SHE opened her eyes to see a clear blue sky behind the autumn leaves. Autumn? How long did she lose consciousness? Chloe thought in panic.
"Dana? Dana," a voice of a male called out from below.
She turned her head to a young boy. She realized that she was lying on one of the branches of a tree, her arm rested under her head. The young boy was familiar. He's wearing a yellow and green bandana around his head and his clothes were tattered and old. Did she knew this guy somewhere?
"What?" she replied in a bored voice. Chloe remembered that this body with a name Dana was the same General Dana Rein, the famous 24th Blood Star, who died 50 years ago to protect the Kingdom of Demetrius from Illinor.
But she noticed that the whole place seemed peaceful. Was this after the war? Impossible. General Dana would be dead after the war.
"We're not supposed to slack off. We have to go now." The boy looked worried. And Dana seemed unfazed.
She turned back to
JUCEL Greyn rushed to Chloe's room the moment she heard Barbie and the others exclaim Chloe's name.Her friend was there, sitting on the bed while listening to the chatters of the people around her. When they heard Jucel coming in, they all turned their heads to her and she blushed in embarrassment."H-Hi," Jucel stuttered."We'll prepare some food," Barbie announced and started to push Blaise and Zabdiel towards the door. "Now, off we go, you boys.""Stop pushing us!" Zabdiel protested but he followed his sister's orders. Kieran and Clive followed after them not without saying their goodbyes to Chloe.When the door closed behind Jucel, the silver-haired woman smiled. "W-We thought s-something happened to you."Chloe smiled in a sheepish manner. "Sorry for making you guys worry.""Are you really okay, Chloe?" Lucian asked. He was still suspicious of her whereabouts for two days. "You were out for two days. We tried to look for you but
FEW days after the incident, the Krystalline Academy went back to normal. The Teacher's room in the Rubi Tower was repaired and the students went on without the knowledge of what Chloe knew.Not even Lucian and his friends.Lucian stood at the back door of the house, leaning at the frame and crossing his arms as he watched his sister train close combat alone with the training posts. He was quite surprised that Chloe asked if she could take some time alone every after classes to train close combat.Usually, they would gather around and play something. This only made the others train, too.Only Jucel Greyn was not into honing her powers. Instead, she was always sitting close to them whenever they train while reading a book.Now, Jucel was sitting on the grass under the tree near Chloe's spot as the latter trained. And here was Lucian, standing from afar and observing Jucel's actions.The silver-haired girl was reading that brown book again, he
CHLOE dragged Jucel towards Master Hunn who was still standing on his spot even after the two teachers went out of the academy's gate."Master Hunn," Chloe called out. The old man didn't even look at her, but he nodded to show that he recognized her. "Did something happen to Teacher Ailene?"The old master smiled and sighed as he turned to Chloe. His eyes stared at her knowingly. "Ailene has found the witch you faced twice, Miss Liu."Chloe couldn't speak. What witch? And she didn't tell anyone about her encounter with... How...Probably seeing her shock-filled face, Master Hunn explained further, "It's easy for us, Knights of the Blood Star Shaula, to know what had happened. It was said that a water element Kryst caused such explosion. But no one could point who did.""M-Master Hunn, if you excuse me, w-where did T-Teacher Ailene go?" Jucel asked, her tone was curious but there was an edge to it that only Master Hunn could hear."Where's th
SHE blocked the strike that aimed at her head with her sword and shifted her weight to push it away. She blocked another sword coming to her stomach and turned to another opponent. Her opponent aimed at her throat but she ducked under the blade and swept her foot to knock her opponent off-balance.She turned to her opponent and dodged to the side when her opponent dabbed the thin dangerous sword on her midsection. She spun behind the opponent and slammed her hilt on its left back shoulder. The opponent grunted and dropped to the ground, hissing in pain."Use your power, Iwaoka!" her hoarse voice growled at him.She felt a tingle on the back of her neck and she knew what was coming. She ducked and rolled to the side, and in her place were two daggers in the ground. She spun to her feet and pulled her arm with the sword back then her hand in front of her, palms facing the opponent.She smirked, not even a drop of sweat or uneven breathing could be seen or heard from her. She stabbed her
AILENE Ricca wasn't even asking for more but just a little freedom from this nonstop war between Illinor and Demetrius. Since she was born, kingdoms had been causing destruction everywhere in Elāntro, the world of magic and witchcraft.Ailene was sixteen when she was sent by her family to the palace of Demetrius for the Kryst selection. She was one of the lucky Krysts chosen by the King. Now, at the age of eighteen, she had to literally get through dangerous path of the Land of Eriya.King Seiki sent her and her team to spy on the Land of Eriya for information about the Illinor's forces. With her adept stalking skills and her mastery of the wind, Ailene was the perfect Kryst for the job.Not until they encountered one of the witches in Eriya. Witches were not supposed to be in any territory of Illinor unless the Blood Star is present nearby. They were cursed and ugly creatures that feed on any magic source.In the end, she abandoned her team.Cowar
WHEN Chloe arrived at the barnyard, it was a total mess. She could see the lightning strikes from kilometers away. The land was scorched, not even one grass was spared. Before she could dismount from her horse, her eyes adjusted which toppled her over to the ground.Chloe quickly stood, wincing when she heard a crack on her bones. Her eyes roamed around the place. There were energies ahead.One she could identify as Teacher Eric, and the other was a blue energy that she saw back in the apartment and the academy. Chloe slapped the horse's rear and it went back on its way. She had already attach a short message to its reins. Anyone who will see would know that somebody needed help.The barn house was down and a bloodied body laid on the ground just outside the fence.Chloe quickly went to the body and immediately recognized it as Teacher Eric. He's wounded and couldn't move anymore. She couldn't see Master Levi and Teacher Ailene but judging by Teacher Eric
PRINCE Ciaran and his three subordinates were keeping watch in the Galenus City and were coming home when they saw a black horse tarrying along their path without an owner."Your Highness," Drake alerted him as the horse went straight to them.Ciaran halted his Cimeræ and stared at the animal in question. "Where's your owner, bud?" he asked.The black horse neighed softly and even turned away. But it didn't went away from them.Theo and Tara looked at each other. Drake dismounted his Cimeræ and went to the horse. His eyebrows furrowed together and pulled out a rolled leaf.He went to Ciaran who was patiently waiting on top of his horse. "There's message that says 'Help in the barn', nothing else."Tara snatched the leaf from Drake's hand. The latter glared at her but she ignored him. Her eyes glowed in white and so was the leaf. The three men watches her closely.After a few minutes, the glow from Tara's eyes dimmed and sh
THE news about the deaths of the Knight of Soul Wind Ailene Ricca and Knight of Lightning Tiger Levi Lewelyn spread throughout the Kingdom of Demetrius. The Knight of Red Flames Eric was severely injured but he was recovering, thanks to the efforts of the Healing Krysts.The whole Kingdom mourned for the two fallen Knights, all Demetri were wearing black. After the tribute for the soldiers and Krystalline Academy female students, some went to give tribute and salute to the grave of Ailene and Levi at a private monument dedicated only to the Knights of Blood Star Shaula. The sky seemed to mourn with them as it started to rain hard.At Helengrein, Faline Liu knelt on the ground behind their house with her fist on her chest, crying her heart out. Iwaoka had tears falling from his eyes as he stood beside his wife.Ailene was her sworn sister who trusted and always believed in her. The first to be happy when she decided to marry Iwaoka and leave Vestia for a peaceful