Time Flies

Inside the room, there was a big dark blue transparent dome, and Leus was inside the dome Leus, hanging in the middle of the air with four boxes flying around him.

Seeing that, Viorica stood there dumbfounded with her mouth agape.

After the initial shock passed, Arno decided to take her out of her bewildered state so he spoke

"He's been like this for 3 days now"

"3 Days ... What in the world is even that ....."

"It's a small problem"

"P- Problem? How"

"Well, it's complicated, but in short, he's not focusing on what he is supposed to focus on"

Viorica tilted her head

"What should we do about that?"

"I can break into the barrier, but that's our last resort.

How about you try knocking on it?"

"Knocking? On this blue dome?"

Arno nodded

"Yes, knock on it. If he feels your presence he might willingly exit his trance"

Viorica walked towards the blue dome and started knocking on it, but nothing happened, so she decided to call his name

"Leus .. Leus ... LEUS"

Arno stopped her

"Calling him is of no use, this Barrier blocks sound."

"Then .. What should we do now?"

"Nothing, just give him a while. Maybe a couple of days and he'll come out on his own, and if he doesn't then I'll break into the Barrier."

Viorica was reluctant and decided to try again, so she kept knocking on the Barrier.

Arno didn't have any hope on that, but he didn't stop her.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind.

'Perhaps ... if we disturb the Wind Mana just enough'

He walked to the opposite side of the barrier and matched his rhythm with Viorica's knocking, but naturally, his knocking was much stronger.

It didn't take long, after just a couple of knocks, Leus' eyes shot open.

His back was to Arno and he was facing Viorica.

When he saw her, he furrowed his brows

'Mom?'

'What's she doing here'

He looked at himself and saw that he was hovering in the air along with the boxes

'What am I doing too?'

Leus was still controlling the wind mana and forcing it to go up.

He decided to exit the barrier, so he willed the Mana to go down, and as soon as he did that it was like a wall in his mind had been shattered.

For a second, Leus' mind was encompassed by the Wind Mana, and he felt the Wind Mana course through his skull.

It didn't last long, everything quickly returned to normal.

'Nothing ... no Transformations'

Leus was disappointed, he wanted the Transformation that Arno told him about to happen

'I guess I need another Abstract'

Leus sighed and deactivated the Barrier

"Mom?"

"Leus! You're okay!"

She tried to hug him but the armor made it hard for her

"I - Yes .. I am okay, Mom"

Viorica pouted

"Can you remove this thing so I can hug you?"

Leus complied and started removing his armor piece by piece.

As soon as he was done, Viorica gave him a nice hug.

"Mom ... What are you doing here? Is everything okay?"

"Yes ... You took so long!

Also, I don't know what happened, but the Librarian said that you were not focusing properly on what you should"

Leus turned around and looked at Arno for an explanation.

Arno shook his head

"Now isn't the time to talk about all this, you should go home first, when you come back we'll discuss it."

Viorica agreed

"Yes, let's go home, Amethyst and Merlin also miss you"

"Okay ... How long have I been here?"

"43 days"

Leus was surprised

'I don't remember that I slept at all, is it even possible for me to stay awake this long?'

But before he could ask anything, Viorica was gripping his hand and taking him out of the room, so he gave up and left all his questions behind

'I'll inquire after I come back.'

Viorica quickly dragged Leus out of the library, he was hardly able to wave goodbye to the guards while leaving.

They reached home at an astonishing speed, when they entered the garden Leus stopped and asked Viorica

"Mom .. why are we in such a rush?"

"Sorry, I'm just excited"

"About what?"

"You! Why didn't you tell me that you know how to fly!"

"Fly? No .. I can't, I can only Levitate."

"It's all the same thing! Come on .. do it!"

Leus smirked

Instead of using Levitation on himself, he raised Viorica in the air

"Woaaaaaa ... Stop!!! LEUS"

Viorica's voice was loud, so Amethyst and Merlin came out to check what was going on, and they were both awestruck when they saw Viorica hovering.

Merlin quickly came

"Me too, Leus .. me too!"

"Yes, me too Leus!"

Leus was easily able to lift all three of them, which surprised him

'I'm stronger than I thought.'

Amethyst and Merlin giggled loudly and enjoyed the new sensation, while Viorica was asking Leus to put her down.

Leus enjoyed the moment.

A couple of minutes after Leus raised them, they got used to it and calmed down, that's when Leus decided to gently put them down

'I'm feeling hungry ... I'm also tired'

"Sorry, I'm tired now, but I'll make you guys Levitate as much as you like later, okay?"

Amethyst and Merlin nodded vigorously, and Viorica was feeling dizzy so she didn't say anything.

They all walked inside, food was already made so Viorica only heated it and put it on the table for Leus to eat

"Dad didn't come back yet?"

Viorica replied him

"No, he sent a letter asking about us and saying that he's staying there for some more time"

"I see"

Leus was quite tired so he ate and then went to sleep.

For the next three days, Leus was kept captive in his home.

Amethyst and Merlin didn't allow him to leave and wanted to Levitate all day.

After three days, and with a lot of difficulty, Viorica convinced them to let him go and promised that when he came back he'd play more with them.

So Leus quickly left before they changed their mind.

'How scary ... I better keep this Abstract a secret from now on.'

Leus decided to go to meet Scar to re-fill the used potions and create some stones, but he kept his visit brief and left within a few hours.

'There's not much for me to do here, also, I have some questions for Arno.'

After he was done with the important matters, he said his goodbyes to his friends and left.

By the time he reached the library, it was already night.