Edenteric

The Night Before the Festival

Tap tap tap..

Noey walked through the castle hallway in his sleeping robe, passed by one or two servants then turned at the end of the hallway. Another passageway with a stone floor visible in front of him, he continued walking until he arrived right in front of a large door.

"Good night Miss Noey" an old man with white hair and maid's clothes greeted her at the door. Noey gave him a quick look.

"Have they gathered Hermes?"

"They're already in the ladies' main room" Hermes replied politely, Noey nodding. Then Hermes pushed the door in front of him, allowing Noey to enter.

Krieet.

The room behind the door was in stark contrast to the previous hallway, behind which was a large, sparkling room. Some of the ornaments in the room were made of crystal. The big light in the middle of the room emitted light from something that looked like a blue flame that was immediately reflected by the crystals around it.

Porcelain floors that are very contrasting with the previous stone floor look luminous over the blue flame above it. Several servants were seen walking here and there, busy with their respective work. Some stopped their work, bowing respectfully for a moment as the First Division Captain passed by.

"What about dinner? Aldrich fourth is very picky about food"

"We will do our best, miss" said Hermes.

"And don't forget the fire pudding for Errol" Noey added with a small smile. Hermes nodded in understanding, then stopped stepping, bowed for a moment then turned away.

Noey got to the other big door, pushed it open then stepped in.

***

The room is large, shaped dome large brown wood perfectly, the ornaments inside are carved beautifully so that it looks alive. A huge fire stove was burning violently across the main door, the flames inside licked back and forth wildly.

Just like the other rooms, the room was also illuminated by blue flame lights that lit right in the center of the dome. Under the blue flame, there was a large circular table, each seat filled with a different figure.

The big man with silver armor sitting on one of the seats adjacent to the furnace was Faruq, known as the Captain of the Second Division. Wearing his armor that he had not had time to abort because he was told to immediately gather, staring bored around, looking for the faces of the Aldrich who he really wanted to beat.

His eyes caught another figure sitting not far from his place. The figure was also wearing his battle attire, although a robe was better than a harness, but he saw discomfort from the wearer's face.

Greeekkkc..

"I'll be back after changing clothes and taking a shower" the man said as he stood up from his chair.

"I thought you'd better stay here." said another figure opposite him.

Kevin raised his face, looking at the two men who were staring sharply at him.

"Dimas, I think Zayn is right. Stay where you are"

"For what? we've been waiting here long enough, and there's nothing!" said the man called Dimas loudly.

"At least let me change my clothes, it's not as comfortable as it looks, you know.."

"I thought there was someone else who looked more uncomfortable in her clothes than you" said Mou flat but meaningfully as she played her finger on the table.

A small frown was clearly visible on Faruq's forehead.

'This girl asked to be beaten up huh.' her mind was upset.

"As far as you go" said Dimas, not caring, he just wanted to step up until Kevin spoke again.

"I'd really advise you to stay there, or he'll beat you up.."

Dimas. Look at that hooded figure.

"Who? That aldrich? Since when have I been afraid of them?" replied Dimas in a defiant tone.

"I'll go, tell them I don't care about this meeting" he said as he walked to the door.

"Oh, of course not Aldrich" said Kevin relaxed. Zayn yawned lazily next to him.

"You're gonna deal with Brother Noey.."

Greeks..

Dimas has returned to his seat.

"Let's just say I never leave my favorite chair." he said in a flat tone but sounded a little quivering.

"German.." Mou tried to hold back her laughter.

"Stop your laughter is stupid!!" yelled Dimas while pointing at the rough Mou. But it could not prevent the laughter of the girl who is now growing.

Kevin shook his head while Zayn did not want to interfere with the stupid quarrel.

Dimas' rant was still heard on the sidelines of Mou's laughter until an eagle flew into the room from the vent.

The brownish eagle flew around the ceiling of the dome, then slid down and landed perfectly right in front of the hooded figure sitting right across from Kevin.

The eagle tapped on the finger of the figure with its beak, when the figure fell down in surprise.

"YAHOO!!" her hood slumped down revealing her extremely messed up face.

'He's asleep..?' everyone in the room.

"Ah, w-what is this?" he said indistinctly, then he looked around, looking right and left, then after a while he could finally control himself.

"Ahaha.. I'm asleep" he laughed crisply.

'Dimas' ravings and Mou's loud laughter, and she can still fall asleep?' inner Faruq astonished.

