Eventually, Greyson realized that he had been s.p.a.cing out looking grim. Realizing that Ronan was looking at him with concern, he snapped himself out of it. Forcing a smile onto his face, he decided to pull the topic to something else."Anything exciting happen while I was gone?"
"Well, nothing too big." Ronan scrunched his brows as he thought back through the pa.s.sed two years. He spent most of his time painting in his secluded office s.p.a.ce, thus not much of the daily news traveled to his ears. "Oh wait! There was one event that had people gossiping for a while. Even I heard about it, so it was pretty big news. It"s about the Argentum family."
Hearing the familiar last name, Greyson perked up and all his distraction faded away. Noticing Greyson"s particular interest, Ronan remembered that he had left with an Argentum Caravan. But the caravan already returned a year ago?
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"It"s a long story, just tell me the news first." Waving his hand, Greyson was not in the mood to explain everything at the moment.
"Well, okay... From what I remember, the news had to do with that part dragon girl that the family adopted. What was her name?" Ronan paused try to rack his brains for the memory.
"Eden." Greyson"s voice echoed in a heavy tone. Guilt. At the sudden recalling of this name, Greyson admitted that he had completely placed her situation to the back of his mind. After his grandparents said they sent out some subordinates of the tribe to pick up Eden, her situation stopped weighing on his heart. Other matters continued popping up until all his attention was placed elsewhere and this older sister of his had faded to the background. It was only now that he realized that it had been so long and she still did not return to the tribe by the time he had left. Although the caravan would have fallen behind him, they were not that far away. They should have arrived at the border maybe a couple days to a week behind him. What had happened in this time?
Not sensing Greyson"s fluctuating emotions, Ronan eyes lit up once he heard the name.
"Yes! Eden! That was it. This Eden was controlled by the family through poison, this is story that almost everyone had heard of. Although everyone thought the Argentum family was fairly despicable for doing so, no one had the courage to actually do anything about it. So, the rumors claim that Eden needed a Calming Fruit to help further the strength and integration of her dragon bloodline, therefore she went along with the caravan. They made it to the Beast Empire and easily acquired the fruit through some trading. Once Eden ate the fruit, her dragon bloodline further integrated with her human bloodline like it was supposed to; however, it actually also began to cleanse the poison from her body. You have to know that dragons are famous for their body"s st.u.r.diness and healing capabilities. The Argentum family did not calculate correctly in this move. Without the poison controlling her, Eden went on a rampage. She even killed Claire Argentum! Only a couple of the servants managed to run away and make it back. After giving their recounts, I heard Claire"s parents killed the servants in their rage." After saying this much, Ronan had an ugly expression on his face. Those were still lives in the end and to hear they died so pointlessly was a little hard to agree with.
Greyson could not bother to notice his friend"s unhappiness and only focused on asking about the situation.
"So? What happened to Eden?"
"Hm?" Pulled back to the gossip, Ronan quickly answered, "she ran away. It"s such a long distance away and a large area to search; the Argentum family are clearly incensed but they cannot really do anything about it. Sending out people would just be a waste of manpower, the best they could do is probably set a ransom. However, magic beasts are normally hostile to humans, so money will not do much. At least, money at the amount the Argentum"s can scrounge up without pa.s.sing over their bottom line would not be enough. But Eden should also be struggling. Mixed bloods are not exactly welcomed. I guess the only good news is that she is part dragon. Regular beasts would not take the chance at offending her in case her dragon parent decides to claim her. Dragons are pretty much royalty in the Beast Empire. Only, I heard her bloodline was not as strong as half so her dragon parent might also be mixed..." Continuing to babbly on about his thoughts, Ronan voice started to become like background noise as many thoughts began running through Greyson"s mind.
