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- I... - Mira lowered her gaze after looking at Eros' serious look and realising his words.
- I see you finally got it," he took a heavy sigh and released the pressure from her, "Don't ever do something so stupid again, because if I had been the master of another guild you wouldn't have left in one piece, now go back to your guild.
She slowly stood up and looked at the titan with a frown, she sharply hit him in the face... She tried to hit him, but Eros easily caught her fist.
- Mira...
- I won't rest until I get my revenge on you! - The girl shouted in his face and turned around and walked towards the guild exit, muttering something to herself furiously.
"Eh... One more unnecessary haemorrhoid."- I don't get it, it's not lunchtime and why are you all up? Kagura, raise the weight by five kilograms, since everyone has so much energy, that during the training they can eavesdrop on other people's conversations, - Eros looked at the thoughtful Kagura, who nodded sluggishly and waved her hand in the direction of the children.
- 'Teacher, I'm going to go then, I want to meet my friend.
- Sure, thanks for your help, I'll see you tonight.
She nodded and quickly left the playground, but the pressure still lingered.
***
By evening Kagura was back and he got to work on her individual training. Eros wasn't going to assign her to any team, but decided to leave her on her own for now. She had become very strong over the past three years, and he was used to her.
During his journey, he was able to get a lot of new ideas about the power of Gravity and Eros decided to teach her and learn something new himself. Kagura has a real talent for this magic after all.
As Eros watched the girl try to concentrate her power into one point, he felt a warmth near his chest.
"Is that...?"- he pulled out a small golden key from his inner pocket, "Capricorn's key... What's going on?" - trying to communicate with it he felt as if something was blocking it.
Frowning, he tried to call the spirit back, but it wouldn't budge in the slightest.
"What the hell is going on?"- in the next moment, he began to infuse the keys with just a huge amount of magic power, with only one 'command' to call the spirit back. From this, the key in Eros's hand began to become covered in cracks, and with each passing second there were more and more of them...
- Master, is something wrong? - Kagura's concerned voice sounded beside him.
- No nothing, just someone trying to stop me from recalling the spirit..." a satisfied smile appeared on his face a moment later as he felt the interference of another force not inferior to his, "Old man, finally decided to interfere?"- Eros thought, sensing that Capricorn had entered the spirit world.
- Master...?
- Nothing anymore, continue... - the one nodded perplexedly and once again continued to concentrate the magic power in one point....
As soon as she continued her training, Eros pulled out the Lacrima connection and giving the magic power, it lit up.
- Bero, can you hear me? - The one Eros contacted was Lucy's teacher in Star Spirit magic. He was an older man with a long nose and a large grey moustache. Bero wore a large pink hat with a yellow heart pattern on the front, as well as a long blue robe.
- Oh... Is it Eros, it's been a while since you've contacted me..." came a cheerful, elderly voice from the lachryma.
- Yes, I was wondering how you were doing, how is Lucy?
- Mistress is making great progress, I just can't help but admire her, she's like her mother....
- Really... Listen, I wanted to ask you where Capricorn is now?
There was silence for a moment.
- He... left Hartfilia's house four hours ago... Nervous and told me not to look for him, I was just about to contact you," Bero said in a sad voice.
Remembering something for a moment, a steely gleam appeared in Eros' gaze.
- Do you know anything about Zoldeo?
- No, after killing Grammie, he disappeared and never appeared again.
- Okay, thank you.
- What are you, I'm only too happy to help... It's the least I can do for taking care of Mistress.
- I'll disconnect then, but if anything happens, contact me.
Finished talking, Eros sat down on a bench and watched Kagura's training session thoughtfully.
After two hours of saying goodbye to the girl, he was alone and pulled out the Capricorn key. But Eros didn't even need to do anything, a golden magic circle appeared in front of him, and out of it came Capricorn, who looked like a goat, with a rather thick goatee and legs that resembled goat hooves. A small white tail emanated from his lower back. His eyes were covered by a pair of black tinted sunglasses. He was wearing a butler's outfit.
- Mr Eros, thank you for saving me," he bowed and said in an even tone.
- You're welcome, tell me what happened and how you were able to be defeated?
