[IC] Ancients of Elan ~ Rise of The Chosen

[Alphakoka]

Whizzle blinked to the girl that floated in front of him. He took a glance at Meira's direction, who had apparently slipped back inside. With a shrug, he returned his attention to the sole other person nearby that he could talk with.

"Mo? Moneybag? If that is what you think of your friend, you have an issue," he replied flatly before trying to read Selest's mind as well. Although his attempt now was more of a playful pokes to test her defenses. "Besides, it just shows she needed more training in this department."

[Card Captor]

Malice looked back at the magical explosion and laughed "what a stupid girl, just blowing up an old house like that. Oh I'm sure she tried to hit me, but I was just too good to get hit by such a sloppy attack and I''m talking to myself again aren't I?" she sighed as she said the last part "I really must get rid of that dreadful habit of mine, It's so unseemly. Oh well, at least no one's around to hear me. Now, I have a few things to take care of..." and with that, she vanished

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Nathan was finding this whole situation pretty ironic; he was just dragged somewhere he'd never been to before by someone he barely knew to get involved with a bunch of people he didn't even know. It was just like the indecent at Guardian. Hell, if he counted his conversation with Meria's grandfather, he could also add 'outed as a Dragonite' to the list of things that both incidents shared. However he didn't have much time to dwell on this train of thought, since there were far more pressing issues to attend to, like getting this Chloris girl out of here. "Okay, I know I already said this before, but I feel that it bares repeating; we need to get out of here now. I'm still not fully convinced that the crazy lady from before is really just going to let us go, and then there's this guy...whoever he is. I can tell that he's bad news. Maybe the three of us could take him on our own, but there's a problem; her" he said while looking at Chloris "she is in no condition mentally to be around this guy if what she said is right. Whether or not she can fight, I have no doubt that she'll go after him in a frenzy if no one stops her, and we can't fight him and keep her safe at the same time. Right now; our first priority should be her safety. I came here to save a live, not to fight"

[Xeiyenreisha]

At the time of the explosion, the three other girls had taken their fight up into the sky completely evading the explosion that occurred earlier. They didn't even notice that Chloris had been rescued at the time which was who Luther and Reala were both holding back from foolishly attacking the dangerous man Miia and Siia were both facing off against.le Earlier it was revealed by her that he had murdered her parents, a fact that the two girls going up against him aren't aware of yet. Melianth is parallel from the two girls taking on Duress by herself. The fact Siia and Miia facing Aodeos make look like he has the disadvantage, but so far he has been able to hold his own in the fight. He has yet to display any weakness toward the two sisters who have been trying to figure him out to avoid his trickery.

Melianth on the other hand is trying to determine a way to get close to damage Duress without having to leave herself wide open for a counter. She noticed when she tried to use Endless Massacre of Double Slashes which were lightning fast sword strikes that Duress manage to avoid them all that speed alone wasn't enough to defeat Duress. If she were to get a decisive strike she would have to find a way to get Duress to drop her guard or try to force her to get aggressive. The problem was Duress was a defensive type fighter and wouldn't attack unless you attack her first. This made it even more difficult to figure out a way to get around her defense.

Generating energy into her sword Melianth heads toward the ground which confuses Duress. Duress doesn't quite know why Melianth went toward the ground where they followed, but when she touched the ground that is when Melianth went on the offensive. Melianth took her sword and slashed out twelve earth burrowing swordwaves that moved in all directions in order to surround Duress making escape difficult. "Interesting." Duress said impressed as she noticed Melianth managed to force Duress to start getting offensive due to the change in her strategy. Duress swung her chain-link sword around striking all of the earth burrowing shockwaves, but Melianth caused them to disappear when she thrust her sword into the ground deep. Duress didn't quite know what Melianth was up to. The fact she made the waves disappear caught Duress by surprise. She didn't know if the attack was just a ruse or if she was up to something. Melianth's sword was stuck in the ground which was a golden opportunity to attack her.

