Beautiful Undead
Chapter 24's

Duke Carlin descended from the 3rd floor directly towards the 1st floor. He saw his first son who had just returned in between with his academic first mate, who as far as Duke Carlin knew, he was working as the second prince's right-hand man.

"Carlos, why are you back alone? Where's your sister?!" duke Carlin asked, not seeing Nathania's presence there.

Carlos and Mr. Tristan looked at each other, before looking back at Duke Carlin with slightly annoyed gazes as he had already lied to them both about the little sister or Master being served.

"Your Majesty, aren't you supposed to say such a thing to us who already know the facts about the two of them?" chirp Mr. Tristan, with a piercingly cold look.

Duke Carlin who heard the statement, instantly fell silent and looked at his youngest son with a straight look.

"You know about your sister's identity? How come?" Duke Carlin began to look anxious. "Don't tell me he told you all these facts himself, Carlos! That's not true, is it?" the Duke asked, looking quite panicked.

Carlos smiled silently and did not pay attention to the expression on his father's face that looked sad.

"Where are the others? Miss Erika asked me to evacuate you as far away from the Empire as possible. This place is no longer safe for our family!" carlos said as he walked up to the second floor looking for the whereabouts of his mother and two younger siblings.

"Father has already moved them all to a safer place. Here there are only Father and a few servants and soldiers who can protect themselves independently." Duke Carlin tried to explain honestly.

Carlos steps stopped, he goes back down to the first floor and asks Mr. Tristan to follow him away immediately.

"Where are you going, Carlos? An empire that is already very dangerous for you or Mr. Tristan. Can you two leave this Empire as well? Let Father and the other witches handle this matter!" duke Carlin said, asking in a delicate voice.

But Carlos did not listen and continued walking away from his family residence in the capital.

"Bring me a horse!" pinta Duke Carlin, on a knight standing nearby.

"Okay, Your Majesty!" said the knight, immediately rushed to the stables and took the horse Duke Carlin was already prepared by someone unknown.

"Your Majesty, this is you." The knight gave his horse strap to Duke Carlin.

"I'm going after Carlos. You and the others should leave this Empire immediately while tidying up the supernatural creatures you find on the way. At least it would be better than keeping silent as if waiting for the death of this place!" duke Carlin said to his aides.

''Fine, Your Majesty!" said the guards and servants, in unison.

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Erika was standing on a single leaf that was at the very top, from the tall, towering tree.

Some people who saw how Erika used magic to take care of the magical creatures that were around their territory in a short time, could now only look in awe at the girl.

"Erika, you don't want to eat now? I got some bread from the figure next door" exclaimed David, lifting up the two large loaves of bread he could free of charge from the residents who felt grateful that they had secured their surroundings.

Yes, his stomach was quite hungry after using enough energy to clear this place.

It turns out that the supernatural beings who control this southwest region are quite difficult to eliminate. As David said, supernatural beings in this era are very strong than the supernatural creatures in his time.

But still, their strength was much greater and stronger to clear up those troublesome creatures.

"Sister, are you the Goddess who came to save this Empire?" ask a 10-year-old girl, bringing a glass of cold milk to David and Erika as a token of gratitude from her home.

Erika and David accepted the girl's gift and let her sit between them.

Erika took out a sword from the air and sent it away to the border where David made a barrier to restrict the space of the magical beings.

The knights who knew what kind of weapon it was, immediately rounded their eyes in astonishment and did not say anything more to Erika whom they believed to be a Goddess who had purposely descended to protect their Empire.

"Whatchu mean? I'm just one of the same kind of creatures as them. But my purpose in coming here is quite different from that of the destroyers," Erika explained, to the young girl who seemed to admire her.

Erika let out a long sigh after finishing a glass of cold milk that had the scent of honey and a fresh taste that was able to quench her thirst.

He soon got up followed by David. "We will leave this village and continue our journey. We got a message from the forest dwellers to go north. They told us that if a lot of people had to evacuate immediately or the small village would not survive!"

"You can talk to the forest spirit?" the little girl asked, looking at Erika and David with an increasingly amazed look.

Erika reviewed a sweet smile and patted the top of the girl's head gently. "It can be said that."

"Goddess ... You're so great, Miss. When I grow up, I will be a great wizard like Miss. I hope we can both meet and fight to show who is stronger then," said the little girl, looking happy with her innocent face.

Erika smiled and glanced at David who also only showed the expression of mall samsat hearing the little girl's words.

Erika and David clearly know the end of their journey. Their bodies have long since died. The magic power within them they now use to protect things. And surely, the effects of all that magic would strike their consciousness.

The moment it arrived, the two would ask someone to kill them both as a cover for this painful tale.

The human world is no longer the realm of the two of them. Therefore, both must immediately return to the nature they should when they have completed the task that is carried out in this life.

"Yes, I hope we meet again little girl. Grow up to be a great wizard without imitating me." Erika smiled wryly. There was a tinge of sadness in her smiling eyes. "See you next time, if time and sky allow us to meet."

After saying the sentence, Erika and David instantly disappeared that very second with their teleportation power.

"May I be lucky to see you again, Miss Witch!" said the little girl, praying fervently.