"Too tired huh?" Zayn rebuked him, ignoring Dimas's now-continuing babble.

The figure looked at Zayn, then returned with a crisp laugh.

"Ehee was like that." he immediately checked the incoming eagle, took out a scroll of parchment from the bag on the back of the eagle, then the eagle flew back and disappeared from behind the vent.

"Eum.. Regular report, I wonder why it should be sent tonight"

"Is there something strange about Iqbal?" ask Faruq.

The man called Iqbal shook his head while still staring at the parchment in his hand.

"Only ordinary reports, the movement of a group of goblins is rusted, the rest is nothing strange"

"Haaah.. It's delicious to be Iqbal" complained Mou who now does not care about the ravings Dimas, he put his chin on the table. Sighs.

"Just have guard duty, no need to go far"

"I should have said that.." Faruq snorted in annoyance, among others only he was the one who got the task at a long distance.

"With such a simple task you're still sleepy?" tanya Iro who has now realized that he is really not in the influence of Amonte.

Iqbal smiled clumsily.

"Ah, the task of guarding the border is only done by my troops, whereas I have other duties.."

"And what is that job?" frans asked now.

"I helped Grandma Yuberia pound Gillybean"

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Instantly the room was silent because of Iqbal's answer, while Faruq felt very grateful for the task he had.

There was no sound at all, not even Dimas got a single word he wanted to say, all of them looked at Iqbal with a slice.

They all know, Gillybean is a type of bean with the hardest shell in this arena, although it has many properties but need extra energy to break it, and it does not need to be explained how difficult it is.

"Em, just some fruit I guess?" ask Mou.

"10 big cauldrons are full." answered Iqbal with a lethargic face.

Mou nodded.

"Well, now I'm not at all jealous of your duty"

Mou's last words were supposed to make them laugh, but it couldn't be because the door of the room was open. Noey stepped inside in his black robe.

All eyes stared at him, Noey who was stared at like that raised his eyebrows in wonder.

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"Iqbal just told me about his experience breaking Gillybean" said Iro explained, sounding funny in Mou's ear but did not dare to laugh in front of Noey.

"Oh, I'm so sorry" Noey said in a very flat tone as she walked towards her seat.

"Thank you." said Iqbal, who could still be heard by everyone. Mou was really trying to hold back her laughter.

Noey sat down gracefully in his chair, staring around, looking at Faruq and Dimas who were still wearing clothes that looked uncomfortable.

"You guys still wearing that?"

"I just arrived this afternoon, and came here immediately upon receiving the call" Faruq replied.

"Hoo so" replied Noey, who then returned to voice.

"You should have changed it first, I thought you knew the Aldrich were never on time"

Dimas with a stifled annoyed face tried to give a smile towards Kevin.

"Thank you very much" he said annoyed.

"Of course, guys, whenever it is" Kevin replied casually.

Mou could not help but laugh, as soon as the entire room filled with the sound of her laughter. Frans also chuckled, as did Iqbal who felt like he was tired after breaking Gillybean just disappeared. Kevin also laughed while Zayn just grinned wide.

Noey just silently watched.

"Kajar you all.." muttered Dimas.

"It looks like you'll have to hold it until the end of the meeting" Nia's voice blared in the room. The sound of laughter stopped when the door opened a second time. Nia stepped in with Lian behind her.

The two Aldrich stepped to the remaining spot, then sat back to the furnace of fire.

Lian looked at Faruq from the tail of her eyes.

"Good arm" he said.

"Shut your mouth, or I'll beat you up" Faruq said with a smile.

"How was your trip to Akiba? Pleasant?" lian said again without caring about Faruq's threat.

"Speak once more, and I'll really beat you up" Faruq replied in a serious tone.

"Huhahh.. Can't you guys get along for just this once?" nia said while sighing. Lian smiled mischievously while Faruq snorted in annoyance.

From all that Zayn finally made a sound.

"Hurry and tell me why you gathered us here" he said, yawning bored. He rested his head with his hands on the table.

"Some of us are already uncomfortable with hairy high collars"

Zayn's last words really upset Dimas, because only he was now wearing a high fur-collared robe.

Zayn glanced at Dimas who was looking at him with a smile that Dimas thought was very annoying.

"Kajar you later" threatened Dimas.

"Why not now?" challenge Zayn.

"Because you two are going to blow up" Iqbal said, trying to involve himself in that insignificant quarrel.

