Back outside the castle, was our still stunned trio, (if you excluded Braith) staring dumbly at the spot Cole was once at.「What just happened?」
"Was Sir Cole teleported away?"
"That was definitely teleportation magic. I have the skill itself so I"m able to recognize it immediately."
Felicia confirmed Lala"s deduction and crouched down at Cole"s previous position and put her hand on the ground, seemingly looking for traces of any kind.
Val and Lala watched her and Val opened his mouth to ask and crouched down with her.
「Are you looking for traces of magic power?」
"Yes. If I can detect any I should be able to at least get the relative position of Cole right now if not exact."
Lala observed Felicia"s actions with interest and was planning to move closer to get a better look until she was tapped on by a little hand.
"Hey mom."
"What is it, Rai?"
Lala turned her head to her beloved and most treasured son and stared into his bored as a black board red eyes.
"I"ll be going to the Rose Garden."
"Okay, stay safe honey!"
With getting the okay from his mom, Braith proceeded to walk to the west direction.
When Val noticed his son going someplace he didn"t know about all by himself, Val gave an angry look to Lala and told her.
「Why are you just letting him go by himself? He"s only 7! What if he gets kidnapped?!」
"... Ah?"
Hearing Val"s words, Lala tore off the smile she usually wore and gave an even scarier look to him and walked up to him to which she then proceeded to crush her finger onto his chest.
"He"ll be fine on his own. He was able to gain his〈Spirit Mark〉at the age of 5! While you weren"t there! So don"t think you can be so caring and concerned when, although only temporarily, you still left us to go take a d.a.m.n NAP!"
With Lala"s sudden outburst, Felicia stopped with what she was doing and turned around only to see a white as a sheet Val and a Lala with a black aura surrounding her which Felicia wasn"t sure if it was real or not.
「Now, now, now. C-calm down Lala, I admit I was being irresponsible and I apologize for that so please just-- AAAAAHHHH!!!!」
*KRRRK*
And then in a flash, Val was stuck in a headlock between Lala"s arms with the constant sound of breaking bones coming from his body.
"You want me to forgive you just like that? NAIVE!! Although I WAS happy that you came home, I still don"t appreciate what you"ve done."
「OOOOWWWWWW!!!!」
Felicia could only watch this couple fight and not a.s.sist Val in any way because when hearing all of that, he really seemed like a piece of sh*t to her right now.
"That escalated quickly..."
"And for your information, the Rose Garden is a garden in the West District that even the QUEEN has linked a corridor straight from the castle into the garden just so she could go there easier! So the security is guaranteed!"
With all the ruckus coming from them, eventually the guards showed up and took them away for questioning.
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"Hoo..."
As for Braith who secretly foresaw that such a situation would occur whether or not he left sooner or later.
As he walked down the bustling streets of〈Pandemonium〉, he pulled out a hexagon shaped stone with a rose engraved onto it from his right shorts pocket.
He infused a bit of magic power into it, causing a strange red symbol on his right hand to glow faintly before the he was whisked away.
As for the people walking through the streets, they didn"t notice the flash of light at all.
As if there was no such thing at all.
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A dome-shaped building stood amidst the numerous buildings in the West District.
It wasn"t the most of the ones there, yet it was still fairly big. That building housed the Queen of the Demon Realm"s favorite place.
The aptly named, Rose Garden.
The entire dome was filled with only roses, but the roses planted there were of a special kind that could change their color and they would never wilt for as long as they stayed in that dome.
And inside Rose Garden was Braith.
He was currently simply roaming around the garden grounds taking in the pleasant scents and scenery of the roses.
He would from time to time touch the petals of the roses and smile at their ever healthy appearance.
"They"re white this time."
And when he was near the center of the entire Rose garden, that"s when he saw it.
A small, silver haired girl lying on a bed of white roses.
Her hair blended in with the color of their roses and it seemed as if she wasn"t in pain at all, even though the roses here would be filled with thrones.
Her simple light blue dress paired up nicely with the scene"s color palette.
Braith moved closer to her and bent down for a better look. She had fair white skin that shone under the sunlight and a still, slightly chubby face probably due to her young age.
And just as he was about to pinch her little cheeks, her eyes slowly fluttered open, revealing her silver-colored irises.
And then a question came from her mouth immediately after.
"Who... are you?"