Legacy Of Ennea

The next day, everyone starts comparing between me and my other brothers, especially those girls...

All of the girls are somehow in their sync when they are talking about some unimportant stuff.

Ed decided to stay with us of course. Last night before I went to bed, he come to my room and say sorry.

"Sorry..." Ed said...

"That's not a problem" I said while patting his head...

"I know how you feel, you never feel how to have a father and mother which is why you are different from us. Even I experience having father, which is Clement-tousan and mother which is Navroth... well, she was so different back then..." I told Ed

Ed smiled...

"But" I said to him as I lower my body to adjust our height so we are equal...

"Thanks for staying..." I told Ed, and Ed smiled...

That is for last night...

And for today, we practice more and more. Also, we got an additional member in our team which is Javier.

There are 20 people in this party. Ethan, Morgan, Nate, Nathalia, Ed, Eria, Leon, Rin, Erin, Roxane, Precilla, Noah, Karl, Fredrich, Julian, Rueger, Orseus, Javier, Doctor Frans and me.

"Huh..." I let a sigh...

This is a peaceful life, I like it... the sun is bright, birds are flying above us, and the ocean is beautiful...

I can see Rueger, Orseus and Javier talking...

Ed and Noah is talking something else as well...

Nate and Leon are practicing their sword...

While the girls... are talking about something, and I am not interested...

Morgan? He is swimming... I don't know about Ocean Race, but I guess they really love the sea...

Fredrich and Karl are discussing about something... I don't know what is that about...

Ethan, he is talking with Doctor Frans and Julian....

Rin is eating... as always...

Rick is by my side...

He is looking at sea, like I do...

"I wish I can control time..." I said to Rick

"Huh? Why?" Rick asked

"This is so peaceful... I want it to stay like this forever..." I said...

I just thought of leaving everyone else in the human continent, and other continent...

"You know that it won't happen..." Rick said to me

I looked at him, he is a dragon race boy, a year older than me....

"Navroth will found us eventually..." Rick said

"And we have to save the people..." Rick said

I let a sigh...

"That is true..." I said

"Hey, Nico..." Rick called my name...

"Yeah?" I asked

He looked a bit down, then he faced me seriously...

"Do you think that I can survive this war?" Rick asked

W-What is that question...

"Of course you can!" I said

"You are going to stay alive... live long enough and die old..." I said

Then he smiled...

"It must be great, to be strong..." Rick said to me...

Is he saying that I am strong?

"I am not strong..." I said

"You are..." Rick said...

"I am not..." I insisted...

Rick then let a sigh...

"You almost destroyed Neku..." Rick said...

T-That is true, but it is only to keep Ed and Euclio alive...

"You helped Sera..." Rick said...

"E-Ed did the most..." I said

"But still, you are one of their hero..." Rick said...

"Also, Southern and Northern Beastman War...your arrival stopped the war immediately..." Rick said

"Huh? Did I?" I asked

As I remember we found Ed and Nathalia, and they were on a very critical situation... because of Clement-tousan was manipulated...

"Yes, you stopped the war when you land with June..." Rick said

I guess so... I don't even have any intention to stopped the war...

I just want Tousan to be safe...

But.. Now...

"Also... you help those people in Haven... you helped Epius, when they were attacked by the undead, which is you are saving an entire kingdom..." Rick said...

I let a sigh...

"Fine, fine..." I said

And he smiled, he looks happy winning a debate with me...

"but..." I said and he return his view to me...

"But?" He asked...

"I like simple things, I hate having this power, and makes me do a lot of thing, and people has a lot of expectation from me as well..." I told Rick...

Rick looked at me with surprised face...

But then he nodded...

"I see... sorry for not thinking about you that way..." Rick said

"T-That's fine..." I said

Both of us face the ocean once more...

"Nico... what will you do after the great war?" Rick asked me...

Why everyone keep asking me that...

"I will live peacefully in Sera... and I will be an adventurer..." I said to Rick...

"Hooo? With whom are you going to stay?" Rick asked me with annoyed face...

And suddenly I remembered Eria's face...