"I don't know what you're trying to pull, but now your guard is down!" Duress yelled as she made for a straight toward Melianth. Melianth didn't move at all while he was coming straight at her. She was anticipating this where she waited patiently for what she was about to do. When Duress tried to strike Melianth she immediately let huh slip out of her mouth when Melianth did a backflip backward. "I won't miss twice!" Duress yelled as she tried to wrap Melianth up with her chain-link only to have her vanish in thin air. "What kind of trickery is this?" She questioned to notice that Melianth extracted her sword and had said the words Requiem Force Reverse Parallel. Duress grinned knowing full well where the attack was coming from when she saw the swordwaves coming at her. She jumped into the air and her eyes became big when Melianth grinned the words 'got you' is when she was hit with a barrage of them. Her attack exploded which sent Duress sailing toward the ground after the explosion cleared sending her right into the house that was still standing just barely.

Miia pulled out one of her Elan bomb when Aodeos managed to knock Siia off balance throwing it right behind him. Aodeos didn't even see the attack coming where she detonated it which knocked him backward hitherto he used the energy from his aura to recover. Miia asked Siia if she was okay and she nodded at her that she was fine.

[Xeiyenreisha]

"You want to see into my thoughts?" Selest thought amused since she knew he wouldn't like what he saw in her mind. Even she had a hard time dealing with all of the death and destruction that screamed and swirled inside her mind. It was like a gigantic whirlpool of madness that continually circulated inside her mind with no means toward an end. She closed her eyes then allowed Whizzle to peer into her mind. There were parts which she blocked intentionally, because she knew who he was and didn't want him to who she was or the truth about her whole existence. She knew that he wouldn't understand anyway even if she tried to explain it to him.

Inside Selest's mind were disturbing visions of a cycle of complete destruction. You could also see a blue lush planet inside one her memories being annihilated in a fireball which consumed it whole like a glutton. Part of her mind was saying "fate of the Universe" and other parts were saying "destruction of the planet she was given birth on by a royal". Some others talked about a strange object inside of her that gave her mysterious powers that other people did not have. Other parts of her mind talked about the ultimate end disclosed by the scriptures of Moirai. Other parts were referring to phrases such as "the seeds of our last hopes" and the "daughters of the legends that long passed. "I am the daughter of the legends from the past."

"Heh, he probably doesn't understand a word of any of that." Selest grinned where she would attempt to amuse herself by confusing Whizzle with the chaos that was going on inside her mind.
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Meira makes to her house, but is confused when she sees someone there. Remaining on guard she approaches the person staying unarmed leaving her weapon in its sheathe. She tries to put on a smile despite what has happened addressing them casually with her gentleness. "May I help you, sir?"

"Oh my..." Meira stuttered when she heard an explosion and saw a very small blue dome in the distance. She was very curious to what caused it, but she would first confront this person before she went to investigate. The past events a moment ago weighed heavily down on her, but she tried to remain calm and composed.

[Leotamer]

Alexander turned around confused but quickly regained his senses. "Oh." he muttered, "Why yes. I am Alexander of the Holy Order. Princess Meira I presume? I have come to speak with you about your coronation. The order wishes to align with your kingdom when it forms, and it could be much preparation."

[Alphakoka]

Whizzle was initially disappointed that he entered without much resistance. He adjusted his opinion over the girl's lack of training to her letting him in as he found that she had put up walls in several parts. What he saw however, prevented him from going deeper as it was Chaotic, in various sense of the words. Withdrawing to reality, Whizzle rubbed his forehead from several drops of sweat. He frowned as he looked at the grinning girl.

"Alright, either you have a teacher that taught you some unorthodox mental defense, you have an unhealthy penchant of violence to imagine those things, or you're living in an extremely excitable life," he said, pausing for moment and huffed before continuing "....How old are you again? Because that last one is a bit relative depending on that."

Over the corner of his eyes, Whizzle saw a blue light emanating from a small distance away. He shrugged the sight from his attention for the moment and looked back at the girl, waiting for her answer.

