Novel Square
Chapter 48
The next morning, Lavana woke up. She rubbed her eyes to chase away the remnants of sleep and then yawned while stretching her hands. She looked to the side of the bed and saw that the little one was no longer there. She looked around in perplexity.
‘Where could she have gone?’ Lavana thought after putting down her hands.
She removed the blanket, got off the bed and put on flip-flops. She arranged the blanket on the bed before she headed towards the bathroom.
She knocked several times and called out the little one’s name.
“Beatrix! Beatrix, are you in there?” she called out but received no answer. In a panic, she opened the door and saw that there was no one in there. She was really afraid now.
Where could she be? Recalling the last events of last night, she gasped.
Could it be that her brother came during the night and snatched her away? If that was true, then she would not forgive him!
While Lavana was lost in thought, the door to the room suddenly opened and a short figure entered silently but upon noticing Lavana, she gasped in shock.
Oh, big sis. You’re awake,” she said nervously while fiddling with her hair. Lavana folded her arms and just stared. No soothsayer was needed for the little girl to know her big sis was unhappy here.
“Bi… Big sister, I didn’t mean to sneak out.”
“I never banned you from leaving here but you should at least leave a note. Do you know how scared I was?”
“That my brother would eat his words and come snatch me away at night? He doesn’t dare. Besides, he’s a certified wizard. Well, there are two types of our clan. We practice white witchcraft while the others practice black witchcraft. A black wizard or witch can’t be easily trusted coz they are very fickle and greedy. We, on the other hand, are not.” Beatrix explained.
“I didn’t ask you to go to such lengths to explain,” Lavana said as she unfolded her hands.
“Next time, leave me a note as to where you are.”
“Er… Big sis, I forgot why I hurried back. Today’s a big day, remember? Besides, uncle Rolandro wants to see you.” she said in an attempt to change the topic.
“Oh? Go tell him that I’ll be there soon. Make sure to come back here.” Lavana replied.
“Alright!” Beatrice happily ran to hug her thighs.
“Thank you for forgiving me, big sis.”
“Er? Who said I forgave you?”
“I.. You…”
“I’ll forgive you when you write a note stating where you went earlier, before meeting Rolandro.”
“Okay. That’s easy.” Beatrix ran to the cupboard and pulled out a drawer. She took out a small note and a pen before starting to scribble down some words. Quickly she handed the note over to Lavana who took it.
However, an old problem resurfaced again. She was unlettered!
“Big sis, do you forgive me now?” Beatrix asked with puppy eyes.
“Er… What did you write here? Read it out loud and also touch it for me, word by word.” Lavana said with a red face.
“Oh, I forgot. You can’t read much.”
“Are you making fun of me?”
“No, big sis. But now this problem presented itself. You need to go to school. Or else someone might cheat you and you’d still help them count the money.”NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.
“I know. Just read it for me first.” Lavana instructed.
“Okay.” Beatrix made her big sis sit on the bed and then used the pen to touch the words that she’d written on the note.
“Dear sweetest big sis in the world, I went out to do some exercise and see the moon go away. But I got carried away practicing some things taught in the witch school.”
“So, that’s what it is. Okay, I see now.” she spread her arms open and Beatris hugged her.
“Big sis, you forgive me now?”
“I already forgave you long ago. Just curious to know where you really went.” Lavana said as she patted the little one’s head.
“Alright. Go meet uncle Rolandro and deliver my message, then come back quickly.” Lavana let go of Beatrix, who got off the bed.
“Okay, big sis.” Beatrix let the room excitedly while Lavana shook her head with a smile. What Beatrix said did make sense. She’s got to learn how to read and write but she won’t forget about training. But she doesn’t have any money to do so. If she becomes a pack member here, will they send her to school? Won’t that mean more expenses? She’s got three energy-grubbing spirits to feed and now she has to expand her knowledge. She sighed and got off the bed.
She should just take one step at a time first and not rush things. With this in mind, she headed into the bathroom.
15 minutes later.
Lavana and Beatrix walked to a building that was larger than any other in the pack. This was the training place.
On entering inside, they could see everyone was seriously training either by using available equipment or sparring against a partner.
They saw Rolandro at the extreme of the hall chatting with a teenage pack member who wasn’t clothed. There was a blur covering the precious parts anyway. She was a shifted.
He was giving her pointers on ways to attack and defend oneself from the enemy in battle. Even in her wolf form she could not even leave a scratch on him who was in human form.