"Hey, you just thought about Eria right?" Rick asked me...

"W-What?! H-How?! T-That's not true!" I said nervously

And Rick laughed...

He then give a thought...

"You see, I ever heard about a man who is trying to get closer to Eria in a restaurant..." Rick said

I gulped...

"And?" I asked

"She almost chopped his head off..." Rick said...

I let a sigh...

"She almost did that to me thrice..." I said to Rick

And now Rick looked surprised...

"A-And still?" He asked

"And still what?" I asked...

But then he looked like understanding something...

"I see! So, you are into that thing?" Rick asked me...

"Into what?" I asked

But he hit my back multiple of times...

"Strong people are weird..." Rick said

"W-What's wrong with you?" I asked nervously...

What is he thinking right now?

But then a boy's head popped out from the ocean...

"Hello!" He said to both of us...

"Hoahh?!" both of us shouted and fall to the floor...

Everyone looked at us and laughed...

"M-Morgan! Don't you ever do that again!" I told him...

Rick laughed as he looked at me... and Morgan jumped to the ship...

"You should have seen your own face..." Rick said as he laughed...

I let a sigh...

This life... is beautiful...

When I looked at Morgan, he brings something with him...

"What is that?" I asked

It is like a book...

And it is wet...

"You can't read that right?" Rick asked as he stand up...

"Huh? Why?" Morgan asked, he sounds confused...

"Because it is wet?" I asked as I stand up, helped by Rick's hand...

Morgan looked at us speechlessly...

"What?" both of us in unison and confusion...

"How do you think Ocean Race write a letter?" Morgan asked... and he looked a bit offended...

H-How...

I never thought about that...

You can't just write in the water right? The paper will absorb the water, and become wet...

"There is a special paper, made of the ocean tree, and magic ink..." Morgan explained...

T-There is such kind?!

"Then, what kind of book is that?" I asked Morgan...

"I don't know, maybe I will read it later..." Morgan said

He then walked pass us...

"I will change cloth first..." Morgan said as he left us...

Now back to both of us...

"Morgan is a talented boy..." Rick said

I nodded...

He is a genius! Like Euclio, but somehow, he can't think when he is under pressure...

While Euclio is totally a leader, but he is too lazy for that and make me as the leader...

He is good at strategy, commanding all of us, in any situation. And he is the reason behind all of my fame...

When we were little, Tousan said there are two great news at that time...

A genius boy that is a unique weapon wielder, dual swordsman, Euclio Qiteron

And the other one is the news about me...

A gifted boy that could control four basic elements and holy attribute, Nicolas Maxwell...

Somehow, I am much popular at that time, and not a lot of people knows about Euclio...

But since both of us stick together, everyone starting to know Euclio as well...

I let a sigh...

Rick laughed...

"Did I just remind you of Euclio?" Rick asked

"Yeah, that boy should have stay with us..." I said

Rick smiled...

"You see, what he did is all for you" Rick said

"You mean for all of us?" I asked...

"For Human Kingdom? No... for Ocean Kingdom? I guess he is not the type that loves his home..." Rick explained...

"But for sure, he did it for you..." Rick said

"W-Why?" I asked

"You are his friend!" Rick said reminded me as he hit my back...

"I-I know..." I said

I let a sigh...

"Everything is so complicated..." I said

He laughed...

"You should thank him soon..." Rick said...

I nodded...

"I will..." I said

"N-Nicolas!" someone called my name behind my back...

I looked back and...

Morgan...

"H-Hey! You are n.a.k.e.d!" Rick said...

Both of us immediately pushed him back to the ship before anyone can see...

We bring him to his own room and he used his cloth...

After he wears his cloth...

"What happened?" I asked Morgan...

We are currently inside Morgan's room...

"This book!" Morgan give me the book... and...

All I can see that it is an old hard cover book...

There is a sign of a trident?

"What House has this kind of emblem?" I asked Morgan...

"Just read the inside..." Morgan said forcefully...

"Fine...Fine..." I said and I opened the book...

I read a name...

"T-That is!" Rick sounds surprised...

"S-Sparax Euron!?!" I said in surprised...

