Epic Of The Demonic Sage

Countess Lita sat down immediately at the side of her son\'s bed and reached for his hand. "What is it, Asher? What did you discover?"

Kiana had told her that he needed time away from the mansion to take care of the assassin, so she patiently waited for him.

"There was… there was this note on the assassin\'s body. I had missed it before when I inspected him, and so did the healers when they tried to treat him, but I\'ve discovered it recently and it showed me the details that I was looking for." Lucius said.

Kiana pursed her lips. She wanted to believe Asher right away and thought that while he did have news… the method that he discovered it through though, was a different matter.

With the fire burning and even the healers combing through the assassin\'s body, it should have been discovered right away… but Asher took more than a day to come back with results.

Kiana didn\'t think the Lost were capable of giving answers too, if he had turned the assassin into one. However, Kiana didn\'t want to ask and continued to listen to him.

"Did you discover who he was working for?" Countess Lita\'s eyes sharpened, her grip tightening slightly.

"The man\'s name was Biroy and he is an assassin of the Bergan\'s band."

"Bergan\'s band?!" Countess Lita\'s eyes widened as she glanced at her son, who had never done anything wrong to warrant an assassination attempt. "What were they thinking touching you? They won\'t last another day after this, I swear! We\'ll inform your father and this group\'s existence will end for their treachery!"

Lucius watched Lita furiously make vows about annihilating the Bergan\'s Band, and while he did appreciate that this family greatly cared for the body that Lucius was occupying, he didn\'t want them making any errors in judgment.

"I don\'t think that\'s a great idea, mother." Lucius said.

"They need to suffer for what they did to you, what they did to our family!" the Countess raged.

It only stopped when Lucius squeezed her hand and then offered her a smile.

"It won\'t do us any good to provoke them openly with our power, but there is a way we can covertly make them suffer instead, mother."

Those words said with a smile was enough to make Countess Lita slow down a little to look at her son. Once again, she was reminded of how her son was like his father.

"What did you have in mind, Asher?" the Countess asked. "We\'ll do our best to support you where we can, we can\'t let this group run free without consequences."

"I share the same sentiment." Lucius nodded. "I plan to use of rune beasts to enact this plan, mother. They\'ll serve as a way to make the Bergan\'s Band suffer."

Countess Lita looked at her son and knew that he probably thought of a brilliant way to make use of the beasts, but as her anger slowed down… she suddenly worried about him again.

"I\'ll talk with your father about this, Asher. If we get express permission from him to do it, then we\'ll proceed as you planned."

"Thank you, mother." Lucius said.

Countess Lita took a deep breath and glanced around Asher\'s current room and was grimly reminded of the fire and assassination attempt.

She thought that being part of the Inanis Family would shield her son from harm and danger. Lita and her husband would have done everything to protect Asher… and yet it was probably because of the Inanis name that her son was targeted as a result.

The Countess was glad and relieved with all the changes that occurred with Asher over the past few months. It was not only because he elevated the Inanis family with his innovation and genius… but because she became a little at ease with her worries about him.

Lita was confident that even without herself and the Count, Asher would be able to handle himself on his own.

But for now, while Lita and his father were still around, they\'d do their best to take care of him as much as they could.

"I\'ll let you get some more rest first, Asher. Don\'t push yourself too hard today either." Countess Lita gently told her son, a smile on her face before she left the room.

"I\'ve spent too much time resting already," Lucius said as he glanced at Kiana. "Would you like to hear more about my plans? I wasn\'t able to fully discuss it with mother, but I\'d like to hear your thoughts on it."

Kiana knew that she wouldn\'t be able to actually make Asher get some rest when he insisted on discussing his plans, so she decided to give in to his wishes instead.

"Of course, I\'ll do my best to help you where I can, Asher." Kiana said. "Are you finished with your meal, though?"

There was still the tray of breakfast that Kiana had brought for Asher and he had mostly left it untouched while he had talked with them about the Bergan\'s Band.

"Fine, I\'ll talk while I eat." Lucius knew that being stubborn with his meals won\'t help him at maintaining his health.

"Good." Kiana smiled, relieved to see him partake in his breakfast.

She needed to remind him every now and then, because somehow, even a child was better at keeping track of when to eat or not.

Asher prioritized other things over a meal.

"… So what beast will you be using, Asher?" Kiana asked after he ate a bit more.

"Plow worms." Lucius said.

Kiana blinked and stared at him. "Weren\'t you going to need Plow worms for their rune crystals?"

"Yes, and since you\'ve informed me that we cannot kill Plow worms as they are a protected species, I\'ll just allow them to wreak havoc themselves until they die and then recover the Rune Crystals from their bodies."

Lucius had checked the law, and knew that it was alright to take rune crystals as long as their death was through natural means.

"The rune crystals degrade quickly within a corpse though." Kiana frowned.