27. Blood Dragon Festival : the Saint

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"Enzi..." I called a foreign man who looked a lot like Choco Kid. If Choco Kid was in his twenties, maybe he would really look like bro Enzi. Somehow, in an instant, we were already familiar with each other.

"Yes?. What's wrong little girl?" he is answered. We stopped walking.

"My name is Cellia!" I said. Even though I can call this man by his name, but why doesn't he want to call me by my name?!.

"Oh, I'm sorry little girl. I'm very bad at remembering things..." he said. He looked regretful. Bro Enzi then squatted down and suddenly stretched out her hand to me as if she wanted to show me something.

I tilted my head in confusion, then soon a magical thing happened!. From bro Enzi's palm a lily-shaped stone appeared, but that wasn't the only thing that surprised me.

"Amethyst stone?" I said.

"Sstt. Don't talk so loud little girl. This is a secret and this stone is for you as my apology..." he said.

"Your name is Cellia, right, little girl?" He asked again.

"Cellia, means lily of heaven... from now on I will remember it, and you please remember my name too, okay?"

I understand now, why he gave me an amethyst shaped like a lily. It's a symbol that he will continue to remember my name...

While I. What should I give as a symbol if I will remember his name too?.

Suddenly I remembered the brooch pin to ward off dark wizard that Aunt Freya bought me. I took off the wing-shaped brooch pin. Later I realized that the pin actually took the shape of a dragon's wing.

"This is for you, Enzi!"

"For me?"

Enziel accepted the brooch pin I gave him with a strange expression on his face. For some reason, Enzi looked happy when I gave him a dragon wing brooch pin which was also made of amethysts. Because he was too happy, he couldn't speak?.

"I will look after him, thank you, Princess Cellia," he said. He added the title of princess of all things. Oh my, he really is like a knight who can give his loyalty to the princess.

Could it be that he is actually a knight in disguise?!.

Woo!.

Waa!.

Great!.

Stab the dragon!.

Kill!.

Kill!.

Both of our attention was suddenly diverted by excited voices from a place that looked very busy. Out of curiosity, I jogged while pulling Bro Enzi so that he would come with me to see what was going on in the crowd of people.

When we arrived, apparently someone was holding a small theater performance. There are roles that stand out in the drama stage, one of which is the person who plays the dragon and several other people who wear the costume of a holy knight.

From what I saw, it seemed like they were acting out a battle scene between knights and an evil dragon. The knights were seen fighting the dragon desperately in order to kill it.

"Defeat the dragon!"

"Kill!. Kill the dragon!"

Slowly but surely, I could feel that Enzi was slowly walking backwards as if he didn't want to watch this theater performance. Maybe this theater is boring for him?.

Enziel shook his head slowly and whispered to the wind, "no. This is wrong..."

"Celia, let's go. This show is not good. You're still child ..." said Enzi.

Ah!. I see. It turns out that Enzi only cared about me!. These four years old saw scenes that little children should not see.

Even though Enzi seems like a cold figure who doesn't care about anything, in fact he really cares. This character is very similar to my daddy.

"Let's look for your daddy again, Cellia," said Enzi as she pulled me out of the crowd of theatergoers.

Oh!. I almost forgot about my daddy if Enzi didn't remind him. I'm grateful that I meet Enzi for the first time when I was separated from my daddy because it seems like Enzi is a good person, so I don't have to worry about being kidnapped and sold into slavery, right?.

We went back around again to look for dad.

I didn't expect that this festival would be attended by so many people that my movements were now very limited. I also held Enzi's robe very tightly. I'm afraid I'll be a lost child again. What if the next time I am found by an illegal slave trader?. I will definitely never be able to meet daddy again...

But, who knows what fate has planned. Suddenly there was a crowd of people walking so fast against the current that my small and fragile hands were easily untied. And now I'm completely separated from Enzi!. Ah. How about this?!.

I'm like a lost child again!.

I quickly looked for Enzi's figure, but there were so many people wearing plain black robes like the one that Enzi was wearing.

"Enzi... daddy..."

Grab!

"Enzi-"

The black-robed figure finally returned and grabbed my hand which was starting to tremble in fear. But it's a shame, I had too much hope. This black-robed figure is not the figure of Enziel that I was looking for.

"No!"

"You's not Enzi!"

"Let go of Cellia!. Let go of!"

Hmppp!. This man suddenly covered my mouth very tightly.

"Don't be noisy, brat!" said the man. He covered my mouth.

From his voice it was clear that he was not Enzi!. Who's he?!. Kidnapper?!. Slave trader?!.

Ah, why did the thing I feared actually happen?!. How about now?!. What should I do?!. Am I going to be sold?!. No. I don't want to be sold!.