[Xeiyenreisha]

"She is in no condition mentally to be around this guy if what she said is right. Whether or not she can fight, I have no doubt that she'll go after him in a frenzy if no one stops her, and we can't fight him and keep her safe at the same time. Right now; our first priority should be her safety. I came here to save a live, not to fight" Nathan said to the group as he saw that Chloris was in no condition to be confronting Aodeos. Both Reala and Luther nodded their heads agreeing that she was in no physical condition to be fighting especially if she was going into a blind rage without thinking rationally. Luther took his book and swiped it hard againplast the back of Chloris head. In an instant she stopped struggling as her conscious left her.

Chloris could feel her vision immediately going black and had no idea what had just had happened as she fell into a deep sleep. Luther took Chloris into his two arms looking at the two as he was about to walk away, "I'll take Chloris back to my place and let her get some rest. I'll leave this to the rest of you." He said as he dismissed himself from the group and disappeared in the blink of an eye into particles that dissipated. Reala turned her attention toward Nathan. She wasn't entirely sure she could trust him since she had known little about him, but if he was guarding her half-sister then she could probably trust him. She looked around the destroyed house and noticed that Duress was down meaning Melianth defeated her foe, but the two sisters look like they were having a heck of a time with the leader of the group. She wanted to get a good glimpse at his face, but she couldn't since it was completely covered. She wondered how Chloris knew who he was until she thought it was probably the look in his eyes that gave him away. The same kind of look that gets amusement out of toying with minds and enjoys watching those around them suffer. Which was a person that Reala hated the most, but she didn't want to intervene in Siia and Miia's fight so she didn't.
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"How did you know I was a princess?" Meira said completely surprised that this person knew about the title she carried around as a very heavy burden. A burden which she which didn't weigh her down, but she had to assume responsibility for her family's name since that was the traditional approach. Meira placed her hand near her sword getting into a defensive state after seeing that explosion. She had never seen this person before and they were already addressing her as if they knew her for years and said they were from a military organization. She didn't know how to react. Part of her wanted to resort to force, but another half of her wanted to resolve the conflict in her mind without having to rely on violence.

As she was pondering her thoughts she then remembered he said he was from the Holy Order which caused her to be a little less cautious. The look in her eyes was a bit less serious as she tried to relax her mind despite all that had happened today. The argument that this person was playing a decoy to keep her away from the explosion was dismissed from her mind when they revealed they were from the Holy Order. It also caused her to breath a little easier reassured that they weren't some assailant or someone out to cause harm to her. She was concerned with what that explosion was, but she would do her important business first before she went to launch her own personal investigation into it. "Yes, I am Princess Meira. I'm not sure what you want to learn about the coronation, but come inside." She said as approached the door and opened it standing off to the side. While she was allowing them to enter her residence she was a bit curious why this person or Order were interested in aligning themselves with someone who was just starting off? There were plenty of other nations to side with so why her all over a sudden? She would hold that question until they went somewhere a little more private to hold it. "Not sure why you're so interested in allying with me, but come in and we'll discuss the details over a nice dinner." She said out of confusion though she did give him the intention that she was inviting him to have dinner with her.
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"What you see is the truth about Gaea. The destruction is imminent; however, at this time it's not inevitable." She said toward Whizzle as she walked toward the side erasing the grin from her face. She didn't want to see her as a personification of evil who enjoyed such memories rather the fact she was toying around with Whizzle's mind. The fact she caused him to frown gave her some amusement. She hid a book at her side which she carried around which you could see just one of the letters which was the letter "M". The rest of the book was concealed by her. She didn't want to allow anyone to see it. The book itself was dangerous and when combined with the missing link it was a force of unstoppable destruction. The way she gripped the book gave many the indication that she kept it with her at all times and like her mother advised her when she first received it never let it out of her sight even once. Though she felt a strange faint glow from it like if something were interfering with it. Perhaps both the link and book just like it were reacting to the one she held. It did strike her curiosity though she didn't say much about it.

She pointed toward the book which she saw in Whizzle's hand. She knew exactly how the book worked and knew everything about it. She even knew how to use the book properly without it going berserk and trying to destroy everyone and everything around it. "That which you embrace in your palms is the answer toward the salvation of this world. Be forewarned, that book can both breed both salvation and destruction at the whim of the user, but without the missing link, you'll never be able to harness the full potential of the tome."

