Author's note : I had time to write so I wrote one more chapter. I hope you like this chapter. For those of you who haven't read my note on last chapter, please go and read it.

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The three giants led us inside the forest. Since it would be harder for us to keep up with their giant steps, we rode on their shoulders. It is quite scary and fun at the same time like a rollercoaster ride. Me and Aria are on the first giant, Keena, Daniel and Crista on second and Carlos, Mila and Brant on the third. Brant first refused to ride on their shoulders. So I tried to convince him. For some reason, he immediately agreed when I asked him. Strange, normally, he would try to refuse anything I say and I saw Carlos trying to hold his laugh from behind.

Although it is risky since falling down from this height instantly kills you, the view is amazing. I can see setting sun emitting orange light and creatures in the forest running around here and there. It’s beautiful and amazing at the same time. I wish I had a camera with me.

“Beautiful…” I muttered unconsciously.

“Thank you, master.”

Aria puts her hands on her cheeks and blushed for some reason.

“eh..”

“huh…”

Wait, did she think I was praising her? Well She is also beautiful, but I was talking about the view. Her expression got worse, It seems she realized as well. Shit, what do I do now?

“ah yes, Aria is beautiful..”

“.........”

Yes, It’s not going to work. I screwed up big time. I need to think of something.

“ummm..You know Although it’s beautiful, it’s nothing compared to Aria..”

“.........”

She is not giving any response at all. What am I supposed to do? I should have read some romance novel or something. I can’t come up with anything.

“pffftt..Don’t worry, master. I was just teasing. I am sorry.”

She said as she struck her tongue out.

So she was joking. I felt my heart was going to come out.

“You nearly killed me there.”

“haha I am sorry.”

I just laughed it off, and we continued on. But this time I couldn’t focus on view because my gaze was fixed at Aria.

On the second giant….

“wow, it’s amazing they can flirt at that place.” Keena said.

“I must say Den is amazing. The way he fought with giant was just too cool. I might have fallen for him.” Crista said.

“Hey hey, he already has a girl.” Keena replied.

“So what? A man like him can’t be satisfied with one woman. Also, Didn’t he was doing this to save a girl?”

“really Crista, I always imagined you to be an innocent type. After Mila, it’s you. What do you think about this Daniel.”

“I hope we don’t have to fight giants when we reach to the elder.” Daniel said.

“As always you are not interested at all in this sort of stuff.” Keena said while looking dejectedly at Daniel.

On the third giant….

“This is a really bad idea. I shouldn’t have gotten on it in the first place.”

Brant said while tightly holding himself on the giant’s shoulder. His face is completely turned pale.

“Come on, Brant. I am confused whether it is Den or height what scares you the most? “

Carlos never stopped making fun of Brant ever since Den’s fight with giants.

“Shut up, Carlos. I am not scared of anything. I am just being cautious.”

“Cautious, my ass. You are totally freaking out.”

“Both of you stop it already. Mr. Den has gone through a lot of trouble to gain giant’s trust. Don’t ruin it by doing something unnecessary.”

They both shut themselves when Mila warned them. She was really scary. For some reason, she becomes serious when it comes to Den.

Soon they reached to a place where they could see more giants. They looked curiously at us. But nobody approached us. I am thinking it’s because these three giants held a higher place among them.

After some distance, all three of them crouched down and told us to get off their shoulders. When we stepped on the ground. The first giant told me to follow it. It seems like they will only allow one person. So I leave the rest of the group to follow him. After some ten minutes of distance, we reached to waterfall.

“umm..there is no one here.”

“WAIT…”

Soon the waterfall starts to split. No, it’s like mountain water was falling from started moving. Soon I realized that it isn’t a waterfall but a giant. A huge giant much larger than anyone I have seen up till now. It looked at me and the giant near me.

“WHY IS A HUMAN HERE?”

It was not asking me but the giant beside me.

“ELDER THIS HUMAN STRONG. HE WANTS TO TALK. “

The giant it called elder looked at me.

“you human, what is your name?”

“It’s Den. I am pleased to meet you Elder.”

“STOP WITH OBSEQUIOUS BEHAVIOUR. I KNOW YOUR KIND WELL. YOU PEOPLE DON’T HAVE PRIDE OR HONOUR. YOU WILL STAB YOUR OWN FAMILY IN BACK FOR YOUR GAIN.”

“I know you don’t trust humans after what they did to you and your forest. But I have something that can help both of us.”

“SPEAK, SINCE YOU COME THIS FAR, I WILL AT LEAST LISTEN TO YOU.”

I then started telling it summary of what happened. I just told it that my friend is being held by Nestor and I want to fight them. I need their help to do that. Finally, how it will save their forest? I told it everything.

“HMMMM..INTERESTING. IT’S THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN A HUMAN WANTING OUR HELP. YOU DON’T SEEM TO LIE. BUT IT CAN CREATE A WAR BETWEEN US AND YOUR PEOPLE. IT WILL PUT MY KIND IN DANGER. SO I HAVE TO REFUSE.”

