I Just want a Peaceful life

Chapter 854: Nostrand Family

"...There is no need to work in desperation like this." said Angus.

"I… I also want to know more about my family. In the past, my granduncle made a sudden visit to our home. I don't know the details. However, he seems to have a serious argument with everyone." explained Mia

"Before he left, he told me I was the only hope for this family. I am not sure what he meant at that time. At first, I always thought I was a good political tool for the family. But I think it may not be that way. My granduncle has this kind of mysterious aura." added Mia.

"Hmm… How about your family history? Did you not know anything about it?" asked Angus.

Family history is a mandatory lesson for noble children, along with noble etiquette. Since Nostrand is a long-line noble family, they will definitely adhere to this tradition.

"I only know up to the Civil War period. As for others, they only said we come from a noble magician bloodline. I'm not sure if that's true or not. However, I also hear the family somehow experienced a huge setback before the Civil War and lost most of our long heritage," said Mia.

"Since it happened long ago, no one knows what truly happened at that time or what we lost. The only one who knows about this matter is the Head of the family at that time. Not even the current head family has any information about it." explained Mia.

"Then, let's just hope we found something in these books." said Angus.

After that, everyone started reading the history books while taking notes on anything that mentioned the Nostrand family. At first, no one found anything valuable except the Nostrand family's allegiance to the Heart Royal family.

At most, they only find some of the Nostrand family members' deeds to fend off an invasion on the border. *Swish* As everyone feels like wasting time, a tiny fairy-like elf appears beside Angus.

"What is it, Silvia?" asked Angus.

"Pardon me, Master. I notice you are trying to find information about the Nostrand family?" asked Silvia.

'Don't tell me… The Nostrand family is old enough until Silvia's age, ' thought Angus and Jayna.

"Yes. Did you know something about them?" asked Angus.

"Yes and no." said Silvia expressionlessly.

"Hm??" asked Angus.

"I never heard nor met the Nostrand family. However, there is a small record about them in the elven library we copied last time." said Angus.

"Did it? Then, send the information in my mind." said Angus.

Previously, Angus only focused on information about smithing. As for others, he decided to leave them alone since most of the information there contained a lot of things, from important elf history to making delicious food from orc dung.

Angus decides to leave all this messy information to Silvia. It also serves as a job for Silvia during her free time, which takes most of her time. After receiving the information about the Nostrand Family, Angus thought momentarily before looking at Mia.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Mia.

"No. Only a few sentences mention your family in elf ancient history. According to their record, the Nostrand family is the most powerful human mage family on par with them. They are also one of the founders of the Magus Order." said Angus.

"On par with the elf?!" said Mia in surprise.

Mia never thought her ancestor was so powerful that they could be on par with the elf.

"Magus order? No wonder, there are no records about Mia's family's past." said Jayna.

"What did you mean?" asked Mia in confusion and excitement at the same time.

Confused by Jayna's statement and excited about her family's powerful heritage.

"Magus Order is one of the first organizations formed since the ancient civilization. I am unsure about their true purpose, but they are a very powerful group of mages. Each of their members also practices some kind of weird and annoying magic."

"They are also among the few people who escape safely from Fire Phoenix. This should prove their powerful life-saving magic. You should know one does not simply escape from Fire Phoenix." said Jayna.

"If the Nostrand family is part of the Magus Order or its founder, it means they were also a powerful magician family in the past. Also, this mage group is proficient in using unknown magic to erase their trace."

"Be it present, object related to them, or even memory in people's minds. Everything will slowly disappear or be forgotten. Even the past Fire Phoenix couldn't do anything about it." said Jayna.

"Wait… that's similar to…" said Angus.

"Moon rabbit clan." said Angus and Jayna simultaneously.

"If this is the case, it will be hard to find anything about any trace of the Nostrand Family. The Moon Rabbit could even erase themself from the world." said Angus.

"*Sigh* it seems we are really getting into another dead end." said Jayna.

