No matter how much I tried to ignore it, I could not. That attitude of Fuegoleon is way too similar to that of Ryo Fu... and this chapter is more dialogue than anything, how didn't you lose your patience this time writing all that? Commonly after three or four dialogues together you end up wanting to skip up to three weeks so you do not have to keep moving so slow...
—Well... we can go now, hime-sama... — Hervor commented happily and appeared in front of (Y/N) who at that moment was reading several books in the library. She looked up to see the young man floating beside her before closing the book she was reading and returning it to its place with the help of her magic and then getting up.
—Okay...— she said showing a forced smile before getting up from that chair and start heading towards the exit of the library. (Y/N) was somewhat sad to leave the Clover Kingdom because she wanted at least to see her fiancé wake up from the coma he was in before leaving but apparently that was not going to be possible anymore. The girl opened the library door just after Hervor left the place.
As soon as the girl was out of the place, a strange scandal next to the library made her turn around to see what was happening and in doing so, her eyes met those of Fuegoleon.
She was surprised to see that her fiancé had finally awakened from that dream and although she would have liked to hug him and say goodbye to him, she preferred not to do so because he was with his brothers and she didn't consider it right to interrupt them in that moment.
(Y/N) looked away as certain sadness appeared in her eyes. She took her hands to the stone that hung from her neck and pulled sharply the collar before returning to look at Fuegoleon; (Y/N) showed him a forced smile before throwing the necklace to the floor to finally turn her body completely towards Hervor who had opened a strange portal.
—It's time to leave now... (Y/N)-hime... — said the young man with a smile on his face as he extended a hand to (Y/N) — I'm sure you'll like the place we're going to...— (Y/N) smiled and nodded at the words spoken by Hervor before taking his hands and let the Void God take her to the portal which disappeared once they both passed through it.
The moment she disappeared from the sight of Fuegoleon, a certain anger and frustration seized the young man which caused a strange hostile aura of fire to appear around his body. That aura was so dangerous that Leopold and Mereoleona quickly left the redhead who took advantage of that moment to run to the balcony where the portal was previously.
—I lost her again...I cannot believe that she was once again taken away from me...—he commented while hitting the railing with such force that it ended up destroyed — if I was going to lose her anyway...then why did I wake up? —he murmured trying to regain his composure. Leopold slowly approached his brother again now that this dangerous aura was no longer surrounding him.
—Brother...that girl...why...—
—She is my fiancée... I got engaged to her when she was barely a baby and now that I think about it, she's about your same age...— Fuegoleon commented backing slightly from the railing to bend over and pick up the necklace she had previously thrown — this was the necklace that was given to her as a symbol of that engagement... —
—But...she was still young back at there...how did you even manage to fall in love with her? — Leopold asked looking at that emerald that his brother showed him.
—Because she was a tender child and as incredible as it sounds, she was also very intelligent... for her age she was already able to understand the spoken and written language and although she was not able to speak, she was able to write perfectly... that's why I could not help but get interested in her, I thought she would be perfect to be my queen once I took the throne of the Clover Kingdom... but then that happened and although it was hard for me to forget that I had lost her, I never completely got over that... And now that I finally have the opportunity to meet her again, she goes away from me again... —
After hearing the words of his brother, Mereoleona approaches them a bit surprised by that revelation because she never thought that (Y/N) was that little girl with whom his brother had engaged 16 years ago; but now that she thought about it clearly, she managed to remember that this little girl was Julius's daughter, so it was impossible for him to get confused.
—I'm sorry...— he apologized —... if he had known that it was her, I would have helped and supported her. It's just that... it was impossible for me to forget the fact that she had grown up in the forsaken region... —
—But what is done is done... — said Surtr who appeared floating in front of Fuegoleon with a gesture of discomfort on his face — I thought that if I forced you to wake up you could stop (Y/N) from leaving, but it seems that even you couldn't manage to do something... whatever... take this, I'm returning it to you...— Surtr appeared the grimoire of Fuegoleon between his hands and threw it towards the magician so that he can take it. When Leopold saw him, he quickly stood in front of his brother and appeared his grimoire in case the chestnut tried to do something but all he did was look at him with confusion — what are you doing? — He asked coldly as he descended from the sky to touch the ground.
