Joln didn't waste any time and he immediately stormed off.Navil tried to followed him, but instead Joln told him to watch Syin and alert him if anything happens.And then he pointed to Mlya to go get some water from the pond

"Dont worry about it", added the immature wolf.He didn't wait for a response or a comment and he immediately ran towards the pavillon...

Navil sat back down and simultaneously Mlya came back into the pavilion carrying a lily leaf with some water on it.There are a lot of lotus leaves here so getting a good should be a simple concept.As he walked back in he was careful not to spill the water or damage the leaf.He steadily kneeled down whilst holding onto the leaf with both hands..

All the while Navil looked over to Mlya .He sat in the most stable that he could and supported the leaf with his left hand. Using the tips of his right-hand fingers, he stirred the water a little to adhere it to his flesh and raised his hand and towards Syin s forehead to deliever tiny waterdroplets on the papers .

He repeated his motion at least five times.Mlya was so focused on dripping droplets it seemed like he was enchanted..His incredibly pale fingers looked like noodles as they were drenched in water.The water leaf that he had used to contain the water from the pond was indrebly portable because not a single drop was lost from it or maybe it's just that Mlya is that delicate and skilled..

After that Mlya lowered the leaf on the ground next to him as he noticed the paper get a little less dry or simply no longer needing any more water..He had to be careful when lowering the leaf to avoid damaging it, that is really important.

Navil saw that Mlya was facing the opposite direction and took the intiative to try and touch the paper on Ryle s fore head .He wiped his bizzardly soft palm on his thigh as he was now sitting on his heels . Slowly he raised the hand from lower altitude however just as he was inches away from Ryle, Mlya slapped his hand away earning himself a cute sulk from Navil..

Mlya continued by raising his hand to knock sense into the empty bucket he calls a brain..

Navil jumped back and laughed a little..

"I wish Joln would let me beat you because honestly how can you be this childish", argued Mlya whilst pointing agressively at Navil..

"Really?",feablebly reasoned Navil

" Really what?", reprimanded Mlya

Just as they were sharing this incredibly sibling-like moment, a large explosion erupted in the north side of the palace ,almost like the initial area where the wolves were previously fighting those smoke figures.

Navil looked to Mlya who was still looking at the side of the explosion.

"What could they be possibly fighting,", questioned Mlya.He turned and looked at Navil who shrugged at his question

Navil stood up impulsively and closed his eyes and when he opened them, they were glowing gold..

Navil breathed in and as he was about to jump away from the pavilion, he felt a tiny hand hold his elbow..

He turned his attention down to look at the stick like fingers holding him.. Consecutively he raised his menace filled eyes to the owner of the fingers and that's when he saw Mlya looking at him so dread-filled

As he looked into his eyes, Mlya immediately retracted his hand.He could see that Mlya was deeply concerned.The golden fire burning in his eyes quickly subsided and returned to a normal caramel brown color,one that made him appear less lethal but still intimidating.

When did Mlya stand up and move next to him?And when did his facial expression get so fearful?

The reason is seeing Navil about to dash into a possibly dangerous situation jogs his memory and wrecks his nerves.

Declan had gone investigating like this and he was never seen again.If only he had stopped Declan or maybe he had gone with him or had gone instead, Declan would still be around and things would be so heavy for Mlya to bear.

The thing is Declan was the only family that Navil had and when he was around, he keep treating Navil like a little brother and would let Navil follow him everywhere..So by virtue of Declan training with Mlya, they were always together and by default Navil ended up being there too. Eventually they became a little trio. They had what Joln, Syin and Valian had but theirs was a little more family founded.

When Declan went missing, Mlya felt it in him to step up to being the big brother Declan used to be.Declan cared about this little mountain and that much obvious, he was all he ever talked about, both good and bad.His three year friendship with Declan , facing incredibly scary situations together, had created a bond more solid than a union of three thousand years..

Mlya is the only one who knows of the real upbringing at all of these two. And it was far from pretty.

Both Navil and Declan never had a family. Declan grew up on the streets and survived on handouts and leftovers from a hospital.He can't recall how exactly he didn't die in the first five years of his life but he survived..

When he was about ten years old whilst voyaging on the streets at night for food on his usual routes,he heard a baby crying nearly five feet away next to a tree...

