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Ezio's eyes narrowed but his mood eased when he turned to look back at his master. He was speaking like he had known his mother. He saw the master's seemingly lonely visage as he sat on that chair.

"Have you known my mother?" He fully turned and waited for the master's answer.

"Elehiya Constantine, a name I would never forget," he mumbled. "Yes, I've met her. A barbaric woman who only knows how to go against me and sees everything in a colorful light."

To hear somebody else aside from his uncle who would talk about his mother, Ezio went back to his seat to listen carefully. He only knew his mother by her name and by the stories that his uncle would tell him every night when he was a child. Now that his uncle was gone and there's one other person who could tell him about her, he was happy.

"How did you know her?" Ezio asked with his focus all on Cygnus.

The master looked at the child who was anticipating his next words and the memories slowly emerged. "She stopped me from destroying her world. She was the person who taught me how to bake."

Ezio grinned when he heard what her mother did. He could already imagine what great lengths his mother went through to stop the man. He could also already tell that his mother was an amazing woman just as how his uncle described her.

"How can she stop you when you are already too powerful?" It was a mystery he wanted to uncover.

Cygnus laughed, "She would drop me to a different dimension whenever I tried to use my power. You see, she can open a dimensional gate anywhere she wants. After that, she would not stop nagging me until I gave up and found her bothersome."

The grin on the master's face was contagious that even Ezio already had a smile on his face. Listening about his mother made him warm eve though he didn't meet her. This was enough for him though, he couldn't ask for more.

"She was one of the few people who I allowed to get close to me. You can call her my friend, a precious one." This sentimental side of Cygnus could only be seen once in a while but even so, no one would see him in a weak state.

"What happened?" He asked once more. Ezio could feel that there was something more behind his words.

"She disappeared. I looked for her all over that accursed world but couldn't find her until I found out that there are people who are after her. I sought them out but even then, they couldn't tell me where she was. After I killed them one by one in a painful way, one of them said that they saw her opening a gate and disappeared." There was sadness and anger but by the end of his words, his face turned stone cold. "So, I destroyed that world and left."

Ezio gulped. The master was really unforgiving. "Did you try looking for her in the worlds you've visited?"

Cygnus shook his head. "It's not something I would do. If we meet again then that's it but it is a bit disappointing to know that she's dead."

Ezio also felt sad all of a sudden because his mother was dead. He wasn't able to meet her because they were separated when he was still a baby and his uncle doesn't have any images of her. His mother's death and his uncle's death, everything was because of the tower.

Cygnus nodded at Ari's direction. She flashed another page from the book and it turned out to be a diary. It was something she kept when she first came to that world.

Ari flipped the projection like it was a real book and all that it contained were things the woman used to do until she met Ezio's father. She also mentioned the master a couple of times even though she didn't mention his name directly. From the diary, it turned out that Jagan was the brother of Ezio's father.

There was also a glimpse of her life as she became part of the Magic Tower. She had her own misgivings and uncertainties, especially because of what happened to her and the warnings from Cygnus that she did not forget. It took her a long time before she finally gave it a chance because Jagan was also a mage.

She helped with their research on magic and how to use it for the people. Elehiya was enjoying what she was doing and the last trace of her defense slowly disappeared. Her knowledge on teleportation magic was astounding but what caught the attention of the elders was her wisdom in the subject of space and time magic.

Elehiya would talk about it like she knew exactly what she was saying and it fascinated those people. They have known that this kind of magic was difficult to learn and understand. They could only use teleportation and some magic to store certain things into pouches and bags but to open a dimension or turn back time was beyond what they could do.

The latter was indeed difficult to do unless one was a god but traveling through dimensions was easier to do as long as you meet the condition to manifest it. Then the unthinkable happened, Elehiya wanted to hide her magic but there was a tragedy that struck the kingdom. They were sent on a mission to rescue a town that was overtaken by monsters.

Elehiya thought that it was only a simple monster attack but when they got there, the place was crawling with beasts of all sizes and devouring people. They were not ordinary monsters. They were summoned demons from the depths of hell. This must have been caused by a dark magic user going berserk.

She saw how they devoured the people and relentlessly killed those who tried to run. The mages who were with her tried to fight off the monsters and save the remaining people who were still alive. They did their best to use teleportation to save them but the manifestation of that magic takes too much time.

They did not have time to spare. She could hear their cries of desperation and the growls of those monsters that were after them. There was only one thing that she knew that she could do and that was to directly transfer them to a safe location using her magic.

Elehiya did what she could to save those people but it was the start of her nightmare. What she did during that mission did not escape the radar of the elders that they started to pester her about her magic. She became uncomfortable due to their demands and their negative remarks regarding her being unfilial to the people who helped her.

During this time of distress, the news of her being pregnant became known. All negative thoughts in her mind were replaced with the joy of knowing that she would have a child of her own. Because of this, she decided to leave the tower and live with her husband in peace.

They planned to raise their child in a peaceful environment where they could grow up with a smile on their face. Her leaving the tower was not taken by the elders kindly, especially those who coveted her power. Even with all the disapproval, she still left.

She and her husband left the capital during that time and according to her diary, they settled at a small town far away from the city. They stayed there contented and happy but the people who still covet her magic became relentless. Finally, the day came when she gave birth to Ezio. It was the happiest moment in her life. To see her child and hear him cry made her life more colorful. In the end that happiness did not last.

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