"Keep talking and I'll put you on the list of people I'm going to teach" Dimas said, glancing at Iqbal.

"Hey, include me in your game" said Lian.

"Look down, I'll beat you up later with Gillybean" said Faruq.

"Hey! You taunting me? Stupid old armour!" Iqbal was upset.

"Shut up! or I make you blend with Mou's cooking" replied Faruq who was also upset.

"Hey!! You asked to be beaten up!!" Mou hit the table in front of her in annoyance.

"Oh, I'll make you an extra feather in Dimas's collar" challenged Lian.

"Crack your glasses later, asshole!! after beating up this graceful archer" Dimas shouted as he pointed at Zayn with his sword.

"You're going to kick it off with the fourth Aldrich blanket!" Zayn brushed off Dimas' sword.

"Involve the master with this, and I'm ripping out your bowels!" said Iro while giving off his dark aura.

"Shut up or I'll make you all the fodder" Noey said.

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"Here you go, stop that stupid fight of yours" Lerai Nia massaged her forehead. He wondered how Uan had united them in one union first, these people could destroy a country in an instant.

As the door opened for the umpteenth time, Udzaa walked in casually.

"Hey, I think we should put some of the road signs ahead, I'm lost to the kitchen" Udzaa said, pointing at the door, but as he looked back all stared at him with flaming eyes.

"Eh, I think I'm in the wrong room" Udzaa said with a clumsy smile.

***

"Alright, after you have so wisely stopped that stupid fight, I will explain why you were asked to gather" Nia said seriously.

Now the dome-shaped room has returned to calm. All the seats were filled, only the first Aldrich seat was still empty.

Udzaa had been sitting in his chair, although still with a clumsy smile he looked at everyone there.

"So you're back" Faruq spoke first of Udzaa's presence.

"Em, that's it" answered Udzaa briefly.

"It turns out it wasn't an important meeting" Dimas lamented with a sigh of annoyance.

Nia rolled her eyeballs, she had to master this meeting immediately before the chaos re-occurred.

"Ehem, well, first I'll explain the departure of Udzaa that I'm sure you're still questioning"

"Wait, explain? so you know everything?" asked Lian who represented the other shock.

"Of course I know, I was the one who gave him permission to leave Edenteria" Nia said. He looked at all the eyes that seemed to want an explanation in front of him.

"Hold all your questions until my explanation is complete" he said quickly before anyone asked.

Errol flew in through the vents, across the table and then landed seamlessly on Frans' lap.

"Two years ago, you know, a year after Aldrich's first departure, Udzaa told me about some unnatural cloe activity" Nia began her explanation, paused for a moment, noticed her friends' responses for a while and continued.

"The unnatural pressure of Chloe was detected in De Great of Vanor, at first I could not believe it, because it was clear that De Great of Vanor was the neutral center of the continent, which won't affect any magic"

"However, Udzaa's belief about it is enough to make me suspicious, therefore with the help of Alvian technology, we discovered the truth that the Great land of Vanor has been polluted"

Lian expressed her shock, representing everyone who was there.

"Pinked? that kind of thing can't happen, right?" ask Lian.

"It's hard to believe, but that's what happened" Nia replied. He put his fingers together.

"Because of that, I gave Udzaa a secret mission to investigate, I thought it would only take a few days but it would take a long time"

"Then why did you keep it a secret, you know, the elders were always fretting about Aldrich's first disappearance, and I don't think they once had a problem with Udzaa's disappearance" said Kevin who referred to the talks of the elders this afternoon.

"Emm. You can call me the fourth Aldrich" said Udzaa who immediately got a sharp look Noey.

"Em, but it's okay if you don't want to"

"I need to make sure of this before telling all of you, even more so to the elders" Nia said.

"They won't believe this"

Some of them nodded in agreement, the elders were stubborn, the old people were unwilling to accept the opinions of others, and they all never agreed with the elders' words.

"Therefore I sent Udzaa to investigate in secret, telling all of you that the fourth Aldrich disappeared while giving Udzaa enough time to investigate" Nia said again, then looked at Udzaa.

"And now I think we can hear whatever information he's got in the last two years"

"Make sure it's good news before you say it, or I'll have Dimas prepare for your funeral" Noey said.

"Happyly" sambar Dimas with a happy smile.

Udzaa swallowed his saliva, he could not lie, he began to be afraid to talk now.

