窃情谋欲

Just after the battle with the wyvern, the group of Dany and company met with Daemon, Calen and Daenys. The three of them were on their way to help them when the undead wyvern was finally dead.

There were a lot of hugs between the brother and sister and Dany felt a pang of pain on her chest. She missed her brother.

"How did you kill that thing? It looked too strong." Calen asked, panting.

"Well, I think we have the best team in the entire world right now, don\'t you think?" Celeste smiled and patted her brother\'s head.

"You look...terrible." Daenys moved towards Danielle. She really looked terrible. Not her outer appearance though, it was her face that screamed sad and hollow. "Are you alright?" He asked.

"Of course I am!" Danielle snapped.

Daenys paused for a moment and looked at her. Then she reached out and slowly caressed her cheeks. Danielle was shocked but she allowed her and tears started to well up in her eyes.

"I\'m sure he\'s okay," Daneys pulled her closer and give her a tight hug. "It is him we are talking about, right? He survived twenty years without power and now he\'s the most powerful of us. Of course, he would be alright!"

Though that words were said to comfort her, Danielle felt like Daenys was trying to convince herself that their brother would be safe. But she didn\'t say anything. She was just crying in Daenys\'s arms. She missed him. She missed all of them.

After some time, she pulled back from Daneys. She wiped the tears off her face.

"Are you okay?" Daenys asked.

She nodded.

"If your little reunion is over, we\'ve to find Dad and Mom. If anyone is in danger then it is them." Daemon approached them. He had some blood marks on his body and other than that he was alright.

He eyed the strange group. There was all type of people there. Young people. The Winter princess, the Spring princess, the werewolf, the hero, his sister, academy geniuses, judicial knights...

A group of these strong people can withstand anything. He was sure about that.

Then they all heard an eerie sound, like glass broken into millions of pieces only this time, it was the large spherical shield above the judicial building expanding slowly and the strange part is the colour was changing from yellow to blue.

It shimmered in the dark night, the moonlight reflecting on the smooth surface.

"The shield is expanding," Calen murmured. "We should get to the Judicial building and get further orders from the Grandmaster." He addressed the group.

"I agree," Derick voiced out. It was not always he opens his mouth.

Aurelia looked at Dany, she knew what was going on in her friend\'s head. But she was silent. "Dany?"

Danielle shook her head. "Not coming. I have to find my family first. You guys go ahead."

"Then I will also stay with you."

"Me too." Marcus chimed in. Along with him, Laila, Nevil and even Barnie chose to stay.

"Even though he\'s an annoying one and the guy who disrespected the Grandmaster--"I think you should take a look at

"Along with defeating you and getting you fired from the job," Daphne added.

"Yeah, along with that, he is a strong warrior. We should...you know...help him. If he needed it," Barnie was choking the words, like he was embarrassed to say.

Dahlia snickered seeing his face. "Looks like someone is in awe!"

"What! No! No, no, no. Just worried since he\'s the Grandmaster\'s student we don\'t want him to be dead, do we?"

"Right, right. Of course, we don\'t want him to be dead."

During the conversation, someone was glaring at him and nobody noticed the deathly glare. Her purple eyes were piercing him and her eyes were filled with anger and hatred.

\'Why does he have to stay?\' Dany asked, glaring at Marcus. \'Why can\'t he leave? I\'ve to find my brother and my parents. I\'ll do it without his help.\'

Lumiere, who was silent all the time, spoke for the first time. "Why don\'t we all regroup at the Judiciary and start our search from there? Everyone with a clear consciousness will flock to the building and we can check who\'s missing and who\'s not."

"That\'s an excellent idea," Calen clapped his hands. "This is the best course of action. Princess Lumiere, you truly are a genius."

Lumiere bowed her head.

"Dany..." Daenys approached her and waited for her response. "Whatever your decision, I\'ll support it- we will support it. Right, Daemon?" She nudged her brother.

Daemon scowled and looked at Daenys for a second, he still hasn\'t forgotten that fight day with him and Damien. Then he sighed and nodded his head.

"What..." Danielle paused for a second, collecting herself. "What if they won\'t let us go? What if the kind orders us for something else?" Her concern was genuine. If the highest authority of the kingdom orders you and you don\'t comply, then you\'re good as dead.

"The king won\'t." Aurelia moved to her friend, placing a hand on her arm. "At least, the Spring King won\'t. You\'re a resident of the Spring Kingdom and he\'s the only one who can order you and I, as your best friend, give you my word that he won\'t. Even if he does give you an order then we both will be hanged, agreed?"

Danielle chuckled at her friend. "Alight, lead the way."

On the way to the Judicial building, something else happened. They saw a horde of undead and they were prepared to take on them but to their surprise, the undead just walked past them. Like they didn\'t exist.

"What is going on?" Calen asked, still pointing his sword at the horde of undead moving past him.

"I think there\'s something in here that\'s making them like this!" Celeste said, thinking something was off. 

"What should we do?" Barnie asked.

"Search here."

"But we will be wasting time."

"Then make it fast. Whatever thing is here, it\'s making this undead move away from here. Means, whatever it is, it must be the key to end the battle."

It was indeed true. Whatever the "thing" was, it can indeed end the war. But the thing was, currently, lolling on a roaring dragon while its owner was peeking through the wall.