'He was called the GHOST OF STEEL! He was part of the night assassins of Elysia, they even helped in wars. That guy is not a guy to play with, if you want to lose your head, go and ask for a dual or just trespass, you will definitely be buried in the following days. So if you want to continue with your plan, then go ahead, I won't stop you this time. The guy is definitely a ghost.'
'Nice story.'
'What? It's not a story, it's real'.
'If it's not a story then, why is he training kids, will parents allow their kids to be trained by an assassin?'
'He's a retired assassin by the way nowadays there are no assassins in Elysia, so he's undercover, I just blown his cover.'
'That's why I said it's a story.'
'It's not, Sir, tell her.'
'What should I tell her Ryder?'
'About the ghost of steel guy.'
'Ohh that, he was famous when I was growing up, many said that when you talk about him badly, he will appear infront of you at night.'
'Huh, are you sure Sir .'
'Yes, maybe those stories were not true, so it's better to say I don't know.'
'Ohh, but I'm scared '
'Why'. Mika asked.
'I blew his cover of course.'
'Hahaha, dump thing to say in a time like this. Hahaha.'
'Whatever, but my plan wins.'
'What, you want to get the prisoner and soldiers killed,or do you want to lose your head, cause it's your plan, you should be the one to go with them, isn't that right Sir?'
'Yeah you are right. Obviously Mika can't go while she's saying no to the plan, so it will be better if you go Ryder'.
'Me, why?'
'It's your plan of course.' Mika replied quickly.
'Wait wait, not in that house please.'
'You are going there , whether you like it or not, as long as your plan is the number one.'
'What, really? I guess that's why you presented such a dumb idea.'
'Hahaha, of course not '
'Hey enough you 2, I need to think which plan is better.'
'Ryder's plan is good, I guess we can use it, cause spying on that guy will mean, losing soldiers, and we can't afford that obviously.'
'Why did you change your mind Mika?'
'I realized that my plan was definitely bad, that's why.'
'Okay, may please excuse me, I'll like to meditate on the plan then.'
'Okay Sir.'
Haruto left the place, actually, it was were Mika works, her working office I guess.
Thaneiros started the training with his students. They spent the day, many kids dismissed, Akirion followed some, before he reached the gate, Thaneiros called him to come back.
'Don't you think today is the day to tell me your sad story before you go?' Thaneiros asked.
'Ohhh, that, almost forgot'.
They both got into the house and relaxed.
'I guess I should start now.'
' Sure, why not, I'm all ears.'
' I'll start from the beginning; we had a beautiful ordinary night, we were all happy, we even ate our supper happily. But suddenly, we heard some foot steps and also some weird smell, Dad checked outside through the window and he looked surprised after that same look. I started to feel scared too. Dad told us that they were monsters. Mom's body couldn't move, it was like, she was paralyzed. Dad sent me to take his sword, the monsters started to come in, I ran and gave Dad the sword. After that, he told Mom to take me to their bedroom where there was a secret passage that was dug by dad himself. At first Mom didn't want to leave Dad but Dad kept on shouting 'RUN', and by the time when we left him, he was already injured. We ran to the room. When we were inside trying to get into the tunnel, we heard some foot steps coming our way, Mom told me to rush inside the tunnel and run , never to look back. As a good boy, I did what I was told. When I was almost at the end, I noticed that I was alone, she didn't follow me. I saw the end and I got out of the tunnel. I saw the house burning and after some time, the roof was destroyed. That's when I screamed louder than I ever had, and I don't know what happened after that, I know but I don't, I can't explain it to be straight with you. So I woke up in a wagon, kidnapped by a slave trader, I then escaped, ran around the city and then found this place.!'
Thaneiros started sniffing, crying to be precise.
' So that's how you lost your parents huh?'
'Yes.'
' it's super painful. Okay, do you have magic powers?'
'Huh?'
'Answer me!'
'Ah, yeah, I do, I guess. I don't know how to use them though, it happened when people were trying to catch me infront of the castle, so I saw smoke all around me, I wonder how I did it and that's how I escaped.'
'I see, there are soldiers who came here yesterday and they said they were looking for a boy, some said they were following the King's orders to kill every human with magic powers….'
'Yeah, the King said that, I was there when he said that.'
'Ohh okay, so you should be killed then..'
'What, no, please no, the King said that we are dangerous to the public. But I didn't do anything wrong to hurt the public, so why would I be killed while I'm still the same good Akirion.'
'Hahaha, I see. Yeah If you ask me, I'll definitely support you because, they can't kill little innocent souls. So, you almost left today, where were you heading?'
'The streets of course, I got no where to go, I told you I guess. Because I spent the night here yesterday, it doesn't mean you are going to allow me to spend it today.'
'What? Of course you can spend it here.'
'But…'
'By the way, I thought of this, I don't know if you will agree.'
'What is it Master?'
'You to stay here for 5 years, then you will go where ever you want after.'
'That's good to me.'
'I guess I should welcome you'
'What?'
'Welcome to your new home!'
'Thank-you?'
'You are welcome.'
{(The same night, Ryder was walking around in the streets. The streets got completely Black and he didn't see anything, one street light started flickering. He got a bit scared, he stopped for a moment, he saw something black crossing infront of the road. ' Who's there?' he asked, but he got no response. The same black scary thing crossed, his heart started pounding as if it was going to blow out. The same black thing started to go around him, disappeared from the other side and appeared on the other. ' Who's there ' he asked again, but this time, he got a response. ' It's me, the Ghost of steel. You dare to talk about me in public, blowing my cover.' Ryder's eyes widened, the fear filled his whole body, he started shaking, sweating at same time. 'Now it's time to face your reward for doing so, hahaha.' the Ghost of steel said. ' No no please, don't kill me', Ryder said on his knees. The black thing, appeared infront of Ryder and it went fast to him and he....)}