Chapter 88: A New Start
Lexa awoke with bleary eyes, still tired from the chaotic events of last few days along with the general stress that comes with sitting in a carriage all day has to one's physique. As the blurry sights in front of her converge into recognition, Lexa is reminded that they had arrived at the Wilderwolf estate last night.
Remembering the shock she had at seeing Falcon City for the first time, Lexa let out a laugh. To put it simply, Falcon City was incomparable to the other cities she had seen so far; much larger and grander than both Evergale City and Skyview City combined. Large ivory walls shaped the city in a perfect circle, with grand and overbearing towers every ¼ mile. Thousands of houses, streets coloured in bold colours, large overarching buildings with intricate architecture and several workers working to keep the buildings well kept. This city could not be anything else but a capital city.
Lexa noticed that the walls didn't just encase the city, but there were also four extensions that cut into the city and met up at roughly the centre of Falcon City. These walls seemed to split the city four parts, which Andria had explained to her were the four quadrants of the city. The North was the noble's district, the West the Magician's district, the South the Civilian's district and the East the Trade district.
Fair to say, Lexa's group went straight to the Noble's district upon arrival into the city. It was there where they also split apart from the people of Hawk Academy, which wasn't easy due to Andria's breakdown into tears. Lexa could only sigh helplessly at that memory. It took a large amount of coaxing from herself and Sandra to finally get her to stop while Jared stood by the side nervously tried to speak up but never did and Seph just stood by aloofly; however a trace of a smirk played on his lips and when it was time to leave, he waved Lexa and Andria goodbye with his two friends.
'Looks like she's already up.' Lexa's thought as she returned to the present, her eyes searching the bed she had been lying asleep upon. It was a queen-sized bed, coloured in a light pink with white roses drawn upon it. 'She really is a bundle of energy, already up and about already.'
Leaping down from the bed, Lexa sauntered over to the door of the bedroom, the soft carpet beneath her feet so comfy that she struggled to not just crawl back to sleep for a little longer. However, the sun was shining, meaning it was already midday and Lexa had been told by Alexander that he wanted their family Pet Tamer, a man called Jermine to have a look at her to try to find out more about her. Lexa also heard that she might be able to get a few Magical Items during this time so she was rather excited, enough to pave off her beauty sleep a little longer and incite her into a sprint.
The halls of the Wilderwolf estate were as fancy as the building was huge, decorations littered the walls of pictures and flowers in vases, spreading an earthly and pleasant aroma that entered her beady nose as she ran.
"Oh!" A sound of exclamation sounded as Lexa darted beneath the feet of a passing servant woman who only saw the cat running off behind her and around a corner. Letting out a little giggle, the servant woman shouted for the cat to be careful before returning to her duties. All of the servants had greeted their masters upon their return, so they had all met Lexa and knew she was their Young Misses' new Tamed Beast.
Its fair to say, many men and woman alike were squealing in delight secretly at the prospect of having such a cute cat in the estate.
Soon enough, Lexa arrived at a wide double door at the end of the hall, and using her aura to reach up to the handle, she pulled down on it and opened the door to reveal a large room with a large, elongated table at the centre and several seats surrounding it. There, Lexa found the people she had been looking for picking away at their morning meal.
"Lexa!!" Andria shouted in glee, waving her hands at the new arrival. She was dressed in a loose purple gown and Lexa was surprised to see that her already short hair had been cut even shorter.
"Good morning, please have a seat." Alexander also greet her before requesting a meal for her as well from a nearby servant, who responded dutifully and walked off to a side room which likely lead to the kitchen.
Leaping upon the seat opposite Lexa and next to to Alexander on the head seat, Lexa looked at Andria and her new haircut with a weary glance.
"Hmm?" Andria picked up on Lexa's awkwardness and it didn't click until a second later as she grabbed lightly onto a strand of her blond hair that didn't even reach her shoulders and spoke with a shy smile. "Andria heard when you go through bad times, woman often cut their hair to start off anew... Or so Aunt Lea told me. Andria kinda likes it, don't you?"
Looking into the hopeful eyes of her partner, Lexa didn't hesitate to say. "You look beautiful."
Andria broke out into a beautiful smile and by her side, Alexander also smiled as looked at her, his gaze clearly one of pride and love. But before he could dote on those emotions for too long, he turned his gaze to the cat who had just been given his meal of meatballs and milk.
"We'll be heading off to the Tamer Building after this meal, which is just a little building outside of the main house and only a few dozen steps away. We'll have Jermine look at you there." Alexander explained before taking another spoonful of his veg-filled soup.
"Hmm!" Lexa nodded passively in agreement, her attention not really in the conversation as she devours meatball after meatball, her tongue enjoying the pleasure of a firework of taste. 'These rich folk really get to enjoy good food. That reminds me why I always used to stake out rich folk in my previous life, even their throwaway food was better... And more plentiful at that.'
After their morning meal, Lexa and Andria joined Alexander as they took the small journey to the Tamer Building and upon arrival, Lexa couldn't help the side of her lips twitching upon sight of the building.
