Chapter 7 The Aftermath

"Where were you? Your tracker wasn't working, and I couldn't find you, I almost told Lucien." His Grandfather asked for the hundredth time making Liam finally snap. They were on their way to where they were staying.

"I would tell you where I was if you will allow me to speak!" Maddox looked at him up and down, then at the girl next to him. 

"I feel like it's going to be long, how about you wash up first? And you too whoever you are." His Grandfather said shook his head saying the last line to the girl. 

"That reminds me, I never asked for your name." Liam asked the girl, he was just tired of calling her the girl in his head. 

"It's Juno." She said as she looked up then she went back to looking outside the window of the magic tool. It looked a lot like a car except that it didn't have tyres and floated, and it was quite spacious too. The magic tools here were quite amazing, Liam was just more interested in the magic.

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Liam stretched as he came out of the shower, getting all that blood and grime off felt so relaxing. He had almost forgotten how it felt to be clean. He wasn't looking forward to answering his Grandfather's questions though. He thought for awhile before going outside deciding to just get it over with.

He looked around for his Grandfather and nearly dropped his jaw when he saw Juno. He had gotten better at controlling his reaction when shocked. 

"Juno you look so different." He said as he walked towards her, she was in the living room. Juno looked up at him, with all the dirt gone , he could see that she was actually really pretty and cute.

"Maybe it's because I was covered in dirt earlier. You look different too, less like you murdered a bunch of people." Juno said as she calmly drank, what looked like milkshake. Liam was once again shocked, he had thought she would be timid and shy but she was actually looking really cozy being here. Sitting and calmly sipping from the mug as she looked outside the window.

"What? Surprised I'm not shaking and crying? I figured it wouldn't help so... Your Grandfather's waiting for you in his room." She said as she rolled her eyes before pointing towards a room. She then went back to eating.

"Oh! Thanks... I guess?" Liam said confused as he walked towards Maddox's room. The people here were really something.

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"Before you start asking me all those questions, just let me tell you what happened and then you can ask whatever you want." Liam said as he sat on the sofa, his grandfather looked at him like trying to figure something out then gestured with his hand to continue.

Liam then told him about everything that happened, leaving out a few things like Demyx's involvement in this. He was thinking about something when Liam talked about getting lost, probably thinking of a way of getting rid of his poor sense of direction, he was angry when Liam mentioned meeting the men he beat up, proud when hearing about Liam beating them up. It was rollercoaster of emotions.

Half way through Liam started yawning, he barely got any sleep last night due to excitement and now after running around so much, he was feeling kinda tired. Not to mention he had used up a lot of his magic power, although he was recovering it slowly it was still tiring to a kid. He slowed down a little at the end, his eyes blinking slowly before finally falling asleep, his grandfather picked him up after awhile and laid him down on the bed. He carefully covered him with a blanket before, turning off the lights and leaving. 

He still had to tell Lucien what happened and listen to his lecture. He swears that Lucien sometimes forgets who is the father and whose the son. He stopped grumbling about Lucien as he saw Juno sleeping on the couch, curled up around Demyx. Maddox sighed before picked them both up, he walked back into his room and laid them both beside Liam. He then looked at his phone, seeing the messages from Lucien and shook his head in regret as he looked at the bed. He shook his head so many times today, he was surprised it wasn't falling off. 

He decided to pacify the both in the Clan before sleeping. Dragons were known to be extremely protective of their treasures, they loved hoarding. Liam was Lucien's treasure in a way. Maddox knew he worried just as much as Ethan, he just knew to control his feelings. If he didn't clarify things, they both will probably run here, ignoring their work.

Maddox shuddered at the thought of that mysophobic psycho coming here. It was his own son but sometimes Lucien scared even him.

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"Wake up! Liam!" He tossed around as he heard someone calling his name. 'Must be Grandpa.' Liam thought as he tried to get up, he could feel something holding him, stopping him from leaving. It felt like a snake was wrapped around his body. Finally opening his eyes and he saw a puppy's face in front of him, 'Demyx' he calmed down a little then turned around with difficulty. 'Juno?' he thought dazedly, what was she doing here.

Now that he could see, he slowly got out of her hold and replaced himself with Demyx. He could see her tightly wrapping around the hound, Demyx's markings faintly glowing in his sleep.

Liam didn't feel weird after seeing that she was here, he was a 26 year old in his previous world although Demyx had adjusted his brain to be that of a 6 years old, it didn't erase his memories he was still more mature than most 6 year olds. He just thought of her as a child needing comfort, he even patted her head, noticing that after getting washed she looked less girly and more androgynous. 'She really is cute,' he thought as he saw her slightly smiling in her sleep after he patted her head, two small dents appearing on her cheeks.

"Liam! Are you up?" He walked towards the door after hearing someone howling, before he could open it Maddox opened it from the outside. "You're up? Great! We have to go somewhere, and you're coming with me." He said as he picked up Liam and put him on his shoulder.

"Shouldn't I change or something?" Liam asked as he saw Maddox moving here and there. He calmly sat on his Grandfather's shoulder watching him put stuff in his briefcase.

"No time, you just changed anyways. Just iron them in the car." Maddox said as he picked up the magic tool used for ironing, it was the travel addition one. Finally he walked towards the door with Liam still on his shoulder, he then opened the door and set the time when they would be back on the tool beside the door. This was a protective magic tool. Before Liam could observe anymore, Maddox walked outside and closed the door.