One month later…[Solaria Palace, Training Ground]"Ice Arrows!""Fire Wall."Booom!Arrows of ice flew fast toward Sienna, who summoned a wall of fire.The arrows melted upon contact with the fire wall."Wow! As expected of you, Sienna!"Aura exclaimed loudly.Then she pulled the string of her bow again.Her mana slowly enveloped her bow before creating an ornamented arrow made of ice."Take this! Ice Arrow Cannon!"Whooosh!The arrow, which was bigger than the previous, froze the ground as it rushed toward Sienna.Sienna, still with an impassive face, channeled her mana."Fire Cannon."A huge torrent of fire came out of her right palm and collided with the arrows.Booom!Crack!The arrow cracked but still continued.Aura smiled but, unfortunately, it didn't last long."Earth wall."Bam!An earth wall came out in front of her and stopped the arrow."You have two attributes, it's unfair!""You shouldn't say that when you have a rare ice magic Aura."Sienna replied with a shrug.Aura w
Boooom!"What again?"Riona let out, annoyed.She had just witnessed an explosion and already another rang out."I-It's Andrew and Austin!"A student answered with a pale face."Sigh..."Riona walked toward the two morons who didn't understand that it was a friendly match.***Clang! Clang!Boom! Boom!Hundreds of meters away from Aura and the others, a fierce fight was happening."Light Cannon!"Swooosh!A torrent of golden light shot out of Andrew's sword toward Austin."That's bad!"Austin jumped back and covered his sword in blue fire.Crackle_!Swish!With a swing, a huge wall of blue fire appeared in front of him.The golden light and blue fire collided.Boooom!A bluish explosion appeared in the sky as a shockwave rippled into the surrounding area."T-They are monsters!""As expected of Austin and Andrew!""Kyaa! They are so cool!"The spectators, mostly their classmates, were dumbfounded by Austin and Andrew's power.It had been nearly five months since they were summoned, so
"Austin and Andrew should be more careful in friendly matches."""Y-Yes!""Both nodded awkwardly though Andrew blushed as he saw Liana's perfect face that close.Clap! Clap! Clap!"Your attention!"Riona's voice echoed a few meters away from them.They all surrounded her and waited.Once they were all present, she spoke."There are three basic and powerful attacks in attributes. What are they ?""I know Miss Riona!"Aura raised her hands, trying to redeem herself."Aura.""Yes! It's the Wall, the Cannon and the Lances""Yes, exactly. Though they are basics that anyone could do, they are still powerful and trustworthy. So rely on these attacks when you are in a dangerous situation."""""Yes!"""They all nodded at her words."Of course, there are other basics, but these three ones are the most important."Saying that, she took a deep breath."Concerning 'your' personal strength, what I mean by that is the attacks you created yourself. They are all mostly strong, I admit it, but they are
"Ah Your Majesty! I forgot to tell you. A new Lord Commander was appointed in Lunarstella."The man said, remembering suddenly."Hm ? That's nothing important ? It was surely the Vice Commander who took that place."Helio said without interest."N-No Your Majesty! It was someone else new...""What...?"All heads turned toward the man.They were all curious about the man who was going to replace Zack."Yes! It was also because of him that I was chased from Lunarstella..."The man said with anger, but remembering the scary glare of the new Lord Commander, he shivered."Did he find you...?"Helio asked with surprise.The spies they sent to Lunarstella were all formed with hard training for ten years before going there.If the new Lord Commander found him that fast, he seemed to be quite the smart one."N-No Your Majesty!"The man replied, lowering his head."Then ?""He chased me out because of my face...""Eh ?"The Emperor and the other people were stunned for a moment."Your face ?""
