Edenteric

Who Are Ryuu?

"What's the third one?" Frans said while looking confusedly at her brother. Udzaa who regained his senses then shook his head quickly.

"It's nothing" Frans looks in disbelief but Udzaa distracts her by asking who the sleeping girl is.

"I don't know" Frans replied.

"Jose took this girl last night, and found her unconscious under the rubble of a rock on the cliff where she was standing guard last night"

"I took care of him as usual, he wore a headband before, but when I opened it to clean the wound on his temple.."

"Can we talk outside?" udzaa said with a heavy voice. He held his own chest, cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

"The air here is suffocating me" Frans nodded, Udzaa quickly stepped out of the room while Frans caught up with her after cladding the girl's forehead with a bandage, covering the crystal on her forehead.

As Frans stepped out of the common ward he found his brother leaning against the wall, right next to the door. His face was full of cold sweat, he was breathing fast as if he had just learned that fresh air was the most important thing in this world. Frans waited until her brother had taken control of himself before finally speaking.

"You want me to move him to another room? I think there are some special rooms on the third floor" he said.

Udzaa pressed his chest that was still a little tight. Sighing deeply while moving his hand in front of Frans' face.

"Don't, moving him into a special room while the Division Captains are being treated in a common ward will make others wonder" Udzaa said, referring to Iro, The real Mou and Dinda left the hospital yesterday afternoon.

"Just seal this room, don't let anyone in, moreover the users of solid elements, they will feel the aura of the girl, we must neutralize it first" Frans nodded in understanding. Udzaa saw the blond girl waving her hands at the door, as soon as a sign that perhaps only the healers could understand appeared, printed like paper stuck to the door of a public ward.

Frans looked at him.

"Want breakfast? I'm good enough to bake smoked tuna, and I have some eggs if you want"

Udzaa sighed again, this was the first time he felt like he was going to be killed in the hospital. Then he looked.

"Half ripe? alright.."

***

Meanwhile, far away from Edenteria, in the distant black mountain valley, a black-robed figure walked slowly through the fog into the deepest valley of the continent. The black clouds that overshadowed the sky prevented sunlight from penetrating it, making the valley below it as dark as night. No plant can grow in the area other than Moonroose, the moon rose, a flower that is used as a sign of darkness, synonymous with black magic and a bad omen for anyone.

The figure walked until it met another figure. The other figure was a male, with the lower half of his body resembling a black horse. His four legs crept as he stepped. The black centaurus was carrying a stick of pine wood that was covered in black tendrils. His rough face made the look of his eyes that were cuddled in look ominous.

"You are too late Archie." said the Centaurus in a dislike tone when he saw the black-robed figure coming.

The figure took off the hood that covered his head, revealing the face of the man with a long silver mane. The earrings on her pointed ears swayed as the wind blew softly. The man called Archie grinned at Centaurus in front of him.

"You know for sure Bode, how difficult it is to get to this place" he said. The centaurus named Bode looked at him skeptically, then with all four legs he turned around.

"In that case, hurry, he's waiting for you" Bode said as he galloped down on his four legs. Archie followed from behind.

The two stepped through the Moonroose field, a group of black crows hovering around above them, then flew randomly as a huge eagle passed by. Archie looked up at him while still stepping following the black Centaurus in front of him.

"The choice of a good place" said Archie looking around. Bode looked at him from the corner of his eye.

"Nobody dared to come to this place for years, they avoided this place instead" said Bode, swinging his Pine stick, removing some tendrils that blocked the road.

"Rather precisely no one has ever come out alive." said Archie when he saw several pieces of human bone among the Moonroose tendrils. Bode doesn't seem interested.

They walked further and further into the valley. The mountains surrounding the valley looked like giant black walls in the distance. More and more skeletons of living things scattered among the Moonroose grew as far as the eye could see.

"Ah that.." Archie was a little amazed as he looked at the skeleton that was much larger than the others. The skeleton in front of it, at least three times the size of a house, was old, covered in Moonroose tendrils, some of which were still hidden underground. Archie stared right at the skull ten times larger than himself, adorned with sharp, gray teeth as big as his own arm. Bode looked that way.

"The Dragon Frame, one of the largest in the area" Bode explained while Archie kept staring at the skeleton with a strange grin on his face.

"I've heard rumors that this area is referred to as a dragon tomb, but I never imagined if it was this interesting" said Archie, Bode did not answer he still walked past the dragon's skeleton. Archie followed him from behind, though he still felt great interest in the dragon skeleton.

Bode who sensed Archie was quite interested in the dragon skeleton finally spoke.

"There are still many others." he said who then pointed to the large area in front of him that was filled with the skeletons of other dragons. Archie chuckled softly.

"The Elves never appreciated how attractive they were, even in their death" Archie said, stopping his steps and staring at the dozens of dragon skeletons ahead, Bode stopped, looking at Archie.

"Because none of them are stupid enough to interfere with the natural setting like you" said Bode, who made Archie laugh. Bode looked at the man with a contemptible look. Archie, his green eyes sparkling with laughter, felt his body tingle when he heard Centaurus in front of him.

"The Elves are too naive" Archie said in a hissing voice. Bode looked at him contemptuously.

"They believe in the ordinances of nature, fear what will happen if they dare to violate them, believe in ancient prophecies and ancestral spirits.." Archie touched one of the dragon skeletons nearby, then his eyes flashed sharply again. Instantly the skeleton he touched melted into dust.

"Decorate.."

Bode looked at Archie who was talking about his own people in a contemptible tone, as if he never wanted to be a part of them. Bode looked up at the sky, where the black clouds were still faithfully marching across the sky.

"Living beings are required not to interfere and violate the provisions of nature.." Archie looked at Bode sharply all of a sudden, but then his gaze softened again and chuckled at him.

"Hoo right, the Centaurs also adhere to the same beliefs." said Archie calmly, although Bode did not look like it.

"In this case we should be brothers who respect each other" Archie said again. Bode was not too sure, rather than that Bode stepped back with all four legs, Archie grinned behind him while stepping.

The two of them walked in silence until Bode made a sound. The centaurus spoke in a gloomy deep voice.

"If you don't keep your hands away from things you can't interfere with.." Bode stepped carelessly, he stomped on a few Moonroose petals with all four of his legs clumped.

"..the universe may tear you apart with their curse" Bode said seriously, but back there, Archie laughed as if the Centaurus had just told a joke. Archie's laughter makes Bode feel humiliated but he tries not to care about it at this time.

