Born To Villain: The Snow Queen's Revenge
Chapter 42: Something's Not Right

"Ah... I hate this place the most." lamented a young man loudly.

"You're complaining, too, that nobody's going to respond to you, Richard," Chris replied.

While Allan who is in a group with Chris and Richard can only be silent.

"Where should we start?" chris asked Allan behind him.

"As far as you are" replied Allan cuek.

The three of them were in a vast meadow. Because they were in a position adjacent to the 3 villages they were heading to, Chris determined that they would go to the village on the right, then to the left.

Alpha Village, a village of only about 300 people with very traditional buildings and atmosphere.

The three men walked while looking around.

"This place... Really very far away from the main area of the government."

"Indeed by location, the 3 villages were very far from the royal territory. For this reason, our mission is to strengthen the relationship between the 3 villages" explained Chris.

They met the village chief who had welcomed them in front of the village gate.

"Welcome to our village, gentlemen."

The village chief invited the three men into the village.

"I'm sorry we didn't prepare for your arrival."

"It's okay. We just came for a little while and went to the next village."

After the welcoming event and discussion about cooperation, the three of them continued on their way again to Omega Village.

Same with Alpha Village, they were also greeted by the village chief and talked about the same thing with the village before.

"Next, Delta Village." said Chris walking towards the next village.

"God... It turns out that discussing things like this is really tired," said Richard while yawning widely.

"By the way... The crystal stone seemed to start reacting," Chris and Allan stopped walking and immediately turned their heads towards the young man.

"The Stone Crystal Admend you mean?"

"Yes... Another crystal stone time," he replied casually.

"Where will the stone react?" ask Allan suddenly.

"When you were going to the palace a few days ago, the stone immediately reacted."

"Yes good." replied Chris while walking again followed by Allan.

"But... The stone is a little strange."

"What does that mean by the strange stone, Richard?"

Richard only scratched his head first then he replied. "The stone reacted strangely.... Usually if a crystal stone reacts it's a bright yellow, but when Vero and I get there, it's gray."

"Grey?" Richard nodded steadily. "The chairman knew this, so he asked Vero and Bastian to investigate the case."

"The crystal is gray..."

"Something's wrong with the stone."

"Oh! It seems we've reached the Delta Village."

Unlike Omega Village and Alpha Village, Delta Village is located quite far from both villages and it is arguably the most remote village because of its access is very far from the main road.

"Please drink gentlemen. You must be tired during the trip here," said a grandmother who put 3 cups to the three men in front of her.

"We're just straight to the point..."

"Wait on! Before discussing the important, there's something I'm telling you."

The three of them looked at each other. "What do you want to ask?"

He handed a box to the three of them.

"What's this?" richard asked confusedly.

"Open up..." Chris took the box and opened the box given by the village chief.

"It's..."

"The Aspendia Blue Gem?"

"Where did you get it?" the village chief could only remain silent.

"This is the gift of the former queen of Aspendia. My ancestors have kept this for a long time."

"Queen Bianca's in trouble..."

"Queen... The queen's in trouble?" allan reacted.

"Let's look at the gemstone" pointed the village chief towards the gemstone.

"You know the stone is usually blue, but lately the stone has become black and cracked everywhere."

Richard took the box while researching deeper. "Really... The stone became more brittle and blackened."

"This is exactly the Crystal Stone of Admend."

"The Crystal Stone Admend you said..."

"Yes... The Admend Crystal also underwent a change in reaction," Allan responded later.

"I'd guess... There must be something wrong with 'this'."

" What is 'this', village chief?"

He didn't answer first, then he looked at Chris. "Tell me about this. That something was wrong with those two stones."

"You must respond quickly before your success will collapse faster than your struggle for your own success."

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"We must finish before our success will collapse... I was confused by what the Delta village chief meant."

"Me too." replies Chris walking home.

"Oh! What about the snow queen. It seems to have something to do with the Delta Village before."

Chris and Richard looked at each other at the same time.

"Why do you keep looking at me?"

"We need answers" Chris replied innocently.

"Where do I know!! It's possible that their relationship has been established for hundreds of years even during the time of the queen before Queen Bianca took office."

Chris took a long breath. "We'd better report first to the chairman."

After arriving at the headquarters, the three of them met the head of the Black Hole Organization.

"Whatdidyou say... The Aspendia Gemstone also changed?"

"Yes, sir. The village chief in Delta Village gave the stone to us."

The box is now in front of the leader.

"There again?" ask the chief to the three of them.

They look at each other. "Actually... We can sort of 'hint' that we have to act faster to deal with the crystal stone case before this organization is going to collapse."

The chief was still silent while thinking for a moment. "If the case... Let me do it."

"What-what?!"

"Three of you can go."

Without further ado, the three of them immediately left the chairman alone in his study.

"Tumben once the chairman directly intervened with the case."

"What is that crystal stone?" ask Chris and be nudged by Richard.

"Yes... It's possible that the chairman would like to investigate the stone alone. But..."

"This is the first time I've seen the chairman not looking for you, Allan."

Allan glanced at Chris and cleared his throat for a moment. "Oh yeah... You said it too, Chris. Tumben once the chairman wasn't looking for you. Usually every time we finish the mission, the chairman calls you."

"Good." replied Allan as he walked away from the two men.

While on the way, Pheonix Bird, Allan's pet suddenly came to approach the man.

"What's wrong." the bird gave the man a telepathic report and he rounded his eyes wide.

"What did you say?!" he immediately ran out of the base in a hurry.

Meanwhile, Vero and Adelyn cross paths with Allan and are about to greet him, but it seems that the young man is in a hurry to leave.

"He seems to be in a hurry... Where's he going, huh?" ask Adelyn curiously. Vero could only remain silent while noticing Allan's departure from them.