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But you said she was an ill.u.s.tratio."

Said Kaleem in strong confusion when he heard this information about his mother.

"I did. To protect you from the heart break.

Your mother didn"t meet the fate i told you about."

Saleem was kind hearted and still is. But a heart turns towards the cold side at least a bit if losing a life partner in such an unsettling way.

"You mean she didn"t die when she gave birth to me?"

"No. She was killed by ill.u.s.tratios in the motherland(Meridionali Ignis)."

"What. Why did they kill her? What reason did they have to kill a person who didn"t cause them harm before?"

"She was a Witch. Through illas influences, the Guards along with the town folk burned her alive while I was at work."

Not believing what he was hearing, Kaleem was at the point of an emotional breakdown.

But he held himself together.

(The enemy would laugh if they see me cry for my mother. Why waste time with it?)

He thought and he didn"t resist to say

"Then what"s the plan. I doubt that you will let her blood dry on the ground!!"

"So you don"t mind that she is an Ignite or a Witch?"

"My mother is not a Demon. If she was, you wouldn"t of married her.

I know you to well. As you said, they are natural powers.

She was blessed with them. I know you don"t lie unless it is for good."

"Son i couldn"t be more proud on how you"re handling the truth but there is little we can doo.

Even with your newly discovered powers, we aren"t enough to wipe out a Capital.

There are over 20,000 people living there!"

"I will train! I will work hard and reach a higher status. Using the double standards my race has to offer i can even rule a Kingdom with enough effort. I will burn that Kingdom to the ground!"

"What difference will we have from them if we do that?"

He yelled. But calmed down and under a calmer tone he said

"If you ever wish to help this disaster of a Continent, do it to help Ignites. Not to burn down innocent families.

How do we know that there aren"t ill.u.s.tratios who think the same as us."

"You… you"re right. I"m just so upset. They had no right to kill her."

"This has been haunting me for 16 years son. I know how the pain is. But do you know what made the bad feeling go away bit by bit?"

"What could it be?"

"The smiles on the people I helped that couldn"t even help themselves."

"Then teach me. Teach me to fight. Teach me to me to help those people!"

"Son. You can help people in many different ways without risking your neck.

Gold Coins for example. Many Ignites lack it even though they work their a.s.ses off all day.

We always have Gold Coins to spare. I earn 350 Gold Coins a month."

"But i have powers. I can lead Ignites to freedom!"

"You discovered your powers today. You don"t know how to fight. You need time to concentrate that energy. With practice, you can rip a man in two."

"Then we will be able to help Ignites?"

"Yes. I"ll even do it with you. But first I need to train you. Once i feel that you"re ready. We will leave this Source Forsaken s.h.i.+thole."

"Yes! Let"s start now!"

"Now?"

"Yes now! No time to waste!"

"Good. But one thing first. From what your mother spoke about her Fire Controlling abilities, she did mention that rage almost made her heart dark.

Considering your mother controlled fire, and you having abnormal strength which should lead to rage, you need to keep your rage under control.

Your new powers seemed to have evolved from fire."

"Rage. Hard to keep it under control in these times. But i"ll try."

"I have an idea. Just replace rage with c.o.c.kyness. Such as doing a victory dance like this!"

He stood up and with one foot on the ground and one hand on the air above his head, he started jumping and spinning.

Which shook the entire house but it was adorable to watch and made Kaleem laugh.

"That sounds acceptable. I will try.

For the Ignites! For the innocent!"

"For the Ignites! For the innocent!"

Waking up earlier than usual to avoid the usual 12 hour long daily tasks, Saleem was aiming to build a training room in the bas.e.m.e.nt. Kaleem needs a place to train after all.

He can rearrange the wooden crates who hold storage, here and there in the house.

Their house isn"t exactly small so he has s.p.a.ce to spare. But anything in the bas.e.m.e.nt had to go.

Having a forge literally near his house, he could make what he needed. And what he couldn"t make. He had gold to spare.

First he had to make a training dummy.

It was a task easy to do.

He just had to tie a bag filled with chopped wood with chains around a thick piece of wooden plank.

Which was easy, as the wooden support beams right in the middle of one wall"s side provided such stability.

Against that support beam, Kaleem will be practicing the ways of the Sword.

Even though his strength gives him the ability to crush skulls without breaking a sweat, a sword provides attacks from a distance, blessing him with more safety to him.

"I thought I heard something in the bas.e.m.e.nt. Where are all the crates? Did we get robbed?"

"No, not at all. You will train here from now on!

Do you like it?"