Chapter 10 - I’ll be Away For a While… (2/2)

The Grand Elder praise the Divine Lord's luck and escaping his wrath. He won't forgive him for exploiting his granddaughter! Still, he truly needs to let go and say goodbye to them. There is plenty of time to bring forth his wrath.

When they entered Limes Temple, three battalions have assembled and waiting to be dispatch. The aides are engaged in a debate while Captain Jairu tries to hold them back. It was indeed a chaotic scene, and they were simply awestruck.

His aides could be worrywart sometimes that their actions may be overboard and unnecessary. Still, calling forth three battalions seems a really inappropriate course of action.

He turns to them in disdain as he said, ”What is the meaning of this? How come you are causing these kinds of disturbance? Am I not capable enough to be on my own?”

The Divine Lord seems to release his earlier tension with the Oracle's Grand Elder. They are genuinely unlucky to be in the range of the Divine Lord's wrath...

”Master, being alone is dangerous. We…” one of the aides tried to explain and stutters.

The aides don't know what to say as they were only doing their job. He might be a capable person, but having extra precautions are not a bad idea.

”I'll be away for a while, and I am leaving you in charge of Limes Temple.” The Divine Lord pats Little Eu's head as he chuckled jestingly, ”Don't go out waging war now that you have your small army, okay?”

She looks up to the Divine Lord's smiling face. His rarely visible dimples are showing, and his gaze is as gentle as ever. She let out a snort as she replied, ”Wage war? Really? We are situated in an isolated area. Why would I even leave and bring out troops to do such a thing? Do I look like an evil conqueror?”

She responded as she rolled her eyes, yet deep inside, she contemplated the situation. It is not a secret that there are really plenty of disturbances happening around Mystic Spirit. Wild beasts are becoming more aggressive too.

She already foresaw the events and prepared countermeasures. She looks at the three new squads under her command as she remembers them vividly on her visions.

They are still not ready, but everything is slowly falling into place. It's happening earlier than she anticipated. They've been granted a longer time to prepare. What could have caused these minor changes?

She can't help knit her brows as she began a trail of thoughts and starts planning for her next course of action. She has immersed herself completely, forgetting her surroundings and everyone else.

”You look like you are planning world domination, Little Eu...” the Divine Lord spoke, breaking her long train of thoughts.

She was taken aback as he has voiced out something close to her intention. He continued, ”Don't worry too much… I can handle it.”

He left with no other words as he pats her head before retiring to his quarters. The men in charge approached her to give respects. They are high-level Mystics and can transform into human forms with a few traces of their ancestry.

She smiles at them, and she bows her head to give respects, ”Thank you for giving me this opportunity..”

”The pleasure is all ours.” he looks at the sky through the transparent dome ceiling as he continued, ”Its already late, young miss. It is best if you retire for now, and we will discuss things tomorrow.”

She calmly smiles as she nods her head in agreement. She excuses herself after as she retires to her quarters. Tomorrow, she plans to set things in motion.

Before dawn break, the Divine Lord left without alerting anyone. The Little girl already anticipated his move as she watches him with a pained smile.

Eu knew that they have parts to play, and she has to endure this separation. She has convinced herself that things are better this way.

He left riding a mid-sized airship as she watched it disappears cruising the skies.

”Farewell, my Lord Brother…” he heard her voice through his mind.

He looks back at the disappearing image of Limes Temple. He can feel Little Eu's sadness upon his departure and wished that he could have at least said his goodbyes.

He started regretting leaving discreetly and without her knowledge. He clenches his hands while gritting his teeth, and he suppresses his emotions.

He can't shake this feeling he has done something he will regret for a long time. He then saw his Dragon Ring emitting a somewhat faint, bluish glow.

His face has a pained expression as he murmurs, ”Little Eu, I'm sorry... Wait for me... I'll see you soon... I promise...”