
In front of Hanami was a handsome man with Ruby's red eyes the same as her but her left eye on the bandage, Hanami looked charmed with Zenova's good looks
Hanami awoke from the charm of Zenova, she stared at Zenova sharply she said
"What's your purpose in saving me" Hanami said in a serious tone
"Of course because you are a woman, as a man it is mandatory to save women" Zenova said in a flat tone
Hanami blushed to hear Zenova's words even though flat but Hanami felt she was a woman in front of Zenova
"No way!, your goal is definitely not that!" Shouted Hanami
"Hah~, you're pretty smart, 'yeah I'm here to protect you because our goals are the same" Zenova said
"Same goal? Whatchu mean? not everyone here the same goal is all to be the successor to the throne" said Hanami
"I know that, but your goal of becoming the heir to the throne is just to save your mother, right?" Zenova looked at Hanami
"Why do you know?" Hanami said in a brick in surprise
"Of course, I know the ins and outs of the matter from your family, you are a descendant of King Yuan himself , ' he said ,you don't want to be the heir to the throne yourself, but you're forced because your father kept your mother as an object for his children to become stronger and take this test" Zenova looked at Hanami even more surprised to see Zenova was very knowledgeable about her family's conflicts
"Yeah, I don't actually have any connection to any of this but I have a last request from someone" Zenova said
"Who?" Hanami
Zenova throws a pendant containing photos of Endarse and Hanami that look very familiar
"Endarse Pendant!?" Hanami was surprised to see the Endarse pendant in someone else's hands
"She's been killed by someone else" Zenova said
"No way" Hanami said, covering her mouth with a face of disbelief and falling to her knees
"I found her in the forest with severe injuries, she asked me an ordinary adventurer to save her mother and protect her brother who is you" Zenova said kneeling while stroking Hanami's head making Hanami look at Zenova's right
"So from now on as a good adventurer, the safety of your mother and yourself is my responsibility" Zenova said with a serious face
...A Few Hours Later...
Zenova and Hanami appear to exterminate dozens of monsters in the forest on the south side, they both decide to cooperate until Hanami has officially become the successor to the king's throne
"How many points have you collected Hanami?" Zenova said staring at Hanami looking at the magic window displaying the points she got from killing monsters
"It's been 5000, I heard the minimum to pass this test is 2000 points, thanks to you I gained more points after killing that monster" Hanami said eliminating the magic window
"Then it's good" Zenova said, inserting her cleaver into the storage ring
"You're right" Hanami said smiling
"Maybe we need to rest, you're exhausted, don't you, let's build a bonfire here, we've already killed a monster that's in a region nearby so we can calm down" Said Zenova began to take a branch of wood twigs and piled it, Zenova also made an ordinary campfire
Zenova sat in front of the bonfire and stared at Hanami
"What are you waiting for, sit down" Zenova said in a flat tone
"Alright" said Hanami sitting across the campfire
"Mr Zeno-" said Hanami but interrupted
"Enough Zenova is okay" Zenova said
"Then Zenova ,why did you accept my sister's request?" Hanami
"Because I don't like the concept created by the royal ancestor Yuande to find a successor to the throne" Zenova said staring at the bonfire
"Are you also a member of the royal family?" Hanami
"Of course not, I'm just an ordinary adventurer who arrives to hear the story of the dark side of Yuande's kingdom, well the way of the Yuande royal ancestor is natural but to lean on the mother of the descendants is excessive even killing the mother whose descendants have failed in real terms is fed up of me to hear" said Zenova
"You are so good Zenova" said Hanami smiling gently looking towards Zenova
Zenova who had become a fugitive of one continent, and was often considered a bad and cruel person by others she heard a short word from Hanami her face changed, she looked at Hanami's face smiling gently to him reminiscent of her late aunt
But Zenova had her face turned flat again
'He said that because he didn't know the mask I'm wearing right now' Zenova's heart
'He'll change drastically if what I've done all this time' In Zenova's heart
"The zenova? why are you quiet?" Said Hanami who was astonished to see Zenova arrived silent
"No, no matter what, I suddenly thought of something bad that would happen if I did not explore the area near here" said Zenova, standing up and walking
"Where are you going?" Hanami
"Patrol, you stay here, rest" Zenova said, starting away from Hanami's sight
Zenova did not patrol because all the monsters in the region were indeed completely absent because she herself exterminated them, Zenova just wanted to find a place to be alone
'If all this is done, and this woman becomes the Queen of this kingdom, I will tell her everything and leave sin' In the heart of Zenova
END