Before Xara knew it, the week had flown by and it was time to return to school.
Opening her wings, she flew off into the air and began making her way towards school.
While she was flying, she spotted a few other students in the sky as well.
One looked like a bird demi-human, another was a mix between a slime and bird whose wings gave off a slimy hue, and there was even a succubus or two like Xara.
Seeing stuff like this reminded her that the school wasn’t just for humans like Axel, Dianne, and Riko.
About twenty minutes of flying later, Xara arrived at the school’s front entrance.
Glancing at the clock above said entrance, she saw classes wouldn’t begin for another two hours. But that was fine. She wasn’t here because of an urge to arrive early, she had a reason to be here.
Making her way into the building, she zig-zagged through the halls before arriving at a set of doors.
Opening one of them up, she stepped through and was greeted by the sounds of people's voices.
“Hey Xara!”
“Glad ya made it!”
“How’s it going?”
The greetings filled her ears and she smiled in response.
“Hi, guys. It’s going great. How are all of you?”
She immediately immersed herself in conversation.
Making sure the door closed behind her, Xara glanced up at a sign that read “Welcome to the Interspecies Cooking Club. We hope you enjoy your time here.”
That’s right. This was the club Xara had joined after deciding to think more about herself. She hadn’t thought much about cooking before, but ever since she joined this club, she became infatuated with it.
And it wasn’t just her who felt welcome there since there weren’t just other succubi like herself attending, but many other creatures as well. From minatours, centaurs, and even slime creatures like the girl who she flew by earlier. Showing that there were a lot of different royalty in the world. Not just humans.
Now, that wasn’t to say there weren’t a lot of humans at this school, but there was a decent amount of different types of creatures besides humans that learned stuff here as well. However, there were still problems when it came to mixed species learning together.
Since while humanity may have learned to accept other creatures, adapting to them was still difficult. That’s why, until magic’s advanced far enough for this not to be an issue, creatures with different things such as body proportions like centaurs, or different physical forms like slime creatures, have their own classes separated from the rest of the school. However, students who had designs similar to those of humans were allowed to learn in the same classrooms as humans. And Xara was one of them.
But for most species, they didn’t get much of a chance to interact with many others except their own kind. That’s why clubs like this one were so important to them.
Not only were other species allowed in here, but humans were as well. That made it possible for people of all kinds to interact and create friendships normally never possible.
Xara, who joined a little while ago, found this whole scene refreshing and immediately was able to make friends fairly quickly since her arrival.
People in the club even refer to her as the second most well-known member only being beaten out by the club president.
Sitting down in her seat, Xara began pulling out her cooking equipment when someone else burst into the room.
“Hiya guys, gals, and creature pals! Who’s ready to get cooking!?”
Moving to the front of the clubroom, a girl with orange hair tied up into pigtails smiled at everyone in the class.
Her body was covered with a mix of skin and scales that, while not easy to see, were noticeable on the parts of her skin that weren’t covered up by her school uniform.
Her energy brought excitement to the room and she made sure to show as much enthusiasm as possible. This girl’s name was Valentina Dragorth. A princess of a royal dragon clan. She was currently in a human form she had been taught to transform into from back when she was young.
As one of the few princesses left in her family tree within the dragon clan, she had been sent to this school so she could learn to fend for herself and prove that she could one day leave her family behind and go off to create a kingdom of her own. The same way her forefathers did. Using this goal as motivation, Valentina seemed like she was constantly filled with energy and was known to consistently have a go-to attitude and helped out people on several occasions. In fact, she even acted as an announcer for each day of the Hunter Games event and did it simply because she wanted to help the school.
Now as I’m sure you’re aware, she’s the previously mentioned club president.
With her chirpy attitude, she easily won over the hearts of all the people in the clubroom. Not a single person in the room hated her. And Xara was no different.
“Alrighty! To begin, what do you guys think about us making some melon bread?”
A loud cheer filled the clubroom after she asked that and before Xara knew it, she was already getting started.
Putting her ingredients in order, Xara got to work taking care of the dough as Valentina walked by and offered her some advice on how to make it.
Before long, Xara was ready to cook. Grabbing a small fork enchanted with fire magic, she placed it on top of the uncooked melon bread and it slowly began to heat up.
If this were the world Axel came from, a process like this would take quite a while. But thanks to the magic of this world, cooking anything wouldn’t take long at all.