I let a sigh...

"T-This is too much for me to read..." Rick said

He stood up and left...

T-That boy...

"Have you read it?" I asked Morgan

He shook his head...

"Let's read it first..." I said

I opened the next page and...

"What language are these?!" I said in surprised...

The writings are all like symbols...

"I never see this symbol before..." Morgan said...

Sparax Euron, one of the legendary king from the 3 Ancient Kingdom... beside Auxillium Maxwell and Theon Aerios

He is one of my ancestor as well right?

Auxillium's first son is ... Moore Maxwell, and he married Maximia Euron... Maximia Euron is Sparax Euron's daughter...

Then the three Sword Style and Spear Style born....

Maxim, Alice, and Ares Maxwell...

Maxim is still alive... both Alice and Ares has died? I guess, I don't know anything about this world...

"Orseus..." Morgan suddenly said his name...

"What's with Orseus?" I asked

"Don't you know who Orseus is?" Morgan asked me...

"Ummm, ninth?" I asked...

Morgan looked speechless...

I bet he think that I am an idiot...

"Not only the ninth, but he is Feurius Qiteron first born son..." Morgan explained...

F-First born?!

W-Wait...

"So, Euclio is not in the first line for the throne?!" I asked...

"Euclio is... but since Orseus left Qiteron Kingdom for more than a hundred years..." Morgan explained...

"Huh? Why did he do that?" I asked

Morgan raise both of his shoulder...

"You should ask him... and more importantly, that he is a God Race, maybe he can read some ancient sign..." Morgan explained...

Orseus is a God Race?

Wait, he lives for hundreds of year?

"How did you know all of this?" I asked

Morgan let a sigh...

"I supposed not to tell anyone, but if it is you, I guess Orseus won't mind..." Morgan said...

"I-I see... then, maybe he know something about this language..." I said

Morgan nodded...

"Let's go..." I said to Morgan...

Both of us left the room, and we are in the corridor...

And we met Nathalia and Lisa in the corridor, they are walking on the opposite of our direction, and so we faced them...

"Nisan? Morgan? What are you guys doing?" Nathalia asked...

"Hmmm, have you seen Orseus?" I asked both...

Nathalia give a thought...

"Hmmm I think he is still on the deck with Rueger..." Lisa told me...

"I see... thank you!" Morgan said...

Both of us left the corridor and we are on the deck now... I only see Rin eating and Rueger, Orseus,Doctor Frans and Javier talking...

We come closer to them and they give us a space to join their conversation...

"Nicolas-sama! Want to join us?" Rueger asked...

"Ah, actually... I need to talk to Orseus..." I told Rueger...

And I looked at Orseus... and so does everyone else...

Orseus Qiteron, a man with blue eyes and blue hair... also he wears his heavy armor...

"What is it?" Orseus asked...

I looked at Morgan, and I can see he is hesitating...

Should we tell Rueger, Javier and Doctor Frans as well?

I don't mind, I guess we will tell them sooner or later...

I give Morgan a nod...

And Morgan give the book to Orseus...

Orseus took it and open the book also Rueger is reading the book next to Orseus...

"Sparax Euron?!" Rueger said in surprised...

Now both Doctor Frans and Javier joined...

After they opened the next page, they realize that they do not understand anything...

"This must be a very old book! Where did you get this?" Doctor Frans asked us...

I looked at Morgan and he is smiling...

"He took it under the sea..." I said

And everyone shows a disbelief face, except Orseus...

He is reading it?!

"D-Do you understand the symbols?" I asked Orseus...

He shook his head...

"This is an ancient language of Ocean Race... you should asked the archeologists in Qiteron Kingdom, I guess they might know something about this..." Orseus said...

But...

"Hmmm I think I have seen this writing before..." Doctor Frans said...

I looked at him, and so does everyone else...

He took the book from Orseus hand, and examined the symbols. It seems that he know something about it...

"What Orseus said is true, it is Ancient Language of Ocean Race..." Doctor Frans said...

"And can you translate it?" Javier asked...

"I have a dictionary of this language..." Doctor Frans said as he close the book...

