Through it all, Adamas sat on the ground next to Silver, terrified but excited by the whole situation.
"Are you OK? I already cured you, so you should feel good now." Alexander said, with a puzzled look directed towards Adamas.
"Ehm...im fine, thank you so much for everything! Now if you'll excuse me I should..." but without being able to finish the sentence, the powerful wizard appeared in front of the boy, blocking his path and looking at him inquiringly.
"Okay okay, I wanted to earn a little more than my monthly allowance, so I took advantage of it by taking Silver out for a walk, found a tavern and won a couple of hands at the WO card game, but the man noticed on the last hand that I was counting cards... I'm sorry, sir."
"Counting cards? Boy, how old are you?"
"I'm 12 years old...sir. "
"He's only 12 years old, but he's smart enough to understand that complicated card game...yeah, impressive" Alexander thought
In fact, the game called "Witch Out" wasn't so easy to understand for a boy of that age: a deck of 52 cards was shuffled, each card had a different figure and were worth a score of 1 to 10; there were five "clans" present, which gave a bonus whenever you have at least 3 cards of the same "clan", ranging from a simple ×1.5 to a bonus equal to ×3.5; subsequently each participant was given two cards, and based on the player's hand, one could ask for a 'hit' if one had a considered low score, or a 'stand' if one believed had a high score; whoever had the highest sum in hand, without exceeding a sum of 35, or he had one of the two "witch" in his hand, won.
Considering all this, it is beyond surprising that a 12 year old knows about calculating probabilities!!
the crimson wizard was entranced by what the boy had just said
"Boy, what is your name?"
"Adamas Tural, sir."
"You can also call me by name, Adamas" Alexander said in an amused tone.
"My mom always tells me to respect older people."
Alexander Rubino was indeed his age, with a face hardened by the years and framed by a thick but short gray beard, contrasting with his dark midnight blue eyes, long white hair gathered in an bun, but a well-built body that exuded experience and strength.
"Ohohohoh, wise woman! Look, I have a proposal for you and your family" the wizard said in a soft but firm tone
"Mhh, I don't know, can you tell me first what it's about?" Adams said with a gleam in his jade eyes, knowing that he could pull the string a little more thanks to his age
When could he ever get an offer from the commander of the red tower!
"It's surprising me more and more," Alexander thought
"Alright boy, I want to recommend you to enter the scientific section of the red tower, obviously you will have to take the entrance test, what do you say?"
Adamas he couldn't believe what he was hearing !
The famous red tower, one of the 5 Great Towers, facilities for the training of magicians, as well as for scientific research on "mana" and magical power, and he was receiving an entrance test recommendation from the commander himself!
Trying to hide his smile at the grand offer, pointed to the middle-aged man locked in the cage of fire
"What will become of him?" he asked, trying to divert the wizard's attention to something else, as he wanted to go home and talk to his parents before the wizard himself revealed the news
"He will probably be locked up for child abuse, but now I don't remember for how long, the Magical Association takes care of the law..."
in the meantime that Alexander finished his sentence, Adamas had run away with Silver through the fence.
"Ahh, youth." said the magician, and immediately disappeared together with the prisoner, leaving fiery red sparks in their place.
Tural's House
"I am home!" Adamas said as he entered the front door
next, he took off his shoes and wore slippers around the house.
The house was moderately large: two floors with a garden; on the ground floor there was a living room connected to the kitchen, while on the first floor there were the master bedroom, Adamas' room, his sister's room and two bathrooms, for a total of 5 rooms, not counting the living room.
As soon as he entered the living room, he saw his mother talking to an elderly man
"Oh,welcome home Adamas! Was everything okay during the walk with Silver?" said the boy's mother with a warm smile, checking with her beautiful sapphire eyes that her son was okay
Adamas' mother was Alice Winter, a 40 yers-old woman of unimaginable beauty, which was highlighted from her silver hair with some blue shade on the tips, so fine it looked like silk, all accompanied by a face that exuded maturity and sweetness at the same time.
However, Adamas couldn't answer his mother's question, all his attention was focused on the man in front of him
"A crimson red robe, hair tied in a bun... how can that be" the boy thought, shuddering
"Adamas, this is Alexander Rubino, the commander of the red tower" Alice said in an enthusiastic tone
"Ohoh, good to see you again Adamas! I anticipated you to talk about my proposal with your parents"
" Ahah... it's nice to see you again, Sir." Adamas said, with a formal smile
"Oh? Have you already met?"
"Ahaha, just today, Mrs. Tural
"I was doing some shopping, when I saw a man chasing him with bad intentions, so I intervened, and we started talking, I wanted to accompany him to here, but he ran away...
"Anyway! I didn't come here just to share my encounter with your son, Mrs. Tural."
"What is it about, Mr. Rubino?"
"I'll get straight to the point: I would like to recommend your son for the science section of the red tower."
After saying these words, a door on the first floor was heard opening, revealing the figure of a girl of about 14 years old.
As she walked down the stairs, her beautiful violet hair waved over her slender figure, highlighting the girl's pale yet beautiful face.
He went down the stairs, the girl fixed her violet eyes on the man
"Mr. Rubino, I would like to try the entrance test too, but unlike my brother, I would like to enter the magic section
"however, there's a big problem, is that the entrance test is very expensive for our family."
Alexander Rubino remained impassive in front of the girl, indeed, since she had laid her violet eyes on him, his eyes widened for a second. 'I see,' he thought
"Ambra Tural! Apologize immediately for your tone!" said Alice, embarrassed and angry at the same time
"Don't worry, it's better this way, I like direct children" said the crimson commander with a smile on his face, and immediately afterwards he looked at the girl
"I like your character, miss...?"
"Ambra, Ambra Tural... Sir."
"Ok ok, still with this sir...? Anyway, since you said so many nice words, how about you show me that you deserve it?"