The Friends, The Family & The Flames [Plot-Solomon/King Lagi/Hohotaro]

Hohotaro followed Solomon to the tavern the King has mentioned to him. The place isn't half bad, it looked to be quite popular since they managed to find it easily just by asking around. He received the book and watch as his name materializes on the page of the book.

"Whoah! This is so cool! Can I give it a try?" Hohotaro took the pen from Solomon and drew a stick figure with two large circles on it's body. He chuckled to himself and peeks at Solomon's book to see that it really appears there. "Yeah we can definitely use this. Man... magic sure is amazing huh?"

"I'm not sure... I would like to go after those Black spider guys but I also need to go back to Imu..." Hohotaro scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. "I guess I can just do what I always do... just let the waves of destiny take me where I need to be! That's a bit dramatic but yeah... I'm just saying I don't have any plans right now hahaha..." He let out a forced laugh.

"I just remembered about the black spiders then... it's not like I'm trying to hide it from you." Hohotaro sighed deeply while looking for the right words to say. "I was travelling with a caravan just before we met and rescued the women of the village. A lot has happened during my travel across the plains with them and I have made very close friends."

Hohotaro paused remembering his carefree life on the plains and also how it gets destroyed. "They've been captured or killed just because we decided to do the right thing. We rescued the children from a slaver and those slavers' group attacked us because of that. The Black Spiders. Also during that time is the first I have experienced this curse. So I think they are connected somehow. Thanks to the king I now have a lead. If I find the Black Spiders I might be able to also find the person that did this to me, at the very least I would like to rescue my friends."

After a short pause Hohotaro look at Solomon and laughed. "Hahaha! I have rambled on too much." Hohotaro pats Solomon on his back. "Don't worry I won't drag you along this time. You've already done so much for me and for that I thank you."

Hohotaro stood up and looked around the tavern, and then at Jasmine then he smiled. "You create a great life here with your beautiful wife! As for me... my journey is just beginning." He turned back and waves as he exits the tavern. "See ya later Mon."

Solomon would smile as he then continued in his book to draw Hohotaro’s hat on the stick man he drew and make it look similar to him, “It can be fun, It can also be very dangerous... but your best bet would most likely to head home maybe go see your family and find someone who can help figure out what is going on with you before confronting another issue.” Solomon became silent after that as he listened to what Hohotaro had to say till he forced another laugh, “Well that is a terrible situation and you have not yet dragged me any where I have enjoyed our journey.” Finally as Hohotaro headed for the door he would wave back to him, “Later Boobie Man” and smiled, Solomon was sad to see his friend go but this was the choice he had made to settle down so he would stick to it. It was then he would look around the bar with more inspecting eye seeing what work may have to be done to it if he were to own it, it did not look like anything major but there were some touch ups and he would definitely wish to replace the bar as he could see the chips and scratches in it from across the room. Solomon would stop himself as he did realize that he was getting much to ahead of himself as he has yet to even meet Magenta but he did know who the women was she stood behind the bar, a shorter women he age could easily be seen but she never let a smile go when talk to the others at the bar. Solomon would not approach her at least not while she was busy with clients so most of the night was spent drinking in the corner awaiting for the business to die down, and each pint would be brought over by a young girl most would assume that this girl was the bar tenders daughter but Solomon could tell that the age was off for that and their features were too different. “Girl, are you her daughter?” the girl would pause for a moment as she set down his drink, “Yes sir, she adopted me not too long ago but she has cared for me for some time.” Solomon would just nod as the girl would then walk away to continue working.

After the men at the bar decided they had their fill and left Solomon would walk over to it, the women would smile to him before asking him, “What can I get you Sir.” He would then smile back as he lifted his half full pint, “I’m still good for now thanks, just figured I could be more social over here and I heard that I needed to speak with you as I wished to inquire about this tavern.” She would continue working and with her back facing him she would ask, “What is it that you wish to inquire about?” she would turn to face him after the question was asked to give him her attention. “Well I spoke to the King..” she would interrupt him as she said, “Hmm friends in high places eh?” and they apologized with a gesture and he would continue, “He advised I talked to you about partnering up or possibly arranging something with me as I wish to own a tavern myself to settle down with my family.” She smiled and then continued to work, “And why should I partner up with someone who has nothing to offer? And what could you possibly offer me to give up my business to someone I do not know?” Solomon did not prepare himself for such a question and sat silent for a moment before coming out with, “I have some money the rest would have to be contract possibly a percent of future business for a term?” He would say not confidently, “Well then if you make nothing I make nothing... that is what that means.” She would reply as she laughed, “Maybe you should put some more thought into this before you come back with an offer dear.” Solomon smiled but he did find himself embarrassed as he got to excited and did not properly think of a offer for the tavern before speaking with her, “Well I can always come back and offer something better, I mostly came here today to see what you were like and how the business is functioning.” She smiled and continued working, and after some time Solomon would then head out back towards the Inn where Jasmine and Largo was waiting for him. Solomon could be seen mid night resting at one of the desks at the Inn he would be looking over to Jasmine who now slept and petting Largo, he could not possibly think of a proposal that the women would accept, and eventually getting tired of thinking about it he would begin to fiddle with his amulet, trying to generate stones slowly by using Smite.

