Rei was stunned to see the girl's face up close, as well as Reina who looked at Rei's face because he did not feel foreign.
"Who are you?" whispered the girl quietly.
"I'm the new cook helper! My name is Nicholas, eat it while it's still warm!" said Rei who also whispered.
"Help me Nicholas! I'm the real Princess Reina, the ones in the kingdom are all fake!" she explained.
"What happened? Where are your Mom and Dad?" asked Rei.
"They are missing, there is a very evil creature who is chasing them, while I am here being made a scapegoat by the prime minister who wants to betray, please let me go Nicho!" the girl pleaded.
"Hey Cook Heelper! What took you so long, you want to go in there!" said the guard fiercely.
"I have to get out, calm down I will help you!" said Rei who rushed out before the guards got even angrier.
Rei slightly understood what was going on in this palace, but for now he didn't act rashly. In the palace kitchen Ewa Lani seemed to be exploring her role, it seemed that the girl really enjoyed being a staff chef because Caterpi with mustaches also provided quite a lot of food for her staff.
"Hey Nicho, here try this, it's delicious!" asked Arabella (pseudonym Ewa Lani) who seemed to be waving.
Nicho approached, he tried to taste the strange food typical of Caterpi which turned out to be delicious. While pretending to eat Nicho approached Arabella and whispered "The prisoner down below is Princess Reina!" he whispered.
Arabella tapped Nicho's shoulder as a sign that she understood what he was saying. Suddenly the mustachioed Caterpi who turned out to be Mr. Antonie gave Nicho a basket of vegetables to peel, the boy returned to his position as a vegetable peeler staff. A large group of bodyguards came, they seemed to have a banquet together this afternoon. Caterpi as a newcomer chef gets a lot of orders. They weren't the only palace chefs, but some of the guards liked Caterpi's cooking.
Princess Reina's business will be discussed again later, but the cooking thing seems to have to be rushed. Ewa Lani and Rei really worked hard that day, Caterpi's kitchen which was frying food seemed to be blazing with big fire like a circus acrobat. Truly an extraordinary chef, this time Rei thought the mustachioed fat caterpillar was really cool. The good thing is that when a lot of food is cooked, Ewa Lani and Rei are the ones sent by Caterpi to serve the food to the guests and bodyguards' tables. It's a good time to dig up as much information as possible.
"Excuse me sir, it's very busy today, is it always this busy at lunch?" asked Ewa Lani to one of the guests.
"Ah no, today the Prime Minister really wants to have a party and invite lots of guests!" he explained.
"Then where are the King, Queen and Princes?" asked Ewa Lani starting to interrogate.
"There, they are meditating, the royal family is doing Yosiva (hermitage to maintain the purity of the Atomic stones belonging to the Iyork nation)!" he said.
"I see, how long did the meditation last?" asked Ewa Lani again.
"I don't know, it's now been 13 years since all the royal family went to do Yosiva, the Prime Minister is now taking care of all the government in this Iyork!" he explained again. "Hey why are you asking so much? Where's my food?" the guest protested.
"Hey Waiter! Where's my food?" asked one of the other guests as well.
"Yes sir! The delicious food is coming soon!" replied Ewa Lani who immediately went to get extra food.
"While Rei is the same as he looks here and there eavesdropping, what are they really talking about, Rei hears like there is a regional unification plan, but in full Rei doesn't really understand. The guard's voice loudly announces that the prime minister is coming and will enter the room. The guests and bodyguards stood up to greet the prime minister they were talking about earlier. A man with black hair sat in the chair of the leader, he was handsome but his aura was scary. Rei felt that the man was not just anyone. The man gestured his guests and followers to sit down .
"Today I invite all of you to celebrate our fellowship, to show that we are strong and can unite Arasely. Cheers!" said the Prime Minister as he raised his glass.
Rei looked at Ewa Lani, it seemed that the Iyork nation wanted to expand their territory.
"El Shavalon, Heraclion, Shambala, Asrak, Tritura, Urkesh, welcome to the Iyork, for the other nations we will make them our allies, we are strong enough to conquer all the lands of Arasely!" said the man in a loud voice.
"Long live Prime Minister Clion Azazel! Long live Prime Minister Clion Azazel!" the voices of the guests and guards shouted.
"Enjoy today's banquet, starting tomorrow we will start expanding our territory to Helike, prepare an army and show that we are the strongest!" he shouted with ambition.
Rei who began to understand seemed to retreat and returned to the kitchen, the same as Ewa Lani also slowly returned to the palace kitchen and sat waiting for the food to be delivered.
"Why are you guys gloomy?" asked Antonie the Caterpi with the mustache. "Back when the King and Queen had not done Yosiva here, everything was more peaceful, unlike now, whether it is getting orders from whom the Prime Minister has started to expand the territory over the last 13 years," he explained.
"Then what happened to the royal family? Did they really do Yosiva or disappeared?" Rei asked in a whisper.
"I don't know, Son! Maybe we should still not know so we can survive!" Antony suggested.
"Does the expansion of the territory mean war? Do they give the choice to accept unity or not?" asked Ewa Lani.
"Nothing, no compromise in territorial unity, rejecting means war! That's all I know!" said Antonie while arranging his cooked food. "Send this food to the table, lest they wait and get us in trouble!"
Rei and Ewa Lani rushed over, they took the food on the tray and started delivering it again. There seemed to be someone who had just arrived, wearing a black robe behind the Prime Minister, Ewa Lani immediately gasped, the girl could feel the aura of a witch, this time someone who might also recognize her. Ewa Lani immediately put her food on the table, backed away slowly and left the banquet, she immediately returned to the kitchen before she was seen.
A powerful magical aura, which only the strongest mage in Arasely possessed. It was Floy Beelzebub the magician with monstrous powers who had once fought against her father. A mage who desperately wanted to destroy the purity of the Igdrasil tree belonging to the Carmella forest. Rei didn't see Ewa Lani in the banquet hall, he got suspicious and looked for her in the kitchen. Before reaching the kitchen, Ewa Lani immediately grabbed Rei's arm.
"Let's get out of here! NOW!".
"What is it?" asked Rei.
"I'll explain later!" she said again.
They walked out, packed their things at the inn and exited Iyork. Now at the gate was an army that seemed to be preparing for tomorrow's battle. The guard who saw them coming out prevented him.
"Why did you both come out? he asked.
"We are cook helper! We are looking for ingredients for the banquet, there are ingredients running out in Iyork, we want to go to El Shavalon (one of Iyork's allied countries) there are many spices we need!" replied Ewa Lani.
"El Shavalon, oh yeah there's a lot of spices there, go! Don't go to Helike there might be war!" obviously the guards were blocking them.
Ewa Lani and Rei immediately walked away from the gate they didn't expect them to get out so easily, but not far they walked the black cavalry troop facing them.
"All current townspeople are not allowed to go out, come back!" said the troop leader.
"We want to go to El Shavalon, want to buy some spices for the banquet!" Ewa Lani repeated her reasoning.
"El Shavalon is in the west, why are you going east! Don't tell me you're spies!" the man began to suspect. "Blue hair, I've never seen a creature like you guys before, you guys are definitely not from an allied country!" said the guard while pointing his gun in front of Ewa Lani's face.
Ewa Lani smiled, the girl held the guard weapon and made it soft like water. She grabbed Rei's arm and flew high into the air making a blue glow in the sky. They flew very high and as usual the girl blew her snail whistle and the Roc named Grif grabbed them quickly. The guards seemed to be screaming but couldn't seem to catch up with Ewa Lani and Rei who smoothly left the nation of Iyork.