Chapter 59: Vol2 Ch21 – A Big Mistake (3)

In Allison’s office, her siblings and Elliot were seated, sharing drinks and sweets. Allison was having sweetened black tea and cake, James and Layla were having coffee and cookies, and Elliot was having regular black tea and several desserts. Elliot recently met with Shiro and Amelia, though the other associate, Gustav, was absent. Because of Shiro’s personality, Elliot could not ask questions about things he wasn’t involved with, so he couldn’t get any information about Gustav’s assignment.

“To think Amelia Evans is on his side,” James said. “It’ll be much harder to find an excuse to go to Icarus just to meet with her, especially without Kye here to help plan it.”

“It’s not impossible, but I don’t think we should try to convert her yet anyway,” Allison said. She took another bite of cake before continuing. “I think we should leave her be for now. She’s doing her job running Icarus just fine, so there’s no problem on that end. It will be annoying to find an archnoble to replace her if things go wrong, and I’m sure Father won’t enjoy having to fill in.”

“Very true. If he has to manage a planet even for a few years, he’ll probably resent us for centuries for messing it up.”

“Do you have any guesses as to what Gustav is doing?” Layla asked.

Elliot shook his head. “I haven’t the foggiest. He’s usually the one in charge of acquiring targets, so I wouldn’t doubt if he’s out searching for someone. It was his subordinates that carried out the attempt to kidnap Lady Kye and Lady Alethea the day they were born.”

“We’ll just have to wait and stay vigilant,” Allison said. “Elliot, are you certain you’re willing to continue doing this? If you want to remain here in Arslade, rather than risk your life meeting with that man, you have my permission. I have a slight suspicion that he’s on to you since Amelia was assigned to assist Gustav.”

“That’s okay, I’m willing to continue.” Elliot gave them a reluctant smile. “I think even if he discovers that I’m reporting to you, he’ll overlook it so long as you allow me to continue giving him some information.”

Layla sighed, but nodded her head. “If you’re certain. We can protect you here, though.” Elliot refused again, so the siblings approved his continued efforts. “From what Kye has told me of this man, he’s very prideful. He probably would relish the challenge from giving out some information to us. He’s also very cunning, so make sure you keep that ring on you at all times.”

Elliot touched the ring on his right hand. It contained a very powerful barrier spell that Kye and Alethea designed to protect him that was jointly enchanted by the Barrett siblings. When activated, the barrier spell could protect him for a period of a single minute and transport him directly to the underground laboratory in the academy.

*****

In the early morning a few days later, each of the Barrett siblings received a message from the Magic King commanding them to report to the palace immediately, specifically in Kye’s residence. When they arrived, they found the guards posted there dead on the floor, Edward and his attendants examining the place, and the place trashed. There was no damage to the outer walls or doors, so whoever intruded did so without physically forcing their way in.

“It’s gotta be someone with an extremely high skill level in space magic,” Michelle said. She, Doran, and Alethea were there discussing the case at the scene, rather than in the Void Palace discussing it with Kye, meaning Kye was out.

“Has Kye been contacted?” Layla asked.

“No,” Alethea said coldly, her pupils constricted. “She’s busy right now, and I want to spare her the anxiety I’m feeling if I can.” She was in such a state of anger that her outward demeanor was eerily calm. “Do you have any ideas?” Doran and Michelle were in similar states, though the look in their eyes could not match Alethea’s.

“What exactly happened? Edward summoned us without saying why.”

Alethea turned her eyes to Layla. Behind the anger and anxiety in her eyes, there was an even greater amount of sadness. “Rei has been kidnapped.”

A sudden silence washed over the room. Layla’s eyes widened, and she fell to her knees. Allison kneeled down to comfort her sister while James immediately began examining every inch of the scene. Layla looked up and met Alethea’s eyes. The two stared at each other for a while. Slowly, Alethea’s pupils dilated back to normal size. She saw the same desperation in Layla’s eyes as she felt in herself. It was then that she noticed a hand on each shoulder, one belonging to Doran and the other to Michelle. She saw the concern in their eyes, too.

As desperation was replaced with determination, Alethea’s body began to glow with an intense aura of white aether with a silver tinge, the same that Kye used to transcend the boundary to save Aisha. Doran and Michelle stepped back in surprise.

I will find her. I have to!

Alethea held up her right hand and released her aether all over the scene. She teleported everyone out. She looked at every single trace of mana and aether, some smaller than what even the Magic King could detect.

Space mana mixed with dark mana. The spell... She closed her eyes and focused on the trace of mana. In her mind, the trace grew in size until she could see each individual mote of mana. The way motes were arranged told her how the mana was used. Short distance teleportation, not more than a few hundred feet. If I spread out my aether, I can find another trace. She held her right hand in the air and began releasing an enormous amount of aether in all directions until the entire palace and royal grounds were covered.