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The next morning he awoke, pebbles covered his chest as he fell asleep mid practice and he would look over to see Largo and Jasmine still asleep, he would admire the way they looked before getting up and grabbing his clothing to head out. He would find himself walk around town, but it slightly frustrated him as it was much to loud for him to try and think of what to offer this lady, so not too long later Solomon figured he would seclude himself just outside of town. While he sat in thought he would continue to try and use Smite to generate a rock next to him just to let it go and start again it made the nose almost like a metronome, it was not till two hours later with a lot of thinking that he decided that there was nothing in his possession that he could offer Magenta so the best he could do was ask he what she would want and ask if there was anything within his grasp he could supply her with. He would head back towards town and towards the tavern but it was still quite early, he figured now would be better then ever time to talk to her before she became busy, plus if he was to be embarrassed again there would be fewer people to witness it. So at the last moment he decided he would stop he had no money he could offer and she needed no services so before showing up he would at least possibly offer her something small to make her slightly more gracious. He would decide to hunt for her he could at least supply her with a meal before they talked business, so he would then begin hunting by walking to a area of dense forest and he would sit for some time to just listen to the life around him an await for the sounds of deer or other animals that would be a suitable dinner. He would see a couple of rabbits go by which would not be bad but he thought it would not supply enough if she would to have others so he ended up waiting till he happens to hear some hogs, he could hear about four of them fighting with each other and as he made his way closer he would see that they had dug in a home just next to them.

Seeing how many of them there was Solomon decided he would try something knew with his magic as he wished to get this done decently quick, Solomon would then climb a nearby tree and use the branches to get atop of the hogs, he would only have one shot at this if he were not to let the hogs escape so he would then think of another plan if it did not work out. After coming up with two plans he would then decide the initiate the first one dropping down from the tree and landing just in the middle of the hogs Solomon would then use Pit Fall he smiled as the the ground began to crumble and the hogs fell, how ever the second part of his skill refused to go off, now he just had hogs in a hole. Solomon then shrugged and climbed down into the hole and used his Rampaging attack to kill the hogs in which he would climb each hog up and out of the hole afterwards. After stringing them up he would then begin to drag them towards the tavern, surprisingly as he arrived however they still had the tavern closed.

Going up to the door however he found that it was not locked and he would enter the tavern only to see the women leaning on the bar crying, the women would look to Solomon and shout at him many time to leave, but he just stood there for a moment then put each hog onto the bar counter. "What is the issue?" Solomon would then turn to ask her and walk closer, he could see that she had been crying for some time, she would reply, "They stole her from me." he would look curiously, "Who stole who?" she would look at him, "The slavers took my little girl." he would look to the women, "Well now this is the only thing I can offer, I will get her back if you give me your tavern in exchange. I do not mind if you wish to have some of the profits for some time to help you find a new home or business but the tavern will be mine, I had heard you are hesitant on closing it anyway, I will keep it going." The women stood and punched Solomon's chest, "Fine!" he would need something to work off however so he would ask her, "What do you know about them or where was she taking from?" Her head dropped and she replied, "Nothing, I know nothing other then she was taking when I sent her out for some food from Jim down the road." Solomon nodded and said, "Good enough" as he would then turn and exit the tavern.

The first stop he knew would be Jim’s shop, which was all he had to work with so he would have to attempt and track the girl on from that point. When showing up at the shop it seemed like a regular day of business the shop was not flourishing but it had its steady business which is probably what kept it afloat, walking up to the man which assumed was Jim as he was the only man there Solomon would ask, “Hello, sorry to bug you during business hours but I am here searching for Magenta’s little one and I was curious if you had any information about the situation.”  The man kind of looked stern at first most likely because he was interrupting his flow of business but after a sigh it went away, “Look I already told the guards about what has happened and that is how Magenta knew in the first place, I’ll tell you what I told them. After she came by and picked up the usual things for the tavern I happened to see out my front door just in the window there that someone was dragging her down the alley where just there...” he would point towards the alley way just out front the shop. “But by the time I could run out of the shop and down the alley they were both gone, the man was wearing a black robe and hood it did not seem like he was alone and a wagon trail could be seen from the other side of the alley... that is all there is and I do really hope they or you are able to find her, tell Magenta I hope for the best.”

