"513 years." Kael answered without turning to Seraphina.
Seraphina immediately stifled a laugh at Kael's answer. Gosh, that guy turned out to be so old. The girl couldn't hold back her laughter anymore.
Kael gave her an annoyed look, which made Seraphina laugh even harder. "Stop laughing at my age! How old are you? Hah!"
Kael stopped walking and gave Seraphina an annoyed look. "I'm only 23 years old, UNCLE Aaron."
Seraphina deliberately emphasized the word 'Uncle' to make him realize how old she was compared to him.
"Oh my, the Queen is still a BABY apparently." Kael replied to Sera by telling her.
The girl's laughter instantly vanished at his mockery. Seraphina looked at him in annoyance, making him laugh even harder. Kael walked back with his super annoying laughter that was unpleasant to hear.
Seraphina and Kael had returned to the pack mansion earlier. Now Seraphina was cleaning up for dinner and meeting Kael's Bethany. Once ready, Sera went straight downstairs to the dining room.
"Did you see any movement from them?" Seraphina saw Kael talking to a man at the dining table.
"So far I think it's safe." The man replied with a serious look. Seraphina thought the man was wondering.
As if noticing Sera's presence, they turned towards the beautiful girl. "Come here Seraphina! Let's eat first with Dave, he's my bet." Dave immediately stood up to greet Sera.
"It's an honor to meet the Queen." Dave bowed towards Sera.
Seraphina was at a loss as to how to respond. It seemed like Kael had already told Dave about me.
"No need to be like that Beta Dave. You can just relax with me. Just call me Seraphina."
Sera was a little uncomfortable when a beta treated her like this. All this time, she's been getting rough treatment from the resident Aurora Guardian Pack, and now a White Crystal Pack Beta is bowing respectfully to me. This is too impromptu.
Dave looked at Ssera, unsure, but he looked at her pleadingly. "Alright Sera, and call me 'Dave' instead."
Seraphina smiled happily at him. "Gosh your introduction took so long. Come on, my stomach can't take it anymore."
Kael grumbled, looking at the two. Dave rolled his eyes. It seemed like he was used to dealing with Kael's childishness.
***
Seraphina's POV.
I tried to sharpen my hearing. Now, my eyes were covered with a black cloth. Aaron took me back to the forest where we were training.
"If you can't dodge or hit then don't blame me if you get hit by the wood I'm about to throw. For your information, it will hurt if you don't dodge."
I focused my mind. I tried to hear everything around me. I am still determining where Kael is now; he could be anywhere.
"Don't just focus on your hearing! Use your keen sense of smell!" I obeyed everything Kael said.
I tried to focus again. I inhaled the scent deeply-teak wood, wet grass, and Kael's signature scent.
Now, I tried to sharpen my hearing. The sound of crickets and some birds. The sound of scraping on wood, was it Kael? His voice sounded about ten meters away from me.
I turned my head to look for Kael. I admit he's perfect; his movements can't be heard. But his scent could not deceive me. I took a deep breath of the man's distinctive scent.
I followed the location of the scent. I got it! Kael is upstairs; I think he's up in the tree now. There was a sound of an object heading quickly towards me. I immediately dodged.
I heard the sound of something falling to the ground. Judging from the sound, the wood Kael threw was pretty big.
Kael jumped from tree to tree around me. I sharpened my hearing even more. I was curious to know when Kael would throw me again. Kael attacked me while running between the trees.
I quickly dodged his onslaught. I don't know how many pieces of wood Kael threw at me. Fifteen? Twenty? I didn't count them.
I heard no more movement from Kael. He jumped right in front of me. "We're not done yet, Sera. This is still a warm-up." From his tone, I was sure he was smirking.
I had a bad feeling about this. Suddenly, I heard horses galloping towards me. The horses are getting closer and surrounding me.
All the voices were mixed up in my ears. I need to find out where Kael is right now. Okay, focus, Seraphina! Right now, Kael is trying to outwit you! You can do it! I encourage myself.
I concentrate my mind and sharpen my senses. I focused on the sound of the horses' hooves. There were seven horses surrounding me. I inhaled the scent deeply.
There was Kael among the horses. The man's scent spread everywhere as the horse ran around me. Now, find precisely where Kael is.
Focus Seraphina! Focus! I looked at every horse around me. Kael's scent. Kael's scent. Kael's scent. I recited the words in my mind.
I focused on one of the horses I suspected Kael was riding. The sound of throwing was heard heading towards me. I quickly dodged. It was true that Kael was on that horse.
"Come on Sera, all you've been doing is dodging. So boring." I snorted in annoyance.
Alright, Kael, if that's what you want. I heard the man jump off the horse one by one and continued to give me attacks.
In the beginning, I could still keep up and deflect the wood. As time passed, Kael's attacks became faster and faster, overwhelming me.
I was knocked down several times by his attacks. This wasn't fair! I was still a beginner, and he was already brutally attacking me.
"Honestly, Kael, do you have a grudge against me?" I spoke while dodging his attack.
Kael laughed at my sarcasm. Instead of reducing his attacks, he attacked me more vigorously, like an old enemy who had not met for a long time.
I kicked away Kael's attack from the horse. I don't think what I kicked was wood. It was too hard and heavy for wood.
"Open your eyes!" I immediately took off the black cloth on my head.
I was shocked by what I had done to this place. This place looked like it had been ravaged by war. I looked back and saw a huge rock. I immediately looked at Kael in disbelief.
"You're planning to kill me?!"I looked at Kael in annoyance.
"Hey come on, that rock is a bonus." Kael spoke casually as if what he had just thrown was cotton.
I stared at him in disbelief. Bonus? Does he think my life is a bonus? That rock was immense; I don't know how many tons it weighed. But luckily, I was able to kick it away. I shudder to think of my strength.
"Wow, looks like you managed to redecorate this place. This place is so ruined." Kael gave two thumbs up right in front of my face.
"And let's not forget you also had a hand in this destruction, Kael!" I gave the man an annoyed look.
"Take a good look." Kael grinned and raised his hand towards the destroyed places.
Kael moved his fingers like he was putting a spell on this place. My eyes immediately lit up at the man's ability.
He used his magic to restore this place to its original state. All the objects Kael used to attack me flew away.
The plants that had fallen stood back up as before. This place was back to the way it was before.
"Can you teach me that too Aaron?" I looked at Aaron with a twinkle in my eye. Aaron chuckled at the sight of me.
