=== Nicolas's Point of View ===
Where am I...
This bed is so comfortable...
Should I sleep longer?
Wait...I then remember something
I just trapped an entire legion with my magic... is it true? Or am I dreaming?
I can hear the sound of crickets...
Is it night already?!
I open my eyes and sit on... a bed....
I look around and see... Ed, Ethan, Eria, Roxane, Rin and... who is that boy?
"Nisan!" Ed called my name when he saw me awake...
Every eyes are on me now...
"Nico! Are you okay now?" Ethan asked...
I nodded...
Then I looked at Eria... she looked a bit troubled...
"Next time, you should tell us first before deciding a decision..." Eria said
S-She knew?!
I looked at Ethan and he nodded with a smile...
"T-That is urgent..." I said...
"Yes, but that is a bit careless..." A boy that I don't know said...
"Who are you?" I asked...
"Oh! Let me introduce you, this is Bran... one of the most talented swordsman in Epius..." Ethan introduced him to me...
He give me a bow...
I was about to stand up and give him a bow, but he stopped me...
"Don't worry, I know you... Nicolas Maxwell..." Bran said to me...
Bran...
I know that name...
I looked at Ed... and Ed nodded...
"So, you are Ed's teacher?" I asked him...
"Not a teacher, just a guide... he is talented already..." Bran told me while praised Ed at the same time...
So, he is quite a humble person...
"H-He is a great teacher! And he is very strong!" Ed said to praise Bran, but Bran laughed
"No Ed... it's not that I am great, but you are a brilliant student..." Bran said while praising Ed...
Bran, he is a bit older than me... maybe in the same age as Rick...
And he is a very humble person...
"Nicolas, what you did there is very dangerous..." Bran said...
Eria nodded very hard...
"Your presence here was only a mere rumor... but with that... it is almost proved that you are here..." Bran said...
Eria nodded very hard...
That is true...
"I am sorry..." I said while facing down...
"T-That is fine... it was my fault too for not stopping you..." Ethan said...
"But first... more importantly..." Ethan said...
Ethan change the mood, and I looked at Ethan...
"King Ethen and King Zeon are alive..." Ethan continue...
Everyone looked surprised... except Rin... and me...
I somehow predicted this already...
"You knew?" Bran asked me...
I nodded...
Bran is very cautious... is he suspecting me?
"He told us already when we were still in Beastman Kingdom..." Ethan said to Bran...
Bran nodded...
I look at his appearance... he is a boy with blue eyes and brown hair... he wears a light armor... Maxim Style? Or Ares Style?
But I look at his sword...
That is a sturdy one...
Maxim Style doesn't need a sturdy sword, but a sharp sword... so...
He is an Ares Style...
And he taught Ed?
So he must be at least higher than Expert Tier... Master Tier? Or maybe Legend Tier?
If he is in the Legend Tier... he is in the same class as Persey and Hercule...
When I looked at his face... he looked a bit troubled...
So, he notice that I am observing him...
"Sorry, I should be cautious as well..." I said to him...
And he smile...
"That is nice, but you can trust me..." Bran said...
"Then..." I said and stand up...
"Can I cast on you a [REPEL]?" I asked...
He looked a bit confuse...
Everyone is looking at Bran...
"Sure..." He said...
I stand up and point my hand at him...
I say the mantra inside my heart and cast it on him...
"[REPEL]" I said
And light shines above his head... a shiny rope turning around him...
"Nothing happen?" Ethan asked me...
I nodded...
He is safe...
"Don't worry..." Bran said to me...
"I am on the Human Race side... which side are you?" he asked me...
Human Race?
Of course I am with them... but he sounds like a person who wants to pick a fight...
Is it because of I am her son?
"Navroth is also a human..." I said
"Navroth is a monster..." Bran said...
"She killed a million of soldiers without hesitation... and she is the most dangerous person you will ever met..." Bran said...
He is annoying...
"Have you met her?" I asked him
When I asked the question, he looked a bit troubled...
"I live with her for 15 years... you know nothing..." I said...
The atmosphere around become heavy...
I thought he is a wise person... but he isn't...
People can't judges other before they know who they are...
"Let's eat... I am hungry..." Rin said...
I looked at Rin...
Everyone is looking at him now...
R-Rin literally change the atmosphere around!
I hate debating, it is only making a small problem bigger, so I decided to change the atmosphere around as well...