—If you're here to hurt my brother, you better prepare for the consequences... I'm not the same one you faced that time— Leopold threatened but his words only caused Surtr to start laughing.
—And I'm not the beast of fire that you faced... that time I was only using a body created by (Y/N) but this time I'm using my real body and if I make a comparison of the power that I can use with my body and with that of the beast of fire, the difference is huge... but enough to talk about things without relevance... — Surtr ignored the threats of Leopold and passed him by before stopping in front of Fuegoleon and bowed to him— My name is Surtr, the Flame God and I'm one of the minor gods at the service of the Imperial Kreuz family. From this moment and by orders of Miss (Y/N) Ouranos Kreuz or better known only as (Y/N) Novachrono, I will serve you, Fuegoleon Vermillion-sama...—
— A GOD?!!! —Mereoleona and Leopold Shouted surprised at the same time— but how...—
—The Imperial Kreuz family is mainly conformed by gods and god rank devils so it is not surprising that the servants of that family are gods and lesser demons...— he said as he took the grimoire of Fuegoleon between his hands to open it in the page where the spell of his pact with the wizard was —this is the spell you can use to summon me whenever you want, plus, since you turned out to be much more compatible with me than I thought, your normal spells will increase in power when you use them and will consume less magic than they used to...—
—But having you as a spirit servant will not result in an extra burden for my brother? —Asked Leopold after hearing everything of what Surtr said. It was okay for his brother to gain much more power thanks to the help of that God, but he was worried that summoning Surtr and keep him there could represent a useless waste of magic.
—No, because I do not need to absorb magic to be able to be summoned, besides I can also appear and act on my own if I wish... —
—So you think you can locate (Y/N) if I order it to you? —Fuegoleon asked suddenly, which made his brothers turn to see him somewhat surprised by that. To what extent was he capable to get obsessed with that girl?
Surtr stared at him in complete silence. The look that Fuegoleon showed at that moment was such that the god could not help but remembering that he looked too much like a certain person since they both seemed capable of doing anything to have the person they love by their side.
—Yes... since she was my previous mistress, I am still able to feel her magical presence no matter how far away she is... also if we are talking about Hervor, I am sure that he will have taken her to that place... Valhalla, one of the kingdoms under the influence of the Kreuz Empire and which is governed by me and my other two brothers: Hervor and Sigurd...—
—Then take me there... — Fuegoleon ordered.
—As you wish... but I warn you since now that it won't be so easy to get to where she is...—
—What are you... — Surtr take them to Valhalla's outskirts without even letting Fuegoleon or Leopold ask something about the place where they were going.
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Once the portal took the magicians to the shores of Valhalla, the magicians saw with astonishment that it was a completely different place from everything they had seen. The structures were very different from those that existed in the Clover kingdom and the magic in this place was equal or much more concentrated than that of the labyrinths. The palace in the distance looked majestic and around it were several floating islands that were not connected by any means.
—Welcome to Valhalla... the place that can be his downfall. Here live powerful warriors who control Magic of Origin and who are able to even sacrifice their lives to protect what is most valuable to them...— commented Surtr appearing not far from them and floating in the middle of the sky.
From just hearing that they had arrived at a place full of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives, Leopold's face paled a little. The very idea of thinking that you could fight with thousands of much stronger warriors made his blood boil with emotion but at the same time he was terrified of how fearsome the magic of those warriors would be if they were as strong as Surtr or Hervor then they were in serious trouble.
—Brother... Do not you think you're being reckless? — Asked Leopold turning to see his brother who still remained in his usual calm attitude — You always told me that I have to stay calm at all times but... you just brought us to a place full of enemies of which we know practically nothing only for chasing a simple girl... —
Fuegoleon turned to see his brother while Surtr descended from the sky to stop next to the magician.