"Yes, he is fighting the Nychterin Imperial army led by the Nychterin Emperor.""W-Wow! That's why Rhoni was angry ? As expected, I would have wanted to fight that Emperor''Kailes said in a jealous tone."Pfttt! You will lose pathetically!"Sayna laughed as she played with her umbrella."S-Shut up Sayna! You can't know that!""Whatever, I'm not interested in you...I heard that some of the Solaria heroes were very handsome!"Sayna cheeks' flushed as she said that.Any ordinary man would have found her current appearance extremely charming."Why do I have two crazy younger sisters..."Kailes spat, disgusted by his sister.He knew well Sayna's strange fetish..."You are not to talk about craziness, Kailes."Samia, Kailes' elder sister, said with a snort.Kailes snorted back at her.He also knew Samia very well.She was very protective of her three sisters.As for her brothers, she didn't care whether they were alive or not."Enough."Rhaines' voice stopped them."I'm not here to talk ab
A month ago…Five days passed since their fight against the last assassins and Zack's death.Aita, Selena and Narvi were still inside the forest though they were near Lunarstella's border.It was thanks to Selena that they could walk the right way.Before leaving the place, they cleaned the battlefield to not leave any traces.It was Selena's suggestion.If someone learned right now that Zack, the Lunarstella's Lord Commander, died, it would be catastrophic.She was afraid that enemy empires would attack them directly in their weak moment.Especially the Ankouna Empire.Zack was a pillar of Lunarstella's supremacy after all.His death lowered Lunarstella's power greatly.Since Zack was dead, she could put his body in her space ring or, rather, in her hairpin that also served that purpose.As for the other's bodies, they were burned and destroyed by Aita's wind magic.The bodies of the hundreds of assassins who attacked them were already destroyed by Zack before, so there were no more
"Princess Selena! Prince Narvi!"The next morning, something extremely surprising happened.The knights of the Lunarstella Empire found them.Here Aita was thinking that they were all brainless idiots who had forgotten their princess and prince all this time.Well, they were still idiots in his mind as they took too much time to find them."Princess, Prince, are you okay ?!"A handsome black-haired and red-eyed man asked worriedly.Behind him, were knights wearing silver armor with the silver crescent moon engraved on the chest armor.They all had a relieved look upon seeing that their princess and prince were okay.Selena nearly cried again seeing her people but refrained.But Narvi couldn't resist and cried out."Snifff! Waaaaaaaah!"They were all stunned seeing their prince crying that much.Selena was patting his back with a sad face."Wh-What happened, Your Highness...?"The red-eyed man asked with a bitter expression.He felt ashamed that he couldn't do anything until now.Now t
"Hiiii!""W-Who is he ?""I got the scare of my life!""Why is he covering his face though ?""Shut up! Look, there is the princess and prince!""Oh yeah! But what are they doing here ? They should be in Lunarstella to form a truce, right ?""Dunno! It had been more than a week, so maybe they already did it ?""No way! We didn't get any news about that!"As Selena, Narvi and Aita were following the knights into the Imperial palace of Lunarstella, several maids, butlers and knights whispered.Though it was useless with Aita and Selena's sharp hearing."Tch!""Kyaa!"A maid ran away after hearing Aita clicking his tongue."Calm down, brat. You are in the Imperial palace of Lunarstella now."Alden warned Aita harshly.Aita ignored him and looked at his surroundings.The Palace was in a very beautiful silver color.It had a different structure than Solaria's golden palace but they were around the same size, he thought.Several paintings were hung on the wall."Hm ?"Looking at one of the
The Nychterin Empire, once overshadowed by hardship, had transformed into a beacon of power and resilience on the Dreamland continent. This remarkable evolution was a stark contrast to its past, a past marred by the scars of a war that had ravaged the nation hundreds of years earlier. During those tumultuous times, the Nychterin Empire had borne the brunt of the conflict, losing countless knights to the enemy's clutches.The aftermath was even grimmer, marked by a scarcity of labor and, more poignantly, a pervasive sense of desolation that had settled over the populace. Widows mourned, children became orphans, and the Empire seemed to teeter on the precipice of despair. Yet, amid this darkness, a glimmer of hope emerged.The Solaria Empire, a benevolent force, extended a compassionate hand to their beleaguered neighbors. Without seeking recompense, they aided in the Empire's reconstruction and dispatched healers to tend to the wounded souls. Although the specter of gloom lingered, the
“You-You want to take part in the tournament?”Selena stammered, speechless at Aita’s demand.“Yeah.”Aita nodded casually.“Why, suddenly? You told me yesterday you were not interested?”Selena tried her best to keep her calm.“I want the reward.”“!”Shock filled Selena’s face. Did he want the reward? So Princess Evelyn? She couldn’t believe it.“Wh-Why? You already have me…”Selena started to doubt her own worth now. She didn’t want to brag about it, but she considered herself not less beautiful than Evelyn Nychterin. Or maybe Aita liked the innocent-type more?“What?”Aita, as dense as ever, wondered what the hell she was speaking about. He only wanted the second reward, the other part of his spear after all.“Can I use you in need every day? Would you be with me any time?”Aita said in a mocking tone. She wasn’t a weapon after all.“Idiot!”-Thud!Selena threw the cup of coffee in Aita’s face and ran away with a tomato-red face.***“Princess.”“...”“Princess?”“Ah!”Selena brok
“Ahhhh…He’s taking his time.” Daisy yawned as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. More than an hour had passed and Aita still hadn’t come out. She was on the verge of sleeping on the floor but held back. She could wait for Aita. Aita had still saved her best friend and her. “What the hell is he doing?!” Anna, still hidden in the corner, was reaching the limits of her patience. “Anna, seriously, we should go…I really want to sleep…” Isabel leaned on the wall and was on the verge of falling asleep like that. “No! Wait a little mor-” “Daisy?” “““!””” “Le-Lena?” Daisy was surprised to see Elena here. She was sure Elena would play or speak with Aura for a few more hours at least… “What are you doing outside and you will catch a cold like that.” Elena sighed, seeing Daisy standing there in a negligee. Elena was also wearing a blue negligee but she was wearing a jacket on it. “A-Ah, well…” Daisy scratched her head, not knowing what to do. Aita was still inside the room after all. Still,