[Card Captor]

"Well, now that she's somewhere safe, this just got a whole lot easier" Nathan said as he cracked his knuckles. "So...any chance you know something about this guy? Like how he fights or something? I really don't like to go into a fight blind, so any Intel would be really appreciated" Fire began to blaze around his upper body, however Nathan acted like it wasn't even there. "I just hope that this guy doesn't have whatever that crazy woman used to fling back my fireball as well...because that would really suck"

[Xeiyenreisha]

"So...any chance you know something about this guy? Like how he fights or something? I really don't like to go into a fight blind, so any Intel would be really appreciated." Nathan said toward Reala as she tried to think closely about how Aodeos fought. She remembered her mother explained to her that Aodeos was both an offensive and defensive type of attacker who used strategy and planning to best hist targets with. Melianth warned her that he was very dangerous when on the defensive as he used people's attacks against increasing the power and damage that can be accumulated by them.

"Aodeos is a really hard to predict strategist that uses his own strategies to overwhelm his opponents with. Attacking him carelessly will cause him to stay defensive and if you leave an opening he'll take advantage of it meaning letting down your guard means he'll go on the offensive. So the type of attacker he is you can say he's a strategist kind. Yes, he would send your attacks back at you, but with a catch. He absorbs your attack increases the power of it and returns it to you with even more destructive power than it originally had." Reala revealed toward him as she saw Siia and Miia were still just standing there and that Aodeos wasn't taking any action at all either. The three looked serious though Aodeos a bit amused since that same grin he always wears is still implanted on his face. Duress just stares from below on the sidelines as she knows she is in no condition to be fighting anymore after taking damage from Melianth's attack.

"Ready whenever you are ladies." Aodeos grinned at them as he also turned one blind eye to see Reala and Nathan had emerged from the structure that had been just destroyed. He remained on guard while he strategized once again to help him determine the right strategy for fighting these people.

[Card Captor]

"So this guy can throw your own magic back at you too huh" Nathan smirked "I'd like to see him reflect a burning fist to the face" he added. 'so if this guy's fighting style is all about counter attacks like she seemed to imply, then I wonder how he'd deal with this' taking in a very deep breath, Nathan fired another fireball from his mouth, only this one was far bigger then the last one, it was the size of a small house. It flew at Aodeos with great speed, Nathan right behind it

[Leotamer]

Alexander saw Meira reach for her weapon, but stop. "There is no need to violence. I just wish to speak to you." he then walked inside as proper when he was invited in. "Why, you act like you never heard of the Order of Paladins, we have been standing strong for generations, and I can also see you're a bit skeptical. I guess this is a bit unorthodox, trying to align with a kingdom that hasn't even been properly formed let. But, we do have our reasons for such haste.

"Darkness is coming to Holyoke. I am not referring to the armies of Guardia and Rudoria, petty wars are bound to happen and normally sort themselves out. However, the Order has detected much eviler forces at work. Things of witchcraft, treason, and cults, and possibly things that not even I have been informed about, possibly even outside of the knowledge of my superiors. When the evil is at Holyoke's door, the Order plans to be ready."

[Alphakoka]

"Rightt, did you hang around Granny Siia one day too many or are you a relative of hers?" Whizzle asked, eyebrow raised. His eyes glanced at the book the girl was holding for a moment before looking at the book he was holding. He lifted the book eye level, studying the cover. "Oh? That's another reason for me to bother with the squigglefont, then."

He dropped the hands holding the book to his sides and shot a contemplative look at the girl in front of him. Whizzle tapped a finger at the book before shrugging. "I suppose I shouldn't hog your time longer. I'll leave you to your doom planning or to stalking your sponsor."

