Volume 8 Chapter 11: Unsure How To Go About

The entire ride was Keith hounded by Cedric while Krystal tried her best to hold him back. It was even worse than him trying to wave off the bakery. However, this only lasted about three minutes as they arrived at the royal capital's gate.

"It's the Rustchil carriage."

"Someone from the Rustchil family had arrived."

The guards quickly moved in front of the carriage to greet them. The news about the grand duke being framed was spread to them first. However,

"Sniveling brat!" Cedric muttered as he left the carriage with a dark expression. The aura from him made the guards gasp. Such a dark and furious aura! The carriage didn't stop as the coachman told the person to head to the academy next.

Inside the carriage was a disheveled Keith and a tired Krystal.

"What is wrong with that old geezer?" Keith erupted in frustration, his voice echoing in the carriage. He hastily got up, his hands trembling as he tried to fix his disheveled clothes. After getting shaken so much, it caused his hand to vibrate.

"I don't think he likes the idea of me being a waitress," Krystal muttered.

"You think?!" Keith blinked. Cedric's explosiveness was a no-brainer!

"And I thought I would get a good nap in."

"..." You're more concerned with the nap? Where were this guy's priorities?

"We're finally home." Looking out the window, Keith saw they had returned to the city. Krystal took a deep sigh as well. We finally returned; the two had returned from a political battle.

"I wonder what everyone's doing." Keith got out of the carriage. It was time for them to head to the academy. The two then entered the island, just like when they left.

Keith took a deep breath, "The air here is the best." No matter where he went, his island always had the best air. While he was mesmerized by the smell,

"Keith!" A playful voice called out. With it came,

"Po!" "Ho!" Two little cries also came forward as Keith turned his head, "Aww, Hello, you three!" The three monsters quickly jumped on him.

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"Did you guys miss me?"

"Mmhmm!" "Po!" "Ho!" The three monsters quickly called. Fira turned over to Krystal,

"Welcome home, Krystal!" "Po!" The fairy and snowball quickly jumped over to her. The two were pretty close with her.

"Mmhmm." Krystal patted the two. But that was not the end of this assault.

"Woof!" "Kwak!" "Meow!" "Pii!" The spirit squad then tackled Keith all at once.

"I missed you guys as well." Keith chuckled.

0 attack power, but 100% fluffiness was there. He could die like this any other day!

But that was not the end; the spirit squad quickly moved away. That was when a couple of shadows came flying on top of him!

"Mgh!" Keith's expression became indescribable as his face contorted as the giant weight came on his body.

Krystal blinked before she said, "Hi guys,"

"Hello!" Herrick, Melor, and Jack waved, continuing to be on Keith's body. The others soon came out.

"What are you fools doing?" Alfia came out to see a giant pile on top of the man.

"We saw Saphir and the others piling on Keith, so why not us?" It seemed pretty fun.

"..." That's because this guy likes fluffy things. There was a difference between them and the spirits.

"….I think he's dead," Krystal muttered. Keith was silent the moment those three piled on him.

"...Not yet." Keith gritted his teeth as he stared at them.

"Are you going to get off of me?"

"No way." "After leaving so long, you need a special welcome home!"

"…" Killing me is your special way of saying welcome home?

"Seriously, you guys! You know that weight stacks when you guys are together like this, right?!" After they had gotten off, it was time for them to get lectured. However, the three seemed to be spacing out; everything was going in and out of the other ear. Keith shook his head,

"How has the island been going?"

"Oh, there was a day when Herrick went crazy because of no food."

“…” Should I be hearing this?

"There's also the incident in the living room where Alfia and Scarlet trie-" "Wait! Don't tell him that!" The two girls quickly grabbed Melor by the mouth, shutting him up.

"…It seems a lot of things happened while away." And I don't think I need to find out about it. There was no way he would care about all of this.

"Did anything else happen?"

“…” The moment that was said, Gabriel and the others flinched.

"…." Keith noticed it and sighed, "Alright. I will be going to my room and chill out." After being away for so long, it was time for him to get some sleep. Alfia and the others nodded,

"Yes! Go to sleep!"

"You guys probably done a lot these last few days!"

"Alright then." Keith shook his head as he headed for his bedroom.

"Phew! I thought for sure he was going to figure it out!" Herrick and the others were about to lose it. But one voice cut that down.

"Guys, you understand that Keith already knows, right?" Krystal retorted.

"Eh?"

Gabriel, Alfia, Sarah, Faelyn, and Scarlet sighed at this.

"He just didn't say anything about this." Keith understood they wanted to hide something and decided to let them hide it.

"So what is it that you're hiding?" Krystal blinked. For them to hide something like that from the guy meant it had to do something with the person himself.

Scarlet sighed, "It's about Keith. However, it's something that we're unsure of how to go about with this."