Chapter 430: An Old Enemy (2/2)

No exchanged words and no faces. They walked like mindless puppets until they reached the palace. The underwater palace disintegrated under the power of the enders, and the two walked into the palace to finish their job.

A bright light shone through the lake, and the hydra's screams rang in their ears. However, the two didn't fight the giant monster and simply snatched the child before leaving the lake.

After they left, the person who isolated them from the world turned at last. Arthur got to see her face, and she was none other than the person who took his hand.

'Why is Larza in Freda?' Arthur asked himself as they sat in the forest. He expected someone else, but it made sense that this person could retrieve the child.

After all, she was the perfect person to isolate a living being. Arthur didn't think that she would come to Freda again despite his warning. However, it was about time that he executed his revenge.

Many months ago, he would have never thought of hurting someone physically, even if they hurt him. However, Arthur didn't feel a thing about it anymore. It was that he wanted to take revenge, so he would.

After the knight woke up, he was confused about what had happened. Finally, Arthur explained that his darkness overtook him and that he became Arthur's eyes. Veran seemed quite embarrassed that he decided against using the darkness only to jump into it a moment later.

Their trip to the Baron of Pearls ended without problems, and Arthur decided it was time to return to Aquamia. There, he would find a shipbuilder even if he had to force them.

Then, it would be time to return home.

***

”Are you... him?”

The girl in front of him asked, freckles all over his face. She was standing behind Diana with a scared expression, looking almost exactly as Arthur imagined her.

”Good to meet you again, Hana,” Arthur said with a smile as he raised his hand. Then, from his palm came out the golden mana that proved his identity. ”I'm sorry for taking so long to bring you here.”

Hana looked a lot shyer in the real world than she was as a spiritual entity, and she simply nodded a few times while hiding herself. Then, finally, Arthur turned to the cold princess, who seemed to have earned the child's trust.

”How does it feel to kidnap a child?”

”Kidnap?” Dia shook her head. ”I only said that I wanted to have her as a disciple, and her parents almost threw her at me. Wretched bastards who know nothing but to snob.”

”I think you need to work on your language in front of kids,” Arthur sighed and turned toward the little girl, who was pouting. ”You really can't recognize me. Well, how about this?”

As he said, his spiritual energy enveloped her and lifted her in the air. The girl almost screamed as she began floating around the room, raised by a gentle, familiar force.

”Woah! It's you, annoying mister!”

”Annoying?” Dia asked with a frown as if the girl insulted her directly. However, Arthur signaled for her to ignore it as the kid played around. Then, she landed in front of him on the desk, her shoes resting beside the stacks of paper.

”What happened after I was gone?”

”We met a lich who talked weirdly! He said that you disappeared with a friend from the spirit's realm and that you were meeting someone important,” Hana jumped to sit on the edge of the desk.

”What about the monk?”

”He left after I contracted a spirit,” the girl seemed sad about it, her twin tails resting on each shoulder. ”Lin Zhao said that he wants to meet you and that fate would make sure that they do.”

”Wait, you contracted a spirit?” Arthur's brow raised in surprise. ”What kind of spirit did you find?”

”Hehe, I need to show you,” Hana giggled. ”The lich gave me a gift to make a lot of friends! But I need to use it beside the water.”

”She showed me on the way,” Dia said with her arms crossed in front of her. ”It's an ability that will solve your maritime issues.”