"Me too... you know a good restaurant?" I asked while approaching Rin...
"Yes! There are some great cuisine around here!" Rin said happily...
That is what I love from Rin... he always cool down any situation...
Both of us left the room... the room is too heavy for me...
"T-That is!" a waiter looked at me...
Now everyone looked at me...
"R-Red eyes!"
"N-Nicolas Maxwell?!?"
"T-The rumor is true!"
I immediately return to the room...
And everyone is packing up already...
Bran looked at me with angry face...
"You should be more careful!" He yelled at me...
"Fine, fine... let's leave!" I said...
After several seconds... we brought our belongings with us...
"Let's go from the window" Ethan said...
And we follow him...
"W-Woah!" I said in surprised...
We are on the second floor... and we are walking on the roof of the inn...
I direct my view toward Ethan's destination, and it is directly to the stable, where the lizard stays...
After everybody jump, I stayed on the roof...
"Nisan?" Ed asked me...
Everyone looked at me
"Prepare the wagon... I will create a path made of earth..." I said...
"They will found out that you are here!" Bran protested...
"It is too late... let's go!" Eria said while pushing Bran...
She gives me a wink...
Thanks Eria...
I looked at the wall...
That is not a really tall wall... It will only need a small amount of mana...
I casted a path directly from the stables, which is behind the inn... toward outside the city...
[GRAVITY 0] while using my staff and cast it on myself...
And I use Wind Magic to push me up...
The wagon are starting to move...
I can see people starting to gather and looked at me...
"[SHIELD]" I said...
And a shield made of earth, and gathered with the power of Holy Magic's second tier... Gravity...
The shield is strong, since it gathers rock from the surroundings as well, and people can't see me...
After the wagon pass, I follow it from behind, while using the [SHIELD] to hide my identity...
But the army are shooting arrows...
I was about to use wind magic... but I am afraid, that they knew that it is me... so I decided to use more shield
Wind Magic is the trademark of House Maxwell... that is what Clement-tousan said...
I create a gigantic shield, as big as the inn we just stayed... and block every arrows that were targeting us....
When the wagon is far enough, I left the shield... and fly toward the wagon...
I landed in the wagon...
And see another rage face of Bran... but I ignore him...
"Let's head for Vosen..." Ethan said...
"Wait... what?" Eria confused...
"Our objective is to find..."
"Auxillium Staff..." Ethan said and cut Roxane's word...
"It is in Haven..." Ethan continue...
Both King Ethen and King Zeon are alive, and at the same time, we found the location of the staff, that is too fast for a year plan right?
"So, our priority is Morgan's party?" Ed asked...
Ethan nodded...
Yes, Leon has been spotted, we should reinforce them immediately...
Nate... Nathalia... be safe...
=== Nate's Point of View ===
Something is not right...
I feel like we are being watch....
"Erin..." I called her...
She nodded, so... she feel the same too...
We are still inside the wagon, why there are some people are suspecting us? Did we do a mistake somewhere?
Leon looked at me and nodded as well...
Nathalia? She has been very cautious since we arrived at Vosen... and so does Morgan and Noah...
Everyone in this party is quite sharp...
"We should leave the city..." Morgan said...
"It seems that all of the gate has been close..." Nathalia said...
"Then, we will be walking..." Morgan said...
I nodded... and so does everyone else...
"Take everything which is important... and let's leave after we found a stable..." Morgan said...
We take everything important... which is, now I am carrying a bag of food, while carrying my spear...
After seconds, we all are ready...
Noah is controlling the lizards, and Morgan gives him a code from inside the wagon and ask Noah to find the nearest stable...
Noah nodded in understand until...
The lizards stopped by itself...
Soldiers... what is worse is Aerios Soldier...
We can't kill an ally...
"Leon Aerios, please submit yourself to Empress Navroth... and you will be unharm..." the captain speaking...
How did Leon been found out?
All of us inside the wagon looked at him...
He raise both of his shoulder, showing that he don't know anything...
"There is no Leon here!" Noah shouted...
"We know that there are fugitives inside the wagon! Leon Aerios! Nate Maxwell! Nathalia Maxwell!" the captain shouted...
"Huh? What do you mean? I have nothing inside..." Noah said while trying to give us time to think...
....
"What should we do?" I asked Morgan...
He looked a bit confuse...
"I-I don't know..." Morgan said...
