Yes, nothing should harm her... nothing...

"Keep your eyes on him. I won't let him run away this time," Trainer Nehan sat on the available small sofa and folded his arms, "Now let's get to the point."

The two guards were watching over Sun who was standing as straight as steel miserably facing the wall at the corner of the room. While Arawinda and Gendis sat behaving on the bed.

Although her room could not be said as small, was filled with more than five people, especially half of them had a big physique, her room transformed into a small and pitiful one...

Arawinda coughed lightly and asked, "Trainer Nehan? Is there a problem with... me?"

Listening to this question, Gendis and Sun subconsciously glanced at her in confusion.

Trainer Nehan squinted his eyes at her, "So you do know we're here for you?"

He had doubted this golden kid aware of the reason they were here. Unlike normal youngsters who would panic and though they made a mistake unknowingly, this kid, if he could say it simply, was rather calm.

Arawinda merely smiled innocently at his probing gaze, "Trainer Nehan, you're here in my dorm."

Snorting, Trainer Nehan crossed his ankle on his knee and leaned back on his seat, "Tell us your visit at the wall, yesterday."

Under their eyes, Arawinda lowered her eyelids and told everything she did yesterday, without skipping any detail. This story made Sun, who was listening to her attentively, became agitated, ignoring the guards around him.

He widened his eyes at her, couldn't help but exclaim, "What's this?! You told me you won't go in!!"

Recalling her pale appearance yesterday and how she was sick this morning, he frustratedly pulled his hair, "You— What the— Darn! That's why you got sick today, isn't it? Arawinda, are you serious?!"

Sun was so at loss for words that he crouched down, roughly scratched his hair. Such a crucial thing, she did not say a word? If Trainer Nehan did not ask her, she won't say a word about it? Was she trying to keep everything by herself and pretended to be strong or what?! Wasn't she a princess who loved to complain about everything but what was this...

The first time Gendis saw him went mad like this. But same as him, she did not expect Arawinda would so courageously go inside the wall along with her powerless core. If there wasn't any guy who save her, would she still be able to treat their food today?

Gendis glanced at the frustrated guy before sending an inquiry glare at the girl beside her.

Receiving her gaze, Arawinda cupped her cheek in a slight embarrassment. She never thought his reaction would be like this and so Gendis... If she knew they would be this furious then she should have told them earlier, right?

"Alright, monkey boy. It's not the time for you to be so dramatic." Trainer Nehan waved his hand to the guard, grabbing the list, "What's the name of your prince?"

Prince...?

Arawinda twitched her eyebrow and forced her smile, "Raden. Raden Majidhara."

Trainer Nehan flipped the paper again and again before looking up straight at her, "There is no your prince here."

If that paper was the list of visitors of yesterday's dates, of course, there wasn't. After all, her «prince» was a strong young man who camped for a week together with zombies fearlessly.

Arawinda pursed her lips and blinked her eyes rapidly, "His name should have been in the previous week's visitor list."

"So you mean your prince stayed in the wall for a week?"

As Trainer Nehan stared at her suspiciously, Sun get up from his crouch and fix his headband silently, "... It should be true. He's a neighbor of my mom. She often told me about his heroic act."

Trainer Nehan knew that the monkey boy won't lie, thus he did not pursue it anymore.

"What about your sickness? Not scratch by a zombie?"

Arawinda rubbed her sweated palm facing this question. This was it, the topic that made her think over and over again for hours. At first, she assumed that she did not have any evidence but after she chilled out her mind earlier, there were some valid ones, actually.

For example, her brooch. There were about 20 hits left for the durability and the color was certainly still blue. Good thing she did not lose it yesterday, and merely put it away on her bedside table. This evidence was supported by records of her purchasing the brooch along with the other times provided at the training center. It was also her first time purchasing one thus there was no way for the second one.

But there was also a loophole on it, what if she got this one from someone else? All of this could only depend on her «prince». According to the location of the lake and the training center, it was more than one kilometer, so his brooch should be dark blue, right? And it was not like he need one...