Less than thirty minutes later, Xara’s melon bread was done. It looked somewhat yellow, with an exterior that appeared like you could play tic-tac-toe on it.
Putting the melon bread in a bag for later, Xara decided to cook up something else for herself and whipped together a small creampuff-like treat.
She ate it and a smile spread across her face. Valentina glanced over at her before giving a thumbs up and moving off to take a look at the other students.
Looking around the room, Xara noticed a majority of the club members had already finished making their melon bread and were doing what she’d been doing, making random treats to eat for fun.
Seeing this helped Xara get a major dose of reality and how easy it could be to actually make melon bread. Showing she was just another person cooking at this club and not some secret chef or genius cook.
But despite this saddening fact, she wasn’t gonna give up on making incredible treats. Focusing back on her cooking, she baked a few more treats before it was time to leave for class.
Lifting her bag over her shoulder, she was about to leave the classroom when a voice rang out from behind her.
“Hey, Xara! Got a minute? There’s something I wanna ask you!”
Xara turned around to find Valentina approaching her with a smile.
“Miss Valentina. What do you need?”
Valentina waggled her finger in front of Xara.
“Nope! Like I told you before, just call me Valentina. I don’t like when people add the Miss to it. It just makes me sound old.”
“Um...Okay. So what did you need from me?
Valentina pretended to think for a moment as if she’d forgotten what she had to ask before smiling brightly.
“I was curious if you’ve liked it here. You’ve only been with us for a few weeks, so I don’t know how you feel being around so many different types of people. Would you say this club is to your liking?”
Xara nodded.
“Of course! I’ve never been in a club so welcoming before. I’m truly grateful to have joined.”
Not that she had been in any clubs before this, but Xara wasn’t lying when she said she was glad to be there.
Valentina giggled.
“Glad to hear it. Anyway, that’s all I had to ask. See ya!”
With that, Valentina walked out the door and Xara followed close behind.
After Valentina made sure the door to the clubroom was locked, she waved Xara goodbye and the two went their separate ways.
While she was walking, Xara thought about what was to come after school. Axel had promised to answer her question there. She found it a bit odd how long he’d been holding out on a question with such a simple answer. She just wanted to know if he hated her.
Finally reaching her classroom, she walked inside to be greeted by a few people waving to her.
She didn’t know a lot of people in her class, but ever since the school trip, she’d been trying to reach out and managed to meet a few other students she got along with.
And then, of course, there was the boy who always walked up to her.
“Hey there Xara. How’re you doing?”
Standing in front of her was Riko. A boy she’d tried distancing herself from in order to cure her clingy nature.
“Good. Thanks for asking.”
She smiled at him which caused him to look away with a faint blush.
“Hm? Something wrong?”
“Er…No. I just…thought I felt something on my face. It should be gone now.”
He smiled to himself and the two of them talked for a few minutes before having to take their seats.
Class started not too long after and things went on as normal.
Having picked up where they left off on the last lesson, Xara flipped through her notebook while making sure to take all the notes she could. Before she knew it, first period was over.
As she needed lunch, she went to the cafeteria and ordered something for herself.
While there, she talked with the people from class she had befriended.
Riko tried to squeeze in next to her, but he couldn’t find an opening so he ended up eating by himself.
Second period was similar to the first where they just picked up right where they left off from their last lesson the day prior.
Xara’s grades were fairly good, so she didn’t have to take things as seriously as she did, but since she sought out a chance at a good future, she took her studies seriously and made sure to take as many notes as possible.
Second period ended as quick as it had begun and Xara was about to get up for her second break period when Riko walked over.
“Hey…um…Xara?”
“Hm?”
Xara turned to Riko.
“There’s…There’s…”
With his cheeks a bright pink, Riko seemed to struggle getting the words out. This drew the attention of some of their peers who gave them curious looks.
“Um…There’s something I wanna ask you. So do you think you could…um…meet me after school out in the garden near the classroom?”
Not sure what he wanted, Xara thought to herself for a moment.
“Will it take long? I have something I need to attend to after school.”
“Of course! It’ll only take a minute or so!”
Thinking it over, Xara nodded.
“Sure. As long as it doesn’t take too long, I’ll be there.”
Riko let out a sigh of relief.
“Thank you. Well then, I’ll be taking my leave now. See you in third period.”
Xara waved him goodbye and went back to packing up.
All the while, the other royalty whispered among themselves.
“Is this what I think it is?”
“There’s no doubt.”
