"I promise to answer each of your own questions, but for now we should face the problem at hand," Eureka said while facing the three heavy stares she"s receiving."I"ve already commanded Dai to check on her," knowing why she said this, Akihiro replied.
"*sigh* Fine I"ll just write all my questions to you, then when we finish this current problem I would interrogate you," Yukimura said defeatedly.
"Anyway, Kaoru is currently rebuilding the barrier surrounding the kingdom to stop them from entering, but how sure are you that they wouldn"t enter now?" Akihiro asked.
"The time is not yet riped, they would certainly follow their plan," Eureka answered respectfully.
As time pa.s.sed that Dai have not yet returned, Eureka started showing her anxiousness.
The other four have arrived already as well. Despite their current status, Feena and Karen are still nervous. Mamoru started getting anxious seeing Eureka"s condition. Hideyos.h.i.+ is currently standing beside Raven after asking him what had happened.
"Dai," Akihiro feeling his subordinate called out.
"Sire, I must apologize the last time Miss Azusa was seen was yesterday she was coming from Miss Karen"s house."
*BANG*
Everyone looked at Eureka who suddenly punched the wall in front of her.
"d.a.m.n IT!!!!!" she continued punching the wall, seeing that blood is starting to be painted at the wall, Akihiro stopped her.
"This is not your fault, what are you doing?" Akihiro made her face him.
"What"s the purpose of everything? What"s the purpose of everything then your highness?" she asked looking at him.
"What are you talking about?" Akihiro asked causing Eureka to return to her usual demeanor.
"*sighs* It"s fine your highness, Azusa is currently missing. That only means one thing, they have her."
Even though confused by her sudden 180 degrees change, "The reason why they"re here is for her?" Akihiro still asked.
"Something like that your highness, we have to find her. Please allow me to have a breather, I need some time to think," she said before leaving the room.
Every person inside is confused by what"s going on. She seemed to be mad at something, she seemd to know Azusa, she seemed to know who are their enemies, she seemed to know.... the future?
*****
"You seemed to like this place," Raven started approaching her.
"What do you need?" her voice was somewhat different from her usual tone.
"We just thought we could accompany you," Karen was the one who replied.
"I don"t need it," she replied coldly.
"Anyone would need-" Feena started but.
"Not me."
"Wait a minute, why are you taking whatever your mad at towards us? Were here worried about you," Hideyos.h.i.+ snapped.
"I don"t need your worry, cause if you reconciled with her then she wouldn"t have been kidnapped," Eureka snapped back, her voice even colder.
"Wh Are you saying that this is our fault?" Feena asked.
"Isn"t it, you kept dragging it, she came from your *looks at Karen* house before she was kidnapped. Let me guess she came to offer more of her apology but you turned her away right?"
Karen who was hurt by her words couldn"t help but to runaway.
"Aren"t you too much? Pointing at her. If you cared more about Azusa, then say so, you don"t have to push us this way," Feena snapped back as tear fell from her eyes.
Mamoru and Hideyos.h.i.+ who didn"t expect such words from her, looked at her disapprovingly before following the other two.
"Are you that mad of what"s going on? You didn"t need to push it to them," Raven said after the other four left.
"But isn"t it that what I said is true? If they didn"t push it this long then Azusa wouldn"t have been kidnapped. I have no reservation to such people," Eureka replied coldly.
"You.... I guess my father is right, I judged you wrong," he said before leaving her shrugging.
When everything returned to it"s silence, Eureka looked up at the sky and around her.
She though just as a water whip came from the lake. Together with roots sprouting from the ground. And the soil below her turned to sand.
*****
The next day, the five of them were called to the palace.
Upon arrival, all their parents are present. While wondering they noticed that Akhiro and Yukimura"s face are grim.
"Before anything else, it seems that Eureka asked Dai something before while she was imprisoned, Dai" Akihiro replied.
"Yes your highness, when Miss Eureka was imprisoned she asked me to look into the accident of Miss Feena and Miss Karen being stabbed," Dai started.
"Why would she ask that if she already kniws who it is?" Feena asked coldly.
"She didn"t ask me to look into who did it, she asked me if I would be able to detect where miss Azusa during that time," Dai continued.
Hearing this their attention was now focused on Dai.
"It took me awhile since it"s been quite sometime since it happened."
A level 1 Detection ability user could reenact a scene with the ability"s aura, representing the person in there. And each person"s aura is different from each other.
"And what did you find out?" Akihiro asked him.
"Miss Azusa"s aura never left the scen, your highness. The moment she stabbed them to the moment the others saved them, she had been there," Dai finished his report.
"Adding that to the fact that your wounds were deep but didn"t hit a vital spot, shows how she truly feels," Akihiro finished.
"She had been to where we were as well, apologizing nonstop for what she had done," Ryosuke, Feena"s father, added.
"Travelling on her own, she really did regret what she had done," Genjiro, Karen"s father, followed.
"Then she didn"t left us to die? Why didn"t she tell us?" Karen asked.
"Cause it wouldn"t change the fact that she had stabbed you," Mutsumi replied.
Karen and Feena looked at each other, tears once again welling up in their eyes.
"We have to find her, we have to find her safe and sound," Feena replied, her voice full of conviction.
"Where should we start?" Karen added.
"We"ll show Eureka that we really cared for Azusa, then we can finally face her straight on and tell her that we may be at fault but that doesn"t give her the right to lash out at us," Feena who was still hurt from yesterday said.
That"s when they noticed that Eureka was not around and air surrounding them was heavy.
"Where.... is Eureka, Father?" Raven asked somehow started feeling anxious.
Akihiro and Yukimura looked at each other.
"Follow us."
Everyone followed Akihiro, they were baffled but upon arrival, thay were completely shocked.
"What happened here?" Raven asked.
"A battle," Akihiro started.
"But this is close by, no one noticed it?" Raven continued asking as he looked at the current condition of the place.
All five of them started feeling fear inside their heart, this.... is where they left Eureka yesterday.
"It seems they used a high level barrier to cut this place of from the rest," Akihiro explained.
"Where is Eureka?" Karen slowly asked.
"She..." Akihiro paused looking at Yukimura.
"She was last seen in this place," Yukimura finished.
No one could talk, they looked at each other but the shock overwhelmed them.
"It seems that she fought against some of them who was able to enter, but ended up being taken as well," Akihiro continued explaining to them.
"Then her sudden change of att.i.tude yesterday?" Mamoru asked.
"Might be, she must have felt them around and purposely pushed us away to let us escape," Raven replied dejectedly.
Akihiro thought anxiously."Is there a way for us to find them?" Feena asked.
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"I"m worried about Azusa, I couldn"t lose her either," Layla said as she had another break down, Mutsumi supported her.
"She left us a clue," Akihiro replied and urged all of them back to the castle, but instead of the great hall he lead them towards the inner hall. Knowing that they are really not part of the knights, The parents decided to leave, not knowing the details is better than knowing. The only ones left are the five of them, Akihiro and Yukimura.
"We should speak here," Akihiro started.
"She left a note burning it would lead us to their location."
"She even had the time to do that, your highness?" Hideyos.h.i.+ asked.
"It seems she is far more amazing than we pegged her to be," Akihiro replied.
"You five will take this mission, no one is allowed to learn of this, not even those who are close to you. We spoke to your parents regarding this already as well. Prepare yourself and you will be living at the break of dawn tomorrow," Yukimura commanded.
"Yes, sir."
Thinking about apologizing and thanking her. Their conviction is stronger than ever.