"Noah is able to cast Earth Magic... can he make a wall and push us up?" Nathalia asked...
Noah nodded from the front seat while still facing at the soldiers...
We are completely surrounded...
Noah immediately take his staff, but arrows are shoot at him...
I immediately move forward to the driver seat and I block some of the arrows, and so does Erin...
"[UP]" Noah said and we are ascending upstairs... slowly...
"I-I am not Nico!" Noah protested after all of us looked at him with disappointment...
After several seconds...
We are high enough now... they shoot arrows, but we are hiding inside the wagon, which is safe...
But...
"The lizards are dead..." Noah reported..
I look around, and it seems that there is no hope...
"That building..." Nathalia said... she pointed out at a house which is close enough...
Without thinking, she jumped...
"N-Nathalia!" I said...
"No other way! Come here! Fast!" Nathalia said after she landed on a flat roof...
I decided to follow her next, and everyone is following behind us...
"On the building!" a soldier shouted from the ground, and they begin to surround the building... now what?
I am not too smart, but all I know is that Morgan can't think under pressure... that is why all of us are depending on Nathalia...
"Noah? Can you use more magic?" Nathalia asked...
"A few more shot..." Noah said after considering...
"How many [WALL] can you make?" Nathalia asked...
"4 to 6 walls... the small wall, a big one? Once more..." Noah said...
All of us looked at Noah in disappointment...
"W-What?! I am not Nico!" Noah defends himself...
"You did great already..." I said while calming him down...
He is under pressure... I know how he feel... everyone keep saying that Nisan is the best mage... he is the King of Wizards... and those fancy title, but the bad thing is for other, like Noah... everyone who knows Nisan already can't lower the standard... and since Nisan is on the highest point, it looks like we can't expect more from anyone...
Like what my surroundings did to me...
10 years ago...when I was sitting under the tree... I can hear a conversation from a distance... and I decided to hide behind the tree...
When I looked at the incoming people... it's the maid...
What are they talking about...
'Nicolas-sama is a genius! He can use magic since he was two years old!' a servant said...
'Yes! He will be a great lord one day... he is also kind and gentle...' another servant said...
Ohh... so they are praising Nisan again...
'Nathalia-sama is also wonderful! She is even smarter than Nicolas-sama!' the servant said...
'R-Really?! Wow... this house is amazing... but...' another servant said but she stopped...
She looked around, and she found out that they are alone...
'Nate-sama is not very talented in anything...' she said...
'Haha... you should not say that...' the other one said...
'But that's true... he can only wield a spear... that's all...' she continues...
I feel really pressured back then... I decided not to hear their conversation and look away and I let a sigh afterwards, but then... I hear a familiar voice...
'And so?' a woman asked...
K-Kasan! Where did she come from?
'N-Nicole-sama! I am sorry for what I have said...' the servant said while bowing...
'W-We are sorry for saying such a terrible things!' the other servant said...
Kasan... she brought her spear with her, that is scary...
Kasan gave them a nod... and both of the maid left while running...
Both of them walked through the tree without seeing me here... but I can hear what they said...
'See, the rumor is true... the Nicole-sama's eyes and ears are everywhere...' the servant said...
'I-I never believe that it is true...' the other one said... and both left...
Now... only Kasan is in the park... with me hiding behind the tree...
"You can come out now..." Kasan said...
What?!
D-Did she spotted me out?!
H-How?! I don't even move... and I don't make a sound...
I let another sigh... and I prepare myself to left the tree...
But then a boy come out from the bush...
N-Nisan? What is he doing?
Has he been there for a long time?
"What are you doing here Nico?" Kasan asked him...
"M-Me? I was playing with the... butterfly..." Nisan said while scratching his hair...
But Kasan smile...
"You are a good boy..." Kasan said while patting Nisan's head... and Nisan smile...
"I don't know what you are saying, but thanks..." Nisan said...
"Don't be silly, I am your mother for 7 years already... I know that you are a very gentle boy... and know what you are doing here..." Kasan said...
Hmm? Nisan? He looked a bit nervous...
Kasan then patted his head...
What do Kasan know? And what is Nisan doing here...
"You hate those maid?" Kasan asked Nisan... and Nisan nodded...
Why? I thought the maid praises Nisan a lot...
"Because they talk bad about Nate... I don't like it..." Nisan said...
F-For me?!
Kasan nodded...