The two of them walked past several other dragon skeletons, until they reached the front of a gate made of dragon bones. Archie saw nothing behind it, it was nothing more than an empty wicket. But Bode galloped into the gate, then disappeared into it, Centaurus was not seen on the other side of the gate. Archie followed behind, stepping through the gate, feeling like he was walking through a waterfall, then after passing through it he found a black castle standing right in front of his eyes.

"Good magic." he said, Bode did not respond, the Centaurus still stepped into the castle.

The castle was built with Obsidian stones which made it a shiny black castle. The castle grounds are full of old skeletons, creating a creepy effect on the castle itself. Archie steps in following Bode. They walked down the long corridor after passing through the entrance of the castle. Archie did not see any of the guards in the castle, Bode said that they did not need guards because no one wanted to visit the valley.

The corridor was quite dark, the light there only came from a torch mounted on the side of the wall. Archie commented on the castle architecture that he thought was bad, Bode again did not heed his words, but still walked towards another dark corridor.

They arrived in front of a carved wooden door which Bode pushed open, revealing the room behind it. The room was quite large, on the side opposite the door there was a fireplace that became the only lighting in the dark room. Archie felt the existence of another figure in the room besides the two of them.

"You've been Archie a long time." The voice came from a man sitting in front of the fireplace, looking straight at him. The light from the fireplace behind him dimmed as the man spoke.

Bode folded one of his front legs, bowing low towards the man. Archie smiled in a slant. Unlike Bode, Archie just lowered his head slightly.

"As usual, your taste for the arrangement of the room is always bad" said Archie casually, Bode threw a look of contempt.

"May I?"

"Of course." replied the figure, then Archie flicked his hand in the air. Instantly the lights in the room were lit in place of the fireplace light that is now extinguished.

The room became easier to see, its low ceiling decorated with empty candlesticks in some parts. The lights on each side of the wall are brightly lit, spreading their light to every corner of the room. Archie grinned at the figure of Exel sitting in a chair right in front of the fireplace.

"It's better" he said.

Exel smiled meaninglessly, he rose from his chair made of interconnected bones. The man still looked the same, his fine black hair, his pale complexion and dark Obsidian beads were staring meaninglessly. Exel was wearing a large black robe until his body, which was nothing more than the body of a teenage-year-old child, looked like he was drowning in his own robe.

"Your information is Archie." said Exel in a voice that really sounded like a child.

"As I've said before, the prophecy is just nonsense" said Archie, who again received a dislike from Bode. Exel did not respond as Archie continued.

"Even so you will not be able to approach the Asylum Tree in the usual way, the guard there is tighter than the royal guard itself" he said again. Exel listen.

"Whatever they think, the prophecy says that the old tree is in grave danger, and now it's guarding it more than the crown prince like me"

"But, that's why I can leave without anyone's knowledge" Archie looked at Exel who was still standing in his place.

"I'm telling you one more time, there's nothing to worry about about that stupid prophecy, if you're smart enough" Bode can't let Archie say anything he wants, for once, because without warning Bode was already pointing the tip of his stick right at the Elf's neck.

"Be careful with your tongue when talking to the ruler of darkness.." Bode said sharply from behind Archie's body, he pointed the sharp part of his Pine wand right at Archie's neck. While Archie just laughed crisply, did not look anxious in the least.

"..or you could die" Bode said threateningly.

"I want to see you try." challenge Archie who doesn't make Bode happy. But Exel raised his hand.

"Bode let him go, we can't be rude to our guests" Exel said slowly. Bode nodded briefly, then pulled back his Pine stick. Archie whispered his thanks to Bode in a tone that Centaurus disliked.

"Just go straight to Archie's core" Exel said.

Archie reluctantly spoke.

"Lately my sister gave me a new prophecy" he said.

Exel turned around, then sat back in his place. He looked at Archie who was stepping forward, into the circle of the red carpet on the floor. Bode looked at him carefully.

"Continue" Exel said.

Archie, then muttered something in a soft voice. He spoke in the language of the ancient Elves that sounded like a strange collection of hisses. Bode stared inexplicably.

"The day that the awakening of the sky that shatters the darkness is about to come, everyone should remain hidden under his covers, his death signifying a great war, waking the twins from their long slumber" Exel translated the words, saying, Archie allowed it with a small nod.

"I told you, didn't I? a big piece of shit" Archie said later. He sat on one of the chairs, took a red cherry from the table and ate it.

"Everyone thinks my sister is special, even my parents, but the truth is she's just a stupid weak girl, two things I hate the most"

"But I hope you don't forget the fact that Princess Elena is the reincarnation of Reyna Maximus Serenade, whose great prophecy about the extinction of the dragon race actually happened" Exel said, the man smiled as he waved his hand in the air, filling the bronze glass in front of Archie with wine-red liquid.

Archie snorted disdainfully.

"Serenade is just an ordinary woman, the prophecy is just luck, more than that the dragons are just extinct because of their own stupidity" said Archie relaxed, and the, he held up the silver glass filled with wine just as a woman stepped into the room.

"Until you say the dragons are stupid, oh look at your arrogance it's Archie dear.." Archie glanced at the woman who had just joined the room. Screaming annoyed.

The woman stepped gracefully in her red robe made of sparkling silk, her long black hair looking beautiful behind her back, her thin face and skin as smooth as her porcelain made her look beautiful. He smiled his red-lipped smile at Bode who nodded back at him.

"For a long time no see, Serenade.." said Archie without turning his head, he intended to take a sip of the wine in his glass, but then he stopped his movement because a pale hand with sharp nails crept down his neck.

"Oh come on, just a moment ago Bode pointed that toy stick at me, do you have to do it too?" said Archie who had no anxiety in his tone even though his neck was threatened for the second time that day.

The newly arrived woman was standing behind Archie who was sitting in his chair. He put his right hand around Archie's neck. With a sharp whisper in his ear he threatened the Elf kingdom's crown prince.

"Never call me by that name.."

"Take him off, Qwenza, you know Archie likes to joke around" Exel said with a smile, his gaze softening which made his words sound like an absolute command.

The woman called Qwenza looked at Exel sharply, but Exel persisted with his smile. Qwenza rolled his eyes.

"Oh well." he said as he stepped away from Archie. He stepped beside Exel, sitting in his chair muttering soft words towards Exel.

"I can never stand your words, sir." whispered softly in Exel's ear. The woman lowered her head low, staring at Exel's face that had not changed in the slightest from such a close distance that Qwenza could smell Exel's body. His sharp, red fingered fingers traced every inch of Exel's pale face.

