This life, by myself

Chapter 11

"Dangerous... fireworks?" On asked.

"Yeah"

"So bombs"

"...yeah"

"Why are they there?"

"Bad people want to hurt people"

"Why would they do that?"

"They are crazy"

"Will they blow up if we do something to them?

"No"

"Where will they be?"

"Somewhere around the plaza. But I don't even know if they are there yet but over the next five to six days they might appear"

Golden and blue eyes stared at Cale in silence.

"That sounds like fun!"

"Yeah!"

Cale smiled at the excited children.

"How do we find them?"

"How many will there be?"

"What do they look like?"

The kids eyes sparkled at the unexpected game.

"You find them by sensing the mana inside of them. There should be ten of them but most of them will look different from each other. They could look like purses or other random items but they will have mana in them so it should be easy to tell apart from normal items"

Well, that's what Rosalyn told me. There were ten bombs. Some were objects that were on unsuspecting civilians. Some were placed around the plaza. I can't remember the exact locations of them nor other details but I know enough to roughly guess where some are.

"If we find them do we bring them to you?" Hong asked

"No. Leave them there and mark them on the map. If you find one as an object..." Cale glance at the dragon. "Can you place something on it to know the location of it?"

"Of course I can. I'm a dragon" the little dragon scoffed.

"Alright, do that"

A few hours later, it was time for the children to go on their little treasure hunt.

Cale followed the children from behind while buying some materials as they searched the capital.

-I can't sense anything strange.

"That's fine. I wasn't expecting anything today. Just keep you eyes out for any good places to hide things"

-Mmhm

A few days later, and they only found one bomb.

"I won't come with you tonight since I have something to do so you three will go by yourselves. You will probably discover more bombs today so it might be dangerous. Remember to stay invisible and if something seems to be off, run away straight away. Don't poke your nose anywhere suspicious. Come back by 8. If you don't, I will come look for you but still keep track of time"

"Okay!" Hong chirped. Cale turned to the dragon.

Blue eyes stared at his brownish red eyes.

"Before you leave, can you dye my hair black again?"

He saw his hair fading black in the reflection of the window.

"Thank you"

Cale watched them turn invisible and wait for couple of minutes. I should get going.

He wore his cloak and covered his face with a black cloth.

[Yayyy, adventure!]

[Cale, where are we going?]