Ch. 145 - Confusion

[Well, things changed, instead of Saturday, the schedule would be Monday and Friday instead.]

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"How's it going on there, Luna?" While Leo was sitting on his chair, he asked out of nowhere.

In fact, Leo wasn't actually talking to her face to face, instead he was conversing with her through their telepathic connection that was established with the help of Luna's collar.

The collar that he received from the Gacha draw, it gives Luna several benefits when wearing them and among those benefits is the telepathic connection between her and her 'master' which is Leo.

{I'm on my way, papa! I already finished what you told me to do!}

Hearing her reply, Leo's mind wandered to a few days ago when they were still in the middle of their journey toward the Enchanted Forest.

Leo just recently found out a few traces of the existence of Rapunzel in this world. Mainly because of the grand map he got from Elsa, added to that is her story about the Arendelle's counsin kingdom, the Corona Kingdom, whose Royal Family lost a princess from a midnight kidnapping.

It's been 15 years since then and even until now, no one has found her.

That is until they came across a man named Flynn Rider, who thought it would be a good idea to try to steal Leo's car.

Unfortunately for the lone thief, he chose the wrong man to steal from.

Fortunately for him on the other hand, Leo decided to let him go and have Luna chase after him for a few days.

If Flynn never encounters Rapunzel for the next few days, Luna would simply stick a paper containing his Thunder God technique in his pocket and go back to him.

"Good. I'll take you back myself." With a single blink of an eye, Leo appeared in Luna's location, she was sitting in front of the large fog.

Grabbing her by the waist, Leo teleports back to the chair he was sitting on.

All this happened in just a blink of an eye, indicating Leo's speed in both reaction time and thinking.

After all, Thunder God technique doesn't require physical strength but mental one.

"Did you just…" Elsa was the first one to notice the slight disappearance of Leo and quickly inquired. Of course she also noticed Luna's Panther form, sleeping on Leo's lap.

"Yes." Leo answered, his eyes once agajn glued on the two parties that were on the verge of fighting.

"You are lying! It was your King who betrayed us first! We are a peaceful tribe and you people ruined it!" The old woman with white hairs was accused.

"You have no evidence to accuse us of that!" The dark-skinned knight rebutted.

"We don't need evidence! The fact that Nature has already trapped us inside the Enchanted Forest is the proof itself!" The white-haired old woman replied in the same angry manner.

"Everyone stop fighting!" Having enough of their banter and threatens to one another, Elsa finally couldn't hold back and snap at them.

Thanks to her yell, the yelling and fighting stopped as quick as she shouted at them.

"Who's she?" A young woman behind the white-haired old woman whispered to her ears.

"I have no idea but she doesn't look like she's from here. Neither do they." The old woman squinted her eyes and said, referring not only to Elsa but also to Leo and Helen behind her.

"You are?" The leader of the knights bore a surprise face as she looked at Elsa, finding her quite familiar, she reminds him of someone he swore loyalty to.

"My name is Elsa. Queen of Arendelle. I am here with my companions to discover more about me and who I am." Elsa spoke with determination and suspense.

"Elsa? You're the new Queen of Arendelle!?" The knights' eyes all widened in shock and soon, they all quickly sheathed their swords and kneeled in front of her in unison, showing their maintenance of loyalty towards Arendelle and its rulers.

"Hold on, you guys are Arendelle knights?" Finally, Elsa has noticed the uniforms that the knights were wearing, finding it quite similar to the uniforms of the current knights of Arendelle, albeit a bit old and outdated.

"Yes we are, Queen Elsa. Pardon me from asking this but are you….Prince Agnarr's daughter?" The dark-skinned knight stepped forward and asked.

"Yes. Yes I am. And you are..?" Elsa squinted her eyes and asked back after answering his question.

"I am Lieutenant Mattias, Your Highness." The knight, now known as Mattias, bowed his head down and replied.

"Lieutenant Mattias…" Elsa muttered to herself, as if trying to recall a Knight's name who goes by Mattias.