And she patted his head once more...
"That's true... do you want me to fire them?" Kasan asked Nisan...
"N-No... give them another chance..." Nisan said seriously...
Kasan laughed...
"Fine... I will do as you say..." Kasan said while hold Nisan's hand... and both of them left...
....
Nisan...he is too kind...
I then let a sigh... since hearing both of them talks, I forgot to breathe...
"BOOO!"
A sound behind my back...
"Waaa!" I am surprised and jumped out to the air...
What I see is a girl...
And she laughed...
"Nathalia! Don't do that ever again!" I said to her... but she is still laughing...
Both of us sit under the tree while enjoying seeing the grass field on the lower ground...
"So... you have been watching me?" I asked Nathalia...
She nodded...
"Those maid... will pay the price for badmouthing you Nate-nisan..." Nathalia said while clenching her fist...
Somehow I feel really happy when she said that... but...
"No... you should give them a chance..." I said...
Nathalia looked at me and laughed....
W-What is funny?
"Are you following Nisan?" she asked me...
Following?!
"N-No... I am not..." I said...
I just admired him so much... that is why I am...
"You are following him..." Nathalia said...
That is why I am following him...
"Fine..." I said...
And she smiled...
"Nisan is different from us..." Nathalia said...
And so do you... Nathalia...
"And so do you..." Nathalia said...
I looked at her... she is smiling at me...
She come closer and hug me...
"What do you mean?" I asked...
"Everyone is different... they have their own specialty... like Nisan is talented, and kind-hearted... also strong... and... he can use magic, people loves him..." and I can see her messed up face...
She is saying too much for only Nisan....
"He is different..." I said...
"He is... but still, he needs us..." Nathalia said...
"We are not needed... he is too strong..." I said...
"No, then, you don't know him that much..." Nathalia said... while looking at the grass field... she also release the hug...
"Nisan is strong on the outside, but weak inside..." Nathalia said...
I looked at her...
And so did she...
"If Nisan protect us from the badmouths... we should protect him from Mera Follower..." Nathalia said...
Mera Sect... they even tried to kill Nisan...
"R-Rueger... and Tousan could do that..." I said...
"Especially Kasan! She is super strong!" I said...
"No! but that is not enough! He needs every help he can get! Especially you Nate-nisan..." Nathalia said...
"Me?" I asked...
She nodded...
"Why?" I asked...
"He always admire you..." Nathalia said...
N-Nisan?! Look up to me?!
"What? Are you sure?" I asked...
She nodded...
"But... for what?" I asked...
"For your hard work... that is what he admired the most..." Nathalia said...
"Without you, he will be slacking off all day long, and he won't be this great... but since you are a hard worker, he decided not to be left behind..." Nathalia said...
Nisan... he look up to me... I never thought that a Wizard King is looking up at me...
Now we are back...
"Hey! Look!" Leon said while pointing out on a rooftop several houses from here...
We can see a girl waving their hand at us...
"Who is she?" I asked...
She then use her hand like she invite us to them...
"Let's go..." Erin said to Noah...
"Go what?" Noah asked... he sounds confused...
"There...." Erin said while pointing out at the girl that has been waving their hand...
"Clear!" a voice downstairs could be heard... those are the soldiers...
"They are still on the rooftop!" a soldier shouted from the lower ground...
I looked at Nathalia...
She looked at Erin...
"Fine... Noah... do it..." Nathalia said after she examined Erin... and Noah nodded...
He raise his hand and say the incantation...
"Earth Magic, raise upward from the ground!" Noah said
"[WALL]" Noah said at last... and roads from houses to houses are created...
"Leon, lead the way... Erin... watch our back..." Nathalia said...
And Leon start first... he stand on the earth magic, and looked at us...
All of us are now on the earth magic which is on our rooftop... until...
"There they are!" a soldier shouted from behind us...
Leon immediately run and lead the way... all of us walked behind him...
Until...
I looked at our left flank... and I see a tall building... soldiers are there already...
Everyone is looking at the building there...
And notice that we are in danger...
"W-Watch out!" Erin shouted from the back...
"Fire!" the soldiers shouted... and arrows are shoot toward us...
I deflect the arrows... but Morgan...
He was hit on his shoulder...
"Arghh..." Morgan screamed in pain...
Noah stood up and cast another spell...
I thought he used all of his mana...
