Chapter-14

I am sorry I haven't updated for a while. Recently, I have been more of a reader than a writer. So, apologies.

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My days here were going very smoothly. People still come to bully me but I put them in their place. I still don't show people that I can use magic because I haven't come up with a good excuse about how I could suddenly use magic.

I can't just say, that I stole a mana amplifier from the palace.

"Alex, are you ready?" Christoper came into my room.

"Yup." I smiled happily. Today we were going to the market. Actually, Elijah had to go buy some weapons and Isla tagged along saying she wanted some new dress. So we decided that all the siblings should go together. I was basically forced by Christoper. He was not ready to let go of the fact that I didn't attend the party. I am also not the kind to stay cooped up in a place for days so I agreed.

Although Isla was not too happy about it, she kept quiet since her brother wanted me to come.

We walked out of the estate with six knights following us and got in the carriage. The atmosphere was very tense solely because of Isla but we got through it because Elijah kept throwing his poor jokes throughout the ride. His inability to read the atmosphere could be useful sometimes.

We finally got to our destination and stepped down.

"Father said we have to be back home within two hours so we would have to split up. Elijah will go and select the weapons, and Issac and Alex will go with them. I and Isla will go to check out the dresses." Christoper dictated.

"Yay! I get to go with older brother." She said happily and clung on his arm acting all cutesy.

"But, big brother-" Elijah whined but Christopher shut him up with a scary glare.

We decided to walk since it was very close. Three knights were following us.

As soon as we got in he ran towards the swords leaving me and Issac standing on the entrance.

"This one's great. Ooooh! oooh! this one too. Everything here is great." He was picking up a bunch of different swords and swinging them.

"Everyone come here. I want to test these out." He said calling the guards to him.

They sighed but went over.

"This isn't going to end soon." Issac mumbled and sneaked out. I guess now I know why they all sighed.

I should also go out.

'Are we going out?' Reebell poofed in front of my face looking excited.

'Yes' I said monotonously. I would have jumped from his sudden jump scare but I got too used to this style of his.

'Why do you always appear at your comfort and disappear when I need you?' I asked him seriously but that little brat just shrugged. I bit down my anger and step out in the market.

Let's see I cannot waste a lot of money because I need to live by myself later. All I can do right now is window shopping and maybe buy something that will help me later.

I went a little far from the weapon shop while I was exploring when I heard a familiar scream. I looked at the source and saw Issac being carried away by a bald man. He had a cloth to his face making her go unconscious, then easily held him up in the air and ran into a dark alley.

Dark alley....probably not a good idea. But if I don't help him I would get blamed for his death too and I don't want another false accusation.

I pushed through the crowd of onlookers who just stood there, watching a little kid getting kidnapped.

'You sick, sick person.' Reebell yelled in the face of different people that were standing there.

'We don't have time for that. Lets go. Besides they cant even see you.'

'Just taking my anger out.' He said as he flew behind me.

Running into the alley, I caught a glimpse of the man taking a right turn. When I finally caught up to him, I came to know that he was not alone. He had three other kidnapper friends. That would be one against four.

At first, I was a little hesitant and then I smiled evilly. I have found the perfect experiment rat for testing my magic.

"Hey, you! Keep the kid down." I yelled in the most powerful voice that my under-developed vocal cords could make.

They started laughing.

"A mana-less bastard child, threatening us?" The one that held Issac spoke.

They know me too??? Wow!!! I am more famous than i imagined.

"Wanna settle this with a fight?" I gave an open challenge.

"You guys go. I will bring this one too. His face would sell for a high price." The one that was standing in the back said.

"No one is going anywhere until I say so." I felt so cool saying stuff that I had heard the actors in action movies say.

Reebell was clapping behind me hyping me up.

I pulled my hands up and a huge ice wall was formed on the other side blocking their exit.

"This bastard." The bald man put Issac down and came forward. He brought his hands together and a huge gust of wind came forward. I pulled another ice wall in time to block it. The wall was weak so it shattered into millions of pieces.

'Hey! Hey! Calm down on the mana kid. I told you not to use too much.' Reebell said.

Before giving any of them the time to act, I made spikes appear from the ground and stopped them from coming forward. One of them was a fire user. He melted my spikes into puddles of water.

Individually they are weak but four adults were too much for me.

'You were the one who gave them the challenge.' Reebell taunted.

'Would you stop taunting me and help?' I yelled. I looked back and saw that the they had started working on the ice wall melting it.

'Now that you can somewhat control ice, I guess you can also handle some of my power. Here i will channel my power.'

A green light shined in his hands and I felt a new form of power in me. I carefully pulled some mana and sent it to the ground. Tendrils started emerging from the ground but they were too small to be used as an attack.

"Heh!!! You really think that these saplings can protect you. Go on struggle. Its amusing to see the brat who challenged me struggle." The bald one said laughing.I looked back and saw that the ice was about to melt.

His smirking face made my anger flare up. I used some more power and made them grow into huge plants that coiled around the four people.

'Hey! No don't you are drawing too much power, your body is not used to it.' Reebell said alarmed.

I didn't care and coiled the plant around their face so that they would stop breathing.

'Stop do you want to become a devoured being? STOP!' Reebell was now desperately trying to take his power back but something came over me. I wanted to suck the power dry out of him. I wanted it all for myself.

'STOP! STOP! ALEXANDER! STOP! JAMIE-' Hearing my real name my mind unconsciously responded. I was brought back to my senses. I quickly took the mana ring off.

'Don't take it off suddenly-'

I understood his words when I felt a sudden pressure on me. My magic backlashed and the ice magic in me became very unstable making the cold creep up my body. My legs felt like they were buried in snow. Slowly, it felt like my whole body was buried in snow.

I felt like my body was falling apart. Through my blurry vision, I saw that the four men were lying stiff on the ground. And Issac was in the back still unconscious.

I soon heard the sounds of footsteps and I looked up to find six pairs of legs approaching us at a fast speed. I recognized the uniform of the Ducal knights and finally let go, entering a world of eternal darkness.

I feel like all that I have been doing ever since I got here is getting unconscious.

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I am not good at writing action but i still hope you enjoy.

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