Chapter 92  

Lost in thought, he quietly headed back to bead and tried to fall asleep, only to sit up on his bed as he felt uneasy. It took him a while to realize what he had forgotten about.

"Tch. Extra work.", he muttered and dashed out of the room to one of the lavatories closest to him before hurriedly calling out, "Toffy!!"

As if he was waiting for this to happen, Toffy appeared right in front of him, "Home, master?"

Alex nodded and was back home. He looked for Helen who sat in a corner, shivering. With a slight frown on his face, he called out for her, "Helen?"

She looked up, clearly startled, "Who are you and why am I here? Also, how do you know my name?"

"…." He took his time to think of a proper reply for her but gave up midway, "So you actually forgot about it. You signed a contract with me. Here, take a look at it."

It took a while to calm Helen down and console her before he explained what had happened.

"So, I signed this contract….", she said and sighed helplessly. She was like a completely different person which meant that she had been controlled until now.

She looked up at him and said, "I don't really need shelter. I'd be grateful if you are willing to change the contents of the contract."

"I don't mind it but I do need the transformation techniques. If your conditions aren't too hard for me, I don't mind changing the contract."

"Thank you. I want you to take care of my daughter. She… made a few bad decisions in life and now her own husband's family want to kill her. I just want you to help her escape their clutches and shelter her instead of me."

Alex looked at her and then glanced at Toffy while considering her request, "It's complicated. I don't know anything about her husband's family so unless I get more information, I cannot make a decision."

"She's a squib and fell in love with an Italian wizard who visited our palace for a trip and things happened. She got pregnant and then was hunted down. I was able to keep her safe while I was a queen but some weird kid attacked me while I was asleep and now, I don't remember anything."

"Manageable but which family is chasing her?"

"… the Tiano family. You can even call them one of the biggest in Italy. They don't like their blood being tainted by other races. They imprisoned her husband but she escaped and now they're trying to find her. I don't know how much time has passed but if it has been too long, I'm afraid that they've already found her."

Alex sighed, his head hurting a little. "Do you know her location? Or this Tiano family's location?"

She nodded and gave him the locations before telling him everything she knew about the Italian family.

"I'll go check it out but if things are unfavourable, I'll be back without anything for now."

Helen nodded and Alex looked at Toffy who promptly grabbed his arm and teleported away. The two of them checked all the locations that Helen expected her daughter to be and they did find her after almost thirty minutes.

"Are you Nyeta?", Alex asked the woman who had just opened the door.

"Who- I mean why? No no, I mean, no I'm not Nyeta. Who is she?"

Hearing her respond, Alex simply stared at her with a weird expression, "You're literally giving away that you know her. I'll be surprised if those Piano people walked away without barging into your house."

"You mean Tiano? Anyways, I do know her and since you don't seem like you're one of those people, why are you here?"

"Her mom asked me to get her."

"Oh… she went missing a few months ago but looks like she's safe. I'll bring Nyeta, so please come in."

"Oh it's alright, we are in a hurry so I'll appreciate it If you get her soon."

The woman nodded and headed inside, leaving the door open.

"Master, is this woman dumb?"

"I don't care as long as it makes things easy. I'm just genuinely surprised that she believed me so easily."

A few minutes later, a young woman walked towards him with two kids in her arms.

"I'm Nyeta and can you tell me why my mother wants me?"

"She wants you to be safe from the Piano family."

Nyeta shook her head, "I'm not leaving until I save my husband from them. I don't want to see my kids called fatherless."

"Then you should've chosen wisely instead of follow- ah never mind. Tell me what's going on and I'll see if I can save him."

"He's imprisoned in the cellars. It's underground, below their mansion. He will be executed next year at the end of January."

"That means we still have time. Just come with me to meet your mother and I'll help you bring your husband back."

Nyeta chuckled, shaking her head, "You're just a kid."

"Age doesn't determine capabilities, miss Nyeta. You should be in your twenties but you did a very foolish mistake and now you're also making your mother worry.

Your husband will die in a few months and your children are about to be fatherless. Your friend can't even lie well so if the p- I mean Tiano guys come here, you are bound to be found out.

You need power to survive in this harsh world freely. How should I prove it to you that I am completely capable of rescuing your husband?"

Nyeta simply stared at him while biting her lower lip. It was only after a few seconds that she spoke, "Win a duel my friend's husband."

"Bring him here." He said plainly. He didn't have to wait much as a hulking figure stood in front of him. He was only a few inches shorter than Hagrid and to Alex, who was shorted than most of his age, he was like a large tower.