460 Lost Prince (2/2)

”Sorry, is there something you'd like to tell me?” Raj asked, unable to endure the silent stares before the gnomes left with their respective villager-in-charge.

”Pardon to ask but do you know who your parents are?” Wesley gathered his courage to ask.

Raj shook his head. ”For as long as I remembered, I'd always been in this village.”

Holding back tears in recognition of their lost prince, Thomas and the gnomes decided not to say anything else. It was good to know that their prince still lived on even if he didn't know about Gnaway or his parents. They felt like proud uncles and vowed to remain here as Raj's guardians. Who could imagine that they would find the last of their kin alive in a different country?

After some clarification, the gnomes left with the villagers assigned to give them their tasks. Zero was extremely tired but there was still one more person to take care of before he passed out.

”Jermine,” he called the girl over.

The mole beast girl came over slowly and Zero smiled, patting her on her head when she was close enough. ”You did well. I'll send someone to help you find your family. For now, please follow Zoe. She will take you to the other kids. Feel free to eat, sleep, relax and play but keep that talisman close. Once someone is free, they will arrange an escort party to Lycantopia to reunite you with your family. As agreed, you can bring your family and whoever you want over to Full Moon Village once it is ready in a few months.”

Jermine was slightly frightened when she felt a chill. Zoe expressed remorse when she wasn't able to communicate with Jermine without frightening her. The ghost guardian sulked and Zero blinked. He'd completely forgotten about that.

”Zoe, take Zero to the room. He needs to rest now. I'll take Jermine to Karris or Grandma Moppo. Where is Seff?”

Zoe gestured that Seff was currently in Hell, getting babysat by Amon this time. Sekkin was responsible for teaching Seff and Truen thanked her before leading Jermine away.

Zero allowed Zoe to carry him on her back and felt his eyes slowly fall shut before even they reached the room. With this much qi and mana in the air, he would probably be recovered enough by tomorrow to pull himself to the mixed spring in the village. Mixing Trigression Falls and the Spring of Vitality was probably one of the best things the lab members did. Zero couldn't be happier with the strange healing bath that nobody else could use. He might not be able to recover his reserves fully but it would be sufficient.

Now that everyone left, Bob decided to visit his old friend in Sleepy Cave to check on how things were going. It might only be a few months since they left the village but Bob wanted to compare how much Kerberos had improved compared to him.