Chapter 9

Third person's POV

Lucas had just awoken when he heard Aria's voice downstairs; he rose from his bed and put on his slippers. As he walked down, he was surprised to find Aria wanting to leave his mansion and return home; she had tantrums.

"Thank goodness you're already awake! Bring me to my house right away; I need to get home!" Aria pouted as Irish went downstairs, having heard Aria's voice.

"Calm down, Aria. We'll get you home, but first, you need to know a little bit about us, and don't worry, we're not going to hurt you," Irish said as Aria let go of the doorknob.

"You only introduced me to my last night. Does that mean I'm your master and you're all my protectors? Or is this just a joke?" Aria inquired about the three people present at the time, namely Lucas, Logan, and Irish.

"No, this is not a prank, yes, we are your protectors, and the thing that we need to tell you is about having a power, the Auxier Stone has a powerful power, but you can't use it right now until you are eighteen years old," Lucas explained as the other protectors arrived after hearing the four talks.

"I understand, but before you tell me everything about that Auxier Stone, you need to fetch me first; I'm anxious because I need to fix myself and get ready for school!" Aria said as she reached for the doorknob and attempted to open it.

Lucas touched the doorknob, which was detected by a security fingerprint, and the door opened, prompting Aria to rush outside. Lucas and Irish exchanged glances, and Lucas was considering casting a dark spell on her to make her the same age as Aria, so they wouldn't appear to be adults.

"This is getting out of hand. We need to calm her down; I'll use the dark spell to make me look like a teenager; I'd do that to you too," Lucas said as he cast his dark spell while Aria was not looking at them and waiting for the two to fetch her.

"Alright, I think this will suffice. Let's go," Lucas said as Aria looked at the two, stunned.

"Wait? Who exactly are you?! What happened to your body and face?! You look younger now," Aria exclaimed, oblivious that Lucas had used his dark spell, which was only temporary.

"We will answer your question when we pick you up after school, I am Lucas, and this is Irish, don't worry, this is only a temporary spell," Lucas said. Aria was perplexed about what was going on.

"Fine. Let's go," Aria said as they walked to the bus stop station and waited for the bus.

"I didn't realize your house was so far from mine; I hope my mother doesn't scold me," Aria said as the bus arrived and the three boarded.

Lucas and Aria are together in a seat. Irish was in front of them, the two were silent, and Aria was uneasy because she assumed Lucas was an adult while she was a teenager.

After thirty minutes, the three stood up from their seats as soon as the bus arrived at Aria's bus stop. Aria exited as the driver yelled to pay before leaving. Lucas uses his dark spells to get money from Aria's bags and pay the bus driver while giggling.

"I'm sorry about my friend," Lucas said as he exited the bus with Irish. Aria went inside her house's gate, and Lucas and Irish followed her.

"I'm home, Mom!" Aria yelled and went inside the house. The Irish laughed because she thought Aria had forgotten about the two who brought her home.

"Thank goodness you're home; I know your friends brought you home, and they introduced you to me while you were sleeping," Aria's mother said. Aria looked behind her to see Lucas and Irish still waiting for her to say goodbye.

"I forgot to mention that this is my friend Irish and her brother. I apologize if I forgot to text you about going to my friend's house." Aria stated, and her mother smiled.

"It's okay; I know you're studying so hard! They've also called to make sure you're okay, and if you want to study again, you can bring your friend here to our house!" Aria's mother said as Lucas observed Aria's mother and considered Nivia's mother.

"Okay, mom, I'm sorry if I worried you; I'll fix myself first and then get ready for school. Let's meet at school, Irish! I know you have to get ready for school today as well!" Aria winked at Irish, and the door to Aria's house closed.

"I believe we are talented actors; do you want to be an actor?" Lucas joked. As they walked out of Aria's house, the dark spells vanished, and they returned to their adult bodies.

"We're back to our normal bodies. You should get ready for work, and I'll be ready to open my flower shop," Irish said as they both walked home.

"Never think about it, but we should just bring Logan and have him teleported to our house because I think we're both stupid not to," Lucas said, and Irish laughed.

"A little walk won't hurt us," Irish replied, and after a few minutes, they arrived home.

"Welcome back! What did Aria's mother say? Is Aria okay?" Logan inquired as Lucas and Irish entered the mansion.

"She's fine, and her mother isn't mad at us; I need to get ready to settle my work today and finish it as soon as possible," Lucas said as he walked upstairs to his room.

"I believe we have found our new master, but we hope she is Nivia from the past because if she is, we will be close to her once more! I mean, it's been a long time since we've seen her," Jaxon said to Logan as he sipped his coffee,

"As I watch her, her personality is similar to Nivia's; she is concerned about her parents, and she needs to be strong once more so that she is not defeated by the enemy when the battle returns," Logan stated that Irish was preparing to open her shop near Lucas' mansion and that she was with Ezekiel.

"She will become stronger as she matures, and she will be more dependable as Auxier's master. All things we haven't done before should be corrected and restarted to protect our new master," Jaxon advised. Lucas went downstairs, where he finished getting ready for work.

"Back to work, even though our master has returned, we can't leave our work," Lucas said.

Lucas went outside his mansion, and he approached his car. He entered the car and started the engine of it. He began to drive, and a few minutes he arrived at his company and immediately went to the parking lot and parked his car.

He took the car keys and slipped them into his pocket. He walked to the elevator and was the only one to enter there. When he arrived at the floor where his office was, he walked so fast to go there, he saw his employees were already working on the latest fashion trends and sketches on the wall.

It was a fantastic place built for his work so that his employees would be comfortable working. All materials for showing and creating clothes were available at his workplace.

General draping tools were in one corner, and dress mannequins or dress forms were on the other side. Fabric pressings, fashion art tools, drafting tables, computers, sewing tools, and sewing machines were also present.

Threads, needles, fabrics, solids, specialty fabrics, pattern-making tools, cutting mats, and product development tools were all labeled and easy to find on the equipment shelf.

There were also suits and ties, jackets, pants, shoes, and accessories for men and women and infants, adults, teenagers, and adults, which he created.

As Lucas examines all of the clothes that are currently in style and the research data that his team conducted. He sat down on his swivel chair, opened the laptop, and began to work.

"I'm glad our master is back because our hardships have been paid off," Lucas said to himself as he scoured his laptop in his office for sketches of the latest fashion trends.