"[WALL...]" Noah said while directing the staff on the enemy's building...
It blocks the enemy view... and they can't attack us now...
I immediately help Morgan to walk...
I give him my shoulder... but...
"No... I am fine... help Noah instead..." Morgan said... and I nodded...
I come closer to Noah... and he was about to fall to the ground, but I catch him...
"Are you okay?" I asked after preventing him fall to the ground...
"I-I am fine... just a bit tired..." Noah said...
"Both of you okay? We should be hurry! I can't hold much longer..." Erin said while holding off the enemy behind us...
"We are fine!" I said and I carry Noah on my shoulder...
We walk and passed a building...
"2 more buildings..." Nathalia said to me... and I nodded while still carrying Noah...
Erin slowly come to our direction...
"Guards! On to that building!" a soldier shouted from the ground...
And I can hear footsteps from the ground... that is a heavy footsteps...
It seems that they are trained since they are so synchronize even when they are running...
As expected from Leon's army...
The other thing that I realize is...
The wall is descending right now...
"F-Fast!" Leon said from the front...
He is on his way to the third building... where we saw the girl...
She is still there...
"Hurry!" Erin said to me...
I immediately run to the second building... and Erin is still fighting the soldiers...
And around her, a [PRISON] is built...
"Erin!!" I shouted...
Nathalia and everyone looked at her...
She is covered with the [WALL] made of earth magic...
Until...
She broke it using her elemental magic...
Dark Elemental Magic...
Which could vanish everything...
All of us looked relieved...
She is coming toward us... and she looks wore out...
"Nathalia...help Er-" before I finish my word...
"ERIN!" Nathalia shouted...
And I can see an arrow pierce her feet... but she is still struggling to come closer...
"Nathalia! Help Noah and go!" I said to her... and she nodded...
I put Noah on her arms... and run toward Erin...
Leon and Morgan has arrived on the third building with the girl we seen...
I run toward Erin... she is a bit far away...
She is crawling to the next building...
When I stretch my hand to reach her... she reach my hand...
Her face is full of struggle...
And behind her, are the soldiers that was pushed back by her...
I drag her hand and block arrows that is targeting her...
"L-Leave me!" Erin said...
"Never!" I said...
The arrows...
These arrows are faster and stronger...
I put Erin on my back... and I look on the archers...
They are using a crossbow... a bow that was invented by nisan...
I run from the enemy that is charging at us... and also, everyone is on the third building already... while I am on the second building now...
And then, an arrow was shot and fly exactly in front of my nose...
I can't read the movement of the arrow
Now I am walking to the third building with Erin injured...
And suddenly... a [WALL] made of water summoned surround my left and right...
I look at the third building while running...
It is the girl's magic...
Arrows that are shot to my direction are slowing down because of the [WATERWALL]...
And we finally arrived at the third building...
But our building is surrounded by soldiers...
"Don't worry... we have the situation under our control..." the girl said...
She then saying an incantation
She has blue eyes and blue hair... an Ocean Race...
I see Noah laying on the floor...
Now... what are we waiting?
Leon, Morgan and Nathalia looks worried as well...
The girl... is still casting her spell... it seems that it will be a dangerous spell...
After the girl finish with her incantation...
"[TSUNAMI]" the girl said...
And a powerful waves of water are created from the girl's blue spherical light...
The water keeps coming out from the circle and it create a flood in the city...
"H-Hey! You will kill the innocent one too!" Leon reminded the mage girl...
"No... they have been evacuated..." the girl said...
Evacuated?
"By whom?" Nathalia asked...
"Us..." the mage girl said with a smile...
And we can see the soldiers are beginning to worry...
"Retreat!" the captain said...
And the soldiers throw the weapon they brought and run away...
Since the flood has almost reach their head level...
Some of them even throw their armor away...
I return my view to her...
"Who are you?" Nathalia asked her...
"I am Mariel... one of the Diamond Rank Adventurer of the city..." the blue haired girl said...
"Why are you helping us?" Nathalia asked...
"The enemy of the kingdom... is our friend..." Mariel said...
Enemy of the kingdom? So they are like a rebellion?
"So, you against the queen?" Leon asked...
"She is not a queen anymore... she is an empress... she rule Ennea already..." Mariel said...
"Why are you fighting back?" Nathalia asked...
"Wow... you have a lot of questions... as the daughter of Navroth, you should shut up..." Mariel said annoyingly...
