Zeno went straight to his home, 'Dane Palace', it was a large household with hundreds of rooms, but most of them were for guests.
Zeno lived in a medium-sized room which was enough to fit 3 people inside with ease.
He rushed to his closet and grabbed a loose white T-shirt, and trousers, he changed quickly and rushed back to his sister's room.
"Hey Alisha, why did you say that thing before?" Sasha walked with Alisha to Danes Palace.
"Huh? What did I say?"
"To Zeno, about a hundred punches and kicks."
"Oh, I just said because I know he will fall for it."
"He will fall? Really? He's that dumb, I mean after all, if you rushed soo fast, then it's sure you will reach before anyone, and then you can just relax and wait for them." Sasha asked in confusion.
"My brother is a wimp, but he's not dumb, the truth is he's smarter than most of the battle strategists in our Dane palace," Alisha said with a proud look in her eyes.
"Pardon?"
"Our strategists are the smartest in the country, but Zeno is an over-thinker, and an over-thinker will check all of the possibilities even the most impossible ones, so yeah he's good at it, and that is exactly why he will think that we are already inside, and he will go and check himself."
"Ah! So he messes up every time?"
"Yup! And he regrets his decision every time, but still can't stop himself to overthink it next time." Alisha chuckled.
By this time they already reached Danes Palace.
"Welcome to my home!" Alisha pointed towards the top of the closest tower near the main one.
"Thanks for having me. I would like to meet your mother... Do you mind?" Sasha asked Alisha in a low tone trying to keep her presence down.
"Yeah, I remember you wanted to ask her yourself, that why she hates Zeno the most."
Alisha took the lead once again and reached in front of a very large room. Its entrance had a small cherry blossom garden, and in the centre, there was a small pond. The place was enchanted by the beautiful fragrance of cherry blossoms which seem as if gods have brought them down from the heavens.
"Wow... It's soo beautiful..." Sasha was completely mesmerised by its beauty.
"Hehe, thanks now let's talk to her." Alisha knocked on the door which had cherry blossom carvings over it.
"Come in." A sweet and soft voice came from inside, the soothing voice was enough I make the angriest beasts calm down.
Alisha gently pushed open the door and walked in, and Sasha silently followed her.
"Mom, here meet Sasha, she's from mana palace." Alisha bowed down to her in respect.
"Oh my, what a pretty girl you have got there, she's your new friend? I thought you didn't like having one." She gently smiled at Sasha.
"She's different from others, she is more like us." Alisha hugged Sasha's arm in joy.
"I can tell you really like her." Alisha's mom walked closer to Sasha and gently patted her on the head.
"I'm Sasha, I don't have the last name..."
"Yeah I know, it has been a culture of people from mana palace, I'm Christine Dane, mother of Alisha."
"Pleasure to meet you, the thing... I wanted to also you a question if you don't mind-"
"I don't mind at all, just go on cutie, ask anything you want, I will even reveal our family's secrets." Christine giggled.
"Zeno-"
"What you said??? Don't dare take that brat's name in front of me!"
"I... I'm sorry... I just wanted to ask, why do you hate him... I hate him too, but you are his mother right so... Why do you hate him?"
Christine closed her eyes, and the atmosphere of the room changed into weird silence, and the room filled with a weird blood list, "The only reason why he's alive is that... he's my blood."
She took a pause and continued, "Because of him everyone thought I am a useless mother... Due to him I lost all my shine which I built over years after marrying Dane, I was really happy Alisha doubled my happiness, but that boy... He used to mess up everything..."
"I still was a mother, I wanted to give him my love, but his eyes... they were dull... As if they had nothing inside nothing made him happy, he never showed affection, and not to mention how weak he was... And one of the greatest sage made a prediction... That he will bring misfortune to our family, and he will completely ruin our system and power levels. My husband ordered his special assassination unit to hunt Zeno, just after two days after his birth, he was hunted down by his father."
"But I said, as a mother I can't allow it, but we can't dismiss the fact that he is a curse to our family, so we decided to throw him away from our main house. But the torture and hatred I got because of him... I wish I could take back my words..." The dark aura which surrounded her was soo thick that Sasha and Alisha almost coughed blood.
"Oh my! Sorry dear, but I got carried away, so tell me why are you here?" Christine quickly withdrew her aura.
"She's here to help me train my dumb brother!" Alisha continued with a grin.
"Make sure you train him well, I would be looking forward to what face he makes this time." A mysterious smile appeared on her face which was the creepiest thing one could ever imagine.