Legacy Of Ennea

After we had our dinner, we left the castle to head for our new home, and it is a silent night with chilling breeze hit my face...

We are in the city, until...

"Hey..." Euclio shout from the top of the carriage...

And all of us on the first floor decided to look forward...

"W-Woah...." I said...

We are entering a forest, in the city...

I move upstairs to accompany Euclio, and he started a conversation,

"This remember me of us living our life in Sera..." Euclio said

"Yeah, it was a peaceful life... I hope we can live that way again..." I said

"We will..." Euclio said optimistically...

Sometimes, when Euclio is optimist, it is almost a hundred percent achieved, since it is not base on feeling but calculation...

I looked at several houses here, not as elite as Sera... but exclusive enough... most of the houses had more than three floors... I guess ours would be looked like that...

And June finally stopped in front of a big house...

"T-This is..." Euclio said but then he looked speechless...

And so do I...

Since the house we will be staying is...

"look alike Sera House..." I said...

Orseus move out from the carriage, and say

"Faster! Barrier Magic!" Orseus said...

And both of us use barrier magic...

Making a square protecting our house...

"Also..." Orseus said while pointing at the sky...

I create another barrier to protect our house... our Forest House...

We have looked around and see the perimeter... it is exactly the same as our house back in Sera, the color, the windows, even the river!

"No one inside?" I asked a soldier that has been guiding us to this place...

He looks confuse...

Ugh, he can't speak Human Languange...

I give him a tip and he left us...

We are currently casting a basic barrier magic...

Basic Level is enough, said Orseus... then, we are safe now! No more spies...

I enter the house with everyone else, and this is exactly Forest House, the house where we stayed in Sera...

The rooms, and beds, the sofas, even every chairs and tables are exactly the same as our house...

"I will be sleeping in the next hour, you know where to find me right?" Euclio asked me...

I nodded... he will be in the same bedroom where we had live back in Sera...

"Then, I will be training for a while..." I said...

"Me too!" Morgan said...

"Then I will be accompanying them..." Rueger said to Orseus and Orseus nodded...

Orseus then see a sofa...

"Is this sofa empty? Because I will be sleeping here..." Orseus asked...

"Actually, we have like more than five bedrooms upstair..." Euclio said...

"Oh! Then I'll take one..." Orseus said...

And so, both of them move upstair while the three of us practice in the field...

I decided to learn the Clairvoyant...

But I need a pool...

Oh! Who needs pool if we have a river...

I take a chair from the house and bring it to the riverside... I stare at the river for quite a long time trying to empty my mind...

Only a voice of wooden swords clashing to each other, Rueger and Morgan are practicing... oh, I can hear the sound of the water flows along with crickets singing in the night...

"Huh...." I let a sigh and I activate all of my magic

"Create Elements" I said and the five elements appeared behind my back...

I close my eyes while thinking who should I check...

"Oh... Tousan..." I said it

And then I grab my staff, like Tousan did... then touch the water with my staff....

Then I can see Tousan... with Kasan... and a boy? Who is that...

They are in the throne room...

The boy is around 10 years old, and I can see Tousan was scolded by Kasan for playing with the boy...

Actually, that boy... looks like me...

But he has white hair? And blue eyes... not like Euclio, it is brighter, like Alduir's...

Then suddenly, Tousan looked at me...

"N-No wait! Don't destroy it!" I said... as if they could hear me...

But what I can see is that he is laughing at me?

Then she whispered something to Kasan... and they wave their hand at me...

"H-How can they know if it is me?" I asked...

But then everything become so bright... and I return to my normal state, where I am facing a river and a forest in front of our house... also a barrier magic in front of the forest, across the river...

It seems I haven't succeeded yet in projecting my Clairvoyant to the river...

Or it should be a pool?

Now I am creating a pool using my earth magic and water magic...

=== Euclio's Point of View ===

"Hmmm... This place is nice! I hope I can live here forever!" Orseus told me...

"Hey... you are not staying here forever!" I said to him, and he laughed...

"Look how cute my little brother is..." Orseus said while teasing me...

"Ughhh just go and take a rest... I will be discussing about our war tomorrow..." I told Orseus and he looked so proud...

"Hmmm why are you helping him?" Orseus asked me...

"Who?" I asked...

"That boy..." Orseus said, just who is the boy! Can he even speak more clearly...

Seeing my confusion he change his word...

"That Morgan boy..." Orseus said...