"Hold on a second. You're THE Lieutenant Mattias? My Grandfather, King Runeard's right hand knight? As in THE Mattias?"

"It seems my fame reaches even the next generation of the Royal Family, your highness. I am honored!" Elsa swear she saw a small tear escaping from Lieutenant Mattias's right eye, which he quickly covered up with his gloved hand.

"Are you okay?" Elsa asked worriedly.

"I-I'm fine, your highness. It's just that I wasn't expecting to see King Runeard's descendant right in front of me. When I was trapped here, I was already expecting to die here without seeing my loved ones and the royal family." Hearing his explanation, everyone's heart felt touched by his speech, even the tribe that holds a grudge against him and the Kingdom of Arendelle felt their hearts melting.

"But wait. If we're trapped here and you are here, that means you are also trapped here, your highness! This isn't good! We must find a way to es-" Panicking, his words also caused mass panic among the knights behind him.

"Lieutenant Mattias. You should calm down. I- We are not trapped here. I think the nature, it was the nature who called us to come here. It led us here." Hearing Elsa made the knights slightly calm down, however, a young woman from the tribe intervened with an angry tone.

"Liar! How can you say you can hear the whisper of the nature! Only the spirits themselves have the ability to communicate with Nature! I knew it, every single one of you who belongs to Arendelle are a bunch of liars!" She accused.

"Excuse me?" Elsa felt a bit offended.

Just as the knights behind her were about to unsheathe their swords, Elsa decided to show off and prove the old woman wrong.

With a swing of her arm, a large ice wall with sharp spike appeared in front of the tribe, forcing them to back away and look at Elsa with fear and slight reverence.

"T-this is!?"

"I think this should be enough to prove why I can hear the nature, right?" Elsa said in as slight cold tone, striking fear among the tribe.

"Y-You're not normal." The old woman muttered to herself as her eyes squinted at the Queen of Arendelle.

"Child. Come with me." The old woman spoke again but this time, there was no longer malice in her voice, it sounded more serious.

"What? Why?" Raising her eyebrows, Elsa replied with suspicion. Its not like she's worried about her safety, she's strong enough to defend herself.

What made her suspicious was because the old woman might know something about her situation.

"Child. You are not normal…." The old woman replied, stating the obvious.

"Yeah, no shit Sherlock." On the side, Helen couldn't help but curtly chime in.

Leo simply smiled and held his laugh.

There's no need for them to show respect to these people. In Leo's eyes, only those stronger than him deserves his respect.

"…Queen Elsa, please come with me. I believe I might be able to help you with your problems."

"How do you know I have a problem?" Elsa replied with a shocked tone.

"Child. It is easy to see it in your eyes, combined with the fact that you have an ability that a normal human shouldn't have." The old woman replied.

"And how are we suppose to trust you? For all we know, you might be secretly harboring ill intention for Queen Elsa." Lieutenant Mattias stepped forward and stated with an accusation tone.

"Don't compare me to the likes of you. If I want to kill someone, I wouldn't do it in a hideous way like your King." The old woman harshly replied before continuing but this time, with a more composed tone.

"But if you're worried. I wouldn't mind you coming with us. All of you, including those over there." She pointed at Leo and Helen, of course including Luna who was in her Panther form.

"But Yelena, isn't this dangerous? We're inviting those traitors in our own village!" The young woman behind her whispered in the old woman now known as Yelena, into her ears.

"If she's truly the ruler of those knights and she has this ability, I don't doubt she could've harmed us a few minutes earlier. But since she didn't speaks that she means no harm against us." With a sharp observation, Yelena spoke with confidence.

The young woman behind her shuts off her mouth after finding her reason as valid.

"Then we'll join. We see no other reason to refuse." Sheathing his sword, Lieutenant Mattias nodded his head seriously, following his lead, the knights behind him also sheathed their own swords.

"And you two?" Yelena cast a glance towards Leo and Helen.

Leo and Helen looked at each other for a brief moment of time before nodding their heads.

Like what Lieutenant Mattias just said, they have no reason to refuse and besides, even if they're not in invited, they would still come with them whether by force or not.

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