Capítulo 43: Missing Children

"Her" sobs and wails filled the night as "she" looked at the night sky with teary eyes.

"Just what do you Rulers want with me?! You can test me however you want, but don't drag her friends and families into this!!!"

"Her" gold eyes glowed brightly as "her" face showed new emotions that no one had ever seen before. Not even "her" closest ones.

[Anger and wrath...]

[Sadness and loneliness...]

"She" broke down and cried onto the ground, grabbing the grass and ripping them. If one could see "her" right now, they would say that "she" was indeed VERY upset at the moment. They could no longer recognize "her" in this state as "she" continued to cry and cry.

"Fine... If that's what you want... Then I'll happily give you what you want, KING!!!"

"She" glared at the sky with anger in "her" gold eyes. Shouting the familiar name to "herself" as "she" calmed down.

[Thursday, 23rd of July, 2020]

"Aight, you guys ready?" Orion inquired and the others nodded in response, "The traps I set up last night were still left unbothered so I think it's quite safe here--"

"Wait-- 'trap?' What trap?" Isseiris queried in confusion as he eyed every one of them with his light-blue eyes.

"Ah, right! You fell asleep first last night so you didn't know. Orion-san set up a trap in case there's an attack. He set it up since he and Vin-san needed some rest as well," the platinum-blonde-haired girl looked at the taller male with her clear crystal blue eyes.

Isseiris nodded as he grabbed their bag. "You two should stay here and the two of us will patrol the area. We could switch later," Orion suggested and grabbed one of the knives from the bag.

"EEHHHH?! I don't want to stay here!!!"

"Let us go with you!!!"

Vinnetra and Shizuka looked at the two with puppy dog eyes. From the corner of their eyes, they could see the light-blue-haired male's shoulder quivering just slightly. His back was against them so they couldn't see his face, but they were sure that he's probably laughing.

"Wha--?! Hey...! Don't tell me--!!!"

"Let's just let them go with us."

"I knew it..." Orion sighed as Isseiris turned around with a smile. He gestured them to follow as he walked away. But the three were too busy shielding their eyes from his smile.

'So bright...!'

They followed their light-blue-haired male friend while they left their temporary camp as it is, thinking that they would be back later.

|| Little did they know, a shadow sneaked into the platinum-blonde-haired girl's own shadow as they walked away without even knowing it ||

[Sunday, 26th of July, 2020]

"Have you not found them yet?! It's been DAYS already!!!"

"That's right!!! Who knows what my child has been through?!" Complaints from several parents were heard by the golden-blonde elf whilst he, himself, closed his pair of gold orbs.

"S-Sir, ma'am...! Please, do calm down!!!"

"We are trying our best to find them!!"

The staffs struggled to calm the raging crowd as a man with salmon-pink hair and violet eyes walked in. Another one with dark-brown hair and similar gold-coloured eyes as the headmaster walked in as well. The other familiar three following behind them.

Their strong presences silenced the crowds of parents immediately when the salmon pink-haired man asked the principal a question everyone has been asking, "Did you not find them yet, Soleis?"

His calm yet firm voice sent everyone the shivers as they stayed silent. "No, we have not, Mr Ichisaki," the blonde elf answered truthfully and stood up with an apologetic face, allowing all of the guests to sit down.

"I better hope you take responsibility for the disappearance of my son. We expected you to have found them two days ago," a man with wavy neck-length, raven-black hair with ash-coloured eyes reminded firmly, crossing his arms in front of him.

"I don't care about others. Though, I just hope that my son is all right and the teacher you hired will be fired immediately after we find him," a were-wolf with bluish-grey hair and honey-yellow eyes said as well, glaring at the light elf.

"I assure you Mr Haile, Mr Geurashiver, that I and my team will do our best to--"

Another man with vivid-red eyes and snowy-white hair stated firmly, standing up and suddenly slamming the table, "YOUR BEST is not enough. Do you not understand that Soleis? We've been waiting anxiously for days, and this is what you say to us?"

Shouts and exclaims of agreements filled the room.

"SILENCE!!!" Eito exclaimed firmly and the room became, almost instantly, quiet. The other Head Clans could tell that he is VERY furious right now, so they said nothing.

"Just hear the old guy out, would ya'?" Kizuki added while he picked his ears. The others were quite shocked that he talked so casually to the principal, eyeing him with wide eyes.

"What? If you're worried about me talking so casually, don't you all need to stop complaining so easily as well?"

They stayed silent once again at his statements as the principal, they all know as Hallevir En Soleis, stood up.

"I apologize from the very bottom of my heart, that we are not able to protect your children and ensure their safety," Hallevir apologized deeply while bowing 90 degrees so that the others could see his sincerity.

"However," when he straightened himself up, he looked at each and every one of them, "I will need your help to get the students of class 1-6 back. I can't do this alone."

He bowed once more and asked-- scratch that, BEGGED the students' parents to help him, "I beg of you to help us rescue the children--"

"Stand up."

"...?"

"You don't need to ask us, old man." Hallevir stood up as he stared at the five Head Clans in disbelieve. Trust was oddly in their eyes as they answered the golden blonde male, with the elf clearly not expecting this kind of response from the Spirit Wielders.

|| They are known to be cold-blooded when they kill their targets, after all ||

Most fear them for that sole reason. "We, the current Heads of the five main clans, Protectors of the Spirits, will now help you, Hallevir En Soleis, in rescuing the children back and bring them back home."

The five Head Clans had their right hand to their hearts as they bowed their heads. Hallevir smiled gently at the younger males. He eyed the others with hope in his eyes but was cut off by a booming voice, familiar to the other teachers in the room.

"MR. PRINCIPAL! I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH AND IS NOW STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU WITH BAD NEWS TO DELIVER!!!"

They stared at the man with wide eyes-- he had messy ginger hair and similar-coloured beard. His colourful neon clothes were all tattered and covered in splatters of blood. He was huffing and sweating, but that fact did not stop his loud voice.

"Mr Chel--!!!"

|| To be continued... ||