"But if you want to kill him, I'm always ready to do it." said Qwenza again.

"I appreciate it Qwenza, but we can't hurt our guests, right?" reply Exel. Qwenza smiled mischievously.

"Then, I'm willing to do whatever you want.." whispered Qwenza gently, his hand tracing Exel's chest while licking his lower lip. Exel smiled and said no. There was a hint of disappointment that appeared on the beautiful face of the woman, but then returned a sinister smile.

Not far from there Archie looked down on Qwenza's behavior, he sneered at the woman sharply.

"Basic*****." those words made Qwenza turn to Archie, looking at him intently.

"COVER YOUR MOUTH DIRTY ELVES!! OR I'LL SILENCE HIM MYSELF, TEAR YOU TO SHREDS UNTIL YOU'RE NOT LEFT!!" Qwenza screeched wildly at Archie who remained calm in his seat. The woman's long hair floated up, the ceiling of the room trembled because of it. His eyes stared intently, as if they could stab anyone staring back at him, his veins jutting out on both sides of his temple, a pair of sharp fangs adorning his mouth that still chanted his curses at Archie. Her beautiful face disappeared perfectly, replaced by a sinister face.

"CURSED BLOOD, TALK TO THE RULER OF DARKNESS!! YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED THE FIRST TIME YOU SET FOOT IN THIS PLACE!!"

Exel chuckled, then asked Qwenza to forgive Archie's remark. Qwenza who was shouting another expletive immediately turned towards Exel, looking at him gently.

"If that's what you want, I can't refuse it" said Qwenza, whose attitude changed very quickly, his face returned to beautiful as before. Archie laughed contemptuously, who was then stared intently at by Qwenza.

They went back to talking about the prophecy that Archie gave them. Bode still seems to be unhappy with Archie's demeaning belief in divination, but Bode keeps his mouth shut.

Then the conversation went the other way. Archie asked about the assault of one of Exel's men to Edenteria which was later justified by Exel himself.

"Bas stupid, moving on his own.It's lucky he's still alive" Bode said in response, he stomped his Pinus on the floor.

"Lucky to say?" Qwenza. He folded his hands in front of his chest in annoyance.

"Losing both his hands, his body was almost destroyed with that many wounds, with that all the fools could have died." he said annoyed. Exel smiles while Archie just sneers at him, saying that Zach is just a weakling and criticizes Exel for helping him.

"Just let him die there, you did nothing" said Archie, Qwenza looking at him sharply because of his speech that did not respect Exel at all. But Exel raised his hand, asking Qwenza to ignore him.

"Yes if that man can die." said Qwenza later. Exel asked about Zach's situation.

"I was making him another hand, it took time, but the fool was screaming at me, you ungrateful, because I was pissed I beat him up, and now I also have to make a new body for him" said Qwenza. Exel smiled again, then turned to Archie.

"Then what about the meeting?"

"The meeting of the Kings in Akiba, will begin three days from now" Archie said, standing from his seat. Waving his robe, dusting the dust from there.

"What made you interested in that meeting?" ask Archie later.

"There is someone I need, that person is being held in a special prison in Akiba" Exel said, Archie nodded in understanding then asked if Exel wanted him to mess up the meeting to give him time to find the person he needed. Exel shook his head slowly.

"No need, I do not want to show your involvement in public, especially in front of the rulers, no, not yet.." Exel said, he rose from his seat.

"Your job right now is to send you information regarding the prophecy, as well as everything that happens in the Elf Kingdom, even more so if you can take over the kingdom sooner.." Archie shook his head.

"Not for now.." Archie stared back at Exel with his dim green eyes. There was a great desire hidden behind those eyes.

"My father, he's about a hundred years old, and the fact that he's still fresh is enough to piss me off. All I can do is weaken the guard so you can sneak in, then.."

"I'll help you get the royal seat?" Archie nodded. Exel laughed softly, he raised the sleeves of his robe, revealing a black Moonroose-shaped mark on the spot that was once the mark of two dragon heads. He touched the sign, only seven black-robed figures appeared in the room.

"Before you came, they had just obliterated a great empire on another continent, because taking over the royal seat was not a difficult thing for me, you need not worry"

Archie looked at the seven figures who had just come, one by one they opened the hood that covered their heads, revealing familiar faces, he said, some of them were on Battojairu's escape list published by Akiba newspaper.

"Vermillion.." hissed Archie sharply, the new faces looking at him dislikefully. Archie took control of himself, he looked at Exel again.

"The team that you just formed a few days ago, can they be trusted" said Archie, he now looks relaxed even though many eyes are staring at him do not like it at this time.

"I doubt they can even break through the kingdom's defenses.."

Qwenza rose from his seat in the arm of Exel. He looked at Archie sharply more than before. He felt humbled in front of Exel when Archie expressed doubts about Vermillion's ability, which he also included, just as the seven newly arrived figures, Bode and Zach, were not there. On the other hand Bode also felt humiliated, he stomped his Pine stick to the floor.

But Exel immediately raised his hand. He told them all to calm down. Then smile at Archie.

"You don't have to worry about that, just do your job and I take care of the rest" accidentally Exel opened up a little bit of his Cloe flow that had a big impact. The wind blew in all directions from where it stood, breaking every glass on the table, chandeliers and even lights, making the room dark all of a sudden.

Exel who just opened the Cloe flow a little bit jolted everyone there, everyone who was there, even Qwenza shivered feeling the pressure of Cloe so intense that Bode felt his four legs no longer had the strength to support his body, so did the other seven Vermillion whose bodies trembled as he sensed Exel's Cloe.

Archie tried to stay calm even though the strokes on his face showed otherwise. The room came back bright as Exel restored everything to its original state. Exel smiled apologetically at all of them, saying that he had accidentally done so. Archie did not reply, instead he turned around.

"Well then, I have to go back before they realize my departure" Archie said as he stepped towards the door, then stopped as his hand opened it.

"Tell my regards if you meet my father in Akiba, it would be nice if his visit to Akiba was a one-way trip" he said, stepping out of the room.

Exel stayed in place for a long time. Then he looked at Bode. The Centaurus bent one of its front legs and then looked down deeply.

"Supervise him." he said slowly, Bode nodded in understanding. Exel turned towards the other Vermillion.

"We will infiltrate the Elf Kingdom soon, so prepare yourself" he said in the same tone, then he looked at Qwenza who was standing not far from him.

