After a talk with Pears, Fishie came to pick me up. It seems that Fracia is quite desperate for some reason. Is it related to the Little Princess?

Since Carly decided to follow me I decide to walk with Fishie and her to the King’s room.

While walking through the corridor, I begin to start thinking about what Pears said about how him, Tarand and Amy all of them were in the same class and if she was in those two’s class why does she appear in my dream?

Isn’t dream about making people whom you knew into reality? Like dreaming about things that traumatize you, inspire you or threaten your very livelihood? Does this mean that I have met Amy in the past or something? Is she by any chance someone I know?

“Hey Dan, you seem lost...” Carly says as she looks at me.

I snap out of my thinking and look at Carly right up in my face, “Hey...” I say but my heart is racing and my face is getting red as I look at her close up. I can see her bra from here...Pink...I see...

“Dan, you took a peek in there didn’t you?” Carly quickly covers her chest.

“Maybe...” I say. Carly sighs.

“We are here.” Fishie says as she stands in distance near the King’s room’s door.

I walk to the door and open it up, “I will just let myself in.” I say as I look at The Little Princess, Fracia, The Bitch Princess and also Salvian in the same room, both the Princess’s stand near the King and Salvian stands near the huge sofa.

“Yo!” I say as I raise my hand and enter the room.

“If it isn’t Mister Looking Cool with One Eye Teacher.” The Bitch Princess says. I sigh. Like seriously, where did she even come up with that name from? It sounds so boring.

Well...I do have a reply to her, “If it isn’t The Bitch Princess.” I say with a smirk.

“HOW DARE YOU-“

“FLESTY! Move out!” Fracia orders.

“Father...”

“Move out! This is my order! Even you Kaileen, Salvian tell Fishie to look after them both.” Now that’s more like a King. I haven’t seen him act like a King at all. This is the first.

“I will let Miss Fishie know about your order.” Salvian says as he keeps his hand near his chest and bows.

“Tsch!”

Flesty seems to be angry as she moves from next to me, “The match seedings have been drawn and your class is fighting mine. I am going to crush you when we meet tomorrow.” Flesty says as she walks past me. I don’t why but she seems unnaturally angry. I am not even siding with The Little Princess this time around maybe because Fracia sided with me but that’s just being too immature...

I just watch Salvian escort them out.

“Please have a seat, Dan.” Fracia says to me as he sits on one end of the sofa. I sit on the other end of the sofa.

I sit on the opposite end of the sofa, “Is it okay if Carly sits with me?” I ask. Fracia nods, “It’s actually a good thing you bought her too. I actually want to talk to her too.” Fracia says.

We both seem to be confused at Fracia’s words.

Carly sits next to me and Salvian enters the room again.

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Everyone is now seated including Salvian who is sitting next to his King.

Fracia takes a deep breath, “Something is wrong with both my daughters.” Fracia says as he holds his forehead.

It’s a surprise that he took that long to notice it.

“I noticed it a long time ago when I first met both of them.” I say.

“Have you figured out what’s wrong with them?!” Salvian asks me. It seems his concern for his King too. He isn’t a bad person after all.

I sigh, “Its Tarand.” I say.

“Tarand...What has he done to my daughters?!” Fracia asks me. He seems to be quite angry and yet depressed.

Why is he always depressed?

“To be honest, even I don’t know what happened in the past month. I only know that while we were away, Tarand was the one who took full advantage of the situation and turned one of your daughters against me but I do know that one of your daughters was always his follower or more like both of them are madly in love with them and do anything told to them.” I say.

“That’s it then...Love huh?” Fracia seems to be tearing up.

“I am surprised you guys actually believe me.” I say.

“We do...That’s because you are Sam’s brother and I know Sam, he actually is a good friend of mine and he always talks about you. He talks about how genuine you are about things and you don’t care about anyone else’s opinion because you always have your opinions. He also says you are not prideful like us and always try to help out people in need. I think a person like that is trustworthy.” Salvian says with a smile but the King doesn’t seem to be like that.

I sigh, “You don’t need to be like that. I am not that special. I just do what’s necessary.” I say.

“I also heard that you hated us royals.” Salvian says.

“I still do.” I say.

“I see...” Salvian says with a sad smile, “Still thanks for helping out my little sister. I heard what you did for her from the locals. I mean I knew what was happening with her but we never got any evidence of it plus no locals would co-operate with us. So we never got a chance to arrest those guards but the other day when you stepped up, we finally arrested them.” Salvian says.

“I see...That’s a good thing.” I say.

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Few minutes pass, “If there isn’t anything else, may we leave?” I ask.

“Yes, you can take your leave.” Fracia says.

Suddenly Carly speaks up, “You said you wanted to tell me about something, right?” Carly asks.

Fracia looks at Carly, “Oh right, about that, the killer who killed your mother, we have a track on him.” Fracia says.

