15 Wait

The King's palace was very elegant the way it needed to be. Walking down the hallway, the symbol of a wolf's head on a red cloth with gold linings could be seen. The nobles walked to the dining hall, where all sat, awaiting the king and her beautiful daughter. A total of 10 nobles sat at both sides of the log dining table. Different set of exquisite foods placed on the table. Each of the noble's sons had a specific gift which they would present to the princess. Thee was at first multiple discussions, but then came silence when they heard footsteps coming from the stair way. A fairly handsome man, wearing a high grade beast armor with a red cape flowing down the stairs, he had white beards, and beside him was a beautiful lady. With the beauty that could intoxicate any man in the whole kingdom. All the nobles stared not at the king, but at his daughter Anastasia. They could only wish that they were young and could be her wife. While the boys just stared at her walking down the stairs with smiles on their face, all except Luke who just toyed with his sword. His father didn't notice this; he would have slapped him out of anger. Anastasia had a long silky silver hair, going down to her shoulders; she had bright blue eyes and a smooth white face. She wore a blue beautiful gown which covered her legs and swept the wide stairs. Anna's facial expression changed when she saw Luke's expression. Was he really angry or he was just trying to act cool or different.

"I am really honored to see you here my comrades." The king said after he and his daughter had taken a seat.

"The honor his all ours sire." Markian, who sat beside Dean replied with a low bow.

The dinner continued the way it was expected to, the kings talked some matters with his comrade. And at intervals Markian would weave in jokes to the conversation. Luke kept on eating his food with keen interest, rushing up the food like he had not heard of the word 'impression'. Luke eat with interest, but he wasn't blind not to notice the person in front of him. Luke looked up to see Ann standing in front of him.

"My princess, you are as…"

"Not today Ben." Ann interrupted Ben from speaking further. This just made Luke happier.

"Luke? Can we talk." She asked.

Luke walked out of the hall along with Ann. This only made the royals laugh, all except for Markian. Luke and Ann walked to the balcony where they could talk in private.

"What's with you?" Ann asked.

"What's with me?" Luke replied.

"Why are you silent? Are you mad at me?" Ann questioned.

"Oh wow, I'm not. I won't be angry after you left without a word from you." Luke replied, anger was written in his face but he still needed to keep his voice low.

"That was my father's fault. And also, I sent several letters to you."

"I didn't receive any f***ing letter." Luke replied.

"What about you huh? You couldn't even send me a message after my mum's death."

"Didn't send a message? I sent multiple ones to you but you gave no reply." Luke stormed out after saying these words.

Ann and Luke had been friends since when they were kids, both usually went for hunting, and practiced magic spells together. Both had a lot in common, and did most hunting together. The both separated after the death of his mother, the king didn't allow his daughter to move outside and tightened the security in the kingdom. She couldn't even go to the academy. Luke wrote several letters, but it seemed that it was received by someone else and not the princess, and same thing happened to the princess. Above them, a figure looked down at Ann who just stood in confusion through the window with an evil grin on his face.

The ceremony soon ended, and it was time for all to head back home, but before then, every noble's sons presented their gifts to the princess. The nobles all had huge presents like a chest full of gold and jewelries, all except for Luke who held a little box with gold edges. Ann looked at Luke in the eye for some seconds before accepting the gift. Luke only had one thought lingering in his head. 'How come she didn't get my message?'

***

Damien crept into his father's room; his main aim was to steal a book for dark spells which he could cast and memories. He slowly opened the door, then walked in. As soon as he looked forward, he saw his mum siting on the table with folded arms.

"Little thief, I knew you'll be here." Amanda said before lifting him up.

"What do you want this time?" She asked.

"I want to learn dark mawik." Damien replied.

"Dark Magic? No you wouldn't young man." Amanda said before taking him out of the room. Amanda didn't want his three year old child to learn the dark arts. He was still young and needed to try a spell like the chore spell, he didn't want to burden him with dark magic.

Amanda took Damien to his room, then locked the door behind.

'Time to get into the tomb.' Damien and Raaz appeared in the tomb, but there was no new portal in the tomb, and it seemed like they couldn't get into the other present one. The two kept staring at the portal in confusion when a lady which seemed familiar to Damien. He scrambled his memory to get who this person was exactly.

"Fay?" Damien asked.

"Yes, I am Fay."

"Well, we need you help, this portal won't allow us in. And there are no new portals." Damien said.

"Yes, your Job level has increased, and you've had two main evolutions. This means that the tomb would be locked for now, and you'll have to gain kills in the real world before a new portal would appear." Fay explained.

"And how the f*** am I going to do that when I can't go outside?"

"Wait?" Fay replied.