Kadyn eyed the messy lawn and scattered chairs and tables. Then frowned. "There are traces of struggle." He murmured, and Elora bit her lower lip and clenched her fist, but said nothing.
After inspecting the house, Kadyn eyed his sister and voiced. "The entire house is in a mess. It's impossible to do this silently. Have you enquired our neighbour Miss Eddena about this?"
"Eddena said there wasn't any commotion."
The lines on Kadyn's temples increased. Eddena's words and the mess inside the house don't quite match. Something is missing, but he could not tell what.
"Knock~ Knock~"
At this moment, a knock resounded on the door. Kadyn exchanged glances with Elora and gestured her to open it. Miss Eddena was standing outside the door and her face was filled with concern. Though Kadyn knew that faces could lie.
"Haven't you gone to the Magic Association? What did they tell you?" Eddena asked.
Elora couldn't help but glanced back at Kadyn, hearing Eddena's words, and lowered her head when she found him staring at her. "They know nothing." She replied.
"Oh,"
"Can please give me some time with my sister? I need to talk with her." Eddena was about speak something when Kadyn interrupted. Eddena gazed at him and nodded before retreating.
"Did they insult you?" he peered into Elora's eyes and asked. "Tell me what happened."
"I…"
"Tell me!"
Elora shivered at hearing his shout. She had never seen him this angry before. Not even when someone had beaten him viciously. But now…
"At.. at that time I could not think properly. So when Eddena suggested I should go to the Magic Association, I rushed without thinking. However, when I arrived their. They," she looked at her brother and tears fell from eyes. "They insulted…"
Without finishing her sentence, she burst into bawling. Kadyn padded over and hugged her tightly, patting on her back gently. Though it sounded nothing terrible when she said. Kadyn knew she must have been humiliated by those arrogant people from the Magic Association. He gritted his teeth in fury, thinking about it, and wanted to crush those people under his feet. "Don't worry, one day I will make them beg for mercy, but there won't be any mercy."
Kadyn didn't know if she had heard him or not, as she continued to cry, but he had made this promise. One day.
"It isn't safe to stay here. Let's call father, and then we will stay in the shop."
Elora said nothing as she was out of ideas and tired and wanted nothing but to rest.
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"Strange something is missing." Kadyn sat in his chair and contemplated loudly. He had let Elora sleep in the Formation Room while he opened the shop. "Father also isn't responding. Is this a coincidence?"
"Sir, can I meditate for six hours?"
Kadyn glanced up and found Hicka standing with a nervous expression.
"Sure." Kadyn smiled at the boy.
"Thank you, sir." Hicka hurriedly gave Kadyn twelve hundred dollars and rushed towards the meditation room.
[Energy Points: 14+12—>26]
"Practice Room, five battles."
Another voice sounded, and Kadyn knew who it was. "Alright." He said, and Jenna gave him five hundred dollars before hurrying towards the Practice Room.
[Energy Points: 26+5—>31]
"Brother," Elora called as she scurried towards him with small steps.
"You are here." Kadyn beamed at his sister. "I have something to do. Can you watch the shop for some time? You don't need to entertain any customer, just close the shop after Jenna and Hicka leave."
"Alright." She nodded without hesitation, and Kadyn entered into his secret room. Elora found it strange that he had important business inside that small room, but cared little and slouched into Kadyn's chair.
Kadyn stood in the room and murmured. "I want to use Pengolla Portal."
[World Name: Pengolla]
[Continent Numbers: Four]
[Continent Names:
1)Arura
2)Blalor
3)Ivrora
4)Eozen]
As he thought about Pengolla portal, a window flashed in front of him. Kadyn looked at the four continents with shining eyes. He had heard only one of those four continents—Eozen, on which he lived. He had no idea about three other continents. Without giving much thought he chose Eozen and a new window opened and hundreds of names of countries and capitals and forests and mountains appeared.
After searching for over five minutes, he found Shado Empire's name on the list. "Hmm, Panoramic Forest. I have heard about it. There are lots of precious herbs in this place."
He gazed at the places of the Sado empire and decided to make his first journey—to the Panoramic Forest, as he wanted to search for the herbs. "I hope my Energy points won't go to waste." He muttered and his body disappeared as the notification sounded in his head.
[Pengolla Portal Used: 31-10—>21]
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In Kadyn's house, a shadow strolled and searched the broken tables and chairs and foot prints keenly. "Who were they?" the woman spoke. "Why did they kidnap, Salona? She is just a weak Healing Elementary Mage." She heaved a sigh. "No matter who they were, I have to find them."
After looking around, she found nothing. "Their accent was completely different, though. Those people aren't from the Shado Empire. Who is Salona? Did I miss something important?" She eyed the house one last time and vanished.