RUN AWAY

In the main palace

-"To control fire magic, you have to control the flow of mana in the main channels and then direct it. This allows interaction with external mana, which leads to the formation of fire without consuming internal mana, and this is according to the following magic equation..."

Professor Carl Euris elaborated on the explanation while teaching William, because he was late in the succession lessons, which made his schedule crowded.

William interrupted him nervously and embarrassed

-"Emm, excuse me, sir."

Mr. Euris stopped writing on the blackboard and turned to him

-"Yes, young master, what's the matter?"

-"Can you re-explain this part, I didn't understand how to form fire without consuming inner mana?".

His brows crossed and he sighed.

He had forgotten that his student was William and not Acker, so he was explaining without detail.

Akir was smart for his age, with the ability to analyze and comprehend, to the extent that he began to teach him higher classes.

He smiled slightly as he looked at Akir's usual seat, muttering to himself

-"Who would have thought that I would miss that arrogant genius, I don't think that this boy would be as brilliant and genius as the young master, he should try harder to make up for his position."

After a while he turned to the blackboard and repeated the explanation

....... in the meantime....

I was sitting in one of the rooms in the middle of the side palace, trying to develop my ability to sense objects.

But there is something strange, I can't feel the mana of that woman and Maria too, isn't it forbidden to leave the palace?

In a narrow and dark alley, devoid of people, there is a small hotel that no one visits, it is a secret meeting place, inside this hotel in an elegant room with luxurious furniture, unlike what appears from the outside, Lady Claudia was in a meeting with two mysterious men, they are the magician who conducted  The paternity test and also the person who called her, a distant relative of hers sir Damien Lambert.

Claudia sat on the sofa face to face with Sir Damian and the Wizard of the Tower

Mister Damian started talking in a sycophantic manner, wanting to soften the mood inside the room

-"Hello, lady Claudia  It is an honor to meet you. I heard about your beauty, but I did not expect my imagination to let me down. You are a fairy."

Her face raised expressions of disgust. She took a sip of the cigarette and said: 

-"Stop being so flattering, tell me what you want, and why did you bring that wizard with you?".

The magician smiled, last time he couldn't introduce himself well in front of her because of the situation.

  He stood and bowed to the lady

-"My name is Gavroche, the best magician in the tower. Nice to meet you, madam."

He tried to take her hand to kiss it, but her sharp gaze made him back down and sit in his place.

Because of the intensity of the atmosphere that increased, Mr. Damian entered directly into the matter

-"Listen, Lady Claudia, I know your life has been ruined because of your son, because he didn't inherit the fire, but there is hope..."

Her eyes widened, and her body froze

-"Yes, continue."

The two men looked at each other and smiled maliciously, as if they were saying, "You have fallen into our nets."

He continued, saying:

-"...The Tower of Magicians and I are studying the possibility of changing the mana affinity, and because I trust them a lot and I'm sure of the success of the experiment, I decided to help my poor relative, in return for a little help, what do you think?".

She raised her eyebrow and looked at him

-"You want me to hand over my son to you so that you can perform forbidden experiments on him in return for a lot of money?"

Mr. Damian tensed and squeezed his hands, the lady is not as stupid as he had expected.

The magician interrupted her, saying:

-"But your son will be able to use fire magic and regain his status as heir, and you will regain your position in the society of the nobles."

-"If the experiment fails?."

-"Madam, I am confident that my experiments will succeed, and even if I do not succeed, in either case your son is useless, but the Tower of Wizards will support you for the sacrifice you have made for us."

There was silence for a while.

- "Okay, I agree, he will be at your disposal as soon as possible."

A frightening expression crossed her face as she uttered that sentence.

The two gentlemen realized why everyone was calling her a madwoman, but they were both happy that their plan had succeeded, especially Gavroche, who began imagining his experiences with great happiness.

I have a very strange feeling that something bad is going to happen, especially if that woman leaves secretly, it does not bode well.

On the evening of that day, she came back, and she acted as if she had never left, but what made me mad was the change in her behavior, she stopped smoking and drinking, and she no longer wanted to torture me.

I couldn't contain my curiousity so I spied on her in her room through a small gate in the corner of the ceiling.

She did not stop smiling even for a moment, and the maids were surprised too, but Maria was smiling with her, she must be the only person who knows.

I waited day and night for them to be alone, until one of them committed a slip of the tongue.

And they did

Maria said in a low voice while combing her lady's hair:

-"Madam, when will you send the young master?".

send me??  To where ?

-"Shhh, do you want everyone to find out?".

There was silence between them, but she smiled and said:

-"I'm waiting for the Tower of Wizards to finish making a replacement for it, a child who looks like him, then I'll hand it over to them, so no one will doubt it, and then they'll return it to me useful and with great fire magic."

-"Yes, I hope so. Then my lady will regain the place she deserves."

Wait a minute, are she trying to send me to the Tower of Wizards in order to perform experiments on me? Isn't that forbidden ?, She lost her mind ,I have to leave as soon as possible, before that replacement arrives,

Unfortunately, since the palace is surrounded by mana, no one, even the gatekeepers, can enter or exit the palace without the master's permission. The only way to escape is to sneak out, so I met Ser Evon at the usual place for help.

Sir Evon was waiting for me under the tree, as soon as he caught sight of me he smiled and waved his hand

-"Oh, hello sir, how are you?"

-"fine for now".

- "What do you mean for now?"

"Listen quietly and don't

react and dont get angry , ok?..."

Sir nodded his head

-"...you remember when I told you that that woman's behavior had changed. After spying on her, I realized that she wanted to send me to the tower to conduct experiments forbidden on me to use fire."

Sir Evon's eyes widened and turned red, his veins began to bulge out, he was very angry

-"Didn't I tell you not to react and get angry ?"

-" How can I not get angry when the lady wants to do bad things to you? How does her heart allow this? Aren't you her son?"

-"That woman never thought like that, i have no one by my side, i turned to you because you are the only one who can help me".

He calmed himself down and took a deep breath

-"Tell me ,what you need?"

-"I want to escape from here and I don't know how, and also I don't know anyone outside the palace, can you help me?".

Sir Evon put his hand to his chin and began to think, until a smile appeared, indicating an idea

- "Actually, I have the solution to your problems."