As the noise intensified just outside of the window in the forest, it sounded like gears and machinery until a sudden boom was heard.
Selene looked weirded out by the noise and commented about it
"ah, that fucking noise again, it's been going on for a little over a year now, damnit! It's annoying as hell! Apparently, even Father doesn't know anything about it either. Not to mention, we've hired several parties to investigate whatever is inside the forest, but when they came back, they looked as if they saw a ghost, a bunch of babies can't even do one job, but maybe something truly is inside of the forest."
Simon got a sudden idea after they finished eating the pizzas, he thought it was stupid and dumb so he said it sarcastically not expecting both of them to actually agree on it
"Hey why don't we go inside the forest maybe if we find out what's in here Father might reward us either way we don't really have much to do"
Selene and Lucian both spoke at the same time with the same enthusiastic tone
"Sure why not! Let me get my weapon... Wait a damn minute... Jinx! Fuck! We said it at the same time! We're letting this off the hook for now..."
Simon pauses and looks at them with a shocked tone
"He-hey y'all are actually serious? I was just joking-"
Selene shushes Simon up and "convinces" him to go with them with a menacing voice daring anyone foolish enough to challenge her
"Yeah we're going and I don't care if you want to sweetie but I'm forcing you or else~"
Simon looked at her terrified and gave up joining them but he went to get his staff
"Fine... But let me get my staff."
Selene looked at Simon who opened his small bag and suddenly Simon pulled out a long oak staff, Selene looked confused before remembering Simon did have an enchanted bag given by their mother, Selene had a look in her eyes screaming longing and nostalgia
"You still have that bag from mom huh? It must be really precious to you..."
Simon looked closely at the bag hugged it, and silently said something even though the story-teller couldn't hear before he said something audible to Selene
"Yeah, it is; I will cherish this bag deeply; til I die, I'll keep this close to me. "
Selene changes the atmosphere by addressing Simon's staff which confuses her deeply thinking it defies common sense
"Hey wait, you're using an oak staff?"
Simon looked at the staff and back at Selene equally confused and even questioning her common sense
"Uh yeah, it's cheap, and it works; I needed something like this after I was kicked out of the family, and why wouldn't this work?"
Selene looked at Simon even more confused and even challenging him to show his potential
"Yeah right, show it and make magic so here it doesn't have to be a pure one just your raw mana condensed into a ball"
Simon shrugged it off and easily made a detailed sphere look like an endless void of cosmos filled with stars. Some were small, and some were big, yet some were very bright whilst others were dim; in short, it was beautiful.
Selene looked amazed by Simon's potential and commented with an amazed tone
"How? Oakwood rejects mana. Only arch-mages can use wood types like that because of their mana control; it seems you really are something, huh, Simon?"
Suddenly Lucia entered the room in time with her sword in hand
"I got my two- wow, that's so beautiful. I've never seen a sphere like that before..."
Lucia's eyes slowly examined the room and realized something about the staff
"Hey, that's an oak staff! How is that possible?! Jeez, every day you just have another shocking trait, huh."
Selene looked at Lucua and back at Simon
"See! It's not normal!"
Simon gives it up and agrees with Selene
"Fine I give up you're right I'm amazing can we just get over with I desperately want to sleep"
Selene gives Simon a new and better staff
"Here that one is made out of treant logs enchanted by both pixie dust and demon blood, alright so let's go now"
Selene first led the way by jumping off Simon's bedroom window and helping Simon and Lucia get down
"Thanks, sis, are you okay Lucia you seem like you look uncomfortable"
Lucia shrugged it off
"Yeah, I'm fine; I bumped my head on the window..."
Simon pats her head, making her blush, yet Simon is unaware of the effect of his action and is worried he did something wrong, but he doesn't say anything.
Selene chuckled seeing the sight but she once again led the way towards the forest, through the way Lucia asked innocently and curiously
"What do you think they saw inside of the forest"
Selene teases Lucia by scaring her
"Maybe they saw ghosts, or maybe vampires! Or maybe even giant spiders! Or werewolves!"
Lucia looked like a child about to tear up after she got to a scary story, she looked pitiful yet cute, Simon seeing this pats her again and hugged her before scolding Selene
"Hey, sis, you shouldn't do that. Y'know how scared Lucia can get so please just don't do that at least for maybe a month since I don't trust you with being able to keep something like that forever"
Selene giggled innocently yet apologizes to Lucia
"Fair enough, anyway I'm sorry Lucia, y'know what'll really cheer you up? Y'know Simon and you look cute together~"
Lucia let go of Simon to playfully punch Selene
"Shut up!!!! You're such a tease to me! Just by me sweets and were even."
Selene chuckled and commented on her, Simon ignored them because he heard something big approaching
"Bribery eh, fine I'll buy you some after we finish our investigation, so what do you want-"
Before Selene could finish her sentence she was cut off by Simon pulling both her and Lucia into a big bush as a giant robot about 12 tall stepped foot and accidentally crushed something, maybe an animal just by its sheer size it looked terrifying especially with sounds coming from inside of it sounding like rusty and barely running parts.
The giant had moss and greenery covering it, yet it looked horrified to realize it might have just crushed something. As the giant was reaching down onto his foot, Selene tripped and snapped a twig, taking the giant's attention.