"Oh... I think he should be able to defend himself..." I said

We are currently in the corridor in front of my room...

"I will be watching you, so don't worry..." he said while smiling...

"That is creepy! We will be safe... I hope..." I said

I open the door to my room... but then, Orseus stopped me...

He hold my shoulder...

Then I looked at him, and he display a serious face...

"Our father... is not a good man..." Orseus said...

.....

........

"I-I know... he is a selfish man..." I said...

"No, selfish is one of the good thing from him... but there are way worse side of our father that you haven't see..." Orseus said...

Selfish is a good thing?!

"Is that why you left?" I asked...

"No, I left because I want to... and he don't even care..." Orseus said...

"R-Really? Did you do something wrong?" I asked...

So far, Tousan is always caring me... but, why not the ninth?

"Because he has a lot of child... that losing one is actually really nothing much..." Orseus explained...

L-Lot of child?!

"Wait... Wait..." I said and I let a sigh...

"As I know, he has only two sons... me and my big brother... until you came up..." I said...

When I said that, Orseus laughed...

"Hey... I am the first son... but I still have twenty brothers and twenty sisters..." Orseus told me...

What? He is joking right?

"40... that is a lot..." I said

"It is! You are his 44th child... Euclio Qiteron" Orseus said while smiling...

....

"You are not joking?" I asked...

"Do I look like joking?" he asked while smiling...

"T-Then! Where are they?" I asked...

"Living separately, some live in Human Continent, Beastman Continent, Dragon Continent or other Ocean Kingdom..." Orseus said...

Both of us move to the library upstair, since we decided to talk more...

"Why left?" I asked while we are moving upstair...

"Easy, because they are not needed..." Orseus said...

"N-Not needed? Needed for what?" I asked...

We are sitting on the sofa in the library now...

"I told you, he is 200 years old... and when you are 200 years old, you will be feeling lonely..." Orseus told me...

I-It is... living while your beloved one passed away... if Tousan choose a God Race woman, it won't be like this...

"You know the reason right?" Orseus asked...

I nodded...

"B-But wait..." I stopped him

"How old are you?" I asked suddenly...

He looks like in his 40s... but he just told me that he is his first born... Tousan won't have his first child in his 160s right?

He smiled...

"You see, apparently my Kasan is a God Race... which is why I am a God Race as well..." Orseus explained...

G-God Race?! Then! She should be alive by now!

But... if she is alive... Tousan won't marry other right?

Orseus looked at me and laughed...

"You sure have a long thought... yes... my Kasan is dead, and I am 173 years old this year..." Orseus said...

Now I looked at him speechlessly...

"My mother was killed..." Orseus explained...

"By who?" I asked...

Please, not Tousan...

"No, it is not him..." Orseus said...

And I let a sigh in relieved...

"It is a Maxwell..." Orseus said...

....

The wind is so strong that I can see the forest's trees are dancing from the library's door...

Also, I see a river... and also a boy sitting on a chair, facing the river... Nicolas...

Nicolas Maxwell...

"N-No.. That is not true..." I said in denial...

"It is... the truth..." Orseus said...

"Don't you think you know why our Tousan did not send any reinforcement to Aerios Kingdom?" Orseus asked...

"T-That..." I can't say anything else...

But all I know is...

I unsheathed my swords... and prepare my stance against him...

"If you dare to hurt my friend... I will stop you..." I said fearlessly...

I don't care who he is, although he is my brother, but for me, Nicolas is much more brother to me than him...

But he laughed...

"No... I am not aiming for him... even Jeremiel is the one that asked me to protect Nicolas... a Maxwell asking me to protect another Maxwell, the person who kill my Kasan..." Orseus said...

T-That is true!

But still, I am on guard...

"Then, who kill your mother? And turn Tousan into a monster?" I asked...

"Megarus Maxwell... the father of Zerotus Maxwell..." Orseus said...

"Why?" I asked...

"It was during the Battle of Reudora Wall..." Orseus said...

"It was a really intense battle, and we are surrounded... since Navroth outsmarted us..." Orseus explained...

"We outnumbered them, but we are outsmarted... such a poor plan strategy, it was planned by Aerios Kingdom at that time... King Neon Aerios, the grandfather of the current king of Aerios Kingdom, King Zeon Aerios... it was not a bad plan actually, since our Tousan confirm the plan as well, also the other kingdoms..." Orseus told me...