“Please think about it again. If Bristol family is kept near the forest. The kingdom will find a way to cut this forest for their own good. They will even find a way to deal with you. But if you join us now, we can give a big blow to them. The kingdom won’t look at the forest after losing a part of their military power. Aren’t you annoyed with what they are doing with your forest? We will also make it look like we have done this. So giants won’t be blamed much.”

“WHAT IF YOU LOSE? THIS IS ALL OVER RIGHT.”

“I am not going to lose. I am confident. Believe me I have lost once so I know that I am going to win this time.”

“WE CAN’T JUST BELIEVE IN A STRANGER’S WORDS. I HAVE TO PUT OUR SAFETY FIRST.”

“It’s your choice. I have said what I wanted to say. I just want to let you know that I am going to fight against Nestor whether you are with me or not. If you want to join us, you can come at any time or you can just sit back and watch.”

I started moving back.

“WAIT….”

It called out to me.

“ALRIGHT HUMAN DEN, I TRUST YOU ON THIS. WE WILL HELP YOU BUT I HAVE ONE CONDITION. I AM NOT GOING TO USE ALL OF OUR WARRIORS TO FIGHT THEM BECAUSE IF WE LOST WE WILL NEED PEOPLE TO PROTECT. I WILL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE 30 OF MY WARRIORS. IT ALSO WON’T RAISE ANY SUSPICION AGAINST US.”

“Thank you. I will accept any help. I have one more request. Can we stay here until the battle? We will need a place to organize ourselves.”

“YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION. BUT WE GIANTS LEAVE UNDER OPEN SKY. YOU NEED TO BUILT YOUR OWN SETTLEMENTS. YOU CAN USE THE WOOD FROM THE FOREST AND MY PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU.”

“Thank you for your help again. I will not let your affords go in vain.”

“I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE, HUMAN DEN.”

I left that place with the giant I came here with. When I reached to the place where everyone was at, the giant left to tell other giants about this situation. I was also questioned by my team of adventurers.

“So what happened?” Brant asked me.

“They will help us but with only 30 giants. They also allowed us to use this place until the battle though we have to build our houses.”

“hmmm..30, I won’t say that’s low but what if the army at Bristol’s castle is larger than we assume.” Keena asked.

“Even with that that’s all we get. We just have to wish on our luck.” I said while showing a wry smile.

“haaaaaa...seriously our plan is full of expectations. In any other case I would have said that it’s impossible.” Crista said while sighing.

“I know. I am sorry for all the trouble I causing you guys.”

Crista looked at me and smiled.

“But you are also someone who has shown me doing the impossible. Becoming this strong even though you just became an adventurer, fighting with three giants and making allies with them, I knew you are someone strong when Carlos was praising you but now I know that you are just amazing, Den.”

She came closer and locked her hands with mine.She is sticking too close to me.

“h-hey crista..”

When I tried to go away from her, Mila came in and grabbed my other hand.

“Crista let go of his hand. Don’t you see Mr Den is troubled by this.”

“ah Don’t worry Mila. I’ll let you be the third woman.”

“Wh-wh-what th-third woman.”

“Miss Mila, Miss Crista, stop it now. I haven’t even allowed Miss Lisa yet.”

Aria quickly came in between them and hugged me from front. I was in now quite a situation being hugged by three girls. I noticed Carlos and Brant glaring at me for some reason. They are totally realising their killing intent at me. Keena elbows them both.

“Alright, you two virgins can go cry in the corner. But don’t interrupt this moment. It is kind of interesting.”

Keena find amusement in this and she didn’t like Carlos and Brant ruining it. But what was that about her calling them virgins. Wait a minute, Is that the reason they always sent me that glare whenever I am with Aria?

“Wow, that is kind of lame” Crista muttered.

It was loud enough for Carlos and Brant to hear it. After that they went into depression for a whole day and said nothing. We build houses for us. It was done quickly with the help from giants. After dinner, I wanted to talk more about plans from now on. But Aria quickly dragged me to bed. Maybe today’s events has affected her. Anyway, with this we are first step through our plan.

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Somewhere at a castle a girl with blonde hair was suffering from intense headache. Her face turned into a complete mess. She is going through this for last few days now. It feels like someone is breaking her soul.

“ugggghhhh….what is this?....I can’t handle it anymore…”

Her memories are also being vanished from her head. She realized that. That’s why she barely held onto some of her memories so she doesn’t forget who she is. She knows her name is Lisa, her father Rodrik, her mother Gena. Also there was a memory of one more person.

“someone...stop...this..”

She knows that person has helped her before. He was the one who opened the door of her cage to let her fly away.

“Den..help..me..”

She called out his name thinking he would come to help her. But no matter how many times she called his name he never came to help her. She knew that it’s going to become worse with the time. She was afraid that she would lose her mind. She was afraid that will lose her memories. She was afraid of what lies on the other side for her when this ends. But still she wanted to someone to come and take her away.