บท 26: Nobles

chapter 26.

01. Reskeme stammered at the accusation of the person in front of him. Reskeme really didn't want torture or a beating from the house guards. He stared at the young boy who looked age 6 or 7, The young boy was dressed in shiny clothing and was holding a small knife that he had drawn from a gem covered case. Reskeme held up his hands and said I didn't hurt your older brother. Reskeme was not of course afraid of the boy. That didn't mean he didn't fear the two bodyguards in shiny looking armour behind the Young noble. With much less confidence The young boy said," Your not,? my brother said it was a young commoner in a messenger suit and white hair." Reskeme realized if he played his cards right he could get out of this situation without trouble. Reskeme said," I am an illusionist, that is why my hair is white." The young noble now seemed much more curious than angry and said "Really a mage that's so cool." Reskeme asked the noble in a kind tone,"what is your name? The boy now was really confused as he had thought the person who attacked his older brother would be a mean jerk, not a kind person. With a little excitement, the boy said "I am Elija Marte," the boy completely forgot about his weapon in his hand as he excitedly came forward saying excitedly "show me magic!!"

02. Reskeme said, "I am Reskeme nice to meet you," lord Elija jogged forward leaving the guards behind in bafflement, at Reskemes words the young boy said excitedly "Can you make my knife glow?" Elija presented the weapon to Reskeme who examined it curiously he wondered that the boy would just pass it to him easily.? He then realized this was why the boy had guards. Reskeme found he rather liked the excitable kid. Reskeme channelled his mana and took hold of the small knife noticing that the blade was dull. Reskeme didn't comment as he focused and made the weapon glow bright red followed by a second layer, After all impressing the boy could be the difference between life and death. The end result made Elija gasp as his weapon appeared to be on fire. The young noble dropped the dagger before reaching excitedly to poke at the fire. Upon noticing there was no heat the young noble picked it back up and excitedly giggled he swung the weapon around. Reskeme had to admit it the illusion didn't look too much like fire but the glow and the flickering were still really cool he thought.

03. Reskeme said, " soo Elija do you like your new weapon?" the young noble joyfully said," you are so cool I can't wait until I get better at using my magic." Reskeme was baffled as he said, "what kind of magic do you have?" The young noble sheepishly said, "I have a kind of magic called fire magic, or as my father said battle magic." Reskeme Smiled and said, "that means soon you will be able to create a flaming weapon of your own."The young noble stood tall and puffed out his chest as He said."I will be the best fire mage ever." Reskeme said, "I came here to deliver a message to your father do you think you can go get him for me.?" The young noble shouted, "servant send a message, that a messenger is here to see my father has arrived." A servant that Reskeme had failed to notice by the door quickly opened it and entered the huge mansion. Reskeme got an idea and said," would you like me to change your hair colour too? The young boy now with dreams of being the best fire mage said," Can you change my hair a bright red?" Reskeme rubbed his chin and said," of course I can for a friendly young fire mage like you."

04. Elija was smiling ear to ear at the compliment of his ability as a fire mage. Reskeme channelled his mana and covered the hair of the boy in his mana creating a spell, imagining bright red glowing hair, Reskeme felt no reason why he couldn't lay this spell as well to seem like the boy's hair was also on fire. Elija excitedly ran to the pool and examined his hair, all the excitement caused the guards who generally watched over the boy to gasp thinking the boy was in trouble. the guards drew weapons and were heading to the boy when Elija jumped up and down shouting "I'm The best Fire mage! I'm the best fire mage!" Reskeme laughed at the young nobles antics, The guards gave reskeme a warning look but put away their weapons, they were clearly amused by the young nobles fun. The guards looked like they wanted to get between him and Reskeme but also didn't want to take the wrath of The boy's father.

05. Reskeme watching the young noble run over and pick up what looked like a leather circle, He returned to Reskeme and said let's play catch with this ball. Reskeme wasn't sure what he meant until Elija tossed the ball to him. Reskeme caught it and noticed it was soft and felt light, He was amazed at the invention of using leather to create something to play with. Elija said, " Make the ball glow" Reskeme was beginning to see a theme as the young exited noble asked him to make a leather ball look like it was on fire. Reskeme sighed and channelled his mana wrapping the ball in a blue glow, he only created one layer of mana. Reskeme felt he would soon be unable to channel anymore at this rate. The ball began glowing and he threw it to the exited noble. The noble caught the ball and kicked it back to Reskeme who missed the glowing ball. Elija was laughing and every time he kicked the ball he would say pew fireball. Reskeme was having so much fun he failed to notice when lord Marte exited the doors and watched in complete shock at his son and a stranger playing kick with a ball on fire.

