While all that was happening in the academy arena that same night, Relon and Lilla were having dinner alone as usual until one of the servants entered the dining hall and told the two to go immediately to the council hall, as the emperor wanted to speak to them. The two quickly got up and went; upon arriving at the entrance to the council hall they were warned to wait a few more minutes, as there was a war council taking place inside. Relon and Lilla heard what was being said inside the room.

"It's not enough that we are constantly being attacked by the damn Vermilion, now we have to deal with this?" said one man on the council.

"Do you think this is happening because of the boy we brought here?"

"Don't be ridiculous, this was already happening before."

"But not with this intensity."

"What do you intend to do, my lord?" someone asked the emperor.

"How many men do we have on the front right now?" the emperor asks.

"According to the last report, we have approximately 18 thousand men, my lord," replied one man.

"And how many men does Vermilion have?" the Emperor continued.

"Our scouts counted around 12 thousand, my lord, however it seems that Luck, from the Bloody Blade, was on the front," replied the man again.

"Damn, so that's why Marcus went there!" thought the emperor.

"And what about the adventurers' guild? Can we hire them?" said a random man.

"That may be our only option, we cannot withdraw men from the front at this time!" said the emperor.

"The real problem, my lord, is that we are losing massive support from some nobles, and we cannot take too severe actions, as this could lead to another civil war," said another random man.

"I already have something in mind to deal with them," replied the emperor.

"At least with the most influential families," finished the emperor.

A few minutes later the emperor ended the council and dismissed everyone who was there and immediately summoned his children inside the room, suddenly someone arrived with the two to enter the room. It was Aster Artal Aquarion the emperor's second daughter, Aster had the characteristic blue eyes of the family, however her hair was brown like her mother's. When she enters she sees her younger brothers there and says:

"You brats too? I thought it was just me who had been summoned here."

The brothers did not pay much attention to what she was saying, after all they did not have much contact. They approached the emperor, knelt down and the emperor says:

"You may rise."

"I called you here because I have something to inform you of."

"You know that as only one will inherit my throne, the others must fulfill their duty to the family in other ways!"

At that moment, Relon looks at Lilla and notices that she had a look of terror on her face.

"Aster, you will marry the firstborn son of the Felwaves."

"Relon and Lilla will marry the two sons of the Legras."

In front of the emperor there could be no form of disapproval, especially from his children, they have all been since very small behave when it comes to being in front of the father. Aster maintained on her face a look of not having understood yet while Relon just lowered his head and Lilla with teary eyes, remained firm in front of her father. None of them wanted to show weakness in front of the emperor, and all aspired to their father's approval; the emperor rises from his chair and leaves the room leaving the children standing behind.

When the emperor left the room, Aster said:

"After us, the Felwaves are the most influential and powerful family in the empire, I don't think life will be bad, as long as I can have the things I want."

Aster had a consumerist and vain personality, she never had anything special and never tried to be anything special. However, she was not stupid at all, and had already imagined that this would happen at some point, so she was prepared for what was to come, and to her joy the Felwaves were highly esteemed throughout the empire.

"But the Legras? Hahahaha!! It seems you guys got it bad brats, you'll be part of the pig family, hahaha," finishes Aster, laughing and leaving the room.

Not so different from the Felwaves, the Legras were also a highly esteemed family in the empire, however unlike the Felwaves, they owned many lands around the entire empire and with this they raised animals for consumption and grew soybeans and other foods necessary for the empire's growth. They possessed the largest fortune in livestock of all families in the empire and the emperor was clearly eyeing this. The Felwaves did not have so much land, but their family was blessed with a unique magic class, which only they possessed. The sons of this family were merciless and very powerful magic warriors.

Relon turns to leave too, but noticing that Lilla was still standing in the same position, he turns and calls her to leave, when he realizes that she was crying copiously, but without making any sound, Relon without having anything to say, just says:

"Unfortunately, this is our life" - speaking leaving the room for good.

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Lilla remained in the room for a few minutes, until she wiped away her tears, took a deep breath and left the room. Leaving there she runs into her older brother, Morfrey Angelus Artal Aquarion; a tall, handsome man with short golden hair as is normal in the family and deep blue eyes. He notices that Lilla was crying, wipes her face and says:

"Oh if it isn't the Sunflower, why are you crying?"

"What did I tell you ehh!!"

"Be strong, so that no one can command you!"

Noticing that it was her older brother, she simply loses all her composure, gives him a strong hug and cries copiously in her brother's arms:

"Where were you, you were gone for 3 months?" - says the girl crying

"Calm down, calm down," says Morfrey stroking her head.

Morfrey was the pride of the Aquarions, he was an excellent water mage, had excellent swordsmanship, an excellent reputation. In addition to the nobles, Morfrey was adored by the entire common people and when he walked the streets he was treated as if he were already the new emperor; He was known as Morfrey, the emperor's masterpiece. Noticing that the father did not pay much attention to Relon and Lilla, he always treated them very well, with the love they did not receive from their own father.

"You can't abandon me like this brother," says Lilla with a crying voice.

"Sorry, as the eldest son, I have many diplomatic matters to deal with, you know that," says Morfrey still stroking Lilla's head.

Suddenly, Relon appears running and gives Morfrey a big hug that almost knocks him to the ground and says:

"Look who seems stronger, almost knocked down big brother on the floor," says Morfrey with a smile on his face.