But for a moment he started to control himself. He beckoned Errol to come to him. Errol immediately sloshed from Frans' lap.

"I checked every inch of the Great of Vanor, there was nothing strange there" said Udzaa who then again felt the murderous air emanating from the savage girl in front of him.

"But I still found the remaining cloe activity there, so thin I need full concentration to track it, follow it to the Akiba border, but lost track there" he explained.

"Weeks and weeks I was there, trying to track him back until I finally found him, followed him again to the shore of Corona, the cloe pressure was getting stronger"

"It took me weeks to find the source, the cloe pressure so intense it felt like it was fusing with nature made me a little confused to track it"

"However in the third week I managed to find it, an underwater cave off the Corona coast, sealed tightly with Kiso Boukutten, you know the high-level seal technique of 7 Magic-Impardance"

"Boukutten Kiso? What kind of things should be stored with Kiso Boukutten?" ask Kevin wonder.

"But you're great to also be able to remove the seal" said Iqbal.

"Who said I took it off?" udzaa Bala.

"Then?"

"I absorbed it"

The room came back silent. All eyes stared at Udzaa in disbelief.

"At first I tried to open it, but it didn't work, I spent months trying to figure out how to open it but it didn't work"

"Until the fourth month, when I was almost crazy for that stupid seal, I tried to slash the stone door, I failed even the stone was not scratched in the slightest"

"But my sword reacted with the seal, and then I did the only thing that came into my head, and I managed to absorb it"

"I can't believe the ugly sword can absorb a high-level seal" said Zayn, who Udzaa immediately protested.

"But, the Crimson Blade is indeed made of a special Candellion, the only type of strongest Candellion, I'm sure the absorbency is also strong, so I guess that might happen" Lian explained.

"Most importantly, what's in there" Noey said.

Udzaa was silent for a moment, he was seen trying to find the appropriate words.

"I know this is gonna sound pretty impossible, but I really saw it"

Everyone stared intensely at Udzaa, trying to listen carefully.

"In there, behind the seal, I met.."

"A dragon"

***

"Don't joke!!" mou responded to Udzaa's words about the discovery of a dragon.

All went back to silence, clearly visible faces in disbelief of Udzaa's explanation. Everyone knows, there are no more dragons in this world, they are an ancient race that has long been extinct. But Udzaa confidently kept saying it, as if he still saw it at this moment.

Udzaa let out a short sigh before continuing his story. Frans looked at him full of search.

"I don't care if you believe it or not, but certainly the dragon was there, actually not completely there, but at that time it was just a pile of living bones" Udzaa said.

"Undead.." muttered Kevin immediately in a whispering voice but still others could hear.

"But an Undead in the shape of a dragon? how much magic must be cast to make it"

Udzaa shrugged his shoulders, not understanding. He didn't bother to think about it.

"I didn't have time to think because it attacked me right after I put my foot in the cave"

"I quite understand why they are called the strongest race ever, it didn't take long for him to corner me" Udzaa said back, Nia looked at him seriously.

"The creature gave me a signature, a deep scratch on my back, I can show it if you want" Udzaa intended to open the robe but Dimas interrupted.

"No need, thank you"

"I almost died if there were no Errol there, but I finally won, of course because I'm great" he said.

"It's a pity." said the ruthless Noey who got approval from, at least half of them.

Udzaa looked annoyed. Then pulled something out from under his cloak. Something that initially looks like an ordinary rock, but after further attention the shape more resembles a Tiara made of coral.

"I managed to defeat him, then this Tiara just fell from the top of his head" Udzaa stretched out his hand so that they could all see the coral Tiara that was above his hand.

"I'm not sure what this is, but it's so dark, the aura almost suffocates me, so I sealed it, just in case"

"Boukutten Kiso? you used Kiso Boukutten to seal it?" asked Faruq who saw the color seal pattern surrounding Tiara.

"Yes, I don't know what seal to put on, but I think this seal is quite powerful"

"Can you make it?" kevin asked in surprise, and so did the others. Since they all knew, Udzaa could not even cast a standard spell, it would be surprising if he were to perfect a high-level seal technique.

But Udzaa shook his head.

"Of course not, the Council will immediately drag me down if they know I used one of the 7 Magic-Unforgivable" he said with a hideous face.

"I just took back the Kiso Boukutten I had absorbed" he explained.

Lian took Tiara from Udzaa's hands, she watched the thing carefully.

"Can you analyze it?" ask Nia.

