Chapter 49 - 48: Shooting One's Own Foot

"What are you talking about?" Viona looked at Amelia, and a frown emerged on her face. She had no idea what was going on. But, one thing was clear. If she was asking for forgiveness then she must have done something wrong.

"Huh?" Amelia looked at her mother with confused eyes. She failed to understand what just happened. She was clearly expecting some harsh scolding.

"What did you do? It must be something extreme if you fell on my feet." Viona's face began to turn menacing. She had heard something along the line that 'I should have told him'.

Amelia began to sweat. She seemed to have realized her mistake and looked towards Leo. She saw him giving signs to abort her mission. It was now clear to her that she had shot herself in the foot.

"Why are you silent now?" Viona frowned when she saw Amelia going silent all of a sudden.

"Hahaha!! April Fool Mom!" Amelia suddenly burst into laughter.

"It's June," Viona said with a straight face.

"I love you mom," Amelia said with a smile and leapt up in Viona's arm. She cuddled with her acting like a spoiled child.

"You are not going to fool me with this," Viona said with a smile. She had already gotten used to the girl's tactics by now. But, she didn't push her away. It was clear that she loved it as well.

Vanessa smiled looking at the mother and daughter. She also glanced at Leo for a second. She had clearly caught the sight of him sending signals to Amelia. She was wondering what was going around. And, to be honest it was quite unbelievable. She had never seen those two do anything, but fight since they had entered their teenage years.

"Did anything happen in the Academy? Did she cause any trouble?" Viona asked as she looked at Leo.

Amelia gave Leo a pleading look. If he said the truth, she would be done for.

Leo sighed looking at her, and then shook his head.

Amelia finally breathed in relief, but she was celebrating too early.

"You two really are in sync in such a situation. I wonder what happened in the morning though." Aaron's voice sounded around in the hall and the People turned their heads to see him enter the place.

Amelia's face immediately turned pale. She could clearly see, he was pissed. Aaron was really scary when he was pissed. After all, it was very difficult for someone to piss him off. But, when someone did, you were bound to regret it.

"Why are you two silent now?" Aaron glared at both Leo and Amelia. He didn't seem happy with Leo as well. "You two can coordinate perfectly here. But, what about earlier?"

"What's going on, Aiden?" Viona asked with a frown,

"Will you say it out or do you want me to do it?" Aaron looked at Amelia and she instantly started to tear up.

In the end, she admitted to her mistake and told what happened. With that, Leo's first day at school and the events that took place were also made known to her.

It left Viona in shock.

Amelia was still one thing. But to think that Aiden would someday get in trouble. This was really something new to her.

Anyway, the results were pretty much within the expectations. Amelia was grounded with her smart link taken for the whole week. She would fulfill all her responsibilities that she had initially promised to do. If not, her punishment might even get extended.

Amelia cried when it happened and immediately ran up to her room. Vanessa looked at her and slowly left the dining table going after her.

Leo felt a little bad for her. But he couldn't do anything about it.

"Don't hide such things, Aiden. Even if you think that you are doing it for her, it isn't working that way." Aaron suddenly turned towards Leo. "She has become so irresponsible that she didn't even realize how important it was for you to know about certain matters."

"And, to top that she even has become shameless enough to ask for your help. Did she not even realize that it was you, whom she caused trouble for."

Leo couldn't retort to that. Viona too kept quiet allowing Aaron to handle the situation.

"I will keep it in mind from next time," Leo replied with a forced smile on his face. It was clear that he was not finding the situation entertaining.

…

Leo went back to his room. And, the first thing he did was, checking on the galactic net about the mark on Vanessa's wrist. It turned out to be true. It was related to some squad from the Temple of light.

Leo tried to search for the different version of the mark that he had seen on that man's hand. But, he couldn't find anything at all.

"Beep!"

A message suddenly popped up on Leo's smart link. It was from some group of their batch in the Academy.

He opened the message and a video feed popped out from within.

"Aiden Silver! You coward! Don't run and hide after planting a sneak attack on me. If you have the guts then come and do a 1v1 with me."

Leo's face twitched and the next moment, he realized it was the same guy whom he had kicked in the face.

In the end, he just shook his head. He wasn't ready to face him at his current level.

"If I don't see you around tomorrow, you better drop that Silver from your name." The last words in the video hit Leo hard.

He had seen Aiden's monologue. It was very hard for him, but he had never compromised with his family's dignity.

' No, don't be emotional. Going there will only get your ass kicked.' Leo tried to remind himself.

At this moment, the door suddenly flung open and Vanessa walked in while dragging Amelia with her.

This took Leo by surprise, but luckily he wasn't in any awkward condition.

"How many times do I have to remind you to knock on the door?" Leo asked Vanessa with a frown.

But she just ignored Leo and grabbed his wrist, "Let's go. We are going to have some fun tonight."

It seemed Leo's opinion wasn't even needed. He was dragged alongside Amelia as well.

But before they could get out of the house, Viona's voice sounded, "Where do you think you people are going?"