“But really? Does that lesser noble really think he has a chance?”
“No way. With where he’s at right now, he has less of a chance than that commoner.”
Xara didn’t understand what they were all whispering about, so she just slid her bag onto her back and left the classroom.
During the break period, she met up with a few of her friends from the cooking club and they talked about some dishes they wanted to make during the next club meeting.
Once the break period was over, Xara waved her friends goodbye with a smile and began making her way toward third period. That being PE.
Trying not to get lost while moving around the many different fields the school had, she found the one her class was using and began making her way over when she spotted another field a little ways away with the students already having gotten started. She noticed a familiar face among them and smiled.
The one she saw was none other than Axel. Using wind magic, he was easily speeding ahead of the competition. Some might consider that cheating, but this school supported people using magic to help improve themselves. Not to the point of cheating, but if you're using it to simply do stuff like boost your speed or strength, then it’s fine as long as it’s only used during class. If you’re caught using magic that could be harmful to others, it would usually result in some kind of detention whether it’s community work or suspension.
As Axel was just using the magic to boost his own body, it was deemed okay by the school. So that was that.
Making her way over to the field her class was taking place on, she felt more energized than ever to put her all into this lesson.
While she was doing so, however, Riko kept glancing at her. His palms sweating as he thought about what was to come.
After third period came to a close, Xara took off her PE uniform in the girl's locker area and began taking a shower to wash off the sweat covering her body.
While she was doing so, she glanced around at the locker room.
It was huge. Not only that, but it was also fancy. Just what you’d expect from a place used by royalty. Despite its fanciness, however, there were still several girls in the locker room who complained about how disgusting the room looked to their friends. Proving just how spoiled they could be.
With a sigh, Xara finished up in the shower and wrapped herself in a towel.
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Walking over to her locker, she held out a hand and grabbed onto the handle on the front of the locker, and began pulling on it.
As she did so, a small tingle shot through her fingers. Signaling it had scanned her hand and confirmed she was the one opening up the locker. Had it been anyone else's hand, a shock would’ve been instantly sent through their arm. Not too hard, but just enough to warn whoever else tried to open up her locker.
Taking off her towel, Xara cleaned off her shoulders, breasts, and legs until she was certain she was dry and then grabbed her clothes out of her locker and put them on.
Once she was certain she was set, she walked out of the locker room right as a bell rang out to confirm school was officially over for the day.
Having agreed to meet with Riko first, Xara made her way toward the garden near the classroom she normally attended.
She couldn’t explain why, but something felt oddly tense. Like what was about to happen would change her future depending on what she did.
Trying to ignore this strangely ominous feeling, Xara walked towards the garden. Ready to hear what Riko wanted to say.
Arriving about ten minutes later, Xara found Riko sitting on a bench in the garden. He looked down at the flowers below his feet with a smile. He appeared so innocent from where she stood.
Stepping into the garden, Xara called out to him.
“Riko! I’m here!”
She gave him a wave and he waved back. After doing so, he took in a deep breath and muttered something that sounded like “Here we go.” under his breath.
He then got up from his seat and walked over to Xara. They met each other in the middle of the garden and found themselves looking into each other's eyes.
“So what was it you needed to ask me?”
Ignoring the nervous expression on Riko’s face, Xara gave him a smile which caused his cheeks to turn red.
“Well…I…Um…”
He couldn’t seem to say the words. Taking in a deep breath, he looked up at the sky.
“Could you answer one more thing for me? Before I ask what I want to.”
“Hm? Sure.”
Glancing at the sky herself, Xara wondered how long she was allowed to stay here. Especially since Axel was probably waiting for her in the spot they agreed to meet at.
“What…am I to you?”
“Hm? What do you mean by that?”
Xara didn’t seem to understand the question.
“I mean like…what do you see when you look at me?”
Xara thought to herself for a moment as she looked him up and down.
“Hmm…a good friend?”
“A good friend? Heh.”
Riko brought his attention to the ground.
“To be honest, I’m kind of relieved to hear that. After everything that’s been happening lately, from how you acted towards me after the school trip, to how things went for us during the Hunter Games event, I was sure you hated me.”
Xara understood why he thought that. Since she’d been trying to distance herself, she’d unintentionally started acting distant with Riko and refused to interact with him. It made sense he’d think she hated him.
“I don’t hate you. You were the first person I ever became friends with at this school. It’d be impossible to hate you.”