Exel stepped slowly towards the woman. Qwenza looked at him, he was clearly taller than Exel, while Exel was only on his shoulders. Slowly he said.

"I leave the problems in Akiba to you" Exel said. Then he looked straight at the fireplace that was burning wildly.

"I do not accept failure for this one, bring the dragon before me" he said again with a sharp whisper. Qwenza looked at it seriously then nodded in understanding. The girl stepped away, her main goal was Akiba.

***

"So, they just left?" lian asked Kevin, who was standing not far from his desk. Sitting behind his desk in Aldrich's room, Kevin comes to the front to inform him of the departure of the Division Captains delivering an apology letter to the nobility regarding the bad events at the festival.

Kevin, as usual, was wearing his robe, his head covered in a cloak he never took off. As a royal adviser, Kevin does not talk too much, he is the type of thinker who prefers to see and analyze before determining the movement. But now the face of the Third Division Captain looks grim. Lian who knew about it immediately asked, but Kevin said that he was okay.

"I was just thinking about the attack" he said later.

"I thought that it wouldn't be the only attack, there were strange things that I didn't really understand"

Lian was silent at her desk. He put his hands together, used them as a support for his head on the table. He seems to think. He didn't blame Kevin's suspicions, because he himself thought so.

"I have one wish." said the third Aldrich suddenly. Kevin looked at her with a questionable face. He knew Lian was not the type to ask for something if she could do it herself, because it was something she asked for it was definitely not an easy thing.

"Can you go to the Elf Kingdom for me?"

Kevin's eyes are perfectly rounded. His eyebrows shot up forming a puzzled look at Lian's request.

"What are you asking me for?"

Lian fixed her sitting position which was now leaning on the chair. He repeated his words, but he still saw the confusion on Kevin's face.

"I know my request is hard enough, but no one I know can go there undetected but you"

"I'm sorry before." replied Kevin who then sighed before continuing.

"Are you crazy? you know what I am and now you're asking me to dig my own grave?" Kevin never thought, the Elf Kingdom is the only place he would never visit again in his lifetime. But now the man with glasses in front of him asked him to go there.

Lian did not answer, instead she pulled one of the drawers under her desk. He took out a large brown envelope and handed it to Kevin.

"I wish you'd do it, consider it a secret mission, you'd know what to do there after reading it" Lian said, raising her chin to the envelope Kevin had received. While the hooded man looked at him doubtfully, he had a million reasons to reject him but Kevin abandoned his intentions.

"You'll get my answer when I'm done reading it" Kevin said. Lian nodded in understanding. After that Kevin said goodbye to leave right when the door of the room swung open revealing the figure of Udzaa who stepped in.

"Oh morning." said Udzaa to both. Kevin replied to her briefly then stepped away.

"What's wrong with her? why was his face upset like that" Udzaa asked Lian who sounded more like a grunt. Lian smiled briefly as she shrugged her shoulders, then resumed her work with a pile of parchment on her desk.

"Thank you for coming, there's some work you need to finish today" Lian told Udzaa without turning her face away from the parchment in her hand. Udzaa looked at him questioningly.

"I've put it on your desk" pointed Lian at the table in the corner of the room where there are several parchment piles on top.

"God so much, what the fuck are these fuckin' parchments" said Udzaa who stepped up to his desk. There were at least three large piles of parchment that now filled his desk. Lian explained about the parchment she had to sign, some of which were reports from each Division.

"As the fourth Aldrich you are in charge of the nine Divisions, it is only natural that they report to you" explained Lian, Udzaa swore at his desk in annoyance, he sat down and checked all the parchments. Lian threw a bottle of ink from her desk at Udzaa who seemed to have run out of ink.

That morning Aldrich's room was bustling with Udzaa complaints coming out of his mouth as he examined the parchment. Lian chuckled a few times, throwing a mockery about Udzaa not particularly fond of reading. Aldrich's fourth voice grew louder as he broke his pen for the fifth time this morning.

"Arghhh!! if this continues I can go crazy" the mood is unclear, even so he still grabbed another pen from Nia's empty table.

A few hours later Udzaa returned to his voice, cheering happily as he finished his final parchment. He stretched his body in the chair, sighing in relief. Lian watched him from behind the book she was reading.

"The report from the hospital was the last one" finally"

Lian looked up from behind her book.

"Hoo is done? good, so you can start finishing the rest" Lian said, pointing to another pile of parchment on Aldrich's first table. Udzaa glared at the horror until Lian laughed.

"I'm kidding." Lian laughed as she closed the book. Udzaa's face made him ticklish.

Lian immediately turned the conversation in another direction. He asked about Noey's current condition. Udzaa said that Noey was fine even though he was not fully aware until now.

"That's what this hospital report says" he said, re-examining his last parchment.

"I've never seen Brother Noey lose a fight, this is the heaviest blow we've ever received" said Lian slowly, he stared at the book cover in his hand without interest, while Udzaa just fell silent in his place.

"Do you remember what I asked you yesterday?"

Udzaa moved in her seat, trying to cover up her discomfort, but Lian saw that. He smiled, still staring at the cover of the book he was holding.

"I know you realize the same thing as me, the underlying reason for the attack" Lian said. He tried to make his words as good as he could.

"If we only knew who we were dealing with, maybe we could prevent something bad from happening"

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about" Udzaa said quickly, but Lian caught a doubtful tone there. Udzaa got up from his seat.

"Because my task is done I want to take a walk for a while" he said as he stepped towards the door, but Lian again made a sound right when he touched the doorknob.

"While the colors are different, I can still recognize the fog" Lian said, referring to the technique the attackers used to escape that night.

"It's not a technique that's easy to imitate" he said again, watching the door close, leaving a silence to cover himself.

***

Kevin had just finished reading the parchment from the large envelope Lian had given him. He placed the parchment on the table slightly rough, sighing heavily while leaning on his chair. He looked at the ceiling of the room while glaring. Now he is in his study at the same time his room. Unlike the fourth Aldrich and some of his friends who had flats outside the castle, he himself lived in one of the rooms available in the castle. The room was not very large, there was only one bed and one table and chair where he was sitting now. The entire room was white with no other extra ornaments that he thought could help him think calmly. But it seems to have no effect at this time.

Kevin sighed again, he did not stop thinking. Obviously Lian understood why she did not want to visit the Elf kingdom, but once again she also realized that only she could do it. The Elf Kingdom, which although had been in peace with the human race since the great war, did not make them open up from the outside world. No one can get in there without going through a strict inspection which is not really a big deal for him, he could easily get through it just that the only thing that made him unable to do that was the fact about him that the Elves would obviously never like, even more than their dislike of other races.

