Chapter 5 (part two)
Intermission
As they were all looking on, they saw two guards fall to the floor and a laugh coming out from nowhere. The guards looked around, unsure on how to proceed.
Ten seconds ticked by as people stared towards the middle of the hall. Some people had gotten over the surprise and started to greedily scheme to take this little girl!
Nothing happening, people started to frown and just as they thought that she had run away, she appeared right in front of the Prince"s table and took his cup.
Taking a drink, she smiled and said, "Thanks!"
The Prince started to get really angry, "Why you! Guards!"
This little runt had a lot of courage!
She took another sip, as the guards started coming towards her, then said, "You can kneel to me later."
Putting down the cup, she went invisible again and the guards stopped moving. This prey was not easy to catch!
"Dominoes!" A yell came out and a guard suddenly got swept away into another guard, then another guard was pushed over because of them.
Another laugh entered the room from nowhere.
Anonym appeared and became serious, "Okay, I"ll make it even. This general will kick your b.u.t.t all by himself!"
Taking out her dagger, she waited for them to prepare themselves.
Switch got more and more sure that Anonym had lived many times. How could she act like this with the small amount of life that she has had? It looked like she had ample combat experience!
Watching her kill two guards in ten seconds, without much of a reaction, he decided to bring up the conversation without holding back next time. He was even a little jealous to the close combat experience that she seems to have, as all the fights he had been in were solely based on magic...
Everyone else watched, with strict attention. Most of them knew of this girl already, some were even victims! But everyone wanted to dig their nails into this young girl, as they watched her arrogantly take down another two guards. She looked calm and collected, even making use of her small size as a positive way to gain the advantage. Anonym was also ruthless, as for one of the guards, she flew between his legs and used her dagger to get to his private area...
If only...If only we could recruit this little devil!
While she glided on the floor, she would roll towards another guard and plunge the dagger right into his foot!
Not one guard had the same type of wounds. Only one had his throat cut, another had been stabbed in the heart, another had been stabbed in the private area and another on the foot. She had absolutely no routine, they couldn"t think of what she would do next! Compared to her being invisible and just playing with them, they still would much preferred that, then her slaughtering them so shamefully like this!
"It seems that elder brother won"t get what he wants this time."
The whisper came from Prince Mark, he hadn"t been introduced because the Imperial Concubine and Prince Nathan didn"t find him part of the royal family. He had tried to flee from the palace a year ago, but they had found him three months ago and tortured him. Having relations here in the Hydra Clan, they had made soldiers go out and look for him, from here. Anonym had personally seen those soldiers off a year ago, when she had initially thought that they had been there for her.
Before they were to leave and go back to the palace, this was their second last banquet.
This Prince Mark had grown up in utter torment. He had fled to survive...
Seeing this young girl doing what she wanted to do, he cheered heavily for her in his heart.
But he had been caught yet again and only just now able to stand for a brief amount of time. His wounds still weren’t fully healed…
They had reason enough to chase him, as he was able to do three talents and one is yet to be determined. His father had given him a decree for him to do as he was told, but he could no longer bear it. Since he was still an a.s.set, they couldn’t even kill him for not abiding by the imperial decree!
His first talent and art, was something that came with his birth. In the talent Psychology, he was unable to be mind controlled. Due to this, they wanted to own him, but they had driven him too much into a corner and he rebelled to the best of his ability. And now, seeing this little girl, he desperately wanted to continue to survive, away from palace. If a little girl can go against his brother like this…
Having finally ended each guard"s life, Anonym wiped her dagger on one of the guard’s clothes and looked up at the Prince. "I"m ready now."
Prince Nathan growled at her, "…I will not kneel to anybody except my father!"
Shrugging, Anonym casually said, "Shame."
Seeing what she could do, the Prince was a little worried, was she going to force him to kneel?
He had seen his father rule, he was the most majestic person he’d known in his whole life…He had been a real dreamer when he was young and put his father in a high place, thinking that is where he belonged, especially since he was the Emperor.
