Chapter 140

**Tzalmon Point of View**

If no one knows what the situation right now is, they would think that a bunch of adults are trying to con a child into kidnapping.

My wide and large office room is now currently occupied by two muscular and dominating men; me and Aubessee, a beautiful Eblilis and the little one, Igses.

Aubessee bowed at Igses slightly, addressing him as young prince and then sat down in the adjacent couch, opposite to Eblilis and Igses.

"Son, this is Lord Aubessee, an elder lord of my territory." Seeing a slightly confused expression on Igses, I introduced Aubessee to him.

"Lord?" He mumbled softly and soon his eyes brightened as a sudden realization dawned on to him. "You come from a monarchy?" He asked me with wide eyes.

"That's right; I'm the current reigning King of our kingdom which is in another realm."

"They come from another world, Igses. It's very different from how it is here." Acacia followed and explained briefly with a tinge of anger in her tone.

Aubessee who was silently observing until now smiled at Acacia and thanked her for explaining it to Igses and turned to the latter with gentle eyes.

"Your Highness, I am a lord who works under your father. You can call me grandpa Aubessee if you don't mind." Igses observed the old man for a moment before he nodded his head obediently.

"It's too long, how about I call you grandpa Abby?"

"Of course you can, your highness." The old man got extremely happy with the result.

"In that case, please call me Igses. I don't like it if someone calls me 'your highness'." Igses said and turned towards Eblilis with a smile as if asking for praise.

She did not disappoint him though. She rewarded him with kisses on both the cheeks which made the little one happy beyond expression.

"Lord Aubessee, may I know what you wanted to talk to Igses today?"

"One, I wanted to get to know the young prince officially and two, it's about the changes the recently took place and see how and to what extent they are related to him." Aubessee said in a somber tone.

"It has something to do with Igses?" Eblilis gasped lightly and turned to look at me for confirmation.

I nodded, "It certainly does. But, how, why and to what extent should still be investigated."

"Igses, tell me, are you powerful?" Aubessee pinned his gentle gaze on the little one.

Igses just shrugged saying, "It depends. However, I was born with some distinguished abilities that none around me has."

"Then, may I what those abilities are?"

To this, Igses fell in thoughts for quite some time before answering it carefully. "I can see and hear better than others. But the peculiar ability is that I see the substance of a soul. Like I can easily say if the person is good or average or bad and if so, to what extent."

This is something he will have as an Ebernus. Although every person of my race can see the substance of a soul, not just anyone can differentiate it deeply. That is something the Ebernus family has in their blood.

"Anything else?" As Aubessee asked, I looked at Igses curiously. "Didn't you use a shield to cage me before?"

Igses immediately turned to Eblilis and blinked at him, silently waiting for her speak. "Tell them whatever they ask about."

Only after getting permission from her did Igses turned to us and answered clearly. "That is something I only realized I can do only four months ago."

Aubesse and I went still in shock and looked at each other as we exchanged meaningful gazes. "You realized it? You just realized it? You did not use a spell or something to create the shield?"

"Mr. Ebernus, where would I find spell books to practice it? I was not left with any guidance and mamma is not like me as she doesn't know much about my powers herself. I can only count on my intelligence to get enlightened and realize them slowly."

Ah, alright, makes sense. I really asked him a silly question.

How would he know the spell or a method to create a shield when he was never trained properly by me or a royal teacher?

As much as Aubessee was shocked by Igses aptitude, he seems to be also quite amused by his self boasting ability. Heck, even I was surprised by his talent in highlighting himself.

Did he take after me in this? Eblilis has always been low-key and humble while I was also humble but compared to Eblilis, I can be counted as a self centered person.

"Okay, what more abilities did you realize by yourself?"

Igses looked at Aubessee with a contemplating frown and thought about it clearly before answering. "It always depends on the situation. I can control things from a far place but it shouldn't be as far another continent or country. I can only control them when I have a particular target and a clear reason. Mamma doesn't like if I use my powers for wrong reasons."

"Hmm, If I am stirred either by good or bad circumstances, I can control and alter the soul of that person accordingly."

"There are also times when I can see spirits of dead people but not all dead people. I can only see those who suffered tremendously. At first I was a little scared when I realized I can see those wailing and depressed, lonely spirits but after talking to mamma, she said if I can still bear to see them without fear, then I should try and help them as it helps me attain good karma."

Everything other thing is normal but the matter that he can not just control the spirits but also alter them is a shock to us.

Because as much we, as much as I am considered as the deity of spirits and souls, I can only control and manage them. My father and Vizac tried to produce new spirit lives but in the end they did not succeed and resulted in bringing a mutated lot of our race.

But still, even they cannot alter a spirit because it can only be done by the fates above.

"Alter a spirit? How?" I looked at Igses with interest and asked him lightly.

"Umm, isn't it how you all do too?" Igses spoke hesitantly, probably not knowing how to word it.

"We still want to know, young prince. Please help us understand it."

"If there is someone who is not good to mamma and tried to harm her, I can cut half of his soul and make it disappear. Or I can change the soul's - what do you call it - umm, soul's sense to turn from human to an animal or so. If it is a grieving spirit that has already died and is suffering, then I don't know how, I can exchange the fortune between two spirits. Like if a grieving spirit has suffered a lot of injustice and pain because of bad luck, I can exchange her luck and bad karma on her spirit to a bad person who has a lot of good fortune."

"Interesting." Aubessee exclaimed and looked at Igses as if he found a treasure. "How do you do this alteration?"

"I will just think about it and it will happen. It's easy. Not tiring at all."

"Then the day you caged your father inside a shield, you said it was a shield which was made by you specially. What qualities does that shield have?"

"I heard mamma tell Aunt Viva once that Mr. Ebernus is a powerful man. So the shield is for powerful people that no matter how and what power they use, it will be absorbed and strengthen the shield in return. As expected, his powers did not affect the shield until the next day."

"Wait, his powers? He used his powers to break the shield?" Aubesse and I shot up from our seat like rockets on fire.

Igses frowned at us and only nodded in responses. "Majesty, you used your powers to break out of the shield?"

"I tried wishing I had my powers, however it did not work at all."

"But it did." Although Igses mumbled to himself, it was still loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Little guy, you felt his powers in your shield?" Eblilis asked in a concerned tone.

"It's a kind of energy that belongs to him. I felt that. The reason why the shield was broken before the time I set was because that energy did not clash with the energy of my shield but it mixed with it and the shield broke."

"How very interesting. You, little boy, are truly pleasant surprise." He chuckled with bright eyes when he looked at Igses.

"Aubessee?"

"Majesty, it seems like young prince's energy and your energy both repel and appeal each other. If my guess is not wrong, you really used a bit of your powers back then but because of the peculiarity of the shield, you did not notice it."

But I really did not know I forced out a bit of my power. How come even I did not notice it?

And if really unlocked a bit of my powers, why can't I use that portion now?

And what was even more shocking was that Igses powers are much more refined and broad ranged than everyone from my realm, including me.

"Igses, how about grandpa Abby teach you a few magic tricks? Do you want to learn from me?" Hearing Aubessee words, Igses turned to Eblilis to make a decision.

I and Aubessee too waiting for her decision silently with bated breaths. Eblilis looked at everyone and then looked at Igses' expectant eyes, she heaved heavily.

"If you can promise to follow a couple of my conditions, then I don't mind."

Really? She really agreed?

On some terms and conditions but she really agreed. She did not reject the idea immediately and did not hate it.

She really truly approved.

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