The Journey of Eternity
Trail 31 - The Destruction Portal.
Arlo returned with a massive crossing along with the other troops. No one can recognize it, because Arlo's own artefact is much different from the army's. The time difference was also quite troublesome, before he was there the dark day became light, but now even the light became dark, and now it was completely dark.
The crossing is also quite different considering that Arlo had previously moved through a strange door in a cottage, but now it was sent outside the city which was further from the previous location point, but now it was sent outside the city, well as usual Arlo will complain along the way.
Because of his complaints and his chatter, to the extent that he did not hear anyone calling him. On the way, he had to return to the castle again and give the report as much as possible.
“Queen! I'm back, report's done. So what am I going to do now?” shouted Arlo who just entered the throne room of the castle.
“Ohh... good, we wait for the report from the general first..” the room is very quiet, no one was there except the Queen who sat alone on the stairs while doing her hobby ‘reading the old book.
A while waiting there, footsteps came from behind the door and slowly knocked on it, “Excuse me.” The door was slowly opened and the person behind it was General Khira.
“Sorry I am late Queen, there are some affairs” the sentence appeared after Khira approached and bent her knees before the Queen.
“No problem, the child is also new until” Ratu looks at the man standing beside Khira.
Khira smiled and greeted Arlo beside him, but then he immediately reported everything that happened on the battlefield, of course also Prince Arlo who was very helpful. The sentence was not taken as a pudjuan, and Arlo only threw his face at the man below.
“Good, indeed as expected. Report this to the whole army fighting, they get 20 days off from tomorrow, Dan Arlo! I don't know what else to do for you. Maybe tomorrow or the day after your wish can be fulfilled, now come back because you yourself are waiting for Miss. Disperse!”
Nodding and saying goodbye, they leave the room together then Khira brushes at Arlo and whispers something, making Arlo uncomfortable and his face strange.
“Nona? Is Mister getting married? Hihi.”
“What, of course have not seen! This face is too young to quickly marry” Arlo goes ahead of Khira.
“Hah? Ehh Wait”
Arlo stopped and stared intently at the man behind him, “Khira, I have a short business and maybe we don't see each other again, so can I go?”
“Ohh! I-I'm sorry, I'm bothering Prince Arlo, I'm leaving. Excuse me.” Khira lowered her head in fear and turned to walk in the opposite direction to Arlo.
“Hah? Prince..? Cih!”
...(----------------)...
A man walks through dark alleys without lighting. Somewhere the man stopped some distance from the room he was going to. Faintly visible shadows with long hair look like floating in front of the door. Surprised by it, he immediately ran up to her to make sure.
Until there he was more surprised by what he saw, apparently it was Miku and Bany who stood at the door and smiled at him.
“Welcome Mr. Arlo.”
“Yah.. Where's Miss?”
One of the girls smiled and pointed something towards the door with her index finger, giving an answer to Arlo's question. Then he immediately pushed open the door and went inside to meet someone. The door was still slightly opened, there was the sound of someone very familiar.
“Ehh is back? Welcome.” her voice is done when Arlo has fully opened that door.
“Well I'm back, Miss.."
A big smile was scratched on Arlo's lips and he could not bear to go to him immediately, sit next to him and ask many things. Slowly Arlo steps up in front of him and sits next to him. The girl smiled warmly and raised her hand right above Arlo's head, rubbing it in her hair like a pet.
“Arlo, can I ask you something.?”
“What?”
Eri looked seriously at the man in front of her and pulled back his hand on his lap.
“This may be a little important.
Arlo! I will raise my sword and fight with you for the next journey! What can.?”
Arlo did not wince, his eyes were shocked by what he had just heard. That sentence burns Arlo's childhood memories, his serious gaze is indeed a little different from the one he used to be.
...(----------------)...
The little Arlo was sitting under a big tree along with the little girl who was eating something in her hand. Arlo was only speechless to notice how sweet the girl was, the food she ate was not at all offered to Arlo and was just devouring her own, Arlo chuckled so lightly that the girl suddenly turned her head.
