In the end, Zaos didn't feel that presence again during the day. Although Zaos treated the kids around him like blockheads, they weren't insane enough to try anything that might put Aria in danger. Dalyor seed like a good king, but he probably would execute anyone and their entire family if sothing were to ever happen to his daughter.
Despite the fact that they only brought food for breakfast, the kids managed to keep going even without lunch until around the middle of the afternoon. Around that ti, they decided to return. Otherwise, they might cross the capital gates after sunset.
"I guess I underestimated their better judgent," Zaos thought.
Once everyone entered the carriage, Zaos and the others who still had so energy left began to drive. As for the others inside the carriages, they began to sleep using each other's shoulders to offer so support to their heads.
"Thanks for coming today, Zaos," Drannor suddenly left the carriage and then approached while it was in motion. "I really appreciate it."
"Whatever," Zaos said.
"Did you feel sothing out of place today after that ti?" Drannor asked.
"No," Zaos replied. "Whoever appeared behind , also noticed when I noticed their presence. Either that person left after their presence was noticed, or my skills weren't good enough to find them again."
Drannor knew that Zaos had so fantastic tracking skills. He could even feel the presence and tell how many people were inside the room, even when a thick wall was between them. Due to that, he doubted that soone managed to hide from Zaos's tracking skills. However, whoever approached him from behind, just decided to move away from him.
"Let's report this to the king once we bring Aria to the castle," Drannor said. "Even if you were wrong, His Majesty will want to hear that."
Zaos had already planned to do that from the very beginning, so it didn't change anything. Regardless… Around the ti they crossed the capital gates, the kids began to wake up, and then they said their farewells to Aria since they lived in different parts of the capital. Unlike the tis they t her at the parties, they felt much closer to her.
After half an hour, Zaos, Drannor, and a sleepy Aria crossed the gates of the castle. She quickly went to her room, but the two boys headed to the throne room. As if they spent the entire day working like that, those two found sole guards, Laiex, Drian, and Dalyor, working and talking about certain subjects.
"You two returned much sooner than I expected," Dalyor said. "Knowing my daughter, I thought she would find a way to stay in the lake for another day. Thanks for the help today, boys."
"It was nothing, Your Majesty," Drannor said. "We would like to discuss sothing unexpected that happened today. Zaos felt an unexpected presence approaching us, but when he turned around, he didn't see anything."
"Is that true? Zaos?" Dalyor asked while looking at Laiex. "Can you explain in detail what happened?"
"I just felt a presence and then the presence disappeared when I moved," Zaos replied.
"How exactly did you find this presence?" Dalyor asked, visibly interested.
"I can just feel everyone's presence since everyone has mana," Zaos said.
"May I ask where you learned that?" Dalyor asked.
The conversation was turning in a weird direction… Was it really that important? Zaos thought fast and realized that he copied sothing that followers of the demon god could do, so maybe that could be so type of cri.
"Where I learned that…" Zaos faked so slight confusion. "Probably while I was traveling to the northern base. I suddenly felt my senses getting sharper in the wild while I collected so herbs."
"Is that so… well, you two don't have to worry about their presence," Dalyor said. "The one who you felt was a certain rcenary that I hired. They had so unusual skills and I decided to use them on special occasions."
"Well, if that is the case, I am sorry for bothering Your Majesty with this," Zaos said.
"No problem, if you notice anything weird again, talk with your father or with ," Dalyor said.
After that, Zaos left the throne room, trying really hard to hide his annoyance. Why did he have to go on that stupid trip if the king had hired so sort of assassin to keep an eye on Aria?
"This sure was unexpected, right Zaos"? Drannor asked.
"I don't care," Zaos said.
"As usual, you are quick to get into a bad mood," Drannor shrugged. "Anyway, thanks for the help again."
Zaos ignored these words because he was just too pissed. He lost several hours where he could have done so research and even spent ti with his little sister, but only because the king has to keep so secrets, he lost a full day.
"I don't really care all that much about that voice… but Aria were to beco a ruler who acts like this, I won't serve this county for long," Zaos thought.
Zaos knew that he was getting too angry over a single lost day, but that was just the culmination of the recent events. Fortunately, his mother was at ho and gave the present to Nyana. Despite the ss that was their relationship, she didn't bla the girl for anything. Before entering the mansion and having dinner with his mother, Zaos took several deep breaths to calm down, and fortunately, that worked much sooner than expected. His mother asked if he had fun, but since he had been on guard duty, it was obvious that he didn't have any.
After a while, Zaos headed to his room and decided to use the few hours remaining of the day to do his research. Fortunately, sothing good finally happened that day… Zaos managed to decipher the aning behind all the symbols of Lesser Heal, but when he read it out loud. It didn't make any sense.
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