[Xeiyenreisha]

"I'm not surprised you really don't believe me. I mean, who could believe the world was going to end? And no, I'm not some strange relative to the Oracle Siianthaliae. Perhaps if I were to show you what i saw through her visions thanks to her teaching me the ability of augury then maybe you might react differently and provide a more resolute answer than accusing me of being crazy." Selest said as she reached over concentrating the energy inside herself to project visions of the past which weren't seen through her mind, but rather projected in front of Whizzle. She taps into what ever energies and thoughts that remain from the ancients trying to converge it into a mass of images that may change Whizzle's perception.



The first vision Selest shows Whizzle she explains was a gateway she passed through to enter their Universe. Many thought the gateway she passed through never existed, but through her research of the SIndel ancients she learned they used the gateway to travel from point to point in the Universe. "This first vision you see is how I entered your Universe. You know it as the Infinity Gate or the gate that crosses between dimensions created by the Sindel in the ancient past. I used this gateway to connect with Meira's thoughts and connected to her mind using it as a pathway into your dimension. I will not tell you who I am, but I will at least try to make everything be a little more understandable."



Right after she showed Whizzle the Infinity Gateway she then showed him the end of the Sindel race in the Universe. The event many call the great collapse which is where an experiment was being performed which backfired and exploded destroying the original Sindel world along with all of their civilization as it spread through the Infinity Gate outward toward the stretches of the Universe that were inhabited by the Sindel race. Even half the Gaelan planet was completely destroyed and left in complete ruins. Dangerous energy clouds still remain keeping people out of the once inhabited Sindel lands. "This is what actually happened to the Sindel race. Alkmaar, the leader of the Sindel people destroyed the SIndel people with his experiment of trying to usurp the gods and create his own Universe. Two energy planets are in between the explosion along with the Sindel world which is toward the top and the Gaelan planet is right below it. The Gaelan moon is between the energy planets and Gaea."

"Do you doubt my words now?" Selest questioned after she showed a view of the pieces of the ancient past to Whizzle She wasn't sure how Whizzle would react to what she had offered to him, but she hoped it would give him a better perspective on how serious her words were when she spoke about the fate of Gaea.
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"I'd like to see him reflect a burning fist to the face." Nathan added.

Reala tried to call Nathan back knowing what happened to Siia and Miia when they tried to attack him carelessly close range, but it was too late. Her mother shook her head when she looked over toward her giving the impression if she should follow suit. Melianth wanted to intervene, but if she did it would only cause more harm than good. She decided like her daughter Reala that the only way Nathan was going to learn is if he found out himself what happens.

Siia and Miia both were about to take on Aodeos when they saw Nathan charge at Aodeos. Both of them whispered under their breath "stupid idiot" simultaneously. Neither of them tried to stop Nathan. They both were going to allow Nathan to find out for himself how foolish it was to attack him with just pure brute strength. Aodeos turned his head away from the two girls then grinned at the boy coming at him. He prepared a glyph in front of him and another glyph somewhere behind behind him. "Too cocky for your own good?" He grinned as he awaited for Nathan to hit him with his strike. He was about to pull the same trick he did with the two sisters when they tried to attack him close range.

"So that's how it's going to be?" He added seeing the fireball, but still grinning causing his glyphs to start to react to one another and light up. He wasn't phased at all by Nathan's attack and still awaited him to attack him. He knew he wasn't around earlier to see what happened to the two sisters otherwise he would reconsider his strategy right about now. Right before the fireball would make impact with him, he snapped his fingers where part of his aura slipped into the glyph he had created. "Who said anything about needing to reflect your fist? But I can do this if you desire."
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"Darkness is coming to Holyoke. I am not referring to the armies of Guardia and Rudoria, petty wars are bound to happen and normally sort themselves out. However, the Order has detected much eviler forces at work. Things of witchcraft, treason, and cults, and possibly things that not even I have been informed about, possibly even outside of the knowledge of my superiors. When the evil is at Holyoke's door, the Order plans to be ready." Alexander said to Meira which did concern her quite a bit. If it weren't the two nations causing havoc then who were these outside forces working behind the shadows. Meira thought to herself about Alexander's words as she lead him into the kitchen when the maid greeted informing her that the food was done.

