"Throw them."
"What?"
"Throw the kids inside the portal."
"Are you crazy?"
"Do it quickly!"
Lizzie hesitated for a moment, but she quickly grabbed their clothes and threw them into the magic portal without much thought. The monster tried to attack them, but Lilian used her magic to stop the attack. She stopped the trolls that were trying to crush them by throwing them away using wind magic.
She can't attack them since she doesn't know how to, so she only uses her magic to throw them away. Lizzie needs to send all of those kids so she can't be disturbed!
'How the hell am I supposed to use magic?'
Lilian can't help but think hard about how to use attack magic. They need to kill the troll.
"Huh? Isn't that Neveah?!"
Lilian, look at the girl with silver hair that was lying inside the prison, which is close to where the trolls are!
"Neveah?" Lizzie's voice was heard.
"That's right."
After finishing throwing, Lizzie grabbed Lilian's hands with a serious expression. They look at Neveah, who looks like she is struggling in pain.
"This is bad...! If she dies, doesn't that mean we'll go back in time?" Lilian looks panicked.
Lizzie knows Lilian really well. She knew that Lilian would not hesitate to save Neveah since they could not let her die. Their mission is to make sure Neveah lives. But in this situation, where she doesn't even know how to use attack magic, it would be hard for her. Not only that, she probably needs to struggle a lot to undo the magic spell on the children, so Lilian can't be here.
Lilian needs to undo the magic spell, so Lizzie has made up her mind.
"Go first...!" Lizzie said as she threw Lilian towards the portal. Lilian's eyes widened when she was thrown by Lizzie.
"What are you doing...?! Lizzie!!"
The only thing she can do right now is yell and look at Lizzie with desperate eyes. In this situation, she didn't care if Neveah died. She just worries about Lizzie.
"Safe the children! Undo the magic. I'll go after I save that child!" Lizzie said this without looking back.
"Lizzie!" Lilian's scream was heard, but she immediately disappeared through the magic portal.
Lizzie looked back, and the magic portal was still there. She needs to hurry up and save Neveah before the magic portal disappears! But she didn't realise the trolls were right in front of her. The troll grabbed her with his big hands. She's small, so she feels like her bones are broken.
"Urghh!"
She went blank. Didn't know what to do to release herself from these trolls.
"Let me go!" She struggles to free herself, but her energy is getting weaker.
Lizzie looks at the magic portal that is starting to get smaller. Lilian is probably starting to lose her energy too. She probably needs to use a lot of energy in order to undo the magic spell on those children.
"I need to hurry..."
She knows that she won't die since that's what Chevelure said, but if she faints here, what would happen to Neveah over there? What if she dies? Neveah clearly looks like she was trying to endure the pain of the magic spell that was cast on her body.
It would be troublesome if that child died here.
"Ugly bastard-!"
She used her remaining energy to free herself from the trolls. His hands crush into pieces, and Lizzie falls to the ground.
"Screech!"
There was a strange cry from the monsters. Perhaps he didn't expect to lose his hands.
Lizzie gets up and runs towards Neveah.
She carried her on her back and ran towards the magic portal. Lizzie knew the trolls were chasing her, but there was no time to think about it. She immediately jumped towards the magic portal, which was getting smaller.
She closed her eyes when she hit the ground with Neveah on her back.
"Lizzie, you crazy b-tch!" Lilian swears at her with red eyes.
It looks like she cried.
Lilian never shed tears.
Even when someone bullied or cursed her for not having parents, she never cried. But Lilian is always weak when it comes to Lizzie. It has always been like that.
"I'm alright, Lilian."
To be honest, if Lilian threw her away like she did, she would be extra mad too. She can't bear the pain of losing her only friend. She's her only family.
"You're crazy! How could you throw me away like that?"
Lilian was so mad because Lizzie threw her like that. It's true that Neveah was important, but that didn't change the fact that Lizzie is more important to Lilian.
She was trying hard to undo the magic spell on the children. Lizzie looks at the children, who are already free from the magic.
"Lilian. Close the magic portal immediately. The trolls might-" Lizzie didn't get to finish her word because a troll suddenly appeared.
"Too late..."
Lilian, Lizzie, and the kids stared at the troll. There's only one troll, but it's troublesome.
"Hey you! Take this girl!" Lizzie called the brown-haired boy that was sitting beside the greyish-brown-haired girl.
The boy shook his head in fear. He didn't want to go near her since the troll was also close to Lizzie and Neveah, who were suffering due to magic.
