16 City of Ravens 2 (2/2)
'… Nothing. Just a small party in Brazil. I need to go now. Tchau'
Master ended the call. He didn't say much, but it helped me to figure out a lot. The tunnel that was going down would most likely lead to the city, and the ruins I entered were a top of a tower. I will keep the ruins a secret which was the plan, now I only needed to find someone that can help me translate it.
Someone that knows ancient languages can keep a secret, preferably will do it for free… looks like an angel and is my mother's student…
I grabbed some stuff and took the first bus back to Ottawa. When I got back home only my father was there, watching TV.
”How are you doing Dad?”
”Dominique! What are you doing here?”
”I didn't realize I have to make an appointment.”
”HA! Your Mother was right, you are making jokes.”
”What do you mean?”
”Well, you know, you were not a person that cracked jokes or spoke sarcastically. Always so upstanding and serious, look at you now, wearing some wacky clothes with a smirk on your face. You moved out of the house, started training, went to the hunting grounds. You changed.”
”I didn't change that much.”
”You did, for the better. And now I can see that you want something. Ah! Not from me, from your mother so what is it, maybe I can help.”
”How? Whatever. I need her help to find someone.”
”Who is it?”
”She is her student, I need her to help me with something.”
”Go on…”
”It's better that you don't know, if mom sniffs something out, she will first kill you then drag me down to hell and torture me for eternity.”
”That bad?”
”Yes.”
”Ok then. Come, sit down, your mother will back soon.”
When she got back it was evening, we ate dinner and talked for a while. For a while, I tried to get some information out of her discreetly, but she most likely realized it and purposely changed the subject. So, in the end, I had to ask her directly.
”If you want to meet with her, then try looking at the university. If someone was to find out that I disclose information about my students...”
”At least give me some directions.”
”… I saw her working at Belgia Cafe. Just don't act like a stalker.”
”Thank you.”
I spent the rest of the evening talking with my parents, I was forced to show them my soul image and smash some stuff. From my mother, my soul image wouldn't protect me in the least, and I had no choice but to do what she told me.
Later I trained my control over the soul image, and by the end of it, I could achieve the same level I had previously. Only this time, I didn't hit a limit, I felt that I could do more than that, not by much but more.
So I made a theory, with each cycle the control difficulty will increase together with the limit of the control. When I reach the next cycle, I will be able to confirm it.
Next day I woke up and trained, the soul image multiplies my strength, with higher the base number the higher the result. I ran around the city for an hour, but that was not enough to tire me out, repeating the basic exercises I did with Master until I couldn't breath brought back all the memories from when I was training at master's place.
After taking a quick shower, I left to find Emily.