Present…

“As you can see…that girl is dangerous…she has power that goes beyond…” Isabella finishes explaining. Uriel sighs; “I see…I must keep my guard up just in case…”

“Fufufu…you know muchacho, I must warn you, love can be a beautiful emotion, however, it can be deadly…right now, you feel love towards her…but that can be your demise…”

“...” Uriel remains silent. Isabella continues to explain; “Now I won’t tell you what to do…let me tell you a story, my sister, Alexandria fell in love with a man who lost his head during a great war…because of her obsession, she revived that man…at the end, she commited a great sin to bring someone back to life because of love…she was punished and now her soul hasn’t found peace…love makes you do foolish things…muchacho…”

Isabella grabs his left arm, where he has his mark; “This is what I am talking about…” Uriel notices his mark has expanded more into his forearm; “I see…so this is the consequence of using that power…”

“That’s right, the power of the Horseman of War is very great and dangerous…if you use it constantly, the power will destroy your body…that’s why Juan trained you for 3 years straight…however, you still need more training…”

“I know…but still…I didn’t have a choice…”

“Fufufu…you have a choice but you decided to stay with your family at the Borderland…and I support that…”

Isabella touches Uriel’s mark, Uriel feels pain as Isabella returns the mark to normal; “Listen, I will return the mark to normal only on this occasion…you must train to become stronger…otherwise, Alexa will be the one inhereting the mark and you will disappear forever…”

“That won’t happen…” Uriel looks at her with a confident expression. Isabella smiles at him:

“I like that expression…I am rooting for you…please take care…”

“I will…”

“Well then time for us to go.” Isabella says to the girls. Carla licks Uriel’s cheek like a cat; “BYE BYE MEOW'”Paloma looks at her jealous; “You didn’t have to lick him…”

“Jealous?” Carla teases Paloma. “That’s enough girls…it’s time for us to leave…”

The three of them begin to disappear by the flames; “Uriel, I must warn you about my sister, Alexandria. She is dangerous and I know you will encounter her in a not so distant future, she is known as the White Witch, take care.”

Time turns back to normal as the three of them disappear completely. Uriel looks at the lake; “The White Witch…am I going to meet her?”

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Hotel Pool…

A different group met in the pool to avoid suspicions…The group consists of Angela, Victoria and Raul…with two more figures in the shadows…

“Aww man, this is so boring…I can’t believe I slept for the whole day…and it was all for nothing…” Victoria stretches as she wears a red bikini, she is relaxing in a pool chair.

“Those were the orders…deal with them…” Angela, wearing a blue swimsuit replies, as she reads a book, her eyes are hollow.

“Yeah yeah, I know but still…I think I could’ve done more for the Master…”

“Yeah right…you only wanted to see Uriel in action…” Raul, who is lying on her right, says as he types on his laptop.

“Mmmhhh….shut up Raul…” Victoria shouts. Victoria looks at the pool where children and parents have fun:

“Hey guys? Are we doing the right thing? You know, deceiving everyone?”

Angela closes her book; “You idiot…they are the ones deceiving us…you are full aware that Uriel “erased” your memories right? Alejandro and Kasumi are members of Yggdrasil…or the fact that everyone here knows what mana and the golden key are…we are the ones who are doing right…”

Angela stands up; “Remember, we are doing this for our Master…we live only for him and we will die for him…Victoria, I don’t blame you for being asleep for so long…but now…I need you to focus…”

“She’s right Victoria…”

At that moment, everyone in the pool loses consciousness. A black portal opens and two figures come out of the portal. The two of them are El Muerto with white masks but one is taller than the other.

Victoria, Angela and Raul stand up. The tall El Muerto begins to speak:

“Our mission to retrieve the Golden Key was a failure…this was due to the interference of Alexa de la Trinidad who took possession of the key when we were distracted…however, our Master said that it wasn’t important as he will retrieve the key from her himself…”

“What will be our next move?” Raul asks El Muerto. El Muerto takes a few steps forward:

“For now, you will continue with your normal activities…we will return to the Borderland to report to our Master…”

“But…I haven’t done anything…how will Master acknowledge me?” Victoria looks down, El Muerto walks towards Victoria:

“Be patient…we are about to enter the most important phase of our plan…Master trust each and one of you for your potential…that’s why you were chosen…”

“Really?” Victoria looks excited. El Muerto snaps his fingers:

“Continue with your mission…”

Angela and Victoria lose consciousness, Raul is the only one awake; “You make this whole thing a drag you know that…” Raul sits back to his chair and continues to type.

El Muerto opens a portal, he and the other Muerto cross it. At that moment, everyone regains consciousness.

“What was I doing?” Victoria looks around, Angela also opens her eyes; “Uhmm…Victoria, were we swimming?”

“Yes you were…but you got a cramp…” Raul replies as he takes out his phone.

“Oh right…well, let’s go…” Victoria pulls Angela as both of them get into the pool once more.

(SSPPPLLLAASSHHH)

Raul opens his eyes wider as he reads a message. Raul chuckles; “It appears things aren’t going to stay peaceful for you…Alejandro…”

Raul puts down his phone where a name appears; Aleister