"Don't be a coward!" Lizzie yelled at them as she continued to stare at the troll.
This is the troll that lost his hands early. Tsk. 'You grow your hands, huh.' She was mad, but she didn't have time to express her thoughts.
The greyish-brown-haired girl ran towards Lizzie and grabbed Neveah's body, but she's a girl, so it's hard for her to take Neveah.
"Hey brown hair! What the hell are you doing sitting there like a stupid boy? We save you, and you can't even help this much?!"
Lizzie yelled while moving her body to prevent the troll from getting near Lilian, who was trying to undo the magic spell. The brown-haired boy startled and moved his body after he hesitated for quite some time. The boy and the girl help Neveah go to Lilian, who is busy using every part of her magic to free those children.
"Erghhh!" Lizzie flew toward the tree as she was pushed by the troll.
A strong force from the troll makes Lillian look at Lizzie with anxious eyes.
"Lizzie!" After successfully freeing all of the children from the magic spell, Lilian ran towards Lizzie, but she was stopped by Neveah, who was still lying on the ground. "What are you doing?" She asked with a cold voice.
Neveah has silver hair and beautiful blue eyes. Her hair remind her of Chevelure. They look very similar. Why is that? But she didn't have time to care about that!
"I'm sorry..." She said it as if she were afraid, and she let go of her hands.
Lilian continued to run towards Lizzie, and she stretched her hand towards the troll. She didn't know how to use magic well, but she only believed in her talent, as Chevelure told her. If she's lucky, then everything should be fine.
She felt the electric energy in her hands, and she aimed for the troll's head. The blindingly bright strike of lightning from her hands hit the troll's head, and his head fell from his body.
Lilian fell beside Lizzie, who fell unconscious and was lying on the ground after being attacked by the troll.
"Lizzie... Hey Lizzie!" Lilian continued to shout her name in a very nervous manner. Tears began to fill her swollen eyes. "Open your damn eyes, now! Lizzie...!" Lilian can't calm down. She's too nervous. Too scared. Is it the wrong move to go and save these children? She didn't know.
But then those kids approach them, ignoring the fact that the troll's head has been cut off from his body. Lilian looks at them. No. They're able to save these innocent children. But what about Lizzie, who falls unconscious here?
"Urgh..." Lilian cried to her heart's content.
She wasn't afraid of anything. The only thing she is scared of is losing her only friend and sister, Lizzie.
"What do we do...?"
"They save us."
"Is she okay?"
"She didn't die, right?"
"What to do?"
"She can't die. They save us so she can't die."
"We didn't say thanks to them yet."
The kids muttered near them, but Lilian didn't care. She's getting weaker and weaker, but she can't fall unconscious here. If she did, then what about these children?
[You can relax now, Lilian.]
A familiar voice came to her mind.
'Chevelure?'
It's not long after they come into this world. It's not even a day, and yet she can hear his voice. Is it a blessing or a curse to be able to hear a god's voice?
[That's right. I'm here. So you can rest now. Someone will come to pick you up.]
His voice echoes in her mind.
'Someone will pick us up?'
[That's right. So don't worry too much.]
His answer didn't put Lilian at ease at all. The edge of her vision was starting to blur, but she was still holding on to her last vision.
'Lizzie won't die, right?'
That's right. The reason why Lilian can't let herself be at ease despite having killed the troll is because she was worried about Lizzie.
[She won't. She just had a small injury. So rest. Someone will come to you.]
He said it again.
Lilian feels better and is starting to let the darkness fill her vision. Before darkness ate up her vision, she saw a tall, sturdy man approach her, but she was too tired to think.
"G-Grand Duke Atara...!"
"We're not going to die!" The kid's happy voice was the last thing she heard.
★★★★
Luca was too busy handling the paper work that was left to him by his father. His father, Grand Duke Atara, was supposed to be home anytime soon, so he needed to handle it as much as possible.
"Young master...!" Gilbert, the head butler, entered the study without knocking on the door. It's not like Gilbert at all.
"What is it? Why are you in a hurry?"
"The Grand Duke is back!"
Luca, who didn't look at him early, immediately raised his head and stared at Gilbert, who looked serious.
"What?"
It's normal for him to be surprised since he arrived earlier than usual. He thought that his father would arrive next week.
Lucca didn't say anything and immediately stood up. He came out to greet his father, who hadn't come home for more than two months to look for his younger sisters, who were kidnapped two years after they were born.
The moment his twin sister got kidnapped, he was only 6 years old, so he didn't understand why his father always went out and rarely came back home.