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Solomon nodded as he thanked Jim with a hand shake and then he would be spotted by Jim not long after going down the same alley way. It was a tight squeeze for Solomon but as he came out he would be on the next street over he would be able to see no such wagon tracks as enough time had passed that it would easily be ruined but looking in that area he would happen to spot a gold coin of sorts he would pick it up and on one side he would see a web and the other a spider Solomon would rub the mud away from the coin with his thumb as he inspected it. “I got nothing” he would say out loud to himself as he knew nothing of this coin. He would then head back towards the tavern as he believed maybe Magenta herself would have a idea of what it was or what it meant as she was always around many people with enough drinks to spill their secrets. He was correct after Solomon going back to the tavern Magenta was able to tell him quite a bit of what the coin was and what it represented, she had never actually seen one before however but she was told that by a man similar looking to the one described to him told her after a long chat that she should avoid any who carry this and any wagon who had a spider scratched into the side of it. That was enough information for him shortly after that Solomon man his way back to the streets, he would look at each wagon that would pass him on the street and he would make his way towards different exits of city in search of possible fleeing wagons.

It was now night and he had no luck in his search, he would have to call it for the night so he headed back towards the Inn but as he travelled back he happened to see one wagon pass him and just as he was turning his head a spider carved just above the wheel he could spot, the wagon would pull to the side of the road just ahead of him as he caught up he could see one of the two men walk inside the building as the other stood at the back of the wagon. Solomon needed to see what they were doing and he was not just going to start killing for all he knew they were still just regular people, so he ended up making his way to the front of the wagon and cut the sheet that was over it to look inside. He would see no one inside but he would see chains and a couple of tall but thin cages it seemed like a slavers wagon but it was currently empty, still there was no proof of that just yet so he would then enter the wagon quietly and cover himself in a nearby blanket from the front of the wagon. He could not just enter the building not when it was being watched without causing a fuss but if he could find proof he could do as he pleased without consequence from the guards. Thankfully after about twenty minutes the other man would come out and tell the other man watching to pull it around to the back and shortly after Solomon could then feel the wagon moving and shortly after come to a halt, the man did not have to travel too far obviously. Solomon would then peak out of the blanket to watch what was going on just outside of the wagon from the opening, he would see the two men coming towards the wagon with a large bag.

Watched the man plot the bag down like a bag of potatoes and open it, Solomon would be surprised to see a young beaten child come out of it, he would then watch as the man put the chains on the child and when his back was turned Solomon would then charge towards them and dive out of the wagon at the first man stabbing the bottom of his Rampaging axe into his back then swinging it at the others leg, both the men would yell out. Standing Solomon would then break the other mans' leg to make sure he did not go anywhere at this point scurrying could be heard inside, and the door would swing open and Solomon would be able to see some cages in the back and a man beginning to burn papers and a larger man who opened the door in the first place. He could tell that they were trained and prepared for unwanted guests, the larger men out of the two he could see charged Solomon with his sword out and prepared to swing it down upon him but the clang of the two weapons could be heard as they clashed with each other and with a fist to the side of the head the big man would fall.

Stepping up to the room Solomon would be able to see about ten children tied and gagged and put into the corner and the two remaining men did not look as if they wished to fight they looked like there main position was keeping the children alive and in decent health to be sold off. Both of these men just stared at Solomon and discontinued to burn any evidence they could find, putting away his weapon Solomon still would walk over to the two of them and knock them out the first one went without a fuss not seeing it coming the second whimpered and backed away but still did not fight back. After they were out Solomon would then go to examine the children in search for the girl, seeing her he would then pick her up and throw her over his shoulder. Moving to the front of the building her would then open the door and scream as he tossed a lantern out into the street, "GUARDS!!! SLAVERSSSS!!!" and then exit at the back. Solomon was to return this girl to Magenta not guards that was the deal, and Solomon did not wish to have to deal with questions and possibly paper work or witnessing anything so he would leave before any guard came, he believed that the children remaining would be fine now with the guards on their way.

