The Only Aura User In Magic World

Chapter 1187: Is She My Half-Sister?

I was brought into a tent in the village. There are some people here watching me. And that girl from before is here as well.

"Weird doctor, why are you here? You’re not with the cult but I still can’t trust you," the girl said.

"I have a lot of questions to you but I’ll ask later. It’s my turn to be asked I guess. I’m here to look for any cities or villages where the people are hostile toward the cult. This is a harsh climate for anyone to live in. So I believe the cult won’t come here because it will be a waste of resource if they do. There’s no point in conquering a place like this for them," I said.

"Your words are not lies. Again. And it seems like you know a lot. Way more than what we know. Tell us more," she said.

"I have one condition for that. I need to bring a centaur here. A centaur has the ability to tell lies and truth. You can only detect lies but centaurs can tell if you’re speaking the truth. Sometimes, you can simply hide the truth even when you’re not lying or by saying something you’re not even sure about. So a centaur’s ability is better than yours. Can I bring one here? Then I can continue the interrogation and will tell you everything. As you said, I’m hostile against the cult. But it’s not like I can trust everyone here yet," I said.

"...Those are not lies. Fine, you can summon a centaur," But after you summoned it, you will have to wear that collar again," she said.

I’m wearing the Magic Restricting Collar I offered to her before. I even gave her the key so I will only be released once she gave me the key. Though I can easily take it off with my force.

"One more thing. The centaur is not my familiar but is extremely loyal to me. So I will open a portal to somewhere, bring the centaur here, and close the portal," I said.

"Alright. Do it," she gave me the key to the collar.

I remove it and quickly relayed a message to Graham to prepare a centaur there. The centaur can’t handle the cold so I have prepared warm clothes for him. But I will share my Aura with him so he will stay warm.

The centaur is here. He was cold when he entered but he feels warm after I touched him.

Then I put on the collar again and ask everyone in this room.

"Say the answer with simple yes or no. Is there anyone here who is connected with the cult?" I asked.

Other than the girl, there are four other people here. They all answered with no. I asked the centaur and he said that they speak the truth.

Then I told them what I can tell about the cult.

"They want to destroy the world?!" the girl asked.

"He spoke the truth," the centaur said.

"I don’t believe it," the girl said again.

Then the centaur spoke, "he told lies."

Only then the girl reacts. Because she knows that the centaur told a lie and her ability reacted.

"You really know how to handle people who can detect lies," I said to the centaur.

"It was originally just our abilities. We played around with it as kids by mixing truths and lies," the centaur said.

That’s how they ended up as a race that does their jobs really well at interrogating.

"...This is crazy. I think my brain works too much today. Here, you can remove that collar. We will trust you," she said.

"Are you some kind of the chief in this village?" I asked.

"I guess so. With my ability, I can do well as the leader of this village. By the way, my name is Mai. I forgot to introduce myself," she said.

She’s the leader of this village. Much like the chief. And probably similar to Albert, she uses her ability to lead. Just by detecting lies.

"So, what do you want to ask me?" Mai asked.

"First, who is your real father?" I asked.

"I don’t know. I never met him. I was discovered at the western shore and adopted by a family there as a baby. I don’t know about my real father. Why ask?"

"Because my half-brother has the same ability as you to detect lies. And it’s something that can be inherited through bloodline. So it’s a possibility that you’re my half-sister," I said.

"...WHAT?!"

Of course she will be shocked. But it means that I might really have a lot of half-brothers or sisters.

"The part about him having a half-brother with the same ability and that the ability can be inherited through bloodline are the truth," the centaur said.

"It’s just a possibility that you’re my half-sister though. We can figure it out later. For now, I’m just glad that I found a village with people who disagree with the cult," I said.

She’s not reacting at all. I guess she’s still shocked.

"I think we will need to talk in details later. Let’s take a break and talk more later once she recovers," I said to the men there.

"Oh, where will you stay?" one of the men asked.

"Is there no unused tent here? It’s pretty warm inside," I said.

Turns out, there were some. But since there were no people, the tents were put down. So I build it with their instruction. They were shocked to see how quick and strong I am.

It was only the next day when I received guest. It’s Mai. She seems to have recovered now.

She entered my tent with another girl and introduced her as her sister. Not a real one. Mai was adopted. She’s the girl of the family who adopted her. Her name is Helga.

"Is it true that this ability can be inherited through your descendant?" Mai asked.

"That’s true. But it’s possible for other people to gain that ability not through bloodline. Maybe your ancestor and mine are different," I said.

I’m not sure yet. If possible, I want to bring Mai to meet the Spirit King who will read her memories.

There’s also another way. I can thoroughly examine her blood. With how advanced medical technology now and thanks to Sophie’s genius, we can check people’s DNA through blood sample. I can just take Mai’s blood sample and have Sophie tests it.

Or I can just ask Arin to drink Mai’s blood. She said that there’s this similar taste in blood for people who are related. That’s what she said after she drunk Albert’s blood after knowing that he’s my half-brother.

Then I brought the centaur back here because even if she’s my half-sister, I still can’t trust her yet.

Then I told her about myself. The fact that I’m an Aura user. The one that the cult decided to be their enemy. And how I also have my own ability because I’m an Aura user.

"So my ancestor was an Aura user. No wonder I was wanted," Mai said.

Then she told me how when the cult entered the city she was raised where some people already aware of her ability, she was suddenly labeled as the cult’s enemy. That’s how she runs away from them and decided to stay in this village.

And it’s a good thing that she’s an ice mage. Because there are places where you can mine ice element magic stones here. So she’s now an expert level ice mage.

"By the way, about my half-brother who has the same ability as you, he’s actually a King. He’s the King of Tatrama. A huge kingdom in another continent and also my home country. The fact that you were found in the western shore made me think that you really came from the other continent," I said.

Then I see Helga holding Mai’s hand tighter.

"Ah, I don’t have any plan on stealing her from you. I just told her because she has the right to know. Whether she’s my half-sister or not, she can do whatever she wants," I said to Helga.

Mai is in disarray. Once she recovers again, I will ask her whether I can get this village’s cooperation.

From what I’ve heard after asking the people around, I knew that there are actually some people who come and go to trade with a city a few days away from here. It means that they have a way to get information from the city.

It will be a good idea to have this village cooperate with us. Though I need to wait until Mai recovers from the shock of her origin. Though it’s not confirmed yet.

"Again, go get some rest to sort your mind. I have ways to find out whether you’re my half-sister or not. I can even find out whether you came from the other continent or not. We can talk again later," I said.

Though the next day, some villagers decided to treat me as Mai’s brother. Well, we don’t know that yet.