Because of this, he became mature at a very young age in order to help his father handle the grand duchy whenever he left. It's a pity because his mother died after giving birth to his sisters. but he didn't hate them. Despite having to grow up faster than his peers, he understands why he has to be mature.
Luca remembers seeing them when they were kids, but it's been a very long time since then, so he doesn't remember them.
As the official heir of the Grand Duke of Atara, he was entrusted to deal with state affairs when he was away. Luca didn't know that his father would love those twins this much. But Luca knows that if he's the one who went missing, his father would also do everything in his power to look for him.
"Father, they are...?"
"Shh. The kids are sleeping. Come find me in the evening. I have something to say to you."
Luca nodded his head like an obedient child.
"I understand. Please rest well, father."
"Gilbert. Bring a doctor immediately. Let him examine my daughters." He gave a cold order to the head butler, Gilbert.
Gilbert, who has dark blue hair, nodded his head. "I understand." He immediately raised his hands and ordered the maid to go fetch the doctor.
Luca stared at the two kids that slept in his father's arms. They have red and pink hair, and they look ridiculously small. They resemble their mother's hair, which is pink at the top and red at the tip, while Luca resembles his father's black hair.
His father, Grand Duke Lark Jewett Atara, entered the mansion.
Luca didn't follow him and just stared at him as he disappeared behind those big doors. How should he treat his sister from now on? He never saw someone so small like them.
Both of them look too small for their age. They should be 8 this year, but their bodies look like they were 6. They're too small and look weak.
"I need to ask my father where he found them." Luca calmly muttered to himself, entered the house, and went to the library.
Grand Duke laid his two daughters on the bed. They're small. He only found them after six years, but they look as if they will break at any time. How the hell do these kids survive in this harsh world?
He hates himself so much since he failed to protect his children. He was so shocked because when he arrived at the forest, he saw them unconscious under the tree, and there were so many kids surrounding them.
What shocked him more was the fact that the troll died in front of his two children.
"What happened here?" He asked the greyish-brown-haired kid that was sitting next to Lilian.
"We were kidnapped by the count, and they saved us." She replied while looking at the girl with red and pink hair.
"This kid saved you?" He asked as if he couldn't believe it.
How can such a small kid be able to kill a troll that is a hundred times bigger than them?
"Yes...! I don't know their name, but they were the person that saved us from getting sold to the count!"
"Then why is their condition like this?"
"She fell unconscious after being attacked by the troll. She's also the one that opened the prison cell and let us escape, and she's also the one that knocked off the count knight when they found out that some of us had escaped." The boy interrupted and pointed his finger at Lizzie.
"That's right. And she fell unconscious after using magic to cut the troll's head. Before she uses magic to kill the troll, she opens the magic portal, and she undo the magic spell that was carved on our skin." And now the greyish-brown-haired girl pointed at Lilian.
The Grand Duke didn't say anything, and look at his knight Hugo, who also seems to be quite shocked after hearing it.
"Their hair colour is exactly like Madam's," Hugo said.
"Do you see their eye colour?" The Grand Duke asked.
He needs to confirm it.
"Yes. They have the same eye colour as you! A beautiful golden eye that shone more brightly than the sun." The boy said it with confidence.
He can't lie: when he first meets those eyes, he feels like he's seeing the sun. It shines so brightly and is very gorgeous. It could blind anyone who sees them. He felt like he was falling when he met those shining eyes.
"It seems like we have really found them." Hugo whispered to Lark, who still didn't believe it.
He stared at the child and approached them.
Golden eyes are proof that they're from the Grand Duke Atara bloodline. No one will have that eye colour except their family, so it's easy to know whether they're from the Grand Duke Atara bloodline or not.
"Bring all these kids to our estate. Send them to their home. If they didn't have any place to go, then send them to an orphanage on our estate." Lark said this and slowly took his children in his arms.
He has a big and sturdy arm, so it's not a problem for him to carry both of them since they're very small.
He felt weird when he saw his children after losing them for six years. He has mixed feelings that can't be expressed in words. He didn't know how to treat his daughter. It's true that he always hoped that he would find them, but now that he has, he doesn't know how to react.
He also has a lot of thing that he want to ask them. When he arrived at the forest before, he could clearly feel the trace of magic around that place, as if a huge amount of magic power had been used.
Not only that, there's a lot of fighting where humans fight with trolls, but it's weird because there were only skinny and small kids standing there. And the kids words shocked him more. They said that his children were the ones who saved them.
