I been dreaming about traveling the world when I was rudely awakened by an Elari male
When a got up I saw Princess Lei suddenly attack me with... A hug, not fully understanding the situation I looked around hoping get some answers
"wuu~ I finally found you, why did you run away and hide from us! I had been looking all over for you, I never got a chance to say thank you, wuu~"
Princess Lei cried into my chest not caring about the blood that was smudging on to her clothes
"Please, accept my gratitude, Royal Protector!"
The Elari Male bowed as he too had tears on his face
'uhhh, I definitely misunderstood something'
I thought to myself, but I would never let anyone find out
"um, what do you mean by Royal Protector?"
I asked puzzled afraid I'd fall into another misunderstanding
"the Royal Protectors have existed and protected the royal family since the first King of Alte, each Royal Protector would defend us from the shadows, thank you for saving my life!"
he explained and I felt a headache coming on
"that would explain how you have the Royal figure"
The King along with the queen walked in at this moment and spoke
"I have realized this a long time ago, and told my children to not pry further into this matter as the Royal Protector was supposed to be a secret"
'The way he explained it I almost believed him myself! That's not fair!'
I thought while trying to escape the situation
"don't worry, your job is done, we know of the creed of the Royal Protectors, if you save the life of a royal family member twice you may retire." The Elari Male said
"who are you again?" I asked
"I am Prince Ceru, it seems you have not fully recovered from your injuries and your memory is still fuzzy"
Prince Ceru said with a humble expression
"uh, right, um, can I leave now?" I felt like I'd go insane if I spoke any longer with these clowns
"Please wait! I... Don't go"
Princess Lei said in a meek voice with her watery eyes, but as beautiful as she was to me in Elari form I wasn't interested in becoming an Elari and had to go search for a solution to the calamity
"I can't stay, I had only stayed here for a short time because of my longing, but now I want to find out what caused the calamity"
I walked away without looking back, I will always have a longing for better talents and knowledge of skills, but now that I had learned everything from the Royal Library and had gained all the necessary talents I must move on
"then, will you be going to Altitia? That place is crawling with Beasts, all those that decided to go back haven't returned"
Prince Ceru asked, even as an Expert Xin Artist he didn't dare to roam there carelessly
"don't worry about me, I won't be like them"
Why would I be like them and go there? It's a death wish to go there right now as that's where all the beasts had originated from and was packed with beasts much stronger than anything I've ever seen before
'as expected of the Royal Protector, he's capable of surviving even in that place, how strong is he really? Expert rank? Master Rank?'
Prince Ceru estimated his power but still couldn't guess as when he looked at him he seemed to be an Adept rank Xin artist, but when he looked closely he noticed that his physical strength was very high and he was also a Drui, this indicated that he was pretending to be weaker than he actually was