154 Happy children (1/2)
”SPLOOOOsh? HEY! That's not fair, you are cheating!” The angry girlish voice did not prevent the boy with red hair to smirk, neither did it prevent him from moving his hand and what was right above him. Seeing the huge drop of water moving dangerously close to her, the little girl began to step back and prepared to flee. Even if it was a bit too late at this point.
”Kaboom.” Dropping this word as well as the water, Ronald could see the pitiful state of the grandaughter of Lord Darkwater. She was completely drenched, and he could see tears starting to leak from her eyes. Only remembering now that she was nearly half of his age, he could see her shivering in cold. Beginning to worry for her health, he approached her and began to cast a small flame to warm her.
”KABOOOM! HIHIHI! I got a Hero, I got a Hero!” Caught by surprise, the apprentice magician couldn't be anything but stunned by the sudden attack. Starring at both the small cup now empty in her hands and her wide smile, he felt depressed all of a sudden. Even after becoming a Hero, he still wasn't able to even beat a tiny little girl. Of course, with her loud laughter resonating in the entire manor, it didn't take long for a few spectators to gather.
”Is it the fourth time this week or did I miscalculate?”
”No, you are right.” The two Rodil siblings did not care about the feelings of the one that could easily listen to them. For some reasons, they only suffered this fate once since the war against the Dark Gods had ended. As for the two other residents of this place, they were spared of the threat of being wet. If the sneaky mouse still behaved normally in front of Istuienn, she seemed a bit scared of Leodagan Arastil.
Recently, even Joren and Owen felt that he had changed, for something worst. They could sometimes hear him weep as silently as he could in his room, or even belittle the fact that it was Ronald that had become a Hero. This last point was exacerbated when they could see the one that was dead last compared to all of them easily catching up now. The qualitative changes both in the mind and the body of the young Hero were too important.
Receiving the aggravated stare of Ronald, the two reckoned that maybe they should have talked a bit farther away. Seeing him standing up properly and beginning to move his hands, they quickly figured out what would happen then. ”He will not ...”
”Yes, he will, sister. [Fire Shield]”
”[Fire Shield]”
The second after they cast that protective shield, they received two streams of water directly on them. After the vapor dissipated, however, it seemed the two were completely dry. Under the mocking smile of Joren, the Hero could only leave with a low grunt of disappointment. ”You shouldn't make an enemy out of him like that. In the future, even if we are prepared, we wouldn't be able to beat him.”
”I know, I know. Don't you worry Owen, it's not like we will fight each other. And we are still young, remember what grandpa said, live happily your childhood, because you only have one. It's you that should have a bit more fun. Especially now.” Her voice became softer in the end, dragging a bit after remembering all that happened. The day before, Lord Darkwater and his army had come back, bringing the news of their relative victory.
However, their second grandfather, Arthar had been heavily injured by an unknown evil, the same that was plaguing the Archmage. In the following days, they would probably return to the Academy and leave that cunning and malicious little devil, that was probably the only one enjoying life. If she hadn't been there, Joren would have never realized how dark her days had become after the departure of Leilade.
”Kaboom. Hehe.” Puzzled by the small murmur of her brother, she lifted her head just quick enough to see the small drop of water falling down on her. Barely enough to evenly spread on all her nose, it was enough to steal a small smile from Owen. Smiling back, the two siblings became to laugh even more and left the room, to head toward the outside.
SPLASH
Activating the second trap prepared while they were talking, the young apprentice mage could see surprise and anger on the face of his sister, as he began to laugh even more. ”YOU LITTLE MOUSE, RUN BEFORE I CATCH YOU!” The shout of fury was audible even in the place where the one that was targeted was hiding. Chuckling a bit, she suddenly stopped when she felt the presence of someone else besides her. Turning her head, she got a glimpse of a foot moving right in front of her.
”You can come out you know. I won't eat you.” The cold voice brought her back to the moment where Remi dropped her here. As doted as she was, she still understood that whatever was asked to her was always important and knew how to behave when it was time. And that was what she told to, to behave when near two people. Anything else was allowed, especially creating a lot of funs for those children.