What written in the letter was
At the night after you arrived at Phoenix house, I'll take the life of your precious Edmond Davies -The White Cat"
"Huh? Taking…. my life?"
Edmond got a goosebumps
No this it's not time to be scared, you need to confirm it
He compared the two letters and it's looking exactly like each other
"So is it true… why did he wanted to kill me though? What did I even do?"
And we even live really far away from each other, so he's definitely have no way to know who I actually am
"So you've read it"
Marquis Davies was suddenly awake
"Father?"
"You don't have to worry, we will definitely catch him"
So that actually why he's taking me with him? Using me as a bait? Aren't the most logical thing to do is don't bring me with you at all?
"Father… are you planning to use me as a bait?"
"No….. yes I planned to do that please blame me, it's grand duke Desrosiers Idea yet I agreed to it"
Grand duke Desrosiers? Oh right Eleanor's family, well it's make sense, Desrosiers definitely the one who suffered the most from White Cat since he probably done most of his crime in the capital and Phoenix's territory just happened to be nearby, so Grand duke Desrosiers order him to do this? He still in the wrong though, after all I'm his son
"So grand duke Desrosiers know about this letter?"
"Yes, I told this to some of the guard that are with us as well, so someone must have told it to someone in Desrosiers"
"And when did you get this letter?
"About a week ago, the same time as the request for help in catching the White cat"
"Wait isn't this meant someone in Desrosiers must be the White Cat? Since The white know that you got requested for help before you even got the request letter"
"Yes, there's a investigation in Desrosiers house right now, so you don't have to worry"
"No clue was found so far?"
"…yes, but don't worry, every guard and knight available that night will guard the Phoenix mansion and I'll be in your room"
That problematic, if I alone with him I can try to reveal the truth, 042 will definitely spare me
"Edmond are you okay?"
"No father, I'm gonna be a bait after all, how can I be okay?"
"Sorry… I'll teach you swordsmanship when we're back"
"No, I don't need it anymore and I'm mad"
"…"
Two months later they finally arrived and Marquis Phoenix and his two children come to greet them
"Hello Elvin! My old friend! This is my two children, come on Alexander, Abigail come meet him!"
Wow they hair really are red like really really red, the novel wasn't overstate it after all
"Hello Marquis Davies, I'm Alexander Phoenix, my father and me it's delighted to meet you"
"Hello uncle Elvin!"
"Hey Abigail that wasn't nice"
"It's fine, I'm glad you see me as your uncle even though we've met each other for the first time"
"Father telling me a lot about you!"
"Is that right? I'm really happy to hear that, and more importantly, this is my son"
"I'm Edmond Davies, it's nice to meet Marquis Phoenix"
Marquis Atticus Phoenix take a closer look at Edmond
"This is you child huh?"
"Yes, any problem?
"Well I just worried about him, because you know.., anyway Alexander, Abigail please get along with him, me and Elvin want to have a little talk"
"Yes father"
"Yes dad!"
The two dad left leaving thier kid alone
"I'm going back to my studies"
Alexander also left
"Sorry about that, my big brother is weird"
"I don't mind"
Yeah I completely forgot about him unti now anyway
"My dad said I should try to get along with, you but I actually have something else today already do you mind?"
"What's your plan for today Abigail?"
"Watch the knight training in the training ground"
Huh? She did that? I thought she would messing around with fire magic already
"Mind if I join you? I also interested in skill of the knight"
After all they're the one who will protect me tonight
"Sure let's go!"
They're heading to the training ground, and there's one person who shine the brightest that catch Edmond attention, a white hair kid that beating five adult at once in sword practice
"Ah~ sir Soleil~ aren't he the brightest"
"Abigail who's that guy?
"Sir Soleil? He's around our age yet he's a legitimate knight, who's even assigned as personal knight for lady Eleanor, he's here about a week ago to help us with something, but I don't know what is it either, isn't he the brightest? I met him many months ago when I visited capital and I can't stop thinking about him"
Personal knight of Eleanor? Never heard of it, definitely an anomaly here, so he's reincarnated person? No he can still be someone who's influenced by reincarnated person, so maybe it's Eleanor herself?
