Asking around within Brujeria for the direction of how to get to their current destination, the group managed to pick up useful intel from other shop owners along the way. "He and his automatons monopolized the production of many if not all the magical items available in the market inside their Steelfire Emporium." Said one of the older folk they interrogated and judging from the way he sounded as well as his expression, it was not hard to infer that he was quite bitter about it. "Believe me when I say that guy was an oddball. Could you believe how stupid he was? I heard that the guy was once recruited to teach at Iridos but he declined the schoolmaster because he claimed that he preferred doing business to teaching." Another one interjected when she heard who they were talking about and before Audrey could even know it, more and more shop owners around the square expressed their own opinion. It was clear for all eyes to see how unhappy these people were about Hefetus. They sure h

Audrey, on the other hand could only slapped her forehead afterward while Nike used his very own hand to cover his brother's mouth before it could even utter another nonsense. Jace and Allan could only avert their gaze in an attempt to pretend like they heard nothing. While Steve quickly reached out to his pocket and while clearing his throat, he surreptitiously passed something to Lancelot. "We do apologize for everything, we really do. I hope you could be the bigger person here. Albeit looking normal, that friend of ours was a little unwell." He whispered softly so that only Lancelot could hear and not Niccoli. Allan, on the other hand, who was closest to them at the moment heard everything so he seconded his friend's claim. "We had long suspected that he has a few loose screw over here..." He insinuated while gesturing something in his head before adding, "So please understand his situation." "Indeed. Just look how innocent he looked after saying those things. Clearly, he mea

Princess Cercei was the forgotten princess of the Corona Kingdom, which goes to say that she was also Nike and Niccoli's aunt. However, they practically knew nothing next about her. Mainly because anything related to the said princess was forbidden. It was a taboo topic. At one point, the king itself even see to it that anyone who talked about Cercei's existence will be sentence to death by means of beheading.It was for this reason why the two princes almost never heard of their auntie. Yet, Niccoli had a faint memory of his wet nurse telling him a bed time story about a banished princess. No wonder he never heard from that nurse again.Princess Cercei and the reigning King of Corona, King Icarus were twins. But being born the same time as the Crown Prince, it did not came as a surprise when the princess became neglected soon after. Growing up, Icarus was regarded as far more important figure than his sister. This in return affected his mentality and it was his reckoning that the o

Time passed in just a blink of an eye and before they knew it, it had already been three days since the first group of students had started their expedition in search for the proof of live of the said Petrifying Monster rumored to terrorized the Land of Dawn."Has anyone of you heard back anything new from those who joined on the mission and left the other day?"Nike's voice broke the silence inside their room when he raised question and to this, his brother has an answer."That was Allan's forte so considering he was not around, I bet he was working his way to catch wind of them, as we speak."The others shared the same thought so they nodded their head in agreement. It was for this reason why they never tried picking on Allan even when he was constantly missing during their group research.Just like today, everyone was present except of Allan. They were busy checking their Beasticology book for any topic related to Grae.They were in the middle of a group research over the same to

"You guys already know how this would work out, right? Definitely nothing new. If this turns out to be about Steve plus Audrey against Nike and Niccoli, that would make it a tie and as usual, I would refrain from declaring a side so as to avoid hard feelings. It is as it is."Jace declared after a short albeit awkward silence. This was not the first time they wound up voting and ruling out a decision based on majority."Then we need a tiebreaker."Niccoli stated while casually throwing a glance in the direction of the door.They needed Allan to settle it for them once and for all. So soon after, everyone followed his gaze as they all waited for their friend to walk into the door.But just as when the group was wondering how long it would take for the friend to arrive, they saw the person they were anticipating to come rushing inside. He was in a hurry and obviously out of breath from running a distance."Speaking of the devil, the devil is coming."Jace muttered under his breath."Yo