Baston didn't know what Tasco lamented about him. Besides, he was busy thinking what he should do for the next few days regarding his identity. On the other side, Angus who received important information from his old friend was very excited at the moment. He knew Tasco wouldn't lie about it
so to convince the Xavierius family more, the old knight sent a short video regarding
Sebastian. With a magic device, it was very convenience to do it. The video came up on play in front of Angus.
"It's real… This is Gale aura… Our family will soon regain the past glory…"
Wasting no time, Angus then quickly went ahead, looking for Harry Xavierius as the head of the family to decide the matter. He was pretty sure the old man would deploy all the power and resources that the family had
once he saw the video. Disregarding his manner, Angus didn't knock the door and
just rushed to the head of the family.
"What is wrong with you?" Harry was dumbfounded, "Why are you in such of hurry? You even didn't knock the door…"
"Sorry, no time to explain it. Watch this video…"
Angus handed a small device to Harry. The magic circuit inside worked once again and displayed a moving picture of the fat man. Baston didn't know that in every side of the barrack, Tasco always put the magic
recorder to monitor anything happened inside the store. Luminos City was a peaceful city, but in place where money ruled, the old knight had to make sure no one could mess up with him. Because of that, he always was wary of the surrounding and put several magic recorders. If something happened, then these things would be his proof against peculiar situation.
Harry watched the short video. At first, he didn't know what to expect. Angus suddenly barged to the room and demanded to watch this thing. The video showed Sebastian who was trying to unleash the wind breaker. In the
middle of the process, a wind aura was deployed before it went forward to wooden
dummy. For Xavierius family, this wind skill was just a decent one but once he spotted something distinct happened on the fat man, he stood up still.
"This… Who is this man? Why he has Gale element on him?"
"From what I know, this fat man named Sebastian is just an amateur knight. It seems he doesn't know much about his rare talent. Even when someone told him about the hidden danger of Gale element, he acted
nonchalantly. Despite of that, it seems he doesn't have any relationship with any noble family. At least, from what I heard, no one manipulated him until now."
"Sebastian, huh? By the way, who is the one that inform you all of this? Where is the fat man right now?"
"It's Tasco…" Angus explained, "He's the old knight we helped before at the fort. Right at the moment, he lives in Luminos City. That
fat man named Sebastian is in training with him."
"Is he a disciple of Tasco?"
"No, he's just a customer. Tasco charges 100,000 pounds for his advanced skill training…"
"He's really a profiteer," Harry mumbled.
"Well, he is forced to do that because in Luminos City, you need more money for daily expense."
Harry nodded, thinking how Luminos City worked. Hearing the name of Tasco, it reminded him back when they first met. Although the old knight seemed rough on outside, but he had his integrity and pride on anything. Unlike the nobles who always tried to find any other way to fool each other,
Tasco was innocent in this harsh world. If the family didn't help him back then, he must become a dog for other noble. Times went fast and unknowingly; the old friend repaid the kindness from the past. He as the patriarch was glad that the family didn't pick wrong people to support.
Both of them decided to go to meet with the man named Sebastian first. To make sure they could greet each other, Angus asked for help from Tasco. He wanted the old knight to hold back Sebastian first so they could
have a conversation. They prepared the best magic carriage the family had and quickly went to Luminos City. If there was a matter about the family, Harry already issued the elders to help him. At least, they needed to try their best so the whereabouts of two of them would be kept secret. Harry and Angus didn't want any other noble family to pick up where would their destination be so that
only they knew about the existence of Gale element.
"Now, the question is what this Sebastian seek in his life?" Harry started.
"This…" Angus hesitated, "We can offer wealth and land first."
"Angus, let's face the reality. If we just use that scrap, sooner or later, Sebastian will be seduced by another noble family. There are
many greater and wealthier family than us in the kingdom. I'm afraid Sebastian won't fall to us easily if we can't do better than this."
"Then, what do you want to do? Don't tell me you want to sacrifice your daughter…"
Harry was silent before he sighed, "There's no other way…"
"Of course, there is always a way!" Angus cut off, "Have you ever thought of Alicia as your own daughter? I know you are very busy, but that's not the reason to stay away from her. You seldom praise her. You never
come to help her once there's a problem. And now, you want to give your own daughter to this fat man named Sebastian. I refuse to do this!"
