Tssss
Coming out of the bath steaming, I wiped myself and walked out dressed in my casual clothes ,white shirt and black pants
Richard was out for some business I guess while I took a bath, Gwen was asleep and Snakeblade gave me a long look which I noticed and asked
" What? "
Snakeblade :" Nothing, it's just that you look unusually drained "
" Ah...I suppose so (I sat down) Last night I saw things that would've preferred not to "
I gave her a rather melancholic look which made her worried further it seemed
" Rest up ,sleep like this girl here Chhan "
" Let me try "
With that I headed to my usual room that used to belong to that guy Balthan and without difficulty I slept, I was utterly spent so sleeping wasn't hard, however the nightmares made my sleep rather unsatisfactory as I woke up jus before dawn opening my eyes, I could still hear the rain pouring down
" Curse it all .... hmm? "
Feeling something next to me I looked under my blanket and saw the Gwen was next to me in the bed that I was on, she seemed to be having a good sleep though
" Why's she here though { I am tempted,but not not enough to violate a woman who trust me this much } Must've been Snakeblade who couldn't spare the efforts to carry her upstairs to her room (i sighed)"
I snuck out of the room leaving Gwen under my blanket as she slept peacefully, truly I was tempted and even had a boner right now but
{How could I violate such a cute little girl?}
She didn't actually looked little no matter how one looks at her though, it's just from my point of view and maybe because I got absurdly taller as I grew stronger, I was probably 6.3 ft tall or something right now
With that left the house after wearing my leather armour,cloak and masks, having now rejuvenated some of my spent mana I erected a slender aura to act as a high quality raincoat and made my way towards the castle
Ssssh
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Date - 14th Xenolalis 12037
Same day
" Carmen !"
Inside the castle at dawn Stephen's maid Carmen heard a familiar voice call her as she prepared herself in her quater, the voice belonged to his master's elder sister Vilier Elkana
Opening her door Carmen bowed to the lady dressed in a white night gown wearing a robe atop it, The first princess looked really attractive and beautiful under the spell that she conjured ,her short blond hair shined like gold under that light ,she held a basket in her right hand and smiled
" I told you to not do that in private ( pouted)"
" oh I'm sorry lady Vilier (raised her head) it has become a habit " (showed a helpless smile)
" Tehe, Do you know why I'm here "
".... Because today's my birthday? You really shouldn't have d-"
" Happy birthday ! "
She offered her the basket that contained high classed confectionery cakes
Feeling a bit helpless Carmen accepted the gifts with a smile, happy that her gift was accepted Vilier got a bit closer getting carmen's attention
" Thank you taking care of my brother as always, please look after him this year as well and the next "
" My lady (held the basket tightly)... There is no need to even ask, master, I'll serve him till the day I die ".
Vilier them gave her a good hug , happy for her little brother and a bit jealous
" Thank you "
And with that she left and telling Carmen that she didn't need to be escorted, Carmen too went back into her room getting herself ready for the day
On the the corner from her room out of her senses stood a young man with blond hair ,he had basket full of confectionery cakes as well since Carmen liked sweets
He actually didn't even know why he is from his own sister and maid and simply listened to their conversation,and ended up not interfering at all
And right now his heart felt warm and smile formed on his usually cold and expressionless face
{ I'll have to buy a whole bakery for that speech of her's }
" Must be nice to loved huh "
He turned to his left and saw two black hollow eyes looking at him with hidden jealousy close to him in the empty hallway
" AAAAA!!!! "
" THE HELL?? "
Carmen hearing the disturbance outside barged out and with her core litted up with magic power ,attack magic circles were already on her palms
" Who's there?? Huh? "
On the floor was her master looking spooked and next to him was an acquaintance also on the floor looking shook
" What happened? "
***
Stephen's scream caused a scene throughout this part of the castle, he had to come up with an explanation saying that he got surprised when his maid suddenly called him under the dark and got laughters from the servants and his cousins who founded it rather cute , Vilier seemed to be a bit puzzled but she didn't get involved further ,her brother had secrets afterall
And few moments later in Stephen's office at around 7:00 am morning with the rain finally clearing out
I sat across Stephen who glared at him with a look of hate, Carmen also stood next to them and she as well didn't look pleased
" I am truly sorry about that Stephen "
" .... "
" C'mon man don't give me the silent treatment like this! "
"(Sighs) What brings you here so early Chhan (leaned back)? It must be important for you to sneak in at this hour so be quick "
" ahaha it is (got serious) demon worshippers, they plan to open some dungeon or so and raid it ,the dungeon seems to be tied to some grand plan of theirs, and the dungeon has a name , Prometheus"
Stephen also turned serious as he looked at Carmen who nodded and used soundproof magic on the room
" A dungeon you say? There are are many dungeons but a named dungeon, Prometheus, I can't say I have heard of it, have you heard of them Chhan? "
" not much ,only that dungeons always contain monsters, a boss monster and a treasure of some form atleast, aren't named ones simply bigger dungeons with bigger rewards and stronger monsters ? "
"You're half right ,named dungeons aren't simple as that, if those vermins are after a named dungeon we have to stop them no matter what ! "
" Explain what a named dungeon is atleast "
" it's a dungeon with a trial "
" Trial?? "
" Dungeons are created by natural concentration of mana in a region as you know ,named ones however, they are made by god's who have walked on this world with physical bodies, in it are treasures and powers beyond human comprehensions ,and monsters in the calamity & legend ranks, it's terrains are also beyond human understandings and worse of all killing the boss monster doesn't allow you to clear it, every named dungeon has a trial, in the entire world only 12 have been founded so far are under restrictions of the 12 kingdoms of the world ,Chhan only 2 of those have been cleared in history so far"
Hearing such information now ,I already grew anxious and uneasy, powers of God , a god decending to kill us all
" I'll fill you in with everything I know first, this dungeon called Prometheus seems to be such a named dungeon, using my seperate identity last night I deployed to the town in the far south and attack a large base of demon worshippers "
Carmen Widened her eyes , Stephen's jaw dropped slightly and he asked
" What? You attac- "
" Listen for now "
" Haaaa(sighs) continue "
" After I rescued the hostages ..."
" Any casualties (sounded extremely serious) ?"
" No "(felt cornerd)
" continue "(sounded pleased)
"{ This man!! (Felt annoyed) } haa(sighs) ,the head of that base, he was a 6th classed water user with demon aura called Dark priest Iskar, he said something about a god decending on this world before I killed him ,and the after torturing a survivor I got word that this dungeon called Prometheus will be opened in one week from now "
.....
....
.....
Stephen turned pale for a moment, for the first time I saw fear in his eyes, Carmen was the same
" How bad is it? "
Stephen :" Extremely bad (stood up) I'll have to get this news to father ,Chhan do you have anything else for me? "
Chhan :" No... that's all I got? "
" A 13th named dungeon , it's location unknown, A god decending, one week left, Carmen ! "
" Yes master "
" Inform the executives ,the holy sky dragon captain, the investigation department, the magic tower's top floor and secret services, the situation is code black , as of this moment, we are at War! "
" As you wish "
With that she left the room
I dropped my jaw at Stephen's words ,declarations and at the amount trust he just displayed for me
" W..war?? "
Stephen walked towards the door as he said
" Go get Shizela ,and tell her to do her job as your observer properly Saved!! The two of you are to come to the investigation department as soon as possible!! Please!! "
With that he also left the room
{ Well that escalated quick }
End of chapter