"We surrounded the wall... we have 4x the numbers... the whole world, against her... until she used her Undead Summoning... the dead soldier are fighting against us, even our dead soldiers... which make the battle equal for both side...

But it didn't hold for long... until she turn around the table... it was a dark night, and we are fighting in an open field, it is the longest battle ever... we fight for more than a week...

Our soldiers were exhausted, while the undead don't need rest...

Reudora soldiers take a rest, while the undead are fighting... but not our soldier, they are fighting for weeks..." Orseus told me the story...

"Navroth is casting a Legend Tier of Dark Magic..." Orseus said...

"What is it?" I asked out of my curiosity...

"Blackhole... a power that absorbs everything... including soldiers, buildings, walls, trees, animals, and even magic... are going to be absorb..." Orseus told me...

"Until... a Maxwell, save all of us..." Orseus said...

"Megarus Maxwell... he decided to use Barrier Magic... not a Legend Tier, but a Master Tier..." Orseus said...

"Master?! It won't be able to stop the spell..." I said...

"You think so? We thought so as well, but he did it..." Orseus said...

"He created the Red Barrier, a Master Tier Barrier as huge as possible and protect the soldiers..." Orseus said...

I listened to his story intensely...

"But not everyone could hide behind the Red Barrier... including my mother..." Orseus said...

"S-She can fight?!" I asked in surprised...

"That's not the point of telling the story to you!" Orseus said after hitting my head...

"But yes, she is a strong fighter... she was the ninth 100 years ago..." Orseus said...

Wow, now the ninth is taken by her son...

"She couldn't make it in time... and I am about to run and safe her... but Nicolas grandpa... Zerotus Maxwell hold me... and won't let me pass the barrier..." Orseus said

"My father is in desperate to save her as well, but our soldiers stopped him..."

"And when the enchanting is over, we can see hundreds of thousands of soldiers are dead, absorbed by the [BLACKHOLE]... we can feel that we are being pulled by the [BLACKHOLE], although we are behind the Barrier..."

"Until Megarus Maxwell used all of his mana transfer to the Barrier... and in the end, he protected all of us..." Orseus said...

"It was not Megarus's fault..." I said to Orseus with annoyed face

He nodded...

"But Tousan keeps blaming him until his death... Megarus is dead, in the same way like his predecessor, Moore Maxwell, son of Auxillium Maxwell... protecting people until they ran out of mana..." Orseus said...

"Which is why, I believe in Maxwell..." Orseus said...

"I see..." I said...

I put back my swords...

"Ah, also... since then... Tousan has the thought of destroying House Maxwell and House Aerios... blaming for Kasan's death... but to be honest, she is his true love, although then he married a lot of woman... which is why he lives in selfishness nowdays... he cares about himself, and uses PAQ Alliance to benefit only him and his Kingdom..." Orseus said...

T-That explained everything...

"He has trust issue, and his selfishness create our kingdom, as one of the biggest kingdom in this world..." Orseus explained...

"But, he can't move forward... he keeps looking behind, to the past... where he wants to avenge Kasan... while I am grateful of the Maxwell, he hate the Maxwell..." Orseus explained...

"Which is why I left... and meet Jeremiel..." Orseus continued...

"I join him, and help him a lot... for the sake to fight Navroth, the true enemy... not Maxwell..." Orseus explained...

"I-I see... but then he married a lot of person?" I asked...

He nodded...

"Until he got the three of you and decided to stop... I don't know why, but he stopped right there" Orseus said...

Three?

"Three?" I asked...

"You don't know?" Orseus asked... he sounds confuse...

And so do I...

"What do you mean by three..." I asked...

"You are a triplet..." he said...

Triplet?! So I have twin brother or sister?!

"W-What?! No one told me about that!" I said

"Wait... then where are they?!" I asked...

"They are living in Aerios Kingdom... with your Kasan..." Orseus said...

"W-Wait... I thought my Kasan is dead?" I asked...

"Dead? No... she is alive... along with Mariel and Lariel your sisters..." Orseus said...

"Uhhh my head hurts..." I said in confusion...

"Sorry... but I think I have to tell you this..." Orseus apologized...

"N-No that is fine, but everything is shocking me... the truth..." I said...

He nodded...

"Go and take a rest... I will be sleeping here if you need me..." Orseus said...

"There are a lot of rooms..." I said...

"No... this place is actually perfect..." Orseus said...

"F-Fine... anything else you might want to surprise me?" I asked....

