After changing her cloth, Reisa get down. In the living room, her family and relative chatted merrily, they didn't ask her until now because she said she need to prepare herself.
"Shall we go?"
After she joined to chat for a while they head out, in the outside of the manor there is several carriage that head out to the temple direction.
When they arrived they are not heading inside the temple but they goes to the river.
The area surrounding the river is heavy guarded, they are several soldier.
In the other side there are also several Noble or Priest. One of them, especially the one Noble family in the center with platinum silver hair is eyecatching.
The head of each family greet each other, Reisa's attention is on one of the fair silver haired girl.
" Nice to meet you Lady Elisabeth de Raffles, I am Reisa Claymore."
"Nice to meet you too Lady Claymore."
It was short greeting. When Reisa know Lady Elisabeth from Shasha, she herself is not close to her and on other hand Elisabeth know this woman who tried to get close to her brother before, but she didn't want to lower herself seeking trouble.
Both of them heading to the river that reflecting the moon with each servant in their back holding an offerring.
Once they Arrived in the river's bank, the servant laid out small ship, both Reisa and Elisabeth put their offerring like their children toys and corsed that symbolize the end of their Maiden life.
They Lit a candle, put it in specialized lentern on the small ship. The ship sail and so they close their eyes, started their prayer as their hand clasped in hymn.
Far once the candle is used up, the little fire spreading burning the offerring.
Reisa opened her eyelid, a light flashed her eyes and her pupil deepening. If someone Saw her expression they would surprised because how scary it is. In low voice she murmurred.
"My Husband]"
...
Ash stayed at Lucas's study room, keep working on the peper piling on the table. In fast pace the unfinished paper is decreasing. Looking at how Ash working it could make the prime minister ashamed.
-Crackle Boom!
-Crackle Boom! Boom!
-Cravkle Boom! Boom! Boom!
From the large window in the room he could see faint colorful firework.
"What a waste to use firework in bright Daylight!" He said sarcastic, feeling annoyed.
Today is the day his target, the first prince' marriage.
-crack
The fountain pen on his hand is bend, he throw it then change the new on from the drawer, not just one but three of them, with a flick of his finger he throw that fountain pen throught the window one by one like a dart.
Through the window behind the bushes, three people clad in navy blue robe is hit by the fountain pen right on their head.
-Step -Step -Step
With Ash's keen hearing he know some people barging in this floor.
-BAM!
The door of this study room is broken from the impact of someone crashing it, Ash look at the body of the servant thrown at him, that body slowly disintegrate into black smoke.
"This one also dissapear? Tch! I though I could have new material."
Said one of five the blue robed who enter the room.
"Look at those pretty face, I want to crave it."
"Hmmm? what interesting place. The barrier that absorb attack from outside? so that way they couldn't enter this place. But to think entering using the 'normal' method is the loophole Kehehehe."
Ash looking at the intruder and analyze them They wore high quality magic robe with different broch in their chest.
'Five mage in the room, Ten other waiting outside while Three is already killed.'
In his human form, Azazel stretch out his raven black wing, the picturesque view of scattered black feather and his fair pale face look like falling Angel.
In the next moment the scatter black feather abrubtly stopped, pointing it Sharp edge to the five magician, like a Sharp bullet it shot a barrage attack.
The five of them react fast, they either dodge or block It with magic.
[ Barrier ]
[ Haste ]
[ Reflection ]
One of them getting closer to Ash while drawing a degger but it quickly blocked by Ash's nail.
[ Magic Missile ]
A missile struck in Ash's shoulder.
'Tch'
Ash kicked the degger holder then block the incoming attack with his desk, he opened the lower drawer, taking out palm sized orb with black liquid inside. Ash look at the other intruder, then he throw the orb to the one that still chanting a spell. But before the orb hit that man, the orb is hit by magic Missile that make it change it trajectory only grazing the spellcaster shoulder, The black liquid smeared that make the spellcaster shoulder corroded letting out rotten smell.
"What the hell is this?!"
Ash throw the last orb to the spellcaster who still chanting a spell despite his rotten shoulder, sadly it got blocked by barrier from other, the black liquid paint the barrier in black, slowly corroded the barrier then hole appeared splashing the barrier caster's face resulting his Scream as he roll dodging the black liquid.
[ Magic Missile ] and [ Wind Cutter ] keep coming on his way while he block them using his hardened wing that slowly losing Its vitality.
Azazel throw the desk, hide behind it and surprise attack them. Right now Azazel could only used his own superior body to attack. Then, a close quarter blow exchange happened between weapon, and Ash's extended body.
-clang -clang -clang
Azazel's arm hit the mage, his wing block the long ranget attack while his lizard like tail counter-attacking.
Azazel's sturdy skin and the mage's robe defensive mechanism, both party have their upper hand that the fight prolonged but Azazel know
'They are trying to buy time for the spellcaster.'
[ Bind ]
Chain like energy tried to catch Azazel, luckily with his Swift movement he flew away then counter attacking with his feather.
"Damn! this is though one!"
"But we are lucky! look at his neck! he couldn't use his magic and this one seem like high ranked demon."
"Kehehehe! Lucky!"
The next moment they scattered hide behind the one who finally done his long spellcasting.
Azazel felt the danger, he squeeze out his last magical power and create an [ Ice Wall ] before a strong current hit him.
...
- In unknow palace
[ Why didn't you hear my warning? even thou I have hinted many time that I hated that cursed creature many time? Why? Why did you do that my dear? ]
[ I adore you, truly... that I have done everything to bring you down Hhe... I can't let you just dissapear like that ]
...
Quis :
1. Who is the last one talking in the unknown place?
2. Who is the identitiy of the ambusher?