That night, Alfonso was in his room with Demeter and Artemis in Tulip's manor. One could see the big difference between both towns just by the size of the manor. Felio's manor was, at least, three times bigger than Alfonso and the furniture inside make the furniture in Alfonso's manor look like crap.
"Well, it's not like I really care. I mean, on Earth, I used to live in cheap motels when I had to investigate," thought Alfonso.
"Alfonso, why did you tell us to come to your room?" asked Artemis, who was sitting by the window while Demeter relaxed on Alfonso's bed.
"There are three reasons. The first one is about this," said Alfonso while taking out a bottle. This bottle was the one that Alfonso bought from that young girl.
"This is… that bottle that you bought from that girl, right?" confirmed Artemis.
"That's right, check this out," said Alfonso.
Alfonso took the bottle and drank all the red juice. After that he put his cane at one side and began to walk in the room.
"This!?" Artemis and Demeter were stunned.
Alfonso was walking like a normal person!
"Indeed. This juice has some miracle effects. It can completely cure the pain in my leg. However, the effect is not that long… at most I will say that it will last ten minutes and the more I consumed the juice, the less effect will be until the moment that I grow immune to it. Nevertheless, this little juice will give us a lot of advantage in the incoming fight," said Alfonso with a bitter smile.
Artemis and Demeter looked at each other and made a happy expression. This little bottle indeed was miracle!
"With these bottles, we won't have to worry too much about injuries! If it's not fatal, we can cure it!" said Demeter.
"It is as Demeter says. We can protect ourselves. That's why I told that young lady to bring us 100 bottles tomorrow," said Alfonso.
"Nice job, little Al!" said Demeter.
"As expected of my lord," said Artemis with a satisfied expression.
"Let's go to the other important topic: the incoming fight…. No, the incoming war, will affect us greatly. We are the core force of Wasteland Valley. We CAN'T afford to lose anybody in this fight… so, if the situation turn green, we escape with our forces, no matter the cost. Do you understand what I mean?" said Alfonso with a serious face.
Demeter and Artemis made a complicated expression, however, they both nodded.
They knew what Alfonso meant. In other words, they will flee from the fight without caring if the people in Tulip town die!
"I know it sounds bad, however, If I had to choose between saving one of the little girls or one hundred people of Tulip town, I wouldn't hesitate for even one second and save the little girl. Not to mention you girls. I will save you both… no matter the cost," said Alfonso.
Demeter and Artemis felt touched. They didn't say anything. Demeter just stood up and hugged Alfonso's head. Artemis didn't do anything but smile sweetly.
Alfonso just made a small smile.
"Little Blue."
"Chirp~?"
Little Blue who, as always, was sitting on Alfonso's head flew in front of him.
"Go to the south and make a quick scan. After you see a group of people, come back immediately," ordered Alfonso.
"Chirp~ chirp~ chirp!"
Alfonso got used to Little Blue dictionary. The little bird was basically saying, "Where is my pay?"
So Alfonso bought from the system some cereal to the bird and then Little Blue happily flew towards the south.
Alfonso stood up and looked towards the direction that Little Blue flew.
"We have, at the most, 40% of winning this battle, and that's counting on Artemis, Demeter, and the 10 Okeanos' daughters.... And there is the kidnapping of the princess. Something tells me that this going to be way, way, more dangerous than the horde fight," thought Alfonso with a grave expression.
"By the way, how long are you going to stay there?" asked Alfonso suddenly to Demeter, who was still hugging his head.
"I like it here. Hehe."
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"Mr. Pentagate, we are almost in Tulip town. We should get there in two days at most," said Titio with respect.
This time the whole force of Arcadia was on the move- it was nothing less than 2000 men. Sure enough, Titio was gaming big in this battle.
"Mmm…." answer Lucio indifferently.
The tent of Lucio was special. It was made of a high-quality material and the inside was almost like a luxury room. Titio looked at Lucio, but, the other looked at him with his blue eyes as if he was looking at an ant. It was like Titio, who was the Lord of a Town, wasn't worth a shit at his side.
"Go," commanded Lucio with an indifferent voice.
Titio only bowed and got out.
Lucio was sitting in his tent looking in the direction of Tulip town. He suddenly remembered the beautiful woman with blond hair and he couldn't help but make a huge smile every time he remembered her.
"Her screams were the best," thought Lucio. "Although I get tired of her… I heard that she tried to suicide."
When Lucio thought this he couldn't stop himself from laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Well, if she wants to die that badly, I guess I could give her a hand. I am a gentleman after all. The only problem is that, according to the law, I need to compensate the father.… Life sure is unfair. If someone else tried to even touch that little girl, he could be executed- at the very least, he would be sent to Alcatraz- however, I, as a noble and son of the house of Pentagate, can rape and kill her and I only need to pay her a few pieces of coins. Not that I am complaining though."
Suddenly, Lucio stood up from his tent and went outside.
He looked at the direction of Tulip and grabbed a bow which was at his side. He aimed and then shot.
*BUZZ*
The piercing sound of the arrow could be heard and a lot of soldiers heard this and watched the arrow fly. However, the arrow didn't hit anything.
"Lord Pentagate, what are you doing?" asked Excelio who came due to the commotion.
"Maybe it was my imagination?" thought Lucio.
He didn't explain himself and went back to his tent.
The intuition of a champion was terrifying, because Lucio didn't know that his arrow almost hit a small, blue, bird that avoided it at the very last second.
"Th-th-that was too close~! I better go to master!" thought Little Blue while backing out at the speed of light.