Kevin glanced at the parchment on the table, then closed his eyes.

"The situation is really bad" he murmured. After reading the parchment then he understood why Lian asked him to do this. The massive attack that occurred the other day made the third Aldrich had to do something. Kevin justifies how dangerous the attack was, and now Lian has a clue to find out the identity and reason of the attackers who might do even crazier things.

Kevin tries to remember his past, which he cannot remember clearly. Just like his other friends, he was a victim of war. The great war that occurred first, made many casualties, not least his parents. As far as he can remember, he had been with his friends at the Jeanne Light Cracker guild for a long time, perhaps being one of the first to join. Since then he and his friends have moved to spread peace in order to stop the war, recruiting everyone who has the same view as them for a better future.

Kevin stared at the small wooden board on his bed while thinking. The wooden board is brown, the size is no more than 1 meter, contains many wooden pieces on it. People call it magic chess even though the real name is Ygdrachma, an ancient game that requires skill to think fast, players must determine a strategy to defeat the opposing pieces, finish off his king piece and finally win the game. Kevin often uses it to make a strategy in actual combat, his favorite strategy is to attack every corner of the opponent's defense, he said, breaking apart the opponent's pieces to withstand each attack he gave until finally leveling all the opposing pieces with a large wave of attacks.

Kevin was upset that he could not apply that strategy to this condition. His opponent now had a pawn that he had never seen, it would be very detrimental to attack without knowing what the opponent's piece would do. What if the opponent's piece is stronger than his? Or are they more numerous than their own chests?. Kevin groaned in frustration.

The only way was to find out the opponent's piece and learn the pattern of his attacks, that way he would have time to compile the next move.

"Defendeo" he said softly on the game board. His pieces moved magically, making a formation that jutted backwards, widening the distance between them and the opposing pieces. The formation formed a huge defense, focusing all the attention of the pawn on the king piece, the largest piece with the form of a sword knight. Leaving a small group in the front without protection.

Kevin looked at the small group. His position is more ahead practically makes them easily destroyed pieces of attack opponents from all directions. But give time for the other pieces behind him to learn the pattern of the opponent's attack, which may be obtained with a small group sacrifice in front of him.

Kevin sighed again, he raised his gaze to the ceiling of the room. Leaning his head to the base of the back of his chair, making his head look up. He closed his eyes thinking unconsciously that his sitting position made his hood fall, revealing his pearl-white face clearly, the pointed ears of the Elf race and his long dark hair, seal his destiny as a Half-Elf.

***

The common ward on the second floor of the hospital looked silent at this moment. Some healers focus more on the corridor 'Luka Gawat' where their abilities are needed more.

Inside the general ward itself was only a little girl one of the beds there. Even so the look on the girl's face showed uneasiness in her sleep, cold sweat pouring down her pretty face, drenching the bandage on her forehead. Then suddenly his eyes opened, revealing a storm-colored gray pearl staring from behind his eyelids.

The girl nodded, flinched by something. Maybe dreaming. He tried to get up from his sleeping position but was restrained by the pain all over his body. He grimaced around, trying to figure out where he was at the moment.

With great difficulty he managed to get up, positioning himself to sit on the comfortable bed. For a long time he had never felt how comfortable a bed was, even though the pain in his body he never expected.

The last thing he remembered was the explosion, the shattered cliffs and his body that slid down with the rubble of the rock. The rest he doesn't remember. What happened after that, did he die?.

But the girl was convinced that she was not dead, never had she heard before that the world after death looked like a hospital.

The girl tried to control herself. He had not been able to feel both of his legs, his recovery had never been this long. He heard some noise from outside the room, a few taps of the hammer from quite a distance away, as well as some people chatter about renovations or so on.

He had not been able to control his Cloe normally, he felt weak, his head swirling making his eyes unfocused. He could still feel the wounds on his body, throbbing pain. He did not understand, his body's ability to recuperate dropped to the lowest level.

"Current"

While the girl was still silent, someone entered the room through the window, making her shocked. He was not even aware of the presence of the figure until the last moment.

"Ah you are conscious." said the figure, jumping in from the window frame and then standing on the side of the bed.

"There's no need to look at me like that, I don't blame you for being surprised" the figure said.

"My name is Jose"

The white-blasted girl stared at the figure who introduced herself. Jose himself just looked back at him casually.

"Alright if you don't want to say your name" Jose said later, pulling a chair from the other end of the room next to the girl's bed. Sitting there staring at the foreign girl he saved last night questioningly.

Jose wasn't an expert at interrogating, although he had no intention of interrogating, he just wanted to find out who the girl he saved last night was. The state of Edenteria is currently still in a state of alert due to the attack a few days ago, the security status set is now at the highest level since Edenteria was first built, it said, this makes everyone and Jose himself increase his vigilance on everything, including foreigners who suddenly he found under the ruins of the cliff.

In this case Jose is trying to start a good 'approach', as they usually do. They, members of the Jeanne Light Cracker guild, agreed to treat all who came to Edenteria well, no matter their race or where they came from, they will always be accepted with peace in this kingdom. Then with that reason Jose again asked in a soft voice, which he was actually reluctant to use. Others would mock him if they heard his current tone.

"I brought you here" said Jose. He paused for a moment to see the reaction of his interlocutor, but the girl in front of him showed no interest at all. This is enough to offend him a little. Is there no thank you or something like that?. Jose grumbled in his heart.

"I found you under the rubble, Miss Frans said maybe you've been there all day"

"How did you get there?" Jose asked.

The white-blasted girl fluttered. Not answering, not even a little show a response to Jose's words. He fell silent without a sound, staring at his interlocking fingers. Both of Jose's brows twitched in annoyance, he was already willing to be kind, soft-spoken which was not his style. If only he could make sure that the girl in front of him was the enemy, he wouldn't be this kind of kind.

"Hey, can you talk? I just wanted to ask who you are, at least tell me a name.."

"Ryuu.."

Jose stopped when suddenly the girl spoke. His voice sounded hoarse, sounding like he was forcing himself to talk when his throat was stuck in something. Rather than that, Jose felt no hostility in the girl's voice.

***

"Ryuu.."

Finally he managed to speak after trying hard to move his tongue that was muddled since he woke up, although the sound that came out sounded nothing more than the voice of a frog, he said, at least he could answer the question of the girl next to him who looked strange in his eyes. How the girl forced to tie her short hair, making her look like a pineapple.