Ever since Eros became his master, Capricorn's power was at its peak, but still he lost and that made Eros very wary. Still at its peak, the spirit power was equal to an S-rank mage.
- Yes, this happened two days ago. I began to feel that someone was watching the mansion with bad intentions. And after overestimating my strength, I decided to deal with the problem myself and not disturb the young master," he said regretfully.
- And as I see it, you lost.
The man lowered his head and nodded.
- I overestimated my strength.
- Who were they?
- I recognised only one of them... It was Zoldeo.
- Zoldeo? - Eros asked in surprise, to which he nodded, "Why would he attack you?
- I can't know that, he just kept saying that he was going to avenge Mistress Leila's death and he wanted to subdue me and kill everyone in the mansion using me.
- That's it, is he crazy? But how could he defeat you?
- I wouldn't have lost to him if it was a one-on-one battle, but he had allies in the form of two powerful mages using ancient magic.
- Ancient," Eros said with glittering eyes, "I'll tell you more about that.
- Yes, one of them used the magic of creation, with the help of which he could realise any thing he thought of, the other one used the magic of the Killer of Gods.
"Killer of Gods... I've found records about it... Stronger than the Dragon Slayers, but that magic is long lost, I didn't find anything about it, just records about the magic itself, nothing more."- Eros thought pensively as he looked at Capricorn, "Still, it's important information, someone must have been able to find that magic and train that man, and the second one isn't bad either, but I'm not interested in it."- A smile appeared on his lips, "Did they say anything about their affiliation?
- No.
- What about Zoldeo.
- Dead, apparently his spell malfunctioned and instead of subjugating me, he almost merged with me, but thanks to you, the Spirit King noticed it and called me back to the spirit world where he destroyed Zoldeo. The Spirit King has thanked you for saving my life and invites you to visit the spirit world when you have free time," Capricorn pulled out a small white bracelet from his pocket, "With this bracelet, you will not be harmed by the spirit world and you can call the Maiden at any time to transport you.
- Tell him, "Thank you for the invitation and when I have free time, I will visit the spirit world."
- Thank you for the favourable answer," he bowed again and said respectfully.
- Well, now that this matter has been settled, can you describe these mages to me?
- Yes, and one more request, - Capricorn looked at the key, - Let me take the key and have it repaired in the spirit world, - the titan threw the key to him without hesitation, - I apologise for the inconvenience, it will take no more than half an hour in your world.
- Come on...
After describing both attackers, he returned to the spirit world. Eros looked at the description of these two and tried to remember who they were, but no one came to mind. So he decided to put it off for now and ask his fellow guildmates about them later to see if anyone had seen them.
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As Eros headed towards the guild, he was blocked by two children who looked a lot like the one who had attacked him today. The first was a girl about twelve years old with short white hair and clear, bright blue eyes. She wore a pink dress with a burgundy collar and a pair of simple sandals. The second was a boy, a little older than the girl, who had all the same facial features as she did, but only his eyes were darker in colour. He was wearing a blue suit with a red bowtie and a pair of black boots.
- I beg your pardon! - They both exclaimed, lowering their heads.
- Who are you and why should I forgive you? - Eros asked in bewilderment.
- We apologise for our sister's behaviour, please forgive her, she's not bad!
- I don't understand anything, who are you?
- We are Mira's brother and sister.
- But you have nothing to apologise for," he smiled softly and patted both the children on the head, "I don't resent her," remembering what Urtir did for the first month... Mira was a saint compared to her.
As soon as that thought entered his mind, the titan's eyes flickered.
- Really? - Seeing those innocent blue eyes, Eros wouldn't say no even under a gun.
- ''Of course, so run home, I think she'll be worried about you.
- Thank you uncle!
- You're welcome, now go home!
- Yes!
As soon as the children disappeared from his sight, he walked towards the guild while muttering to himself:
- If one bad girl wants to become stronger and defeat me, then let her come to the training ground tomorrow, but in peace... I don't want those kids to come to me again and ask for forgiveness for their stupid sister... - these words were addressed to the man who was hiding in the alley worrying about his family and feeling wildly embarrassed.