Carly’s eyes widen, “WHO IS IT?!” There was an immense killing intent coming out of Carly’s aura.

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The aura was so strong that it could be felt by everyone standing outside.

“What the hell is happening inside?!” Flesty asks Fishie.

“Don’t know and I don’t want to know about it either...” Fishie says.

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Kaileen sat silently in front of the television.

“Hey Princess, you waiting for someone?” A familiar figure sits besides Kaileen.

Kaileen looks at the familiar figure and it seems that Luke is the one sitting next to her.

Kaileen shows her killing intent to Luke. Luke laughs, “Funny you know, I can feel your killing intent but I really don’t want to leave you alone you know.” Luke says with a smile.

“You shouldn’t have joined, Sir Dan, he is really upset.” Kaileen says.

“Is that so?” Luke looks at the television which is displaying various pop and rock songs.

“Tell me something, do you hate Sir Dan?” Luke asks.

“I don’t.” Kaileen replies.

“Do you respect Sir Dan?” Luke asks.

“I don’t.” Kaileen replies.

“Do you think that Sir Dan is a good teacher?” Luke asks.

“I don’t.” Kaileen replies.

“So why do you call him Sir Dan?” Luke asks.

Kaileen was about to say something but she stops herself from speaking up, “He saved my life when big sister attacked me.” Kaileen says.

“But why Sir Dan? It’s not like he taught you anything...Maybe he did teach you something and you can’t deny it.” Luke says and smiles, “I saw you yesterday and you were crazy fast you know. Isn’t that what Sir Dan was trying to make you? Of course, he was the one who established that crazy fast mage thingy for you but Tarand only polished your skills. I don’t know what he did to you or any of the other classmates I had but that polished skill of yours is quite useless if you use it for violence like that.” Luke says.

“You know, you are quite cool. You have one of the coolest powers and look at me. I am not as cool as you. I have this illusion magic from Sun Wukong’s tree that just has so many techniques that I have to master. I don’t get to mix up magic like you, in fact, Son Wukong’s tree only has one magic and that’s all. I have to use my brain to use that magic to my best use. You don’t have to do that. You are quite powerful yourself.” Luke continues to say with a smile.

“Why are you saying all that to me? Don’t you know, I am your enemy?” Kaileen asks Luke.

“Before an enemy, you are my friend.” Luke says with a smile.

“I broke all my ties with you before we entered the academy. I am no friend of yours.” Kaileen says.

“I know, you don’t consider me as your friend but I consider you a friend and I know that the only reason you broke our friendship was that you didn’t want to see me sad when you get sacrificed but that’s all in the past.” Luke gets up, “Today, I am a different person from the past me and I will get you back to your normal senses not because I only because I want Sir Dan to stay but also because I want you back in my life.” Luke says and then walks away.

Kaileen looks at Luke who seems to be flustered by Luke’s word.

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“I hope that I can help Kaileen but first I will get past tomorrow’s stage! Let’s go!” Luke seems to be determined and smiling. Little did he know someone was listening to his conversation with Kaileen.

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“WHO IS IT THAT KILLED MY MOTHER?!” Carly asks in an angry yet calm voice.

“We don’t know the exact person but we do know he lives within the church.” Salvian says.

“What makes you say that?” I ask.

“We came to know that before Jill died, she had been to the church from a few locals who stay near it.” Salvian says.

“I just have a question, does the church have anything to do with the 9th street incident too?” I ask.

“They do. They actually said that the sister providing cover for the children at orphan was a witch who was providing cover for other witches.” Salvian says.

That makes me angry but I knew something was shady with that church the moment I heard that the church was responsible for the whole Little Princess’s incident.

“Let’s investigate the church after the tournament.” I say.

“We can’t.” Salvian says.

“Why?!” I question.

“That’s because the church holds authority equivalent of the King and secondly, they have an influence on a lot of people. It will cause chaos and rebels will break out. Things will go south if we do that.” Salvian says.

“Tsch!” I say.

“That being said, we do have a person who can control this situation but he is out training right now.” Salvian says.

“The assassin...A world-class mage.” I say.

“You got it right.” Salvian says.

Carly gets up, “Dan, I will start researching on the church.” Carly says.

I smile, “For once, you didn’t lose your cool.” I say.

“I am quite angry and want to bust into the church but I know what you guys are saying. So I will hold off for now on taking any actions.” Carly says.

“The moment I know who mother’s killer is, I am going for their head.” Carly says with her eyes clearly filled with anger.

I nod, “I understand.” I say.

“We shall leave for now.” I say.

With that, our day ends today. Carly angrily makes her way home and I make my way home as well. We came to know a lot about Tarand and also The Church. I want to start researching on that church as well but until the tournament ends, I have to hold off or else I will just cause a lot of trouble in the Kingdom.

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