In the end, everyone went to sleep with their clothes ripped open, injuries on their bodies and half of the castle in ruins…

The sun slowly rose from behind the mountains, Shin opened his eyes with a yawn. Shin had been cold during the night because of the hole in the wall, that was why Shin had a heavy quilt wrapped around his body.

“Good morning.”

Shin heard a familiar voice, he turned his head to see Aria’s smiling face.

“Good morning, mother.”

Shin replied with a bright smile.

Aria raised her left hand and caressed Shin’s cheeks tenderly.

Shin moved his body closer towards Aria and hugged her with his eyes closed.

“It feels warms…”

Shin muttered as he cuddled in Aria’s embrace.

“Hehe, I am happy that you like it in my arms.”

Aria laughed softly while holding Shin carefully, after a minute, Aria spoke in a calm voice.

“Have you decided how to do it?”

Shin’s cheeks turned red, but he nodded weakly.

“Uhm, I have…”

“Shin, I will support you no matter what. You are my treasure.”

Aria lowered her head and kissed Shin on his forehead.

“Let’s go and eat something, you have a long day today.”

After having said this, Aria stood up and changed her clothes. She now wore a purple robe with a silver coat on her back, the moment Aria wore her clothing, a cold expression slowly emerged on her face and the aura around Aria turned violent.

“M-mother…”

Shin stared at Aria in fright.

“Ah!”

Aria went out of her daze.

“I’m sorry, whenever I wear this outfit, I seem to have returned to that time when we were hunted.”

Shin’s eyes turned watery when he heard Aria mention that.

“Hehe, you don’t have to worry, because I am very happy now with you.”

Aria put a smile on her face and patted Shin’s head softly.

“I’m wearing this in case that someone does the same mistake as yesterday, because I will not go easy on them…!”

Aria’s eyes glinted coldly for a moment, but it turned normal when she glanced at Shin’s robe.

“Why don’t you change your clothes?”

“Umu…”

Shin nodded weakly before taking off his white robe and putting on his favourite dark robe that he got from Susan on the banquet, but he rarely used it because he didn’t want it to be damaged.

After Shin stood up, he calmed down his feelings.

Shin’s silver hair reached down to his neck, but it was smooth and shined in the light. His skin was white as snow, it wasn’t pale any longer, it was radiating a healthy colour.

“Hehe, you look just like a charming prince.”

Aria tried to hold back her laughter as she gazed at Shin. But, she was happy deep inside, Aria couldn’t help but smile brightly.

Shin lowered his head and walked towards Aria, reaching his left hand to hold Aria’s hand.

“Uhm, mother, you look very pretty.”

“Hehe.”

Aria laughed as she patted Shin’s head before holding his outreached hand.

“Do you want to eat breakfast, or do you want to begin at once?”

Shin tilted his head slightly after hearing Aria’s question.

“I am not sure why, but I don’t feel hungry at all since yesterday.”

“Hehe, it means that you have become very strong.”

Aria laughed as she explained it to Shin.

“Your body require less food when you become stronger, I, Kali and the rest usually eat food just for pleasure, nothing else.”

“Oh…”

Shin absentmindedly nodded as he thought about the past; the cold nights where he could only eat a hard mouldy bread. Shin’s body trembled slightly before he put his mind away from those thoughts as he tried to feel the warmness from Aria’s body.

“I understand.”

Aria did feel Shin tremble for a slight moment, she knew what he was thinking, the only thing Aria could do was to tighten her grip, not wanting to let Shin out of her reach ever again.

“Do you know where Kali is?”

Shin tilted his head slightly as he asked Aria.

“Can’t you find anyone if you spread your aura out?”

Aria asked slightly surprised, Aria could not and would not forget that Shin was stronger than anyone in this world.

Shin nodded and shook his head.

“I can.”

“But, I can’t control it to only spread throughout this city. When I stood in front of that guy, I spread my aura, but I sensed everything on this continent, it was very troublesome…”

Shin mumbled towards the end, he didn’t like the feeling of sensing everything as it made him have a terrible headache.

“…”

Aria didn’t know what to say, if Aria spread her aura out, she could at most envelop this city.

“Eh, I think Kali is sitting outside drinking tea. She was in a bad mood since last night.”

Aria tried her best to act like normal. Aria of course knew that Shin was strong, but never knew how strong. After finding out a little about his strength, she couldn’t help but be shocked.

“I’m going to speak with Kali, I will be back shortly, mother.”

Shin started running through the halls with a bright smile on his face.

Aria calmed down when she saw Shin run like a child through the halls. She shook her head slightly while mumbling.

“It seems that I will have to protect you for a very long time.”

Even when Aria was shaking her head, she had a bright smile on her face.

Shin ran outside and looked at the garden, he tried glancing around everywhere, but he couldn’t see Kali anywhere.

After thinking for a bit, Shin started running towards where he practised his sword and dagger for the first time.

When Shin arrived there, he could see a chair and a table in the middle of the garden. On the table, was a teapot and a cup filled with tea which had a faint aroma of freshness. On the chair, sat Kali with her eyes closed.

Shin started smiling when he saw Kali there, he started running towards Kali, but he slowed down when he saw that Kali didn’t open her eyes.

“Is Kali sleeping?”

Shin whispered to himself in a very low voice, he didn’t want to wake Kali up. Shin walked on his toes, trying to not make a sound as he neared Kali.

Shin was smiling brightly as he neared Kali without waking her up, in the end, Shin managed to stand in front of Kali. Shin stared at Kali with mesmerized eyes, his eyes went from her beautiful purple hair, white skin, stunning face structure and her gothic dress. No matter where Shin looked at, he couldn’t help but feel engrossed in Kali, not knowing why, Shin gulped.

With that, Kali opened her eyes slowly and stared at Shin’s panicking face. Kali laughed deeply in her heart, as she wasn’t asleep and knew that Shin was already here a long time ago.

But, Kali thought that it would be worth it to tease Shin, her lips curved upwards as she spoke.

“When did you come? Is it anything important?”

Shin panicked when he saw that Kali woke up, but he calmed down when he saw her purple eyes. Shin lowered his head, his breathing became hoarser as he knit his fists together with all his force.

“Uhm… Y-yes, there, there is something I, I would like to say…”

Shin’s cheeks turned pink and he stuttered, but he continued speaking.

Kali felt amused by watching Shin, but her heart was beating rapidly too. Kali tried her best to stay silent, therefore she gestured Shin to continue speaking.

Shin trembled like a little rabbit, but he slowly raised his head, his eyes were wide open and staring at Kali as he tried to speak, but his mouth opened and closed without letting out a sound.

After ten seconds, a weak sound escaped Shin’s mouth.

“Will, will you, marry me…?”

When Shin finished speaking, he lowered his head, anxious to even glance at Kali.

Seconds passed, but Shin didn’t hear Kali’s response, Shin’s face turned pale. Shin slowly raised his head, only to see tears running down Kali’s face, but she was smiling brightly.

Kali could see that Shin was anxious and confused, she therefore encouraged herself up and pounced at Shin, hugging him tightly, slowly speaking in his ear.

“Yes.”

“Let me be your fairy forever.”

Kali’s voice was soft as water as she said those words.

Shin breathed out in relief, he hugged Kali back with a joyful expression.