Atlas: Lightning From The Wild West
13: ABOUT THE FATHER

ABOUT THE FATHER

In the south, the soldiers who had managed to escape from the North immediately came to face Ignis and reported.

"Excuse our cowardice Sir!! However, their forces are too strong and only we are left. The others have fallen and been caught" said one of them prostrating to someone on a magnificent throne that person was none other than Ignis.

"Continue!" Reply Ignis.

"Master Ken also managed to get caught by someone. What we heard was that the man was wearing a very distinctive hat, a western cowboy hat with a red scarf around his neck. The man was a lightning magic user" he said.

"Once again forgive us, sir!" Further

"It's okay, I didn't expect more. However, it was quite troublesome if Ken was caught" Ignis retorted.

"Hm. alright, then order my children Ignael and Iglea to save Ken. Ken's the best advisor here, I can't lose him" Ignis said.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory, the Castle's Servant escapes Indra, Misha, and Miller to the castle's prison to catch up with Avalance who has left first.

The place was stuffy and low in light, even though it was so cold outside. However, the place really made a sultry. The long hallway is filled with detention rooms filled with criminals or enemies from other regions. It felt like a very different place compared to the rest of the castle, like it was completely different from the word luxury.

There Indra, Miller, and Misha saw Avalance and his men introgating the people from the south one by one.

Miller watched them closely, Misha looked still confused looking at her surroundings, while Indra was looking for Ken to ask a few things. However, he did not find it.

After a short break Avalance came to Indra to bring him to Ken.

"Indra, I've been waiting for you. It seems that person is difficult to talk to because that's why we put him in a special cell. Since you're the son of his master won't he respect you a little? Sorry. But can you try talking to him?" Avalance asked.

"Well, I'll try" Indra replied.

Avalance then escorted Indra to the special cell and left to continue his business.

"Give it to you, Indra" Avalance said as he stepped away from the passageway.

Moments after Avalance stepped away.

"What do you want, young master?" Ask Ken from inside the cell.

"I'm here to find information" Indra replied.

"I'm sorry, but I can't betray Mr. Ignis. I swore to shut my mouth. However, if you have any questions that are not related to today's events, I will explain them with all my heart, young master" Ken said.

Unlike before, Ken now seems to have respected Indra after he learned that Indra was the eldest son of his Master Ignis.

"Then I'll ask you about some things. First, what made Ignis come to the west 18 years ago?" Indra asked.

"According to my words, I swear to keep my mouth shut especially regarding his personal information" Ken replied firmly.

Indra sighed disappointedly.

"Okay, second question. Who's coming to save you?" Indra asked again.

"Ohh, you can find out that far! I'm impressed. But I don't know who will come. If my guess is correct, then both brothers and sisters will come. Ignael and Iglea they are good children they are very obedient to his father"

Answer Ken.

"Three, this is the last question. What kind of people are my two sisters?" Indra asked one last time.

"I think I can still answer that. They were both the strongest fire magic users in the Southern Region beside Lord Ignis of course. That's all I can say" replied Ken.

Upon hearing that, Indra immediately walked away from there.

"What's up, young master?" Ask Ken from inside the cell.

"I don't have any more questions" Indra said as she walked away.

Indra went back to where Avalance and the others were. There he saw Miller who seemed to be joining the people there, he immediately came to Misha who was also there to see Miller.

"What's he doing?" Indra asked.

"She said she got tired of just watching and finally decided to help them" Misha replied.

Avalance then came and immediately came to Indra.

"Did you find anything?" Ask Avalance.

"Not much is important. However, Ken will definitely be saved by two people. That's all I can get" replied Indra.

"Two people? I'm sure they're not a meaningful threat" Avalance said.

"I know. But, I have a plan" Indra replied.

Indra immediately informed her plan. After hearing the plan, Avalance thought for a moment before finally agreeing to Indra's plan.

"Alright, that doesn't sound bad" Avalance said.

"Actually I have one question" Indra replied.

"Whatis that? I will answer with pleasure" Avalance said.

"If a Great Witch like you and my father were great enough to lead a territory, then where would the Great Witch of the East and the West be?" Indra asked.

"An interesting question. However, before that. You should know that leading a territory does not only require a strong figure. Well, even though it describes your father and I. But the truth is not like that. Compax used to have three Great Witches. Your father, Me, and 'The Dead Necromancer' the three of us are Great Witches from this Country. However, The Dead Necromancer was not a leader.

The East and the West are ruled by the Governments not by the order of a leader like the North and the South" Avalance replied.

"was? Is this 'The Dead Necromancer' dead?" Indra asked again.

"No, since he was already dead, he then wandered around as an undead. However, 7 years ago your father killed him once again. So it looks like the answer to your question is yes. However, neither did" Avalance replied seriously.

Indra initially thought that Avalance was joking. However, considering the character of Avalance who tends to be cold makes him sure that Avalance is serious and eventually Indra chooses to remain silent.

The day was getting late, the dim light of the moon illuminated the white of the snow there. Indra and the others planned to return to the East the next day. However, Avalance tried to persuade them to stay one more day.

Avalance reasoned that Miller was very good at extracting information from others because it was a pity if they left first. However, Indra knew that his uncle only felt lonely even though he would not admit it. Indra had known about it since their dinner with Avalance where only they sat down and ate with Avalance.

Miller agreed, of course. However, Misha seemed to disagree. Feeling sorry for his uncle, Indra decided to agree even though Misha looked very moody to hear it.