In the system space, HAPPINESS SURGE
Elmo and Rex were chatting busily when Evelyn and Estelle came out of the room with their sleepyheads rubbing their eyes, this very scene warmed his heart of Elmo he beckoned them to sit beside them and rubbed Estelle's head softly asking "did you sleep well?"
Rex scowled at Evelyn who was rubbing on him to do the same as Elmo. He scoffed as he pushed and spoke first "Estelle we will be teaching you how to wield your mana and magic"
Estelle was very comfortable with patting Elmo was doing so she was not paying any attention to Rex's words,
Elmo gave displeased look to Rex saying "she has yet to adapt to this world what are you pushing her for"
Rex stunned by his accusation pointing himself said "were not you the one who was planning her training routine just now"
Elmo faked a cough and said "I was planning but I didn't say we will start as soon as she woke, she is still naïve and has yet to adapt to this world"
Rex scowled at him, but with his handsome face it didn't bring the effect he wanted Estelle was quietly enjoying their banter,
"ohh please who are you kidding me for" then he pointed at Estelle
"her?!"
Estelle squinted her eyes at Rex "how am I not naive Elmo was right you are a bad sheep pulling the wool over my eyes"
Rex's expression darkened "huh?! You and naïve even though I didn't leave with humans for a long time I still can figure out who is naïve and who is shameless, darling"
Elmo interfered "Rex she is naive"
Rex took a sharp breath and said
"the very first thing she did after coming to this world is to control the crisis taking Estrella's position as an advantage and she stopped a bloody war just based on the memories of Estrella, you know what's more fucking surprised me she got herself a strong back up doing nothing, I meant NOTHING"
Elmo chided Rex "language they are still kids" Estelle and Evelyn nodded their heads.
Evelyn spoke interrupting "master I am sure Brother Rex was definitely praising you"
Estelles bobbed her head in accordance "he is flattering me but wait why are calling him brother he is thousands of years older than me and you, you should call him.....grumpy gramps a suitable name indeed" saying she patted herself on the shoulder,
Elmo Shaked his head a little with a smile, but laughed out loud because of what Evelyn said next "but master technically am also a thousand-year-old according to the man we met on the beach does that mean I am also a grandpa like Rex"
Estelle got stumped by her words and laughed out loud along with Elmo while Rex was kneading Evelyn's head in anger.
The happy atmosphere surrounding them warmed Estelle's heart, she felt a new feeling of happiness surge in her, and she want this feeling to last long.
In a dense forest,
horses galloping can be heard the smell of blood coming from them the people riding horses is thick enough to scare the weak animals nearby by clearing their path, as the day started fading away slowly, they reached the waterfall that is in the middle of the forest they camped themselves,
On the other side of the forest is the natural hot spring, with the moonlight falling on the hot spring a muscled back can be seen, his head leaned backward with his eyes closed, his hair dampened with the bangs covering his closed eyes slightly, the view looks so picture perfect.
A hushed and strong voice sounded disturbing the man "General, the spy we caught earlier is dead we don't know the cause Lucas is still trying to find how he died"
The general he is speaking to opened his eyes, the golden orbs of his shine in the moonlight, giving off an enthralling feel, but the person who came to inform him was so used to this that he didn't bother him anymore.
"Nolan I will come after I finish my soak, let Lucas focus on his work completely" he nodded his head left the place
Darren Ryker, the general of the king's army and one of the four powerful dukes of the kingdom Dragao, Darren ran a hand through his hair in irritation when he remembered the message from the spy who tried to mingle with them when they are on their way back to the Dragao kingdom,
The message of the spy was not that hard to read, it stated that the princess who was sent a peace treaty was supposed living corpse and the news of stopping the war means the princess is dead,
Darren was pissed as hell when he read the message, it is clearly intimidation of a great war ahead with other kingdoms, and they clearly won't stand a chance against them if the war starts now. The best option is to retreat now and plan further carefully.
What shocked him more was the letter he got from the newly crowned king who sent him a messenger bird in secret, then again from the former king surprisingly they both sent a similar letter concerning the princess from the Zyon kingdom.
His interest in the princess piqued, after a while, he left the hot spring fully dressed to the camping site where his soldiers were drinking and cheering, he made his way to the innermost tent when a think scent of blood wafted around him grunted in disgust,
"Fuck, Lucus slow down a bit, would you?"
Lucas smirked a bit "as a general you should be accustomed to the smell of blood now"
Darren annoyed "like fucking hell I would, you know very well how I hate this if not for my old man pressuring me, do you think I would be here"
Yup, its true Darren hates wars because his father and mother were the great generals and lost their lives when protecting the former king's brother in an ambush, but his grandfather trained and groomed him as a war machine against his wishes,
Lucas without any delay poured a thick liquid on the corpse making the corpse reduced to dust while the thick smell of blood disappeared, he then turned towards their general who covering half of his face with his hand with a disgusting look, Lucas sighed at his antics "fine don't you want to know how he died"
Darren removed his, while his expression turned serious, Lucas went near the table where a big white sheet was spread and some symbols were drawn on them,
"he died with magic-induced in him, and that magic was concealed so well that it appeared as the suddenly became anemic and the blood in his body flowed like a faucet"
Darren came towards the table and eyed the symbol a little and asked Lucas
"Any clue what this symbol means?"
"Not a penny, trying to figure out this symbol is tearing my head apart, I will show this to my father and let the old man suffer" Lucas replied nonchalky
Darren "tch tch, snobbish"
Lucas narrowed his eyes at him in annoyance and ignored him leaving the tent, Darren clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction he studied the symbol more carefully
In system space
Estelle was doing horse stance while Eveyln was watching her along with Rex, Estelle's legs became numb but she insisted on doing it, after a few minutes her legs gave away, and she fell on her butt while panting
Rex scolded her while massaging the numbness on her legs, Estelle lay on the grass enjoying his service relaxed, remembering something she sprung up startling Rex who in turn glared at her, she smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of her neck she said
"isn't it the time for me to wake up before I am declared dead"
Rex paused a little and said "we still have something to figure out so until then you will be playing dead"