Saruto and Void sat inside the Ti Chamber, faint auras of energy rising around them. Their faces were resolute, filled with both determination and anxiety. Saruto raised his head toward Void and said defiantly, "One of us doesn’t want to rge? That’s impossible... We’re one body and one soul, aren’t we, Void?"
Void replied in his deep, resonant voice, "Of course, I couldn’t possibly refuse to rge with you. We fought side by side, we shared strength and pain... It’s impossible for either of us to refuse to rge."
As silence fell between them for a few monts, they each reached out to the other, and their energy began to blaze intensely, forming a vortex of violet light. The ground shook beneath their feet, and the air filled with sparks of conflicting energy, but the scene quickly descended into chaos... A violent energy explosion hurled them backward, and they both fell to the ground, gasping for breath. Minor wounds appeared on their bodies, which quickly healed thanks to the Ti Chamber.
They got up again and tried again and again. Each ti, the result was the sa: a painful failure and screams that pierced the walls of the room, followed by a silence tinged with disappointnt.
Saruto sat on the floor, his hand on his chest, panting heavily. "It’s no use," he said wearily. "No matter how hard we try, we can’t rge."
Foyed moved closer. "Perhaps we should postpone it," he said. "Our energies are incompatible right now, or maybe one of us... doesn’t really want to rge."
At that mont, Saruto rembered Ethan’s words, which still echoed in his mind: "One of you doesn’t want to rge."
He closed his eyes for a mont, shaking his head vigorously as if to banish a thought from his mind. "No... this isn’t true, it can’t be."
He stood up and said to Void in a quiet voice, "We’ll continue later. Get so rest. I’ll ask the servants to bring you food."
Void gave a faint smile and replied, "Do so... and you, Saruto, try to rest too."
He waved goodbye, then left the room with heavy steps. On his way, he instructed one of the servants, "Take the food to the Ti Room and give it to Void."
The servants bowed respectfully and left to carry out the order, while Saruto went up to his room in complete silence. He sat on his bed, held his head in his hands, and murmured faintly, "One of us doesn’t want to rge... No, it’s impossible."
He kept repeating those words in his mind over and over until sleep overca him, and he drifted off to sleep with a look of both worry and exhaustion.
The next morning, light shone into his room, waking him from his slumber. He sighed deeply, then got up and dressed. As he was about to leave, he heard Ethan’s voice behind him. "Saruto, you have to go back to the Academy today. The holiday the Academy gave you is over."
Saruto’s eyes widened in surprise. "Really? Ti flew by so quickly?"
Ethan nodded with a slight smile. "Yes, because you were engrossed in fighting Adrian, and after every fight, you slept for ages."
Saruto chuckled softly. "Well, it seems I should get ready to go."
He changed into his Academy uniform and quickly moved to the Ti Room, where Void was eating. "Now I’m going back to the Academy," he told him. "When I return, we’ll try to rge again."
Void nodded. "I’ll be waiting for you, Saruto."
Saruto vanished in a flash of light, teleporting directly into the Academy. As soon as he arrived, his friend Lucien greeted him with a broad smile: "Look who’s finally here!"
They clapped their hands together, and Saruto laughed, replying, "You seem to be doing well, you arrogant fellow."
The two entered the classroom, where the other heirs were sitting, laughing and chatting. As soon as they sat down, the professor entered and said in a formal voice, "Students, we have two new guests today. Please welco them!"
Everyone turned towards the door, and Arina and Felisa entered with confident strides, wearing their academy uniforms. A mont of silence fell, as surprise filled everyone’s faces. The professor said, smiling, "As you know, following the agreent of the Ten Kingdoms, the two princesses decided to join the academy."
Lucien raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically, looking at Saruto, "Did they really join the academy for their studies? Or for their fiancés?"
The class erupted in laughter, and the princesses’ cheeks burned with embarrassnt, while Ryan and Kyle glared at them angrily. "Enough, you two idiots!" Kyle shouted.
Saruto laughed even harder, throwing up his hands. "Okay, okay, I won’t say anything more."
The classes continued until the end of the day, laughter never ceasing in the hall. But when they finished, as everyone was leaving, Lucien stopped and said jokingly, "By the way... don’t forget the challenge Ryan and Kyle lost. Ti for the punishnt!"
He gathered the students in the courtyard, and Ryan and Kyle, looking quite embarrassed, went up to the platform. Kyle announced loudly, as punishnt was being administered, "We officially declare that our founders are weaker than the founders of the Dark and Ice families! They’re not even comparable in strength!"
Everyone burst into laughter, so even falling to the ground, while Saruto and Lucien stood in the corner, laughing with childlike glee. But gradually, Sarotto’s expression began to change... his smile faded, and his laughter was replaced by silence. The words echoed in his mind, in Ethan’s clear voice: "One of you doesn’t want to rge."
He froze, looking at the ground for a mont, then said quietly to Lucien, "I think I’ll go to the room for a bit. I’m feeling tired."
Lucien nodded, without asking anything. Sarotto quietly left the space, the smile that had filled his face monts before replaced by a mixture of confusion, fear, and doubt... and in his mind, one question kept repeating: "Is it really true... that one of us doesn’t want to rge?"
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