Opening the prison cell will not be an easy thing for a small child like them to do, and opening the magic portal is also something a master of the magic tower struggles with.
So how can this kid do something amazing like that? He didn't know, but he can make sure of it once they wake up.
"Your grace. The doctor has arrived. Would you like to rest now?" The head butler, Gilbert, said after he opened the door that the Duke was in.
Taking a break?
No.
He doesn't feel like he can rest, even though he has found his two missing children. He is scared that if he doesn't pay attention to his children, he will lose them again. That would be the worst nightmare if it ever happened.
He stared at a man who entered accompanied by Gilbert. He's the doctor who works in the Atara household as a private doctor.
"When I found them, they had passed out. Does it have anything to do with their health?" The Grand Duke questioned him with a stern face.
He was very worried about his two daughters. As soon as the doctor heard his question, he quickly began examining the unconscious Lilian and Lizzie. He can feel his hand trembling when he clearly feels the intense gaze coming from the Grand Duke.
"Your grace doesn't need to worry. They just passed out because they had used too much energy. They didn't eat well, so they'll get tired really quickly. They will definitely wake up tonight or tomorrow morning," the doctor said confidently.
The Grand Duke stared at him with a sharp look.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure of it, your grace. It's just that I found many scars and bruises on both of their bodies. I suggest your grace bring the priest here to heal them completely." He said it casually.
"Then why are they so small? They're supposed to be 8 years old this year."
Lark looks worried. Both of them grew up alone and in an unknown place. How scared they must have been all this time!
"They're severely malnourished, and her growth rate is much slower than her peers. Other than that, we will have to wait until they wake up to know more."
"Then you can go..." He said this and stared at his children, who still slept soundly. "Gilbert..." The grand duke called the butler's name.
"Yes, your grace."
"Tell Luca to wait for me in the study. I have something to say to him. And don't forget to call Elliora and Alexandro."
"Elliora, the pope of the temple and Alexandro, the magic tower master?"
Lark, Elliora, and Alexandro are childhood best friends despite having different statuses and ranks.
It's been a long time since they last met each other since Lark often went out to search for his missing children. Elliora is busy handling the temple, while Alexandro is busy recruiting the child who has talent in magic. They didn't have time to meet.
"Urm. We need to see how much power these children have."
It's weird no matter how many time he think about it. It's hard to believe that they knocked out the count and the troll by themselves. After all, they look like they would break at any moment if he held them wrong.
So how could such a small child save these captured children and deal with a troll?
"I understand."
Lark didn't know what they had been through all these six years, but he promised to give them the best. Those who try to harm them will be killed mercilessly. Lark gently kissed the back of his two daughters small hands, then pulled away.
Then Gilbert asked
"Are you going to do a paternity test?"
Lark didn't reply immediately, but he stared at his child. They have golden eyes, so it's enough to say that these children are really his daughters. But he knows better that he needs to do a paternity test no matter what.
"I'm sure that they're my daughter even if we didn't do the test, but it's still procedure, so we need to do it."
Lark said as he tucked Lizzie's hair behind her ear. He stared at Lilian and Lizzie with a longing face. He finally found them. He feels weird.
"It's a necessary procedure since there must be a document proving paternity for the child to be registered in the Atara family register."
"Then it would be best to cut their hair now, your grace. They might be surprised if you cut their hair when they wake up." Gilbert said it with a calm voice.
To do a paternity test, you need the hair of the child and Lark. Gilbert gestured to the maid, who was standing politely next to him.
The maid brought scissors from somewhere and snipped off a small section of their hair from the back of their head.
"Ask the temple to do the paternity test."
In preparation for finding the child, Lark had already entrusted his hair to the temple. Sending the child's hair to the temple would allow them to receive the result of the paternity test immediately.
There would be a long line of people waiting for their turn to do the test, but it wouldn't be a problem for the Atara family since they provide a huge amount of funding to the temple, and the pope of the temple is his childhood best friend.
It was natural that the temple would give priority to paternity tests requested by the Atara.
Lark looked back at his children and spoke.
"Let's leave. Lia. If the child wakes up, call me immediately."
Lia, the maid, immediately nodded her head.
"I understand your grace."
He really want to be by his child side but he can't. Now that he has found his missing children, he needs to settle all the work he left behind. And he needs to investigate the count.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
"Your holiness... A message from the grand duke has arrived."
A man with beautiful silver hair and jewel-blue eyes stared at his assistant, Veron.
