People from Merlinhaven had moved on from the Academy's Dark Event. Merlinhaven had been developed over just half a year.
Rei formed a government with Ateta, Cratos, Sikhi, and Damon.
Ateta, the training leader of the Grim Legion was appointed as a Commander of Merlinhaven's Military. Merlinhaven's military is none other than Grim Legion.
One day, Merlinhaven had guests who weren't invited. A group of people was waiting for Rei to show up at the front gate of Merlinhaven. Cratos, Sikhi, and Damon were all there to prepare to prevent the unwanted riot.
One of the uninvited guests stated that they were from Plutonia and were there to negotiate about building up a Country-city in Plutonia's territory.
"Who would you be? My apology for Your Time wasted. What pleasure do I owe you, Prince of Plutonia?" Rei walked out of the front gate and greeted them.
One of the Plutonians came out of the crowd and took off his hood. "How do you know that I'm here, Miss? That was quite impressive."
" How can I not recognize someone who has high elemental mana aura?" Rei praised Aztez.
" Then do you know why I'm here?" "Yes but unfortunately, I'm not willing to join under Plutonia. The same goes for other nations too."
" So that's how it is then. That means you made enemies to us, Plutonian, beloved by the Forest Goddess of Hotaru, Gaia. Since you know how to communicate with Royal Race, I shall give you a second chance to change your mind. I will wait 2 days for your reply. I'll be back on the deadline." Aztez said and then left with his men.
Before Aztez left, Rei shouted, "Come back whenever you like, Prince. My answer won't change. Merlinhaven will stand as the Symbol of Freedom. "
Everyone murmured about this. Rei called the citizen of Merlinhaven to the City hall.
"People of Merlinhaven. People of Freedom. I know you might have some doubts about denying Plutonia's request. I know you might be afraid of the upcoming challenges for Merlinhaven. But don't you ever worry? I, Rei, the Leader of the Freedom country, Merlinhaven, won't sit still if someone lay their hand on us. No one shall not be able to conquer us. Because we are the freedom. We are free from attaching to those gods who made us suffer. We do not worship them. We have us in the deepest part of our hearts. I promised. Deny Plutonia is for the better." Rei gave a motivational speech to the crowd. Sikhi smiled and cheered Rei.
All Merlinhaven's citizens cheered for Rei.
That night, Ateta, Cratos, Sikhi, Damon, Sun, and Rei held a meeting.
"Sun, you felt it too right?" Sikhi asked Sun. "the same Aura as Rei."
"Yeah, the purple one. The Prince Aura was green. Then whose Aura was it?" Sun answered Sikhi's question and turned to Rei.
" I felt it too but you both know this didn't happen in the last timeline. Aztez was already dead even before we all met." Rei walked back and forth beside the window. "Something is off."
Rei checked out to the street and found someone lurking in the dark, checking what Rei and her comrades doing. An arrow flew towards Rei and she caught it without a drop of sweat. The window shattered.
Cratos and others jumped in and chased the man from the dark. Rei was left behind, looking at the arrow with Damon.
Cratos threw his Blades of Madness at the man. The man moved swiftly like dancing to the rhythm of the wind. Then he formed a magic circle and formed an ice path toward Cratos. Ice spikes appeared along the way to Cratos.
Bang!
Before the ice spikes reached Cratos, Sun's Jingu bang, burning with blue flames stopped them. The man was surprised by that and stood still looking at Sun. " My master told me not to focus on the only enemy on a battlefield. You should do the same. Hehe"
"Earth Art: Swamp trap." Sikhi caught the man in the swamp he created with the earth art. Then Ateta jumped on and strike down her Claymore on the man's head.
" Water Art: Water Ball" In a blink of an eye, Ateta was trapped in a water ball.
"Guys, why do you always use violence to take care of some businesses? " Rei appeared behind the trapped man. " She is here for our help. Right Medusa?"
"What!? It's a girl? But who is she? Why did she sneak up on us?" Sun was shocked. "Sikhi, you know?"
" We haven't encountered her yet. I have heard some rumors about Medusa. She looks younger than what I expect." Sikhi rubbed his chin and checked Medusa.
" I'm Medusa. Cratos, you would know more about me, right? We are siblings." Medusa looked at Cratos and said it with a straight face.
Cratos sat on a rock beside him. " I know Medusa but I don't know you. Why take Medusa's identity?" Cratos looked furious when he said.
" I was killed 28 years ago. By someone from the group of Plutonians, you met this morning. Then I reincarnated as this girl. My name is Fukushū now." Fukushū explained to Cratos.
" So what is that you want from us?" Rei looked around, " How about we discuss this at home? It's getting dark out here."
They went back to Rei's house where they held their meeting.
" Ok. We're all set now. Go on. Continue your story." Rei sat down on his chair.
" I'm Fukushū. Daughter of Zeus and normal woman Ceto. As you have known, I was enamored by my Uncle Poseidon. My half-sister Athena, wife of Poseidon got jealous and cursed me to turn into the Medusa, you know today." Fukushū said with sorrow in her eyes.
" Chop. Chop. Get to the point. It's boring. Whaaaa..." Sun yawned. " Why did you shoot your arrow at Master? And Master, how did you know it was Medusa?"
Rei sighed and said, " There's this letter on the arrow. Continue please, Med... Fukushū."
" So I got the power to turn everyone who met my eyes to eyes into stone. That's what Plutonia wanted. That's why he came to kill me 28 years ago. But he didn't know that power was not something that can be separated by death like artifacts. It dwells within me. Only I can give out the power. Now he knew I was here. I don't know how but... I need your help. I can't give him the power. He has bad motives." Fukushū hurriedly kneeled in front of Rei and begged for help.
" So the Elf Prince wants to kill two birds with one stone." Rei smilingly said.