“That so? Heh. That’ll make it easier to say what I have to then.”
Taking in a deep breath, Riko looked Xara in the eyes.
“Xara Femashito!”
“Huh!?”
Surprised he’d shouted her name so loudly, Xara almost instinctively took a step back.
“I love you! I’ve loved you since the day we met! Would you please go out with me!?”
Xara’s heart jumped in surprise hearing those words coming out of Riko’s mouth.
Bowing his head, Riko waited for her response. While he waited, however, Xara’s head was starting to spin.
Go out with you!? Where did this come from!? Are you sure about this!?
These thoughts swirled around in her head, but she didn’t dare say them aloud. Riko had just confessed to her. Much to her own surprise.
Retreating into her own thoughts, she tried to think of her answer.
Weirdly enough, a part of her felt happy to hear his words. So much so, that she wanted to respond “Yes! I would love to!” right there on the spot. However, another part of her mind had other thoughts. Like they were shouting out “No! This isn’t who I’m interested in!”
These two sides conflicted with each other and she struggled to come out with the right response.
Riko continued to stand there and wait for her answer. While he was wondering what was taking her so long to answer, he held onto this as hope she was thinking it over and actually considering dating him. And if she said yes, it would make all this waiting worth it.
A few minutes passed, and finally, Xara let out a deep breath and looked at Riko.
“I’d be delighted to go out with you-”
Riko immediately lifted his head with a look of excitement.
“Really!? Then...”
“-but I can’t.”
“...Huh?”
Xara took in another deep breath.
“I’m sorry Riko. Had this been no that long ago, I would've accepted your confession without hesitation. But now, I’ve fallen for another person. Because of this, I can’t possibly consider dating you.”
Riko stared at her in shock for a moment before tears started welling up in his eyes.
“But…but…”
He collapsed to his knees.
“I’m sorry about this, but I must be going now. There’s someone else I’ve promised my time to.”
With that, Xara left Riko behind.
“No…Nooooooo!”
Riko’s voice echoed behind her as Xara left. As much as her heart hurt to have said that, she knew she could never have a relationship with him if her feelings belonged to another man. In the end, Riko cried there for the rest of the day. His screams only silenced by a teacher who used a sleep spell to knock him out and send him back to his dorm room.
Reaching the spot Axel had told her about, Xara opened up the door to the roof Axel and his friends normally ate lunch at.
When she looked in front of her, Axel stood there with a serious expression on his face.
“You took your time,” he stated.
“I’m sorry. I had some business I needed to attend to.”
Axel shrugged.
“Meh. It’s no big deal to me. As long as I can give you my answer, that’s all that matters.”
Xara’s heart was beating in her chest. This was the man she’d fallen for instead of Riko.
The man who showed her how to be more than just a clingy girl who refused to let someone else go.
He had a weird way of speaking, he often ignored others and just did things his way, he never tried to treat others like they mattered more or less. Someone you’d never see if you only ever lived around loyalty.
A commoner who had stolen her heart simply by talking with her and helping guide her down a better path.
Clearing her throat, Xara began to speak.
“Are you ready to finally answer my question?”
“Hm? May I ask what that question is?” He asked as he gave her a smirk.
Hearing that both irritated Xara, but also made her heart beat faster.
“I want to know if….if you hate me.”
“Hate you?”
“Yes…Please be honest. That’s all I want. Just tell me, do you hate me?”
Axel pondered to himself for a moment.
“Before I answer, may I ask a question?”
Hm? Was he still trying to hide his answer? Did he actually hate her and was just trying to avoid saying it?
Nervous, Xara nodded.
“Very well. What is it?”
Returning to the serious look from before, Axel looked to the sky.
“How are you now? Do you still have a problem thinking for yourself? Do you still cling to others?”
That was multiple questions, but Xara shook her head.
“No. Thanks to you, I’ve managed to improve myself more than I ever thought possible. As of now, I’m positive I can think for myself.”
Hearing that answer caused Axel to smile.
“I see. In that case, you wanted to know if I hate you right?”
“Um…That’s ri-Mphf!”
Before Xara had a chance to finish her sentence, Axel appeared in front of her and pressed her lips against his. Her eyes widened in shock. Their lips rested on one another for a few more seconds before his lips parted from hers. Much to her own surprise, Axel had just kissed her.
He took a few steps back and smiled. All while his cheeks shined a light pink.
“T-That’s how I feel about you. I hope that makes sense.
