With the escalated speed of the blue dragon, Sky and the other got back to the Secret Base after half an hour. As soon as they landed, they are greeted by Jason who is tying up the last armored person with a secured magic resistance chain.
"Jason, what with all these people?" Sky asked, rather concerned...
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After Jason briefly explained the situation to Sky and the other two, they hastily rushed into the Secret Base building. And to their relief, Ben is casually having a cup of tea with Chris, except for being a bit pale and not wearing his glasses, he looks quite alright. After the three of them joined Chris and Ben with their evening tea party, Ben told them that he had informed people from The Alliance to get those hundred of armored people to Alliance's sub quarter in Kapis.
Despite a bit questioning about the decision for letting Alliance to take over the issue of The Kingdom, Sky feels that he should not really ask too much about it, he trusted Ben's decision, while Maria is as oblivious as always.
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Alliance Kapis sub quarter. The retaliatory mock fight between Ai and Itsuki is coming to an end where Seito has got totally neglected and left at a side after his Thousand Monster timed out.
With Ai cornered and pinned Itsuki onto the wall, Itsuki's vampire wing scattered as his half-vampire form slowly faded. With a smile on her face, Ai retracted her daggers before clenching her right fist and aiming at Itsuki's face. Despite knowing that she would not harm his life, Itsuki knows that the direct punch in the face from Ai could be very painful, due to self reflexes, Itsuki closed his eyes as Ai punched her small fist towards his face. However, Ai stopped her fist just an inch from Itsuki's face and flicked on his forehead instead.
Facing Itsuki's confused face, Ai happily smiled before turning around and cheerfully 'hopped' back to exit and to the viewing platform.
"Is the revenge satisfying?" C-760 asked as he refilled Ai's tea and served a new slice of strawberry shortcake to her.
Ai nodded before seated back down and taking a bite of the strawberry shortcake happily.
"I am glad about that." said C-760 with a gentle smile.
While that revenge makes Ai happy, it makes the two men in the training hall realize how weak they are and are more determined with the intense training.
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Later, after Seito and the others had done with their training for the day and returned to their respective hostel room, C-760 was called by K for some confidential matters.
During that short briefing, K noticed something slightly different about C-760, C-760 who rarely showed his own emotions actually look happy today, K can't help but wonder if there was anything to do with their special guest.
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That night in Secret Base, when everyone is having their sleep, there are some of them who seem to have problems sleeping.
Despite having a tiring and troublesome day, Ben doesn't seem to be able to fall asleep, he flipped over on his bed for a few times and successfully drew Chris's attention.
"Ben, is anything bothering you?" Chris asked as he uncovered himself from his blanket and put away his cat plushie.
As he did so, Marumaru, his ragdoll cat jumped onto his bed and snuggled his face.
"Well... Yes, I don't quite understand the reason behind your decision to let The Alliance take over those people who claim to be from The Kingdom. Usually, you would never allow any third party to get involved with anything that related directly to The Kingdom, thus, I found this decision of you rather unusual." said Ben, stating out his concerns.
"I see... Yeah, by right I wasn't supposed to do that, if those people are indeed some random imposters that used the name of Kingdom to do such an inappropriate deed, and they do indeed look like importers, but... With all the situation we are facing right now, I can't be so sure anymore." said Chris.
"Let me just straight to the point, does this has something to do with Rei?" Ben asked.
Chris did not answer that question from Ben and remained silenced.
"I am assuming that as a yes. I thought you said you trusted her, not anymore?" Ben asked.
"I am trusting her as always but... I don't trust the people around her." said Chris.
"The people around her?... I see." said Ben before tucking himself back into the blanket...
And apparently, this is not the only pair that can't sleep...
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In the lounge, Sky and Maria are sitting on a couch at the lounge. Sky is sniffing on a tube of essential oil while Maria seems to be wiping his nose with a piece of wet wipe.
"Ugh... Damn it! This awful smell from the cave just wouldn't fade, I wondered how Junior can even go to sleep with such a disgusting smell sticking in his nose?" said Sky as he tried to 'purify' his nose with the essential oil.
"I guess Jun-chan had gotten used to this sort of smell due to his special interest." said Maria.
"Ah... Yes. But if I were him, I would never get used to this smell no matter what. Anyway... Tsk... I wondered what with those hundred of armored people? Are they some sort of imposters? And why would Ben let The Alliance handle this matter?" said Sky, finally stated out his concerns.
"Well, although I don't really understand the whole situation, but I think it might have something to do with Rei-chan." said Maria.
"Mmm... I guess the situation right now is more serious than we thought. Tsk... Maybe I should return to Null Dimension and inspect the situation a bit after we got everything done in here." said Sky.
Maria nodded without saying anything...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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