A month has past since that time, and Magenta and Solomon could be seen sitting at one of the taverns tables coming into the conversation to hear, "As agreed the bar is now fully yours." she had kept up her part of the deal that was made a month ago, she ended up however adding that she could help out and teach him a bit before fully handing the bar over at least till Solomon had been approved as a citizen of Reim. "It took a little while for the paper work to go through but now I'm a bonified Reim citizen and a tavern owner." Solomon's face held a giant smile as he said that, he watched as Jasmine came down the stairs from their room and Largo followed. "I still do not think it best for Largo to be inside especially if there are customers." Solomon patted Largo, "He is just the doorman, it will be ok." And Solomon was correct almost a year had passed and everything was perfect business was flourishing and his son was born he was at a high point of life.

Solomon would be seen washing the bar down and the glasses and he would turn to see Jasmine walking down the stairs with Diadra in her arms, it was his little boy. He walked over and hugged the two of them before they were off for errands, which left him with the perfect opportunity himself to leave before he had to open shop, today was the day he would go out and buy Jasmine a ring in preparation of asking for her hand in marriage. He had written in his book to Hohotaro about doing so and they have written many times since he left by this point keeping each other updated on what was going on in each others lives or just saying hello. He had even already picked out a ring just down the street from Miss Maiyu, so he would rush out as she was gone to keep it hidden from her and he would be back before she was even on her way back. He was not sure how he was going to ask her or exactly when but he knew he wanted to he had come to love her quite a bit and Diadra twice as much, he did not have anything like a church or a celebration planned out but he figured she would like to set that kind of stuff up together after he asks her. After returning with the ring he would then hide it on the highest shelf of the bar in behind many bottles, as Jasmine never went there and even if she did she wouldn't be able to barely reach it.

In a different part of town however something else was brewing, there were two men sitting at a table of a restaurant one of which looked familiar it was one of the smaller men from the slavers house that was found earlier, he sat with a man who looked quite slender his hair  pure white and his eye's red, "Hayato we need you to deal with something for us." the slaver spoke out to the man. Hayato would sigh, "Again? You people always have the weirdest jobs for me, and what is in it for me this time?" The man looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to them, "There is this Imu that I would like a little bit of revenge on, I do not wish for you to kill him, but I do wish for you to hurt him, a hurt that he will never fight against us again, kind of like punishment... for this we will give you a magic item we have found, but we have to transport it here, you should have it with a month." Hayato smiled as her looked at the man, "You know not to screw with me right?" the slaver just nodded. Hayato would then grab the mans' hand forcible and shake it, one could easily tell the fear coming off the slaver was directed towards Hayato and he relished it.

A couple days would pass Hayato would sit outside of the tavern watching occasionally from the street or from another roof nearby through a window. He just observed the different things Solomon did, he ended up watching almost for a week Solomon training to use some sort of Pit Fall Magic, which in the end he wound up doing it perfectly which made him happy enough to finally ask Jasmine for her hand in marriage. And as Hayato watched him he already knew what would hurt him the most.

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He would watch for a extra week just to be cautious, but he did not notice any other particular skill that Solomon could do other then that hole and his strength but that was quite common for most Imu's that he had come across. He would watch as each person began to enter the tavern, most would probably be there the night drinking and Solomon would be busy serving them.

Thankfully the establishment was open to the public, so he would just walk in the front door and then up to the bar, “What can I offer you sir?” Solomon would turn to ask as he saw the white haired man walk up to the bar, “Hmmm a pint will be fine maybe a story or two then a room for the night perhaps?” Hayato would say with a grin.  Solomon laughed as he said, “Sure thing a room would be fifty Haung and night and the pint five and the story comes free.” Hayato tossed him a hundred and say "put any more I gather up and I’ll pay before I leave", truthfully that was all that he had, but Solomon accepted it anyway.  Solomon would look around the tavern and the business was enough for Trish to handle so he would make up any drinks that was asked for by her as he spent his time with the man which he found his name to be Hayato after they introduced themselves. They would talk for some time more customers heading in and out of the tavern, Solomon was attempting to make himself another loyal customer however in Hayato’s mind it was something different, more like tenderizing a meat before cooking it. Neither of them held anything back for each other in fact by the time Trish came over to let them know the place was closed and that she was going to head out they shared most of their life story to each other, Hayato decided he would leave out however he was the one to slay Solomon’s father after recognizing the title his father held. Solomon enjoyed talking with Hayato he found not many that he had met other then Noir had such a terrible past at least not those who decided to share it with him, so he came to somewhat trust him in a short period of time. As Trish left he would look to Hayato and hand him a key, “Here you are for your room, I just have to clean up and lock up, enjoy your night.” Hayato would take the key and nod as he head off and up the stairs.