Late at night, Aita left his room. He wandered in the corridor of the palace aimlessly. The guards roaming around would bow to him upon seeing him, otherwise they would let him. They probably thought he wanted to take a breath of fresh air.After an hour or so, he started to walk toward the section reserved for the girls in his class. Like Daisy had promised, she would leave him in their room. Waiting for the right time, he went to the ladies' side. He made sure to erase any sound of his steps with his wind. He didn’t want to cause another uproar and be labeled with another cringe nickname. He already wanted to erase his memories just thinking about what he was doing. Infiltrating the ladies’ dormitory at night? Anyone would label him as human trash.Reaching the room of Daisy and Elena, Aita knocked on the door. He was having a hard time keeping his face from distorting. All his actions seemed like he was going to sleep with a woman late at night…“Look, Isabel, I knew it!”At the en
“You had a tough day, Aita.”Selena said with a glare.They went back to the palace and the first person who welcomed Aita was Selena. She had an exhausted complexion but she still looked like a perfect princess. Her sapphire eyes were staring angrily at Aita and mostly the knights of Lunarstella. She told them to look after Aita so he wouldn’t do anything, threatening their truce, but they couldn’t do anything. They all averted their faces in shame. They couldn’t tell that Aita at that time was too scary to speak to. More than that, they were also angry at Rex and the others for what they had done.“...”Aita stared at Selena. Her face overlapped with the mature Selena of the recording. Her tears, her sad expression, her helplessness, everything overlapped with the current Selena. He couldn’t understand why that woman he didn’t know at all was making his emotions stir that much. He cared for Selena Luna Lunarstella, but not her great-great-aunt.“Aita?”Selena called out to Aita sinc
“What happened…”Aura asked. Behind her were all her classmates, the knights of Solaria and Lunarstella. They were silently waiting for two people to answer. The two people were, of course, Aita and Elena who, after two days, finally reached the entrance of the rift. Austin, Jake, Jaxon and Daisy had already arrived as well the day before, so everyone was there. Well, everyone except Gaut and Rex, who were killed by Aita. By the way, Bein was sitting with a blank expression in a corner ignoring them. Anyway, most of the stares were gathered on two people. Aita and Elena. Aita had his black mask off but he still had his skin mask, which didn’t please him in the slightest as he felt uncomfortable with it, so his current annoyed expression. Right behind, strangely close to him, was Elena, who seemed to be happy to finally reunite with her classmates.“Nothing.”Aita replied clearly, showing that he was annoyed at her question, and walked ahead. “Hmpf!”Aura harrumphed and went to Elena
“...”“...”Silence reigned in the empty hall. The runes weren’t glowing anymore. Aita and Elena were not speaking. Elena had a pained expression, a little more and she’d have cried. Remembering Selena’s face and her words, she felt despondent for her. She glanced at Aita. He was playing with a little stone. It was the White Crystal that was inside the coffin with the book. The book disappeared as soon as the recording was over. As for the skeleton, Aita had put Selena’s remains inside his space ring. Elena looked at the stone with a complicated expression. She needed four of them to go back on Earth. No. She needed five of them. Four to destroy the space rift, once on the other side, she needed another one to finally reach Earth. In any case, the one in Aita’s hand didn’t belong to her, in the first place, so right now she had nothing.-Gurgleeeee“...”“...”Elena buried her face in her knees, not daring to look at Aita’s current expression. She depleted her mana, so she was exhau
“I am going with the name of Selena Mona Lunarstella. The First Princess of the Great Lunarstella Empire.” Her domineering voice echoed. Looking at her, Aita started to understand why she was hailed as a heroine back then and even now. He could understand how she alone was able to defend Lunarstella from enemies everywhere. She really had the aura of a leader. “I do not know who you are, but I know that you are here with the help of my blood. How many years had gone since the war ? I just hold the hope that my Empire is still there flourishing like it should…” She said in a nostalgic tone. “You, who discovered my tomb. I am going to reveal what I discovered in the hope that you are my blood, or at least someone of my Empire. I gave my spear to my brother so he could give it to his children. I engraved runes on my spear that will serve as key to entering this place when the time will come. I transmitted this emplacement to my brother before leaving the Empire forever.” Selena spoke
“I did nothing! B-Believe me, please!”Elena’s quivering voice kept ringing in the hall. She was speaking to Aita, who was standing, looking at his surroundings. He didn’t seem to care about Elena’s words. Stretching his limbs for a minute, he removed his shirt.“Ah! W-What are you doing, Lord Aita?!”Elena turned her head away with a flushed face.Aita ignored her and took out a new white shirt and put in on while making sure to hide his pendant so Elena wouldn’t see it. He glanced at the ground and saw the silver spear. Stooping down, he took the spear. As usual, it looked like a newly crafted spear as its silver color shone with purity. Swinging the spear a few times, he turned around. Elena was looking at him nervously.“How long have I been out?”He asked. Vivid memories of Artemis were still present in his mind. Memories he shouldn’t have as he wasn’t even born at that moment. Why had he the memories of other people? Anyway, it felt like years had passed, so he wanted to know.