Xara’s cheeks immediately flushed red.
“I…uh…I…”
Axel chuckled.
“I told you, didn’t I? Once you could say with certainty that you weren't clingy anymore, I wouldn’t hesitate to return your feelings.”
Xara was caught completely off guard.
Seeing how surprised she was, Axel scratched the back of his head.
“That is…if your feeling haven’t changed.”
While I looked at Xara, I could feel my heart beating faster than ever before.
My mind flashed back to when I finally realized something I’d been ignoring. It was back when Xara and I were sealed away in that void thing during the scavenger hunt.
When she confessed to me again after going through all these changes in her life, I was certain her feelings were genuine. As much as I wanted to think I’d manipulated her to think like that. It wasn’t because I wanted myself to look like the bad guy, but because I was actually hiding away from my own feelings.
Without even knowing it, I’d fallen for this succubus of my own accord. Not from some harem plan, or an act of fate. I just genuinely fell in love with her.
Because of that, I’d run from my own feelings and hid behind lies of my own making in order to cover my fear of these feelings.
It wasn’t until that day when she confessed a second time, I realized just how hard I’d fallen for her. That was why I started beating myself up. I did it to punish myself for how stupid I was being to think I was the cause of anything. Sure I played a part, but I only played as much of a part as anyone else.
So that's why when she asked me if I hated her, I wanted to say "No way!" right on the spot. But because I was afraid that my feelings would slip out in my words, I remained quiet. And that might've been stupid to do since it's such a basic question. But I was afraid that my feelings would be too obvious at that point. Which is why I needed time to think it over. And now, I was finally ready.
Now I know to some people, kissing someone out of nowhere sounded kind of messed up or weird, but it was the only way I felt like I could get my feelings across. Thus, I went for it. My first kiss in this world.
And now, all I could do was wait for Xara’s answer. Had she changed her mind? Had something happened without me knowing? I dunno. The only thing I was positive about was my own feelings and I wasn’t going to hide them anymore.
Noticing how nervous she seemed to be in this situation, I decided to take the lead once more.
“Seeing how surprised you are, I imagine you might also be a little confused. Therefore, I’ll say it to you straight.”
Taking in a deep breath, I bowed in front of Xara.
“Xara! I’m in love with you! Please go out with me!”
There. I said it. I finally said it. My heart was beating so fast I didn’t know what to do with myself. This was such a big moment for me, even Nia remained quiet as she hung inside the grimoire on my belt.
A moment passed…then another…then another.
As awkward as I felt in this position, this was all I could do now. Just then, I noticed drops of water fall in front of my face.
Looking up, I saw it was Xara. Tears formed in her eyes and dropped to the ground. All the while, a smile formed on her face.
“Yes! Gladly!”
My heart immediately jumped for joy upon hearing those words.
But then, I was startled as Xara jumped onto me and wrapped me up in another kiss.
“Hmph!”
I didn’t have any time to react as she began swirling her tongue around in my mouth. Wait a minute…isn’t this a French kiss!?
Unable to hold her back, she continued kissing me over and over again for longer than I could remember.
Before we knew it, it was nightfall.
The two of us gazed up at the stars. Both with bright red faces.
“S-Sorry. I got a bit carried away back there,” admitted Xara.
I chuckled awkwardly.
“It’s fine.”
For some reason, I felt like the stars shined even brighter tonight than usual.
“Just to let you know, that was my first kiss when you did that before,” said Xara.
“That so? Should I apologize?”
Xara giggled.
“No. I’m glad you took it.”
Honestly, a succubus having a first kiss sounded exactly like something out of a game. Reminding me once again that this world was the same as the one I played through.
Now I’m wondering where things’ll go from here. Having taken Xara for myself, what will become of Riko?
During my playthrough of the game, she acted as his emotional support as well as closest friend. Since she’s together with me, does that mean the path will change from how it was originally intended?
Well, I suppose that doesn’t matter at this point. After all, I’ve already come way too far to turn back now. So as of this moment, all I can do is roll with the punches. Even if said punches are painful, as long as Xara’s by my side, I’m sure I can push through all of it.
Thus, we continued staring off into the sky until we were shooed off campus.
The news spread before I knew it. Maybe it had something to do with Xara clinging to my arm this morning after she came to pick me up from the dorm, but people had already learned the two of us had gotten together.