"Not really. Although we couldn't find what kind of talent the Nostrand family has, we could still find they are powerful mages and may have some kind of relation with the Moon Rabbit clan." said Angus.

"Moon rabbit clan?" asked Mia in confusion.

"They are a kind of talking rabbit race with powerful stealth abilities that I… I mean Anna caught some time ago." said Angus.

After that, Angus led everyone towards one of the hidden research facilities inside the Royal Palace. Arriving at the hidden research facility, Angus opened dozens of heavily enchanted and reinforced security doors until they reached one of the vast empty rooms.

"Err… It's empty?" asked Millie.

Angus said nothing but walked to the center of the room before chanting something in a low voice. *BUSSHH* After chanting for a few minutes, countless small runes move around the empty metallic room toward the center of the room. A bluish portal opens in front of Angus.

"Alright, follow me." said Angus before turning back and walking away from the portal.

"Ehh?? Aren't we supposed to enter the portal?" reacted Mia and Millien in confusion.

"Nope. It is a fake portal to deceive any intruder who manages to reach here." said Angus before approaching the metallic wall.

'Err… Isn't this too much security?' thought Millie and Mia while Jayna shook her head at her boyfriend's work.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* Angus knocked the metallic in a few different spots at a certain rhythm before part of the wall descended on the ground and revealed a pitch-black portal.

"Before you enter the portal, please do not go too far from me. Behind the portal is a chaotic space that could trap anyone forever." warned Angus before entering the black portal.

After entering the pitch-black portal, they arrive at a dimly lit space filled with flying rocks. It is as if they are inside a space filled with countless asteroids. Through their perception, they feel the whole space is unstable and messed up.

*Snap* With a snap, everyone disappeared from the spot and appeared on one of the big flying asteroids the size of a small island.

Not far from them, two skinny bunnies are strapped to a metallic table while three black-haired little girls surround them. The little girls wear cute medical outfits that are splattered with blood everywhere.

Seeing three little mischievous girls, Angus could only release a resigned sigh. *Piipppp* Suddenly, the unknown machine released a long beeping sound.

"Ooppss… Bunny is dead again. Scalpel," said Anna like she was a doctor.

The twin Gemini nearby gives Anna the sharp knife as if she were a good nurse assistant. Then, Anna stabs it towards the strapped bunny. *Spurt*

"MMmpphh!!" screamed the bunny through his gagged mouth.

Anna and Gemini didn't flinch at the horrifying, bloody scene as if they were in the middle of a severe operation.

"OOhhh… Bunny is alive." said Anna.

At the same time, the twins pressed something to the nearby unknown machine before it returned to the previous beeping sound like a heart detector. *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

"Anna!!" called Jayna.

"Hmm... Mommy!!" called Anna back.

She ignores all the messy equipment before rushing towards Jayna.

"Why are you here? Also, why are you covered in blood?" asked Jayna after hugging the little troublemaker.

"Anna tried a new dance move with Bitty. Then, Anna was trapped inside a strange room. Anna's voice is coming all over the room. So, Anna started to practice singing. Then.. Then… a weird-looking blue thing appeared in front of Anna."

"Anna tried to pick up something to throw over it. But, nothing is beside Anna. Anna couldn't throw the adorable cute Bitty either. So, Anna tried to break the wall.

"But… But… The wall suddenly disappears and reveals weird-looking black things. Then, Anna entered it and flew around before finding the bunny. Since bunny looks sick, Anna trying to op… Poop? No, that's not right. What was it again?" explained Anna while moving around.

"Operation." chimed the twin Gemini from the side.

"Yeah. That's it." said Anna.

'Is this for real? She just passed all those security measures.' thought everyone.

"Then, how about you twins? How did you get here?" asked Angus.

"Gemini? Ahh… When did Gemini get here?" reacted Anna.

'You just noticed them now?!' thought everyone.

"We just follow Anna." said the twin Gemini from the side.