"Ah okay,.." Jose confirmed his sitting position.

"So, Ryuu how did you get under those ruins?"

Ryuu, the white-robed girl fell silent again. Not without reason, his entire senses were in turmoil, even he had to try hard to say his name. There was something sala on his dry throat, the harder he tried to talk the more his throat hurt. He did not understand, even his body that had the ability to recuperate in a short time did not work as it should.

Ryuu again tried to let out his voice right as the door of the room opened. They both turned their heads and found a blonde girl stepping in with a wooden glass in her hand.

"Ah, are you conscious?" said the blonde girl when she saw Ryuu. Then turned his gaze towards the pineapple girl who was sitting not far from Ryuu's bed.

"Jose? how did you get here?" tanyakanya.

The pineapple girl, Jose, stood up from her chair.

"I just wanted to make sure everything was okay, sorry but I came through the window" Jose explained as he glanced at the open window behind him.

The blonde girl approached them. He placed the wooden glass he brought on the table beside the bed, patted Ryuu on the top of his head and smiled. Ryuu himself did not like what the blonde girl did to him, under normal circumstances he would regard any physical contact as an attack, but his current state did not allow him to say that.

"You look fine" said the blonde girl, still in her smile. Ryuu looked at her sharply, how could the girl say that she was fine while all her senses were being muddled. But the blond girl ignored the sharp glare Ryuu threw, instead she turned her eyes towards Jose.

"Jose, I'm sorry, but can I ask you to tell my sister something?"

Jose shrugged his shoulders.

"Yes, of course, what am I supposed to say?" said lightly.

"Let's just say that the RoutRabbitt grill is ripe, I'll take it to Poppy's place, she can meet me there" said the blonde girl.

"All right, I'll tell you"

The blonde girl smiled warmly.

"Thank you Jose, you're so nice"

Then after that Jose stepped away leaving the room, leaving Ryuu alone with the blonde girl who stared at Jose's back and disappeared from behind the door. Ryuu narrowed his eyes, looking at the back of the blonde girl before him, he knew very well that asking the pineapple girl to deliver a message was a reason he made the blonde girl have a chance to be alone with Ryuu. He does not understand what the reason behind his lie is, but whatever it is he must be vigilant.

Ryuu tries as hard as he can to control his Cloe so he can prepare for the worst case scenario. But no matter how he tried, he still could not control it, the flow of Cloe chaotic. While Ryuu was trying, the blonde girl turned her body to face Ryuu then smiled.

"What about your body? your wound was quite serious before, I assume it was a wound from a magic explosion, I can still feel the effects of that magic on your body last night. Therefore I was forced to use a special potion to neutralize it" said the blonde. He stepped towards the window from where the pineapple girl had come, he stuck his head out the window, looked around, making sure of something.

Ryuu did not relax his vigilance. One thing has been proven to be true, that blonde girl took care of him ever since he was brought to this place, and saw his current clothes which were much different from the ones he was wearing before, he said, Ryuu had been convinced that it was the girl who had changed her clothes, including her headband. Ryuu growled without even making a single sound, the girl probably already knew about Ryuu's true identity.

"Look at you who are already quite excited." said the blonde girl after she turned her head, smiling at Ryuu who was still looking at her sharply. Ryuu was sure the girl saw both her hands clenched tightly over her white blanket. But the girl showed no strange reaction to him, instead she turned her eyes again out the window.

"I think the potion worked well, but I'm sorry, it made all the magic activity in your body disappear for a while, the side effects could mess up your Cloe flow, then your body's recovery might not be as fast as usual, sorry"

Ryuu's gaze grew sharper, the girl knew about his body's ability to recuperate quickly. It was no longer undeniable, the blonde girl knew everything about her. Ryuu strengthened his resolve, his Cloe still could not be controlled, but slowly he could feel his five senses strengthening. At least he could protect himself with his physical strength in anticipation of the worst.

"You have beautiful eyes." said the blonde girl who suddenly confused Ryuu, all the plans he thought in his head seemed to be swept away. He looked at the blonde girl in confusion. Ryuu did not find any lies in his tone, the blond girl's blue eyes looked pure, looking straight into his eyes.

"You're beautiful too, I'm afraid my brother will 'like you'.." Ryuu glared, making his two stormy gray eyes even clearer.

"No-no.." the blonde girl shook her head quickly, Ryuu still looked at her confusedly.

"I'm not going to let him 'like you' because I'm the only person he has to 'like' in this world" he said with a chuckle. A second later, he was surprised.

"Gosh, I almost forgot" he said quickly.

Ryuu was still confused by the girl's words. Likey? What does he mean, he does not understand, or whether he is just being confused, but Ryuu does not find any lies from the girl's talk. He looked at the girl again who looked like he was talking to someone who wasn't there. Ryuu watched her so keenly that the girl realized she was being noticed, then turned her head and smiled.

"I think it's time" he said as he stepped closer to Ryuu who was still on guard. Ryuu clenched his hands firmly, intending to throw a surprise punch when they were close enough, but the blonde girl was faster, no, Ryuu himself was unable to move his hand, and it's not without reason.

The blonde girl gently touched Ryuu's shoulder, making him feel a strange sensation radiating from his shoulder. Not stopping there, the biggest reason why Ryuu could not deliver the punch he had planned was because his hand was not the hand he was familiar with.

Either his eyes are blurred or indeed his hands are now pounding strangely. Ryuu looked at the blonde girl in front of him and was surprised when the blonde girl also came pounding, as well as her body of money seemed to dissolve in gray which looked like fog. Ryuu almost jumped when he realized that it was not because of his blurred vision, but the bodies of the two of them that melted into fog, had no mass, had no form, had no form, the perfect shape of a gray mist that quickly turns white.

As Ryuu was digesting what was going on, his body felt forcefully pulled by an invisible hook. Pulling it from the bed, passing through the window and flying in the wind.

***

Frans glanced at the white-blasted girl behind him, her hands tightly grasping the girl in the mist. Ryuu's pale face turned even paler under the fog, almost looking like an undead. Frans did not blame him, more or less that is the expression that will be shown every person who first felt the journey of fog. Want to not want him to giggle amused.

