"That one was a bit crazy, wasn't it!?"
"Maybe if you stayed to the side instead of poking your spear everywhere, we would have already been done hours ago"
Violet and her group stepped out of the portal. None of them seed to be injured as the only thing that covered their body was the powdered bones of the skeleton monsters that they have obliterated. Falling like ash as with each other their steps.
"My spear is my--"
"We know, Rudolf", the woman with a large hamr, Pam, rotated her shoulders while sighing, "You don't have to tell us every hour"
"Tch", Rudolf quickly clicked his tongue in response, "You and your weapon without even a single finesse"
"At least my hamrs proved effective with the undead", Pam smirked before looking who was quietly looking around, "What do you think, Violet?"
"Psh, why are you even pulling Violet into our conversa-- What the?"
Before Rudolf could finish his words, his eyes widened in shock as he also started looking around, "Where are all the monsters?"
There were still countless numbers of monsters when they stepped outside. It would be no big deal if there were corpses strewn around because of how strong Violet's friends are but there wasn't even a single corpse to be found.
"Do you guys hear that?", Violet raised her hand as gestured for her group to keep silent. She then looked towards the castle. After a few seconds, they heard screams.
"Sothing is happening inside the castle!", Violet quickly rushed towards the estate. Seeing that there was also smoke coming out from it, the group expected the worst. Could Violet's friend have failed to protect the castle?
"Let's go!"
The group was careful as they sneaked inside the castle, they didn't know what awaited them there, so stealth would be the best option. But as soon as they reached the source of the noise and the smoke, their eyes could not help but widen in shock.
"This", Rudolf breathed as he stepped off the wall and slowly walked into the courtyard.
In front of him, were the source of the noise and the screaming. But instead of people crying out for help, they were all smiling. So, of course, were still crying for their lost loved ones.
There were also people grilling food. And so people were playing tunes with their broken instrunts. Of course, the city was still grieving and they still needed to recover. This was just a spark, the spark that would ignite their hopes once again.
"This are they having a feast?", Pam whispered as she walked beside Rudolf.
Violet, on the other hand, could not help but smile, "This is probably Viel's doing".
If sothing can't be explained, then it more than likely has sothing to do with Viel.
"Co on, let's go find--"
"V Violet!?"
Before Violet could finish her words, she heard a familiar voice calling for her from her left. And as soon as she saw who the owner of the familiar voice was, she quickly rushed towards her and hugged her.
"M i!?", she said as she tightened her embrace and slightly looked up to see Diao i's face, "It really is you, it has been a long ti, hasn't it!?"
Diao i nodded repeatedly in response as the both of them jumped in glee.
Rudolf and Pam could not help but let out a smile as they saw Violet's expression. One tends to forget how young Violet actually is because of the mature air that surrounded her, not to ntion her strength. And seeing her like this, she really did look like she was just 12 years old.
"You're with Viel?", Violet asked as they tried to contain their excitent.
"Hm", Diao i once again nodded.
"When did he co back!?"
"More than a month ago", Diao i sighed, "But we have not really spent that much ti together--"
"Hello, mademoiselle"
Before Diao i could finish her words, she was interrupted by Rudolf, who suddenly kneeled in front of her, "You have such beauty that makes want to--"
"Co on, let's go to where the others are!"
But alas, Rudolf was ignored, leaving him kneeling on the ground like a fool.
"Pft...", Pam could not help but scoff as she patted Rudolf's shoulders, "Best learn how the easterners act before you embarrass yourself further. Co, let's join the festivities"
And so, Rudolf, Pam, and their two other unnad companions joined the festivities.
"Viel! Look who it is!"
"Ah, Miss Violet!"
Viel quickly raised the crab he was holding and waved it in the air as he saw Diao i and Violet approaching their table. Beatrice, who was beside him, could not help but cover her face as so of the at from the crab flew to her.
"What took you so long to clear the dungeon?", he then said as he munched on the scrumptious and juicy crab at.
"...", hearing Viel's words, Violet could not help but chuckle awkwardly. That was actually one of their fastest tis yet. There were also no natives so they didn't need to stop.
"Hello, are you friends with Lord Viel?", Beatrice, who finally managed to be free from the bits of food that were being thrown at her, joined the conversation. But as soon as she saw Violet, her eyes squinted. "You", she muttered.
"Aren't you the new hero!?", Beatrice quickly stood up and approach Violet, shaking her hands in excitent.
