17 Chapter 17 (1/2)

”Father, I will be leaving the residence... we will meet in two weeks time at the Kritten heights.” Alexis informed Aurelius who was holding onto Irene who had a content smile on her face, Annalise was drinking tea but suddenly looked at Alexis.

”You what?!” She shouted and looked at Alexis tearfully, Alexis sighed and gave a very vague answer to her...

He then looked at Aurelius who had a serious look on his face, he noticed a few greying hairs and shook his head.

”I hope the necessary preparations are already made, Father?” He asked Aurelius who looked at him and nodded.

”What are the two of you talking about?” Annalise asked with an annoyed expression.

”Don't worry mother, It is something that does not require your presence...” Alexis said with an apologetic smile and got up as Annalise turned to Aurelius who nodded at his words.

”It's a secret...” Aurelius said apologetically as Alexis walked out of his room...

”Tell me or else...” Annalise said playfully as Aurelius shook his head and sighed tiredly which worried her.

”What is going on?” She asked him and got closer to him.

”Annalise, I really cannot tell you... please don't ask me!” Aurelius said as she nodded slowly.

”...Is it that bad?” She asked him worriedly as Aurelius nodded and smiled when he looked at Irene.

”But atleast I have you!” He said and hugged Irene.

Annalise stayed quiet, she was worried... why was her son involved in something so bad that it had to be kept a secret?

'I can only hope that he is safe...' she thought.

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”Florestine, get ready to leave.” He said, she nodded but didn't dare look at him for the stunt she had pulled not so long ago...

”Y-yes, your highness!” She stuttered and quickly held onto him.

*fwoosh!*

The two of them were engulfed in a bright flash of light, once the flash flickered away, Alexis and Florestine were nowhere to be found, the guards who saw the scene unfold, looked shocked.

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*fwoosh!*

The two of them appeared in the middle of a slum...

Florestine frowned slightly when the smell of the place entered her nose.

Since Alexis and Florestine appeared out of nowhere, the inhabitants were shocked and scared, a few thugs living in the area avoided them.

”Hm... looks just like a slum...” Alexis commented, it looked like a slum from the otherworldly, Florestine who didn't know what he talked about sweatdropped.

'Alright System, work your magic...' He told his system.

*BING!*

[Host, you will now see a map of the slum, the yellow dot is you, the green dots are the ones you are looking for!]

The system said enthusiastically as Alexis blinked his eyes.

There was indeed a green map infront him... he grabbed Florestine's hand instinctively and walked to the green dots shown in the map.

'H-He is holding m-my hand!' Florestine screamed inside while she blushed outwardly.

'Why am I holding her hand?' Alexis asked himself.

'Her hand is very soft... what am I thinking?!' He shook his head off of such minor thoughts and continued walking towards the nearest green dot.

The path was narrow and had countless numbers of small houses with many people packed inside, to top it off there were rats that were the size of cats...

Alexis saw Florestine look a bit pale and hurried over to the green dot, they entered through smaller lanes while the inhabitants of the slum were staring at the two of them in awe.

The duo stopped infront of a very small shanty, it seemed as if would fall apart even with the slightest gust of wind, he felt the presence inside and walked in without any courtesy...

The person inside heard the footsteps and walked out to the entrance with an iron pole in his hand.

”You bastards! I said I will pay you all tomorrow!” He shouted and came out of the darkness, the people he saw were not the thugs he was supposed to pay... but a couple of angels! The man was very handsome while the woman looked like a goddess...

”...Who are you people?” He asked them warily and gripped his iron pole tightly.

'A kid?' Alexis thought...

”Tell me... are you perhaps alone, maybe because of a Mage?” Alexis asked him mysteriously...

”W-Wha! What do you want from me?!” The boy asked, he was around ten years of age...

”Answer my question, kid” Alexis said calmly.

”W-Why does it matter to you anyways?!” The kid asked in a sad tone, tears flowed down his eyes as he glared the duo, he would still have nightmares and flashbacks of that fateful day...

Alexus turned to Florestine who was now shorter than him by four inches, the kid was crying and Alexis had no idea on what to do next...

Florestine smiled gently at Alexis and kneeled down to the kid's height and gently spoke to him.

After a few minutes, Alexis could finally talk to the boy, he promised him that the world will be a better place if he worked for him...

”Child, what is your name?” Florestine asked the kid who smiled genuinely.

”My name is Marcus Rogue!” He said with pride as Alexis had a small smirk, he would mold the kid into his right hand man...

But for now, he needed to find more people!

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Alexis fell on his king sized bed tiredly, a while ago he had bought a couple of mansions, the money was from selling the genius inventions to the public, they were mostly household items such as vegetable peelers, soap and various other upgraded versions of items of what people used to have...

All of these happened while he was in the Academy, he ordered Florestine to start a business that would help him fund his private army!

He was now very rich, the money was kept with Florestine who would purchase the mansions on his behalf and also buy the raw materials required for the rifle, atleast now the people he had gathered had a place to stay...

He then remembered what the system told him about Marcus, apparently the kid looked at him as he were a God which made him chuckle.

'He has the second highest loyalty... with a rate of 88/100' he mused and proceeded to take a nap...

'Florestine would wake me up anyways...' he thought and closed his eyes.

Alexis was already very tired after travelling and working nonstop for one whole week, he didn't let Florestine do much of his work as she was sent out to buy the houses and also manage the business...

Soon after he closed his eyes, he fell asleep.

The door to his room opened ever so slightly until it was halfway opened silently as a figure sneaked in.

A few hours later, Alexis woke up with a yawn, he then tried to stretch his arms but he couldn't seem to get his arm out...

It was as if something was holding it in place.

'...Holding?' Alexis thought and looked down, Flroestine was on his bed and had kept his arm inbetween her chest...

'W-What!?' He panicked and slowly took his arm out of chest.

He blushed feeling her big soft and supple bust, Alexis quickly took his hand away and left the room, leaving Florestine in his bed... still sleeping.