The second one was her clothing. Her clothing was still intact, and some people also noticed this, including her «prince». But what if she had another set of clothing with the same style?

The third one was her body, it was clean without any injury. The problem was her fever and whether she drink those weird potions to heal her wound...

The last one, perhaps, was her «prince»... Fine, almost all of her evidence relied on her «prince».

Arawinda peered at the solemn trainer in from of her and said, "It isn't scratched by a zombie. I'm just too tired and too shocked... I guess."

"There is no evidence for that but based on the infection cycles, you're not even included in small infection. Then you're not infected." Trainer Nehan simply nodded as he crossed her name on the paper.

Arawinda's smile froze listening to him.

???

She had forced her brain to work hard yet passing this issue was surprisingly this easy??

And she actually missed the most significant point here! The infection process!

According to the book she read in the library, there were three infection cycles. Small, medium, and advanced infection.

The small infection, the one Trainer Nehan mentioned about, was when a human was scratched and while having a fever, the eyes would turn red like one of that zombie.

As for medium infection, the human was still in a fever but this time the hair will turn white.

While the advanced infection, the body would undergo a reformation. Reaching this stage was hopeless as the brain would soon stop working.

She forgot these, oh my goodness!

Huh, but all was good. She did not need to visit the lab. She was simply afraid that her core's value would be discovered sooner. She still wished to live a long life after all.

Arawinda began feeling relief in her heart yet before she could feel it completely, she heard Trainer Nehan mercilessly say, "But we still have to take you to the lab."

???

Gendis and Sun turned their head and widened their eyes seeing her face.

This time she was disregarding what face she made in front of them because...

Why did she still have to visit her possibly future grave?!

.....

In a dark room with tiny light from the candlelit, the sound of a turning page rustled. The room was dead calm, even the chirping of the crickets outside could be heard.

The tiny candlelit shone the thick and old book beside it, along with a firm hand pinching one page of the paper.

The rustling sounded again, leaving the tiny light flickering by the breeze. The moment it flickered, the person reading the book was illuminated.

He was Raden, focus on reading.

Shortly, footsteps were heard, which made him stand up from his seat and check through the gap of the curtain beside the table.

He saw someone he knew and a guard, entering his small yard. Not intending to wait for their knock, he went to open the door.

The creaking door caught the attention of the two people outside. The one wearing an academy uniform clapped his hand, "There he goes!" He turned his head to the guard, "He's the prince Trainer Nehan talking about."

The guard nodded at the student before approaching Raden, "Raden Majidhara?"

Raden glanced at Sun standing not far gazing at them before nodding to the guard casually.

The guard directly got to the point. He asked some questions to him, mostly related to his visit to the wall and Raden answered the guard seriously.

Raden did not get the exact reason he inquired about this but he accidentally heard the guard mumble, "... All his later events match with the girl's."

The girl??

Raden frowned a bit but did not ask. He saw the guard fold back his paper and said, "I'll pick you up early in the morning tomorrow and go to the lab for further examination."

"Lab?"

The guard said, "Just check-up health. There are other kids too."

Nodding silently, Raden hid his suspiciousness. Where could mere check-up health need to be detailed about his recent visit to the wall?

He watched the guard walk back to Sun. They seem to talk about something before Sun strode toward him.

Sun squeezed his fist to his mouth and coughed, "... Your relationship with Arawinda gotten better?"

Raden raised an eyebrow at his question but chose to stay silent. Was this guy planning to warn him to stay away from Arawinda again?

Not receiving an answer, Sun grimaced as he rubbed his temple awkwardly, "This... I just want to thank you for helping the princess yesterday. If something happens to—"

"There are other people and she herself can use the ring. Nothing will happen to her, nothing." Raden said with a low voice, hiding his fist behind his back.

Sun smirked bitterly, "Yes, nothing. Surely nothing." After he said it, he go back to the guard and their back was soon gone from his eyes.

Raden enter and closed the door. He leaned against the door with a deep frown on his face, shutting his eyes tightly. He gritted his jaw as a vein appeared on his forehead along with sweat beads.

He whispered softly.

"... Yes, nothing should harm her... nothing..."