39 Chapter 17 - Prelude to the End

Emergencies and great opportunities must be addressed as quickly as possible or else they will escape your hands as if they were air.

It is for this reason that the young couple could hardly enjoy the day off they had when they arrived in the capital, so that immediately, the next day, by order of the king, both of them went directly to the palace to meet him.

And that they did, in a matter of hours, in the early afternoon, the young couple found themselves again, face to face with the new King Leryn in some room.

"Good afternoon, I hope you are well," Leryn greeted them after they both finished greeting them.

"Yes, thank you for your concern," Crystal said for both of them.

"Good, good, then let's get serious once and for all, don't you think?" Leryn said, putting on something serious and then continuing to speak.

"As I had told you in the letter, my men and I found my brother Queryn's general base of operations."

"And Crystal, get ready for what I'm going to say, because this may seem somewhat disturbing to you, are you ready?

"Yes," Crystal agreed without hesitation.

"Well, speaking of strategy, in general, a good plan to hide is to choose a place where the enemy would never search."

"Well, it turns out that's what my brother did, and the place he chose is none other than the ancient territory of the Vicronios, more specifically the fortress of the sun," Leryn ended up revealing.

Yulio upon hearing these words, felt some concern for his wife, which led him to see how she was, to find that she was as always relieving a little.

But little did he know that Crystal was actually surprised by this answer and even induced some anger, but this was not enough to drive her out of her mind, not even to express it through her body.

Then, it was given as a detail that Leryn, after revealing this secret, stopped talking for a few moments, to wait for a response from the couple, more specifically from Crystal, who, being able to understand this moment, explained.

"Come on, continue, I'm fine, just a little angry."

"Well, good that you take it well, in short, as a matter of logic, we now knowing this, we only have to act accordingly, being to attack as soon as possible, decisive action."

"And here comes my invitation, would you like to participate in this final battle? I would like you to respond in 3 days from now since we are leaving on the morning of the fourth day." Leryn suggested to the young couple.

This question, this invitation, was of the utmost importance to both of them, it was their opportunity to settle everything, to finally end this unusual adventure, it could be said that this battle, if possible, was going to be its climax.

For this reason, and others such as their security in battle, in normal situations, it was appropriate to take time to decide, but the young couple, being made up of a tyrant wife without fear of war, and resistance and brave but timid husband Both of them, who developed iron confidence through various difficulties and familiarity, could say no other answer than.

"No need to wait, we accept" Yulio answered to everyone's surprise.

And with this, it would end the main objective of the meeting, remaining as a residue, to find out what could be expected for this battle, of which, as some of the important things were the desertion of some renowned forces of the kingdom, it Which Leryn began to explain a bit annoyed.

"And well, another thing is that this winter, a third of our generals betrayed us with several of their men, including our royal wizard in the package, what a horror," Leryn said with annoyance.

"Hey, that wasn't your teacher's son, Crystal?" Yulio asked with concern.

"Exactly, but he's useless, no problem," said Crystal.

"I think you're the only one with the qualification to say that about him ..." Leryn said feeling pity for her enemy.

"If you say so, I believe you," Yulio said to Crystal.

"No, of course, if there are problems, I think ..., although he was not like his father, he is still a good magician known for his skill with the earth," Leryn said trying to take the situation seriously.

"Yes, only that, since he could not handle the other elements, like his father," said Crystal knowing that she, although she specialized in water, also handled the other elements at a good level, excluding lightning.

"Yes, yes, but, ah you know, forget it, I will only say that what we will expect from him are traps on the ground of the battlefield, and several shots made by him" Leryn resigned to this, and then continue speaking in general terms of the battle to come.

This was only general information so the meeting itself only lasted about 4 hours, the rest of the information being together with its details, they were going to be explained during the trip to battle.

But this was still to come, and for now, during these 3 days, the couple dedicated themselves to spending time together, getting a good armor, and annoying poor Lier, who by the way, took it badly at the time that his lords notified everyone that they were going to a battle, without him, only with the guards they brought.

"My lady, because I can't go, after all, I am their captain" argument Lier against them"

"Lier, I will answer you, so that there are no doubts" said Yulio and then continue "You will see, you will not go for 2 reasons, one of you is going to become a father and you are going to get married, how bad it would be to send a good acquaintance at one battle knowing this.

"But my lord, I am a soldier, although, for a short time, I have already formed one ..." Lier began to say, but was interrupted by Crystal.

"Shut up, or is it that you have not yet learned to finish listening to your superiors, at this point, you are still more of a thief than a soldier."

"It being..."

"Well ... then, as I was saying, the second one is already more of an order and it is the important one, and in such a case something happens to us, we want you to watch over little Katherine" Yulio explained.

"Fine..., I understand ..., I'm sorry ..., I will do it with great pleasure, but my lords I am sure, that this will not happen, I have practiced with you and you are a little invincible in my opinion ."

"I'm glad you understood, but don't think so highly of us, we are not immortal, we can die."

"Yulio is right, we are still mortals prone to death of any kind, but thank you for your trust" Crystal adds truthfulness to her husband's statement.

And it is this fact, this concern, which Crystal has cultivated throughout her military life reaching a point where she could take it easy.

Now once again, as if she were a rookie, she had a concern, not for herself, but for Yulio and her daughter.

What would happen to her daughter, if she or both are not there, what would become of her if Yulio disappeared from her life?

Just thinking about this made his mind anguish, but now, even more so, the fact that they were soon to face, out of their own selfishness, a battle where their lives were going to be at stake.

And this is why, since the day they decided to participate, rather, since they received the second invocation letter, she suggested to Yulio that he not participate, but she always denied him, just as she did their last night together in the capital.

"I will go, how not to go, how not to go knowing that you will go to a dangerous place without me, I know that I am not the best warrior, but I will go, in the same way that I participate in the battle for Desparamo I will go, for you, for me, for our daughter and for us" Yulio confidently explained to his worried wife, who was lying next to him.

"You are impossible, you are a stubborn and useless fat man who overestimates himself, how can I convince you not to go?"

"But I'm your useless fat man, besides you can't convince me, just accept it and since you're in it, accept your feelings for me" he said smiling.

"You are the worst."

"And you the best."

"Tell me, aren't you afraid, don't you want to be with Katherine if she's not here?"

"Of course I have it, you know it, but just as you know that, you know that my stupidity can do more than with my fears" Yulio began to speak

"And about Katherine, speaking of options, I only had two, go with you to take care of you or wait in Desparamo for the worst, it was just a matter of choosing my sentence."

"I can't, I can't with you, when did you start to beat me?"

"Whoever said that I have won, I am always lost to you," Yulio said smiling.

"You ..." said Crystal flushed to say "who the hell taught you so many cheesy phrases.

"Practicing, it's just a matter of jumping into the fire and getting used to it."

"You're the best thing that happened to me, don't die," Crystal finished after turning over to sleep.

"You don't die either," Yulio said, hugging his tenderly from behind, then plunging into the world of dreams with her.