He then gives me a smile...

All of us looked at him happily...

"I will be borrowing this, and it might take some times, but I will translate it on a book and give it to you..." Doctor Frans said...

"T-Thank you!" I told him

He immediately run to his own room, which is the captains room...

"He sure loves puzzle!" Javier said...

I laughed...

"He is a doctor after all, he solves our problem..." I said

Like what he did to help Rin...

He told us that Holy Magic is the only way to cure Rin, and so I decided to trust him, and it is not a mistake to trust him.

Doctor Frans is a trustworthy person, I trust everyone inside the boat...

We continue our journey... the temperature is getting warmer as we left further from Beastman Continent...

Dwarven Kingdom is on the east of Human Continent, while Beastman Kingdom is on the south of Human Continent...

Human continent is actually surrounded by every other continent...

After a few weeks...

"I am done!" Doctor Frans told me while Ed, Rick and I are facing the sea...

"Y-You mean with the book?!" I asked

He nodded proudly...

"That book?" Ed sounds confuse...

"Oh... that book..." Rick said uninterestedly...

This past few weeks, we have been communicating with Tousan and Euclio... we change the time every day, or else sooner or later, Navroth will found our time without barrier magic...

So, it is 12 AM on Monday, 11 PM on Tuesday, 10 PM on Wednesday, 9 PM on Thursday, 10 AM on Friday, 11 PM on Saturday, 12 AM on Sunday...

We actually do the routines just to make sure everyone is alright...

I looked at the two books Doctor Frans gave... and I took both of them from his hand...

"It is... a very interesting book..." Doctor Frans said to me with a smile...

"Interesting?" Ed looked a bit happy...

Doctor Frans walked away...

"I will take a rest for now..." he said while waving his hand at us...

I smiled... I know I can count on him...

"Thank you! Doctor Frans!" I said a bit louder so that he can hear it...

He has been working the book and translating the book for these past few weeks...

"Rick... can you call Morgan and Ethan?" I asked Rick...

He nodded...

"Sure..." Rick said and he left us...

"Let's head to the library..." I told Ed and he nodded...

When we arrived at the library...

"N-Nathalia?!" I said in surprised...

She is reading a book...

"Why did you sound so surprised?" Nathalia asked while still reading a book...

Ed then sit next to her...

I let a sigh...

I guess it is fine...

After a few minutes, both Ethan and Morgan are here...

As both enters the room, I showed Morgan the book and he is really into it!

He looks very excited and he immediately sit on a chair...

When I open the book...

"Sparax Euron..." I said...

Ethan, Ed, and Nathalia looked at me intensely...

Until someone come inside...

"L-Leon!" I said

"U-Um... am I interrupting something?" Leon asked nervously...

But before he left...

"Wait!" I called his name...

And he stopped, and looked at me...

Leon... he is one of the prince as well... he deserve to know...

Also, his predecessor was one of the legendary king... Theon Aerios...

"Come and join us..." I invited him...

Ethan agree with my invitation to Leon...

"Are you sure?" Leon asked...

I nodded...

He then enter the library once more, and choose a chair next to Nathalia...

I let a sigh...

"Let's begin..." I told them...

The book is actually has not much words... which is why I decided to read it for them...

A paragraph? It seems that it is only a paragraph after the whole book translated from the Ancient Ocean Language to our tongue...

"World... Human Continent? Dragon Continent? Ocean Kingdoms? No... that is our world... the world is larger than you thought..." I read it...

Larger?

"Continue! Nico!" Morgan said interestedly...

"Ah... sure..." I said

I looked at the next sentence...

"Our three kingdoms won't have a chance against the whole world... the world is united under one ruler... Reudora Empire, and they had found us... but we will fight to the end" I said...

Reudora Empire? You mean Kingdom?

I looked everyone's reaction, and they are still looking at me...

I continue reading the next sentence...

