Building Tensions
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Two years have passed since Nacht started his travels. Most of this time, he was training inside the Mana Storm. He wants to be so strong that an approaching storm cannot do anything to him.
Over time, he was entirely able to hide his presence even from Undine. She couldn't even track Nacht now. Over these two years, they both have played a game of tag, where Nacht was running away from her, thinking that Undine would attack or, worse, expose him.
While Undine was constantly searching for the mysterious person that saved the Heart Kingdom. Shadow had made a big fan following inside the Heart Kingdom and became someone akin to an Urban legend.
Most people haven't seen him in action and still don't believe he exists. Authorities of the Heart Kingdom were under constant vigilance over him as he looked shady and couldn't be trusted.
Now Nacht had decided to move away from the Heart Kingdom and visit the Diamond Kingdom as things were getting off the edge there. But on the way there, he decided to visit the iconic Hage village too. To see the origins of the main cannon.
The Diamond Kingdom was constantly standing in faceoffs against the Clover Kingdom. Regularly sending soldiers on the border, marching inside the buffer zone between two countries.
There has been some mild conflict inside those borders, but fortunately, nothing escalated too much. Everyone was on edge, preparing for the time this bubble would break, and a full-blown war will be fought.
Nobles from the Clover Kingdom were doing all they could to keep the conflict inside of the Forsaken Realm. By doing this, they could cut the actual damage done by the war, as most of the economy and population of the Kingdom lived in the Common Realm.
There was a vast border with no Mana Storms between the Clover and the Diamond Kingdom. A man-made buffer zone was created as a no man's land between them so the country doesn't overlap.
Still, they both subconsciously treated the skirmishes inside that zone as null and didn't start an official war. Despite being at each other's throats, they both knew that a full-blown war would take a lot from both parties.
Nobody tried to act first until they knew the intentions of the Spade Kingdom first. The Spade Kingdom has been unpredictable for almost four years now. No news came in or out from their territory this whole while.
All they knew was that the Spade Kingdom was pressuring the Heart Kingdom. Which lead Superior Spirit Undine to close almost all of the Heart Kingdom from the others. The Heart Kingdom was isolating itself from the world right now by barricading all of its borders.
Undine was also slowly bolstering her Mana Zone over the Kingdom as Lolopechka grew up, making almost all intruders get caught or killed before even reaching the cities.
Seeing as they can't really afford a conflict right now, they even stopped accepting the refugees from the Spade Kingdom. However, with a heavy heart, they were still aligned for good.
A few months ago, the project RedBull finally completed and made its debut in the Black Clover market as a Mana Potion, or as they liked to call it, an Energy Drink.
The company was in the name of Nacht, as he needed a new identity to live an everyday life with. So he created ABC productions and their first product, the Energy Drink.
Well, by 'he,' I meant that Nacht just gave in to a random idea and the whole Shadow Garden worked its ass off for it.
Shadow Garden finally recruited its Seven Spades, and they were all in charge of different jobs at the moment. They were naturally named Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta.
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At this moment, Julius was roaming the streets of the Capital. He was promoted as the captain of Aqua Deer and was dodging his responsibilities. He just said he wanted to buy some milk and went missing.
After a few minutes, he arrived at today's destination it was a shop of a recently famous company, ABC Productions. Although its name sounds a little bit lame and lazy, the product they sell is excellent, which makes this name simply iconic.
This name was chosen when Alpha asked about a company name and Nacht just casually said 'ABC or something.
Everybody knew that this company was owned by Nacht, an exile of the Faust house and the twin to the main heir. They believed the reason for Nacht's exile was to stop the succession war in their house. So naturally, they didn't oppose a new company as this was done by a Noble Born.
And when Nacht actually released a great product, all began to respect him, and he became an example of someone who achieved success even after being denied the opportunity.
Julius was also here to try the new product. He also respected Nacht because his company took in employees that were in lower echelons of society. So as a firm believer in equality, Julius was genuinely impressed.
Julius bought the drink after being in a long line for about an hour. And as soon as he tried it, a refreshing, energetic feeling seeped into his chest. His mana was rejuvenated, and he felt calm.
"This really is an energy drink," He said and teleported away.
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Right about this moment, Nacht arrived a few kilometers North to the Hage Village and saw a cloaked old man, who was on his dying breath, carrying a baby with him.
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[A/N: Can you guess the sneak peek I've given?]