Zeno woke up finding himself with Alice, both of them in a medical room.
"Huh... You finally woke up... I thought you gonna sleep some more." Drake sighed as he saw Zeno slowly sitting in his place.
"Drake... What happened?" Zeno asked searching his head barely remembering anything.
"Huh... You went on a rampage killing many of my guards and destroying my office just because I was going to use this cursed girl for my advantage... But it seems you were not happy..." Drake sighed as he told him what happened.
"Oh-oh sorry, Drake... But I find that child just like me... She is being troubled and tortured from the very day she took birth... I want to help her." His desperate tone went straight to Drake's heart.
He knew he has to help her, but still helping someone cursed will bring the curse upon them.
"Zeno... I know how you feel... And I also want to help her... But she is cursed... And helping her will make the gods go crazy... We won't be able to escape their wrath." Drake kept his point trying to look after everyone's good.
Zeno couldn't take it anymore, his precious little sister Alice was being called a curse wherever she went, he just couldn't take it.
"Drake... What is being cursed... Is being cursed mean having an eye of a different colour? Or having a different type of mana? I don't find any reason why she is cursed, and even if she is cursed who will punish me for helping her?" Zeno was not going to let her go, because of he did she will be killed by the cruelty of this world.
"Zeno... The gods won't forgive you... They won't ever forgive you for helping the cursed ones... It's written in all of our ancient tablets..."
A grin appeared on Zeno's face, and he continued, "Being punished after death... Haha... I am barely concerned about being punished... If I change this rotten world and get punished even after that, then who is at the wrong?"
Drake closed his eyes and gave it a good minute of thought, and finally opened his mouth, "Huh... I can't change your mindset... Alright, we can have her with us, I will look after all of her studies and training... Consider it a gift from me..." Drake blushed a little while saying that.
"Haha, you are getting old Drake, you really want a granddaughter to play with." Zeno laughed out loud when he found Drake getting all red.
"Shu... Shut up... It's just... I don't want you to go through all the extra work of taking care of her."
Drake walked close to Alice when Zeno left, her sleeping face made his rock heart melt instantly when he met her, but her being cursed Linda held him back but now nothing is stopping him.
He took a deep breath and slowly move dhis finger towards her cheeks, his hands were shaking worried he might wake her up.
"Soo soft... She reminds me of Diana..." He was very happy to be able to take care of her.
"Mhm..." She slowly scratched her cheeks.
"Alice... Dane, what a pretty name... Then you will be my granddaughter..." He gently pressed his lips I'm her forehead and went back to work.
"Haha, so Drake also has a soft side." Yuun giggled when she heard how much he got attached to Alice.
"Haha yup I know, so... would you mind if she becomes my little sister?" Zeno asked with a smile on his face.
"Why would I mind! It is a brilliant idea, and that child will get the love she deserves." Yuun went ahead and rested her head on Zeno's shoulder.
"Yuun It has been a while since we spent much time together..." He gently embraced her face.
"Aww, you getting emotional... My baby boy." Yuun gently played with his hair before pulling him close.
"Woah... You waste no time..." Zeno giggled when he saw her being soo much bold.
"What do you expect... We barely got some time to spend together... And I don't want this moment to get in vain."
"Oh then-"
A pair of lips pressed against his stopping him midway through his sentence.
"Now you have only one thing to do... And that is to spend the night with a girl named Yuuna." She giggled as she spoke.
"Huh... You are getting mischievous..." Zeno pushed himself on her and kissed her back.
"Hehe, you are my cutie."
"You too..."
The next morning Zeno got a classified mission with Catherine and Rain on his team.
"Big Brother... When will you return..." Alice asked with puppy eyes already missing Zeno.
"Aww, Alice don't worry big brother will be back soon." Zeno patted her before waving Yuun goodbye.
"There he goes again... I really hate these search missions..."
"Zeno... Don't forget your mission is to find as much as you can about Guardian beasts, if that turtle was saying the truth then we must know about the others and try to capture them."
"Yes master Drake, I won't bring disappointment."
Zeno and his crew left with confidence on their face, and the only thing their mission GUARDIAN BEASTS!