Initially he should have left the baby but then he thought that he might pretend like he found the baby then the parents will reward him.That was all the convincing he needed. With that he went over to the child already feeling like he has won a million silver taels.

Of course with the mindset of a child he thought the baby fell from the pockets of the parents and they would come back looking for it.

He walked slowly to the baby and as he was getting near the baby was still crying and was getting even more louder and louder.And admist the crying, there would be coughing and sneezing..No matter how hard-hearted one is, the sounds from the baby were heart-rending

He cringed at the thought of contracting a cold from a baby but nonetheless proceeded because of the sneezing and partial wheezing.

Baby Navil was so tiny and undoubtedly malnourished.He was also wrapped in a jacket that wrecked of alcohol and sweat infused with dirt.His cheeks looked really red, signs of a fever yet he was trembling a little

He thought of leaving Navil because he was not going to survive the next two weeks.But then again the baby could be the child of a noble so the reward would signicant

Declan squatted and uncovered the jacket and looked closely at the child and that's when he felt a great sense of pity. he pulled out his bottle of water and picked Navil from the ground leaving the smelling jacket down.As he held him brought it to his mouth, opening the bottle lid just a little so that he can control the pressure of the water.He made sure to keep the bottle at the right angle as he has seen at the hospital.Navil galloped on the water mercilessly like he had been needing it for days..

For some reason, Declan wounded up kneeling down with the baby in his arms. he watched under the light of the moon, as the color returned on his cheeks.Navil drank and drank and because of the fever ,he was struggling to breathe.

He stopped feeding him the water when Navil started sneezing and he looked at the bottle that was half empty.He got interrupted when Navil coughed again

"Little one, you are really unfit. Your parents must not feed you enough. ",he explained softly..He placed the bottle down and started to wipe Navil s cheeks and nose..He placed his hand on his temple and for a fact, his temperature was off.The reason for that is quite obvious, except for the cloth acting as a diaper and this jacket, the poor creature was exposed.

The chill disturbed his thoughts.It was really late around eleven at night.And nights here are fond of being very chill

He placed Navil on the jacket and adjusted himself once more because he was starting to feel sleepy and his legs were sore and worn out from walking all day.

"Don't worry, I won't leave you",he chuckled playfully as he undid his upper coat.

He leaned to the side and he picked the baby and positioned him onto his chest

Both their upper bodies were naked .So little Navil s bare chest was directly onto Declan s flesh.With one hand he reached across pulled his coat over ,then pressed down on the baby, while the other hand held the child. He manouvered as much as he could but eventually he managed to tie both their bodies together..With his right hand he held onto Navil who was surprisingly not moving as much and his left hand, he supported himself up

He stood up after great effort and picked up the bottle and smelly jacket , walked away and headed to the nearby hospital.Just a few minutes later he felt Navil breathing steadily and as he looked at him , he saw the tiny droplet asleep.He smiled and continued walking.The warmth of Declan s skin had soothed him to slumbering.Or maybe it was the warmth of Declan s care that made hime feel safe

For the next coming days after washing Navil and feeding him, Declan would come back to this very street hoping that the parents might come but no luck.

When Navil started crawling around, he gave up and just decided to raise him. (Maybe if Declan feeds him well, then Declan can sell his organs. Or maybe he will just keep him to do errands around and earn some money)..

Ever since then, he kept Navil and eventually he applied and joined Syin s pack.And four years later Navil was also accepted. Only because of his strength and Declan s effectiveness was Navil allowed to join..

Now he could take care of little Navil easily without worrying that he might fall into the water as for a very immature wolf, he adores playing in water.And the consequence of that is two weeks of fever.So now he is too busy training to be swimming.

That being said Navil is still very young despite him being a little taller and way stronger than Mlya.This basically means he is quite immature thus doesn't fully understand what is happening around him.

This is probably why Joln wants Mlya to be more delicate and sensitive when he is with Navil.. Anything could trigger his breakdown but everyone knows Syin will have him kicked out the second that happens.So eventually with time he will realize that he lost his big brother, the only thing he had that was close enough to family.

"I will be fine, don't worry",consoled Navil.As soon as he said that, he chuckled playfully and he turned away from Mlya and walked out of the pavilion , then he proceeded to jump onto the roof..

Mlya looked at him fly and he just sighed slowly...

He really doesn't wish to one day have to witness this giant baby break down