"ANGUS! Listen to me! I'm the head of the family. Whatever I do is for the glory of Xavierius. If I'm guilty of doing this, I will take it but remember, I only do something for the family, not for me alone. If I could, I also wanted to sacrifice myself but surely, what old man like me can do? I have money and land to give, but do you think this Sebastian will be satisfied by it."
"But… There are other girls in the family. You don't have to let Alicia take the burden…"
"I know… But we already know what is the best to do to inherit this Gale element. Only by the most excellent talent will earn this
power. Alicia is the best younger generation in Xavierius family so I believe once she marries Sebastian, there will be a chance to become stronger. Her children also will have the possibility to inherit Gale element."
Angus took a deep breath, feeling hopeless inside his mind. Although he objected what Harry was going to do, he realized everything he did was for the family to regain their glory back. Before, Harry already procured many
magic instruments for measuring the talent of the young generations. Unlike the
ordinary one who could only tell the magic power, the instrument could also display additional information regarding the attribute they had as the wizards. With those things, the family could focus the resources into the one who worked hard of having the bigger proficiency in wind magic. In the measurement, Alicia came to the top as always.
Everyone put their hope into Alicia, pressuring her to be always the best. In the meantime, many noble boys courted her because not only she was beautiful, her wind magic was also strong enough. The girl realized she had to work hard in order to revitalize the family. That was why rather than drunk with love at young age, she chose to train more. She believed she could
become the strongest one day. Too bad her dream would be shattered in a short
moment.
Angus couldn't help but felt pity of Alicia. Even though he didn't have any daughter, he already treated her as his own. His existence was more like father to her than Harry himself. Because of that, he really cherished her. He didn't want her future to be destroyed just because she had to marry with someone she detested about. Living with her as family, he knew the girl despised any fat man because she thought they were snobbish, greedy, and pervert. At least, that was what she believed until now. Although he wanted
to refute, but as far as he knew, most fat men were indeed like so.
"Can I… Can I talk with Alicia first?" Angus hesitated.
"Alright…" Harry sighed.
On the way to Luminos City, Harry as the head of family decided to go to a certain city to pick up Alicia first. The Prius Academy was having a long vacation so most students would go back to their home. Alicia also got back but she went out again to the city for shopping. After living for many months at the academy, she wanted to pursue freedom. Because of that, shopping became part of her life to release the pent-up stress accumulated inside her head. The girl should be happy, but both of men inside the magic
carriage were gloomy. Angus himself couldn't picture what Alicia would be like
once he explained the situation. This vacation was a happy moment for her, but
he as her uncle was really afraid of ruining it. Still, he wanted to have conversation with her first. If she rejected the idea, then he would try his best to support her. Even though Harry was Alicia's father plus the head of the family, he would fight back over the decision.
On the other hand, Alicia was still busy shopping in a few stores. The guards who were following her acted as her porter right now. Even though they were strong, but it was kind of tiring to stroll around from one
store to another store. Alicia didn't want to be like this but she was upset after losing against Luke. Regarding the fate of Baston, she believed she could win. Unfortunately, what happened made her dumbfounded because the world seemingly didn't want the fat boy to become a slave. Because of that, she had to give up pursuing her choice and just let Baston disguised himself as Luke's
servant.
Before both of two boys went out, Alicia asked where were their destination. Luke didn't suspect anything and just told her about Luminos City. The noble girl knew the place. She wanted to go there secretly but once Baston and Luke knew about this, it would be very awkward. Her beautiful face
would become famous once she went there. It would be just a matter of time until the news spread for Baston and Luke to find she was there. She could already picture that there would be many questions popped up when they met. Regardless, she was very curious over what would happen at them.
"I wonder if Baston already ate at this time…" Alicia thought.
The noble girl couldn't stop thinking about the fat boy since she saw what a hidden talent could do. With ice and flare attributes,
Baston could easily create his influence and be famous over the kingdom. Despite the bright future in front of him, he decided to after the cult. She didn't know how big his hatred but considering the efforts he did after all this time, it looked like either one of them must leave the world so the other one could live peacefully. This curiosity forwarded her further into Baston, gaining his recognition before he slowly opened up.
Even though the talent between her and Baston had a big gap, but she believed taking his side would give many good results. From the first time they met until the recent incident of Levan, she felt she was getting closer to the hidden truth around her. The merit she collected was good enough,
making her influence to increase slowly but sure. If she kept gaining the merits, it wouldn't be long until the Xavierius family to regain the past glory. While she was busy pondering, a call came up to her. Looking at who was the person on the other side, she was confused but still took it. There must be something important if her uncle called her suddenly.