"Huh? That bastard finally sent me a message after six years? I thought he wanted to cut off his relationship with me." He said this while laughing softly.
Elliora Elliot.
He's the pope of the Crystal Temple. It's the only temple in the Alkaezar empire.
He's a descendant of Daphne, the first saintess. Daphne is supposed to be his great grandmother. It is said that she's still alive somewhere, and she has the same appearance as he does.
There's a story about her in the temple, but it doesn't go into detail about why she didn't die. And no one knows where she is.
Based on the history book in the temple, Daphne, the first saintess, and Velma, the first woman to become the ruler of the Alkaezar empire, didn't die. Both of them have a very unique appearance.
Daphne has a silver hair with jewel-blue eyes and she resemble the God, Chevelure. On the other hand, Velma has blonde hair and beautiful diamond-bronze eyes.
Dapne and Velma's descendants will have those appearances. If they inherit those characteristics, their power will be stronger.
There should be a history of Velma in the imperial palace too. Their original story can only be found in the temple library and the imperial library. The only people allowed to read their history are their direct descendants.
Elliora is the only direct descendant of Daphne the saintess. Meanwhile, in the imperial palace, the crown prince Mikael Elkairo Alkaezar is the only direct descendant of Velma.
The second prince, Malvin Elsinore Alkaezar, isn't since he's the son of the current emperor and his concubine.
The emperor isn't related to Velma since he's the marquess son who married the empress and became the emperor.
The empress, Marina Rhenes Alkaezar, is the direct descendant of Velma, and Mikael was born to the emperor and the empress. That's what makes him the direct descendant of Velma.
"It seems that he finally found his daughter that went missing six years ago, and he wants you to pay him a visit." Veron said calmly.
Veron.
He's the high priest in the Crystal Temple, and he's the aide to the pope.
"He didn't even ask for my help when he searched for his daughters. He should at least be humble and ask for help." Elliora seems pissed whenever he thinks about Lark, the Grand Duke.
"Your holiness. I'm sorry if it sounds rude, but you won't help much even if he asks for your help." Veron spoke boldly, and Elliora glared at his aide.
"What did you just say?"
"I said what I said."
"Hey. You're supposed to be on my side."
"Yes, your holiness. I'm on your side." Veron replied with half a heart.
It didn't sound sincere, but that's the reason Elliora made him his aide. At least Elliora was sure that he wouldn't be betrayed by Veron.
"What about Alex?"
"The grand duke also invited him. It seems that he wants to meet the two of you after a long time."
"Then let's get ready. I can't wait to see how much his children have grown."
Elliora, who was overly excited, stood up from his study. He was about to go out when Veron stopped him.
"What?" Elliora stared at Veron.
"Your holiness. Please finish your work first. You cannot leave until you finally finish all the work."
Vernon stared at the paperwork that wasn't finished yet.
"Oh, come on, Veron. You're being too heartless. I've been working super hard for all these six years. Me, leaving this work for a few months won't affect anything."
"No, your holiness. Please finish it first."
Veron is strict, and that makes Elliora have no choice but to sit in his chair again.
"Fine. You win this time. But I'm going to leave after I finish this work. Do you get it?"
"Yes, your holiness."
"How about the imperial family?"
"It's just like you expect. The emperor favours the son that was born from his favourite concubine, and he has been neglecting his eldest son."
It's not weird since the emperor always feels uneasy since the empress has more power than he did, and he always hates the empress for that. He didn't even realise that he was the emperor because he married the empress.
He even brought another woman and made her his concubine, with the excuse that he wanted to maintain a good relationship with another country.
"It looks like the emperor is being unfair towards his two sons."
"Are you going to interfere?"
"Why should I?"
Elliora can interfere if he wants since, as the pope, his power is the same as that of the empress. He can stop the emperor, who's acting stupid because of his jealousy of the direct descendant of Velma, but he wants to believe in the empress.
He was sure that the empress could handle it by her own. The reason the emperor is still there is because the empress feels bad for the innocent child that belongs to her husband and his concubine. If she divorces him, then what about that child?
Elliora knows that very well.
He is the same age as the empress, and he has a good relationship with her as the descendant of two great people.
"But, isn't the emperor being too reckless this day? I got the news that he was trying to kill his eldest son, the crown prince."
Mikael Elkairo Alkaezar is 12 years old and became the crown prince at a very young age to make sure everyone knew that the ones who held power in the imperial palace were the empress and his son, not the emperor and his favourite concubine.
He received a lot of support from the nobles since he has great talent in swordsmanship and can use aura.