"Oh! It seems your father is going to marry someone else..." Orseus said...

"Ughh now I don't feel like being surprised anymore..." I said and he laughed...

While walking toward my room, I am still thinking about everything...

Maybe, being like Orseus is the best way... helping the Maxwell... they aren't the bad guy... Tousan, just what is it inside your mind...

I let a sigh...

As I lay on the bed, and close my eyes I sleep instantly... since my brain receiving an overwhelming information

The next day...

I looked at the clock... it is 6 AM... and see a boy sleeping next to me...

Nicolas, he should be really tired...

I decided not to wake him up and left the bed...

He is sleeping peacefully and soundless... it is quite rare not to see Rueger here... or maybe he has the same thought as I have after seeing Nicolas sleeping peacefully, and decided not to wake him up...

I left him alone on the bed and looked the view outside our house from our giant window... and I can see Rueger and Orseus train... along with Morgan...

I guess I should get down as well...

Opening the door is a challenge, I should not make any sound!

When I left the room, I move downstair and met the white wolves...

"Rin! Erin!" I called them...

"Euclio!" Rin said and he hug me...

"Hey..." Erin greeted me with a smile...

That is weird... she used to be very cold...

"Where have you been? Not returning to the castle for days" I asked...

"Oh... we are helping the adventurers... you see, actually the labyrinth is quite a threat..." Rin explained...

"Labyrinth? You mean the place where..." I looked at Erin and she nodded...

"There are no adventurer going to that Labyrinth, which is why it is dangerous, there are a lot of S ranked monsters roaming in the first floor..." Erin explained...

"But... But! We have a good news!" Rin said...

"What is it?" I asked...

"A new labyrinth appeared!" Erin said and steal the credit from Rin...

Rin looked really sad, and I can't hold it but laugh...

After I laughed...

"What?! New labyrinth?! Where?" I asked...

"On the direction to Saltvein..." Erin said...

Hm.... At least it will be great for adventurer...

"So, when will we be back for adventure?" Rin asked me...

"Hmmm... you see, we have to defeat Navroth... which is hard..." I told him...

And he looked sad...

"S-Sorry, but you can stay here if you want... both of us will be fine..." I said to Rin while patting him...

"No! this time... I will be following you wherever you go!" Rin said to me...

"H-Huh? Why?" I asked...

"We are a party right! We should help each other..." Erin said while smiling...

Rin nodded energetically....

I looked at both of their eyes... and that is a determined eyes...

Orseus, Rueger and Morgan enter the house...

"Hey Euclio... can I train in the mountain with Rueger and Orseus..." Morgan asked me...

"Ummm, who is he?" Rin asked in confusiom

"H-He is one of a student from Neku School..." I said...

Neku School...

....

I looked at both Erin and Rin...

Maybe, they should join the school?! They need education right?

"B-Both of you should enter the school!" I said to Rin and Erin...

"Huh?" Rin looked confuse

And so does Erin...

"Yes! Both of you want to be stronger right?" I asked... and both of them nodded really hard...

T-That is easy!

"Go to Neku School... tell them that Euclio sent both of you to study..." I said...

Both of them nodded and immediately left the house with their four feet on the ground...

Seeing that Rueger and Orseus laughed...

"Oh! About the mountain..." I said

"You will train there? Why?" I asked...

"It is much more peaceful..." Rueger said...

"I thought this place is quite peaceful as well..." I said while looking at the forest...

But then we see people looking to our house...

Ummm... are they? Residents that are currently living in the complex? In the Forest Complex...

"Yeah, at night..." Orseus said...

"Ughh fine... don't be too long..." I told them...

"Actually, it will take a week..." Morgan said...

"H-Hey! Your school..."

Before I finish my words, Morgan shows a puppy face...

"Fine fine... i'll tell Santa-sensei..." I said

And his face change instantly...

Ugh...

"Be careful..." I said and the three of them left...

"You don't need us right?" Orseus asked...

I nod my head... we are safe... as long we are hiding inside the barrier...

And so, we are living alone... only both of us...

=== Nicolas's Point of View ===

When I am awaken...

"E-Euclio?!" I spontaneously stood up...

He is gone? Did he sleep next to me?! Yes! I do remember he was sleeping first before me...

W-Wait... he awake first before I wake up...

That is a record...

I move downstair and I find Euclio eating his breakfast...

"Euclio?!" I call his name...

