The verdict had become final, and everyone's hearts combusted with grief and sadness. Mikado cried out loudly and flooded everyone around her with tears; Ariah wrapped her arms around Mikado. Taski kept frozen as if his heart had stopped beating. Then suddenly, Emerald busted open the middle doors with charge, and she shouted, "Hold On One Minute! I have something to speak about about this, as well as Taski. He isn't lying to any of you; he speaks the truth." Judge Odin looked into the center where she shouted, confused and surprised. "How dare you appear at such a late time. My decision has been finalized, and Taski Mandelen has been found guilty of his charges." The Judge speaks, correcting her. Emerald then counters his argument without care, "Look Mr. Odin, nothing against your work here or anything about you, however, I think that you should spare him, sure he may have gone off aggressively on Chris.
Furthermore, he isn't wrong about mind control. I can say that he was telling you the truth about this. Now, about his temper issue, well, I can't defend him there, but I can say that this isn't his fault, Mr. Judge. If something happened to my family member like this, I would've done the same thing, and I believe you would've done this too if someone even harmed your daughter, Judge."
She spoke bravely before him. Judge Odin was overwhelmed by this and couldn't believe his eyes at the sight presented to him. Now, Emerald wasn't close to Judge Odin personally; however, they had some moments of cooperation together, which made them form a friendship. Odin trusted Emerald in many ways, and thus he felt compelled to hear her out in her claim. "You stand before me here Today, Mrs. Emerald Nayner. You and I have had fellowship together many times, and I trust you. However, I cannot just let him go free unless you can pay for his crime here and now." He spoke down to her. Taski's charge was 1,000,000 nen, and she then pulled out the amount required for his payment. Judge Odin drops his jaw as she effortlessly reveals her amount; he doesn't question her in any way. Judge Odin then releases Taski's charges and sets him free from the chains, but before he can do this, Emerald grabs the chains and snaps them in half aggressively. Odin doesn't comment on this, as he has become used to many breaking out like this. Taski remains frozen but shocked at this, unexpectedly, Mikado then tramples him over and loves on him blissfully, while the others race their way over to the center.
Everyone feels excellent relief at Emerald's rescue. She then grabs Taski and tells him, "Kid, you are fortunate I did this for you; I sacrificed almost everything I earned from my deposit. Don't let me catch you in any more trouble. Do I Make Myself Clear?" Without any breath taken, Taski jumps up and states, "Yes, Mam! I promise not to let this happen ever again." After this, the new Knights departed and went to the apartment complexes. There, they rested assured of Taski's trial, Mikado spent most of the time with him, Ariah felt relieved from her anxiety and fear.
After sometime past, Taski walked to the center garden, there laid a pool that the room guest could rest and relax in. Ariah had just walked out of the central hub area, and she then spotted him sitting at the pool with his feet dangling in the water. She then went over to see him, spoke with him, and said, "Hey, how's it going? I saw you over here and figured I'd come over and spend time with you if you're okay with this. "He replies, "Sure! You can sit with me, and I don't mind at all." The two sit next together with their feet in the pool, cooling off from the heat of the air. Ariah looks at his heartbeat; she notices how fast it beats when she is in his presence.
"Are you okay? You seem nervous. Am I too close to you?" She asked him. Taski blushes while her legs brush against his, thinking, "Wow, her legs are smooth, and her skin feels wonderful." Ariah then asked him again, "Taski? Are you okay? You seem like you have something on your mind." He then snaps back to reality and replies to her, "Yeah, I'm doing wonderful, knowing well that I can still be able to move forward with my dream and goals. I'm glad you stuck up for me; you don't know how grateful I am." She rereads his heart rate and notices how fast and hard it beats, "(His heartbeat is...amazing. I only wonder why it's so fast; it's much faster than a normal human heart should, maybe because of my appearance, perhaps my hair being styled up could be what is catching his eyes.)" She thinks to herself. Ariah moves closer to him, this increases his heart rate faster, she spreads open her wings and covers him, while laying her head on his shoulder. Her cheeks turn red out of happiness; she then tells him, "Taski, you didn't deserve to witness what you saw; I'm sure it scared you to watch what happened to me. I'm sorry I couldn't stop him; I tried my hardest to break out from his grip." He then interrupts her and says, "Ariah, you did what you could to help me; you didn't deserve what he did to you. I promised to protect you, regardless of the cost, and I plan to keep that promise until the day I pass on to the next life." Ariah felt comforted and overwhelmed with joy, she then placed her hand on his, over filled with excitement, she looked up at his eyes.
The two are then lost in each other's irises, and she reaches up to his lips in an attempt to close her mouth on his. Taski's heart then shoots off incredibly, he then understands her feelings, he reaches in to close his mouth to hers. Before they can kiss, an alarm blares off loudly and scares them both out of concentration. Many people rush out of their rooms and become visible to the area, Ariah and Taski then jump up, wondering what this alarm was. The speaker then announces, "Attention Everyone, please remain calm. This is only a Test." Then suddenly, Emerald calls all Knights to attend an important meeting at the Capital Cas
le. The two then immediately break off to prepare their luggage to appear at the meeting. O conference, the Knights appeared at the castle; Emerald gave her speech for the upcoming days to prepare for, "Today is your last day here in Asalikith Capital. Tomorrow, all of you will depart for Treesape Asalikith. There, you will have your award ceremony to commend you on your accomplishments. You'll also meet the king and queen of Treesape, King David, and Queen Tailzy. They will be the one's responsible for leading you further on, also congratulations to you all. I'm very proud of your hard work and can't wait to see you all in the future." After they departed from the castle and returned to their apartment complex, everyone ate dinner at the café. It was around 7:30 after they returned, and they had little time to prepare their luggage. Taski's excitement grew more and more. The Knights prepare themselves for the unknown scattered across the lands.