—It's not a simple girl... besides... I'm perfectly calm... I would never have asked Surtr to bring me to this place if I was not sure I could achieve something... —
—In addition, all the inhabitants of Valhalla are... — Just when Surtr was about to say something, the sky darkened and several roars were heard before from the distance Hervor began to approach to the place accompanied by a young man much older than him with short blue hair and peculiar violet eyes that was dressed in a similar way like Hervor and Surtr. As soon as the young gods approached the group of wizards, Surtr immediately turned to see them with total seriousness in his face and completely ignored what he was saying previously—Hervor, Sigurd... —
—Surtr-nii... I did not expect to see you again so soon... — commented the young man.
—What are you doing here? —Asked Hervor annoyed as he got closer to the Fire God and takes out his weapons. —I thought (Y/N) had ordered you to stay with Fuegoleon... —
—I did but that does not change the fact that I'm still one of the rulers of this kingdom... also Fuegoleon was the one who asked me to bring him here... —the chestnut reproached annoyed before taking several steps forward while continuing to look at the Void God—But do you know that you have to stop manipulating (Y/N)-hime that way, right? —
—But she said she liked this place... that she would have liked to have born in a place free of discrimination like Valhalla... Also she said she felt accepted here... — Hervor seemed somewhat upset with what Surtr had said. It was true that Hervor took advantage of that insecurity in (Y/N) to get her to agree to come with him to Valhalla but what was also true and that only Sigurd knew was that Hervor had also indirectly manipulated most of the servants in the palace and forced them to ignored her and treat it that way.
—Anyone would feel accepted here, Hervor... because there is no discrimination because of social status, and there has never been any hostility towards anyone for the simple fact that it is not necessary to do it... anyone who feels that way, just like her, would be easily deceived by this acceptance...—Surtr let out a big sigh before speaking again —Hervor... I know you love her a lot and just like me you hate to see her suffer but no matter how much we love her and how much we care about her, we should let her decide on her own. Whatever she decides, we are supposed to be there to support her decisions... —
—Whatever... if you want him to go to see (Y/N), well then... I'll let him... — said Hervor annoyingly lowering his head momentarily—... that if they manage to get to where she is... — after those words that seemed more like a threat, Hervor snapped his fingers to disappear from that place along with Sigurd.
With Hervor away from the place, Surtr let out a big sigh again before refocusing his attention on Fuegoleon and Leopold.
—As Hervor said, if you want to recover (Y/N) then you will have to go to where she is... — Surtr raised one of his hands and pointed it towards a small floating island that was floating far beyond the palace— when I said that this place could become your downfall was not because the inhabitants of this place were to threaten you because despite being powerful warriors they are very friendly to those who doesn't represent a thread for the kingdom. The reason why I said it was because of the restrictions that are randomly applied in all the kingdoms of the Kreuz Empire due to the great amount of magic that the cities can store... in the case of Valhalla, any kind of magic that is not Origin Magic immediately becomes unusable and for that reason it is impossible to use magical vehicles to move from island to island...—
—Then it will be impossible for us to get to where she is?!! —Leo shouted something frustrated. —If our magic does not work and much less can we use brooms to fly, how will we get to that island? —
—Don't ask me... I'll give you my help because that's how I was ordered, but I'm not obliged to answer anything if I do not want to do it... So think on your own... —
While the wizards thought of a way to get to that place, Surtr appeared his sword in the air and sat on it while looking attentively to that serious face that Fuegoleon had.
Surtr always disliked humans not because they were weak, much less for those horrible attitudes they had but for the simple fact that they could become much worse than the demons themselves as they did not hesitate a bit to sacrifice and betray those of the same species.
As he continued to watch them, Surtr slowly began to remember those days while he was still human; those moments that were now only vague memories slowly flooded his mind until he remembered perfectly the day he was killed along with his brothers by the members of the village where they lived only because the power they born with was too dangerous at that time because they were born with dual elements.
And although that hatred did not disappear after his death Surtr thought that even if Fuegoleon was a human, he felt that he could trust him and let the person he loved most in this world stay by his side.
