The east gate of the city was a bit lively but it was not because of the major's arrival. This place was particularly noisy because it was where most traders enter to sell their products, in short it was the place of business in the capital city.
Cygnus looked outside and saw several things that he liked. He looked at Mr. C so the butler jumped from the carriage and landed gracefully on the ground. He went to swiftly purchase everything that Cygnus eyed.
Meanwhile the carriage continued towards the gate and before it left, the passenger was checked first. When the guards saw the master's token, they let him pass. The carriage continued on for another mile when they finally saw the major and his men riding their cavalry horses.
Cygnus knocked on the wood and the coach man stopped the carriage a few meters away. He then stepped out of the carriage and waited for the entourage to get near them.
Linius raised his hand and his men stopped. He jumped down from his horse and a soldier came to take it. He walked towards the master followed by the lieutenant.
"I didn't think that you'd really come," Linius commented after he walked towards the man.
"Hello, Sir Rigel, it is nice to see you again," the lieutenant greeted him with a smile.
"It is also nice to see you again lieutenant," he greeted back. He then looked at Linius, "Of course I'll come and greet you."
"Alright, let's go," he walked towards the carriage and was the first one to enter. The lieutenant followed them behind.
Inside the carriage, Lisbon started to explain the current situation of the town. Alfonso, though it burned to the ground, the people living in it were not gone. Once there were materials and resources, they started to rebuild their homes again. This time, most of them already have their homes.
By the end of the year, the lieutenant told them that Alfonso will be back on its feet. He also left soldiers from the major's men to protect the town and Ginehart had sent a skilled man to oversee the redevelopment of the town. Now the town was in a smoother progress.
"Hmmm...good for them then and you don't have to tell me all of this." Cygnus was not really interested in that matter. Whether the town recovers or not, it didn't have anything to do with him.
"Well, I also did it for the major since he hasn't heard about it yet," Lisbon scratched his head as he looked embarrassedly at the both of them.
Cygnus looked accusingly at the major. He didn't expect him to be this sly. "I won't argue anymore then."
The carriage together with the major's men entered the east gate. Mr. C also took this chance to sit beside the driver of the carriage. The carriage went straight to the manor while the other soldiers went straight to the barracks where they will rest for now.
Inside the manor, "Now that my duty as your brother is done, can I go now?" Cygnus wanted to leave and continue with his fun but before he could leave Linius had something to say.
"Don't go overboard, the tower is already in a mess, don't make it even messier." Linius reminded him before he sent the master away.
Once he heard that the tower had some problems he already knew who caused it. The master really didn't care even though there were innocent people being harmed by his actions. He was not that righteous but he wasn't insensitive either but the master doesn't feel anything.
Even while Lisbon was explaining the status of the town, the master looked bored instead of concerned. He shook his head and instead moved on with the matter he was about to discuss with the lieutenant.
Cygnus went straight to his room and rummaged through the things that the butler bought for him. He was nodding his head while examining the items, one by one. "These are good ones, keep them together with the other items."
He threw an orb, a sword and a staff towards the butler as for the others, he let the butler deal with them. It was a waste of money but the butler couldn't reprimand the master because it was his money.
"What are you doing after this?" The butler asked after he kept the other weapons in a different storage.
"I'm going to check on my on going masterpiece." Cygnus sat down and called Ari to show him what was going on inside the tower. The butler then left to prepare some snacks for him.
During this time the academy was once again in an uproar. Nobody thought that someone would have the courage to talk to Ezio. It was even more surprising that the person who would do that woul be William Ginehart.
He was one of the people who would secretly sneer at Ezio but just after a few days, he was now talking with the man. Rumors had started to spread regarding him but he simply didn't care.
"Have you heard about the news? The magic tower suffered damages in just the span of a week! How tragic is that!" William exclaimed as he sat on the vacant seat in front of Ezio's table.
He had been blabbering nonstop ever since he entered the room. Ezio couldn't help but sigh and frown because the other was relentless. He even brought with him one other annoying person.
Together with William was Vinya, who was acting shy and remaining silent. She would only smile here and there but she wouldn't talk that much. Both of them had been hounding him.
"And what does that have to do with me?" Ezio asked in an annoyed tone but this only made William grin.
"Finally you are talking!" He even raised his hands in the air before patting the other's back. "Well it should be your concern since the magic tower gives you a special treatment."
Ezio didn't like hearing those words and it only made him angry, "Stop talking about them. Even if that tower crumbled into dust, I do not care."
Ezio didn't want to be associated with them any longer because he wasn't like them. In fact he was very happy when he heard about the news. To see the proud and mighty tower suffering made him grin.
Then his thoughts went to the master who was in the capital, he thought that maybe he had something to with it. There was a possibility and if so he was more reassured that the master will come to take him away soon.
"You really hate the tower huh? Did they do something wrong to you?" William suddenly asked out of the blue.
He noticed that whenever he would say or talk about the magic tower, no matter how cold he may be, Ezio would always frown and scrunch his brows. He has such a strong reaction towards the tower that the thought of him hating the tower came to William's mind.
"That's none of your business," Ezio glared. He did not want to talk about it with a stranger, he'd rather tell it to the master and hear his scolding.
Since he didn't want to be pushy, William left that at that before he started with another topic which was still related with the next topic. Ezio was confused as to why he would even talk about it because William suddenly started to talk about why Ginehart doesn't like any of the mages related to the tower.
"Do you know why the Ginehart dukedom despises magic users that are affiliated with the tower? He suddenly asked with his expression that turned solemn. He was reminiscing about the past, like he had witnessed it.
"I don't really care," Ezio frowned but the other was not actually paying attention to him because he was looking outside of the classroom.
"That's because they caused the demise of the current head's father," William revealed.
Vinya wasn't shocked maybe because she already knew about it because of her family background. Ezio didn't have much reaction either but deep inside, he was slightly shocked.