“Arlo? You... why?”
The girl's face lowered and frowns looking at Arlo with the rest of the food on her lips. Arlo took a handkerchief and rubbed it on the girl's lips to clean it.
“Ah.. Arlo, man,
Anu.. can you come tomorrow? I want to play sword with you and so on. What can.?”
“Medium? Well, of course.. I'll come and answer your invitation, right? Princess.” the warm smile on Arlo's lips tempted the girl to hug him warmly.
...(----------------)...
Arlo who just finished cleaning himself after almost three days of not bathing made Eri angry because of his smelly armpits. The girl got up from her seat and invited Arlo to dinner because the Queen seemed to have been waiting for them since last night, as promised last night with Eri. They immediately set off with the two girls trailing behind him and took another path to answer someone's call over Arlo.
Inside the dining room, the Queen was already waiting in her usual seat with the same old book she had always read. It seemed that he was alone, there was no one there including the King and his daughter.
“Ah.. Mom, where are the others?” Eri asked after he sat down at his place.
“Maybe tonight they didn't come, or I don't know. They themselves did not say so there is no need to wait”
“(They are both very close, Mother's call is enough.) Ehh!” Arlo is shoveled by Eri for no reason and leaves him confused.
The queen looked at the two children sitting right in front of her with a serious look unlike her base.
“Nona, have you said it and asked?”
“The answer is as usual, of course I can. Because he's already erased the rest inside me”
Arlo is confused by the conversation between the two of them which is getting heavier. That thin smile on the lips made Arlo feel scared and worried by the answer of the woman in front of him. Then, slowly the Queen explained to Arlo. Three afternoons here, Miss Eri has been practising combat and producing more results than Arlo herself. His swordplay was much more powerful than the Queen who taught him, although the Queen herself was not very well known to swordplay.
Arlo was not too surprised by the news, his smile gave quite an answer that he himself already knew what had happened to Miss Eri. Then the Queen says that there will be big things that will make Eri help Arlo on the next trip, although in fact Arlo also does not know what trip he means.
“Begini Arlo, I've had many stories since I first slept together with Miss. So he already knows enough information than you that's hard to negotiate"
“That's bad, all right. now tell me!”
What was surprising was that a new portal in the same place had appeared and had almost taken Miss Eri's life, but in the end the Queen and the King had cleared it. Another problem is that enormous energy capacity has been detected in the human world, especially in the region known as the Dangerous Crack and wreaked havoc there.
"So this you mean calling them both?" Arlo looked at the girl beside him.
"Well, they're loyal to you.."
Suddenly a clumsy foot rang out from the front of the door with the voices of the girl who looked pushy. Slowly the door was opened by a girl and looked at everyone inside.
"Both of you! what's the matter?"
"Sorry Queen, we're here because of Mr. Arlo's call." stood two people who were no strangers to them all, Ferdi and Sina.
"Hey Mom, you said there was going to be a new trip, right? tell them and explain with them too! You two go in.."
The queen sighed resignedly at the decision of the two of them after hearing the idea apparently from Eri. In the end the Queen explained everything as much detail as possible to the four people.
In essence, there has been direct news from the royal spies and reported to the Queen herself and to the King's approval as well. That area known as the Dangerous Crack has detected a very large energy vibration in a long period of time.
Their estimation was that there would be a huge movement by the demons as the region had experienced the cracks connecting the hell world. The point of location and destination is very far away and takes a long time to get there while the energy wave has moved around and damaged everything he touches.
"Then what effect does that energy have on me?"
"Arlo! once the energy range was wide enough, then the energy would slowly form a new portal. Given that the energy has been gathering for quite a while, our estimation is just that a huge portal will be in shape"
"Then where will they move?"
"Most likely that remote village is Arlo"
They were all shocked and gawked at the Queen's clear sentence that she did not hold back on this matter. Arlo himself does not believe if they will move that far.
"Arlo, if the village is destroyed, the link between the human and demon worlds will open forever and destabilize the order. If it gets bad, the destruction of both worlds could happen"
