Back in the castle, Keiran and Luna sat across each other without speaking any words out loud. Keiran picked up a slice of pizza from the table and took a bite.
'He was one of his men.' Luna spoke through their link while taking a sip of coffee.
'Mhmm, He might be curious about our abilities. He should let his guard down seeing that we don't have good abilities. Who knows he might join the arena too.'
Keiran replied back as he remembered the aura of the man who was spying on them while they were training.
The man might have been hiding better than shadow guards but his aura was out in the open for the twins to notice and the dark red aura was also there in it.
The intensity of the aura was not as high as Bove's.
'What if he doesn't? What if he decides to be cautious and keeps an eye on us?'
Luna's concern was evident in her voice. She looked at the cup of coffee in her hands while her mind was in deep thoughts.
' Does not matter, You know the day you were almost assassinated I vowed that I won't let such an event occur again. Even if there is no hope of winning, I will die trying or take that person down with me.'
Hearing his words Luna displayed a sweet smile but her eyes were filled with obsession, looking at those eyes Keiran got the feeling of wanting to drown in those vortex like eyes.
'Now that's very selfish of you~~, I would rather die with you than live alone in this world. Besides, you need someone to take care of your back too. Right~~? I will be that someone. While you will keep people from harming me, I will do the same.'
He chuckled hearing those words and took a deep breath before saying.
'Then let's do that, you and me against the rest.'
'Should we train for real now?' Luna asked while taking a slice of pizza for herself.
'Let's train our Ether control for now. We can use our link to double the results of our training.'
As he finished eating the last slice of the pizza he picked up the piece of cloth to wipe off crumbles from his lips.
Getting from his seat he approached the adjacent balcony of their room, Luna followed behind him.
Taking a deep breath, they both marveled at the beautiful sight in front of them. The night lights have significantly boosted the kingdom's beauty by many times.
'It's a pity the people living in this beautiful place have so much ugliness inside of them. They fool themselves with the masks they wear all the time and they reveal their true nature in the arena.'
Luna spoke as she looked at the sight before her with cold eyes.
'I am somewhat glad that Seraphina and Aiden aren't like that. I just hope Aiden stays like that. That boy has been forcing himself too much, maybe he was influenced by some novel kid.'
'If I find out how is manipulating him, I will make sure to show them hell.'
Keiran's eyes turned cold remembering how cute his brother used to be and how much he has changed on the outside.
'Don't think too much. Let's train, what should we start with?'
Luna asked while hugging him from behind to ease his worries.
Closing his eyes, Keiran enjoyed the warmth her presence gave him. After a while he opened his eyes again and replied
'Let's start with remembering the feeling we had when we awakened. At that time our control was quite high but after the awakening came to an end it went down significantly.'
Sitting in a lotus position under the fresh air they closed their eyes and emptied all kinds of thoughts from their mind and they recalled the memories of their dance.
Their dance played through their minds as they felt a sudden tranquility within them. The scene of the ether became clear to them as they saw the moonlight falling on their figures.
Luna saw the flow of ether, as it left their body and came in sync with them but it felt like something was missing. It was like there was a wall stopping her from gaining the true feeling of sync.
'I am feeling a block.' she sent a message through their link which was replied to by the boy with conformation.
' I am feeling that too, something is missing in the harmony- '
As he spoke he felt something clicking in his mind and he decided to try it.
'Link start'
At first Luna was confused but she understood what he was doing. When their consciousness connected they once again found themselves reliving the memory of that day.
They felt the wall disappear as they watched their ether come in contact with each other and started syncing in harmony as if dancing along with their wielders.
Unbeknown to them on the outside, their ether started covering their body and this time it was in a more stable state.
They stayed in that state as their ether grew more and more tranquil. After the scene of awakening came to an end they did not open their eyes but continued to watch their battle with their teacher.
Time went by and by the time they opened their eyes many hours had passed by and most of the people in the kingdom had already gone to sleep.
Before Keiran could speak a screen appeared in front of his eyes catching his attention.
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[ Skill Acquired ]
[ Basic Ether control - Level - 7 ]
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Looking at the notification they both smiled in satisfaction, closing the screen Keiran stood up and helped Luna up as well.
'Let's sleep for today, we have to train tomorrow early as well.'
Luna nodded in agreement as they walked back inside the room. After removing a layer of clothes from their bodies they walked up to their bed and got under the sheets.
Hugging each other's body without leaving any gap between them, a smile graced their face. Joining their forehead their eyes closed and very soon their breathing became steady as they drifted off in their dreamlands.
Meanwhile in Seraphina's room, the red haired woman kissed the sleeping boy's forehead and started to sleep herself.
As a few moments went by her breathing became steady indicating she was already asleep.
Instantly she fell asleep, the eyes of the boy beside her shot open and moved out of his bed and walked towards the door leaving the room and closing the door behind him.
As soon as the door closed the woman woke and looked at the door with a complicated expression, she sighed and laid back on the bed.
After a few seconds of hesitation she decided to follow the boy in secret, walking out of the room she followed his footsteps and tried to be as stealthy as possible.
When the boy reached his destination, the woman's eyes became wide as she looked at the scene in front of her. Her heart started to ache at the sight in front of her as a single tear escaped her eyes.