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Chapter 51: chapter 51

-Ramble

" was that lightning just now?"

"It did not seem like it came from the sky though..."

"Man....The battle is no joke, I probably might have died in seconds if I would have to even breath near them"

"If it was not for the liege, I don't think anyone would be able to stand up for that monster "

"I heard that the beast was too fast that no one saw where it came from before crashing our way. But hey, hear me out, I say based on the direction of the wind that crossed us seconds before the shockwaves, I believe it came from the east"

"East? There are only rock mountains, even animals rarely live up there"

'......east?!'

Jennings, who happened to hear the soldiers' conversation, had a terrifying thought crossing his mind but he quickly shook it away.

'It can't be...it must not be!'

However, Jennings instantly flinched after hearing what they said next.

"Well, that makes it a perfect place for a dead mana beast to hide"

" Bernard told us that the beast was already injured when it arrived, seems like some crazy bastards were messing with it before it went berserk"

Tap-tap

Shaaaaaaa

"Ugh, it's raining "

The soldiers who were standing at the entrance of the cave quickly moved inside. They had finished evacuating the residents and isolating the ones infected by dead mana, thus they were assigned to guard Maitea and Jennings.

'How....?! So the knights failed in obliterating the beast! What about the mages?! Could they not cage it in a formation?!!'

Jennings's mind was in chaos, Amaira mines were in the east, specifically in one of the mountains closest to the other end of the mountain chain.

He was told that the beast residing in one of the mines abnormally imitated an ominous aura. However, humans aren't able to sense dead mana, thus, it can only be explained as immeasurable (aka S rank beast).

For Jennings to direct his underlings to attack a dead mana beast was basically commanding them to create a disaster.

Unlike the creatures who are naturally borne with dead mana system, the living creatures that are infected by it usually dies. However, if one was to survive through the painful process of the dead mana invading their circular mana system, they then will experience mana deviation, allowing them to produce unlimited magical energy. Although it's possible, for someone to survive through such process was extremely rare, enough for that fact to turn into a myth.

A monster that can produce magic incessantly, was it really easy to kill?

Click

As Jennings anxiously tried to sort his thoughts, he heard a faint sound coming from behind him. He turned back to find that the little girl, who was lying unconscious, was missing. At the same time one of the soldiers called:" hey Maitea!! Where are you going?!".

The moment she opened her eyes, Maitea quickly grabbed a sword that was on the ground and instantly dashed out of the cave.

Seeing her running towards the south, Jennings immediately shoot behind her. He pulled a horse of one of the knights and chased after her.

" Maitea!!"

"Hey, mister!! Come back it's dangerous!"

Neither Maitea responded to Jennings, nor Jennings responded to the soldier, and both disappeared in the town's ruins.

Since Maitea's jumps were too high, Jennings found it difficult to keep her in his sight even with a horse. Gradually he lost her trace, however, he does know where she was heading, thus he kept calling for her as he headed in full speed to the southern hill.

" Maitea, stop!! Come back!"

Hearing someone calling for his sister, Bernard quickly turned to see the young girl standing stiffly with her round emerald eyes wide open. She looked terrified while staring at the great peach tree next to her brother.

"...Maitea"

Bernard said with a hoarse voice, his master has returned to his original form, without a tremendous amount of divine magic the master can not reform himself.

Bernard knew that, so did Maitea.

The young girl could not avert her gaze from the peach tree, her head was heating by her boiling blood, while her fingers began turning pale by the coldness. She took small steps as she said with a brittle voice.

"Master...why are you doing this...?"

She was asking why did he choose to leave her, they could have avoided this situation by both Maitea and Bernard fighting the monster.

"Is it because Maitea doesn't know how to do anything by herself....?"

Was it because she burdened him by making her master do everything for her, that he grew tired of being a babysitter for such a useless and troublesome girl.

".....but. but Maitea can fight"

She might too dense about any things, however, Maitea was capable. She won't be much compared to her master, but surely above normal knights and soldiers.

"I will learn.....I won't trouble master anymore"

She will learn to be a trustworthy person so her master would rely on her even for a little.

" so please....master....*sob"

The tears that she had suppressed finally poured down merging with the raindrops. once she reached near the peach tree, Maitea limply collapsed. Her legs could no more carry her, she understands the fact that her master won't return by her pleadings, however,  she just does not want to accept it.