The two of them, Frans and the white-blossomed girl, Ryuu, are now floating in the mist above the Edenterian sky. Going away from the hospital, the destination is Poppy's cabin outside the royal walls. He deliberately pulled Ryuu away with the fog so that no one would see them, it would be quite troublesome if anyone knew. All due to Ryuu's sudden presence after the attack that night. From what he saw from Jose's gaze when he was in public, Frans was pretty sure the white girl was being watched. Frans did not blame Jose, the vice-captain of the Fourth Division was just carrying out his duties, moreover Edenteria security protocol was at the highest level, it was natural that Jose was a little suspicious of Ryuu's appearance.

Frans glanced at Ryuu from the corner of her eyes, the girl was seen putting on a confused face that could not be interpreted, but a line of vigilance was still printed clearly there. He understood that feeling, as someone who woke up in a foreign place is commonplace if putting suspicion in every place. Moreover, the fact about his true identity, the former Frans will also do the exact same thing. Thinking about it made Frans remember his past a little. Come to think of it, Ryuu looks similar to him 16 years ago.

On the other hand, Ryuu who was still unable to digest the thing that was going on was staring at the expanse of buildings below him. Is he floating? fly off? He did not know how to process this accident, now he was completely white fog that shot like the wind through many buildings below him.

The blond girl holding her hand now, Frans, was also in the same position as her, she was the white mist she was now, especially Frans was the one who pulled her flying somewhere. This body of fog felt weaker than his old body, Ryuu could not even feel his own body whose existence turned into a fog-like substance that had no weight and mass. This made him frustrated when the thought of him who could not return to his original form just flashed in his head. Or the thought of it will come out of that white mist and blast off into the ground from this height. All that, he did not know the answer, all he could do at this time was just to hold the hand of the blonde girl in front of him.

Frans gave a small smile as he felt his hand being squeezed by that small hand. He shifted his eyes elsewhere. They had made it through the wall and the main gate that was still under renovation, now they were darting through the forest, Frans lowered their height, darting among the big trees, turning away from some of the tendrils of the plant, and then they turned away, then it shot back into the high sky only to dart back down with a frightening maneuver, making Ryuu's hand grip even tighter.

Much deeper into the forest, Frans had seen a tree larger than any other, standing with lush foliage just in the middle of the forest, the swaths of medicinal plants around it neatly arranged. Frans darted down, landing seamlessly between swaths of white radish and forest wine. After confirming the ground was just below his feet, he released the mist from his body, as well as Ryuu's body.

Ryuu who had realized that he was back in his body who had originally breathed a sigh of relief, but the sweat on his face showed how he would not be able to forget the incident. Frans took off his hand at Ryuu who, despite returning to the ground, looked twice as weak as before. Frans sees the girl's legs as if she can't hold her own weight, but Ryuu tries to control himself. With his body covered in cold sweat he looked at Frans who was standing right in front of him.

“What yes-what you did to me” Ryuu can finally talk normally, but his breathing is still heavy after getting the experience of flying.

Frans smiled.

“Sorry, but I don't want anyone to know that you're going with me” he said calmly, but Ryuu didn't accept it, the white girl clenched her hand trying to hit Frans right but she held it down as Frans raised her hand.

“I understand how you feel right now, but I just want to help you, I don't intend to do anything, I just want to talk” she said, Ryuu doesn't want to believe it, there were already many things in this world that did not deserve her trust, but even a little Ryuu did not find the tone of lies in the voice of the blonde girl.

While Ryuu was speculating with his own mind someone appeared from behind the door of a large tree not far away.

“Can you guys not make a fuss in this place, I won't let you spoil the tranquility of this forest, moreover disturb the white radish that little harvest” Poppy, even more, the pink-blossomed girl who was Frans' partner and her brother appeared from behind her door. She was wearing a white dress wrapped in the same colored nightgown.

Frans turned his head towards Poppy, greeting her then without consent pulled Ryuu's hand to get closer. The two of them walked past a patch of medicinal plants in Poppy's courtyard, up to the brothel of the large tree house. Poppy, who was standing at the door, looked at Frans at first, but immediately turned her gaze toward the other figure next to her.

“Jeez, are you kidding?” he asked in disbelief towards Frans.

“As usual Poppy, you have a keen instinct” Frans replied with a smile.

***

Poppy cottage is located deep in the forest, but still within the borders of the Edenteria region. Technically, Poppy's cottage was a large tree that was converted into a residence by her. Actually, as an Aldrich, Udzaa had offered a place in Edenteria to Poppy, but the girl refused, saying she did not like being in the noisy kingdom. And therefore Poppy prefers to stay in her lodge now.

Poppy is a Pharmacist, someone who has the ability to cultivate various potions. His abilities were on the same level as Frans as a healer. Poppy therefore served as a private healer for the fourth Aldrich and his sister, although they were both able to get medical treatment from other healers such as Meiza and Kiruru, but there are some things from them that others do not want to know, something that might be electrifying Edenteria, even the central kingdom of Akiba though.

“I never thought this would happen” Poppy said in disbelief. He stepped from his desk towards the two girls who are his guests at this time. Frans smiled at her seat, while Ryuu did not show any expression, instead the white-blossomed girl seemed to increase her vigilance.

Poppy stared intensely at Ryuu after putting two glasses of potions on the table.

“You, that look of yours, isn't that disrespectful?” poppy said in a dislike tone.

Ryuu did not even stop his sharp and probing gaze, he would not want to lower his defense that easily. Poppy sighed while stirring another glass with a wooden spoon.

“Oh whatever,.” Said Poppy relented, then thrust the geas she held before Ryuu.

“Drink, you will feel better” he said, but seeing Ryuu who just stared at the glass in front of him suspiciously made Poppy slightly offended.

“You think I mixed it with poison? oh I can't believe” said Poppy, rising from her seat, Frans just smiling clumsyly in her chair.

“I have hundreds of ways to kill a child like you, but I won't do it” Poppy said, looking back at Ryuu who was still staring at him with his gray bead.

“Oh forget it, I will really kill you” said Poppy annoyed, but clearly it was just a joke that came from her annoyance. Frans quickly took over.

“Your name is Ryuu not?” Frans looked at the white-blossomed girl as Poppy blabbed behind her while pounding something for her potion.

“I heard you say it to Jose” Ryuu did not answer, instead he looked at Frans sharply. The club bead was like a storm against Frans' sky bead.

Frans sighed. He didn't believe it, but maybe he had that attitude as well. All the children of the heavens have such arrogance. Frans couldn't even imagine how Udzaa could hang on with him who had this kind of annoying attitude back then. Frans massaged his forehead, he sighed before finally returning to talk.

