The next day, the three newcomers went through the daily training and tasks that they have to work with. They then enjoyed the rest of the day playing in the gamer zone of the entertainment district.
"Cephei seems to be troubled with her position." Scuti pointed out as she took notice that Cephei was a little distracted despite it being their first day as Sentinels. "Well, myself as well since the first time I heard about this order, it was about massive deeds." "Yeah, like halting armies by themselves, discovering information about their targets, and eliminating the evil. I honestly thought that they'd be like the ideal knights. Sure the training is much heavier than the knight order, and the discipline is much more important but..." "It's kind of like a family. It does ruin the image a little bit." "But it's better that way right?" Cephei nodded, she remembered the trouble she went through in Temockria and how Wesley almost caused the fall of an entire country.
"He was purely merciless when sending a message... Just what happened for him to be that angry to the country's hero?" "Beats me, there was nobody willing to answer that. Rather, they look terrified when they were reminded." The three chatted about the incident that involved the archon and executors getting mad. It was then another Sentinel, appeared before them. It was Layla, she took notice of the three recruits taking a break in the entertainment district. "Oh? It's the recruits. Talking about something?" "Ah, miss Layla, we're talking about the recent incident with Temockria." "That huh? I guess you three deserve to know." Layla asked them to join her to a more private area to discuss about the incident.
"First thing about the Temockria incident is about Keith and myself. The two of us were in a trip to Aquila, which is the allied country of Temockria. Their heroes were working together to kidnap me for their own selfish stuff. This caused Keith to nearly kill the heroes with his full extent of power." "But wasn't the archon involved in this?" "Yeah, we asked for his extraction, and he arrived to deal with the problems which are the two heroes. But even after dealing with them, another incident happened, this time with Pauleen and Juniper. Those two are like Archon Draxus' siblings, so he was really pissed and delivered the most gruesome torture session to the two heroes. But it also had some minor issues when he rescued them." "Minor... Issues...?" "The Archon's ex lover was involved in the rescue, leading the party leader of Pauleen and Juniper to become weird. Try not to get involved with him if possible. Keith had warned me of his tendencies." "What exactly did he do wrong though?" "It's a very long story, and I don't really know the details. I hope you won't pry further than that, the Archon seems to be having a bad past with them and just doesn't want to deal with their party. Pauleen and Juniper however are getting spoilt by him, but leave it at that we're getting off topic." Layla explained further the incident between Draxus, Keith, and herself in the country of Aquila, which involved the hero of Temockria. "Aquila was punished heavily, yet nobody held any notice. So Wesley joined in on the fun, and waited until new alliances are formed. He then went to Temockria, which was still unpunished, and delivered personally." "That's when he met us, he had us kill almost every guard in the halls of their castle, and left the hero in such a state." "Most Sentinels would act out of personal interest. We won't stop each other unless it greatly affects plans. We were all told to do things that will not leave a bad aftertaste to our selves." "But most of those guards seemed like they were just doing their jobs..." "I don't think that's the case. Wesley has looked at the records of other members who used their vacation trip to visit Temockria and investigate. Every guard there had rotten personalities, owned sex slaves, and killed those who are deemed useless. It's actually why he took the last trip, to damage a country that had harmed his friends." "Now I understand..." Cephei looked up to Layla's eyes after thinking deeply about what she did. "The three of you are races with high pride. You abandoned that pride to serve Wesley, but Wesley is serving the order, and the imperial castle. Despite that, you still made your decision. We also have our own principles, so just be yourself and try to stick to your ideals." The three girls then thanked Layla for the talk as they had to walk back to the castle.
In the Sentinel Hall, there exists a balcony in the lounge area. Wesley seated on the veranda to scope out what the three girls are doing. "Yo, Wesley." Keith appeared and called out to Wesley while carrying a few snacks. "So you're here huh?" "Well, yesterday was kind of a shock to be honest. You aren't the kind of person that would have any other subordinates since you practically manage us in place of Drax." "Well, none of them can really handle my work. It's investigation and assassination. The only ones capable would be Justine and Gilbert... Though they're currently working on some stuff back on Earth." "Oh right, it's been a while since they last showed up to be honest. The hell even happened to them?" "The task came from Drax, it involves bar-hopping. So the chance of them being drunk while we're talking is high." "True, well it can't be helped. Anyways, your agenda is cleared up now?" The expressions quickly changed from talking smack about others into a much more serious demeanor. "Yeah, I've confirmed that there is at least a base for [People of Earth] in Temockria. The same should be in Aquila from Draxus's info. This means those two countries have already been controlled by the enemy." "So we may have to either dismantle the source of the problem, or get rid of the entire country." "Yeah, if Drax is down for it, we can destroy the entire country of Temockria." "Not now, let's get the alliances of all other countries first. It'll be hard for us to get Aquila's loyalty, but Temockria isn't needed." "Aight, I'll let the others know your findings. Report it to Draxus in the meantime." Wesley and Keith split off to do their tasks for the time being. Wesley sighed as he decided to walk to Draxus's office to report his findings.
"My shadows truly make info gathering easy."