The Guardian: The Elementalist

The God's Fortress

Some soldiers directly intercepted Alesse. "Who are you? Why come here?" ask the soldier firmly. "Isn't he still a child? Why are you on the battlefield?" whispered one of the soldiers.

"It looks like a girl! Should I report to the captain?" whispered another soldier.

They seemed confused about what to do while Alesse was impatient. "I want to meet your captain" said Alesse.

The thought of the soldiers went wild. "Did? You want to tease our captain? Don't tell me you're from the enemy!" said one of the soldiers while pointing his sword at Alesse.

Alesse raised his hand. "Then, please check, I don't carry any weapons" Alesse said.

"Hey, Alesse! What are you doing?" sandy asked, in the end the soldiers immediately surrounded the five of them.

"Who are you guys? Why did you come here together?" ask the soldier carefully.

"Yeah, forgive us! We are adventurers, we happen to pass through this region, we are about to report that we are not enemies" Kaa said.

"Hm! It's suspicious!" said one soldier. "We'd better get them to the captain. Let him decide to slaughter them all or not" said another soldier.

"That's right! The Captain is the Fortress of the Living God of War! He could decide wisely!" shouted one of the soldiers.

Alesse also felt familiar with the nickname, he immediately opened a dull book on his phone.

"What's Alesse? What did you find?" tanya Kaa was curious. "I suspected! The Living Fortress of the War God, this is the nickname of one of the fairy tale figures in my dull book!" Alesse.

"Eh? Why is there a fairy tale in a dull book? How strange!" kaa. "Well? Keep on filling what? Is it different from yours?" ask Alesse.

"Very different! Mine contains instructions for living my life, it also contains solutions that can be offered to the big problems I face, although not all problems," Kaa said.

"Hey, what are you two talking about? Why whispering?" salsha asked in astonishment. "It's nothing" Kaa said with a friendly smile.

Finally, the five children's hands were tied and led to a large tent. They were bowed before a chair covered by a curtain. A man seemed to be sitting on the chair but it was apparently vague due to the dim light of the tent and the curtains covering it.

"Captain, we found a group claiming to be adventurers, they asked permission to stop for their long journey" a soldier reported.

"So behind this curtain is the man dubbed as the Living Fortress of the God of War? I was curious!" alesse said in his heart.

"What's with alay's nickname? How disgusting! What was he so brave that he was nicknamed like that?" geni asked with amused feelings.

"He was recorded in my dull book! Just like you, you were also written in my dull book as the Legend of the Red Hoodie" Alesse said. "Well! Meaning this man also has the same face as you? Like us?" ask Geni.

"Of course, we're teenagers, not grown men. In my dull book I see sketches of adult men although vaguely his face, it does not seem to be similar! I can't imagine my body being filled with piles of muscles, it's really disgusting! it's awful!" Alesse.

Finally the man they were talking about stood up, he even started to open the curtain to check who was behind the curtain.

Sanay was instantly stunned to see his face, his face even suddenly reddened. "I didn't see it wrong, did I? She just blushed in embarrassment to see that guy!" alesse said in his heart.

"That's right! It seemed like he was completely stunned by the man's face. Why why?" ask Geni.

"I hope the girl can find a decent partner, even Sandy and Salsha are currently in love with each other.

"Sanay seems to like you" Geni said. "Unfortunately I'm not interested" Alesse said.

"Who are you interested in?" ask Geni. "None of them interested me" said Alesse.

"Maybe because it is not yet the time, everyone's thinking can change, as long as he is not principled to maintain that thinking" said Geni.

"Is it better that I be principled like that?" ask Alesse. "Don't, better let yourself flow as you are. Your personality is unstable. Today you look and sound ice-cold" Geni said.

"I don't even understand what you mean, you can feel the cold just by looking and hearing?" ask Alesse. "As far as you are! You don't seem to understand yet" Geni said.

"Hey! Alessie! Alessie! Be aware!" kaa said while shaking Alesse's back.

He also checked who was standing in front of him, apparently the man he was talking to Geni.

Suddenly the man was immediately surprised to see his face, but immediately maintained an attitude to look authoritative.

"Ehm! There were three boys and two girls apparently" the man said. "No captain, that's right three girls and two boys" one soldier said.

"It seems that only I realized that the child in front of me was a boy," the man said, eventually apologizing.

"Your assessment is very good, I am very impressed," said Alesse while upholding his body, he continued to expression flat, making the man frown.

"Ja... So, what business are you here for?" ask the man. "At this time we are lost, may we come with you to go to the kingdom?" ask Alesse.

"Ehm! I don't know, we don't even know if you're an intruder or not" the man said, gesturing at the soldiers.

Instantly they pointed their swords at Alesse. "Hey! What are you guys doing? Why accuse? Where's the evidence that we're intruders? We are ordinary adventurers!" sanay said he did not accept.

"Origin' at gunpoint before introductions, shouldn't you mention your name first?" ask Kaa.

"Alright, looks like we should be polite. Introduce, my name is Gord, satisfied?" ask the man.

"Well, it should be, introduce me too, my name is Kaa, then beside me this is Alesse, Sandy, Sanay, and Salsha" Kaa said.

"Your faces are very similar! Are you brothers?" ask Gord. "No, our relationship is just that of fellow adventurers" Kaa said.

It was then that Gord instantly beckoned his soldiers. Kaa and Alesse are separated from the other three children.

"Hey! Where are you taking Alesse?" ask Sanay. "It's none of your business! Hold them both and take them to the capital right now!" said Gord. Finally the soldiers quickly shackled Alesse and Kaa and loaded them into an iron-tested horse-drawn carriage. One of the soldiers got on the carriage and drove his horse to the kingdom.

"What are you really doing? Where'd you take Alesse?" ask Sanay. "Who? What do you care about? I thought your relationship was just adventurous" Gord said.

"Calm Sanay! For now, we should be quiet to make a plan. I think Alesse will be fine" Sandy said.

Finally, Sanay took a deep breath. Sandy took him out of the tent.

Unfortunately Sanay immediately turned around and walked up to Gord, even looking at him with a look of hatred. "What do you want? You should be thankful that I didn't shackle the three of you" Gord said.

Sanay immediately stomped on Gord's feet in annoyance and then left the tent. Gord groaned in pain while the soldiers went straight to him.

"What's going on, captain? You okay?" ask one of the soldiers. Gord immediately laughed.

"I was caught off guard, I thought she was just an ordinary girl, it turned out that she was a lightning Elementalist. Four times he stepped on my feet with his tiny feet, it turns out he also let out lightning. Truly an attractive girl" Gord said as he rubbed his charred legs.

"What did you just do, Sanay?" ask Sandy in astonishment. "It's nothing" said Sanay with a stale face.

Finally the three of them sat on a large rock, while the hot sun made them sweat even more.

"If only Levy was here!" salsha complained as she shook her hand.

Soon a soldier approached them while Sandy confronted him with alarm.

"The captain invited you to stay in our tent that was there" said the soldier, showing a tent that had stones built.

"Is it safe? You guys going there?" ask Sandy. "Argh! Better shade than sunbathing here!" salsha said annoyed, he immediately approached the tent without a second thought. Sandy and Sanay followed.

"Hm! It seems like the man is also good to provide a tent for us," said Sandy. "Well from where? He kidnapped Alesse loh! We don't even know where he is now" Sanay said.

"I think Alesse is fine there too" Sandy said.