"Daddy... mommy... Vio... Cemille... Vincent... anyone, help me!"

My tears started to roll down my cheeks.

Quickly, we arrived in a narrow alley that had very little sunlight so the alley looked very damp and dark. I thought, this man must have been targeting me from the start, so as soon as I was separated from Enzi, he immediately moved quickly to kidnap me.

This foreign man started laughing as if he had succeeded in catching a big fishing rod which made him very satisfied and happy.

"I'm really lucky to have this noble girl!. I'll be rich soon!. Haha!-"

Bruk!.

This strange man's laughter suddenly stopped, then he just fell down. Someone just attacked this evil man!. But who?. Don't tell me that it was another slave trader who attacked him who wanted to seize the results of the evil man's fishing?!. Oh my gosh, this is like leaving the tiger's cage, entering the lion's cage!.

My hands are still shaking. I'm scared. I'm scared!.

"Hiks, daddy..." I whispered. I kept hoping with my body shaking with fear. Why did this bad thing have to happen to me?!.

"Damn!. What did you do to me!. You want to die?!" shouted the evil man who had fallen. Apparently he was still conscious and able to get up. He then took out a sword from under his robe and immediately attacked another robed figure whose face could not be seen.

"Get lost, rotten human..." said the figure. His voice echoed very loudly, but like telepathy, the loud echoing sound could not be heard by anyone other than the people in this alley.

Sesh!.

I heard the sound of the soft wind, and a few seconds later the evil man who was just a little away from reaching the figure of the black-robed man suddenly stopped moving, even though he was only a little away from being able to slash his opponent's head.

Jleb!.

Wush!.

The wind suddenly became very strong. The calm atmosphere for a moment just disappeared when I saw an unexpected scene. The evil man stabbed his own neck!. What happened to him?.

Tap!.

Tap!.

I was still transfixed by the shocking scene earlier, but now my attention was diverted by a figure in a black robe who slowly approached me and stopped in front of me.

"You're okay, little girl... ah, I mean Cellia. Are you hurt?" asked the cloaked man.

For a moment, I felt very scared, but then I heard that soft baritone voice and peeked at who was under this robe. I became relieved. My fear slowly faded when I saw a brooch pin in the shape of a dragon's wing pinned between the hooks of his robe.

That is Enzi. He came to help me!.

I moved reflexively to hug Enzi's legs. Meanwhile, Enzi stroked my head.

"It is okay now. I'm sorry I didn't hold your hand tightly earlier..." whispered Enzi.

I just sobbed for a moment then immediately stopped when I heard the sound of busy footsteps coming towards this alley. What else will happen next?!.

"Ah. Looks like it was detected. Even though I was holding back my strength..." Enziel muttered.

"Cellia, it looks like we have to separate here..." said Enziel.

"Where are you going, Enzi?. Why are you leaving Cellia?!"

"Don't be afraid. Soon the security forces will arrive and you will definitely be taken to your daddy. I have to go now..."

"Enzi where are you going?"

"I have to go somewhere. If we're lucky, we'll meet again one day. Okay, see you later Celia"

"Enzi!"

"Here!. Quickly check this alley!" shouted someone at the end of the alley.

After Enzi left, I was found by the guards and taken to my daddy because coincidentally they were also on duty looking for me on my daddy's orders.

"Dear Celia!. I'm grateful!. I'm sorry dad for not paying attention to you!. I'm sorry!" said my daddy.

"My Lord, I have something to report..." said one of the city security officers to my daddy with a serious face.

"My dear. Wait here for a moment, okay?"

My daddy left me for a while in this room and talked to the captain of the security guard. I ran and eavesdropped on their conversation from behind the door.

"There was the body of the illegal slave trader we were looking for all this time when we found Young Lady"

"Corpse?. Are there any traces of a fight?. But my daughter is fine..."

"I don't know the details, but there is a very large trace of mana, so I think the one who helped Young Lady Cellia and who killed the slave trader was probably one of the saints..."

"Why can you speculate that it was a Saint?"

"Before finding Young Lady Cellia, we detected the use of Psych type Aether magic and added that the slave trader died because he stabbed his neck with his own sword. So..."

"Oh, I see. But there is also a possibility that it is a follower of a dark magician. Tighten security. Soon the peak of the Festival..."

Saint?. What else is that?. Is that some kind of title for holy knight?. Did my guess turn out to be right?. Could it be that Enzi is actually a holy knight who is called a saint?!.

But daddy also said that it was probably a dark wizard. But how could it be possible that Enzi is a dark wizard?. He even looked happy when I gave him the brooch pin to ward off the dark wizard...

So what is meant by Psychic Aether magic?. Is that the magic that Enzi uses?.