LUCIAN and the others arrived at lunch. By that time, Jucel had already prepared a meal for all of them."Where's Chloe?" Lucian asked as he went to help her in the kitchen."She's down the pit," Jucel answered with a smile and her usual Saranian accent which was still thicker even after months of adjusting into the language of Demetrius. She handed him the plates and other utensils. "Lady Vivien gave her a hard beating. Firing a continuous five quivers of arrows was probably tiresome."Lucian chuckled, shaking his head at the same time. "She's been good in training Chloe, at the very least. I don't understand why she wouldn't stay until we meet each other.""Well, you can't expect a Clover to be in the same place as the simple Krysts like us," Barbie ranted. She pulled a chair and sat heavily. "Ugh! I couldn't believe Master Froilan was joking about going easy on us," she groaned.Jucel perked up at the name. "Master Froilan?" she asked. She could reme

THE night fell and the moon was once again hanging in the twilight sky, full and white. It held a soothing calmness in it with the stars brightly lit up.After dinner, the group - except Jared who went with Marjien - went to play board games while Jucel decided to tag along with them."I'll be outside," Chloe announced as she started to walk away from the dining room.Lucian stared at her back. "Try not to overexert yourself, Chlo'," he called out.Chloe paused and turned to him with a smile. "I'm not planning to, Lulu-chi." Then she disappeared into the kitchen.They heard the back door open and then closed. "Is something bothering your sister, Lu?" Clive asked. They were all looking at the way Chloe had gone into.Lucian stayed silent for a moment before he spoke in a low voice. "Sometimes I wonder why I couldn't read her mind."Jucel blinked at him. "You couldn't read mine," she pointed out in a blank tone of voice.The blonde looke

RIGHT after hearing the terrifying voice of the Great Witch, the Særi ust Trūx didn't waste time. He ordered a strict boundary restriction between three main lands of Demetrius and provided additional Krysts on every fortress to ensure that no one would be able to infiltrate the kingdom.Chloe had been asleep for a week. Jared came home, carrying her unconscious form. He told Lucian and the others that she had been in pain for an unknown reason. Blaise couldn't find fault and her health was not affected. However, no one could explain what happened to Chloe.The Krystalline Academy became stricter. Students aren't allowed to come and go as they pleased and so they were required to stay at the academy until the masters deemed them strong enough to face any danger. Lucian and his friends were forced to stay there and leave Chloe in Jucel Greyn's care.Jucel sighed as she sat beside Chloe's bed. "You better wake up, Chloe. Things are not good in this side.""Isn'

CHLOE could feel her head fall to the side. She jerked and held up her head and saw that she was running - well, not her, she realized. She was riding a carriage right now and that made her frown.The Lornn Tribe was at the southern part of Deirdre. If they are going to travel on foot, they would be able to arrive by a month, more or less. But if they rode the bullet train from Galenus to the town of Helengrein and then travel on foot, they would arrive by one or two weeks at most.But Hunter Lornn would have none of those. Instead, he called for a special carriage to bring Kieran, Chloe and Jucel all the way to the Lornn Tribe's Residence safely. Given that there was danger looming ahead, she couldn't argue with it."You looked constricted about something, Chloe," Jucel told her.Chloe jolted and she turned her head to her friend. Kieran was silent at the other side. Her surprised expression dissipated and she looked back at the scenery outside. "I'm fine. J

KIERAN Lornn had been at Galenus for nearly his whole life instead of being at the Lornn Tribe. He was still a baby when Hunter Lornn brought him to his home in Vestia to keep him safe. The wise Earth Kryst raised him until he was of age to come back to his mother in Deirdre. It was Hunter who called him Kieran. Hunter and his mother, Terra, knew that Deirdre is nowhere safe for the heir of the Lornn Tribe.Ever since Kieran arrived in Hunter's residence in Vesta, Hunter took care of him and treated him as his son. Eric Travis, Ailene Ricca, and Levi Lewelyn were also there. Levi didn't mind, though since he really wouldn't mind if you, in turn, leave him alone.However, Kieran had to go back to Deirdre when he reached at the age of ten to meet his mother and the main branch members. There he met a lot of Earth Krysts, and many of those were sent and dumped by the Krystalline Academy. He was been given the task to get stronger so he could lead the tribe when he reached t