Lian cradled the stone Tiara in her hand.

"This seal is in the way, we have to remove it first, but considering we don't know what will happen when the seal is removed, I think it's good if we put the barrier first" Lian explained.

"So that thing's the one that's exerting the cloe pressure you're feeling?" iqbal's question was immediately answered by Udzaa's nod.

"In addition, I also found other interesting things in the cave" said Udzaa, he glanced at Errop who immediately understood his point.

Then Errol opened his mouth, then from inside his mouth he took out a large scroll.

"That's disgusting, you know" said Faruq sharply as he pointed Errol in front of him, Errol only grinning widely.

"What's that?" noey asked full of questions.

Udzaa unrolled the large scroll on the table, sticking it out as long as possible but because it was too long not everything could be seen.

"I'm not sure either, but I think there's some valuable information in it"

All eyes stared at the scroll that opened in front of him, the scroll contained a writing that looked more like an origin scribble. They each asked that, but Udzaa also did not understand what the writing meant.

"I had a chance to meet some Goblins on the way home, asking them this, but they also did not understand" Udzaa explained. He had also asked everyone he had met about the writing, but no one understood.

"So the point is, it's not Goblin and other races, it's not Centaur or even Giant languages, it's definitely something older than them" Udzaa said.

"I can't believe you're asking this with the Centaurs, and even the Giant, what kind of person you are" Dimas stared suspiciously.

"You know, not all of them hate humans, there are some that I know even support our movement" Udzaa explained.

The large room was now filled with murmurs, they were all trying to guess what the writing meant. Iqbal up to take a lot of language dictionaries from the storage cabinet. They argue with others about the meaning of the words in front of them, until Nia finally pulls the scroll, closing it again.

Sreeerts...

"We have arrived here, it is too late" said Nia while re-locking the scroll.

"I almost knew the meaning of scribbles with pudding form there" muttered Dimas unimportant.

"It's enough for tonight, there's a festival waiting for us tomorrow, so you have to rest enough" Noey said as he stood up from his chair.

Soon the door of the room opened, revealing Hermes and Errol hovering above him hugging a bowl of fire pudding.

"Geroooo dinner time!!"

Then some servants entered while pushing dozens of food trolleys.

"Nobody told me there was a free dinner" Iqbal said, looking at the large roast that had just been brought in. Udzaa and Dimas filled their plates with plenty of food.

"Hey, you cheats!!" Iqbal shouted while running towards the pile of food there.

"Hee, a lot of food is coming" said Nia while looking at dishes of grilled meat and various other foods.

"This is also a welcome to the return of the fourth Aldrich." said Hermes who stood beside Nia.

"It's so delicious!!" shouted Udzaa at the end of the room, he had filled his plate full with food and piled it up to exceed his own height.

"Moon-months of just eating grilled fish in an underwater cave, the tasteless taste tortures my tongue" he said again, inserting a large piece of bison meat in his mouth, his tears sparkling with happiness.

"Hermes!! Bring the bison back, lest the fool spend it!" dimas ordered in a strange voice as he was trying to put a mountain lamb's thigh in his mouth.

"Good master!!" Hermes immediately darted out of the room and returned a moment later with a large bowl filled with roasted bison.

Nia just shook her head, she sat in her chair while staring at the hordes of eaters fighting over a bison roast in front of her.

Dimas and Udzaa pulled each other, plus Iqbal who suddenly jumped towards the two of them. A huge commotion again occurred when the roasted bison sauce hit Faruq's face which immediately raged ferociously after taking off his armor.

Unlike Zayn who seemed completely uninterested in the eating competition there, he just sat in his chair while enjoying a fruit salad with Kevin who did not like eating meat.

Frans and Mou are also there with their Amonte who is now without Iro.

On the other hand Iro was carried away by the atmosphere of the competition, he took the meat RoutRabbit from Udzaa.

"Iro!!, in the name of the great goddess of food!! Get your hands off my flesh!!" udzaa shouted while pulling the white meat towards her.

"I'm not giving it to you master!!" Iro also did not want to budge, he defended the white flesh with his hands.

"Errol!! Help me!!" udzaa shouted at the figure of Errol flying above her head.

"Aye aye captain!!" reply Errol who then helped Iro pull the white meat from the hands of Udzaa.

"YOUTDOOR!!"

Nia massaged her forehead, she felt dizzy with the behavior of her friends.