Nathalia become silent... and I hide Nathalia behind my back...
"Then, why do you save us?" Morgan asked...
And she pointed her hand at Leon...
"He is a prince... and the right ruler of Aerios Kingdom... that is why we are saving the whole of you..." Mariel said annoyingly...
"Then, you should treat them well... they are my friends, and both Nate and Nathalia has no more relationship with Navroth" Leon said and defend us...
And she looked at both of us with a disrespectful eyes...
"Fine... let's go... we should meet up with the other before it is late..." Mariel said...
"Wait... How about Erin?" I asked while still carrying her...
"I-I am fine... it is only an arrow..." Erin said
"We can heal you later... we have a mage with Holy Atribute... let's move first..." Mariel said and lead us to the door on the rooftop...
We followed her from her back... and when we reached the third floor... we can see the soldier's dead body... they all got the same attack on the neck...
Just who are they...
As expected from the diamond party...
The same level as Nisan's party? No, Nisan supposed to be higher than Diamond Rank Tier...
And now, another girl appear... she has the same face as Mariel... but she has short hair...
Both of them looks like a twin...
"Mariel... I thought you only want to save the prince... instead you save both the son and daughter of Navroth..." the short blue hair said...
"Don't worry, both of them has no relation with Navroth anymore, instead of helping Navroth, they want to kill her as well..." Mariel said...
Now Mariel is on our side... that is fast...
Kill her? Yeah, that's been our target for quite a long time... but I do have hesitation... killing my own mother... that is just too cruel...
The other girl looked at us...
She examine each of us...
"We should hurry... we have an injured person here..." Morgan said...
And she looked at Erin... and let a sigh...
"Fine... let's go..." the girl said...
The eight of us begin to move...
We saw more dead bodies around... did the girl with short hair did this?
When we reach on the bottom floor... the girl that kill all of the soldiers in the building push a wardrobe... and...
We can see a staircase that lead us to the lower ground...
The girl move first...
I am carrying Erin, while Leon is carrying Noah...
Mariel is behind all of us and she close the door...
The staircase is lighten up by torches on the wall...
"Who plan for this?" Morgan asked the girl which is walking in front of us...
"Our party leader... he has been planning this for a year..." the girl said...
"What is your class in the party?" I asked...
The girl looked at me first...
"I am a scout... I use this... as my weapon..." she said and show me a dagger... it has a kraken logo on the dagger...
"My name is Morgan Gavenhallen... what's your name?" Morgan asked...
"My name is Lariel... I am Mariel's twin..." The girl that has been leading us said...
"Did you come from Qiteron Kingdom?" Morgan asked...
She nodded...
"But we live here since we were a baby... we don't know our parents... we stay here with our dad who has been protecting us and raise us since we were kid..." Lariel said...
When I looked at Nathalia... she is still on guard...
Yes, we don't know where we are going... but this is the only thing we can do to survive...
And after descending far enough, we arrive on a large dark room...
There is a water fountain in the middle of the room... and there are doors in this dark square room...
"Come here..." Lariel said while leading us to a door... and the 6 of us follow her...
"Lucy!" Lariel shouted...
And a girl come out...
L-Lucy...
A green hair girl, with white robe appears...
Isn't she... the one that Nisan face during the tournament?
I looked at Leon...
And he looked back at me...
But Lucy do not notice us but...
"Put her down here!" Lucy commanded after she saw Erin...
I immediately put her down on the bed where she pointed at...
And...
"Holy Magic... the spirit of light, come and heal the girl that is laying here... with the power of light and holy...HEALING MAGIC" Lucy said the spell...
T-That is the first time I hear a healing magic incantation...
Nathalia looked surprised as well...
but Leon looked at both of us...
"You see, it is just Nico can do it without incantation... he cast it 10x faster..." Leon said to both of us...
Ah yes! Nisan is a special mage...
And so does Ed..l
Erin open her eyes...
"I-I am sleepy..." she said...
Nathalia nodded...
"You should take a rest..." Nathalia said while holding Erin's hand...
Erin nodded and close her eyes...
All of us left the room... Including Mariel, Lariel and Lucy...
"So... Nate, and Leon?" Lucy said and faced both me and Leon...
"You remember?" Leon asked...
"Of course! On the same school with a prince from Aerios Kingdom... and also two sons of Maxwell..." Lucy said and looked at me...
