Peaceful
As usual Stephen was in his office during the beautiful afternoon minding his paperwork, a few moments later was his afternoon class with his private tutor so from his schedule he had to finish this paperwork now and get on with this core now
Such was the life of prince contrary to expectations, being of high status meant more responsibilities afterall
" (Sighs) next is what (flip the next paper report that was about the Raven Viscountcy) hmm? An attack by a demonic slime? (His indifferent and blank face showed little change of anger){Demons again} "
With that he continued to read down the report at a rather abnormal speed and stopped at the bottom
" Saved ? What a peculiar name !{A 9th class killed a giant slime ,a peak intermediate monster that gkt demonified? Why did Viscount Eric just let him go ? It's unlike him} I'll have to inquire a more detailed letter about this "
Just as he kept the report back after signing it and was about to pick up the next paper
Bobooommm!!!
He heard an explosion ,albiet small from the far southern side of his room,it came from the kingdom's southern market district
His gazes at the direction from his wiiiiide window for a second then pressed the bell on his desk
Ring
In an instant his door opened up and his most trusted and capable black haired maid came inside ,Carmen in her usual maid outfit came inside and kneeled down politely and inquired
" Should I go investigate master? "
" Go now ,first priority is rescue and mitigation ,second is to analyse the situation properly for report, only engage in battle of necessary "
With that Carmen stood back up and bows and looked towards the window ,her blue eyes shone with power
" As you wish master "
Bufffff!!
Powerful and gentle wind covered her elegant figure
Carmen :" Call, spatial pocket, item- Flight broom. "
She ran out the window and dropped downwards from the six storeyed tall building,blue sparks on her hand formed a broom in an instant and she flew back up high in the sky
Ssss
" Outfit change - Maid uniform to Black Covert suit "
Ssssrrrrr
Her maid outfit shined then changed form turning into a black skintight bodysuit
Burst
Speeding up she made her way towards the place where the tremors,screams ,cries and smoke arose in haste
***
Boom boommm
Ginko and Snakeblade stopped on their way to the guilds feeling the powerful explosions that they could feel coming from far away , the mana waves could also be felt fro here indicating that a high classes being was wearing havoc, Richard already left to help Saved just in case things went wrong and told them to keep going but Snakeblade couldn't, she was too worried
Snakeblade :(glanced at Gwen) " Go back to the guild and wait there, if other adventurers come ,you come along with them ".
Gwen who was alerted and anxious about this whole thing with Saved being in danger didn't reply immediately
"... But big brother Saved "
" GO!!! "
With that sankeblade went back at high speed and jumped up the roof of the nearest building and spreaded her sense, having ranger as a subclass she was navigating her way with prescision
Gwen looked at Snakeblade's trail and pondered, Return?
" aaack! (Squealed in frustration) i can't believe I'm disobeying a senior on the first day "
She followed her without much thought from afar with anxiety rising in her heart ,she had bad feeling right now
{ Brother Saved}
***
" SAVED!!!! {SHIT SHIT!!! } (Checked his heartbeat) No!! Hey!! Saved!! ".
" Mother!!! "
" Waaaaa aaaha "
" Nooo!!!!! "
" My daughter please!!! She's around here !!!!Please help me lift this rubble!!! ".
Amidst the chaos of destruction Richard was near Saved's corpse, his heart had stopped by now and was still bleeding.
Richard :(gritted his teeth, extremely frustrated and guilt stricken) " Fuck!! I'm sorry I..I'M .."
"R.. Richard?? "
His mind went blank for a moment, recognising the voice he turned around and looked at Snakeblade with shaking eyes
" ah... "
Snakeblade looked pale ,she was trembling as she looked at the corpse before Richard and asked with a shaky tone
" I..is that Sa- "
Wwooong!!!!
Tsssshh
Snakeblade's eyes that reflected the blue light coming at it widened to the point that they could fall out.
Richard noticing the abrupt incandescent shine coming from upfront staggered back and fell backwards, he then turned around and looked at the cause and incredulous
" What the hell?!!! "
He shrieked
Snakeblade :" Ah...ah{wha wha wha?} Huh? "
" Mister Richard, Big sis Snakbl...ade??? "
Gwen also arrived and joined their shaken state
***
[Geez brother what the hell? How are you even able to get this kind of grades? Can't you tone it down, the expectations are heavy on me you know]
A girl who seemed 13 or so whined to Chhan on the day his matriculation exam results came out ,ranked 1st through the state ,at this ridiculous result,she seems to be a bit frustrated, although happy at her older brother who looked at her with a smile that contained warmth and desire to tease her
[" Well sorry young lady but this brother of yours is gonna keep raising those expressions hehehe" ]
["Puuuuu!!(pouted)]
[ " But don't worry "(patted the girl's head and told her with confidence) " I'll be here to help you get through those expectations, I'm very good at tutoring you know "]
The girl looked at her brother's eyes and then asked (still pouting)
[ " Will you really though, mother is planning to send to a hostel far away right? "]
[ " I believe I earned the right to say no ,so I can promise you this Lily "]
[ " Okay then , I'll hate you forever of you break your promise you got that "]
[ " Got it 1 2 3 my sister " ]
{I'm sorry}
[ " Whatever "]
[" CHHAAAN ,COME NOW WITH YOUR SISTER, YOUR FRIENDS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO SEE YOU ! "]
[ " Come now ,mother is calling ,let's go "]
[ " You're so popular now! "]
[" Ahaha" ]
[ " What are you laughing about, Big brother hey!! "]
{ I'm sorry!! I'm sor..}
" ggah!!! "
Waking up in little tears Chhan found himself seeing an unfamiliar roof, he was on a bed half naked with only his pants on, he was under a blanket
" A memory...(felt lonely as he remembered those faces again ,his family and friends) "
He wondered what they would be doing right now ,his mother would probably go mad if he doesn't get back soon ,his father may be fine after a while considering how dependable and strong he is ,and his sister...she definitely hates him now ,Chhan was rather sure of those thoughts and his bestfriend...
{ I hope he gives up on my sister }
....his bestfriend was likely to go for his sister, it's not like he didn't trust his friend with his younger sis but...he didn't like the age gap between them at all
" ahaha (a small laugh escape his mouth){ I can't be getting lonely now can i ?(sat up),} Hmm? "
Getting up he saw a familiar face ,Gwen was sleeping next to his bed ,she seemed to have stayed next to him to keep watch or something
A small smile formed on his face seeing this, he started to wonder what would happen had she met his sister ,would they get along ?
" They probably would considering Lily's social power anyway (he grew anxious as he looked around the room) {Richard and Snakeblade probably brought me here and Richard...he likely saw everything there} This is gonna be a drag (sighs) "
End of Chapter