At the outskirts of a forest, two figures can be seen slowly walking. The two are holding hands, no, more like one of them is supporting the other.

Zura has been smiling the entire time, but her skin has been becoming paler and her back is drenched in sweat.

Heh, this is tougher than I thought.

To be said, it is very hard for a soul to materialize itself for a longer period of time. But even so, Zura has been continuing for half a day, guiding Shin step by step.

Deep inside of Shin

“Malika, they are nearing your territory, when will you begin?”

Ker’Vrak asked as he was patiently watching Shin’s progress in nearing Malika’s territory.

“Shortly, you know that it isn’t easy for us to show our presence outside of Shin.”

Malika said with a bitter smile.

“Puh.”

Bayoun ignored Malika’s refute and said in a harsh tone.

“That spider has been supporting Liege for half a day, and you’re here whining about little things?”

“What little things…?”

Malika said in a displeased tone.

“Spider? You know how efficient Zura was with soul power, even if all 10 of us right here teamed up and attacked her soul, we would undoubtedly lose miserable!”

“You know how difficult it is to show your presence outside of Master’s body, humph…”

“Well…”

Bayoun was out of words, he certainly knew that Zura had the strongest soul and she could use it to the best of her ability.

“Even so, you can’t support Liege if you’re a weakling…!”

Still, Bayoun was dissatisfied with Malika’s ‘puny’ strength, he disdained the weak.

Malika didn’t refute at once, he only snickered and said in a low voice.

“Then why don’t you try to do it, hehe…”

“Cough cough…”

Bayoun faked two coughs and stopped discussing with Malika.

“Bayoun’s not wrong, Malika. We have been silent for way too long, we haven’t moved our powers that much since the Ancient Era.”

Ker’Vrak didn’t deny Bayoun, that was because he knew they could have been stronger.

“Perhaps we should do some stretches, haha.”

Within the pink sculpture – Shenya giggled and laughed, but she didn’t use a joking tone.

“Yeah, we should do some stretches sooner than later.”

Kira said with a small smile on his face.

Outside of Shin

“Hang in there, we are almost there.”

Zura said in a soft voice while expending all her strength in moving forward while supporting Shin.

Shin nodded weakly with half-open eyes, his skin had already become ash-pale and his breathing could barely be heard.

One, only one more step…

One more…

Shin was forcing himself to move his legs forward, he could barely see anything through his hazy eyes, but he continued walking with the support of Zura. That was because he knew that Zura and his Guardians would never harm him, if they told him to walk forward, he would not ask why, but walk until he reached the destination they set for him.

Shin had no idea how long time had passed since he first started walking, he could remember he started when it was dark. But, time passed by swiftly, he could see the sun in the horizon wanting to leave behind the mountains.

A little more…

Zura on the other hand, was becoming paler by the second. Even her ‘body’ was starting to fade, she was biting her lips harder and harder.

Even Zura didn’t know, but her sculpture inside of Shin was starting to shine brighter since the moment she came out to support Shin. At first, the sculpture had only a purple outline, as time passed by, it turned into a purple sun in the abyss.

“Shin…”

Zura’s weak and hoarse voice sounded out, even when it was weak and hoarse, the tone she used was warm and gentle.

“We are almost there…”

Sweat was running down Zura’s pale face, but there was still a weak smile on her face.

Kingdom of Leran

In the throne room, Leo Lenan sat silently holding a piece of paper, reading it repeatedly.

After having read it to the end, he started reading from the beginning, reading it faster, hoping that he did read something wrong.

Leo Lenan had no idea how many times he read it, it could have been tens of times, he laid the paper down and a frown appeared on his face. He glanced at the female near him and asked.

“Tharia, where did you get this information?”

He asked in an annoyed tone.

Tharia bowed and said in a respectful tone.

“Near the outskirts of the Kingdom, our soldiers went through cities and villages, only to find civilians there and the area drenched in blood.”

After thinking for a moment, she said a simple line.

“Qui saw what happened in one of the villages.”

A bulging vein could be seen on Leo’s forehead, he clenched his hand and squinted his eyes to the extreme.

“Good, good, good…!”

Leo repeated himself three times with a deep voice, he glanced at Tharia and ordered.

“Order Qui to find out where he is. He will at no time harm him, but to protect him no matter the cost!”