But someone from Desrosiers, someone who have benn here about a two month ago, and close with someone who can prevent him from being investigated, he definitely too suspicious
"Oh? Young lord Edmond, you're here to watch us practice?"
A knight coming to greet him
So they all have been inform about me huh? … maybe this is the right time to show my skill
"Can I joined too?"
"But young lord Edmond you've never learn how to fight?"
"So should I start at the training ground right?"
Edmond immediately grab a wooden sword from the training ground and go straight to Soleil and everyone surprised by his action
"Soleil was it? I want a sparing match with you"
"lord Edmond!?"
"Isn't there's any problem?"
"No Young lord Edmond, of course we can spare!"
They both get ready and get into the position
Edmond strike first but as thier swords collided Soleil pretend to be weak and get knocked to the ground by it
"Oh young lord Edmond you beat me"
This f*cking bastard, acting like I'm a kid?
"You think you can fool me? Come on don't act like I'm kid and get serious now get up"
"Okay then, please don't be upset with me after this"
They both getting into the position and ready for battle again
Edmond move first but Soleil quickly counter his attack then attack Edmond again repeatedly giving him no room to recover his momentum, then Soleil about to aiming the tip of his sword Edmond to finish the fight
But Edmond use enhancement magic to enhance his body and use aura to cover his sword, and with the speed and strength boost he use all his power to try to counter and knock the sword out of Sollei hand at the moment that Soleil think he's about to win
Edmond do just that and everyone who's watching surprise again, but the sword still in Soleil hand it's just only make him flinch
"Nice one young lord Edmond, are you sure you've never fight before?"
"Who's know? why don't you really get serious and try to find the answers?"
"Alright, you asked for it"
Soleil cover his sword with his aura too
Wow looking at that aura he's at least at 6 circle aura now
But he not done yet, he's also use light magic making his sword shine
"Wait if you do that-"
The wooden sword suddenly explode because it can't take all those power
"Oof, I forget it was just a wooden sword, I guess I lost then"
"You idiot, are you hurt anywhere?"
Edmond rush in to look at Soleil condition, his hand is full of wounds from the explosion
"Don't worry that happened to me very often, I'm prepared for it"
Other knight go get high quality potion for him and he's fully healed
"Wanted to do it again"
"No, You make me don't want to anymore"
Abigail running to them
"Sir Soleil what is that? Are you hurt anyway?"
"I'm fine, you see I'm fully healed now"
"he use both aura and magic at same objects, normally they both don't mixed well together and it will explode if there's too much, of course if the object is strong enough or you use small enough amounts of both you'll be fine but at that point you better just you one instead"
"Really know a lot lord Edmond, may I ask who teach to this, for what I know I only heard that you have never learned swordsmanship"
"I read about it in a book and I also secretly train myself too, since my father not allowed me to learn swordsmanship yet"
Well technically I'm telling the truth
"I see, so you're very talented young lord Edmond"
"So what kind of magic you use to the sword?"
Abigail asked
"It's light magic lady Abigail, it's make my sword hotter in the power, but it will not really felt hot like fire magic though, so just another layer of power that make my sword stronger if you will"
"You think I can use magic as well?"
"Of course I think you'll be really good at it lady Abigail especially for fire magic, what do you think lord Edmond?"
"I'm sure she'll be really good at fire magic like her father"
In this world there's two type of magic
first there's general magic that anyone who have mana can use if they have enough just like I usually use and the second was elemental magic which only for the one which the corresponding elemental mana can use, which mostly only have one element per person but of course it can be more in very rare case
"If you both think so, I'll learn fire magic then!"
You normally learned that many months ago
"Soleil Can I talk to you alone?"
"Of course lord Edmond"
They both go to where's no one can see
"So lord Edmond what do you want to talk about?"
"It was you isn't? You're the White Cat"