CHARLOTTE: The Injured White Peacock
Miracle

A few hours earlier.

The night was so beautiful with a sprinkling of stars filled with people's expectations. The great moon was also like smiling with its charming arches.

On this silent and silent night, Gall and Gao looked up at the earth with the same hope. Every now and then they glanced at the palace that floated far above. Actually the palace looks close because it is very big, but in fact the palace is far above the clouds.

Both of them sit while looking at the dome of this world that is so beautiful. However, if it could be honest there was an eternity in the hearts of both of them.

In front of them, the bonfire lit up as it occasionally swayed in the wind. They were both warming themselves near the inn.

“Gao, do we have to go up to the palace immediately? The queen must be in trouble there,” said Gall opening the conversation. He revealed what was on his mind while adding to his prejudice.

However, Gao shook his head quickly as the answer. Then, he threw a small twig into the still-flaring bonfire giving them warmth. “No, we cannot impose will.”

“But the Queen definitely needs—”

“I said no yes no!” Gao rising. Piqued. His heart is in chaos. “You are forced even once, we cannot go there because there is no way! I've been trying to send a signal to the earth element, but they didn't tell me! I guess, my magic is also sealed by the Queen!”

Gao breathed a heavy sigh.

“I intend to go back there using land media and direct teleportation. However, they did not respond to me at all!” Gao clenched his hands and clenched his teeth.

I don't know what's wrong, he doesn't know.

In fact, all this time he thought that he had never offended Charlotte, so why did he also participate in the stupid association of Ellena and her friends?

If you remember this terrible fate that there is only pain in the chest because Gao is helpless again. He was not a super genius alchemist. He who always prided himself, now his pride seemed to disappear after he joined the Ellena group.

But what is power.

“Queen no longer need us! Ah, no, actually the Queen just doesn't need you!” Gao pointed towards Gall who was trying to defend the campfire.

Gall just glanced.

“Queen don't need a commander like you! Palace warriors are already more powerful than old orcs like you!” Gao is corrupting Gall.

Hearing that, Gall only kept silent because what the alchemist boy said was indeed true. Gall has lost to his own protege. That's already happening, so where could Gall still be needed by Charlotte?

“While you are, why are you here? Though your job is to keep ‘itu’, right?” Gall avenged Gao's humiliation. He said it casually while throwing a few small twigs in front of him into the bonfire.

“Hm, lately the movement is a bit chaotic and he seems to be independent without having to watch. So, I can't do what—”

Gao remembered something.

“That's why the Queen also kicked me out of the palace?!” Both of Gao's eyes widened. He realized the reason why he was also banished by Charlotte.

Hearing that made Gall flounder. The haughty boy was finally able to lose confidence.

“Having the Queen is independent and you no longer need her.” Gall explains more. He just reminded Gao of this. Really, he was a little happy because Charlotte's golden child had been thrown away as well.

“But I ‘kan still his adopted son!” Gao shakes in disbelief. He tried to think hard, looking for the right reason why he could be here with the fools who became pests for Charlotte.

While Gall was silent, he was resigned to the future that happened later. Importantly, he could survive it was enough even though the actual sign of Blessing he got was as the Palace Commander.

If he does not carry out the Blessing, then his Life Value or age will decrease rapidly. Given that, Gall could only sigh.

“We have to get there, Gall!” gao concluded immediately after a while he thought.

“But, how do I do? Never mind, didn't you say we didn't have a way to get there?” Gall throws a few small twigs back.

Silent.

Only the sound of crickets hiding in the forests and small places. What Gall said is true. Ah, Gao ruffled his hair. At the moment he cannot think clearly.

“There's a way.”

Suddenly Ellena came wearing her new blue robe she bought at the City Market this afternoon. The robe was a gift from Ruby. He was eager to enjoy being an adventurer in Wolestria.

After all, Ellena's school uniform was too conspicuous, one must have thought that she was a royal envoy because her uniform did look elite like the uniform of a royal academy.