"Hm?", Viel could not help but raise an eyebrow, "Hero?"
"Eh, you're the new Hero!?", Diao i could not help but raise her eyebrows.
"Hm", Beatrice nodded her head, "Violet passed the test of the Circle with the highest marks!"
"...Circle?", Viel lowered his eyebrows in confusion. There seed to be a lot of things in the west that was not present in their lands.
"Since Hero Cortana disappeared more than a decade ago, the Circle decided to pick a new Hero", Beatrice continued to shake Violet's hand, "...And miss Violet here is the new one!"
Hearing the na Cortana, Violet's expression quickly shifted as she released a slight breath.
"S sorry!", Beatrice finally let go of Violet's hand after shaking it one final ti, "I just got excited seeing the new Hero! They told us soone was clearing the last dungeon, I did not even dare to think that it was you and your group! Thank you!"
"Cortana", Viel whispered. "The Hero of Freiden"
"Hm?", Beatrice tilted her head as she heard Viel's mutterings.
"Do you know where Cortana is?", Viel then asked.
"I am afraid not. No one knows", Beatrice shook her head, "She just suddenly disappeared a decade ago a year after defeating the Demon God"
"Hm", Viel placed his hand on his chin. If he rembers correctly, Cortana was the na of the person that Xanthus wanted to dearly et. Maybe he'll wake up once he ets her?
"I believe you should be hungry?", Beatrice then pulled Violet and Diao i to their table, "Co, please join us at our table!"
"You are the new hero?", Diao i excitedly asked as they sat at the table, "How did that even happen?"
"It's a long story", Violet slightly chuckled.
"We have the ti", Diao i smiled, "How are you and your mother doing?"
"She", Violet was about to open her mouth, but decided not to as she shook her head and placed the attention towards Viel, "He should be the one we should be questioning!", she pointed her finger.
"Why did you only return now!?", Violet clicked her tongue, "Are you still staying in Taizhou?"
"No", Viel quickly shook his head, "I own a city now", he then said as he stood up on his seat, "The new and glorious ancient city of Xingcai!"
"What?", Violet blinked her eyes a couple of tis, "How is it ancient if it's new?"
"Pff", Diao i slightly chuckled, "He ransacked an old sect and made it his city"
"What, no!", Viel sat down, "You make it sound like I am a bandit!", he said as he pointed the claws of the crab he was eating towards Diao i, but by doing so, accidentally causing the at to fall off and drop on the muddy and dirty floor.
"..."
"Ahahaha!"
The group burst out in laughter as Viel kneeled on the floor almost in tears.
"Vi, have you tried this buttered--", It was then that Sofia approached their table, holding a plate of her own, "Oh, hello again", she then said as she noticed Violet was now here.
"Ah, yes hello", Violet nodded in reply.
"Vi, you should stop sulking and try this crab that's covered in butter", Sofia then said as she kneeled, placing the crab at on her plate into Viel's mouth.
"Hmm!", Viel quickly chewed the crab that Sofia fed to her, his eyes quickly reviving, "What is this!?"
"It's buttered crab, almost the sa as we had on the ship", Sofia said as she wiped the butter on Viel's mouth, "Let get you so more"
Violet, who watched the whole interaction play out between the two, could not help but squint her eyes as she looked at Sofia who was now walking away to get more food for Viel, "You two seem very close?", Violet could not help but ask.
"Sofi?", Viel tilted his head, "She's my fiance"
"What!?", Violet widened her eyes in shock.
"Wait she's also your fiance!?", Beatrice also reacted violently, "There's two of us!?"
"What!?", Violet no longer knew where to look as her confusion reached its peak, "Why do you have so many fiances at that age!?"
"...Because I am a beautiful man", Viel shook his head and shrugged.
Violet could not help but sigh, "I can understand Diao i being engaged since she's older than us but you're the sa age as !"
Hearing her na being ntioned, Diao i could not help but flinch.
"You will make your Grandma Ling step out of the grave at this point!", Violet shook her head and crossed her arms.
"G Grandma Ling?", Viel blinked his eyes a couple of tis.
"...Viel?"
"Grandma Ling", Viel once again muttered again as tears started to fall from his eyes.
"!!!"
"Viel, what's wrong!?", Diao i and Violet quickly stopped everything they were doing and rushed to Viel's side.
"Who Who is that?", Viel stuttered as his tears continued to trail on his face,
"Why... can't I rember?"
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