clearly, you can activate magic power in any shape that you like,” said Ilario kindly. “What do you like the most, Bia?”

“Bia like cake the most,” said Beatrice cheerfully.

“Okay. Let’s try to imagine a cake that Bia like the most when activate water magic,” said Ilario kindly.

Beatrice activated water magic in shape of cake perfectly.

“Wow…You are great, Bia! Is it easy?” Ilario praised her honestly.

“Yes, it’s very easy,” said Beatrice happily.

Beatrice inherited wind, water and healing magic power at high level, and light magic power at medium level. He did not feel other type of magic power for now. At least, she can use light magic power like Luna. If she grew up and awakened her fire magic power, she might be able to use all abilities of light magic power like him.

The level of magic power in this world. If humans compare to the elves, high level of humans means medium level of elves. But The Fortis Bloodline were the exception, they were a mixed race between Demigod and human. Although they did not marriage to demigod again, their physical bodies and magic powers were still more outstanding than humans.

Beatrice’s magic power can be compared to Oliver for now but her magic power might be able to reach to the level of young women elves like Lyra and Antlia in the future.

‘Knock’ ‘Knock’

“Dinner is served, Young Lord, Young Lady” said Feline politely.

At Dining Room, Bellatrix was waiting for them.

“Your father is busy today,” said Bellatrix kindly.

“Mom, Bia heard from Feline. There will be a festival in the city. Bia would like to go there,” Beatrice was begging Bellatrix with her adorable eyes.

“All right. But there is a condition. Bia must hold Mom’s hand all the time. Can you promise Mom for that?” Bellatrix talked to Beatrice kindly, she could not resist the cuteness of Beatrice.

“Yes, Bia promise,” said Beatrice Cheerfully.

“Would you like to go together, Eli?” Bellatrix asked Ilario.

“Yes, I would like to, Mother” Ilario said and smiled at her. “Could you invite great uncle to go with us, Mother? He can protect us.”

“Of course. I will tell your father,” said Bellatrix kindly.

Ilario thought that they had spread the news through maids. He knew for sure that Feline was not a spy, that mean there were spies among the maids.

***