"In the small world of our, we have Maxwell Kingdom which rule the middle continent, Aerios which rule the northern continent and Euron, myself rule the southern continent..." I said as I read the book

So... Maxwell Kingdom was in the Middle Continent which is actually Human Continent... Aerios Kingdom was and still in the Northern Continent which is now the Dragon Continent and Euron Kingdom was in the Southern Comtinent, which is currently the Beastman Continent

"We will fight against the world which is Reudora Empire soon, lead by Empress Sirius... during this year 1799, month Freya, date 27... Valhalla awaits us!" I said...

That's all...

Now I am confuse...

Valhalla? Freya?! Freya is one of the goddess of Norse Mythology isn't it? Also Valhalla...

I looked at everybody else...

"What...?" Ethan asked me...

Now I am more confuse...

"What do you mean by what?" I asked...

"Empress Sirius? Who is she?" Leon asked...

I nodded in agreement...

"I never heard her name..." Morgan said as well...

I looked at Ed... and he nodded as well...

Also Nathalia... and Ethan...

I let a sigh...

"Reudora Empire? Is it the same as Reudora Kingdom?" I asked Morgan...

Morgan shook his head...

"No... it seems that Reudora Empire is a bigger threat for us... since it is said that the world is larger than we thought right?" Morgan said

All of us nodded...

Hmmm...

"I think we should ask Tousan and Euclio about this..." I said

Ethan and Ed nodded...

Leon seems do not mind about it, and so does Morgan...

But...

"Are you sure?" Nathalia asked me...

Nathalia is the most cautious person I know...

I nodded...

"I will ask him to teleport you and I to him..." I told Nathalia...

Then she looked a bit surprised...

Also Ed...

"I-I want it too!" Ed said...

"I hope Tousan has the power to do that... but this time, Nathalia is a must..." I told Ed...

"Huh? Why me?" Nathalia asked...

She looked a bit troubled....

"Trust me!" I told her with a smile...

She blushed a bit...

"F-Fine... I believe it should be something important..." Nathalia said while facing away...

"It is!" I said...

Nathalia need to believe Tousan... which is why, this time she should meet him...

"Nico..." Leon called my name...

I looked at Leon...

"Yes?" I asked...

"Should we tell the other about this?" Leon asked...

I then give a thought...

"Do you believe in this book?" I asked Leon while showing the book...

Leon give a thought...

"There is prove that the story is true..." Leon said to me with serious face...

"Huh?!" both Ethan and Morgan in unison...

"W-What do you mean by that?" Morgan asked...

"Yes! It is not a random person who write the book! It is Sparax Euron! One of the 3 Legendary Kings!" Ethan said

"I agree with Leon..." Nathalia said...

Everyone looked surprised with her...

But I smiled...

As expected from Nathalia... she always think rationally...

I nodded in agreement as well...

"There is no prove that it is written by Sparax Euron himself..." I said...

"B-But! The language he used is ancient language!" Ethan said...

"Yes, but Doctor Frans could even break the code easily... and don't you think that some archaelog from Ocean Kingdom could actually write this?" Nathalia asked Morgan...

Morgan face downward...

"I guess so..." Morgan said with a disappointed face...

"Hey... we don't know the truth yet... which is why we will ask Tousan and Euclio about this..." I told Morgan to cheer him up...

Morgan nodded in understanding...

"So, we should not tell anyone about this?" Leon asked...

Nathalia nodded...

"There is no prove yet... until we know that it is true, we can tell everyone about this..." Nathalia said...

I nodded in agreement...

And with that the meeting is ended...

During the meeting...

'I... need... to... meet... you...' I write it using my fire magic to Tousan...

He looked surprised...

Maybe it is quite rare for me wanting to meet him...

'Wait...' he said and left the pool...

But he isn't coming back for minutes...

"What is he planning?" Nathalia asked me...

"Who knows..." I said with uninterested face...

And after another few of minutes...

But then Rueger come at us...

He is supposed to be on the guard duty...

"Nicolas-sama... Nathalia-sama... a storm cloud is coming..." Rueger said...

Now both Nathalia and I looked at each other...

I smiled while Nathalia let a sigh...

"It seems that your Tousan is really something..." Nathalia said...

And I keep smiling...

Ed is here with us... also Nate, Leon, Ethan and Morgan...