After having said what he wanted to say, he stood up and vanished.

Outside of a forest

Shin and Zura had been walking for a whole day, both of them were exhausted a long time ago. Zura had a hard time walking by herself, but she held Shin’s arm and supported some of his weight. Even her purple eyes were starting to turn red because of the veins rupturing in her eyes.

“Shin…”

Zura said in a very weak voice.

“I can only bring you here…”

Her voice was becoming weaker by the second, but she still didn’t leave yet.

Shin stopped walking and turned towards Zura slowly, he barely had strength in himself to continue walking a simple step. But, even so, he tried to smile brightly.

“Th-thank you, Zura. I can, I can do the rest myself.”

His eyes were barely open, but he was determined to continue.

A small smile appeared on Zura’s face, she leaned towards Shin…

Shin had no idea what Zura wanted to do, but he didn’t dare to evade her, because he understood how difficult it was for Zura to lead him for a whole day, therefore, he wouldn’t think that she would do anything harmful towards him.

After seeing Shin not evading, Zura was overjoyed.

Not knowing why, but Shin sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn’t find out what it was.

He only saw Zura’s face in front of his face, and it neared even closer. Suddenly, Shin felt something warm on his lips, Shin shut his eyes and engrossed himself in feeling the warmness. After leaving everything to Zura, something entered his mouth which intertwined itself with his tongue.

Shin had no idea what was happening, time passed by swiftly, after having calmed down, he opened his eyes, but couldn’t see Zura anywhere. His cheeks turned crimson and he lowered his head, he slowly raised his hand and touched his lips softly, feeling the warmness. It was a weird sensation for Shin, it was the first time he had done something like that, he also felt his body having more strength.

“Cough cough…”

Not knowing when, Malika stood behind Shin

Shin jumped like a frightened rabbit, he stared at Malika in fright and asked in a very low voice.

“Did you see…?”

Malika opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Shin’s cheeks turned redder, his previous pale face turned red as blood.

When Shin was about to calm down, he heard Malika say something which sent him almost to the ground.

“All of us saw…”

Deep inside of Shin

A loud shriek could be heard, Ker’Vrak, Ovan, Bayoun and Kira thought that it would have been better to be deaf than to listen to that shriek.

“You stole Shin from me!!!”

Mekina’s red sculpture was in flames.

A snicker could be heard with a playful voice entering their ears.

“How did little Shin taste?”

Shenya snickered once more, but she was gazing coldly at the purple sculpture.

“I wouldn’t mind eating him when I go out, hehe…”

“Hahaha…”

Within the purple sculpture, Zura laughed loudly with an overjoyed tone.

“Are you jealous that I was the first one to taste Shin, hahaha!”

“I’ll destroy you…!”

Mekina growled in a deep voice.

“Shin’s mine…!”

“Humph!”

“Stop!”

Kira said in a loud voice, he stared coldly at Mekina before glancing at Shenya and Zura.

After hearing Kira, they quieted down after a couple of seconds.

“Cough…”

Kira faked a cough, a golden light appeared in front of his sculpture and Kira stood there, staring at the dark sculpture of Shin.

“Stop acting shamefully.”

“Besides, who says Lord likes girls, I’ll protect him…”

Kira felt his throat and lips dry as he was glancing at Shin’s sculpture in fervour.

Everything turned quiet, at least that was what Kira thought. He glanced around and saw every Guardian standing in front of their sculptures staring at him with cold eyes and wrath.

Ker’Vrak started walking towards Kira and said in a deep voice.

“I suggest breaking Kira’s Soul Mark…”

“I agree…”

“We shouldn’t let little Shin meet that shameful pervert…”

“To protect our Liege, he must die…”

“Master has many Guardians, one less wouldn’t hurt…”

“Well said…”

Every Guardian started walking towards Kira.

Kira started sweating as he was staring at them with fear, he tried to walk backwards, only to feel a slender hand resting on his neck. Kira glanced towards the owner of the arm, his eyes widened, he tried to say something, but only a weak mutter came out of his mouth.

“The N-Night E-Empres…!!!”

Peutoa stood there without any expressions, but Kira could sense the oozing wrath and anger coming out of Peutoa’s aura.

“SORRY!”

“Uwaaahhh!!!”

A miserable shriek could be heard in the dark space with the sound of punches and kicks…