—I will help you... — he said suddenly breaking the silence that had formed in the place. He put his sword back to the earring in his left ear and descended from the sky to extend his hand and ask Fuegoleon for his grimoire—Transports are useless here and the magic of creation also but the invocation of spirit servants who are not linked to elemental magic will serve in these cases if you are not able to fly naturally like us... — he spoke coldly as he slowly passed several pages in Fuegoleon's grimoire until he finally reached the part of the grimoire that was empty and by using his energy, he wrote a spell on one of the blank pages before returning the grimoire to its owner. — This is the spell you can use to summon Vritra... my dragon servant... —
— Huh? A dragon? But I thought those creatures were not real... — commented Leopold surprised at the sudden suggestion of Surtr.
—But they are... they just decided to leave the continent for more than 900 years and with their disappearance, people slowly forgot them until they simply become a myth... but stop talking nonsenses... just summon Vritra so we can go to where (Y/N)-hime is... —
—Okay... — Fuegoleon raised his grimoire on the page where was the new spell that Surtr wrote. This spell was written in a language that Fuegoleon did not know but as soon as his gaze fell on the pages of his grimoire, he immediately began to read it as if that were the simplest thing in the world.
At that time huge amounts of dark clouds began to surround the sky until something like the eye of a cyclone formed with those clouds and in the middle of that space, a dimensional distortion was opened and a huge black beast flew out of it. The dragon flew around the kingdom several times before descending in front of the fire wizards and crouching slightly to face them and look at them with those red eyes.
—My name is Vritra... I am one of the guardian dragons of Apeiros Stratos and I am under the orders of God Surtr... — said the dragon only opening his jaw while the words just came out of his mouth — tell me human... who are you and why have you managed to summon me? — The dragon asks. Fuegoleon looked fearfully at the dragon in front of him. Although he had read several times about these creatures in books, he never thought that these would be so awesome and intimidating.
—My name is Fuegoleon Vermillion...— he answered. He felt that it was difficult to speak by being in front of such magic presence that the dragon was releasing but he forced himself to speak as he could—... I received a blessing from the queen of Weiß Kreuz and now Surtr is my familiar spirit... —
—I see... that makes you my master too... so... what do you want me to do for you? Human... — that response seemed to please the dragon so it stopped releasing that intimidating aura and even decided to shrunk a bit so that Fuegoleon could feel a little more relaxed — whatever your desire... I will fulfill it as long as that doesn't represent any threads to any of my allies...—
—I just want you to take me to that building... — he said pointing to the small island that floated beyond the palace. The dragon turned its face to see where the magician aimed before crouching even more on the ground as if telling them to climb on his back.
—That will be easy... get up then... — Fuegoleon and Leopold climbed on Vritra's back before he got up from the ground and slowly began to take off at the same time that Surtr just followed them closely—... but if what you really want is to convince the girl to return with you to the human realm, let me tell you that it will be the most complicated thing to do...—
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After flying several minutes the group finally arrives to the island where supposedly (Y/N) was and after the mages descended from Vritra, it disappeared. Fuegoleon walked calmly towards the door of the building that was in that place and opened it before venturing inside.
In front of him was only a long corridor lightly illuminated by violet flames supported by chandeliers that floated in the air, the walls were decorated with a beautiful tapestry of red adorned with flowers and throughout its surface were hung several paintings. Serving as decoration, there were also several marble pillars that had valuable objects on it: from gold and silver jewelry, beautiful porcelain crafts to rare and dangerous magical objects.
After walking for a long time finally a door can be seen in the distance so Fuegoleon hurries a little more his step and without even caring to knock before, he open the door and enter the room only to find a somewhat uncomfortable moment. The girl was getting dressed and at that moment she only had her underwear.
She thinking that it was Hervor, turned immediately to the door and that expressionless face that she had at that moment becomes a one full of surprise and embarrassment.
