Master Of None

No sooner had Walker's foot touched the last step to the light elemental floor of the mage tower had Midnight pounced on him. She could feel him coming through their bond like a sixth sense. Her, Onyx, Alice, and all the hatchlings had been hard at work training, absorbing mana, and overall improving themselves since they had made the decision to wait for Walker. They had their own improvements but they all felt that they missed immensely. Training in seclusion had been stressful since none of them had done much else.

"I know I went and locked myself away but you don't have to tackle me to the ground every time. What happens when you get bigger or are in your dragonkin form?" Walker laughed and did his best to hug Midnight before trying to push her off of him. However, Midnight was frozen at the moment. She was smelling Walker and noticed that the scent he gave off had a slight change. The closer she looked the more she noticed. The changes in his muscles and the slight spark in his eyes were too clear. They screamed for attention.

"I know I'm a little different. I made a mirror using ice and I think I finally look like the adventurer true hero title holder that has been going through multiple trials to help build a city." The additional proud attitude also came with the support of Midnight who could only agree with the statements. She wanted Walker to get stronger and be able to be with her longer. She had a very small fear that she would get older and stronger ahead of her family making her unable to explore with them. It was a fate that she believed she might face because she was a dragon that should live a very long time.

The hatchlings were much more active seeing Walker this time. They had been learning and trying to get a hold of what was going on in the world. This time training and absorbing large amounts of light elemental mana had improved their unhealthy state from being dormant by leaps and bounds. Now they were much more healthy and ready to see the world. On top of that, Onyx had been sure to share all the stories and lessons his family had been teaching him while he grew. But the mix of little shadowy noodles still made Walker stifle additional Laughter. If Onyx played his cards right he might have a sea of abyssal serpents in the shadows.

"Brother, welcome back. We have been waiting for you." The pride in Onyx's voice was matched by the tall stature he held. While training with Midnight for the past few days he had unconsciously caught the habit that Midnight had to raise her head higher when he spoke of things she was proud of.

"I can see that. It seemed like you and Midnight both have a bit more of a glow around you. I can't wait to see what you figured out. But you didn't stay here the entire time, right?" Walker looked at Alice, who was still silently standing but clearly tired. Even the heavenly serpent showed a small amount of fatigue due to its young age.

"We can shortly after you begin to train. We could feel it and needed to be near." Onyx didn't even lie. They had all been there.

"I see. Well, then that's good but it's time to eat." Walker let Onyx and Midnight take the lead while he went to Alice and the heavenly serpent. "I see you are doing well Arora, it's nice to see your eyes have become more lively but it seems that they have tired you out." Arora accepted the small head pat from Walker and closed her eyes. Alice on the other hand started giving Walker a serious look, "Should I take it you have made a pretty great breakthrough too?"

The way Alice looked at Walker spoke more than anything she could say, however, when she opened her mouth and started to sing softly. The light elemental mana began to gather in to many images of Onyx and Midnight training against each other. The hatchlings were always watching in the periphery while images of Alice training and singing while the others battled it out appeared. Walker was amazed by the new level of control and detail that came from the soft singing that Alice had begun. It had been a short time but it was all too clear that Alice had fully focused purely on control of her voice and how she manipulated the elemental mana. It was similar to what Walker had done but in a constant direction of a single elemental mana.

"That's…wow." His words failed him. He could only look around in awe until Alice stopped and gave a triumphant smile. "You know you are amazing right?" The realization that he was openly complimenting the woman he cared for was completely over Walker's head. He had said it in a way that spoke of how stunned he was for the beauty that Alice could create with just a few words of a song.

Alice's reaction was better than Walker expected and found that she had kissed him before he had even opened his mouth to say another word. He couldn't help but become stunned all over again while she started to nudge him toward the stairs toward the lower floors. On them, she hummed softly. Even though they were entering the other elemental floors there was still light that gathered and showed Walker the training that she and the others had done. The images enlightened him and showed just how hard they had worked at the same time as he had been training to his maximum as well. The entire family was going to be more powerful in the future and that was a fact.

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