*reader"s discretion alert, disturbing scenes Ai wakes up from her dream, a bit anxious and confused, she took out her phone and texted Itsuki about the weird dream since he is the only one available and Seito is "not so dependable". Itsuki replied to her later saying that if the dream bothers her so much, he will accompany her to find that church after school. Although just it"s a simple reply but it successfully put on a smile on her slightly worried face.
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The next morning, Elves Kingdom, Royal Palace. The negotiations between the Immortals and the elves had fallen into a deadlock as the suspected traitors and some of the high ranked ministers refused to cooperate with them, the reason is that they don"t have the formal official doc.u.ment from the King that gives them authorities to interrogate their high officials. At the same time, they took that accuse as a frame despite of the high official was caught on the spot when he cooperates with the Minotaurs in smuggling of the rough stone of their Holy gems. Although the Queen hates Minotaurs so much but at the same time, she refused to believe that her people will do such a despicable thing, and if possible she doesn"t want to falsely judge any of her own people.
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"Who do you think you are, to accuse a Holy elf for such dirty deeds?" said the Chief Minister.
"With the Minotaurs been caught and victims been rescued, I believe those are enough to prove our accusations as valid. Most importantly, this is totally against the peace agreement between Elves and the Kingdom, which is why we need your full cooperation." said Sky with a formal and serious tone.
"Well, even if you do represent the Kingdom, it doesn"t mean that you have the right to intergrue with us, the High Elves. Or do you think a vulgar people like you, are significant enough to offend us without getting in troubles? Even your King needs to watch his att.i.tude when interacts with our Queen." said the Chief Minister.
"Oh! Is that so? I never know I was that coward before.".
Suddenly, a man with a grey cat mask walks out from a hidden door behind the Elf Queen"s throne. Everyone, including the minister who was boasting a moment ago, kneeled down... Well, almost everyone except for the Elves Queen, Sky and Athena who goes: "Hei-chan~~!" and trying to hug attack him but getting blocked by having her forehead pushed away by his right hand... Refer to the doodles on the cover page.
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Meanwhile, Stevenson College. Itsuki and Ai were having a chemistry experiment that requires heating of chemicals in boiling tubes, however, Ai doesn"t seem to be paying attention to the experiment or rather, she was distracted for the whole morning. And so, accident happened, she burnt her hand during the experiment. Itsuki took a leave from school and brought her to the hospital. And he is really worried about her.
After Ai had received proper treatment, Itsuki bought her lunch, and they are having their food at the hospital cafeteria, as they haven"t eaten anything since morning.
"Are you okay? Is it still hurt so bad?" Itsuki asks, with a concerned look.
"Mmm... Better." said Ai.
"Here, have some sandwiches, you haven"t eaten anything today." said Itsuki while holding a ham sandwich near her mouth so she can eat it directly from his hand since her hand is injured.
"No thanks, I"m not hungry." she rejected, and seems to be bothered by something.
"Still worried about that dream? Eat this sandwich first, I"ll go find the church with you after you finish eating it, don"t worry, I have promised you last night, right?"
"Mmm." she nodded and bite onto the sandwich in Itsuki"s hand.
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Elves Kingdom.
"No my friend, you are just been too polite all this while that they start to have some misunderstanding on you." said the Elves Queen.
"Indeed, if not how would we have chances to watch this nice show today, right? Queen Elaine?" said the man with cat mask.
"My Queen, what is going on right now? Why is the King of Kingdom coming out from the wall behind you, Your Majesty?" said the Chief Minister, in a slightly trembling voice.
"Well, Sir Gareth, actually I have been wondering if my Ministers and officials are doing they work properly or not, so I have worked together with His Majesty in his secret plan." said Queen Elaine.
"In a more direct sentence, we set you up." said the man with cat mask.
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Meanwhile, in an unknown place, a skinny and dirty child is gobbling a whole piece of raw meats, looking closely at the "meat", it"s actually a torso of other children. Then an adult figure slowly approaches him with a cleaver in their hands...