Novius was living a life Elijah dreamt about as a child. Extremely large bedroom with full balcony looking out to the inner city, private washroom and closet, round top windows, pivot balcony door, and beautiful patterned drapes that would block out all of the moonlight.
Elijah had a mesmerized look on his face while walking around the bedroom. "Your bedroom is beautiful!" However, Elijah couldn't help but admire his looks for a child. Chiseled and formed jawline, dirty blonde hair and brown eyes just like his father. Although Elijah does assume George has an earth affinity.
"Thank you, would you like to see something cool?" Novius asked with a wide grin on his face like he was about to blow the mind of the people around him.
"Yes I would love to!"
With a snap of his fingers, small shiny and thin metal plates started to levitate and instantly flew towards Novius' body.
Clink Clank
After just 20 seconds, Novius' upper body was covered in a thin metal that seemed a little heavy for him without even lifting a finger.
Elijah was truly surprised. And by the looks of it, that was runic magic. However, he still asked the question. "Wow! How did you do that?"
"I can't tell you right now. Since you don't know yet, I'll tell you about my family."
Novius explained to Elijah and Julian how the Weltor family are new nobles who rose to power and wealth through their contributions in magitech, which is what the people here call using runic magic to create new ways of doing things. However, it was George who was and still is the prodigy in the field. After studying runic magic all the way through the magic academy, he developed a way to reduce the weight on any object, which became immensely useful within the transport guild.
Julian was both attentive and distant at the same time. "I wish my father would have told me more about his past…"
"Your father and mine apparently used to be great friends. It's not my place to say anything, but my father holds a deep place in his heart for him." Novius said as he walked up and shook the hands of both Julian and Elijah.
What a distinguished gentle child.
Knock Knock
"Lunch is ready gentlemen." The butler gave a soft knock before telling them the good news. That butler must be very attentive to know we were with Novius…
The dining hall had yet another extravagant chandelier hanging from the ceiling, paintings of the city and landscapes line the walls, and most importantly, the table was lined with all sorts of delicacies that sat on top of the patterned blue table cloth.
"This is beautiful!" Elijah accidentally let it loose and sent the whole room into laughter the moment he walked in.
George laughed and introduced the family that had not made themselves known. "Hahaha, I see you two have met Novius! These are my other sons and daughters. Beatrix is 7, and the twins Isla and Eaton are 9 years old. Unfortunately my wife is bedridden and won't be joining us this afternoon, however you might see her for dinner tonight."
As the table was chowing down on the food and making conversation, Elijah couldn't help but think about what was wrong with Novius' mother. I've never heard of anyone being sick, or even his parents warning him that he will get sick if he does something specific.
Since everyone was appearing full, George ended dinner. "Well everyone, I have to leave the house for some work related matters. Feel free to go anywhere you want in the city. And family, please make conversation with our guests."
All of the children agreed on a walk around the surrounding area.
A castle with four tall spires and ornate stone details stood at the very center of the city. The castle itself was disconnected from Centerpool with its own bridges that led to it. Surrounding it was a large park that circled the entire castle. Hundreds or maybe thousands of people were walking about and hanging out.
"Since you two have never been to the city before, can I explain something you should keep in mind?" Eaton asked.
Elijah and Julian gave a firm nod after quickly glancing at each other.
"Centerpool is divided into bands that circle the castle. The bands are separated by roads that also circle the castle. The one important fact you need to remember is that bands three through five are strictly noble households. Anything beyond the fifth band is a place where you should walk if you plan on shopping or going out to eat. The first band is Grand Park if you haven't already noticed, while the second band are government and guild buildings."
Elijah had a smile on his face. The chances of him flying underneath Centerpool just rose due to the privacy and quietness that is in the bands close to the castle during the night.
However, one item would surely help, a black cloak.
"Thank you for letting us know, that will be extremely helpful!"
On the way back to the estate, Elijah paid close attention to where the Weltor estate was. The Weltor Estate had a direct view of the garden besides the government and guild buildings standing in front of it.
"I'm telling you she has no reason to be sick, there is some external reason for it, and I even suspect poison!" George was having a serious conversation with Don outside the estate doors. The only reason why the group heard it was because of the iron gate that they were cornering on the way to the front door.
"I'm sorry you guys had to hear that." Isla broke the silence.
"There's no way it's poison, no one would do that to my mother." Novius bit his lip after expressing his opinion.
Elijah walked up to his room to decompress, and to take a nap. What felt like a minute long nap, turned into a 3 hours long nap. A loud banging sound was heard on the door and shortly after guards dressed in gray royal attire walked inside the grand foyer.
Elijah peeks his head out of his room where he was just barely able to see over the balcony's edge.
George was the one who opened the door and said solemnly to the guards, "This is the man. Please just get him out of here. I can handle the healing."
What Elijah did not know is that Novius was peeking over the third story balcony along with his brothers and sisters. Filled with anger and rage, Novius bashed the ground as hard as he could while his older siblings were dripping tears of joy and sorrow from their eyes.
BAM!
Elijah was spooked and immediately closed his door.
This world is just like my old world. What seems like sunshine and rainbows always has its shadows and darkness. Even when the entire world is prosperous and healthy, true peace will not exist.
Is peace possible? Would that make life boring? From what I know about goals, peace would be classified as the final goal. What would come after achieving that goal?
Absolutely nothing…