However, them liking it was another story. A lot of people started to distance themselves from Xara, including a few people she considered friends. It honestly irritated me. Thankfully, she says that when she went to her club earlier that morning, the people in her club still accepted her and even congratulated her. So I guess it’s okay. Still, what jerks would treat someone like a stranger just because of the person they were dating?
We actually ran into Riko while making our way to class, but he immediately ran away after he saw the two of us linking arms.
Once we reached my classroom, I said goodbye to Xara and she responded with a smile before waving me goodbye and being on her way.
Upon entering class, I was immediately met with Dianne who walked up to me with a smile of her own.
“I heard about you and Xara getting together. Congratulations.”
I chuckled.
“Thanks.”
I tried to hide it, but my thrilled smile was painfully obvious to the others in class.
Roy walked over with a grin.
“I’ll be honest, I never thought you’d find someone with how things were for you here at school. It’s great seeing you so happy.”
“Thanks, Roy.”
Man. So this is what having supportive friends is like. I’m not too familiar with how real people react, but usually in the games I played, the MC’s friends were normally quite salty when the MC scored the girl. So having people support me honestly feels amazing.
Roy, Dianne, and I chatted for a few more minutes until the first bell rang and we made our way to our seats.
At lunchtime, Xara joined me and my friends at our normal lunch spot and sat down next to me with a giggle. With how she was acting, you’d think she was on cloud nine right now.
We all happily ate our food and chatted amongst ourselves.
“Interesting. I never would’ve guessed the two of you would get together,” stated Flynn as he looked at the two of us.
“Heh heh. Well, some stuff happened. That’s all I can really say,” I said.
“I see.”
I could tell Flynn was trying to ignore my hearty grin as Xara and I ate our food next to one another.
We all talked for a little while longer until it was time to return to class.
I waved goodbye to Xara and Flynn before making my way back with both Dianne and Roy following behind me.
The rest of the day was just as much fun as it was in the morning. Xara managed to hang out with me a bit before going off to hang with some of her club friends and I walked around school without much else on my mind.
Once school was over, I walked Xara back to her dorm before returning to my own to find Vey giving me a deadly glare as she puffed her cheeks out in a rather cute fashion.
“Where were you Sir Savoncho? I came to your classroom earlier only for you to be nowhere in sight.”
I chuckled.
“Sorry. I was just escorting Xara back to her dorm.”
Vey rubbed her eyes.
“Is it just me Sir Savoncho, or do you seem strangely lax today? Your normal poise and calm nature seem to have completely vanished.”
“Hm? You think?”
I remember smiling more than usual today, but that was about it.
To be fair, I couldn’t help but feel happy.
For the first time ever, a girl actually accepted my confession. I was so used to being rejected time and time again that the idea of a girl actually accepting my feelings felt impossible. Who wouldn’t be happy about that?
“Well anyways, it’s already gotten dark out, so if you don’t mind, I’m heading to bed,” said Vey.
She was right. I didn’t notice till now, but the moon had already made its way into the sky.
Thus, Vey made her way over to her bed and pulled up the sheet before closing her eyes.
Was it just me or did she seem irritated about something?
After giving that thought a shrug, I turned off the light and made my way over to my bed.
Pulling up the covers, I looked up at the ceiling.
Reflecting on everything that’s happened to get to this point, I truly felt blessed to find myself where I am. And as of now, there’s nothing that can ruin it.
While this thought crossed Axel’s mind, somewhere not far off, a woman was looking at a photo of his island in her castle.
“So this is that commoners island?”
A man who looked to be in his seventies nodded with a bow.
“Yes, Milady.”
The woman looked at the photo once more before frowning.
“If that’s the case, how come you haven’t retrieved it yet?”
The old man shook his head.
“I’m afraid it isn’t possible at this time.”
“Hm? Why not?”
“Because the island is protected by some sort of security system. No matter how many people we send to retrieve it, they all get captured and turned in to the king.”
The woman rubbed her eyes.
“I see. Fine then. It’s about time we do that plan. Get me a ship enchanted with wind magic. We set out at dawn.”
“Of course Milady.”
The old man left the woman to herself as she crossed her arms.
“You took everything from me, you filthy commoner. Now, I think it’s about time I take everything from you,” the woman murmured before getting up from her seat and grabbing hold of a picture of Axel before throwing it into the fire. As it burned, she left the room with a grin on her face.
All the while, Axel had no idea what was about to happen. Nor did he know he was about to change his worldview forever.