Up the stairs Hayato would see his room to the left the second door however he turned towards the first door on the right, he knew this to be Solomon’s room and Hayato had no intention of sleep any time soon.  He had no grudge towards the two in this room and he had no intentions of making them his toys so he would at least make it quick for these two. Solomon would be seen stacking up the chairs onto the tables upside down to make cleaning the floors easier but would stopped as he heard a crash from upstairs and a scream, “Jasmine!” he would yell out as he dropped what he was holding and raced up the stairs. He would see some of the guests peeking out of the door as he raced up the stairs and instantly see his door kicked in, he would rush around the corner with his hand on the door to only see Hayato he held a giant smile on his face as he said, "Hey Solomon" Solomon would see him holding the heads of his wife and child in each hand, their blood still spilling out of there body on the floor. He looked back at Hayato and he relished in Solomon's emotion he could see it build up inside him starting as confusion and then as it began to make a mixture or rage and sadness, Solomon screamed as he darted towards Hayato, you would be able to see guests head for the exit from the door. Hayato would drop the two heads too the ground as Solomon charged and easily parrying Solomon's body and tripping him up in the process leaving him to crashing into the wall. Solomon would then pick himself up and before charging Hayato once more he would use Thorn and and his Amulet of destruction to first create a thorn from his palm and lunch it towards Hayato and a rock 10 cm in diameter would also be lunched towards him slowly growing in size. Solomon would watch as Hayato's pure white hair turned red and grew in front of him to a length to the same height as his body and then smashed into the floor in front of him, it would almost look like red shards of glass and both the thorn and the rock would smash into it, the thorn would snap against it but the rock would then exploding causing the room around them to collapse to the tavern below them. Solomon was stunned but struggled to stand, "Well... Well.... I wasn't expecting you to have any magic items now, that took me a little off guard." He could see that Hayato was standing there unscathed of the damage that happened to the room previous. Hayato began to walk forward and picked up both of the heads he dropped earlier, and started towards the door on the opposite side of the room of Solomon. "NO!!" Solomon would scream out, he had no clue why the man was attempting to leave now but he would begin to run at the man again reaching out with his hand attempting to use Wardens Grasp, but it would only meet his hardening red Hair once more stabbing through his Palm downwards into his knee then into the floor. Out of desperation and rage he would then reach with his other hand but that would be only met with Hayato's own hand squeezing back, neither of them could squeeze hard enough to damage the other, "Settle down now Solo, we are done for now... but you seem like a bit of fun I'll tell you what, if you can find me I'll give you one more chance to kill me... Or wait an even a better thought just came to me ... if you can become a King I'll come to you with two choices, I'll either allow you to take my head without a fuss on the spot or I'll offer you something of much greater value... let us see what you chose then, you shall become just like me and i'll help you do it and then i'll be back for you to take your place." he said this with still just a giant smile on his face as he patted Solomon's head. He would then release Solomon's hand as he kicked him back towards the middle of the room, the shard of hair ripped through his leg and hand as he fell backwards and then as he watch Hayato snap his fingers a ball of yellow light shot out towards the bar and lit it a flame and with another snap Hayato disappeared from in front of his eyes and the door would close slowly.

Solomon could at this point only drag himself towards the two headless corpses that laid in the centre of the room they were covered in planks of wood and if one were around they would see him throwing all the planks off them and pulling them in close as tears streamed down his face as the flames grew around him. If one were to enter they would see that the tavern was alit even the ceiling that was still left had flames climbing across them, beams would be falling around Solomon would would just be sitting in the middle of the roam tight grasping his two dead loved ones.

The ruckus that was going on throughout the town was more than enough to catch the eyes and the ears of the unity corp. They were the well-trained operatives of the Reim empire, and the internal affairs were their specialty. It didn’t take too long with the fighting between Solomon King and Hayato  that someone was notified with the specialty magical tools that were secured by the King’s raid and distributed throughout the unity corp.    Once a word has got out that there was some sort of fighting going on in Solomon’s inn, word got around to the unity corps. Once it reached Lagi’s ears, he rushed on over himself personally to see what the trouble is, he already took a big interest in the male and didn’t necessarily want anything happen to him. Maybe Solomon was lucky that he landed on Lagi’s “Special”.  After arriving, which is only a few minutes after Hayato left, Lagi El Nagi, in the same hooded outfit that he was in when he met Solomon, with his regular voice,  exclaimed his concern towards the man. “ Hey! Solomon King! That’s your family isn’t it? It’s not over, put them in ice or something if you have ice magic or something of a sort, I know a man that has life magic to bring people back. However, if you consider this the end, you won’t be getting your family back to move quick to preserve those bodies! If there is any chance of bringing them back, bet on it right now!”

