Know your place

landing in front of the Latreia residence, Alex jumps off Ace and stands in front of the gate, waiting for the door to be opened.

(you better hurry My patience is already running thin).

his dark thoughts were interrupted as a gray-haired elderly woman wearing a dress.

he didn't like the condescending look she was giving him, he wanted to slice it off.

"and who are you supposed to be?".

she sneered, and his eye twitched, he was getting annoyed by the second but he still had to take his sister's back.

he would do it, even if she didn't want to hand them over.

"I am here to pick up my two sisters, I'm sure Dad mentioned me before leaving".

the old hag glared at him for a few seconds, looked him up and down, his armor, his sword, his blonde hair, and green eyes that resembled his parents.

but not convinced.

"and do you have a way of confirming your identity?".

even her voice was annoying now, he endured, but he could hear a sword being drawn, but someone pushed it back inside its sheath.

"...are you serious?".

his eye started twitching more, he could see his two sisters being held behind by some servants.

he searched around in his pouch and grabbed the letter sent to him, handing it to her.

she took it and read through it, and sneered again, He could see that he was making a point, but she wouldn't budge.

he didn't have time for this, he had to save Zenith, his mother, and bring his father back, and him being Alive was preferable... this time around.

she threw away the letter

"the letter could have been forged".

"..."

"..."

"..."

"We don't have time for this, Rudeus catch".

he created a stone with his magic and threw it over to his brother, but in the middle of the air, it got replaced by Aisha.

both of them were startled but Rudeus managed to catch her.

creating another stone, he threw it in the air and it got replaced by Norn who let out a yelp because of the sudden change of her location.

catching her, he looks her over, head to toe, she was older... and was wearing a dress...

she didn't like to wear dresses.

"brother!".

she exclaimed hugging him tightly, he ignores the dumbfounded look of his grandmother and walks over to Aisha, to look her over and his blood boiled.

her hands were red, down to her wrists.

quickly grabbing her wrist, Alex lifts her sleeve and sees red lines across her hands.

Placing down Norn who hugs her sister after seeing the state of her hands, he turns to the woman that was responsible for all this.

she had the gall to glare back.

walking closer to the gate he reached out and used gravity magic in the middle of the gate.

everyone's eyes widened as the gate crumbled and contracted to the size of the tennis ball.

grabbing his sword he swung it in a vertical arc and split the two guards that were charging his way, they were still at a distance so he had to use wind magic.

walking closer to his grandmother he bends down to her eye level.

"you will only live because, by some miracle, my mother still loves you.

but make no mistake, come after us and you will know how I beat the sword god and took his place, but this time, that power will be used against your residence".

he turned back walking away but before he got up on Ace where the others were waiting, he looked back over his shoulder.

"don't give me a reason to come here again".

and with those final words, he got up on the dragon and with a flap of wings, they were in the sky.

leaving a stunt old woman, two dead bodyguards, and a terrified crowd who witnessed everything that took place.

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"did you really have to kill those two guards?".

asked Rudeus when they landed after flying for the whole day.

Alex turned to his brother with a straight face and started talking.

"I could have drained oxygen from the place and let them suffocate, I could have caused an earthquake and brake down the house, I could have made an iceberg, point is, I could have killed them all, they should be glad I didn't want my sisters to see much bloodshed".

Rudeus frowned at this, but couldn't do anything about his actions.

(if he doesn't fix that mentality of his, it will lead to his demise, he didn't make his first kill until he went to a man war).

Alex looked over to his two sisters that were playing with Ace, and a smile crept upon his face, enjoying the sight.

walking towards the campfire that they just set up, he lit a fire and sat down, Eris was still trying to get control over the lightning.

"Eris, take a break, you need mana to do that and it won't do if you run out".

he pointed out, getting her attention, she pouts at the statement and walks over to Alex, and sits down with a huff.

"how do you do it?".

she asked abruptly, turning to him, in response Alex just smirks and leans closer, flustering her.

"I told you, just because you can control lightning doesn't mean you can infuse it with your sword yet".

placing a kiss on her lips he strengthened up and noticed his sisters looking at him, with smiles on their faces.

"So, you finally got together?".

asked Aisha leaning forward a bit, and Norn raised an inquiring eyebrow.

Eris blushed and looked down, really for a borderline Emperor rank swordswoman, she does get flustered easily.

"Listen, girls, aren't you too young to know about this?".

they just giggled, getting a sigh from their brother.