Chapter 120

**Tzalmon Point of View**

My eyes sparkled at the little figure who was trying to maintain his horse stance after being in the position for ten minutes.

The little girl beside him is in a position which is nowhere near a horse stance but telling everyone how good she was after all.

I chuckled out when I saw my son roll his eyes at his best friend's unstoppable boasting about fitness. On the other hand, Igses was drenched in sweat but still he is still persisting on it. His eyes looked like lava of determination; a silent promise of something was shining in them.

"That's enough, young master, you should not push yourself too much." Azar coaxed Igses in a gentle tone but the child is too blinded by his persistence that he did not answer and continued to maintain his position on his small shaky legs.

"He isn't like this always, is he?" I stared at him through the glass window from outside the practice room, waiting for Gyles to answer.

"He was always passionate but not to this extreme. He has been this way from the past six days." Did something happen?

I knew that the little guy was a carefree person even when he was learning something seriously. Gyles and Azar has notified about it several time in the past. However, today, my son seems to be trying to strengthen himself quickly for some reason.

"He has been asking Azar to teach him some powerful moves after the class was over." Hmm?

"Did something happen to her?" Gyles shook his head and confirmed that nothing unexpected took place with Eblilis from the reports of our spies we received recently.

Then what might be the reason?

"Alright. Let me talk to him." I walked inside and saw the child, who was completely drenched in his own sweat. Several droplets are forming on his forehead and trailed through his face and fell down.

"This is not the way how you become strong." I commented. Igses only glanced at me once and went back to focus on what he was doing.

"Igses, stop this right now or you will hurt yourself." My voice got a little serious but I still made sure I spoke gently.

"No, I need to become strong." He panted.

"And you will. But you cannot become strong overnight. It's a gradual process that takes time and effort." I crouched in front of him, pulled out my handkerchief from my pocket and wiped his face with it.

"Get up now. I promise your training teacher will give you extra lessons." He still did not move and only shook his head negatively.

Instead of getting angry, I was actually worried about the situation that made him like this. It seems like something definitely happened and if my intuition is right, it is related to Eblilis.

Given how overly protective he is of his mother, he must be doing this for his mother's sake.

"No, my training teacher will only follow he schedule." He spoke softly, giving Azar a brief glance.

"I'm his boss. I own this academy; he will do as I say. I will order him to teach you extra moves if you promise you will not act on impulse." Igses did not answer immediately. He frowned at me and looked like was doubting my words.

"Alright you don't believe me; it's okay. You believe your grandpa right. He also works here under me. Your grandpa will make sure Azar teaches you well. You believe him right?" I tried to convince him as I proceeded to wipe his face.

"Devil, stand up. You are scaring me. We will definitely get strong and -" Noemi poked Igses arm and said but was cut off by Igses.

Noemi seems like she realized something and closed her mouth. I raised my brow at Noemi and she avoided it rather skillfully given her small age.

"Noemi." Igses said in a small tone but Noemi got the message.

"Teacher A said having a strong body is the first step to learn fighting arts. I need to practice this anyway." Saying, he continued in his horse stance.

One can clearly see that his legs and body are shaking like withered fallen leaves.

What might have caused him to be so extremely stubborn?

"That's right, child. I will make certain that your teacher teaches you for an extra hour. Stop being stubborn now." Turning towards the door, Mr. Winters was standing there with a frown.

He walked towards Igses and picked him up made him sit on the floor forcefully. Igses struggled to free himself but what is his strength again a man?

"Igses, enough." Mr. Winters' tone turned stern and Igses immediately stopped struggling.

After putting him down on the floor in a sitting position, Mr. Winters threw me one of his usual glares and sat before Igses, offering him glass of lemonade he got for the kid.

"Drink this first." He handed over a glass each to Igses and Noemi. Noemi drank it wordlessly while Igses only drank it after seeing a warning stare from Mr. Winters.

Mr. Winters waited patiently until Igses completed his drink. One done, he passed a small towel to both the children and asked them to wipe themselves while Mr. Winters started to massage Igses legs gently.

"I don't know what made you go so severe but you should know that if something happens to you, your mamma will lose everything as well. You get hurt and she will feel the pain. You better think about her before you take such severe decisions." Mr. Winters said as he continued to massage Igses legs and feet.

Igses had his head down and did not say anything for a long time, "I'm doing this for mamma." He whispered so softly that even with heightened hearing, I had difficulty to catch it.

However, Mr. Winters were observing Igses very keenly and understood what he said. The old man's eyes went stormy and the air around us got constricted. His anger could be felt in the atmosphere.

However, his anger was directed towards me and I mouthed him that I did not do anything and have no idea what happened at all.

"Good. But everything has a limit and you should never cross it; not at your age at least. Am I understood?" He pinned his solemn eyes on my son. After a minute of considerate silence, Igses nodded obediently.

"Now, go and change into your casual clothes both of you." Noemi went into the girls washroom and Igses walked into boys washroom in slow steps.

It can be seen that he was having trouble walking due to the aches. My heart felt trouble and pained when I saw the little boy who was doing everything he can to protect his mother.

He has always been subconsciously very protective of his mother from the day he was born. However, this is a little extreme now. I know the little boy was happy go carefree person but when it comes to his mother, he was like a porcupine who was protecting her under him.

When both the kids went into their respected washrooms, Mr. Winters turned to me and asked what happened.

"Mr. Winters, I really don't know. You must've got the report that the kid has been like this for almost a week now."

"I swear if whatever happened has something to do you, I will make your life a living hell." I cannot even get angry because for some unknown reason even I have an intuition that it must be indirectly related to me.

I just stood there speechless and nodded curtly. Twenty minutes later, the kids came out, showered and changed into fresh clothes. It was good that we got some trusted nannies to work here for the kids in case they need a hand of help with anything.

Fortunately, After training lessons, the kids preferred showering immediately and the nannies came in hand.

"Will Teacher A really give me extra lessons?" Igses eyes drooped in sadness when he looked at Mr. Winters and me and asked.

"Yes he will. As long as you won't take it far with your practice, he will give you an hour of extra classes. But you have to promise me that you will not do something as mad as what you did earlier at home." I took the chance and promised him.

Igses nodded curtly and looked at Mr. Winters silently, waiting for his promise as well. "Don't you trust this grandpa anymore?" The old man was now smiling at Igses affectionately which caused Igses to smile back at him slightly and nodded his head.

"Good. Now let's get you something to eat. Didn't you say your mamma will be busy until evening and your Aunt Viva will come to look after you? I'll call her and inform her that you will be with be with me for few hours." Igses nodded and did not say anything.

One thing is clear, Igses seems extremely sad and by the aura he is emitting, it has hints of raw anger in it.

At such a young age, he was able to control such anger was truly commendable. Truth to be told, even I was not this composed when I was his age.

"How about I join you for some snacks? I know this small place that has good food and drinks." While Mr. Winters and Igses said 'No' in one voice, Noemi yelled out a 'yes' loudly, overpowering their 'no'.

And so, my first date with my son started like that.

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