Chapter 194 - Oh no. Not again!

Putting the fact that these two "Mothers" caught these teenagers holding hands, aside rather quickly. Eric decided to cut to the case and ask Commander Alia. "How will we get rid of them?"

"Wow wow! Get rid of them?" Interrupted Ada who obviously isn't a fan of this idea. "Do you realize how dangerous that is? You can't take them on with 10 men." Well at least that's why she wants to stop him from doing something wildly stupid, at least she isn't openly trying to defend the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance.

Hot headed enough, Eric answered without hesitation. "I don't plan to lead my Unit there, I will take this Army on alone." Is he really Ignoring the fact that there are two ill.u.s.tratian Women here who are practically strangers to him and Commander Alia too? How is he this open about such a sensitive topic? This exaggerated Boldness could lead to Silver Kingdom's Platoons making their way down here as well, that would be terribly bad! Lucky for them, these two ladies aren't intending to do anything like that.

"Eric don't be dumb. If we will take them on we need a plan!" Suggested Commander Alia as she tried to pull him away from trouble with Ada's help too.

"A plan? Hold on, I know Eric can blast Fire out of his little fingers but we can't take over 600 men!" Loudly whispered Ada, I guess It is genetic. If only she knew how powerful Eric truly is and how much his value increased over the months not just for the people who stand in unity with him, but for people who want to see him dead too!

"He is a Fire Controller? That's amazing!" Covered Aatë her mouth in amazement. She seems to be quite a fan already, not planning to call Eric a Demon like most of the ill.u.s.tratios (If they encountered a Fire Controller that is.). This is indeed rare to see, because even the people who stood in unity with Zar and his Revolution in the beginning required time to change their views towards Ignites.

"Uh I think we revealed more than we are supposed too..." Pointed out Eric once he decided to focus on the scene here in the Stable instead of the Army. Also, he can't consider this mistake as a team effort, he is the one who revealed everything. Fire broke out over his palm around Ada to begin with. It's all over him.

"Don't worry about it." Ensured Commander Alia who has had the time to get to know Aatë the most, they shared quite a few views once Commander Alia started questioning Aatë's reasons behind her good manners towards Ignites.

"Yes don't worry Eric." Ensured Aatë surprisingly too! At least she and her daughter aren't proving to be a problem for them. "We hate the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance as much as you doo."

With his eyes widening in shock, Eric slightly yelled. "Really?" As he finally agreed to move from his spot, towards the two ladies dragging him out of possible danger.

"That's what I have been trying to tell you until now." Sighed Commander Alia in very slight dissatisfaction but mostly relief. Happy to finally drag Eric further away from danger, he is confused enough to not do anything stupid for now. "Stop giving the Army a hateful Glare and come inside so we can figure out a Plan Kiddo."

"Alright alright." Eric finally agreed and afterwards they walked back in those warm rooms, thankfully there was a Fire going on the Fireplace too so it proved useful. Once Eric let go of rage he remembered how cold it is out here and went back in with a dash!

As they all sat on firm wooden Chairs, Eric for once took charge on such a situation and even put his social anxiety aside to do so, trying to protect the entire Unit. In fact, he wanted to protect them since the beginning, it is why he wants to take on an entire Army by himself. "Before we continue with such a sensitive topic, I need to be sure that we can trust you."

"Understandable." Answered Aatë as she grabbed TeaPot and started pouring black tea on four silver cups. "What do you wish to know?"

"Why do you hate the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance? I'm being direct with you, I need you to be truthful towards us as well." Cut to the case hm? Well that's a good way to negotiate and quite mature as well. He didn't try to beat around the bush with such an important question.

"Well I..." tried to explain Aatë but was shortly after interrupted by her own one and only daughter. "The Alliance killed my father."

"What?!" Shouted Commander Alia in shock, and couldn't help dashing from her Chair and giving Ada a big tight hug. The support felt quite warm, and I'm not saying so because they are standing in front of a Fireplace.

"Ada calm down. We could of explained this slowly." Expressed Aatë, she didn't feel like this drama is necessary but she sure hears the pain on Ada's tone.

"He wanted the truth, there is the truth. The ill.u.s.trian Alliance killed my father!" Repeated Ada as she clung on Eric's hand harder once Commander Alia separated from the hug she gave. It is worth pointing out that Ada didn't let go of his hand and isn't planning too for now, even after he started questioning their loyalty. She showed a bit of understanding even though she was boiling with a lot of bad emotions, Eric is just trying to protect his own after all.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know, I just want my Unit to be safe from the same Alliance that caused you such pain." Tried Eric to explain himself, he is genuinely sorry if he caused these two kind ladies any pain already.

Commander Alia though, was still very curious about one topic. Her skin was itching to know even though it might trigger bad memories. "It might not be my place to ask, but why did they kill him?"

Aatë wasn't stingy with the information either, but she is less intense when explaining about it. Rather slow too, this topic is triggering memories she spend years trying to put behind. It must be hard to talk about. "He was an Ignite, a loving man and a supportive father too. In their eyes however, just another Demon slaughtered by good people."

Eric couldn't take it anymore, he even lost his manners too! "That's bullshit! We aren't Demons. I lost my mother in the same way!" I guess having little rageful outbursts when remembering lost family members is at least one thing these two teenagers have in common.

"I thought Miss Alia is your mother!" Asked Aatë who still dares to call her "Miss Alia". I guess "Commander Alia" really likes her.

"She is... I see her as one and appreciate her effort, but my actual mother was burned Alive!" At such an expression coming from Eric for the first time, Commander Alia couldn't help dropping a couple of tears both out of grief and joy. She is glad that her efforts are appreciated but also tremendously sad to see this child dropping a couple of tears because he misses Isabel, his mother by blood.

"I'm so sorry, at least we have a similar pain to share." Grabbed Ada his attention with a tighter grip around his hand. When he managed to finally attain complete strong eye contact with her, he noticed that she already teared up. She wasn't in a good place. He wanted to hug her, but his body wouldn't just follow along with his idea, he is shy.

"Feelings aside, we need to think of a plan now people." Reminded Commander Alia. They don't have time to explain how powerful Eric is in exact detail, they just need to form an attack plan with the limited resources and Guards they have.

"How's everyone doing." Mildly yelled Mogranius as he dashed through the door and saw Eric holding hand with an ill.u.s.tratian girl. "Did I faint again? Because I had a dream similar to this one last time. Except Eric was flirting with Becky." Well at least we can rest assured that throughout this sadness, a grown goofball like Mogranius will be there to lift the mood with ridiculous wordplay.

"Who is Becky?" Asked Ada partially in curiosity, but also because she was mostly jealous. There isn't much to be jealous about, I mean they barely know each other for an hour now.

Ada's question was answered when Commander Alia covered her mouth and giggled. "A Swordfish."

Feeling that Commander Alia might just be using bad words to describe a girl Eric "loved", she continued to ask with a little bit of hesitation. "Um. Was she prettier than me?"

"Well?" Enhanced Commander Alia the jealousy and nodded her head towards Ada. "Answer the girl." But in actuality she was just trying to make Eric talk more with Ada at least if not more with other people, he isn't the biggest conversationalist. Furthermore, she has become a lot more goofy the more time she spends with Mogranius. His unique self centered humor worked for the better towards her who could grab that energy and shape it how she pleased.

"Of course not, she literally is a fish." Repeated Eric once more in order to assure Ada that there isn't anything to worry about!

"Fish aside. We need a plan!" Expressed Mogranius and sat on a Chair near the Fireplace along with the rest of the group and on a high pitched tone he continued. "Tea please."