I looked at her, and she is staring at me...
D-Does she hate me? For being a son of Navroth?
"I don't hate you... don't worry..." Lucy said...
I looked at her...
And she smiled...
"I am a well educated person, unlike these two girls..." Lucy said jokingly, both of them looked a bit offended...
"Hmmm, we can finish it in a fight..." Lariel said... while punching both of her fist...
"L-Lariel! We should not do that..." Mariel said in surprised...
"She is picking a fight first..." Lariel said while moving toward Lucy... but Mariel hold her cloth so that she can't come closer...
"The three of you sure are loud..."
A blonde hair boy said...
I know who he is...
He has a broadsword on his back... and a heavy silver armor...
Edrick...
It is the team that Nisan and Euclio defeated back then... Edrick and Lucy...
He looked at me, and I looked at him back...
But he looked a bit confuse...
"Do I know you?" he asked me...
I nodded...
"I am Nate Maxwell..." I introduce myself...
He give a thought... and suddenly he remember my name...
"Ah... Maxwell! The one that defeated me in the tournament?" he asked...
"No... that is Nicolas Maxwell, this one is his brother..." Lucy said...
"Oh! I see... that's nice!" Edrick said... and he change his view toward Leon...
"Oh! And you must be Leon Aerios..." Edrick said and Leon nodded...
Edrick give a bow... and then stand straight up...
"Let's meet our leader..." Edrick said... and he lead us a way...
S-Should we just follow them?
"Wait..." Morgan stopped him...
Edrick looked back and stare Morgan...
"Who are you?" Edrick asked...
"I am Morgan Gavenhallen... and can I ask about who is this leader?" Morgan asked...
That is a good initiative, we can't just follow and jump into a trap...
But they saved Erin...
"It is Adrian... my father..." Edrick said...
Leon then looked surprised...
"Adrian? Admiral Adrian?!" Leon asked in surprised...
Admiral?
Oh! I just remember, Leon told me that Admiral is the same level as Commander in Human Continent... it is just a term for Dragon Continent...
He is in the same level as Commander Victor, Commander Pentius and Commander Maxius
But... Dragon Continent has a High Admiral... which is Orphamiel Aerios...
Edrick nodded with proud...
"He is your father?! You never told me!" Leon said in surprised...
"Haha! That is something that you don't need to know! The most important thing that you have to know, is that our family is on your side..." Edrick said...
Leon nodded happily...
After Morgan examine everything he nodded...
"Okay, let's meet up with your leader..." Morgan said...
Leon nodded...
"At least one of the Admiral survived..." Leon said whisperingly... but Edrick heard him...
"What do you mean? Everyone survived... not actually everyone, but the high rankers survived..." Edrick said...
Now Leon become speechless...
Lucy nodded...
"The Admirals, the Ministers, the High Priest, and even the King... everyone survive..." Lucy said...
Now everyone looked at Leon...
He is crying...
"T-Tousan alive?!" He asked while looking at Edrick...
Edrick is smiling...
"He is... don't worry... along with King Ethen..." Edrick said...
Leon is still crying... and I hold his shoulder...
"Nico is right..." Leon said while wiping his tears...
"He is..." I said...
Edrick then looked at me...
"Nico? Nicolas Maxwell?" Edrick asked...
I nodded...
"Great! Then we can start the plan as soon as possible!" Edrick said...
"Plan? What plan?" Morgan asked...
"To retake Aerios Kingdom..." Edrick said while smiling...
....
To retake Aerios Kingdom...
"Wait.." Morgan said...
And now everyone is looking at Morgan...
"Yes, it is true that now is the perfect time to attack when everyone gather... but not everyone..." Morgan reminded...
"Euclio..." Nathalia said...
Morgan nodded...
"Qiteron Kingdom? They are useless..." Lucy said...
Edrick nodded...
"They did not help us during the war... and they are not our ally anymore..." Edrick said...
"Hey... you are not the one to decide to cut off the alliance..." I said...
"Not me... but the kings..." Edrick said...
Lucy nodded as well...
"King Ethen?" I asked
Lucy and Edrick nodded...
T-That is impossible...
I then looked at Lariel and Mariel... and both nodded...
King Ethen always want to have everyone as an ally...
"He finally give up on protecting King Feurius... and we will fight Navroth without them..." Edrick said...
"Without Qiteron Kingdom?! That is impossible!" Morgan said...
