SHINOBI In A World Of Magic

Yohan had hypnotized the ruffians and made them commit a crime right in front of a police station. They were immediately arrested and were imprisoned for indecency. Those thugs actually had a history for stealing, assault and even murder and were imprisoned for life.

-In a penthouse-

"Tiana! Tiana!" A tired and strained voice called out.

"Muuhh" Tiana g.r.o.a.n.e.d, she didn't appreciate the shouting voice.

"Tiana where were you last night!?" A blond man questioned. "Do you know how worried we were? We nearly made a commotion when we planned to overturn the city for you."

"Uhmmm." Tiana was hesitant. "I-I went out for a s-stroll...." Her voice grew increasingly quieter.

"Did anything happen to you when you were out? How come we didn't see you at all?" The blond once again bombarded her with more questions.

"Arthur, let her answer. One question at a time." A woman came from behind, she had red hair. "Well, Tiana did something happen?" The woman spoke softly but in contrast with the frantic aura given by the blond, it was much more commanding and uncompromising.

"N-nothing happened, mom." Tiana tried to deny.

"THE..... TRUTH.... NOW...." Each word was firmly enunciated by the woman. Her name was Valerie Reeves, wife of Arthur and mother of Tiana Reeves. Tiana didn't dare leave out a single detail and spilled it. A mother's wrath isn't worth a lie.

"A child with white hair?" Arthur had a grateful tone. "So he saved you from being abducted? You only saw his back when he.... spiraled into thin air?" Tiana nodded to confirm. Arthur tried to make sense of it, but couldn't remember any magic or spell that could probably do the same. After a few more minutes of brooding over the matter they decided to let it go. "Well, the most important part is that you are safe, also remember your friend Sylvie, the elf princess will come tomorrow." Tiana's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Royalty and nobility does exist in this world, except that they are just like the royalty and nobility of England on earth, in that they do not have any real privilege which separates them from normal citizens and don't have influence in the governance of the country, unless they are part of the house of lords, a separate parliament from elected officials, for the hereditary titled nobles.

"Tiana, lets get you washed and ready. We'll have breakfast before we go shopping." Valerie suggested, Arthur looked like he aged a few years and Tiana got more excited and went to the bathroom. "Arthur, if what she said is true..."

"Yes I know Valerie. Someone had been keeping tabs on us and targeted our Tiana. We'll just keep her close to us and as well as a tight leash on her." Arthur was very clear on Valerie's line of thought. What gave it away was that those ruffians knew who she was, even though their arrival wasn't publicized. '[Sleep], a dark element spell, that's quite rare, there's no way they were ordinary kidnappers.' Arthur thought again.

They ate breakfast and went out shopping, Arthur had a fatigued expression while carrying 6-7 bags in each hand. The bags weren't heavy for him, it was the fact that he had to follow them around which drained his energy, looked like the daughter is picking up the habits of her mother. After a couple hours of shopping, they got back and were greeted by a wolf-kin with graying hair. Tiana ran into his arms.

"Uncle Barnes! You're here too!?" She said in disbelief.

"Well, if it wasn't obvious enough." Barnes rubbed her head. "Yo Arthur, Valerie, enjoying your stay?"

"Well for the most part." Arthur said while holding up all the bags. Barnes laughed, Valerie and Tiana left the room. Arthur and Barnes chatted for a while.

"Hey did you hear, 4 men were dancing outside a police station n.a.k.e.d?" Barnes couldn't keep a straight face saying that and laughed in between words.

"What?! How did that happen?" Arthur was chuckling at the peculiar event.

"No one knows how. Everyone thought they were drunks, but they were actually wanted criminals. I heard from a police buddy of mine here, that they seem to have woken up from a daze." Barnes said.

"Sounds like a drunk night to me." Arthur said.

"Well my buddy said that neither of them remembered drinking and when they tested for traces of alcohol in their systems, there was none." Barnes said.

"Could it be an illusionist?" Arthur proposed.

"That would be one hell of an illusionist to be able hypnotize them to act." Barnes said. Arthur nodded, it was very unlikely since the number of people who could do that could be counted on one hand.

-In a quaint household near a school-

"Achoo, has someone been talking about me?" Yohan sneezed. He didn't think much of it and continued training [Wood Release]. He has been trying to create lesser versions of the jutsu, for example instead of [Wood Release: Wood dragon jutsu] he created [Wood Release: Wood Serpent jutsu]. His chakra reserves are at mid jounin level, so he has a rather limited arsenal. Though he was practicing his [Wood Release] it was not what he spent most of his time on. He had been trying to work on the Rasengan, but he hadn't made much progress on it since he needed to get his hands on some balloons and rubber balls to practice the force and rotation needed to maintain a Rasengan. So he sighed and decided to relax today.

"Mom! Can we go and watch the procession of Princess Sylvie tomorrow?!" Amber's voice was heard. The princess' arrival was announced two weeks ago and Hakono would prepare for it. Nobody knew the purpose of her visit, but were honored all the same to be graced with her visit.