Surprisingly, in an incident that had nearly 20 terrorists working in it, there were zero casualties.
The terrorists made sure that absolutely no one was killed until the royal palace responded to their demands.
If anything, the only ones that died were the terrorists, except for the one guy that Ning managed to save by making him give himself up to the police.
The police had come to him, later on, to question exactly what happened. Ning explained it the best he could and since the royal family's people also helped in the situation, he wasn't questioned a lot.
The owner of the zoo thanked him profusely and made sure to give some sort of compensation for what Ning did.
Ning didn't want anything in return, still, he was given some money for his troubles. Ning accepted it in the end and went back to the hotel.
He laid on his bed, remembering the events that took place today. "So there can be times when Aether is more helpful than my energy, huh?" he thought.
Using Aether, he could mimic the strong body cultivation he had previously with his other body. While it wouldn't be as strong, still the fact that he could have a very strong body whenever he wanted, would be useful to him.
"I will have to practice that quite a bit though," he thought. Spending many seconds just imagining a strong body before actually getting a strong body wasn't the best choice in a fight.
Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door. He was confused. "Who's there?" he shouted.
"Sir, you have visitors," a staff spoke from the outside.
"I… have visitors?" he was confused. He stood up and walked up to the door. He opened it and was surprised to see the two people standing there.
"Lisa, Reever, what are you guys doing here?" he asked.
"Brother Ning, I heard you were there in the zoo today, during the hostage situation. Dear Alexis, that must've been terrifying, " Reever asked.
"Huh? Yeah, I was there. How did you learn about it?" he asked.
"We heard from Fiona. Thank you for saving my elder brother" Lisa said with a curtsy bow.
"Oh, it's alright. Come on in, we can talk inside," he said and opened the door fully. Lisa and Reever walked in and Ning tried to close the door.
Just then, he felt a gust of wind pass him in a very unnatural manner. His eyes suddenly got serious and he stepped back, looking all around him. however, he couldn't see anything.
His vision suddenly shifted, and he started seeing things in all red, blue, and green. This was a heat-based vision he had bought while working with the beasts in the zoo. He didn't want any beasts to sneak up on it, so he bought it as a precaution.
Suddenly, in his vision, there were 3 humanoid figures, all yellow or orange in color. Ning's vision shifted once more and he could see normally again. Except, one of the 3 humans was no longer visible.
"Who's there?" he asked. He suddenly grabbed a candlestick from the table and aimed it where the person should have been.
"Brother Ning?" Reever was surprised.
"Get back, someone is here," he said. "Reveal yourself or I will—"
"Alright kid, relax," a voice came from ahead of Ning. The air seemed to distort as a person appeared in it.
"You?" Ning asked when he saw Fiona pop out of the air once more.
"Oh, I forgot to mention. we had Fiona guarding us today," Lisa said.
"Eh? then why stay invisible? she could've shown herself," he asked
"Well, I had my reasons," she said as she turned towards Ning with a big smile. "Kid, how did you know I was invisible?" she asked.
"I felt the air move when you entered," Ning said.
"Oh," her eyes perked up. "And what about later? How did you know exactly where I was?"
Ning looked at her, trying to understand her intentions. Instead of answering, he asked, "how are you able to go invisible?"
Fiona's smile remained ever unchanging as she said, "That's a family secret of mine."
"Well, then how I saw you is a secret of mine too," she said.
"I see," Fiona said. She didn't seem to be angry with the response she got. "You said you wanted to be her highness's bodyguard right?" she asked.
"Yeah…" Ning said, wondering what she was going to talk about.
"Do you still want to?" she asked.
"I mean, yeah. Of course," Ning said.
"Do you want to become one right now?" she asked.
Ning was surprised. He didn't expect an invitation to come this easily, although that was part of the reason why he saved the prince in the first place.
Reever and Lisa were both surprised and happy, they looked at Ning expectantly.
"Don't I have to be a certified Aether Magister from the tower if I want to become a guard? That was what Mister Tim told me," Ning said.
"Who are you kidding, young man? You defeated an Aether king, 3 Aether Magister, and multiple Aether Grandmasters by yourself. If you had told Mister Tim you were this powerful, he would've never told you to leave at all," She said.
"So… I can join right now if I want to? Without having to be certified by the tower?" he asked.
"Yes," Fiona said.
Ning thought for a while and asked, "Can I join part-time?"
"Part-time?" Fiona was confused.
"You see… I got accepted in the Aether Tower, and I want to go there to learn more about Aether, so if it is okay with me only working half the time, then I can join right now," Ning said.
"You joined the Aether Tower, brother Ning? Congratulations," Reever said. Lisa congratulated him too.
Fiona thought for a moment to see if it was acceptable or not. She knew it wasn't. Having a guard that was missing half the time was just not possible to keep around.
But… she really wanted Ning to come under her.
So, she put her hands forth and said, "Welcome to the team, kid."
