"Welcome to our palace." Pari flew up in the sky once and came back. It was obvious she was excited.
No one could reply to Pari was they were all stunned. The castle was larger and beautiful than expected. Between them and the castle was about the same length from the first to the second gate. But this path didn't have anything in its path. It was just floating on water.
"Follow me." Pari pulled Jin's sleeves and urged the shifters. They were brought back to the physical world and began walking.
Alek stumbled once before walking straight. She looked down on herself and blushed. What the heck was she wearing? Most of her legs were exposed and, her upper body was covered in her cousin's hoodie. She didn't look like a person who should visit a castle.
She looked up and saw that people in front of her was wearing what was out of place as her. Castor was wearing a grey v-neck shirt with white pair of shorts. Lee, in his arms, was wearing a sky blue t-shirt with a dragon blowing fire and a pair of checked shorts. And lastly, Pollux was wearing a black t-shirt with jogging pants. He had two necklaces that accented his whole look. One was an ordinary one, while the other carried a bottle that contained seawater.
Alek looked at the three of them and, her confidence was level was close to being back o normal. She didn't feel as if she was out of place if she was with them. She wasn't scared anymore.
The fairy that was leading them entered the wall of glass. There weren't guards on the wall and, that seemed to be the entrance. The wall and the entire castle was not see-through even when they were clear as a crystal. When she entered, the walls didn't even make a move. It was still and unbothered.
"Pari!" Rin called out and, the fairy poked out her head. Her head was the only visible part and, she looked like she was about to guillotined.
"Yes?" She tilted her head slightly as she answered him. "Sir, It's not dangerous. This is how we enter the castle."
"Oh, I see." Rin put down his arm. "So we come in, right?"
"Yes." Pari then moved to show her upper body and urged the four of them to get in.
Jin was the first one to dare do it. He tapped on the wall and, just the water they were standing on, it made a wave. "So this is not a glass..." He mumbled before tapping it again. "Woah."
Lee, who saw this, tapped it just like Jin did and giggled. His fingers did not get wet, although the texture was water. He then pushed his whole left hand into the water wall and felt a chill. The water was chilled but not that much. It was only a few degrees lower than the temperature of the river.
Jin then pushed his whole arm in, which was not holding the boy. From around his elbow, he didn't feel the water anymore. The water was thick but, it didn't have any current. The water was just engulfing him and not doing anything.
"Cool." He spoke before he and the boy in his arms walked into the wall. The wall created waves when they entered.
"Jin!" Rin stretched his hand.
"Oh crap." Alek spoke. She didn't get worried about her cousin and the friend. She was only surprised at how easily they entered. "Let's enter." It looked fun and, her curiosity was itching to take over her as an instinct.
"Ug, a,..." Rin looked at his cousin, whose eyes were shining dangerously. She also had a smile on her face. She looked like she was going to spill her saliva as if she was facing a steak. He didn't like this as he was that kind of person who wanted to be sure of safety and knowledge of the place before going or entering it.
"Let's go, Rin." The girl took a hold of his hand and led them straight into the wall.
"Oh no." He spoke just before his back made the first contact with the wall and, he was swallowed.
"That took long." When he opened his eyes, he saw his brother looking at him. He didn't know that he had closed his eyes and was holding his cousin's hand tightly.
"Sorry, Alek." He let go immediately but, Alek wasn't hearing his apology. She was in awe of her surroundings. This place ceased to not amaze her.
"Pari!" Just as Pri was about to go up the grand staircase, a fairy flew towards her like an arrow and hugged her.
"Uncle!" She reciprocated the hug. The fairy who was hugging her was a little small than her, but however, his wings were larger than hers. His colour seemed to be turquoise as his feature were. His hair, his eyes and even his wings had a slight shade of it.
"Pari, my niece! I missed you!" The fairy was flapping his wings so furiously that his niece's braids were flying in the air as hose of Alek's and others.
"I missed you too, uncle! I was just about to see you." The fairy stopped hugging the blue-headed fairy and looked at the people behind her.
"I pledge my loyalty to you." He immediately stopped flying and knelt on the ground. He didn't even need to check if they were the people from the clans who saved the tribe.
"Please stop that." Rin came to the side of the tiny fairy in front of him and ut him on his palm. He was just about eighty per cent of Pari's size. He looked like he was even younger than his niece.
The fairy still had his head low as he was on Rin's palm. He didn't dare to look up.
"I guess you are Pari's uncle. Hello, I am Rin. The person who's carrying a boy is my brother, Jin. The boy is our friend, Lee. And the person behind me is my cousin, Alek. May I know what your name is, sir?" Rin brought the fairy up close so that he can get a better look.
"Sir, you should not refer to me as 'sir'. Please call me Irving." He answered without raising his head.
"Irving. Nice to meet you. As you may have heard, we came here for information. And your niece here offered us help. We are here to see the person who knows about the tribe of Himawari no Kaze in Minazuki's territory."
"Umm, he is the one." Pari flew towards her uncle and the shifter of the Mutsuki. "He is the one I was going to introduce you to."
"I see." Rin looked back at the fae in his hand. He fouNd that he was flapping his water wings gracefully as he returned his gaze. "Do you mind telling us information about the tribe?"
"Of course." Irving nodded and flew from his palm. "Please follow me." He then began flying with his niece right beside him to the grand staircase. The3 staircase was wider and longer than the ones in Alek's university and was chilly. Every time she touched the railing, it would make a wave that went through the walls and the floor.
It was long and curvy, and of course, made from the same material from the outer layer of the castle. When they were going up the stairs, they saw a big ball of water floating with small-sized balls surrounding them. They saw the water was moving slightly as it was giving off water vapour in the air.
"Wow. This is beautiful. I never thought this kid of place can exist." Alek spoke as she looked around. Everything was clear and not.
Apart from their unusual appearance, the castle looked like a rich person's house. Sometimes the furniture and plants were water, and some were normal furniture and plants. Also, all the things in the castle were for human size and not for a fairy. Why did they have such big items if they were smaller than the items? They were smaller than chihuahuas. They can easily fit in a mug if they wanted to.
"It's here." Irving water bent a door to the library and let people in. But before his niece could get in, he stopped her. "Pari?" He asked
"Oh, yeah." Pari seemed to have remembered something and immediately followed Jin and Lee inside. "Lee, I want you to come with me."
"Why?" Lee held onto Castor's shirt. He wanted to be with him.
"I thought you had some questions that you wanted to ask." Pari raised an eyebrow and Lee let go of the shirt. He did have some questions he wanted to ask, plus he wanted to play with her.
"You can go, Lee. We'll come to you when we are done." Jin smiled at the boy before slowly putting him on the ground.
"Okay." Lee nodded and followed his friend out of the room. The door closed immediately and, the light was brought into the room somehow.
Because the three people were concentrated on the door, they didn't notice the change in Irving. So when they looked back, they shrieked in horror.
"Eeeeeeeeee!" Alek quickly held onto the person closest to her, who turned out to be a coat rack. One of the pointing things hit her nose directly and, she groaned in pain.
Rin immediately came to the rescue and made her hold onto him that a rack.
"What is happening?! Where is Irving?" Jin looked around to find the little fairy but, there were no signs of him. "What have you one with him?!" He screamed at the gentleman sitting on one of the chairs at the table.