Bernard, who could not find any words to comfort the trembling young girl, silently pulled her to his embrace. Hoping that it might, even for the slightest bit, soothe her somehow.

Soon after, Jennings arrived at the hill. He was speechless at the great peach tree that was on full bloom. If not for the heavy rain, the rosy pink flowers would have glowed in the dark night, creating a magnificent scene.


Chapter 52: chapter 52

" How is she now?" Jennings asked after seeing Bernard getting out of the master's room, where Maitea locked herself in.

It has been three days since the battle with the white Griffin, Jennings stayed at Sekka to help Bernard with the reconstruction. As for the beast's corpse, once the sun rose it slowly evaporated into the air, leaving not even a single drop of blood.

" She is still refusing to eat"

Bernard sighed as he placed the plate of the untouched food, that he had brought to Maitea yesterday, on the sink with a distressed expression.

'she did not even spare it a glance'

He was barely hanging on after losing his master, but seeing his little sister starving herself and crying bitter tears day and night made him extremely desolated.

A moment of silence covered the room, no- actually silence has been accompanying them most of the time in the past couple of days.

"Hey, Bernard. There is something I was meaning to tell you "

He had to tell him, even though Bernard would obviously be furious, still, Jennings could not brush such a sensitive matter under the rug and walk away.

" what is it? I told you before, you can leave whenever you want "

Keeping a busy Emperor in this small town for longer than it was, surely wasn't something appropriate to do. Not to forget that Jennings at the meantime was still performing his duty in the sublime tour ceremony, any more delay would bring nothing but troubles.

" no. It's about the white monster...."

Hearing that, Bernard's back stiffened. He turned looking at the man behind him in confusion.

"Ten days ago, I received a report from the mine teams at Amaira that a beast from unknown class has been discovered in one of the mines"

Bernard did not utter a word, instead stood there quietly. Jennings had no intention in raising his head to see what expression was on the man's face.

" I have been informed about the abnormal magic of the beast, however, I still chose to send a knight guide to annihilate the beast and seize the cave. And for safety, I instructed them to immediately report in case anything went wrong "

" and?"

That single word was too heavy on Jennings, it's the first time he hears Bernard's tone being as cold as frost.

" As I did not receive any messages, I thought that the operation was successful. However, it appeared that the reason for not receiving one, was because no one survived to report back. After sending someone to track them down, we found that the monster has crossed the mountain chain towards the town's direction"

Again, the silence returned to cover the air, the stillness continued for a while before Bernard broke it, saying with gritted teeth.

" and why have I not been informed about it?"

Jennings answered after pausing:" because I decided not to...."

-Stomp

-Stomp

-Stomp

With heavy steps, Bernard hurriedly walked to Jennings, who was sitting on the dining table and roughly yanked the collar of Jennings shirt, shouting.

"So are you telling me that the reason I lost a PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBER, a man who was more than a father to me, was because of a stupid DECISION you have made in whim!!!!".

Bernard's handsome face turned ugly from the deep frowns, his eyes that were tired of the sleepless nights burned with both anger and sorrow. Jennings couldn't respond to these words as he averted his gaze.

" ISN'T IT MY FUCKING JOB TO HANDLE THE MONSTERS!!! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU SUDDENLY ACT ON YOUR OWN?!! I AM STILL ALIVE AND CAN CARRY OUT MY RESPONSIBILITIES!! IF YOU HAD OPENED YOUR MOUTH FROM THE BEGINNING NOTHING OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NO ONE WOULD HAVE DIED-"

Tap

Tap

"Brother! stop it!!"

Hearing her brother yelling from the master's room, Maitea quickly dashed out of the room and clung to Bernard's waist.

" Please don't fight. Don't be angry"

Maitea pleaded as tightly warped her arms around Bernard's waist. Seeing his sister's pale face and swollen eyes, Bernard couldn't make her worry more. He pushed the man in his hands viciously causing him to bump heavily on the chair, where he sat before.

" your majesty are you okay?!"

Anxiously, Maitea reached to Jennings with an uneasy expression. Jennings answered in a weak voice:" I am fine little one, don't worry ".

He was obviously not fine, but Maitea had another thing to ask, she looked at Bernard with round swollen eyes saying:" why are you fighting brother? Did something happen?".

Bernard tightened his fist, he absolutely could not tell her something like that, nor does he want to lie to her. Bernard answered after a pause:" it's nothing baby girl. I will go to see how the work is going downtown ".

He said this then quickly turned around and left the house.


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