Everyone else are busy with themselves...

"Wake Orseus up..." I told Rueger and Rueger nodded...

Orseus is Tousan's bodyguard... same as Rueger...

Tousan... he has eighth and ninth as his bodyguard... just how safe you will be...

Nathalia, Ed, Nate, Leon, Ethan, Morgan, Rueger, Orseus and I decided to go to the deck... and we can see a gigantic cloud above our ship...

"Nicolas-sama... the cloud was way bigger than the last time we saw..." Rueger said to me...

I nodded... it is more than twice larger and also thicker...

White clouds above us during night... and a Pegasus from the clouds come closer to us...

I can see a rider on the Pegasus...

It is supposed to be one of Tousan's Protector...

"J-June?" Nate looked confuse... also Leon...

"No... that is not June..." I said

Then behind the rider, I can see hundreds of Pegasus starts appearing

Now I am even amazed...

"Wow..." Nate said in amazement...

"Is that June?" Rin asked...

I am surprised that he is here...

But then I remember that he is in duty to guard the ship...

"Those are an entire brigade of Pegasus!" Ed told Rin happily...

"Woah..." Rin looked excited...

When they come closer... a Pegasus landed on our ship...

The rider uses a gold armor and sword...

He then release his helmet and give me a bow...

"My name is Deimos... and I am the fifth Protector of Sky Kingdom..." the man said...

He has white hair... and blue eyes... the same appearance as the Seraphim...

Before I was about to talk, he face at Rueger...

"Rueger-sama..." Deimos called him...

Sama?! Even Rueger looked confuse...

"You will be promoted into the Shield of Sky Kingdom... and lead the Five Protector of Sky Kingdom... Jeremiel-sama himself asked you to return..." Deimos said...

Everyone looked confuse... but what I am surprised is...

Orseus face!

He looked a bit envious!

I was about to laugh but Ethan step on my foot...

"Ouch!" I shout a bit loud...

And now Deimos looked back at me...

"How many people do you wish to face Jeremiel-sama... Nicolas-sama?" he asked me...

"Nine please..." I said and he give me a nod...

There are 8 other Pegasus landed on the ship...

The riders get down from the Pegasus and the Pegasus laid down on our ship... like letting us to sit on them...

How trained they are...

But I realize that they are a smart creature... they understand us...

All of the eight of us climb on each Pegasus and the riders accompanied us...

I am on the same Pegasus as Deimos...

After all of us on a Pegasus each, "Forward!" Deimos said...

And we started to fly and leave the ship...

Rin is on the guard the duty... and he looked at us speechlessly from the ship...

Then I looked at Deimos... he wears a gold armor and gold sword... I wonder why does he use that...

I mean, it is weak even compared against normal steel sword...

"Deimos..." I decided to ask...

"Yes... Nicolas-sama..." He responded...

He has white hair and blue eyes...

"Why do you use a golden sword?" I asked...

It could break at once after it clash with an adamantine...

"Yes... because gold is the best material for enhancement..." Deimos explained...

Now, I give a surprised face...

I don't know about that...

"You have good observation there... Nicolas-sana..." Deimos said...

I smiled...

"I hope you got a good attitude as well..." Deimos told me...

Now I smiled awkwardly...

I remembered when I talked to Tousan with a loud voice for the first time and he is mad at me...

"T-That was..."

"That was your first meeting with him... I get it... but he is a king, you should not forget about that..." Deimos said...

I let a sigh...

He is sure a hard person...

"You don't want to ruin his image as a king in front of other right?" he asked me and smile...

Nevermind... he cares about Tousan...

Deimos, I thought he is a strict man... but he is actually defending Tousan's honor in front of other guards...

I give him a nod...

"Thank you... Deimos-san..." I said

He then face forward... and we are almost there...

Then finally, we passed the clouds... and we started to see a flat terrain made of clouds... but we can see stairs...

The Pegasus lowered her body and we get down from the Pegasus, along with the riders....

"This is the lower level of the Sky Kingdom... there is actually nothing on this level... but we will fight here if war happens..." Deimos explained

Yes, there is nothing in this level but clouds, it is actually wider than the first time I got here...