Meira entered the clean kitchen and walked across it into the large dining with a table that could seat around twenty or more people. She walked over toward one of the corners and took a seat across from Ranathia who was sitting on the other side of her. Ranathia gave her a gaze of curiosity and then turned her head toward the person who followed her which she gave them a look of suspicion. It was obvious how Ranathia was observing this person she didn't trust them at all.

While Ranathia was examining the person more thoroughly, Meira decided to speak toward him, "Go ahead and take a seat. We'll talk over dinner. Since Ranathia is here I think that'll happen speed things along a bit."

[Card Captor]

Nathan had no idea who this guy was, all he knew was that he was strong and had to be stopped, which fortunately was all he needed to know. Nathan would be the first one to admit that he wasn't very book smart, hell, he barely passed his academic classes in the academy...but he wasn't stupid. If there was one thing he knew how to do; it was fight people stronger then him. During his early days of life after his parents had been killed, he was put in situations where he was forced to fight people stronger then him, so he had to get smart about how he fought. While his specialty was fighting opponents much larger then him, he still felt that he could work with what he had here. If his dialog and outfit were anything to go by, this guy was clearly a cocky man. One who most likely didn't think much of Nathan...perfect. One thing that Nathan had a hard time understanding is why people seemed to dislike being underestimated, if people don't take you seriously, you can easily surprise them

As Nathan ran at the strange man right behind his fireball, he knew right away that his magic ball of fire wouldn't do anything to him, he most likely had a shield of some sort up to block it. That was okay though, the fireball wasn't meant to hurt him. The strange man most likely thought that the fireball was meant to hide Nathan as he ran up to punch him with a flaming fist. It wasn't a bad assumption, it certainly made a lot of sense...however, it was wrong. Not only that, but it was what Nathan wanted him to think. So right before the fireball hit the strange man, Nathan took his fist that he had been charging with fire magic and punched forward...

...hitting the ground. Quickly pumping all the fire magic he could though his arm into the ground, both Nathan and the strange man were soon enveloped in a large pillar of fire that erupted right underneath them 'it's so easy to trick someone when they think they know your plan' he thought to himself

[Xeiyenreisha]

"Hahahahah, you still don't get it, do you?" The strange man grinned as he activated his glyph and detonated both glyphs into the sky. When the glyphs exploded they let black aura pour out of them as he continued to laugh letting the flames consume him. "You managed to defeat my toy? How amusing. You put on enough of a show for me today. Besides, one death only means another born anew. I'll continue to be reborn until you figure out what is going on, ahahahah!" Only problem was even when he had been consumed by the flames, he was still laughing. This was an indication to the group that the version of Aodeos they fought was a humuculus. Siia and Miia both were confused until it hit them about that technique he had used earlier. They noticed a slight difference in the one that he was about to use on Nathan. He never snapped his fingers when they attacked him with Sadistic Masochist which meant at that time he swapped places with a humuculus. They figured that out when he phrased 'one death only means another born anew' which indicated that that this Aodeos was a humuculus he created.

Miia and Siia both examined the area noticing that there was no one else around other than Reala and Melianth who were on the ground. They turned their heads to notice that the girl Melianth fought earlier named Duress had disappeared. Both girls knew there was something strange about that Aodeos, because of the way it used its magic. Both knew Aodeos never snapped his fingers when using a spell or technique since he never needed to. Both thought to themselves while trying to collect the rest of their thoughts. So if this one is an obvious fake? Then where did the real one go? Something about that technique he used on us earlier doesn't add up. He never projected a portal behind him. Which means he switched himself out sometime before that attack took place. Meaning there's another person who is here that is unaccounted for. But who? They both question in their mind as they survey the area.

The sky starts to laugh as the voice fades away, "I'll leave you all to try to figure out what just happened. But I know for a given fact that you'll never figure it out. Hope you had fun with my puppet. We shall meet again." Those were Aodeos final words before the voice went silent.