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Every single person on royal property was caught off guard by the sudden wave of silvery white aether that covered everything in sight.

“Alethea?” Doran said.

“Shh, she’s focusing,” Michelle shushed.

After a few moments, Alethea teleported to the next trace, which was outside in midair, and examined it as well. More dark aspected space mana. She studied that trace and found that it was used to cast the same spell. I’ll have to really flex my aether now. She clapped her hands together as if praying and began chanting, “Soul of my love, I call to you in seek of your aid. Our daughter is lost and I seek to find her.” As she spoke, her aether flooded out in all directions beyond the border of the royal grounds. Slowly, it creeped across the city and academy. “I am Maya the Second. I have much aether to offer. Illuminate all before me, that I may find our child.” The expanding aether covered the entire city and academy but showed no signs of stopping. Alethea was slowly ascending the entire time. As she rose into the sky, more and more land became illuminated with her aether. She didn’t stop climbing until she could see the very curvature of the planet. “I vow upon my very soul that I will find Rei Akari and protect her with my life. I need only see. Eye of Providence.”

On the ground, Allison and the others were outside watching, each in awe at what Alethea was doing. Of the group, only Allison had any knowledge of the spell Alethea was casting. Even Doran and Michelle, who were Adel the Third and Adara the Fourth, did not know of the spell.

“Does anyone know about that spell?” Michelle asked. “I’ve never heard of it.”

“Me either,” Doran said. James and Layla replied the same.

“The Eye of Providence is among the most difficult and advanced spells,” Allison said. She could not cast it, but she knew of it. Even so, she was in awe at Alethea’s performance. “It is beyond the ultimate-tier. It is one of the few spells listed in the world-tier.”

“World-tier?” James asked. He glanced between Allison and Alethea. “What in the world? That exists?”

“Yes. In my training a long time ago, a teleportation destination appeared to me in the system menu. It was a place of pure white with a virtually uncountable number of books and such. It’s named the Zen Library. In the archive that we have access to anywhere via administrator privileges, the world-tier list cannot be accessed. It doesn’t even appear as an option. However, in that library, it can be accessed.”

“What the hell did Kye do when she designed this world?” Doran said. “There’s so many cheesy things here that are honestly kind of awesome sounding.”

“Pfft,” Michelle mumbled, suppressing a laugh.

“That spell is not an offensive spell, which is likely why she’s able to cast it,” Allison said. “To be honest, I’m surprised she knows of it, even considering her real identity. Eye of Providence allows one to see anywhere that one’s mana or aether has blessed, or something along that line. The description was very vague. It seems she’s spread her aether as far as the eye can see, I wouldn’t doubt if it’s gone even further. Times like this really remind me of just how much raw power she has. The aether isn’t being channeled into her body through the soul corridor. She’s putting out far more aether than she should normally be able to manage, even with an awakening and aether drive. It’s as though I’m peering into a bottomless pit of aether.”

After a while, Alethea’s aether began to disperse, and she returned to the ground. Her expression was sad, with tears in her eyes. “I tracked every mote of that mana... it leads across the continent and stops on the southern shore. There’s a heavier concentration of mana traces that were used to cast an extremely long distance spatial movement spell. They went off-world. I can’t track them through space. The distance is too much, even if I took the best space suit we have. I can’t manually fly to another planet.” She collapsed to her knees, and her tears flowed freely. “I can’t find her.”

Doran kneeled down and Alethea cried into his chest. Michelle grimaced, looking away while holding back tears. Layla was crying into James’s chest. “Is this what would have happened to Kye if we hadn’t caught that man? Why take such a small child? Have we not been at peace since World War III? Crime like this should be impossible!”

Allison was looking into the sky, wondering the same thing. That’s right. How are they bypassing the crime detection magic? We’ve never allowed the core for Scale of Justice to run below 90% capacity. It’s running properly right now... so how? She looked at the crying mother with a tinge of anger in her eyes. Once Kye finds out... The people that did this... they have made a big mistake.

*****

At the same time on Elea, a certain blonde was getting ready to leave the Akaishi compound and return to the cathedral. She teleported from the compound to the cathedral and walked in. As she approached the big doors leading to the central building, she collapsed to her knees.

“Soul of my love, I call to you in seek of your aid. Our daughter is lost and I seek to find her. I am Maya the Second. I have much aether to offer. Illuminate all before me, that I may find our child. I vow upon my very soul that I will find Rei Akari and protect her with my life. I need only see. Eye of Providence.”

Her vision was overcome with an image of Alethea casting a spell with an enormous amount of aether. What is this? After the spell was over, Alethea landed and started crying, soon embraced by Doran. Her own emotions were shattered as she heard what Alethea said. No... no... NO! The cathedral and the surrounding area were briefly blanketed in a bright silver-tinged white light. When the light faded, Kye was gone.

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