TBATE Back to save you

Chapter 23: Life In Elenoir 5

Arthur POV

Alea looked at the core that I just gave her, still trying to comprehend what that might be

It was a core of a certain mana beast that I killed in one of the dungeons that I attacked but had no signs of Alcaryan mages ever being there, I also made sure to cheks if its corrupted, not wanting to take any chances

"Arty, this is..." she asked with her eyes widened from the shock

I looked at her with a soft smile before answering her

" That's a beast core of the SS-ranked mana beast, Dryad. That should be able to help you break through into the white core since you already have cracks on your core"

" Arty...  I can't accept this, it's too valuable" she said while trying to hand me the core back

I closed her hand around the core and pushed it back to her. She looked at me confused, still too shy to accept my gift

" Alea, there is nothing in this world that is more important to me than you... Absorb the mana from this core and grow stronger, and after that... " I made a pause there to take a look at her blushing face and after that I let a smirk appear on my face

" And after that, I will help you assimilate with the beast will inside of it" as I said this her mouth became wide open from shock

SS-class beast will and reaching the white core would put her on the same level as Aya and Varay who are currently the strongest amongst the Lances, and Alea was well aware of the fact

She used to be the weakest among the Lances, and now she has a chance to be among the top, that fact alone was enough to make some tears start falling from her beautiful doll-like face

In the next instant, she ran to me and pulled me into a tight hug

" Thank you, Arty... I-i don't know what to say" she said while pressing my head in her chest

She held me in a tight hug for a while. When she finally released me she lifted my chin and gave me a sweet and soft kiss. I was taken aback at first but after recomposing myself I kissed her with the same passion and energy back

After we separated she looked at the core and clenched it in her fists, a determined look appearing on her face. She was silently watching a core until Sylvie pulled her by her shirt

As if she has just woken up from a dream, she recomposed herself and kneeled at Sylvie's eye level while putting a beast core in her dimensional ring. She gently placed a hand on her head and started to pat her while smiling as every mother would

" Is everything okay, Sylvie?" she said in a motherly voice

Sylvie looked to the side embarrassed and started nervously and cutely moving her leg

"I-i have a present for you as well" she said while pulling out an oddly familiar black father from behind her back and gave it to Alea. I found it very cute that she couldn't look her in the eyes from how embarrassed she was

Alea took the feather and observed it for a moment while trying to understand just what it is

Even for me it took some time to realize what it is, and after I did realize what it is, I gasped in shock

After she figured out that I know what that is, Alea looked at me and asked a question that must have been bugging her

" Arthur this is...?" she asked with an uncertain voice

I smiled and answered her question" That is a feather from Sylvie's wing," I said while approaching Sylvie, and once I was next to her, I started patting her head

" When a Dragon gives her feather to a person it means that they completely trust him or her" I said with a smile, remembering the time Sylvia gave me her feather

" Thank you Sylvie" Alea said through tears of happiness and kissed Sylvie on her forehead

After she separated from Sylvie, she ran into her and hid her face in Alea's belly

" Don't look at my face, it's embarrassing"  she said barely audible because her voice was muffled by Alea's body

After that, we went to bed for the night. We decided that we should all sleep together tonight so we did exactly that. We slept with Sylvie between me and Alea, with me and Alea hugging her while holding hands

Agrona Vritra POV

I was sitting in my throne room and listening to the reports my scythes had about the preparation for the war with Dicathen

Everything was going just fine until a couple of months ago when suddenly somebody or something started destroying our camps one by one.  At first I thought that it might have been one of the Kazess's pawns, but I know that he wouldn't do something so reckless, something that would break our peace treaty so easily

Thinking about what else might be behind all of this I couldn't help but think about the reincarnation of that otherworld's king, one of the two anchors for legacy, King Grey. But I wrote that option off as well since he would be about eleven now, making it impossible for him to wipe out entire groups of my soldiers without leaving even a trace

' Then who? Maybe those pathetic excuses for powerhouses they have there, Lances was it? But then my spies within this council of theirs would have informed me about them destroying our bases, so who...? '

I clenched my fist and lost my cool for a moment there and accidentally leaking out some of my pressure. All of my Scythes stiffened, surprised by my uncharacteristic outburst of emotions

Realizing that besides Cadell and Seris no one can even move I subdued my pressure and told them to keep going

"... and this concludes my report" Mezri stated, finally finishing the reports they had for me

" I see" deciding to play it safe, I started giving out my orders

" Cadell, since the lesser continent is not safe anymore I want you to go there and bring that boy, Nico back. Failures won't be tolerated" I said in an apathetic voice

" Yes, your majesty" he said and bowed deeply

After that, I turned my head toward my second-strongest scythe and the most intelligent among them

" Seris, I want you to go to Dicathen and search for the person behind the recent attacks on our camps" I said in an equally apathetic voice

" I understand, your majesty" she said with a deep bow

" And all of you should inform your Retainers and their subordinates to proceed their missions with maximal caution"

They were about to answer but I dismissed them all

I watched as they all left the throne room with clear tension among them

After confirming that they left, I looked toward the corner of the room where one person stood without moving

" Richmal" I called him, Richmal, one of my Wraiths

At my call, the person from the corner of the room stepped out of the shadows and came kneeling before me

" Gather a team of five Wraiths of your choice and head to the lesser continent, I want you to investigate if the recent attacks were caused by Asuras or not" I said while giving him a side glance

" On your order" he said while bowing slightly deeper and placing a hand on his chest

" Dismissed" I said emotionlessly and he disappeared as if he was never here to begin with

" Now let's see who is this little mouse that is causing me all these troubles"