Niken sat back with a happy smile after receiving the offer. For sure, she would tell Karyn the good news the moment she met the girl. She didn't have any foni stone as she was a weak Elementalist; hence she couldn't go up to the mountain to endanger her life.
Each strong Elementalist had to climb up the white smoke mountain, which guarded by many kinds of wild beasts. They had to fight them all and entered the cave to find his unique foni stone.
Niken didn't know what kind of unique stone for her, but she loved to try it one day when she was strong enough.
Her brother, Richard, could go up to the mountain, and it was the perfect time for him to own a foni stone. But he said he didn't need one for now. Hence, Richard did not have any foni stone with him.
Well, let's forget about foni stone for a while as sooner or later, Niken would have one in the future. For now, Niken was on cloud nine as she was on the same team with her idol.
She was very excited and impatient to meet with her friend. She could have guessed that Karyn would faint as soon as she knew she would be a group with one of the wolf clan members.
Well, at least Karyn's mood will brighten after hearing Shin Ha will be their teammate too.
Meanwhile, Shin Ha, who was sitting next to Kazuto, glanced at Niken while shaking his head. He still didn't understand the meaning of the girl's reaction.
Either because the girl was terrified of Kazuto or she disliked being close to him.
He wished the little girl had no feeling toward him. He hoped Niken could accept Kazuto's advances in the future.
"By the way, I managed to persuade her into our team. Isn't it good? " Shin Ha knew his friend was only pretending to be asleep.
"..."
There was no answer for a few seconds. Then Shin Ha saw Kazuto put his thumbs up. Shin Ha just smiled, seeing his best friend's behavior.
It seems like there will be an exciting event during hunting practice later—something to look forward to.
***
That night, a bright full moon lights up a lonely little street without lights. A white-haired man stood on a tall pole covered in his own energy. His energy was like a wind in sphere-shape surround him making him looked like inside a giant ball.
In an instant, the energy spread wide into four corners and soon back surround his body.
The person opened his eyes, which had been closed earlier, then his body floated slowly. His eyes were silver like melted steel. His eyes were fierce like a sharpened sword.
There was no smile on his face as if he never felt any happy feelings. The expression was grim and frightening despite his handsome young face.
After focusing on the source of his elemental energy, he shot toward the sky and flew to a place.
He was greeted by someone with black-greyish hair as soon as he set foot on the ground.
"Have you found them?"
"There are three time-controllers around the Bieger academy. One of them is very weak, while the other two have average energy."
"So Princess Xiao Yue isn't among them either."
"Yes."
The black-greyish haired man turned to look at the white-haired person. "Earlier, you said one of them is very weak. What do you mean by that?"
"..." the white-haired man didn't answer. He only stared at the ground with sorrow expression.
"I know that look. You feel sympathy toward the girl. So, what happened?"
The white-haired man answered it with a sad voice. "She had been claimed as inamorata of one of the Elementalist knight. She wouldn't last in less than two months."
"Ah ..." now he understood. "Poor the girl. We don't need to find her then. She wasn't the one we are looking for. Your inamorata is luckier than her since you met me." Smirked the man.
The white-haired person clenched his fists, remembering his inamorata, who was currently lying helplessly somewhere.
"You don't need to worry. When we find Princess Xiao Yue, we can save your inamorata. For now, we will gather all the time-controllers' energy."
"Yes." After that, the white-haired person flew back and disappeared from the view. He must be heading to where the time-controllers were hiding without a doubt.
"I'm really fortunate," chuckled the man wickedly. "Who has ever thought I would have a reliable tracker. The white knights - Knight of the Gale."
The evil man's laugh was echoing around him, making the birds flew further away from him.
"Princess Xiao Yue, no matter where you are, I will find you." said the old man while seeing an old photo of a young girl with a cute smile.