06. The guards were upset at the fact that the boy's hair was on fire. They didn't seem to mind the fact he had a burning knife and was playing catch with a ball on fire. Everyone who didn't know what was going Had their mouths wide open in bafflement. Including Mark who had left the building with his father, Mark was staring with murder in his eyes at Reskeme while his father was smiling at his youngest and the most promising of his sons. Reskeme finally noticed the man who was dressed in expensive-looking clothes covered in bright looking gems and gold stitched clothing. Reskeme knew he might be in trouble when he noticed Mark who was standing beside the older man. Reskeme smiled When Elija ran to his father and said look father "I'm a powerful fire mage now." The lord Marte smiled at his son and turned to Reskeme and said," I assume it was you who granted my son these illusions?" lord Marte had a kind deep voice, He said, "May I read your message so we can get business out of the way.?" One guard took the letter from Reskeme and handed it to Lord Marte.

07. The lord Marte's face turned dark before he looked at the clearly happy Elija and back to the furious Mark. Reskeme stood by getting ready to run like hell, he was not willing to get flogged and was ready to run if he needed to. Elija smiled presenting his flaming dagger and said, " Father the messenger is so cool he made me these illusions to look like I'm a fire mage." The clearly pissed off Mark yelled," That is the jerk who bit off my ear." Elija yelled, "Reskeme would never do that father he is really nice." Reskeme noticed his chance, He said," I would never bite a human that is gross," Reskeme chuckled and said," the only thing I would take a bite out of would be a peacock or a chicken" this last part he noticed the rage and hate flare on Marks's face. Reskeme said, " we have never met until today, I have never met Your older son lord Marte. Reskeme bowed to the lord Marte as he looked at the bandaged ear of Mark. Reskeme smiled innocently, both his comment and the excitement of the young Elija made lord Marte pause. Lord Marte turned to Mark and said, "are you sure this nice young man is the person who attacked you?" Lord Marte was glaring menacingly at his son then back to Reskeme. Mark Rubbed the back of his neck and mumbled, "I may have been unable to see him very well as it was dark."

08. The glare Of lord Marte was intense as he really didn't like his son to disgrace the house, Marte. Reskeme slyly winked at Mark who noticed his mischievous smirk. Reskeme was happy to note that lord Marte had believed his little lie. On the other hand, Mark looked angrier than ever. Reskeme was lucky he had befriended the young Elija as he was sure Lord Marte would have been much harder to convince without convincing his son first. Reskeme smiled at the lord Who had informed a maid to fetch him some writing equipment. The lord Marte wrote a letter and sealed it with a pointlessly large ring. Reskeme was waiting for the message to deliver When he noticed that Mark was currently whispering intensely to one of the guards and glancing at Reskeme. Reskeme knew even if he convinced THe lord Marte, His son was a different matter. Reskeme collected the sealed letter from lord Marte. Lord Marte said, " Deliver this back to your guild as soon as possible the news is urgent. Reskeme smiled and bowed, He moved to leave when Elija said, "can you come to visit again? Elija continued I really want to learn some magic I will surely show you how good I am next time." Reskeme turned towards Elija and said," I'm sorry I don't think your brother likes me," Reskeme said this with a sad smile.

09. Elija turned to his brother and demanded, "You don't get to hurt Reskeme he is my friend." Mark grumbled and looking from his glaring father to his smiling and happy younger brother before saying" alright, I won't hurt Reskeme." Reskeme didn't believe for a moment that He was safe from Mark. Reskeme seeing the young boys hopeful expression said," I will do my best to visit you again soon."Elija whooped and waved his dagger in excitement as he ran around the yard. He smiled turned and with a letter in hand headed out of the massive gardens and through the gates of the mansion. Reskeme could hear Elija in the background shouting excitedly as he kicked around the fireball, causing Reskeme to smile. Reskeme whistled and laughed to himself, That young noble was entertaining and Reskeme had to admit he actually liked the younger boy. He made his way back towards the Slums in a hurry as he was sure Mark wouldn't have been happy with that kind of humiliation. Reskeme heard running behind him as He ran quickly through the alleys. Reskeme had a feeling that It was Mark coming for some Revenge, Reskeme rounded a corner and glanced over his shoulder only to notice one of the house guards chasing him, making his odds much worse. Reskeme decided he should head for the slums as maybe he could lose the guard on the chase. Reskeme knew he would be in serious trouble if the guard caught him.