Opening old wounds 2

Viorica came out of the kitchen with a glass of water in her hand.

As soon as she saw the 6 children standing in front of her she spat the water in her mouth and dropped the glass

"What in the world!!!!"

The 6 children started laughing, but only 3 made a sound

"H- How is that possible? What sorcery is this?"

Viorica stuttered while asking, Then she narrowed her eyes and looked at the laughing Leus

"LEEEEEUS"

Leus smiled and canceled the illusions

"Hey Mom"

Viorica made an innocent face and pouted then said

"Tricking your poor mom with magic? Blaze was right, magic is just fancy tricks."

"Was it a good trick tho?"

Viorica smiled

"Very good ... but the glass"

" ... I can burn the shards if you want"

She glared at him

They laughed together and then Viorica cleaned the floor of the glass shards

"You came at a perfect time, Food is about to be ready"

"That's nice."

A couple of minutes later, food was ready and the four of them ate together.

Leus spent the rest of the day with his family, and they didn't stop asking him to create all sorts of illusions until Viorica got a golden idea

She smiled mischievously and asked in a playful tone

"Why don't you show us that girl you met?"

"Hmm? Which girl?"

"The one you went to her house"

"Ah ..."

After a couple of seconds of reluctance, he complied and created it

"This is Meli"

In front of them, an image of a girl appeared

The girl had brown hair and eyes, Her hair was open and she was wearing a red dress, She looked gorgeous and beautiful with a ting of silver light shining on her hair

'I guess I remember her with the moonlight so it got added to the illusion'

'Interesting'

While Leus was analyzing his work, Viorica was thinking about other things, they both had a very different view on the matter ...

They spent some more time talking and laughing together, then when it became late they decided to sleep.

Once again, Leus was alone and he started feeling the emotions he almost forgot about, he didn't like it at all so he quickly consumed all his mana and slept.

That night, Leus got up two times, but other than that there was nothing special.

Leus decided to spend one more day with his family before leaving

'I'll go to see Scar, it's almost been two months, then I'll directly go to the library'

As Leus decided, he spent another day with his family then told Viorica that he was going to the library and left the house.

Leus left in the morning and walked towards the market square, where he first met Meli, from there he made his way deeper inside the city, into the Slums.

When Leus entered the alleyway that connected the city to the Slums he felt his heart beat faster

'Being here reminds me of everything again...'

He suppressed the anxiety that was welling up in his heart and kept moving forward until he reached the end of the alleyway.

He was feeling very uncomfortable, but he knew that he couldn't let his emotions take control of him like that.

'I have to face it'

'I came all the way here so there's no turning back now'

He walked in the direction of Scar's house.

After walking for a bit, he entered a street and at the end of it he could see two armed guys, each holding a knife and walking toward Leus

As soon as they saw him they got flustered and looked at each other then slowly approached Leus

Leus activated Advanced Mana Vision and assessed their powers

'Two Mortals .. but I guess they will soon evolve'

He decided to avoid them and continue on his way, so he walked on the side of the street.

Despite that, they stood in front of him and stopped him.

Leus sighed

'If I don't seek trouble then trouble seeks me...'

"What is it?"

One of the guys asked back

" ... Boss?"

When Leus heard that he tilted his head in confusion

"Hmm? What?"

The other guy confirmed

"Yea, it's the Boss!"

Leus became more confused

'One could be an idiot, But both?'

"What are you two talking about?"

The one who first spoke pointed at his hair and said

"Young, purple hair, red and blue eyes, it's you, boss, The Purple Saint"

The other guy added

" ... No one told us about the black hair but I think it's close enough, The Boss told us to get you to him as soon as we see you"

"You mean Scar?"

The guy shook his head

"No, Boss Bones"

'Then where is Scar?'

Leus decided to directly ask Bones

'If anything bad happened then someone would come to the library, he's probably fine'

"Fine, take me to him"

"This way, Boss"

They pointed in the direction of the old Butchers' territory

Leus just followed them

They walked for a bit then stood in front of a building much bigger than the rest.

Leus found it funny, it was so out of place

'The Royal Palace of the Slums'

Although it was big it didn't look good.

'Well, it serves its purpose.'

At the door, one guy was standing with a knife in his hand as well, as soon as he saw Leus he audibly gulped

"Boss?"

He looked at the other two guys for confirmation and when they nodded he quickly opened the door.

Leus walked inside, the house was quite big

'More like a hotel or a building than a house honestly.'

There was a hall to the right of the door leading to the rest of the house, and in front of him there was a big lobby, half of which was visible and the other half was behind black curtains.

"Behind the curtains, Boss"

The door guy said that to Leus but neither of the three stepped inside with him

Leus took the cue and moved forward.

As soon as he took two steps he heard the door close, he looked behind him and saw that they stayed outside

'At least it's not a trap, otherwise, they'd have stayed inside'

Leus stepped forward and pushed the curtains open