Towards Yamatai Village

[Later]

Solo was at the waiting room, there was Luka, Alice and Alma Elma who followed him, Solo had a blank look and was looking at Alice and Alma Elma, who were quarreling, while Luka was trying to cheer him.

Alice was pissed that Alma Elma tried to form a relationship with him, while Alma Elma was smiling the whole time and talking about Alice being too greedy, Solo sighed and raised again his reiatsu to his full output.

Luka fell unconscious since he still couldn't resist Solo's reiatsu, Alma Elma was kneeling again and taking deep breaths, and her smile left her face, while Alice had her eyes wide open and her back was slightly bending forward from the pressure.

Solo Thanks god you two stopped… Now, stop quarreling.

Alice: Y...You…

Solo: I what? I am stronger than you, and not even one of the species under you command, so I am free to do whatever I want now stop behave as a kid and try to be mature some time.

Alma, you need to stop bully Alice before she will blast you away, and she has both the capabilities and an heart to so so. Seriously… It seems as if I am in a kindergarten…

Alice and Alma Elma were embarrassed because he was right, then the reiatsu disappeared, Alice could stand straight up while Alma Elma got up from the ground, and looked at each other, before nodding and turning to Solo.

Alice/Alma Elma: I'm sorry…

Solo lost his blank look and smiled.

Solo: That's better, now… Alice, why are you getting like this?

Alma Elma was grinning that Alice was getting scolded and prepared to fly away, until she felt someone grab her tail and seen Solo with an annoyed look.

Solo: Where do you think you are going?

Alma Elma: ...E..Eh? 'How was he so fast?! I couldn't even sense him! ...Is this the difference between us… Then he's right… he can't be defeated with just training…'

Alice was smirking while Alma Elma was sweating bullets

Solo: And… Don't try to teleport away, because I'll personally go to the Monster Lord's castle to pick you up.

From the informations I got from Alice, I would need just 1 day or less to find the Monster Lord castle, so don't play dirty, I heard from Alice that after a certain period, the monsters could regenerate their limbs...

Alma Elma gulped and nodded, and both her and Alice were kneeling in the ground while being scolded from Solo.

[Later]

Luka woke up and found Alice and Alma Elma being friendly once again, he was surprised from what just happened and asked.

Luka: What happened? You were quarreling some time ago…

Alma Elma: Well, Solo made us being friendly once again.

Luka: And how?

When he asked that, Alice and Alma Elma flinched and looked down with horror plastered in their faces.

Alice: T...That guy… He's the devil…

Alma Elma: I-I didn't knew… Espadas could be… So brutal…

Luka sweatdropped at their scene and noticed Solo who was resting in a chair, the he sighed.

[Later]

Alma Elma left them, while Luka, Solo and Alice were at the throne room with the Queen.

Queen: SInce taking the throne, I have never experienced such happiness… To think, a warrior appeared who was able to win! Now, for the presentation of the prize. Our royal treasure, the Green Orb… Please accept it.

Solo: Yes. 'I seriously did all this just for something useless… Well, it was a bit funny.'

Then Solo stepped forward and took the green orb on the Queen's hands.

Queen: If you are in the area again, please stop by the castle. I'll always welcome the Hero who fulfilled my dream.

Solo: I don't think I am worthy of being called a Hero from anyone… Just call me either Solo or Virtuta, just not Hero.

The Queen had a frown on her face but shrugged, then Solo, Luka and Alice left.

[Later]

Luka: Hey Solo…

They were walking in the city right now.

Solo: Nn?

Luka: I want you to train me…

Solo: I am already doing it.

Luka: Not that, I want to spar with you…

Alice and Solo stopped in their tracks and turned to Luka with a dumbfounded look.

Solo: Why?

Luka: It's because I am not strong… When I seen your fight… I clearly seen the difference between me and you guys, and I want to get even stronger! Being able to realize my dream for coexistence.

Solo and Alice smiled at his determination and Solo said.

Solo: Alright, but be warned, I might not be too good at holding back.

Luka nodded with determination and the trio continued to walk before Solo asked.

Solo: Oh right, where should we go now?

Luka: I thought about going to Yamatai Village. To hunt for a monster that should be haunting the village...

Alice smiled at the thought of trying the food there and said.

Alice: Hmm Hmm… That sounds good… Especially the 'Onigiri' and 'Soba' part…

Solo and Luka facepalmed from her words, and sighed.

Then they walked towards the Yamatai Village.

[Later]

They were walking in a snow mountain, Alice was playing with it, making Luka and Solo smile at the scene. Some moments later, they lost Alice, and somehow she got out from Solo's pesquisa, making it hard for him to find her.

The snow was blowing like crazy, and it was dark.

Luka: Oi! Alice!

He tried to call her, but nothing happened, he was freezing, but Solo seemed immune to what is happening.

Luka: Tsk… We need to get out of here…

Solo: You are right… We can't have you frozen like an ice cream, can we?

Then while they took a step forward, a monster appeared in front of them, it was a Yuki-onna(Snow Woman), a woman with long blue hair, jade white skin, and sky blue clothings, it seemed as if she could control the coldness around, and didn't have good intentions.

Solo: Luka, fight her, at least you will get warmed up while you fight.

Luka nodded and another fight started, while they were coming here, Solo sparred with Luka, and it seemed that Luka could use another wind technique, called 'Playful Wind', it made him faster with the powers of wind, and it was thanks to Solo's guidance.

Thanks to that, and his newfound strength that he acquired during their spars, he could easily end the fight.

Then they continued to walk forward, until some minutes later Luka couldn't continue anymore and was getting too tired and cold, and started to fall unconscious. But Solo grabbed him.

Solo: *Sigh* Then I should try to find Alice...

Solo flew with Luka in his arm, and continued to use sonido repeatedly, if he would do that before, and leaving Luka alone, then there was the possibility something bad would happen or he would lose him.

If he used sonido while Luka was awake, he didn't knew what would happen, but he was sure that he would at least get sick of the speed and puke on his clothes, which he didn't want.

But now that he is unconscious, he was free to do whatever he wanted, he repeatedly used sonido around the mountain, until he seen Alice walking around, trying to find them, so he just grabbed her by her abdomen, surprising her, and left away.

Some seconds later, they were near Yamatai Village, and Solo let go Alice and Luka, Alice got a frown and asked.

Alice: What happened?

Solo: We lost you and Luka fought a fight, but it was too cold and he almost froze, while we tried to find you, so when Luka couldn't continue anymore, I picked him and tried to find you personally, and now here we are.

Alice got a bit worried for Luka, and waited there while Solo extended an arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her.