"Huh? What? Why you keep calling my name?" Euclio asked...

"H-How can you wake up before me!" I said

"Hey! That's rude... come eat your lunch..." Euclio said?

"Lunch?" I asked

I look at the clock...

"It's 12PM..." Euclio said...

....

"Oh... okay..." I said and sit...

I guess I use too much mana yesterday...

"But at least I can project my Clairvoyant to the pool..." I said...

"R-Really?" Euclio asked excitedly....

I nodded...

"How about to the person you don't know?" Euclio asked...

"Yes... even to animals..." I told Euclio...

"That is cheating!" Euclio said...

"Yeah, and Navroth has been using it this whole time..." I said...

He nodded...

"But not anymore..." Euclio said....

I nodded, since we are able to use Barrier Magic, we can block the view...

"Yeah... oh where is Morgan?" I asked

"He, Rueger and Orseus are away for a week... they will train on a mountain..." Euclio said...

Woahhh that is so cool... it's like a monk training himself up on the mountain...

"Erin? Rin?" I asked

"Oh! I asked them to go to school" Euclio said while laughing...

"That is great right?" I asked

He nodded...

It would be very useful when we go on adventuring...

Talking about adventuring, it reminds me of the good old days...

"Oh we should have a discussion..." Euclio said while I am sitting down

"What is it?" I asked...

"After several thoughts, I am a bit worry about Ethan's and Nate's party..." Euclio said with serious face

They supposed arrived today at Bazo...

"Can you check where Ethan now?" Euclio asked...

I nodded...

I take my staff behind the chair... and touch the soup with it...

I don't have any better idea, but I guess soup is fine, even Euclio do not mind...

And... both of us can see Ethan...

He is... marching...

"Hey... I can see Bazo!" I said...

"Wait..." Euclio said...

And both of us focus to the projecting on the soup...

Are they...

"They are evacuating!" Euclio said...

"What?! We lost?!" I asked

"It seems that the reinforcement were a bit late... although they have used Ed's [WIND] to push the mobility of the entire reinforcement army..." Euclio explained...

"What? How?" I asked...

"I don't know... all I know is that the enemy commander should be smart... he can win the battle of the Zero..." Euclio said...

I nodded...

Zero is the name of the place where it is located between mountains... and to visit South or North Beastman Kingdom, you should pass the Zero...

It is a small path... and Zero is surrounded by walls, and in the middle area, is the neutral zone, which is Zero... just a plain terrain, and if the enemy is winning, it is true that they have a very good strategy...

"I thought Zero should be able to hold for weeks..." Euclio said...

Still, in the soup we can see Ethan talking with Nate...

But we have no idea about the talking...

"Oh... one more person..." Euclio said...

I deactivate the projection...

"Who?" I asked...

"Clement Maxwell..." Euclio said...

Clement-tousan?

I displayed a confuse face...

"Huh? Why?" I asked...

"The last time we saw him, he was in a camp..." Euclio said...

I nodded...

"A war camp... and I believe there are only two wars happening right now... in the Aerios Kingdom... and in Beastman Continent..." Euclio said...

"If he is not with us, he should be with Aerios Kingdom..." I said...

"Nope... if he is with Aerios Kingdom, they would be reporting to us already, so... the only option is, that he is with Navroth... but where? Northern Beastman Kingdom? Or Reudora Kingdom?..." Euclio said...

Tousan? With the enemy?

Seeing my unbelievable face, Euclio let a sigh...

"Just try it..." Euclio said...

"Fine... wait..." I said and I take a deep breath...

And touch the soup with my staff...

There we go...

The projection was shown on the soup...

I see a city burning, and he brought the entire army behind him, not Auxem Army... but, Beastman Army? Is he with us?

Until I see he slaughtered several innocents...

"T-That is not him!" I said...

"That is him..." Euclio said...

I looked at his face, and examine it... but it is Tousan...

"H-He won't do anything like that..." I said...

"But he did... and I think, that he is being manipulated by Navroth..." Euclio said...

"Huh?" I asked...

"You see, there are no better reason right?" Euclio asked...

I nodded...

That is true, Clement-tousan won't do anything like that...

"Ah, that explain why the enemy can pass the Zero..." Euclio said...

I nodded...

Tousan is not a good fighter... but he is a good strategist

Then, I have a thought of Ed...

Ed?

I imagine that Ed will be using [SHOCKWAVE] to destroy the enemy's line...

If Tousan were there...