Above the first layer, the second layer is the city....

We can see it from the first layer, to visit the second layer, there is a stair with steps made of clouds and handrail made of gold...

I looked at Nate and Nathalia... and both of their mouth are still wide open...

As we walk to the second layer... Deimos asked me a question...

"Do you know why Jeremiel-sama never leave his Kingdom?" Deimos asked to all of us...

All of us give a confused face...

"Is it because of his magic control?" Morgan asked...

Deimos nodded...

"That is a good thought..." Deimos said while we are still walking to the second layer...

"When Jeremiel step on the ground of earth, the magic he used to maintain the Sky Kingdom will vanish..." Deimos explained...

Wow...

That is... inconvenient...

Is that why he never come and take me with him?

I believe he want to...

"Oh, this is the second layer... the city of the sky kingdom..." Deimos said and I looked around...

The Seraphim Race are looking at us...

They give us a bow then after they saw me... and Deimos lead us the way...

I looked at the people of the city, and realize something... all of the people has a sword or spear with them...

Even the kids...

Are they trained as soldier already?!

Even the women...

"Nisan..." Nate called me as we walk through the path they created for us...

"Huh?" I asked...

"What wrong with their hair?" Nate asked me whisperingly...

Yes... all of them has white hair... the citizens, the soldiers, everyone...

"They are called as Seraphim..." I told Nate...

"Or the Sky Race..." Ed said...

I looked at Ed...

And he gives me a smile...

That Ed... he sure learned quite a lot in the first day he came here...

"The people here looks so... weird..." Nathalia said...

"H-Hey... you should not say that..." Ethan remind Nathalia...

I looked at Deimos... and he has been hearing our conversation for quite a while...

"I mean, why do they bow for a very long time... they don't have to do that..." Nathalia said...

Then I looked at Deimos...

He wears his helmet, but I can see his face, and he is smiling...

"They are rarely got the chance to see the next king... right? Nicolas-sama?" Deimos said as he looked at me...

And I point my finger at myself...

"M-Me??" I said

And he give me a nod...

But everyone else laugh...

"Nisan become a king?" Nate asked...

"He will avoid it..." Ethan said...

"He will run away..." Leon said...

T-They know me so well..

"Then... you should talk to Jeremiel-sama..." Deimos told me...

"R-Right now?" I asked...

That is too early...

He nodded...

"It must be done as early as possible... so your father has more thought about it..." Deimos said as we continue walking...

But the finally he stopped...

And...

"To the third layer..." Deimos smiled as he walk through another stair...

I let a sigh...

"M-More stairs?!" Ethan complained...

"C-Can we just ride the Pegasus?" Morgan complained...

"No... Jeremiel-sama forbid that..." Deimos said...

"Why?" Nate asked...

"So that all of us has to walk on our own... not depending on our Pegasus..." Deimos told me...

T-This Tousan of mine...

But what I can see from the Seraphim, is that they has taller posture, and they all look strong... like I just walk into the city of warrior of Maxim...

"The third layer is the palace of sky kingdom..." Deimos said...

We can see a big building, made of concrete material above... it might take another hour to reach the building...

"Tell me Deimos..." Nathalia called him...

"Yes?" He asked and looked at Nathalia...

"How often does Nicolas's Tousan get down to the second layer?" Nathalia asked...

I-Is Nathalia testing Tousan?

"Everyday... in the morning..." Deimos told Nathalia with a smile...

"He will be our greatest and only king..." Deimos told us...

Only king?

"I hope so..." I said...

"Long live the king!" both Deimos and I in unison while bowing to the ground...

And both of us give a high five in agreement...

"Umm... what's wrong with both of them?" Ed asked Nathalia...

"I don't know... don't listen them..." Nathalia moved forward as she close Ed's ears...

All of us finally reach the third layer... the palace of Sky Kingdom...

The two guards open the gigantic door for us and let us all come inside the palace...

I can see the pool in the middle of the room and also the other 4 Protectors beside the throne...

Tousan and Kasan are there as well...

