Toxic Empress

Hold on for a little more

After finishing all business in Charise, Xena went to the tomb of Alina next to the tomb of the mother. Xena talked a lot about her, not forgetting that she introduced Xander and Xavier and decorated their tombs to make them more beautiful. Xena endured the overwhelming longing for her mother and twin sister. Now he had completed some of the grudges that caused both of their deaths.

After that, they left for the main headquarters because there were still many things they needed to do. The members of the revolutionary forces had gathered at the headquarters, their faces looking very happy after the Charise Empire was torn down. Now they together think of a solution and devise tactics against the Barbarian King. Xena stood on the podium of the hall, a magic tool attached to her collar that was useful as a loudspeaker.

Xena spoke seriously, everyone took it very carefully, here Xena gave a stern warning to the members of the revolutionary forces that their strength was still far below the strength of the Barbarian King's army. So, Xena warned them not to look for trouble until the day of the battle arrived. After speaking, they continued the discussion together, all the problems that occurred some time will slightly interfere with the development of the remaining kingdoms and empires.

“Laiv, use as best as possible the money supply that is in the treasure warehouse to provide assistance to the slaves. Then outside there is still some money and jewelry that I looted from Charise,” said Xena.

“How about our weapons supplies, Miss?” ask one member.

“Weapons will be taken care of by Carian and Floris, while for medicines will be taken care of by Klaus. You do not need to worry about it because it has been thought first by us core members.”

At the same time, a subordinate of Xena ran over from the direction of the entrance carrying a piece of paper in his hand. He gasped for air as he was forced to run from the main gate to show Xena the paper. It seemed that something crucial was written on the paper that the sender still did not know.

“Nona, no! I found this in front of the gate.” Xena's subordinate immediately handed the paper to Xena. Xena immediately opened the folds of the paper and read the writing on the surface of the paper.

“Give yourself to me or I will destroy everything that is precious to you.”

Xena crushes the paper with deep emotion, without being told she already knows who the sender of the letter is. Verden, the Demon King has not given up until now to take Xena back from Xander. Xena's heart was inflamed with anger, it was unbelievable that Verden sent her a threatening letter.

“Alright, we have our meeting today, there is something I need to do.”

Xena suddenly acted strangely, of course this became a question mark for those present in the meeting hall. However, they could not ask Xena, so they would rather obey Xena's orders than those who were in trouble.

“Xander, do you know where Verden's hideout is? The man seems very impatient,” grumbled Xena.

At that time Xander was spending time with Xavier, their focus was distracted by Xena's sudden arrival. Xander took Xena to sit down and asked her to calm down before speaking further. After Xena started to calm down. Xander began to ask what was going on.

“What's up? Why did you suddenly ask the location of Verden's headquarters?” xander asked in a soft voice.

“He sent me a threatening letter, try to take a look at this.” Xena handed Xander the crumpled paper. Indeed the contents of his letter were a serious threat, Xander himself knew that Verden never joked about the threat.

“Be calm, do not get too carried away by emotions, we can not attack it now because Verden's strength is still not comparable to our strength,” said Xander.

“True, Mom, what if something bad happens to Mom later? I'm just worried that if Verden does anything unexpected,” Xavier's timpole calms Xena down.

“How can I give birth to a child as handsome as you? Too bad you look like Xander,” Xena said.

 “Hey, what do you mean? Is it a problem if Xavier looks like me?” ask Xander with a flat face.

Xena glanced at Xander. “Of course it's a problem, I want Xavier to be like me because you're a cold guy and your face is always flat,” replied Xena.

“Looks like you need to be punished.” Xander prepared to pounce on Xena, but the girl had already taken cover behind Xavier's back.

“No! Protect Mother, Xavier! Don't let your father catch me.”

They also play each other chasing, Xavier always protects Xena from Xander who growls with anxiety due to Xena's behavior. They laughed together and forgot for a moment the full thought of the final battle. However, even though Xavier was now laughing, there was something else that shackled his heart.

‘My time in the world is just a little while longer, after that I will leave Father and Mother. I just hope the two of them can handle this matter well then after it's all over, I'll be born again as their child. Maybe later I do not have a happy memory like this, but I always ber’a for the happiness of Father and Mother,’ inner Xavier smiled behind the wound.

After being content to play around, they took a break, then suddenly Liam came with Laiv, Carian, Floris, Klaus, and Garvin. Behind him are Gia, Elinor, and Giselle.

“AYO WE PARTY TONIGHT!” exclaim Liam and Carian brought alcohol drinks.

“Party? What's up to the party?” ask Xander.

“You are very flat!” Xena pats Xander on the back. “Of course tonight we will party celebrating our success in freeing the slaves!”

The atmosphere of the headquarters momentarily became crowded, that night they partied while enjoying a relaxing time before a big storm came. They forget for a moment the anxiety that is inflamed in the heart, although the next opponent is difficult, but they try to be relaxed as usual. Then when the time showed at three in the morning, one by one of them began to tepar because of drunk. Xena was also unconscious again due to too much alcohol that she had gulped down earlier.

Xander slowly lifted Xena's body, he intended to bring Xena into the room to be immediately laid down. Not forgetting Xander peeked at Xena's forehead, he smiled at Xena's beautiful face that was sleeping.

“Arrhh, shit! Why now?”

Xander suddenly felt a pain in his heart. The pain he felt was unbearable, Xander had always been like this for some time because this was the effect of his strength starting to erode. Slowly Xander's chest seemed to be flanked by two large stones, the pain he felt in between the heart to the heart.

‘Not ... I must not be sick until I have defeated Verden .. I do not want to make Xena and Xavier anxious because of this disease. I beg ... hang on any minute ...’