Lian who saw him only chuckled while thrusting a glass towards Nia.

"You also need to have dinner" he said.

Nia received the glass containing Amonte's.

"I thought when he came back everything would be fine, but things got even more chaotic" he said, who then gulped down Amonte.

Lian chuckled again.

"But that's how they are, Edenteria would be very lonely if they didn't exist"

"Sometimes I think how the fool brought them together" said Nia, referring to the first Aldrich. Lian shrugged her shoulders while smiling widely.

Noey joined them.

"I want to beat them up" he said annoyed.

Lian laughed as she saw Iqbal being thrown towards Dimas because of Faruq, who was then slipped by the fire pudding that Errol had dropped.

"It's a little comforting I guess" said Lian who returned laughing.

Noey picked up one of the glasses on the table.

"Originally they did not destroy the castle." he said, sipping a drink in his hand.

Now Nia laughs along with Lian who laughs harder and harder. Zayn and Kevin just looked at her strangely. Frans and Mou also laughed.

"This can only be called a celebration" said Mou while laughing beside Frans.

But when a roasted bison was brought back into the mess it grew bigger, even more so when Noey joined the fray while raising his sword.

"Bison is mine!!" he shouted at Udzaa who had quickly pulled the roasted bison towards him.

Lian and Nia were surprised to see Noey ferociously running across the room towards Udzaa with a drawn sword.

Lian turned to look at her glass which was somehow empty.

"Oh my God, Brother Noey is drinking all my Wisky Fire!" said panic.

"Ooh no, they were big when Noey was drunk" Kevin added, looking the other way Noey was taking control of the chaos.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY STUPID BISON!!" noey shouted ferociously.

"Ooyy stop him!!"

"Sir Noey are you going to kill Udzaa?!"

"Master!! I will help you!! Let go of her wild girl!!"

"Iro!! you're strangling Noey!!"

"Hey!! just wait!! I want that bison too!!"

"Dimas!! You fool, you're making things worse!!"

"Jet Gattling!!" Iqbal jumped and spun like a drill bit which then crashed into the mess.

"Iqbal I killed you!!"

"Remove your hands from me Brengseeekk glasses!!"

"DIE YOU ALL,AAAAA!!" noey shouted in the midst of the chaos, while Nia could only sigh in her chair.

"Based on the chaotic people" exhorted Nia who again massaged her forehead.

***

The welcoming party for Aldrich's fourth return was chaotic, the meeting room turning into a battlefield filled with scattered food.

After a drunk Noey is stopped by fainting, the welcoming party ends. Some of them were too tired to talk, then one by one they left the room.

"Argh.. My head hurts a lot" said Faruq as he took back his armor from the cracked floor because of the heavy armor.

He turned around and then walked away from the room.

"Sir Noey has been brought by his roommaids." said Lian with a relieved tone, he took off his cracked glasses from being hit by Dimas' elbow.

"Truly great huh." said Nia while smiling at Lian.

"You crazy? The castle could have been destroyed because of Brother Noey" Lian said as she plopped herself onto the chair.

"Other times I'll be more careful putting my drinks down"

Nia chuckles.

Most of them had already left the room, leaving behind a mess that would become the work of the servants.

Udzaa got up from his sleeping position on the floor, he held his head which was still throbbing pain due to hit Noey's sword handle. Then he stood up, turned his head in all directions, then walked towards the table where Nia and Lian were.

"For a moment I thought I was going to die" he said.

"Why doesn't it happen" said Lian who made Udzaa upset, but he had no energy to vent his frustration.

Udzaa leaned his head on the table lazily.

On the other hand Frans and Mou were still staring at the coral Tiara left on the table. They gave each other an opinion about that Tiara.

"I think it would be very beautiful if it wasn't made of coral" he said.

"..and if there's no black magic in it" Frans added. Mou nodded in agreement.

"Hey, be careful with that, you could have dropped it" Lian warned, rising from her seat and walking away from Udzaa and Nia there.

"Oh right too, my hands are a little slippery because of the oil" Mou said as she looked at her palms.

"Frans please hold this for a while" Mou said as she gave the Tiara to Frans as she cleaned her hands.

Frans took it, but it didn't last long. When the Tiara touched the skin of Frans' hand in surprise, he immediately removed the Tiara into the air.

"!!!"

"Hup!! Almost" said Zayn who immediately caught the Tiara before falling to the floor.

Lian who saw that immediately ran towards them, then scolded Mou and Frans.