And all of us finally stand in front of the throne... which is actually above us a little bit...

"Rueger..." Tousan called his name as he stood up...

Rueger has been bowing...

"Jeremiel-sama..." Rueger called him...

"I am sorry..." Rueger said with sad voice...

Tousan looked at Rueger with sad face...

"R-Rueger... you don't have to say that..." I told Rueger...

But Rueger remain silent... and so does Tousan...

"It was not your mistake, for Zerotus and Clement's death..." Tousan said...

"Rueger!" Tousan suddenly make a voice...

"Yes... Jeremiel-sama..." Rueger replied...

"Starting from this day and forth... you will be becoming my Shield... the head of the 5 Protectors... and my councilor..." Jeremiel said...

T-That is... a great promotion!

But...

Rueger doesn't say anything...

And he look at me with sad face...

"Rueger... I know that you want to protect Nico... but you are beginning to grow old... you are a human race after all..." Tousan said...

R-Rueger?! That sad face you displayed... is it because you know that we are going to be separated?

I-I have to defend him

"T-Tousan..." I called him... and then he looked at me...

Now... what I have to say?!

"I think it is not fair for Rueger..." Nathalia suddenly speak up...

Everyone now looked at her...

Including the five protectors...

"Nathalia..." I called her name...

"I know that Rueger is your best bodyguard around... but isn't he your friend as well?" Nathalia asked Tousan...

Tousan looked a bit surprised... and so does everyone in the room...

N-Nathalia is so... straightforward...

"You should give a chance for him to choose..." Nathalia told Tousan...

"As a good friend..." Nathalia continues as she smiled...

And Nathalia looked at me afterward...

She gives me a smile and I return a smile...

Then I decided to face tousan as well...

"I-I just need Rueger... if you feel a bit unsafe... you can take Orseus..." I said to Tousan...

Now Orseus looked a bit offended...

Seeing Orseus face I give him a smile... but then he return a smile on me...

It seems that he wont hold a grudge against me...

I looked back at Tousan...

And he looked a bit confuse... but Kasan approach her... and she whispered something at Tousan...

I can see Tousan's give up face then...

After she whispered Tousan, Kasan looked back at me and give me a wink...

W-What are they talking about?

"Okay then... Rueger..." Tousan called him, and Rueger is still bowing...

"I give you another task..." Tousan said...

Rueger looked at Tousan...

"You will be protecting Nico, Ed, Nate, and Nathalia..." Tousan told Rueger with a sad smile...

But Rueger displayed a satisfied face...

"I will... Jeremiel-sama..." Rueger said...

I give a smile to Rueger... and he give me a wink...

I won't be separated from Rueger... that is the best thing I could get...

"Instead... Orseus, you will be my Shield... and take Rueger's place..." Tousan said...

And Orseus nodded...

"It will be an honor..." Orseus said...

Orseus then bow in front of Tousan...

Also the other 5 Protectors...

Orseus, he always wanting to gain trust from Tousan... and now, he receives the highest status from Tousan...

I bet he will be very happy...

"Let's move to the main topic..." Tousan said and everyone are on their foot already...

"Your Tousan sure is cold..." Nathalia told me whisperingly...

But after she said that... Kasan hugged the both of us from our back...

"That is bad to talk on someone's behind... Nathalia..." Kasan said...

"Umm..." Nathalia said...

"K-Kasan!" I said in surprised...

"Nico... Nathalia..." Kasan said with a smile...

S-She is fast! Way too fast!

I don't even see her movement...

Tousan knock the ground with his staff and suddenly all of us lifted up...

"W-Woah...." Morgan sounds amazed...

But Nate looked afraid...

I-Is he afraid of heights?!

So he uses Gravity Magic?

But wait... I just realize that he can't use Gravity Magic...

"C-Clouds?!" I said in surprised...

I looked back at Tousan... and he gives me a wink...

It is the ground cloud that lifted us up...

All of us then make a circle above the throne chamber...

I stand between Ethan and Nathalia...

After all of us stand high enough, we finally stopped moving upward...

"Let's begin the emergency meeting..." Tousan said

And we tell them everything we know...