Lagi’s voice was full of hope and uplifting, even a few white butterflies can be seen  and emitted from Lagi  as he said these things. It was a hard time for Solomon, but this wasn’t the end. “The people who did this will be executed, mark my words.” Lagi took out his communication orb and started channeling  out a communication pathway to the leader of the Nagi Orai, as well as the head trainer of the unity corps, Kohai El Nagi. “ Kohai, it’s me, secure the perimeter,   I need a city sweep of anyone suspicion in under an hour. “ Lagi would then look back to Solomon,  with a sense of urgency. We aren’t going to make this easy for them, I need a description, anything you can give me?” Solomon, in his opinion, only met this hooded avenger once. Who was he anyway? Why did he care so much?


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Solomon looked up in rage as Lagi came into the room, more of a reaction in thought of Hayato coming back, but quickly lowered his eyes back down to his murdered family he recognized the man who came through the door as the person he trained with before. “I have no such magic, do you?” he looked up with tears still flowing from his eyes’. Solomon then attempted to stand while holding his fiancée and son almost falling over as a pink blade of Hayato’s hair still stuck out of his leg but caught himself with his other leg as it stomped down and his opposite hand which hit his journey book that sat on the bar sliding it off and to the floor, “He still has their heads, if you can freeze their bodies till I recover them...?” he began to trail off as the fire still burned around them and more pieces of the ceiling it the ground. “We need to get out of here.” He would say with very little emotion as he attempted to bend down and grab his book, there was now a dim light of hope but he did not trust it but it did not mean he would not reach out for it. When the two of the exited the building he would then fall to his good knee with all his weight, and gently lift the two corpses off his shoulder and gently place then on the ground next to each other. He would then look up and he would watch as he dreams burned in front of him he could feel his rage building inside him, “They will wish to be executed” he would say as he looked up to Lagi raising his voice as he said it but stopped himself before it became a yell, Solomon was trying to stop himself from yelling or shaking due to his rage , he would look to his hands and arms, they were covered in blood and ash the only thing he could not stop from shaking was his hands as he clenched them. “His name is Hayato, he is a slender man about 6' tall and he has pure white hair ... or at least he did till just before he attacked and then it became red.” Solomon would then look to his journey book he could see that the bottom right corner of all the pages had burnt away and that the outer edges of the book were black with ash, he put it away after a thought. If he were to find the person that did this to him he would not wish for Hohotaro to watch what Solomon would do to the man.

He would then stand after some struggle and rip the blade from his leg then slap his hand down on it as he used Nature's Nurture , “If anyone is found, how would things be usually handled?” he asked this as he looked to Lagi, there was no anger directed at Lagi but there was anger behind his almost calm words, but most would know what was implied if Solomon was to find the man first. If he could feel happy in this moment of grief and death he would as he was able to have someone he looked up to as a rival with him but he could not, but he was fortunate to have such strength in a time of his weakness.

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Lagi frowned as he honestly tried to think of any sort of way that he could help Solomons Family. “I’m sorry, I’m not a magician at all. I never had any experience with ice magic, but i’m sure that the castle magicians that use life magic are also adept at the other arts of magic. I just need to find one that knows ice magic, and then we can at least preserve them for a short period of time while we track your assailant down. “ Lagi would then exit the area with Solomon and relay the message to Kohai by sustaining the ability of his communication orb. “Kohai, I have a description. 6’0, slender fame, his name is Hayato, hair color between white and red. After relaying the message, Lagi would take the woman and the child’s body from Solomon and use bulk up strength to support their weight. “I’m going to need you to trust me, catch up to the palace. We can't let the bodies rot, not even or a minute. “Using his strength, Lagi would kick a hole in the wall with b rank strength and jump to the next building, using his b rank strength to hook his feet inside of the brick all to break his fall and safely drop down. ”Solomon, I’ll meet you there! “

If Solomon allowed this to happen, Lagi will be running at 20 m/s towards the palace in order to bark out a few orders to the court magicians with bulk up speed, mostly asking for a magician skilled in ice. “ I need a flash freeze right now, there are bodies that need preserving!” They didn’t understand why the king came over here so fast in a desperate rush, but they responded. “Yes your lordship!”

Since Solomon is slow assumingly, Kohai appeared and grunted. ”So Lagi went on ahead, hey! Your assailant is nowhere to be seen inside of the country. I never seen an individual move that fast, none of my operatives could keep up with him. Must be some sort of magic perhaps, maybe illusions to trace away his true location. “ Kohai had his ronin bug on his shoulder, which looked equally displeased. “Right now, we need to put out this fire, it can spread. Catch up with the king. “ With that being said, Reim guards arrived with buckets of water to fight the current fire of Solons inn, trying to save as much of it as they can.