—Fuegoleon-san... — she murmured when she saw the mage in that place — why are you here? —She asked, totally calm as she slowly began to dress properly. The mage remained at the entrance somewhat nervous because of that situation but Surtr simply entered as if it were the most normal thing in the world and went to the bed and then sit on the shore of it and stare at (Y/N).
—I'm really sorry... but he was the one who asked me to bring him here— Surtr apologized at the same time that (Y/N) looked away from the door to focus on the god behind her.
—Okay, do not worry... you were only following orders... but changing the subject...— the girl turned her face towards Fuegoleon before approaching him and stop in front of him — Why are you here? I don't get it... —
—I... I want you to come back with me to the Clover Kingdom... — he said — even if our engagement is not valid now, I want you by my side... now that I know you are alive after all those years, my life will not make sense if I do not have you... –
(Y/N) was surprised to hear those words and although she was happy to know that there was someone besides her father who did not discriminate her, that was not enough for her. She felt insecure to return to a place full of cold looks and attitudes where from one moment to another she could be betrayed or killed by someone who hated her. And that fear inside her greatly exceeded the love she had for Fuegoleon.
—I'm sorry but I... I do not want to go back to that place... To be surrounded by false smiles, looks of contempt and indifferent attitudes... I hate it... — she began to tremble slightly as she backed up several steps and lowered her head a bit to hide her eyes behind of her hair — that place is very cold for my taste... and compared to the Clover Kingdom, this place is completely different. Here in Valhalla there is no discrimination towards anyone. Regardless of the amount of magic or social status of a person, all are treated in the same way and everyone supports each other... is the most peaceful place I've seen... So I'm so sorry, Fuegoleon-san— (Y/N) approached again to him but this time in such a way that their bodies touched each other. The girl approached her face slowly towards the redhead before closing her eyes and joining her lips with his in what seemed to be a goodbye kiss.
At that moment a few small tears slid down (Y/N)'s cheeks before she finally broke that kiss and opened her eyes to look towards the Fuegoleon. Slowly she lifted one of her hands until she touched one of the wizard's cheeks and then showed him a tender smile.
—I love you... that will never change, but unfortunately I do not intend to return to that place unless it is very necessary... But you... you should return to your kingdom, with your family and with all those who await your return, Fuegoleon... Surtr... — (Y/N) murmured the name of the chestnut before removing her hand and starts to move away from Fuegoleon while the Fire God got up from the bed and approached them. He made a slight bow in front of (Y/N)—... please take Fuegoleon back to the Clover Kingdom, and this time... no matter what he orders you, never bring him back to this place... —
Surtr bowed again before beginning to approach Fuegoleon while a strange scarlet flame began to surround both his body and that of the Vermillion brothers.
—WAIT! —Fuegoleon shouted annoyed easily getting rid of the flames that surrounded him — what makes you believe that I will return to the Clover Kingdom? If you do not think about going back then I do not have any reason to do it either... I intend to stay here by your side... Even if they consider me a traitor, I could not care less now that I have finally found you... now that I do not need to force myself to forget you... — He approached her again and carefully took (Y/N)'s body in his arms and leaned his head between her chest — I want you... no, I love you... and I am more than willing to give up everything as long I can stay by your side... So Surtr, please take my brother back to the Clover Kingdom... — he ordered still hugging (Y/N).
— Wait brother... — Leopold tried to resist but this time the flames were much faster and completely surrounded his body before he was transported back to the door of the library.
— Are you sure of this? — (Y/N) asked once that Leopold was back in the Clover Kingdom and that Surtr had left the place to go talk about several things with Hervor. Fuegoleon raised his face and looked at (Y/N) with those violet orbs he has while a smile was marked on his face.
—Completely... and even though I could not complete my oath to become the Magic Emperor at least I managed to fulfill the promise I made to meet you again... so please do not try to get away from me anymore... — (Y/N) blushed at the words of Fuegoleon and smiled nervously and nodded before answering that hug —I love you...—
This did not end as I wanted because they had to return to the Clover Kingdom but because I did not find a way for Fuegoleon to convince her to go back with him, we were forced to change the original idea a bit and it ended like this...