The Castle

"Everything is ready, food supplies are ready." Cleon put the necessary things in his backpack. "I'm leaving First-Chloe." Say goodbye to his sister—to the spirit of his sister who should always pay attention to him. He locked the door, walked out of the house with a soft smile on his lips. He had already let go of his sister—the only family left. "Hey Aaru, I know you're there, come here.." No, Chloe is not the only family left, there is still the captain, there is still Hestia, and there is still Aaru. But strangely, Aaru has never received Cleon's call lately. He seems to be avoiding it. Cleon does not know what happened, unlike the captain who was told the problem by Aaru himself—when the day after Chloe's departure.

He passed Uncle Harith's House. Say hello to a small family in distress. True, aunt Enn age is not long anymore, no wonder that Uncle Harith continues to take his time to be with his wife. "A long time ago, horror eyes." Sounds like a pinched child familiar to Cleon's ears, Hestia. She stood in front of Cleon with both hands kept on her little waist, not forgetting with her little stick that she slipped on the belt of her short skirt. "Fire, captain—not with you?"F-fire? What else is that called? Ghh.."

"Weren't you jealous yesterday because of my closeness? It's the same with fire." Obviously with a sinless face, not caring about Hestia who is already red-like boiled shrimp. " You...

" she was speechless "" um, the captain is at the gate, I've asked permission to pick you up. T-that doesn't mean I care about you huh! I'm just afraid you're hanging yourself at the door of the House!" "But doesn't it matter to me?" It sucks. That was all in Hestia's mind. "A-already! Come on." She turned around, walked and grumbled to herself. This Girl is pretty fun to be around. Cleon only smiled softly. Snow is falling little by little from the sky because it's winter. Slowly his smile disappeared, faded away. He still feels worried for the Little Fairy who always helps him in all problems.

"Now that your face is scarier than your eyes, what's wrong?"Hestia asked, breaking the silence between the two of them. Then Cleon said " I'm just worried about Aaru, she can't be reached, it's weird. He didn't break the contract between us, but I can't call her" There was no response from Hestia, she didn't know what to respond to. "In fact, Aaru left me. Are you too, Hestia?" "No. I, the captain and the rest of your friends will never leave you—at least not for the rest of our lives." Hestia replied, She kept her hands behind her back, turned around and smiled at Cleon, " so don't feel left out, huh?" "I'm sorry, can I pinch your cheek?" 'He's too cute, what should I do..'Cleon can't lie. "You fool."

Walking together, the area of the city is quite large, they need time to reach the city gate and meet the captain who should have been waiting. But when he got there, the captain didn't even wait. He was talking to a woman with a little girl in her arms. They are a small family belonging to the captain, his wife and daughter. "I'm leaving, the kids have arrived." He said he gently patted his daughter's head affectionately. "You two, please keep an eye on Ard yes, he will always be careless anyway." The woman bent her body slightly, before finally leaving the three of them. "For a long time, I even had grandchildren waiting for you." "Who became the husband of your toddler daughter? Would the captain allow a pedophile to marry your daughter?" Ah-Hestia doesn't understand the joke. "She doesn't understand the joke, captain. Pathetic." The captain and Cleon patted each other on the face.

"Alright alright, now we'll get started. You guys are well prepared, aren't you?" The captain took his big sword, kept it on his back and tried to make sure that his subordinates were ready for this quite special mission. "Yes, come on."Cleon is also ready with his Mithridatic sword which he holds and keeps on his back for backup. They'll start right away.

Somewhere else. A hole with little light. A black-maned girl stood with her reddish-black scythe shiny and filled with blood. Her black robe had fallen behind her. The look in her eyes was sharp, her breathing was breathless, yet a terrifying smile was implied on her thin lips. "Hehe.. I won't let you touch the outside world." She said, Monsters surrounded her, there were so many pieces of monster bodies around her. She was on the 2nd floor, yet monsters had appeared this much. "Life-taking technique: Blood Dance." Elysia threw her scythe forward, spinning like the wheels of a chariot, shortly after, the scythe returned to Elysia's hand who had jumped up. "Activate." Her lips pronounced skill activation. It was only after that that the impact of his skill was seen that, in the blink of an eye, the mob of monsters surrounding him turned into pieces of meat-with blood raining down on the place. "Mission accomplished." She said. Her body has been smeared with monster blood, but take it easy, on this 2nd floor there is a spring that she can use to clean herself, and also wash her clothes. The place is safe because it is hidden. In addition, Elysia always carries spare clothes when carrying out investigative missions, so that she will not return in terrible condition—clothes covered in blood, what will people say later. "I feel bad, Cleon, are you going to be okay? Why am I so interested in him?" her terrible face turned into a calm face, still her heart felt uncomfortable because she wanted to make sure Cleon was okay. "Is this-the love that people mean--?" Elysia stood up, put on her spare clothes and immediately left this place. "Maybe I should keep an eye on them, just in case something dangerous happens." She said again.

"Captain. How does it feel to have a wife?" suddenly Cleon asked like that when they were almost at their destination. He proudly replied, " It's a pleasure, young man. Your life will be very happy if you choose the right wife. In addition-you will know, and realize that all this time, you live with a lack of something. Having a wife, I'm sure you will feel it, a sense of the completeness of the family. Especially if you already have children." They arrived in front of the castle. It's true, this castle looks pretty terrible. The aura was very different from other places. "Not only have adventurers returned with tragic conditions, here have also taken lives, there have been many people who tried to get inside here, and ended up becoming undead. Be careful." The captain took out his sword, took off the bandage attached to the big sword. "Here we go, captain." Hestia casts magic, she casts magic to strengthen attacks and magic to strengthen herself.

Then after that, they went in, breaking down the door violently because they were assigned to complete this mission well. They will destroy everything that stands in their way. "We split up." The captain believes in them, they are his strong and powerful subordinates, the captain is sure that the two of them will not die because of a building like this, a large and spacious building, but it holds a myriad of mysteries. "Again split up." No, you stay with me, Hestia. I can't leave you alone, it's too risky, all right, captain?" Cleon drew his sword " no problem, but your job is to multiply, Cleon, do you understand?" "Yes." They split in two directions. Cleon with his serious look looked at this place in all directions, as well as Hestia. But unlike Cleon, She instead looked at Cleon with a look full of admiration. She was amazed at Cleon who was still worried about her, despite the tense situation. "They're coming, Cover Me, Hestia." Cleon said, he put up tough horses, the Undead who came from the dead adventurers came. There were only three of them, yet they didn't seem to be ordinary undead. They seem capable of using sword techniques. As evidenced by their distinctive horses. "Knight Technique: Holy Slash."