The Master Of Elements

ME 4 Discussions in the Morning (2)

For half an hour they sat in silence in the dining room. No one opened their voice. Even Jasper who is usually impatient and often moves actively is now silent.

It seemed like Jasper knew that what they were going to talk about was really serious. Although before they were invited to discuss family in the dining room, but Japser never saw his parents as serious as this. Ellie also felt something not much different from Jasper.

“So, why do mom and dad want to invite us to discuss? You're not usually like this. I'm sure this is something very serious.” Ellie's voice broke the silence in the dining room.

Matthew looked at Ellie. He did not expect that Elli was the one who first broke the silence. He waited patiently for one of his parents to start the conversation.

Albert took a deep breath at Ellie's words. He tried to string the words together so that what he would talk about would be easily understood by his three children.

“It's about you guys. Do you know why we forbid you from leaving the house?” ask Albert.

Matthew just shook his head slowly, responding to Albert's question.

“We don't know. What is clear, during this time when we want to leave the house you always give a lot of reasons so that we do not leave the house.”

“I know it's dangerous out there. There's a mustard out there, and I'm sure there's a lot of bad guys out there, too. Me and my two sisters know that you're worried about us. But isn't our village safe enough?”

“Village patrol team always go around keeping security. So, what worries you and doesn't let us go out of the house unattended?” Ask Matthew.

During his ten-year life in the village of Sogremon, Matthew there were three times the herd of monsters that attacked the village. Although many casualties occurred during the attack, but the village patrol team always reported if there would be a herd of monsters to attack.

Maybe this is because the routine of the village patrol team is doing its job so that they can find out if there are swarms of monsters around the village of Sogremon.

Matthew had also heard from the story that some monsters had been seen wandering around the fields owned by villagers. But the village patrol team managed to overcome these problems. Either they kill him or escort him into the deepest parts of the Morento forest.

From the information Matthew heard, the monsters that were often seen around the village were Iron level monsters. Monsters with Iron-level power did not harm the villagers too much. It's just that some herbivorous monsters are often seen eating the agricultural produce of the citizens.

“Indeed our village is arguably quite safe from monster attacks. Although we are directly adjacent to the Morento forest, but we have never been attacked by a herd of monsters on a large scale.”

“Some monsters were seen roaming around the village safe area several times, but the patrol team was able to overcome that. But that's not what made us ban you from leaving Matthew.”'s house

“Is this about bad guys? Even though there are bad guys out there, Dad always said that our village security soldiers also patrol the village. So what makes you all that scared and bans us from leaving the house?” ask Matthew.

Elisha focused his eyes on Matthew. He spoke with a voice that was quite hoarse like a person who was holding back a cry.

“This is no ordinary bad guy Matthew. If they were just ordinary bad guys we would have let you out of the house, because we knew the patrol team could handle them. But the one who is after you is not an ordinary person.”

Matthew, Jasper and Ellie were quite shocked to hear what Elisha said. Is anyone after them? But who? They never get out of the house. Every time they go out, they are always with their parents. When outside, they are not allowed to interact with strangers.

“What's after us it's mom's business rival? Is it your rival in the warrior camp? Are they going to kidnap us so they can threaten you and obey some of their requests?” ask Ellie. Ellie herself could think of no other reason than that.

Matthew once told him that they could not get out because there might be enemies from their parents who would kidnap them to use as hostages and threaten both parents. Besides what else?

They lived in the village on the border of the kingdom, how big was the enemy power of his parents? The reason his mother's business rival or his father's rival in the warrior camp was a very logical thing they could accept.

“If we have an enemy just for that reason, your mother and I can definitely handle it without having to ban you from going out. The one who's after you is the one who belongs to the dark organization that's already entrenched in the kingdom of Deluce. Not only the kingdom of Deluce I heard this organization has headquarters in several kingdoms on this continent.”

“Their biggest headquarters is inside the forests of Detomon, a forest that is a very dangerous area of the continent. Not because of that organization. But because in the forest the monsters that exist are mostly monsters that form a herd.”

“Not only that, the average monster there has platinum level power. So one can survive there if he has platinum level strength.”

Matthew was shocked to hear his father's words. If their greatest headquarters were within a forest that possessed monsters with platinum-level average strength, wouldn't that mean the core members of that organization were also at platinum level?

And Matthew believes that at their base in the Detomon forest, they have more than enough people in platinum so they can survive there. That alone already rivaled the military level of an empire.

Matthew had heard that the kingdom of Deluce only had two hundred warriors at the platinum level. That alone spread throughout the kingdom. One-third of the soldiers were in the capital to guard the royal members and some royal ministers. You can imagine how powerful the organization is.

“Then, what's the reason they're after us dad? Not that father was just a captain in the village warrior camp, mother was also just someone owning a tavern. There's no reason for them to come after us, is there? Our family has no great influence so what good is it for them to target us who are children from families that are not too rich in this remote village?”

“You're right Matthew. Your identity as the son of a village soldier captain and a tavern owner will not make you the target of the organization. But if we have any other identity before we seclude ourselves here.” Obviously Elisha.

“What were you guys before? Me, Matthew, and Ellie all know that you're great people. It was impossible for a person who possessed three elements like Father to work only as the captain of the warriors in this small village. And it is also impossible for people with four elements such as mothers to only be store owners. Moreover mother can cure someone.” Jasper said without thinking.

After Jasper said that, the atmosphere in the room changed. Albert and Elisha's views immediately focused on Jasper who had just said a secret that was not widely known by people in this village.

They were curious and also worried why Jasper could find out a secret that was only known by less than ten people in this Sogremon village. They want to know who told Jasper about it.

Both wanted to be on guard for the possibility of spying from their confidant. Even though they are careful, there can be people whose beliefs betray them.

“Where do you know that Jasper?” “Who told you Jasper?” albert and Elisha at the same time.

Seeing everything so this way, Matthew knew that Jasper had already leaked their secrets to his parents. What reason would they give Albert and Elisha for this.

Matthew wants to make his ability to see elements a secret known only to Jasper, Ellie, and himself. It seems like they have to tell Albert and Elisha this secret.