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"With what will we start ?" Asked Alex.

"Since your manipulation is already at a good level, we will be skipping some steps, so the first thing you will train is how to expand your smoke ability" explained Lilia.

"But, I can already do that" replied Alex.

To prove what he said, Alex took control of the smoke around them and expanded it around the training grounds.

"See, I can already do that"

Lilia shook her head then explained, "What I'm referring to is dispersing the smoke under your control while maintaining a consistent thickness. What you just did was simply spread the smoke that was within your control over the training grounds. Consequently, as the smoke spread, it became thinner."

"Oh, I see, how do I do that ?" Curiously asked Alex.

"It's quite simple, you just need to tweak your mana in a way that will allow you to do something like that, learning such a thing won't will at most take us a few hours, so we must start right no-" 

As she was speaking, Lilia came to a sudden halt as Alex concentrated all the smoke near them before spreading it around the training grounds, just like before. However, this time, the smoke didn't thin out as it traveled, but instead retained the same thickness!

"Like this?" Asked Alex with a faint smile.

"...."

After a slight moment of shock due to what just happened, Lilia sighed and thought with a helpless smile:

'he has already shown that his control of his element is out of the ordinary, I guess it was my fault for thinking that it would take him a few hours to learn something like that' 

"What other thing can you teach me ?" Asked Alex excitedly.

'He might really become a monster after three whole days of training' thought Lilia with a faint pleased smile.

***

One day later 

"So, Alex resumed his training ?" Asked Ava.

"Yes, he resumed it yesterday" replied Amelia seated in front of her mother.

After a moment of silence, Ava squinted her eyes at her daughter and asked in a suspicious tone:

"Why did it take you two days to heal him? From what I observed, he didn't carry that much of Injuries, so why did you say that you needed two days to heal him, what kind of treatment did you administer to him" 

Amelia froze when she heard her mother question, the way she spoke seemed to indicate that she knew something or at least was suspicious of something going on between them.

As Amelia struggled to come up with a sound explanation, they heard a knock on the door.

"I will go see who it is," quickly said Amelia, wanting to avoid answering her mother.

"No, sit down and tell me what is going on between you and your-" 

Before Ava could finish speaking, the door opened and Anna walked in.

"Master, Amelia" greeted Anna.

"You wouldn't have opened the door if it wasn't something urgent, so what's going on ?" Inquired Ava.

"A flying carriage with the Eswald family emblem is coming towards the mansion" informed Anna.

"Huh? No one was supposed to come today, who is it?" Wondered Ava.

"I guess we will see who it is when they arrive, let's go welcome them anyway" said Ava.

'I don't know who it is, but perfect timing ' thought Amelia, glad that she wouldn't have to answer to her mother question.

Unfortunately for her, it seemed that Ava had no intention of letting go of things.

"We will continue our discussion later" said Ava, eyeing Anna.

'Guess I won't escape it' sighed Amelia.

Together, the girls made their way out of the mansion, and waited for the carriage to come.

Minutes later, a white large carriage pulled by two white pegasi landed on the ground right before the door of the mansion.

The coachman descended, greeted the girls with a bow, then turned to open the carriage.

The moment he opened the carriage door, an overbearing aura locked on the girls, making them freeze on the spot.

'Who is it that has such an aura' wondered the girls.

They didn't have to wait for long to know as a woman slowly came out of the carriage.

The woman that came out looked to be in the forties, but despite that she was exquisitely beautiful, she had magnificent silver hair that matched well with her mesmerizing gray eyes that seemed to sparkle. Full, luscious lips and a regal nose enhanced her captivating features. She was draped in an exquisite white long dress that seemed to struggle to conceal her generous curves.

All in all, this woman embodied the ideal image that every young, beautiful woman aspires to when aging.

When she saw who came out of the carriage, Amelia shouted "GRANDMA", before rushing to the woman and hugging her.

The woman hugged back Amelia and asked with a smile:

"How are you, little Amy?"

"I'm doing great, and you ?"

As she was going to reply, Ava approached them with a smile and said:

 "welcome mother" 

Then she asked, "Weren't you supposed to come in two days ?"

"Ah yes that was the arrangement, but I was bored, so I decided to come earlier!"