Walking down the long hallway, Aidan stopped abruptly. The raven skipping followed the owner and croaked in displeasure.

Suddenly he froze and cried out in displeasure:

- Oh, give me a cock!

The bird shuddered sharply at the displeased glance of the owner and quickly turned away:

- Blame boss ...

- Who you are! Boomed a rough and hard tone from the huge muscular woman. Even if Aidan stopped the flow of words of his spirit, he could not agree with some of his statements ... The Virgo was really frightening!

As soon as her gaze touched the little old man, she already stretched her fingers on her hands, but immediately stopped when she saw a white crow.

- Eh? Birdie, is that you?

Virgo was really amazed. For a long time she had not seen this gluttonous and noisy bird ...- Kar! - the raven abruptly disappeared behind the owner's leg and fell silent. For the first time he was so scared of someone, and even shut up himself! Aidan couldn't help but praise Virgo's methods, she clearly had a good bargaining chip.

Frowning, the huge woman approached a pair of intruders menacingly. Aidan raised his hand to stop her.

- Wait, we didn't come to fight with you. We're just guests. Can you show your normal Virgo look?

- Hmmm? - the woman stopped, and then looked towards the door, which was guarded. Thinking for a moment, she seems to have decided something, and then her body flashed with a golden glow, and she instantly shrank at least five times, turning into a short attractive girl in a maid's apron:

- Greetings guests, - bowing her head, Virgo added: - And you are a white bird, I haven't seen you for a long time.

- You yourself are a bird! Kar! - grumbled the crow, and continuing to hide behind the owner.

Aidan, too, straightened for a moment and regained his former appearance. The maiden was not at all surprised, which could not be said about Aidan. He did not plan to show himself yet, but seeing such an attractive face in this cute spirit, he nevertheless decided to show himself:

- I'm here for you Virgo, let me go to Everly.

- Follow me? - the girl was surprised, and then frowned: - Master asked to protect him! I can't let you in, you have to wait until he finishes washing."Okay," Aidan sighed, realizing that this girl wouldn't just let him in. And it shouldn't, because they don't even know each other. Relying on the crow in this matter is pointless. Therefore, Aidan waved his hand towards the Virgin, and then walked past. She no longer blocked his path, as it was covered with a thick crust of dark ice. Of course, he was not going to harm her, the ice will stop her at most for a minute, and then he will crumble. In addition, with the power of the Virgin, she can destroy it herself even earlier. There should be enough time, he wasn't going to blame the celestial spirit for carrying out the order under the contract.

The raven croaked and ran to the beautiful statue, but Aidan didn't even pay attention to it, his body bent again, and hundreds of wrinkles covered his face and skin. When he reached the door, he again turned into a decrepit old man. Coughing, the guy stretched out his hand and pushed the door, which began to open with a creak.

"Oh, how am I ..." Everly opened his mouth to accept the grape, but froze, just like his maids. An old man and a white bird entered the room. The strangest guests appeared on the doorstep. For a moment, everyone was speechless ...

- Kar! Your mother, what a fat pig. - the crow could not restrain himself and, as usual, began to swear first, interrupting such a funny atmosphere of bewilderment. Only this time Aidan could not argue with him, this Duke really impressed, let alone his assistants ...

- Who you are?! - finally recovering himself, squealed the duke:

- Virgo! Where are you?! Get these freaks out of here!

The only response was silence, though Aidan heard a slight crack behind him. Looks like the Virgo was a little stronger than he thought and was able to almost break free. But Everly was a weakling, with such a weak spellcaster, this girl is unlikely to be able to show her true abilities.

Aidan didn't let anyone move, he slammed his cane on the gray tiles and a terrifying bright glow spread from his body. Everyone immediately closed their eyes and screamed, an ice wave burst out in all directions. The jacuzzi and mustard immediately turned into ice sculptures, except for Averily, half of whose body remained frozen in the water. But he could not even understand what happened, being blinded. The icy wave was so fast that all the light immediately disappeared, covering the windows and lamps, the Duke could not even realize that he was frozen by dark ice, which completely covered all the light. As soon as he could understand that he was in the darkness, fear then fettered his soul.

- AND?! Aaaaa! - The Duke screamed shrilly, the scream quickly turned into a hysterical squeal. He could not pull out his body and even see his farm, of course, he was scared. Only Aidan hit his cane again and this sound was noticeably different from the past. The sound wave bounced off the solid walls and amplified many times over. Everly both winced and screamed again from pain in his ears.

Aidan, on the other hand, walked slowly across the ice floor and, without losing his balance, climbed directly onto a wide curtain of water, which he recently turned into an ice rink. The dimensions of this magical Jacuzzi were impressive. Aidan walked closer to Everly and came to a stop, hovering directly over the shaking Duke. He finally stopped yelling and could start listening.

- Wh-what ... What do you want ?! Everly squealed, panting and sweating heavily, even in this icy room.

- Your life, little man. I need a sacrifice for a dark ritual. Aidan replied calmly in a hoarse whisper. His voice did not sound like an old man, yet he barely succeeded in transformation. But, he tried to make his tone as indefinable as possible. It won't be very nice if this Duke recognizes him. There is no point in killing, it can cause even more problems. Therefore, he simply decided to change his appearance and rob this rich man, having previously scared him properly. He hid the dark ice, ordinary maids were people and could not notice anything since he put them to sleep, Everly was blinded and also could not say anything. And even if he could, Aidan wasn't going to worry about it. He changed his appearance, and that was enough. In addition, a change in appearance and tricks like dream magic, he just decided to test it in action. It could have been done much easier. These are all just small training in magic.

The ice played its part, penetrating and freezing, hiding light and creating dark magical pressure. Everly simply could not be scared. As such a worthless wizard, he simply could not resist.