[Card Captor]

"Ah jeez, not another puppet user. These guys are really annoying" Nathan grumbled "They keep on sending their copies to mess with you while they just hang back in their lair laughing. So annoying, but it fits with his personality, so I can't say I'm too surprised, but I am disappointed" he sighed as he cracked his neck "Oh well. We saved the hostage, the bad guys didn't get what they came here for, and no one died. It's about as clean a victory as I can ask for" he mused to himself. "Well, if that's everything, I'm going back home. I'm feeling pretty hungry and I need to get some food"

[Alphakoka]

Whizzle blinked as as the girl completely ignored him and started a fascinating historical lesson. "Do you doubt my words now?" she questioned. Whizzle remained silent for awhile before scratching his head with his free hand. "What's your point? I don't see any difference whether you're telling the truth or not," he said. Although it did confirm that she was with Siia for an extensive amount of time that the Oracle's dislike of being called a liar rubbed on her, even if she handled it differently than the old Oracle.

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The castle's dining hall was large enough to fit the Academy's cafeteria inside of it and it left Alice eating alone in an incredibly quiet atmosphere accompanied with nothing but her own eating noise. At the very least, she had calmed down from the whole trouble with the werewolf and can think clearly.

[Leotamer]

"Why, yes thank you." he said, sitting down. "But I doubt we should talk about here, I was brash and foolish to speak about it outside. I just not sure if time is on our side. We can speak about more in private, when we can be certain there will be no prying ears or eyes. But for now, I think we can just enjoy dinner."

[Xeiyenreisha]

Ranathia looked over in Alexander's direction where she gave him a rather suspicious gaze. She didn't quite understand why he couldn't speak in her presence. If he wouldn't tell her then she would find out what he was exactly up to if that were the case. "May I ask, why we can't speak right where we are now? I assure you no one is listening unless." Her gaze become even more sincere which indicated her suspicion of him before she continued after giving a hand gesture, "There is something you don't want me to hear? And if that is the case." Ranathia once again paused focusing her complete attention on Alexander which obviously showed she didn't quite trust him at all. "Then I will ask you for a brief summary of what was discussed later."

Relaxing herself a bit Ranathia kept her attention toward Alexander, but this time with a little bit less suspicious gaze as she peered into his eyes she continued, "If it's the ensuing evil that is suppose to be plaguing these lands. We already know about it. From our source Siia, she informed that they are both cults, but she said there was another force unaccounted for that was working in complete solitary, but we don't know who it is nor did she for that matter. We do know that two cults have been using the war between Rudoria and Guardia as a curtain to hide their activities with."

Meira shook her head at Alexander and thought Ranathia was right. She didn't feel any need to keep anything from her and besides she was one of Meira's most trusted subordinates so there was no reason to hide anything from her. "If you can't speak about it at the table with Ranathia around then you can right up a summary in a status report and submit it to me. I will not keep secrets from my subordinates, Lord Alexander. This is a discreet part of the house and you are safe to speak about anything that you would not want anyone else to hear other than us so please tell us what you wanted to inform us about. I also assure you the maids in this house are not spies and were handpicked by Lady Siia herself. I'm pretty sure you know how Siia is when trusting people and how strict she is when selecting people." After Meira said her piece, both her and Ranathia dug into the food on the table. It smelled delicious and there was plenty of food to go around for everyone. Quite a feast for the two since there were tenderloins, chicken legs and wings, mashed potatoes with seasoning, seasoned pasta, spicy curry which was one of Meira's favorite dishes though spicy miso is her all-time favorite and various other delicious cuisines and dishes that Meira and Ranathia both enjoyed.

[Leotamer]

"Ranathia, I presume, I didn't not mean to offend or exclude you from this. I am more than willingly to speak with you as well Meira, however, I am pretty sure the king felt like all of his servants were to be trusted, and if I am not mistaken, you seen first hand how that turned out. News of a dead king travels surprisingly fast. However, I will go ahead and tell you, even if my higher-ups did know something more, they didn't inform me. I may be a holy knight, but that still makes me a knight. I am given my orders and only what I need to know." He then stopped talking, lowered his head and said some words to himself ,then he started eating in the most polite way a person in armor could.