Ellena's index finger pointed at her temple, tapping a few times. “Use this and hope it will be a miracle.” Then, Ellena pointed towards Charlotte's palace which stood majestically up there.

The girl's smile expanded perfectly, until Ellena's eyes almost narrowed out of sight.

“If we only see one road, then we will never get to.” Ellena walked over and sat down next to Gall. “Then, look at the many roads even if it is small though. We don't know, maybe that's the little road that leads us to success.”

“If you want to make a decision, then look at it from many angles. God does not give us a test without a solution. So, find the solution even though it is small. Many roads we have to see so that we can get to the destination.”

Then Ellena got up. She flicked her skirt. After that, he covered his head with a cloak hood.

“Like flies, if a fly thinks only that a window is the way out of a house that shuts it, then even to death it will never come out because the window is closed forever. Meanwhile, if the fly sees other opportunities such as ventilation, then he can certainly be free from the house.”

Deg.

Both Gall and Gao's eyes were perfectly rounded. They understood what Ellena meant.

“Portal to the palace is no longer there. If we were just adrift with that portal, then we wouldn't be able to reach it.” Ellena's hand was raised as if she was about to grab the pseudo palace. “However, we can hope there is another way though small. The road that can deliver us.”

“What path is it? Did you find him?” ask Gao quickly. Really, he can't wait to see Charlotte soon.

Hearing that question, Ellena reviewed a wry smile. “Already.”

“What? Tell us!” Gall did not remain silent. He also finally got up to ask Ellena for a detailed explanation.

However, Ellena passed. Before she actually left the two men from the palace, Ellena turned her head while narrowing her one eye.

“Magic.”

Deg.

Deg.

Deg.

Ellena's behavior makes Gao's heart suddenly beat rapidly like a deadly attack. It feels crowded, but there is comfort in itself.

Ellena walked away leaving them out of nowhere in her blue robe. While Gao's cheeks turned red, Gall scratched his head trying to accept Ellena's sentence which he still did not understand until now.

Sudden.

“Ekhem.” Steven came and immediately embraced Gao's neck. Some times Steven just cleared his throat, while Gao tried to hide his face from Steven.

“Let's celebrate tonight with a delicious meal. Gao the deal!” steven's exclaim followed by a cheerful cheer by Gall.

Back to the present.

Gall kept on walking to Ciel. Behind him the other friends also walked together following that level two elf boy. Their faces put on the same look of anxiety.

Mentari had already stuck out, they had walked for so long towards the nameless hill to immediately head to Charlotte's palace.

“This is the place.”

Ciel showed a shabby hut that had been overgrown with moss and infested by many small animals.

They all come in. The wooden house full of vines made the feathers shudder. Then, Ciel drove them to a room where there was a cupboard carved in pure gold.

Everyone who saw it was stunned. The gold was exactly the same as the palace dome and the outskirts of Charlotte's throne, there was even a royal Everfalls emblem there.

Ciel took out a green crystal embedded in his chest. The crystal is the same as Mae's crystal, only different places and strength. Ciel pulled it out by force.

“No, don't remove. You can die, Ciel!” sergeant Mae fast. He already knew what was going to happen, but Ciel did not want to listen at all. Eventually the crystal came off and the boy shed a lot of blood.

Ciel stuffed his green crystal into a basin in the middle of the closet door with a gasp for enduring the deep pain.

Suddenly, the carving on the door gave off a green light according to the shape of the carving that surrounded the edge of the door.

After that, Ciel heaved a sigh of relief then turned the hinge of the closet slowly. Their eyes were shocked by a miracle. The cupboard features a beautiful garden with cascading waterfalls.

“This... uhuk! This is the Queen's palace,” replied Ciel while coughing and bleeding a lot. Although no one asked what the place was, he knew that everything must have actually put the question.

The real Gao already knew that place was too wide. He was used to the place which is actually a palace garden. He often goes there if his mind is confused because of stress.

However, the park is more beautiful than usual. “Magic. It's a miracle,” her inner self.

Suddenly, they all heard the faint voice of Varl shouting fretfully. “ELLENAAAA!”

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