The brothers hugged there for a while until each went to their chambers. On the other side Suzannah and Clara were still waiting to see what would happen with that scene; Clara was still doubtful about what Suzannah was plotting, but agreed to wait since Suzannah was Tiberius' master. Out of nowhere, a strong light emanated from the hole made by Suzannah before in Kal's chest and as if by a miracle that monstrous wound was restored in an instant. Frightened, Clara said:

"But how? How is this possible?"

Then Kal quickly opens his eyes, emitting a strong yellow light and slowly getting up, Kal looks at Suzannah, smiles and says:

"Thank you for showing me the way."

Clara gets close to Kal and touches his chest where he was injured before and still not believing says:

"This can't be true."

"No one has the power to return from the dead."

"No one has the power to bring others back from the dead."

"Who are you really?"

Kal with a serene smile says:

"I am Kal Launno, you already know me."

Suzannah, who was seeing that scene, only saw a black vortex opening behind Kal and Clara, shouts:

"Watch out!!"

A strange creature with a man's posture, shirtless, with darkness wrapped around its body, bright blue eyes and body with malign marks holding a small two-bladed glaive; comes out of the vortex and ferociously attacks Kal who just pushes Clara away and punches the creature away with a fist. Suzannah holds Clara who flew backwards and says:

"Be careful young man, come near me because I will protect you and the girl!"

Kal just looks at the teacher with a strong contained yellow glow and smiles, Suzannah realizes that something happened while Kal was dead and that apparently he returned more mature and stronger than before. Kal turns again to the creature and gets into defensive position while the creature again attacks him; she attacks Kal who easily avoids and hits him again with a powerful blow to the face. Again the creature attacks Kal, but once again the young man dodges and lands another powerful blow, this time hitting the creature's ribs that takes a leap backwards, spitting blood. Seeing that it seemed that Kal was much stronger than expected, the creature now attacks Suzannah and Clara with more power opening a large hole with the power of his glaive; the small Suzannah conjures the 5th circle divine magic: divine protection over Clara and quickly dodges the creature's blow, she positions herself on the creature's side and says:

"Do you think just because I'm without my powers I'm weak?"

"I'm still the Red Queen"

"3rd circle Elemental Fire Magic: Propulsion"

Suzannah concentrates the fire in her hands that propels the creature's body away burning it and leaving it more injured than before. Frightened, Clara looks around and sees the huge cut made by the creature's glaive and could only think that if not for Suzannah's protection, her body would be cut in half. The creature seeming very angry, just screams very loudly and once again attacks Kal, who takes a breath and takes up the fighting stance again and with the movement of a fist, does not touch the creature, but the energy generated was so great that the black energy that surrounded it dissipated and its strange skin began to crack and crumble, revealing a normal man who fell to the ground. Suzannah goes to the man and quickly analyzing realizes that that body was already decomposing and seemed to have died a long time ago; Kal looking at him just says:

"I know they are after me."

"And I know I have to defend myself from them."

"Now more than ever, I need you to guide me."

Looking at Kal, Suzannah says:

"I promised I would guide you before, and I will."

Suzannah tells Kal she will study the body, and before she could finish talking to Kal, Clara quickly approaches, kneels before Suzannah and says:

"Please, let me be your apprentice?"

"Master Tiberius cannot teach me, and I need to get stronger."

Suzannah, feeling the girl's determination says:

"I'm not like Tiberius, I'm much stricter and demanding."

"If you think you can handle it, then I will be your master," said Suzannah extending her hand to Clara.

Rising from the ground, Clara squeezes Suzannah's hand and the three leave the place with the body.

The next day, Lilla was leaving for the Academy when she saw Morfrey in an isolated room, she runs to hug him jumping over him again, but when she hits him Morfrey moves away and says:

"Careful Sunflower, I fell from my bed yesterday and it seems I hurt some of my ribs."

Looking closely at him, it seemed he also had a bruise on his face. She apparently worried about him asked if he was alright, then Morfrey responds:

"I was training, I think I overdid it again!!"

Morfrey lowers his head, and immediately Lilla kisses his face and says:

"Don't overdo it brother, you don't have to prove anything to our father."

He gives a smile and strokes Lilla's head once more sending her to the Academy. Relon was already in the carriage waiting for her.

On the other side of the continent, in a region where the sunlight never reaches, 4 beings are conversing:

"I found the primordial light," says a terrible feminine voice.

"Where did you find it?" says a voice that blended with insect buzzing.

"He is in the Empire of Nannu," replies the feminine voice.

"But it's on the other side of the continent," says a strange scratchy voice.

"The distance does not matter, I want him for myself," says the voice blended with insect buzzing.

"I found him, he will be mine!" responds the feminine voice

"Hahaha, Slothor will devour," says a muffled horrific voice

"Where is Endbringer?" asks the scratchy voice

"I haven't seen him in 300 years," replies the voice blended with insect buzzing.

"I don't care where Endbringer is, I called you here to say don't get in my way," interrupts the feminine voice

"You never learn Sucubus, I will take him first," finishes the scratchy voice disappearing.

"He will be mine!!" finishes the voice blended with insect buzzing disappearing too

"Slothor will devour him," says the muffled voice before disappearing too

"For Amoktalant, I will not lose the primordial light," finishes the feminine voice before disappearing too.