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Solomon did not reply to Lagi he would only nod in agreement, he would stand and watch as Lagi ran towards the palace then turn back to look towards his burning inn. He would begin his run towards the palace and it was nowhere near the pace Lagi was going, Solomon would run by the other businesses and come to a stop as he saw some of Lagi’s men, and one seemed to acknowledge him. “The inn is dead to me now, you do not have to salvage much however if Largo... if a beast is to return however please send him my way, he must have ran when the fire began.” Solomon had lost everything but Largo at this point, if Hayato had left the country that means the heads were gone, he did not know of such a spell that could freeze his family for long periods of time so the light he did hold onto was now gone, but he did owe it to Lagi to show and for all he knew he may know of some other types of spells. He continued to run towards the palace with a nod, he was not sure if other would let him through but he would make his way towards palace, he caught the words “king” and he thought about it as he ran he was slightly confused but did piece together they could be the same person as neither truly identified themselves but at this moment he did not care if it was a king or a slave he was helping that is all that mattered to Solomon. He would arrive at the castle and attempt to find him, if he did he would say, “I’m not sure if you have been told already but they could not seek him out ... is there something that could freeze them for a long period of time?” Solomon would be quick and blunt about it, as he knew it would take some time to track down Hayato if he ever could. Most emotion was lost from Solomon at this point, he was not cold or hot blooded towards anyone just blank as one could be. He would remember what Hayato had said to him and what he said about two options that thought ran through his head as he listened to Lagi.

OOC: Forgot to include Largo after the drama happened ;P

Kohai nodded and tapped his ronin bug on the head. "We start to track down your companion immediately. Don't worry, when it comes to beasts of all natures, the El Nagi clan are professionals. I will rondeau with you and the king after I have located it, in front of the palace of kings. "With that being said, Kohai vanished with his extreme speed and went off looking for Solomon's beast that more than likely ran away from the scene of the fire. Not that Kohai could blame him, but a real companion would never abandon their master.

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When Solomon arrived, Lagi shook his head at him. "Not that I know of to be completely honest with you. This block of ice is powerful enough to keep them frozen for a months time, and wasting this much major and concentration would take a days worth of magical strain on the magician. If you don't have ice magic, this man can accommodate you, but you would have to pay him ahead of time to maintain the preservation. Don't worry, I'll pay for the first five months. However, we need the heads back and we have to do something about the bodies. We need a place to store them, and we cant store them here. People will talk, the publicity might be bad. " Lagi would then look at Solomon in the eye.

"Yes, Solomon, publicity, even at a time like this. And after being kidnapped, my father is not well. Not sure if there is anyone on the council that might have my best interests in mind, other than taking advantage of this situation. Either way, storing, that can be done in reim. " Looking at Solomon once more, Lagi looked away. Here is the reality of the situation, he might have acted alone, so we might not have any leads because we couldn't capture him. But if you know of anything or any way he had any Reim contacts of any sort, it's a place we can start. Also, you need money, Solomon. If you aren't a magician that practices some advanced life magic or ice magic, you need money. The life and ice magic combination that the contact is capable of will keep the bodies fresh and preserved, earth and life can also lead to some sort of clay like petrification. I'm not sure I read it in a newspaper a study at the college at mangostadt wrote. That should be your next location, getting better over money costing you an arm and a limb. In the meantime, I'll do the best that I can...."

Suddenly, Kohai would appear with a rope tied around the neck of Largo. "Found him, he was stubborn, and your scent on me made the creature hostile. No damage was done...."

Solomon still having many emotions flowing inside him simply bowed his head as Lagi offered to pay for the first five months, he did not usually accept charity he worked for his money but in this case the choice was to accept it or his family was gone forever. Solomon at first did not understand why they could not be stored at the castle but after listening he would assume that here it is not the King that has the most influencing power but the council and the people. It was odd to him but he was not going to speak of it or question it as it was not his place to question someone who has helped him or of a countries ways.  “I have no reason to quarrel with any decision you make, as right now you are the only one keeping my family from being completely gone... however speaking of the study I have visited Magnostadt once before and found a location within the large plains that might work well for a area to hide my family till I find their killer.” Solomon would still have some money left stashed in the floors of the tavern that he thought about as he would need money for the mage and the vessel to the plains of Magnostadt once more but he knew it would not be enough. “As long as you can hold them in Reim, I will begin to collect money from who I can here and then I would like to transfer them with myself of course.” Solomon knew his life in Reim was finished and he had no interest in staying, he would then cover his face with his hands as he then thought to himself, “I have no home in Imuchakk and only terrible memories here now in Reim will this follow me forever?” He would then allow his hands to drop as he heard the man from earlier speak, looking over he would see the man and Largo standing there, “Thank you” he would say as he walked over and took the rope around Largo’s neck off and patted him till he sat down. Solomon would continue to rub Largo as he looked to the two of them, “The only job I had most recently that involved humans was saving Magenta’s child from some slavers awhile back but I left them for the guards after saving her child, they associated with a emblem of a spider but that was some time back and while I was there I did not see Hayato with them.” He thought to himself if it could be those men and he slowly felt sadness and anger arise in him as he thought about them and if this happened just because he let them live, he would not show this however but the thought alone would give him the urge to go out and kill everyone associated with the group but he prioritized the thought of his family.

