Chapter 73 - A Fated Meeting (1) (1/2)

The next morning, Aleen was finishing his daily meditation when he heard a scream coming from the courtyard.

"Kyaaa!!!"

"Claire!?"

Quickly, he stopped meditating and went running to the courtyard.

When Aleen reached there, half of it was on fire.

Claire was standing before the fire in a daze. Aleen pulled her away from the fire and asked in an angry tone.

"What happened!?"

Claire only looked at her hands without answering. Aleen tsked when he saw it and opened a water tap hurriedly to extinguish the fire.

Quickly, the fire was extinguished thanks to the water. Aleen sighed in relief and wiped a drop sweat from his forehead. He then turned towards Claire.

"Will you explain me now what happened?"

With an expression of doubt, Claire continued looking to her hands dazed. Aleen sighed when he saw it, but before he could ask again, the doorbell ringed.

Aleen frowned and went to the door only to find his neighbors there asking about what happened. Aleen quickly apologized and explained that nothing had happened; seeing that everything seemed alright, the neighbors suppressed their curiosity and returned while reminding to Aleen to be careful.

Aleen closed the door with a tired expression. He then returned to the courtyard and found that Claire finally exited her dazed state.

Walking towards her, Aleen put a serious expression. "Can you tell me what happened just now?"

Claire put an expression of doubt and looked to her hands again; then, she shook her head slightly. "I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"I don't… I was training my mana normally on the courtyard when something touched me; then, my mana suddenly went out of control and the birds exploded creating the fire you saw just now."

Aleen frowned when he heard it. "Your mana went out of control? Are you injured?"

"I'm fine, just a bit surprised."

Aleen frown deepened when he heard it. No matter how you see it; it wasn't normal to lose control of your mana without any reason.

Moreover, it was obvious that the power of the explosions was greater than what Claire showed yesterday.

"Do you feel something different? Maybe you awakened a skill?"

Claire thought for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't think so. I feel the same like before."

Aleen sighed relieved when he heard it. Despite it, however, he could not shake the feeling that something could be wrong; so, after hesitating for a moment, he suggested something.

"Claire, what do you think about going to the mall another day? I think it's better if we make sure that nothing is wrong."

"Uh? No no, I'm alright, brother… That probably was just an accident. Don't worry about it." Shaking her head, she smiled thinly indicating that she was fine. "Besides, I want to go out with you today and buy something I saw on internet."

Seeing his sister pleading expression, Aleen suppressed his worry and nodded after hesitating for a moment. "Very well, go and get dressed. I will take a bath quickly and then we leave."

Claire nodded happily and ran up to her room to get dressed. Aleen smiled when he saw it and went to take a bath.

A few minutes later, the pair of siblings departed to visit the mall.