"Today, your actions disappointed me a lot. It looked as if you were deliberately causing the trouble because you aren't interested to attend this meeting," slowly said Qridus and let out a deep sigh.
Azzy cupped his fists and bowed, "If my actions displeased ancestor, then, I apologize and will accept any punishment you give me. But, if you ask me whether it was intentional, then, it isn't. And I don't regret it either. If given another chance, I would act the same way."
Qridus shook his head, "No, I'm not punishing you because I have already done it by doing something on your behalf without your consent."
"Hmm?" Azzy didn't understand what this old is trying to say. "Please explain to me in detail."
Continuing to look away, Qridus explained, "Two years from now, you will have an exhibition match against Neremyn Searvale where no external items will be allowed for support. If you win, then, everyone will forget your rude behavior. But, if you lose, you will have to serve Neremyn for one year."
Azzy was taken aback by the weird bet at first but then, upon assuming that it was probably suggested by that celestial elf full of himself, he gave a shocking reply to Qridus, "why wait for two years to settle down the scores, Ancestor? We can have that match right now."
"Don't be an idiot, kid." Qridus wasn't impressed by his answer. He tried to lecture him for overestimating himself, "Neremyn is the next leader of the elves. He is different from that demon general. Even the hourglass and the Jewel of Life will not be able to help you much either."
Azzy was surprised once again, "You know about the Jewel of Life and also the demon general?"
"The Vice President of WAMO is our clan member. Did you forget it?" Qridus implied that he knew everything about what Azzy had done in the organization.
Azzy realized that his ancestor was underestimating him a lot. But, just to make this old understand his real prowess, Azzy doesn't want to reveal his trump cards. Not to mention, even the Reaper is against showing off his treasures before reaching the Supreme realm.
Adding on top of that, Neremyn is supposed to be an ally, not an enemy. Unnecessary enmity with him will create enmity with the entire elf race.
Since two years aren't that big deal, he decided against further arguing on the matter and nodded, "I understand. I will train harder then."
"You will have to reach the legendary realm before the time limit. Hence, you need to put extra effort into training." Qridus further told him that he will personally look after his training.
Azzy waved his hands, "it is alright. I can manage on my own. Don't worry about me, ancestor."
"If you say so…"
***
The next day morning, Leah returned to her home while Azzy returned to WAMO to serve his new duties as a captain rank officer as he doesn't want to stay at the clan where neither his parents nor his grandpa was living.
For the next couple of weeks, he had done missions solely in the Northern Qudour so that he can also get to live with his grandpa Oakley and Camilla Fauns (Oakley's step-sister and a descendant of Vice Principal Sahara Fauns).
On the morning of the twenty-seventh of December, Azzy left for Camelot. He was received by Leah at the portal point and was escorted to the royal palace.
Maybe, it is because both of them were quite busy for the past couple of weeks with their own affairs that they momentarily forgot the confession episode, or at the very least, it didn't bother them from acting closely to each other just like in the past.
It's just that back then, they looked like a cute couple to the passersby but now, they looked more like an aunt and nephew to the people of Camelot including Leah's parents.
He stayed at the palace as a guest and had lunch with Leah's family before all of them left for the ancient elemental towers located in a pocket dimension.
They stood outside of the central tower, i.e. the tower of time or the ancient time chamber for the next ten or so minutes until a portal opens up and two figures exited from it.
For a moment, everyone had a look of surprise on their faces as they saw the couple.
Vesyrn was just the same as when he stepped inside. The only change is probably his aura, which looked quite stable and became quite denser. Unfortunately, no one apart from Azzy could spot it. Hence, their attention wasn't on him for very long.
Instead, the pairs of eyes were on Izora, who had not only entered the legendary realm but appeared to be pregnant. Her big belly suggests that she was way past her 24th week, considering the fact that everyone could sense only one life in her womb.
The Camelot's King, Lucas Pendragon, and his queen went forward and congratulated the couple, making them feel embarrassed a bit. However, Azzy stayed at his place.
Leah was about to follow her parents to go to the couple but she suddenly realized that her friend didn't appear to be okay and halted her footsteps.
Feeling as if she understood what was going on with him, she grabbed his hands and used their telepathic connection to speak directly to his mind.
"Azrael, just because your mother is going to have another baby, you are replaced or anything. I'm sure they love you now as much as they did in the past. Look your mother is calling you. Don't stand here and go and give them a hug."
Leah thought that Azzy was disappointed that he won't be loved by his parents anymore as he didn't even get to spend time with them as their son in this timeline.
However, this is where she was wrong.
Azzy wasn't thinking about that. He was actually staring at his mother's belly where he could see the aura of death enveloping the part.
Since she wasn't entirely covered by the aura of death, it only indicated one thing.
"The baby is going to die…" gasped Azzy in response to Leah's statement.
"What?" Leah was shocked for a second. "What do you mean by that?"
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