There won't be any chance for him to escape...

"We should head there..." I said...

"No, we should prepare a place for Bazo's citizen..." Euclio said...

"We can do it later! Use June and fly now!" I said...

Euclio looked surprised with me...

What I fear...

Might come true...

Euclio nodded...

"We need to call Rueger and Orseus as well..." I said...

"He has gone for two hours..." Euclio said...

"No time! Let's go now... before it is too late..." Euclio said to me...

It seems now he get what I mean...

Ed...

Don't ever cast that spell to the enemy...

Clement-tousan... be safe...

We run toward June... and June prepare herself to be mounted...

After both of us mounted June, "Let's go June! To Bazo!" I said... and she neighed...

"Full speed!" Euclio said

"A-Are you sure you are going to be alright?" I asked him, he always scare when he is on June...

"T-That's fine... this is nothing compared to Bazo..." Euclio said...

I nodded...

"Go!" I said and June prepare her stance to jump...

And...

'BOOOMMMM' June jumped up high to the sky... also Euclio hugged me really tight...

"T-This is worse than I thought!" Euclio said and I laughed...

But when we are up high, in the sky... everything is okay...

"Nico... go and see Ed..." Euclio said to me...

"Hmmm okay, hold my body okay..." I told him and he nodded

I take a deep breath... and activate all of my magic...

"Ed..." I said since I select him as someone I want to watch...

And I got the view of Ed, when I opened my eyes...

Ed is in the frontline... protecting the evacuating...

With Nathalia, and Eria...

"He is pushing the enemy back... halting their advance..." I said to Euclio...

I then see Eria killing the enemies behind Ed... she is cool as ever...

While Nathalia is giving an advice to Ed...

N-Nathalia... no, don't ask him to do that...

"We need to be faster..." I said to June... and she neighed...

I then return to my view...

"Are you okay?" Euclio asked me...

"Yeah... I am fine..." I said

"We should have brought the carriage with us... and use the Zero Gravity on it..." Euclio said..

I nodded... but we are in hurry...

"If we could make it in time... they won't need to evacuate to Neku..." Euclio said... and I nodded once more...

"Are you thinking about something?" Euclio asked me...

"No... I just think how far they are..." I said...

Euclio hold my shoulder... "Calm Down..." Euclio said...

I looked at him and nodded...

=== Ed's Point of View ===

An hour later... in Bazo...

"I-I can't hold them much longer..." I said...

"Wait for several more minutes... we should buy times for the citizen to evacuate..." Nathalia told me...

I am casting [WIND] to the enemies for an hours already, and my [WIND] is not as wide as Nisan, also not as powerful as him...

I should have borrowed his staff...

"Hey, I think I should use it..." I said...

"What? The [SHOCKWAVE]?" Nathalia asked...

I nodded...

"N-No... that is dangerous! You will kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers..." Nathalia told me...

"But it will end our problem..." I said...

Until Eria knocked my head with her fist...

"Ouchh..." I said in pain...

"You are human Ed... you supposed to be feeling guilty after you use that for the first time..." Eria said...

"Y-Yeah... okay fine..." I said...

I do feel guilty... but it is their mistake for taking the wrong side...

After ten minutes...

Rick come with two horses...

"Ed and Nathalia take this horse... Eria take the other one..." Rick told us... and we nodded...

"I will be going first, there are a lot of things to do..." Rick said while tying the horse to a pole nearby...

"Okay..." Eria shouted... and Rick left first...

I stopped the magic after Nathalia mounted on the horse...

"Here!" Nathalia stretches her hand and I hold her hand...

"You sit in front of me..." Nathalia said...

"W-What? Why?" I asked...

"You used a lot of mana, and you might fall anytime... it is safer..." Nathalia said...

I nodded...

We swapped place while the horse moving...

"Thank you..." I said...

"You are my brother after all..." she said...

"Umm I am actually your cousin..." I said

"Nicolas is my brother, and so you are..." Nathalia said while riding the horse... somehow deep in my heart I feel really happy...

The enemy brings a million army...

We were outside the wall, and now we are riding to catch up with the other...

Until we see a man...

"T-Tousan?!" Nathalia looked at him...

And he looked back...

It is Clement Maxwel...

Nathalia stopped riding the horse...

What I found weird is... Clement's face...

Nathalia get down from the horse immediately, and run toward Clement...

Eria shouts...

"Stop!" To Nathalia...

