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Donis was finally alone for longer than 30 seconds. His family had reluctantly left his side to continue on with their lives, with their jobs and such. They didn't want to not take care of their baby boy after such a traumatic experience. They left only because Etheria had been out the entire time, cuddling him and, in their eyes, giving him the comfort he required.

Reviewing the whole ordeal in his mind, his thoughts had grown cold. He now knew the dark side of the world he's inhabiting. His previous world was also dark, but nothing like this had ever happened. It was a mind bending experience.

He still had so many questions, such as why was he targeted in the first place, or how they managed to steal the carriage without anyone noticing, or how it took Norris so long to find any tracks. Either way he had no answers, but he may find some clues with the parchment he had stolen from Raul.

Donis had no way to explain to the others how he had taken this, nor could he explain how he had hidden this from everyone. He'll have to figure out a way how to tell either Corvig or Norris, or even the Archmage, Lorenzo.

Opening his [Inventory], he could see a slot being used up by a piece of parchment. It even had a title.

[Mourning Hive Request]

Anxiety rising, he willed the item into his hand. He was greedily scanning the parchment for the info the [System] deemed as incriminating.

”A noble from the city of Castan requests the Mourning Hive to kidnap Donis Laurent. He is not to be killed as our intel tells us he has a rare blessing. Mutilation is preferred to be kept to a minimum, and the final price will be dropped down if he is in no working condition. The buyer wants him to be loyal to the Magisterium of Castan, therefore when he is sufficiently broken, we will come in and 'save' the boy. This will net you extra Erzi, and will be negotiated upon successful capture.”

After reading this piece, Donis seethed with anger.

'They wanted to kidnap me, torture me, and break me so that I would be fucking loyal to another Academy? Are these people fucking insane? Do they not want to try and tempt me with offers like a normal academy would?'

Ding!

-Side Quest+: Find more evidence on the person who bought the [User]. Multi-Part Quest.

Reward: [25SP] per completion. -

'Oh I will. Thank you system, I will find out who did this to me and my family,' thought Donis angrily.

Donis went over to his parents, in hopes of letting him set up a meeting with both Norris and Corvig. He told them that he wanted to say thank you to the people who saved him, and he wanted to see his hero, Corvig.

Hearing Donis call Corvig his hero, Korrins mouth twitched a little, but he couldn't deny it. Corvig was a hero to the family, and he felt like he was useless. Morissa noticing this about her dear husband, squeezed his hand and brought him in closer. She knew that every dads dream is to be the hero for their kids, so she could empathise with his pain.

The parents of course didn't deny his request, it was only fair and they also wanted to see the heroes. They will be forever grateful to them, unable to ever repay the debt they owe in their hearts.

Korrin went into his study and brought out a luxurious looking parchment of paper, one that looked the exact same as what Donis had in his [Inventory]. This made Donis incredibly nervous, but Korrin only took it as excitement in the lads eyes.

”Now son, this parchment here is pretty valuable. It is used for so, so many things. If you write messages on them then the owner of the exact copy will receive exactly what you wrote on it. I gave my copy of this parchment to Corvig already, in case our family ever needed to contact him. He at first didn't want it, but understanding out predicament he took it,” Korrin continued.

Donis's eyes shot open, realising that Raul wrote something on the parchment before locking it means that the document in his possession is directly linked to the one the buyer has.

After asking his dad to contact Corvig, Donis wanted to be left alone. He walked into his room, and closed the door.

Not thinking of using [Ocular Inspection] on the parchment he stole from Raul before, he cast it now, and just as he feared, it was the same type.

-Pigeon Parchment-