Chapter 18

"You.. How can you talk to a customer like that? I was just out of concern trying to make things a little better between your brother and you. And you... " Said Amelia while fisting her hands and ready to burst more anger on him when Ember stopped her.

" We are not here to fight. We paid the bill. Let's go" said Ember while pulling her indicating to come with her. But Amelia was not ready to listen. Ajax was unbothered by what the girls were doing.

"I will go. But first, he will apologize to me. " Declared Amelia.

"I won't. Did your parents teach you not to interfere in others' matter" Said Ajax while folding his hands on his chest.

"You... How arrogant!! Tell me whatever you want to tell. Don't tell me anything about my parents otherwise..... I will cut your tongue off!! " Shouted Amelia.

"Cut my tongue!! Looking at your behavior, you can't even kill a fly. And you want to harm me. In your dreams. And what if I say about your parents? Your behavior tells us that you are a spoiled princess! " Said Ajax.

"Who gave you the right to judge my character if you tell me something about my parents I will not only cut your tongue but also beat you blue-black. " Shouted Amelia ready to attack Ajax

Xander and Ember who were watching were simply shocked. Ember quickly caught Amelia by hugging her from back and stopping her to start a fight.

" All right. Stop bickering like kids" said Ember.

"Umm... Good. Someone is an adult here. " Said Xander while giving a smile.

"Let's fight. Whoever wins will apologize. " Said Ember the next second turning Xander's smiling face into a shocking one.

"What!! I thought you are sensible. How can you encourage them" Shouted Xander in disbelief.

"Yes, I want to show him who is the boss here. " Said Amelia.

"Come on then, let's see who will be on the ground apologizing " Said Ajax.

They were going to go to the open ground to fight when Xander picked Ajax like a little boy on his shoulder and took him away saying,

"Girls you may have plenty of work to do. Please don't waste your time on him. I apologize on behalf of Ajax. Now if you please I have kept something in the oven. Please visit again" Said Xander while taking Ajax into the kitchen not waiting for the girls to respond.

Both the girls looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders and left the bakery to practice in the forest.

Xander took Ajax into the kitchen and only when he knew that the girls left did he put him down and gave a wide smile to Ajax.

"You are smiling at me!! Brother, I wanted to fight with that brat. Why did you stop me? " Said Ajax while sulking.

" Fight!! Are you a nitwit? How can you reveal your power to anyone so easily? You will take part in the competition. How can you expose yourself" said Xander angrily.

"Oh...that... I was... ummm... I was just threatening her. Also, why would I use my powers against a girl? " Said Ajax showing his fake smile to escape from Xander as if he did have a point.

"You were not going to fight! Huh... And I will believe whatever you say. If I was not present there you would have used every power to defeat her and showed her everything" Said Xander while flicking Ajax's forehead.

"Alright, you are always right, brother. Forgive your little kitten, please" Said Ajax while making his Bambi eyes big and pouting a little.

"Not this time little kitten. None of your tricks would work today. As your punishment, you will wash the dishes for one week. " Declared Xander and went off to see whether his cakes are done or not. Ajax tried to use magic to wash the dishes but Xander sealed his power acupoint so Ajax resumed doing the work manually while sulking.

In the Celadon forest where the girls were practicing,

"Why do I have to do this? I was not wrong. I wanted to beat him for badmouthing my parents" Shouted Amelia.

"Twenty!! " Shouted Ember more angrily.

This made Amelia silent. She gulped and kept running along the open area making a big circle with a piece of log in her arms upwards. And her punishment increase from ten to twenty due to her bickering

She got punishment by Ember for going against the rules that she was supposed to follow strictly. Ember always abides by the rules set by the King and Queen but Amelia never did that and always violates the rule of the palace knowingly or unknowingly.

After her punishment was over they were on good terms again and Amelia apologized to Ember and then they practiced for more than one hour and then decided to call it a day.

That night Ajax was reading the book that her mother gave named - Light on Spirits. It showed whatever Ajax wanted. He just needed to think about what he wanted by keeping his palm on the blank pages of the book and it will appear in golden ink.

'How is spirit monster obtained'

This was the topic that Ajax wanted to know and a big paragraph appeared with every piece of information that one can know.

Ember forest or Jade forest is the only forest in the Nirvana continent where one can get a spirit monster for himself/herself.

One is tested individually for the four hardships of life.

1. Control of emotion of fear.

2. Friendship test

3. Fighting one's inability

4. Defeat a wicked monster

These challenges are qualified and judged by the 'Lady of the forest'. She appears after she thinks you have passed the challenges. Then you are tested by the 'Pillar of Soul' where they are checked for their soul power as spirit monsters are assigned by their power. There are five levels.

Black- first level(highest)

Blue- second level

Purple- third level

Green - four level

Red level - fourth level.

What color is obtained upon being touched that level spirit monsters that are in the entire forest are summoned by the 'Lady of Forest'. A person gets to choose which spirit he/she likes and then if the spirit monster agrees to be with the person then they can go from the forest. But, if the spirit monster refuses to accept their master, then both the person and spirit monster can fight with each other fairly and whoever loses has to accept whatever the winner says.

"Hmm.. It's interesting. But who is the 'Lady of Forest'? Never heard from mom or dad. " Said Ajax to himself.

"Brother, brother where are you? " Asked Ajax while coming down from upstairs.

Xander hastily came from their dining room while covering his arms with his long sleeves of the shirt.

"Yes... What happened? " Asked Xander while rubbing the sweat from his forehead.

Ajax was in his own excitement so he did not notice Xander's weird behavior.

"Brother, who is 'Lady of Forest'? Asked Ajax while his eyes shows curiosity and excitement in his voice.

" I also don't know much about her. She is said to be the creator of one of the five elements -the earth element. Also, there are rumors about her appearance. Some say she is an old lady, some say a beautiful fairy others say it is just a big tree that has the soul of a Lady. But no one knows exactly about her" said Xander.

"Wow! Now, the Ember forest sparks more interest in me. When we will go to the Ember forest to get out spirit monsters? " Asked Ajax while jumping a little.

"First you reach level three and then we will find a good weapon for ourselves. Then only we can enter otherwise it will be dangerous" Said Xander.

"Okay, I will practice hard" Said Ajax.

Eddie and Zane came towards the boys while still playing a sponge ball.

"Are you two not tired after playing the whole day? " Asked Ajax to both Eddie and Zane. Both of them looked at Ajax and then at each other and dropped the ball and ran upstairs to sleep in the beds that Ajax and Xander prepared for them.

Xander and Ajax chuckled at the cute behavior and they also closed everything and went off to rest.