'What did Alexander call this building? Little?!' Lexa lamented. While not as large as the main Wilderwolf house, the Tamer Building was probably five times the size of the average civilian house...
Before they could even enter the building, the front doors were slammed open and an eccentric laugh bellowed out as a shadowed shape sauntered into view, it took several seconds for the glare of the sun to subside and give Lexa a good view of this weird fellow...
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Chapter 89: Uncle Jermine
"Welcome back Master, Young Miss." Jermine's voice was chipper and surprisingly youthful considering it belonged to what looked to be a middle-aged man. Though Lexa knew not to compare the age of Magician to normal people, as Magician's had extended lifespans starting at the Inner Haven Rank. The age of Magical Beast's similarly expands with every breakthrough in Ranks, only, a Magical Beast's lifespan varies per their race, giving a wide spectrum that is impossible to generalise like humans.
Jermine was a small but burly man with grizzled features and had long, pulled back white hair that extended into a bushy beard. Overall, he looked like a hardened warrior who had seen his fair share of conflict and came out on top, which Lexa expected came with the job of a Beast Tamer. That could not be a safe job, having to be around several vicious Magical Beasts everyday and trying to handle them, it was inevitable that more than a few Magical Beasts would lash out. For this reason, most Beast Tamer's were well trained in the art of battle along with their main trade as a Tamer.
"It's been a while!" Alexander greeted the short burly man with a warm smile, even leaning in to give the shorter man a strong hug. From this, Lexa could gleam that the relationship between the two could be considered really close, as she had yet to see the cold faced Alexander act as such with any other figure other than his family, which Jermine was certainly not.
"Hey, Uncle Jermine!!" Andria was also full of smiles as she rushed forward and leapt into Jermine's arms with abandon.
"Hahahaham, you little troublemaker!" Jermine laughed brightly as he caught her and pulled her in for a hug, his hand stroking her hair as she laughed happily into his chest. "You never change, child. Someday you're going to send me straight on my arse. Hahaha!!"
Andria laughed sweetly at his words, feeling giddy for hearing a bad word. A second later, Andria's extensive hug was cut short by Alexander pulling her back as he gave Jermine a (fake) stern look. "You're being a bad influence on my girl."
"Hey, I can't be as bad as her grandpa! Hahaha!!" Jermine quipped back, causing a grin to creep up on Alexander's lips and he could only helplessly agree.
When his laughter ended, Jermine finally turned away from his old friend and the young girl he considered as much a niece than any of his other nieces by blood and turned to look deeply at the cat standing by her feet, looking innocently at there whole exchange with mirth in her eyes.
Now looking at the Magical Beast proper, Jermine still found it difficult that a Magical beast like this one before him could even exist, but through the power of his Conscious Eye, he could not deny the flowing aura in the silver cat's body. It had to be understood, that there has never been a Magical Beast he has heard of, even in legends, of Magical Beasts that look exactly like normal everyday animals. Usually, Magical Beasts would have some kind of mutation; an extra tail, a fiery mane, extended fangs. But the cat in front of him looked exactly like a normal house cat, and this fact bewildered him, and he could only come up with several theories.
Snapping out of his hazy inner thoughts, Jermine finally bowed towards Lexa, giving her respect as the Tamed Beast of his Young Miss as he introduced himself. "As the Wilderwolf Family's personal Beast Tamer, Jermine, I would like to personally welcome the Young Miss's Tamed Beast, Lexa to the family."
"Hmm, it is nice to see you too." Lexa smile as she greeted back, and an excited glint could be seen twinkling in her green and red eyes as she drooled in thought secretly. "…And thank you very much for all the future Magical Items you will give to me!!"
Lexa was rather excited at the prospect of gather more Magical Items, her use of the Crimson Iris Bangle in recent days shining a light on how useful and powerful a Magical Item can be, especially one's of Gold Rarity like her own bangle.
After a little more casual conversation between the four, Jermine eventually lead the three into the confines of the Tamer Building. Jermine personally lead them forward, highlighting to Lexa the fact that she could not see any servants littering the building's long halls unlike in the main estate where servants were at every corner. As Jermine lead them forward, him and Alexander began to talk amongst themselves while Andria leaned down to pick Lexa up into her arms. Making sure to continue following her Daddy and Uncle, Andria began to talk with Lexa, creating a conversation of their own.
"Uncle Jermine is Andria's favourite Uncle! He's nearly at Aunt Lea's level, and that's rather hard; Aunt Lea's so cool after all." Andria gushed about her Uncle and Aunt, giving Lexa some new insight into the dynamics of the Wilderwolf family. "Andria likes Uncle Jermine because he's so kind, he lets Andria play with all of his pets!"
Hearing and seeing how Andria's eyes lit up as she spoke of that last part, Lexa began to ponder if Andria actually liked Jermine as much as she actually liked his Tamed Beasts. Lexa never got to ask this thought out loud as at that time, the four of them had just arrived at their destination.
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