Part of him was glad to hear that his sister was out of her predicament, while the other part was worried for her safety in the Beast Empire. Unless Eden can find her way to the Snow Dragons, her life will be just as tough as in the Argentum family or even worse. Some tribes would pay no heed to her dragon bloodline and take her in as a slave. Unable to control his feelings of uneasiness, Greyson decided he must do something about it. Rapidly standing up, he turned to leave to go back.
"Grey?" A little surprised, Ronan looked at him with confusion.
"Sorry, I don"t mean to cut this reunion short, I will come back another time. There is an urgent matter I need to take care of." Without another word, Greyson disappeared into the distance using his wind element. His speed was so fast that it looked like teleportation to Ronan.
"So fast... is it because he is a magister level magician now? I feel like I cannot even track his movements at all." Huffing a little at the impatience of his friend, he still let go of his irritation as quickly as it came. Knowing what type of person Greyson is, there would definitely be a good reason for his actions.
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Greyson soon rushed back to Sweetbow"s manor into his room. Startling the three animals napping away in the room, he burst in and started to rifle through his things. Finally, his gaze fell upon a simple communication spell paper. It was rather easy to work, one just had to write the intended message on the paper and it would be transmitted to the twin paper held by someone else. His grandparents made sure to give this to him in order to stay in communication with each other. The further the distance apart, the shorter the messages needed to be. Though he was not aware of the literal distance, Greyson vaguely understood the long s.p.a.ce between the Idris Kingdom in Snow Country to the main Church of Light. Their base was located in one of the six center region countries and was actually a superpower in the Human Empire. From this outer region country in the extreme north to a center region country located towards the south, the distance was rather enormous. Estimating the word amount based on what his grandparents advised him, he made message succinct: Eden lost in Beast Empire. Start search.
Aware of their intelligence, Greyson thought this would be enough to have them send out word to the Beast Empire. As long as the Snow Dragon tribe announced their desire to find and protect Eden, almost no magic beasts would dare to touch a hair on her head. In fact, most would help her to the best of their ability hoping to build connections and gain rewards from the Snow Dragons. With so many eyes on the look-out for her, Greyson had no doubts that she would eventually be found. Although this was not the most efficient or foolproof plan, Greyson could not afford to go running around aimlessly in the ginormous Beast Empire. Especially if Eden is constantly moving which would be the smart move for someone trying to hide, then he might just constantly miss her. Maybe he was being selfish and uncaring. In the end, the reality of his relations.h.i.+p with this "sister" was that he had only ever really spoken to her for maybe a day before they were split up again. If someone asked what kind of person she was, he would not really be able to answer. All he had were first impressions from their surface level interaction. To say he was not concerned would be a lie, but to also claim that he was as worried as a real family member would also be false.
He could not wait for the next tournament to roll around as he would most likely already be a great magister after 10 more years. Patriotic was not exactly a word that could be used to describe Greyson. If anything, his early childhood formed a sort of resentment towards his home. People like Sister Lily were few and far between. Most times, he was treated like a beggar and beaten. Even the kids in the church were not always kind to him due to his proclivity towards silence. Living in the far outskirts of the country or in the Beast Empire for most of his life, there was not anything really prompting him to want to defend the pride of Snow Country. Yet, the thought of the pride he could bring his teachers, whether back at the Dalia Kingdom Academy or the current Aurora Academy, made him want to spread his name. Of course, there was also his own vain personal desire for fame and acknowledgement. He was not purposefully hiding, but the circ.u.mstances made it so no one was yet aware of how many records he was breaking currently. He"s at least a little ent.i.tled to flaunt a bit, right? Rosalie would surely scold him for being an attention-seeker like those other spoiled young masters and Sister Lily would talk about the virtues of modesty. But who didn"t want to become a genius who others looked up to? Being an orphan, as well as a mixed blood, Greyson has had his fair share of disdain and disgust thrown at him. He acted like it did not bother him, however, he was still someone with a beating heart in the end. A heart which desired praise, prestige, and validation. And would bleed and hurt just like everyone else.