"What do you mean?" A man come forward behind Edrick...
He has a blonde hair... and wearing a wears a white cloth and white cape...
"Admiral Adrian!" Leon greeted him...
He give Leon a bow...
"Prince Leon..." Admiral Adrian said while bowing...
After he stood up straight...
"Qiteron Kingdom is useless, King Feurius is too selfish... we can't wait any longer... and I believe he won't change his mind..." Admiral Adrian said...
"How do you know?" I asked
Then Admiral Adrian looked at me...
"Nate Maxwell..." he called my name... and "Nathalia Maxwell" after she saw Nathalia...
"It is an honor..." Admiral Adrian said while bowing...
Both of us give him a bow as well...
"King Feurius is known as a selfish man... while your father, Clement Maxwell, is known as a man who wants to have peace with everyone... which is why I admire him the most..." Admiral Adrian said...
"Clement Maxwell is the opposite of Feurius Qiteron, which only want peace for himself..." Admiral Adrian said...
"Who is planning the strategy??" Morgan asked...
"Everyone... King Zeon, King Ethen, and every commander and admiral" Admiral Adrian said...
"Oh, where is Tousan?" Leon asked...
"Hmmm... he is on his way back to this place, it seems that Nicolas and his friend had found our base in Atos..." Admiral Adrian said...
I let a sigh in relieved...
Finally... the table has turn around...
"Should we discuss our plan?" Admiral Adrian asked Leon...
Leon nodded...
"W-Wait..." I said...
And all eyes are on me...
"How about Erin and Noah?" I asked...
"Don't worry, Mariel, you watch our guest, make sure to make them feels like home..." Admiral Adrian said...
Mariel nodded...
"I guess I will be staying here with them..." I said...
Everyone looked at me...
"Are you okay?" Leon asked me...
"I am fine, just a bit tired..." I said...
I decided not to join the meeting, I don't want to leave both Erin and Noah in their hand...
Noticing my motives, Admiral Adrian nodded...
"That's fine... all of you can take a rest first here... we will prepare food and place to stay in this place..." Admiral Adrian said...
"How about the plan?" Morgan asked...
"We can do it later, you all should take a rest... that is your priority..." Admiral Adrian said...
Morgan nodded in understanding
Admiral Adrian give a bow to Leon and left along with Edrick, Mariel and Lariel...
Only Lucy left with us...
"So... tell me! How strong is Nico now!" Lucy asked me with her sparkling eyes...
"S-So..." I said... but Leon cut it out...
"Lucy! Why didn't you use Holy Magic against Nico during tournament!" Leon asked Lucy...
I looked at Lucy as well...
But she laughed...
"I am sorry, but I don't even know that I can Holy Attribute at that time..." Lucy said...
Now, all of us looked at her speechlessly...
"S-So, how did you know that you can use Holy Attribute?" Morgan asked...
Lucy give a thought...
"One of the commander of Perius Kingdom told me... I forgot his name... hmmmm" she is trying to think a name...
A commander? Victor? Maxius? Or Pentius?
"Commander Pentius?" Nathalia guessed...
Lucy nodded...
"Yes! I think that is his name... he is an old man with a very warm smile... he is so kind!" Lucy said...
"R-Really? Is he strong?" Leon asked...
I nodded...
"He is able to control 4 elements... I think the closest one to Nicolas in controlling elements..." I said...
Now everyone looked very interested...
"Human Kingdom really is interesting..." Leon said to me...
"Hey... but I really love the Dragon Kingdom troops! They are so strong!" I said to praise Leon's army
And he smile happily...
"But you see... Dragon Race is really bad in witchcraft..." Leon said...
"Is it? Why?" I asked...
"I don't know... but the rate of mage in Dragon Kingdom is lower than Human Kingdom..." Leon said...
I-I see...
"That is exactly the opposite of Ocean Kingdom..." Morgan said...
All of us are sitting in front of the house where Erin and Noah take a rest...
"What's with Ocean Kingdom?" Lucy asked...
"There are more mage in Ocean Kingdom... than in Human Kingdom..." Morgan said...
"Hmmm..." Nathalia give a thought...
"So... it seems like human race has the balance one, between mage and soldier... while Dragon Race is more dominant to soldier, and Ocean Race is more dominant to mage..." Nathalia said...
Morgan nodded...
Then we talk more about it...