"Who are you?".
"I'm just a simple village head, nothing more nothing less." Sato responded.
"You are indeed a bold one." Jira voiced as he walked toward Sato, "Not many people can withstand my attacks as you did, I'm intrigued.".
'Aril, search for the elves in this castle, I need to be sure if they are here.' Sato stood firm as he watched Jira approach him.
Once he was close enough, Jira halted and stood right in front of Sato with both their eyes locked.
"I always get what I want, and this is not an exemption. Neutral zone or not, I will claim ownership over it…. And I dare you to stand in my way, but where is the fun in that if you don't at least put up a fight… Let's make a deal." Jira uttered, looking Sato in the eye as his eyes glowed.
Baam!
The door to the throne room closed and Sato stepped out with a look of consolation on his face.
"Master!" Yuri called out, running to his side hastily, "So, how did it go?" She asked.
"I'd like to know that myself." Sato replied before walking away with a a heavy expression on his face, 'The elves… they're not here'.
Sato and Yuri made their way out of the castle and immediately noticed the huge crowd in the middle of the street.
'Is there a festival going on?' Sato questioned, walking between the tight crowd so he could get a front view.
Upon getting to the front, his jaw dropped in shock when he saw Divanchi and Rextra firing their magic at each other in public.
Divanchi groaned, with a huge force of fire whooshing out of her hand and colliding with the force of ice frost leaving Rextra's hands.
"What is it, Didi? Looks like you're getting soft!" Rextra voiced out before summing up more power to her blast.
"Don't make me laugh!"
Vrooosh!
Davanchi's flames gradually started pushing the frost back while Rextra's legs slid against the floor as she tried to stand her ground.
The colliding point of the magic began to build up into a round mixture of fire and ice that looked like it could erupt at any moment.
The citizens slowly moved away from the danger zone, they wanted to watch the fight but not end up dead in the process.
But even with this, Rexra and Divanchi didn't stop their attack, they kept on adding more pressure as each one was dedicated to bringing the other one down.
Out of nowhere, a dark mist showed up from the left and swallowed the whole energy in an instant.
"Divanchi! We're leaving!" Sato voiced out as he stood at a distance with Yuri behind him, carrying a smug look on her face, which was a way of her mocking Divanchi.
"Your master calls for you, knowing you I bet you're too obsessed with taking me down, you'd leave the poor guy waiting, poor guy has to deal with your sorry ass." Rextra commented with an excited smile on her face.
Divanchi dusted her hand and the flames on her body dimmed down, "This isn't over, when next we meet… I'm taking you down." She voiced out before running toward Sato.
Rextra was confounded as she watched Divanchi walk over to Sato only to receive a spank to the head, "What the…" She muttered while still in complete shock.
Sato headed straight back to the forest of witches after he had searched for the hero and couldn't find him.
Jira, who was still in his throne room, could see Sato on his Phoenix through the magic orb in front of him.
With a hum, Jira spoke out, "Lilith!" He called, "Why didn't you inform me that the witch's forest is sovereign land?" He asked calmly.
"Apologies, I also had no idea, since our men have been going there to take taxes every month, I assumed it fell under your rule." Lilith, Jira's maid, responded.
Jira sighed before standing from his throne, "Make confirmation about it… and if it happens to be a no-rule jurisdiction… then we'll claim ownership over it, even if it's by force." He said before walking out.
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After more than an hour, Sato arrived at the forest and was immediately met by his villagers.
Not long after nightfall came, and everyone was busy partying in the village, celebrating the baby warming for Latina.
Baby warming was a tradition practiced by the elves, where people danced around a bun fire, to thank the gods for granting a person good health with pregnancy.
"This will be my first time drinking beer." Sato said as he walked toward the water bank of the village, a bit far away from where the party was taking place.
<<If you are planning to get high through alcohol, you can't, your body will only adapt to the liquor>>
"Boo!" Sato laughed, sitting at the edge of the river while the water flowed past his legs.
His eyes suddenly swayed to the side and he saw Elena sitting alone on the other side of the river.
"Hey, whatcha doing?" Sato asked before next to her.
Elena instantly pushed back, "L-Lord Sato! What… what are you doing here?" She stammered.
Gulp!
Sato drank his bear with his eyes focused in front of him, "I can tell something is bothering you… what is it?" He asked.
She immediately looked to the ground with a saddened expression on her face, but still felt hesitant to reply.
"Does it have something to do with the incident at Nervek?".
Elena's eyes broadened in shock as soon as Sato asked.
"It is, isn't it?" He questioned, "Ahhh, I should have never sent you there alone, It's my fault…".
"Please don't say that, it's not your fault, Lord Sato…." Elena voiced out.
"Yes it is, you are my subject and It's my job to protect you… urgh!" Sato groaned as he scratched his hair, "I always manage to mess everything up".
He paused.
"You don't have to fight anymore, you can just…"
"I can still fight!" Elena suddenly shouted, "I…I can still fight.." She muttered as she stared at her hand, shaking in fear from the recollections she was having.
"It's okay, right now, you are like a soldier with no will to fight… when you get to the battlefield, you are sure to get killed." Sato uttered, "You can rest now, no one should be allowed to endure what you did… and I'm sorry about that".
"Please … don't relieve me of my duty." Elena muttered with tears nearly falling from her eyes.
Sato looked at her for a while, he was confused about what he should do next since he couldn't understand why she was so hell bent on fighting.
"Elena, you…"
Before Sato couldn't finish his words, she held his hand, "Please… let me do this." She said with a pleading look on her face.
Sato sighed, "You are really persistent, sure… but no big mission or anything…. Cool?".
"Thank you." Elena responded, looking at the river.
….. "How about I sing to cheer you up?"
"A song?".
Sato snapped his fingers, and the river in front of them formed into a water tress drifting up and down.
"I'm in a field of dandelions
Wishing on everyone that you'll be mine, mine.
And I see forever in your eyes.
I feel okay when I see you smile, smile
Wishing on dandelions all of the time,
Praying to God that one day you'll be mine.
Wishing on dandelions all of the time, all of the time."
Sato sang and Elena listened with her eyes sparkling with adoration as the water glowed, shimmering on both of them.
End of Volume 1
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A/N
Song: Dandelion by Lofi
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