When Nathalia looks back to Eria... Clement stabbed Nathalia's body with his sword...

"N-Nathaliaa!" I shouted and come down from the horse...

She fell to the ground...

"NOOOOO!" I shouted

Clement is about to behead her...

I won't make it in time...

The distance... is too far...

I can see Nathalia gives me a smile... saying don't mind me...

Of course I mind you! You are my sister!

When Clement swings his sword...

Eria immediately parried his sword... while I run toward Nathalia...

"[HEALING MAGIC]" I used...

And the wound is closing...

I let a sigh in relieved...

But then... I hear shouts... shouts of battlecry of soldiers...

The enemy is coming closer... and I try to carry Nathalia...

Eria is still fighting against Clement...

M-My vision is getting blurry....

I-I used too much magic...

"Go... Ed..." Nathalia said...

"N-Nathalia! No! I won't!" I said...

I looked at the enemy, and they are coming closer...

"No! You should go!" Nathalia said with determination

I looked at her eyes, and she is serious...

"No... I won't!" I said

"W-Why are you so stubborn!" Nathalia said...

"M-Maybe... because of you are my sister..." I said

Then she remains silent... while I am carrying her back to the horse...

But when we are a bit closer, the horse ran away, afraid of the armies that are marching toward us...

"T-This is hopeless!" Nathalia said while crying...

I put her on the ground and face at the enemy...

"No..." I said and I am starting to cast [SHOCKWAVE]

"E-Ed! You are going to die if you cast more magic!" Nathalia said desperately

"A-At least one of us will survive..." I said... and I can see her crying...

I continue my enchanting... until the enemy are close enough...

I close my eyes... and suddenly I feel everything went quite...

I think... this will be the end of my journey...

Nisan... I am sorry...

After I finished my enchanting...

I looked back... and I can see Nathalia is crying...

"S-Sorry..." I said but she keep crying...

Until... I hear a loud explosion sound from the enemy side...

I return my view toward them... and see a white horses landed on the enemy side and create a big crater...

"N-Nisan..." I call his name... and without realizing, I fall to the ground... and...

"Edmund!" Nathalia shouted...

Uhh she should have been tired as well, casting HEALING MAGIC on her will uses the person stamina... how can she still worrying about me...

Then I fall asleep...

We are in time!

And we land in the middle of the enemies army...

T-This is a mistake!

"E-Euclio!" I called him... asking him to ride June...

But instead...

"Okay!" he said and jumped toward the enemy...

H-He is stupid! Or maybe an idiot!

"[SWIFT]" I cast the magic on Euclio and June... also myself...

Euclio slashes the enemy without even getting scratches... his movements is ultra fast...

[SWIFT] is an Advance Wind Magic that increase the movement speed of a person... Ed and I learn that together...

Seeing me... the enemies are running away...

"H-Huh?" I said in confusion, I don't even cast my magic yet... just a boost magic...

They are running back to Zero...

When Euclio realize that, he return to by my side...

"W-What kind of magic are you casting?" Euclio asked...

"I did nothing..." I said...

But the soldiers are shouting while retreating...

That is weird... should I kill them? I guess I don't need to do more killing...

June neighed in panicked and run toward Ed...

"Huh?" I asked... and looked at Ed...

"Ed!" I shouted... while running toward him...

And without realizing I ran really fast... the effect of [SWIFT] is great!

I looked at him sleeping on the ground... and above him, is Nathalia sleeping on Ed's c.h.e.s.t...

"[HEALING MAGIC]" I casted on both...

But nothing happened...

No light appears...

No light means... no effect, A-Are they?!

I immediately shake Ed and Nathalia...

"E-Ed! Nathalia!" I shouted...

I am about to cry...

Until...

"Shut up nisan... we are sleeping..." Nathalia said...

But hearing she speaks make me relieved...

I can see blood on Nathalia's cloth, but I guess Ed had healed her... while Ed... maybe he is out of mana...

"Nico, let's bring them up here..." Euclio said...

"W-Wait let them rest..." I said

"We have no time... use your gravity magic..." Euclio said...

Ah! That is a good idea...

I touches both of them and..."[GRAVITY 0]" I said...

Both Nathalia and Ed are floating in the air...

And suddenly, someone comes out from the forest...

"Eria!" Euclio shouted... and she carried a man on her shoulder...

"Nico! Your father was manipulated... so I knocked him out..." Eria said...