What he saw in this young girl made him think one thing without realizing it. That there were some people that were born rulers…The little girl wasn’t afraid of anything, she blatantly did what she wanted and had no regard for anyone else. If she had been a brother, he would have had to kill her because she would most definitely take the throne!
Switch stood up and walked over to Anonym, as more guards came rushing in. Taking her into his embrace, he clicked his fingers.
Looking up at Switch, she wondered what he was doing. In a few seconds, she found out, as the guards tried to get to them but couldn’t get through some kind of shield.
Completely taken by the shield, Anonym forget where she was. It seemed like a constant flow of air or something that had fire embers in it or possibly both. Putting her hand out, she wanted to touch it, but she remembered how it had hurt her a year ago. She looked at how the guards were slightly harmed, to where they had touched the shield. Looking closely, she was sure that she had never seen this before, just like the dragon and the clicking of the fingers, kind of magic...
Was Switch from another place entirely? What had he said previously? That he was just like her? But...How were they alike?
As Anonym was thinking, Switch chuckled at her. He didn"t initially do things like this normally. He wasn"t someone that would show how strong he was and announce it to the entire world, but she had done it herself without a care. So why should he care...?
The people in the hall were really interested in this other stranger. They, also, had never seen such a thing before, what a great talent! A shield!
More greed filled their eyes as they saw such a fantastic pair in the middle of the floor.
"Ready to go?" Switch asked, not rushing his words at all.
Anonym shook her head, "Want more freedom elixir."
He laughed as he got out his staff. He held her with one arm and knocked the staff to the floor with his other hand, and a cup appeared in front of her.
Eyeing the staff, that she hadn"t seen before, she saw the cup and her eyes widened, but then she frowned. Was it really freedom elixir?
Grapping the cup, she sniffed it first and then had a tiny, little sip.
Smiling, she drank more and sighed.
Switch knocked the floor again with his staff, startling her, "Hey!"
But her words beyond that weren"t heard to the people around them, as Switch and Anonym disappeared with a blink of an eye.
***
Before Anonym could say anything, they were back at their hideout.
Letting out a breath in the heat of the moment, she looked at Switch excitedly. "That was great! Let"s do it again!"
Switch"s staff disappeared, and he let her go, simply saying, "No."
Anonym wanted to fold her arms across her chest, but didn’t because of the freedom elixir, instead she humphed. He really was a joy killer...
Finally thinking back to what had happened, she looked at him and bluntly asked, "Who are you?"
Switch walked into their hideout and said, "Yes, we have a conversation to have. Let me check on Presley first."
As he disappeared down further into the cave, Anonym happily continued to drink the rest of her freedom elixir.
When Switch returned, he clicked his fingers and two comfortable chairs appeared. Sitting down, he gestured that she should sit into the other one.
Frowning, she sat down and held out her empty cup.
Sighing, Switch filled it up and said, "You are probably aware now that I am not from here."
She nodded, as she sipped her freedom elixir and got comfortable on the chair...She wasn"t lady like in the least, with her legs hanging over the side of the chair.
"I came from the planet ‘Bracabra’."
Switch was interrupted with a laugh. Looking at her, his mouth twitched to her only thinking about the name of a planet. He"d only seen her serious once since he"d met her, could she not try it now?
She calmed down a few moments later and sipped her drink again, unable to completely get rid of her smile.
Rolling his eyes, he continued, "I was taken to a wizard master at the age of three and I learnt how to become a wizard until I was fifteen."
Anonym looked at him with excitement, "You"re a wizard? A real wizard!? Awesome!"
Switch nodded, "My power is based on existence. As long as I can think of something that exists, then I can do it."
Anonym looked at him, astonishment and excitement written all over her face.
Switch continued, "I had nearly died when I inherited these powers at fifteen, because they were so immense…And was able to see my past life"s. From there, I knew that I was missing something. Even though I had an impressive power, it is still based on using my imagination. First, I tried to heal myself, which was similar to the art of Healing from here. Then, it took me awhile to think of an idea that would let me remember my past. What I had used, seemed to be like the art of Soul Scribing from here as well. After that, I left my master, seeing that there wasn"t anything else I could learn from him."
Silence filled the air and Anonym seriously thought about what Switch had just said.