Udzaa who saw it from a distance narrowed his eyes, but a moment later he turned towards Nia.

He looked around, making sure it was just the two of them right now.

"More.."

Nia who felt called turned her head, looked at Udzaa who was swinging her hand so that she could get closer to him.

***

"Haaahh, tonight is really tiring" Lian said as she yawned widely, Frans and Mou and Zayn had left.

"Where's Udzaa?" he asked when he saw Nia just sitting alone.

"He's gone, he wants to see his house.. I think it's very dirty considering it's been two years that he hasn't cleaned it up" Nia replied.

"Alright, I think I also need a break" said Lian, she picked up the large scroll that Udzaa had brought.

"I'll take him to Alvian to get checked, I hope he hasn't slept" she said again, Nia nods in understanding, then Lian leaves on her own.

For a while Nia was still silent in her chair, then in the end got up and left the big room.

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Nia had no intention of going home, instead of leaving the castle, she went up the stairs to her study.

The castle was already very quiet this time, the night was also late, they all might have slept by now.

Nia opened the door of her study, a room with four tables and four glass cabinets where they kept Aldrich's robes. Nia looked at him for a while, then walked up to his desk, pulled the drawer there, and then from inside the small drawer he pulled out a large roll.

***

Udzaa has now managed to clean her room. With extra work because Errol does not want to petrify even a little with the reason his stomach is sick.

After looking at his hard work, he dropped his body on his bed. Errol floated low, and landed on the bed.

"Haaahh, my body is tired" Udzaa said.

"Geroo"

He looked at the ceiling of his room, remembering something.

"Errol.." call him.

"Seros"

"Did you see when Frans touched that Tiara?" udzaa asked without taking her eyes off the ceiling of her room, as if there was something interesting up there.

Errol did not answer, he just muttered yes.

"I don't feel anything when I touch it"

"It might just be a gero coincidence" Errol replied.

"Maybe" Udzaa said yes, but he still felt strange.

"But, we can't be too relaxed, if it's true Frans reacted with that Tiara.."

"There is a possibility that it has to do with the sky.."

***

Nia is now in her study, sitting behind her desk. He stared at the large scroll Udzaa had brought as a result of his two-year investigation.

Nia looked at. Then remembered the words of Udzaa before.

#Flashback: on#

"What's wrong?" Nia asked that to Udzaa who called out to her in that strange way.

"There's something I have to tell you" he said in a serious tone, but his face wasn't as serious as his tone.

"If this is one of your jokes, I won't hesitate to send you to hell" Nia said.

Udzaa did not care about that, he glanced at Lian and the others, making sure again that they were far enough away.

"There's no time to explain it, I'm just saying this to you, it's a roll problem" Udzaa said quickly in a half-whispering tone.

Nia glanced at the scroll not far from her.

"What do you mean"

"The scroll is fake" said Udzaa who immediately got a clueless look from Nia. Before Nia could respond, Udzaa immediately interrupted.

"Listen to this carefully, because I won't repeat it again"

Nia listen.

"That's a fake scroll I made, because I can't show you the real one in front of all of you, don't ask me why, I must have kept the real one" Udzaa whispered quickly as she occasionally glanced at Lian who already wanted to return once Frans, Mou and Zayn left.

"I put it on your desk, no one can open it except you, I've put a little spell on it, and I hope you take it right after this"

Nia had just wanted to ask the meaning of all that, but Udzaa interrupted again.

"You'll know when you see it, okay, don't look at the others because they're all the same, just watch the first 10 rows of the reels, okay? All right I'm going" Udzaa said quickly and then left before Lian got there.

"Haaahh, tonight is really tiring" Lian said as she yawned widely, Frans and Mou and Zayn had left.

"Where's Udzaa?" he asked when he saw Nia just sitting alone.

"He's gone, he wants to see his house.. I think it's very dirty considering it's been two years that he hasn't cleaned it up" Nia replied.

"Alright, I think I also need a break" said Lian, she picked up the large scroll that Udzaa had brought.

"I'll take him to Alvian to get checked, I hope he sleeps" she said again, Nia nods in understanding, then Lian leaves on her own.

#Flashback: off#

Nia stopped thinking about that, then she immediately opened the scroll in front of him.

Sreeet..

As Udzaa said, he immediately saw the first 10 lines of the scroll and was surprised to find out what was written there.

"This.. Really bad"

***