"Y-You found him?!" I asked while coming closer to Eria...

When I reached her, I check his face... and it is him...

"[REPEL]" I casted on him...

And it is shining... a small glowing light appears circling him...

But he is not awake yet...

"[HEALING MAGIC]" I casted and a light appears as well... and I let a sigh in relieved...

He is moving and...

"Ughh... my head..." he said while touching his head...

But then he faces me...

"N-Nico!" he calls my name and hug me... and I hug him back...

"S-Sorry..." he said while crying...

"W-What? Why?" I asked...

"I killed Nathalia..." he said with regret...

Nathalia?! Ummm nope, she is alive...

But he did this to Nathalia?! Now I hate Navroth even more...

"No... Ed was with him..." I said...

"W-Where is she?!" Tousan asked... and I pointed them...

And both of them are floating...

Euclio picked them up... and tie them to a rope... that is harsh isn't it?

"Thank you Eria..." Tousan said to Eria...

"N-No problem..." Eria said shyly ...

I use my Fusion Magic and created a carriage using Wood Magic...

"Really? Why don't you told me earlier..." Euclio said and now he is untying both of them...

"Hahaha I just got the idea..." I told Euclio...

Eria and Tousan enter the carriage while I cast the magic to the carriage...

"[GRAVITY 0]" I said...

Euclio comes while bringing both Nathalia and Ed... I help and bring Ed with me...

When we enters the carriage... Tousan is sleeping... along with Eria...

I believe they are exhausted...

"Go June..." I said... and she neighed, she went up to the sky...

"Woahhh!" Euclio shouted as usual, while everyone are sleeping peacefully...

Just how long have they hold the enemy...

"June... search for King Lex..." I said to June and she nodded...

June has the ability to sense a person, I don't know how it works, but she always able to find everyone...

And within a minute, we arrived and June land while creating a small crater...

"June!" I hear shouts from outside... it is a close carriage, I can't see them... but I am guessing that it is Ethan's voice...

Then I decided to absorb the wood of the carriage I have made... thinking that everything is save already... then slowly, I can see Ethan, along with Lisa and Roxane...

"N-Nicolas!" Roxane called me...

"Hey what are you doing?" Ethan asked...

But then they see Nathalia, Ed, Eria and Clement-tousan...

"Hey! Call the doctor!" King Lex commanded... and the soldier nodded...

"The city is safe... they are retreating..." I told King Lex...

All of them looked at us in surprised...

"How?" Ethan asked me...

"They run away when they saw me..." I said...

"No, they saw me... and they ran away..." Euclio said...

"You see, I looked at their eye, and I can see fear..." I said...

"No no, I killed several of them in second, that is why they ran..." Euclio said...

Suddenly, June neighed... feeling like she is the one that intimidated them...

"Fine... it is June..." I said...

"That's fair..." Euclio said...

T-That is a useless debate!

"UWOOOOHHHHH!" Everyone shouted a loud battlecry....

Then I can see Nate is coming closer to us...

"Tousan!" Nate come closer and hugged Tousan... and also Nathalia, until he looked at me...

"Both are fine..." I said...

"T-Thank you! Nisan!" Nate said while crying and hugged both of them...

Then, the medical team comes, a giraffe, and an ostrich...

"Everyone! Lets go home!" King Lex shouted and another battlecry can be heard...

Nate is following the medical team... I want to follow them, but I have to ensure the city is safe...

So, Euclio and I fly with June, and check the city...

"It is clear, they are running..." Euclio said...

"They are retreating to Zero..." I said...

"Yeah, they can't go anywhere else beside that..." Euclio said...

"Now, our side should be winning, since Clement is on our side..." Euclio said...

I nodded... what makes them strong is Clement-tousan... he is a good strategist, that's what I heard...

"I think we should have a talk with Gana..." Euclio said...

"Why?" I asked...

"Of course! We want Southern Beastman Kingdom to live peacefully, and so are they... they were afraid of Navroth, which is why they are siding with her... like the Southern BK..." Euclio said...

"Fine... let's head to Zero..." I said to Euclio...

"No... that is unsafe, how about sending them a messenger and meet up here, with us... between Bazo and Zero..." Euclio said...

"Hmmm maybe that is better..." I said...

Coming to their camp looks like entering the trap... how stupid I am, or maybe I feel too strong... this is bad... Clement-tousan said an arrogant man's life is short...

"Okay... let's return to the other..." I said to June... she neighed and we return...