I wish there was more I can do…….” Lagi would say as he shook his head in disbelief. What more could he do to help this guy? There wasn’t much that was left to be said in that regard, Lagi was pretty much stuck between a rock and a hard place. “When it comes to the travel arrangements, I’ll see if I can patch you through some contacts in the plains to get you settled in. I heard that there were a few nomad clans outside of the Kou empire,  build a relationship with them and it’ll  be a place to call home in no time. “ Lagi would then pat the man on the shoulder. “ Look, you’re a magician,  and I’m pretty sure that you can make a spell to unburden yourself of all of the horrible memories you experienced in life, but is that truly living? It’s hard, it’s tough. You will cry,  it’s going to be hard to sleep, wake up in old sweats and look in the mirror, asking yourself how you go through each and everyday the way that you do. However, regardless of all of this misery,  there is still a meaning to living this life that you have.  You can either live for your family, live for revenge, or live for yourself.  What you find, that answer, it has to be your own, and whatever it is….. no one can take that away from you. Understand?”
Lagi would then suck his teeth at the mention of the black spiders and turn to Kohai. “They are starting to be a real pain in my ass,   how are they getting so close to our boarders without being detected? Must be an inside job,  I need to destroy them. I need to destroy anything that stands in my way…..” Kohai would then nod his head slightly. “ Getting serious huh? I’ll start an investigation now…..”

“There is no more you have to do, everything that happened had nothing to do with yourself and you were kind enough to assist me anyway, I will get through this.” Solomon would say kindly to Lagi, but Solomon could still feel his stomach twist and could still barely think with all the emotions jumping about in his mind. Solomon would look around, and look down to Largo, he was unsure of what to do next; his home had just burned down along with his business and family. “Is there anything I need to do, could I see where my family will be kept for the time being?” He would ask, he then remembered of the small house that he built of onyx out in the forest he would usually train in, “I have a place I can stay for awhile at least till I’m able to move them to the plains, if you need me you will be able to find a onyx building out in the nearest forest.” He knew he would head straight there after this to try and obtain a grip what was going on around him as at this moment he could not, “I know however if I come along some of those called the spider I will be able to bring you a location of where I found him if that would help.” He purposely left out the person he found, as if he did find them he would most likely be dead shortly afterwards. After listening to what Lagi had to say Solomon would say, “After I get a grasp of things i’ll be out collecting some coin, if you have any updates on Hayato or the others could you please keep me updated?”

Are you aware of something called clairvoyance magic? “Lagi would ask Solomon with a questioning tone. “Something as simple as a trickle of your blood combined with that magic can play back all of your memories from before, it’s basically your life in a book. Now imagine, this man, Hayato , has managed to evade the unity corps on our own home turf. It’s not skill because we boast skill, its magic. Imagine if you tangle with him again, and you are the one that has to retreat, but he got you a few good times and you drew blood. With that, he would know of this conversation, and he would even know where we are keeping your families bodies. After what happens after, whatever you are doing or involved with in the plains, he will know that too. He will have so much leverage on you, do you understand the gravity of the situation when dealing with powerful magicians? It’s not the explosions or fire balls you need to be afraid of, this is the kind of magic you need to be afraid of.” After that Lagi shook his head. “ You can see them whenever you want, but you will be blindfolded every single time during the travel time to your family. I cannot verbally tell you where the place will be, and you cannot be un-blindfolded during your travels there because clairvoyance will play that back too. “

Lagi then walked over to Solomon with a serious look on his face. “You found an outpost for the black spiders, we should leave immediately then, I’ll fetch El Drago.” Before Lagi Left, he smiled at Solomon. “I’ll keep you posted, and what I need from you, the most important thing, is a counter to clairvoyance. A direct counter for the sake of security. Ours, and your own….I’m counting on you…Solomon King..