"He's stupid. How can he have the nerve to try to kill a direct descendant of Velma? Even if he kills his child and the empress, he won't get the throne because the throne will fall into my hands. He should know that much."
People who support the emperor are stupid. How can they believe they can end the empress bloodline?
Veron nodded his head.
That's right.
He's the emperor, so he should have known that the only person who can be the ruler is Velma's descendant. And if there's no descendant left, the person who will be the ruler is a Daphne descendant.
That's the rule everyone in the empire knows.
"Send this letter to her majesty."
Elliora passed the letter to Veron. He took the envelope and nodded his head.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
Alexandro Velios.
He's the current magic tower master. He's crazy and obsessed with people who have talent in magic. Commoner or not, he didn't care. As long as they have talent, they will be taken to the magic tower to learn magic.
A lot of commoners become sorcerers since they have talent in magic and work hard to stay where they are.
"Aisha. How's your experiment? Did it go well?" Alexandro asked as he entered Aisha's room.
Aisha is a commoner who lost her family during a monster attack two years ago. She's 16 years old, but she has a great talent for magic. Everyone envies her, but they cannot beat her. They can only hate her from afar by acting all nice in front of her.
But Aisha didn't care about them. She just wants to live, so that's why she lives in this tower. This is the only way for her to keep living.
"Master... I swear I told you not to enter this room without my permission."
"Why are you being so serious? It's just me." Alexandro shrugged and sat on the chair, not far from Aisha.
Aisha sighed and sat in front of him.
"It's not like I'm going to win if I argue with you."
He smiled proudly.
"I know right. You can never win against me, so give up and please familiarise yourself with me coming to your room uninvited like this." He said it with a shameless face.
"Master, how can you be so shameless?"
"Hahaha. Let's not talk about this. How is your research?"
"Hurm. It went well. I succeeded in making a few magic tools that can recover our mana in a short time. This tool can be a great advantage for sorcerers who fight monsters and beasts. If they run out of mana, this tool will be a great help to them."
"Have you tested it?"
"I tested it, and it worked perfectly."
"Is there any side effect after using this tool?"
"Urm. It did. After using this tool, the user will feel sleepy and tired."
"That's not good. Try to make sure there are no side effects. It's not going to be sold well if there's such a side effect."
"I know. If I succeed, then I'm going to tell you, so don't worry."
Alexandro nodded and got out of his room. He went to his room to finish his work. It's been four days since he left his desk to go out to find more talented people.
"Master...! You're finally back!" A man who wears glasses said this while staring at Alexandro with a very tired face.
"Roy. How are you? Your condition didn't look good, huh."
"How can I look okay when you left all the work you were supposed to do for me?" Roy asks with a serious face.
"You're too serious. I'm just trying to find more children with talent. We didn't know when the monsters would attack the empire."
The reason Alexandro was so obsessed with humans with magic talent was because he wanted to prepare for the worst. If the monsters attack the empire, they need to recruit as many people as possible in order to prevent the deaths of the people in the empire.
So many people have died before, and he hates it because his lover also died after being attacked by monsters. That's why he promised to protect other people. But in order to do that, he needs more manpower that can help him achieve it. His power alone can't stop the monsters attack.
"A letter from the grand duke arrived a few minutes ago. I was thinking of finding you, and then you're back like this."
Roy gave the envelope to Alexandro, who was still shocked by his words.
"That fool finally sent me a letter after ignoring all my letters before? Hahhh." Alexandro looks pissed.
"I think he sent you a letter because he has found his missing children."
"What? He found them? For real?"
"Yeah. You don't know?"
"Crazy! I need to go there immediately!"
He knows how crazy Lark has become since his daughters were kidnapped six years ago. He didn't get in touch with anyone, and he rarely came home to find his missing kids.
He even entrusted some work to his eldest son, Luca.
Alexandro understands that he loves his children to the point where he's willing to sacrifice everything as long as he can find them. So it's amazing to know that he found them after a long time had passed.
"Yeah. That would be great. But wait! Are you going to leave again?"
"What a stupid question. Of course. I need to go out and meet him."
It's been six years since they last met each other. After all, he wants to meet his children! So he has to go!
"No, you can't! I'm going to die if you leave all the work to me." Roy tries to stop him, but it's no use.
Alexandro has made his decision, and it cannot be changed.
"I'm trying to come back as soon as possible. Please wait for me...!" He went missing through the magic portal.
Roy didn't even have time to cling to him since he disappeared so quickly.
"Haaa. What a pain."