“Alright, I'll make it easy” Frans said, thinking he could say something before his brother came. Ryuu looks unconcerned, but Frans also does not care about the indifference of the girl, in short he begins to get upset. But he tried to calm himself.

"def serouth sky larc en ciel”

Ryuu's eyes widened, no more suspicious radiance from the gray bead, instead the pupils of the eye signaled a tremendous shock. The blond girl's last words came out as a clanking of bells, at least that was what an ordinary person would hear, but to Ryuu they were very clear words, sounding like the unity of the voice of the sky. Calm, rumbling, at the same time containing an emotion that no ordinary person can understand. Ryuu understood, the blonde girl said something in a different language, which of course was also understood by him, moreover the meaning of those words, words that had long been embedded in Ryuu's memories as a child, even before he could talk.

“Who are you really?” the question just popped out of Ryuu's mouth.

Frans smiled.

“It looks like you understand what I'm talking about, I'm glad to know it” said Frans who now smiles in relief. Poppy joined their table at that time while putting another glass in front of Ryuu, then took the first glass that she had thrust before.

“This special herb, must be drunk immediately or the efficacy will disappear before it can be absorbed by your body” said Poppy, Ryuu who was still surprised to look at Poppy but not with a sharp gaze like before, except the same confused look.

“The effect of this potion only works on Frans, but if you understand the scary bell-clattering sound he makes, I think it will also work on you”.

Ryuu looked at Frans once more, who stared back at him were soft blue eyes and as calm as the summer sky. Warm.

“Minum” says Frans brief.

With a slow motion, Ryuu raised the glass in his hand, staring at the white liquid inside. He hesitantly directed it, drank it, and spent it in one gulp. A pleasant feeling like it was flowing down her throat, warming her body, making her feel much better than before. A second later Ryuu felt his body strengthen, he no longer felt pain due to injuries on his body, his head stopped spinning, his senses sharpened, even his Cloe flow slowly flowed normally like a tributary.

Ryuu raised his eyes, the gray bead twinkling, showing his new strength, confirming that the great storm within was now roiling strongly. Ryuu looked at Frans and Poppy in turn, his face was back in color, his cheeks were red, a warmth he felt in his heart, and in a moment he felt at home, sitting with his father and mother in front of the fireplace, laughing happily as a whole family. Without him realizing the bead of his club looks brighter, the storm that raged all this time has stopped, turned into a cloudy cloud that hangs in the sky, until soon it rains.

Ryuu crying.

***

"You okay?"

Frans' voice made Ryuu aware. He tried to control himself, both of his cheeks wet with tears. He didn't understand what had just happened, he just cried. Immediately she wiped her tears and looked at Frans who was smiling at her.

"What should that be?"

"Looking at your reaction, I think the ingredients worked" Frans turned to Poppy sitting right next to him.

"Since he can understand the sound of your bell, I'm sure the potion will work" replied Poppy who stood up from her seat, picking up an empty glass on the table.

"And don't do that anymore, I really don't like it"

Frans chuckled as Poppy annoyedly looked at him, then passed away carrying empty glasses in her hands. But realizing Ryuu was still looking at her in confusion, Frans immediately said.

"I think your Cloe's normal.."

Ryuu did not answer, even though he confirmed it in his heart. Her Cloe flow was normal, even her whole senses were back. He can hear and smell everything around him within a radius of 1 kilometer. He could also feel that his wounds were closing rapidly under the bandage on his body. Yeah, he's back fresh. Even much better than before, his shoulders were so light. Although of course he still does not understand.

"Who are you really?" the question just came out of his mouth. But it seemed like the blonde girl in front of him had expected that he would ask that.

"You can definitely feel it now" Frans replied casually, at which time Poppy had returned to the table with two glasses of her own Amonte.

Ryuu doesn't understand, but as he tries to expand his detection, his Cloe evaporates out of his body, forming an invisible dome that envelops him as the center. The sides of the dome continued to move away from its center, widening in all directions. Slowly the dome came to where Poppy was sitting, the pink-browed girl certainly did not feel it, but Ryuu could feel the flow of Poppy's Cloe as she entered the range of the dome.

It's a basic technique, anyone can do it. Make them wary of every life form around them. It works similarly to radar, which is able to detect any Cloe activity within a certain radius, even if they are hidden though.

However Ryuu was born with a different talent, his 'radar' could reach a vast distance, exceeding the distance an ordinary human could reach. It's just that since he woke up a few hours ago, his chaotic flow of Cloe made him unable to detect anything, and that's what made him put his vigilance at the highest level. But now, when his Cloe has returned, he starts activating this radar again.

Ryuu can feel Poppy's Cloe, flowing quietly like a small river. Surprised, Poppy's Cloe is large enough for a human. It is rare for Ryuu to meet a human with a Cloe capacity of this size. But Ryuu is aware of the vastness of the world, and maybe this could happen. In this corner of the world there must be some people who are born with natural talents that make the Cloe capacity they have quite large.

But a second later, Ryuu was shocked. His eyes widened as if to get out of their sockets when the detection dome began to widen until it reached Frans' place.

Ryuu doesn't know how he processes this. Poppy's Cloe capacity can still be tolerated. Frans is much different.

Ryuu looked at the blonde girl. Frans who felt something at Ryuu who suddenly looked at her only smiled back. Instead of Ryuu, his hand reflexively covered his mouth that was wide open in shock. He could feel Frans's Cloe flow.

If Poppy's Cloe flows like a river, Frans' Cloe feels like an ocean. The stormy sea, thundering like lightning, overflowed like waves. Almost like his. No, even more than him.

Ryuu does not believe what he feels, Cloe Frans's capacity is greater than his own. He didn't mean to say he had great power, but Frans' Cloe was really far beyond the average human Cloe.

This was no longer a realm that humans could reach.

"Who are you..!??"

Poppy glanced at Frans. Judging from her expression, it seemed like the pink girl had expected something like this to happen. While Frans just smiled as usual in response to Ryuu's question in his shock. Ryuu subconsciously moved back from his chair, looking like he did not want to be closer to the blonde girl in front of him. That's when Frans stood up.

"We haven't met before, so allow me to introduce myself.."

"My name is Fransiska, Captain of Division Nine, the most powerful user of solid light elements here, and coincidentally.."

Frans drew his smile even wider, his hands forming a 'V' gesture with two fingers.

"I am the daughter of the Heavenly Dragon Leoiska"

"It's good to know you Ryuu" Frans' last words came out as a bell clatter that made Ryuu even more surprised.

"The Sky Dragon Princess Lumiere"

***