In the Thalorein mansion, the day Zhavrik disappeared.
"Where is Zhavrik, I have not seen him since morning. Is he still sleeping?".
A mature woman, likely to be in her mind 40's, with long lustrous hair, surrounded by cold aura which made people difficult to approach her, was sitting on a well sofa and questioned the maid who was serving her some tea. This is Lystriel Thalorein, the wife of previous duke of the Thalorein dukedom and the grandmother of Zhavrik.
" Lady Lystriel, young master Zhavrik is not in the mansion. Nobody has seen him since the morning, we have already informed the duke about this, according to duke-, the young master might be out adventuring."
Hearing to her maid's words, lady Lystriel nodded before savouring her tea.
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A week passed like this. Lady Lystriel inquired about Zhavrik's situation every day.
After almost a week she started getting worried. She made her way towards her daughter in law's room to inquire about her grandson's situation.
"Aelira, are you inside dear?"
Lystriel knocking at Aelira's room spoke in a worried way.
"Yes mother, iam inside. The door is open"
After the affirmation, Lystriel opened the door and walked inside.
There she saw a woman, who appeared to be in her mid 30's looking at bunch of papers infront of her with a frown on her face.
"What's the matter mother, you looked worried".
Aelira Thalorein, wife of current duke and the mother of Zhavrik, looked towards the woman who entered her room with worried look in her face and enquired.
"Aelira, you know it's been a week since Zhavrik has went out right?, nobody knows where he is or what he is doing. I have been inquiring about him from past 1 week and everyone's is giving the same answer. Iam worried. His birthday is nearing as well. It's not safe for Zhavrik to go out now, especially with his bloodline awakened. If word got out people might start going after him."
Lystriel couldn't help but express her worries about her grandson. The bloodline that Zhavrik awakened is special. It's one of a kind. If word got out that he had awakened his bloodline at the age of 8, people will start going after him. Some daring people might even infiltrate their mansion. Even within the mansion, his life's already in danger. But this kid had gone out, with nobody to protect him, Lystriel couldn't even imagine the troubles that her grandson would undergo.
"Mother, iam worried as well. I even spoke with ' Zarvok' yesterday, he issued an order for ' The Ravens' to look for Zhavrik whereabouts. I was just reading the reports the scout team had shared. It's seems like he is not within dukedom, we have expanded our search to outside of dukedom this morning. Iam worried about him too mother."
Explaining everything about the reports she had received to her mother-in-law, Aelira walked towards Lystriel and expressed her worries.
"He never went out on his own. Even Zarvok is worried, if we don't find his whereabouts in couple of days, myself and Zarvok will go looking for him."
After letting Lystriel know that Zarvok Thalorein, her son and father of Zhavrik is also worried and looking for her grandson, Lystriel couldn't help but sigh in relief and started consoling her daughter in law.
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On the 15th day of Zhavrik's disappearance, inside a throne room,
"What do you mean you cannot find him?, it's been almost 15 days since my son had gone Missing. A 9 and half year old kid, who was sleeping on his bed, without any one in the mansion noticing went outside the dukedom. Do you think it's possible?"
An authoritive tone vibrated across the throne room. A man with sharp eyes, tall and a build of warrior was sitting on his throne. he was the current duke of the Thalorein dukedom and father of Zhavrik, " Zarvok Thalorein " . He looked at the people who were kneeling in front him while shaking, and questioned.
"Lord Zarvok, we expanded our search into the nearby dukedoms as well. We tried searching for young master at every corner of the empire, but we are not able to find him. Now our only option is to search the neighbouring Empires. But there is a problem my lord. Due to diplomatic issues, empire is denying our permission to cross the borders and, our neighbours elves have stationed more soldiers after we expanded our search near the borders. As we have not made news about young master's disappearance public, they might have thought we are trying to do some covert work in their land."
The man who was kneeling answered respectfully. He is 'Kale gord', head of " The Ravens " , the squad which is responsible for collecting information and specialized in assassination and covert operations.
"The elves?. I understand. I will talk with father and have him speak with their emperor. I can understand the elves trying to prevent our entry, as they are going through some internal troubles. But to think that old man from royal family is trying to prevent us. Is he afraid that we'll try to meddle with whatever's happening in the elves domain. Tsk if it wasn't for our ancestor promising the royal family, we would have taken care of that old cunning man decade ago, tsk you guys can go now, once I speak with my father, you guys can go into elves domain and try searching their. As for other domains don't bother asking for permission, their empires are stable and they won't mind us, as long as we don't attack their people. As for the 'holy lands' of those winged p*unks, ask our spies to be careful. I think they are up to something, if the word got out about Zhavrik they'll be the first to take action against him. Be careful and don't let any outsider get any wind about our matters"
Zarvok was well aware of the matters that was happening in the elvian domain. His father who is friends with the elvian emperor even went out to help them. But they firmly rejected the offer, saying that they would handle this matter internally. With situation on their side getting more serious, he couldn't act recklessly, or the relationship between will be affected. So he thought of asking his father's help to look for his son in the elvian territory.
As for other empires, he wasn't worried much, well he did not care even if some things go wrong, as he was confident in handling those people.
The only thing that was bothering him were the angels. After the establishment of pentagon and The Arcaneum academy, they have developed some animosity towards the Thaloreins, well it was expected, as it was the Thaloreins, who first stood against them and even obstructed their plans. They have been planning for long time to take their anger on the Thaloreins, but it was not possible, the power the Thaloreins hold alone is enough for them to cause another "war of gods ", well it was their ancestor who started it the first time, so it's won't be much surprise if they did it again.
Zarvok started walking towards his father's room thinking a way to deal with the Angels. Even though their power in the Thalorein dukedom is weak, it cannot be said the about the other regions, especially his neighbour's.
Zarvok reached the entrance of his father's room and knocked.
"Enter"
After hearing his father's affirmation, he opened the door and walked towards his father who was sitting in a meditative state, likely practicing his magic.
"Father, would it be possible for you to get permission from the elvian empire for ' The Ravens' to enter and look for Zhavrik?, Itseems that the elves have strengthened their borders recently, if we enter carelessly we might cause some misunderstandings"
Varadon who was meditating opened his eyes and looked at his son, clearly feeling his son's emotions. Even Varadon was getting impatient from past couple of days thinking about his grandson.
"Okay, I will personally go and look inside the elvian domain. I will also see how they are handling their matter and provide some help if they need. Don't worry, I don't think anything will happen to my grandson". Varadon tried to console his son and agreed to enter the elvian empire himself
"Thank you father. Also it looks like that cunning old man from the royal family is back to his old habits again. He obstructed the entry of our knights into elvian empire. I think he is trying to prevent us from helping the elves. I also believe that he might have sent some of his spies into our lands to find out about the matters happening around us."
Zarvok let his father know about the empire's stance against them.
" Well he might have already asked some of his spies to infiltrate us couple of days ago. I don't think we can hide our tracks entirely. We have basically let the entire 'ravens' squad loose. So he'll definitely be trying to wrap his head around thinking about the reason why we are sending so many of our knights to other regions. Before he figure out something, we should find out about Zhavrik's whereabouts, or who knows what that bas*ard will try. For now don't worry about him too much. Spread some false rumours and get him off our back for now. Atleast it will buy us some time."
Varadon instructed his son about some matters and started preparing for his journey towards the elvian empire.