Looking at the flying figure of Erla in the air, Keiran narrowed his eyes and thought.
'She made quite the entrance.' Luna rolled her eyes hearing those words. She looked back at the panel like a screen.
This screen was showing a live recording of what was happening on the stage while they stayed in their room.
…
Erla glanced at the people sitting in their seats and trembling in fear. She snorted in her mind while turning her attention towards the screen and exclaimed in a cold tone.
"You can continue, I will be leaving."
Leaving those words behind she flew back towards the castle. The whole arena exploded in talks and gossip.
"Why is the Queen participating in the championship along with the prince and the princess?" One woman exclaimed in shock as she looked at another woman sitting beside her.
"Is the King throwing away his family? Only one of them will survive. That is when one of them wins. This must have been some kind of punishment."
Another person added and all kinds of rumors started spreading in the arena.
"Well That was fast!!" The familiar voice sounded in the whole arena causing the talks to come to a temporary pause.
"The winner as you can see is our lovely Queen also known as The gentle Demon." people in the stands could feel their lips twitch hearing those words. 'Where is the gentle Part, she is just plain Demoness.'
They screamed in their head at the commentator.
"Cough. Let's not delay any longer and start the second match of the day." Seeing the lack of response from the crowd the crowd coughed in embarrassment and changed the topic.
As the time went by, one by one the matches went by and the day came to an end.
People started leaving the stadium. Glancing at the stage for the last time Keiran and Luna made their way towards the back gate of the Arena and their eyes caught the figure of tall man making his way towards a deserted alley.
'Do you want to follow him?' Luna asked while keeping her eyes on Mr. Bove. In reply Keiran shook his head.
'The Aura that is coming from that direction is strong enough to match Arion's.'
Luna also looked far in the direction he was looking at and her gaze turned solemn. 'They are weird.'
Keiran nodded showing his agreement and added 'They might not be able to sense our location but if we make any mistakes there is a chance whoever that is might notice us and- no nothing.'
Even though he did not finish his words she understood what he was going to say and intertwined her fingers along with his.
The duo resumed their journey back to the castle.
…
Ethan Bove continued walking in the alleyway and for a second he paused and looked back.
'Weird, I felt like someone was following me. I would have wanted this stone for nothing.'Glancing at the stone that he stuffed back in the pocket, Ethan continued to move forward and arrived near an eerie alleyway.
He could feel a creepy chill flowing in the surroundings. Walking to a corner he leaned back against the wall and lowered his head.
"Did aNYone folLOw YOu?" he heard the familiar cracking voice which sent shivers down his spine.
"No, I made sure of that." he mumbled calmly, despite the threatening presence he was feeling.
"StiLL As caLM As Ever." The voice seemed a little amused from its tone and this time Ethan did not reply, just waited for it to get to point.
"Did You mAKe sure the QUeen was pARticiPaTIng In this mATch?"
"Yeah! At first I was skeptical when she was not there at the start but she showed up late as always." Ethan's voice gained a little emotion of mockery while speaking about the woman.
"Hmmm~~" another amused humm resounded in the area before continuing. "I am sURe you WIll KILL her becAuse OF youR Own revenge but whAT ABoUt HEr kids?"
"What about them?"
"I WANT YOU TO KILL THEM TOO!!!" the voice was even more aggressive, making Ethan feel goosebumps rising on all of his body.
After a few seconds of silence Ethan spoke up again. "Sure. If I manage to survive against Erla I will kIll them."
"HEHE Of Course you wiLL. With our POwer NotHINg is IMpossible~hAHAH"
Ethan did not reply as his mind was occupied with other thoughts. After a few seconds he spoke again.
"If there is nothing else I should leave or someone might suspect something."
"hMMm~" hearing the voice of agreement Ethan moved and walked towards the direction he came from.
After his figure disappeared from the alley the voice sounded once again.
"The tWINs MusT diE, ThE ProphEcy mUSt Not coME True. EvERyThing FOR The descent oF our Lord." In the shadows of the alley slight red mist leaked from the shadows before vanishing completely.
….
Outside a grand door Seraphina stood looking at the door in front of her with a contemplating look.
With a determined sigh she knocked on the door and waited there.
"Who is It?" A chilling cold voice came from inside the room. Unfazed by the voice Seraphina replied.
"It's Me."
After a few seconds of silence the voice sounded once again and the coldness in the voice seemed to have increased even more.
"Erla, Do you not wanna join us for dinner?" Seraphina asked in a worried tone but the reply she got was different from what she expected.
"Get to the point of what you want to ask?" Seraphina sighed and asked again.
"What happened to you?" despite receiving no response Seraphina still continued. "You refuse to see anyone and you visited there today."
"What does that have to do with you?" Erla's voice sounded again, "And I can visit her anytime I want. Leave me alone Sera-phina"
Seraphina's eyes widened for a moment before they returned to normal. "Fine, I will leave."
Seraphina walked towards her room while a single thought passed through her mind. 'Did she call me by my nickname or was it my mind playing tricks on me.'
The gates of the room opened and Erla walked out of her room covered in a cloak and left in a different direction to which Seraphina went.
While walking she covered her head with a hood and a mask making it so that only a pair of beautiful eyes were visible.
Eyes filled with Resolution!!