Elementalists
Chapter 21 - The Knights of Pentagram

After the surprise announcement from the Queen, the people began to leave the throne room except for Arya and Alalea, both of whom had a common and distinct moment. Their similarity is that they are both equally confused and their difference is that Alalea strongly suggests that she does not understand what is happening whereas Arya is silent and tries to hide it as best she can, he did not know this would benefit him or not but he felt that if the identity made by this Queen was revealed then the history was finished.

But of course he also did not want to be engaged to a princess, maybe it sounded great like fairy-tale stories but he was an Elementalist who carried out a big task on his shoulders, The queen realized that the two of them had not left the throne room and then cast a questioning gaze at the two of them.

"Miss? Grandma must be kidding, right?" alalea started with a smile.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" The queen asked without changing her expression.

"But why so suddenly? Grandma had never discussed this before, and I even found out that there were Elves living outside the forest" Alalea protested.

"This is known only to a handful of people who can be trusted"

"Even the nobles don't know this?" alalea was astonished.

"Enough Alalea" stressed the Queen.

"Oh come on, Grandma know I already have a boyfriend? And we even promised to get engaged" Alalea complained.

"Where is your manners Alalea? How dare you say that in front of the man who will be your fiancee"

Alalea then threw an annoyed look at Arya, that look made Arya shudder. That gaze was very similar to the gaze that her grandmother had directed at Arya just a moment ago. Then Arya realized it seemed like this was the right time to enter into this family talk.

"Mmm actually if the princess already has someone I'm not bersat--"

"Guh, grandma heard it herself, didn't she? He himself is not a--"

"Alalea!" the Queen finally.

As Alalea fell silent and bowed her face, tears flooded her eyes. "I hate grandma!!!" he then ran out of the room. The Queen's expression did not change at all, she then looked at Arya who was still in the room.

"What are you really planning?" ask Arya at last.

"I just want the debt to be paid" whispered the Queen as she closed her eyes.

"What do you mean?" ask Arya again.

But the Queen remained silent, feeling she would not get an answer to her question. Finally Arya bowed her body to leave her alone and immediately left the Queen in her throne room.

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The next day Eridan woke Arya up early, she was still sleepy and cold. Because after returning from the palace yesterday Arya continued to interrogate Eridan about what was actually planned by the Queen until late at night, and in fact Eridan also did not know what the Queen was thinking. He only followed that scenario in order for them to be free from trouble, just as Arya had expected.

"Let's just calm, Mr. Arya, the Queen and my father have a pretty close relationship. So I'm sure the Queen wasn't planning anything bad" Eridan said calmly.

"If you want to calm others down, you better make a more convincing expression" Arya said before leaving Eridan to sleep last night.

The two of them left the house without taking Rena, with my eyes Arya asked Eridan where she would be taken and why they did not take Rena.

"The queen asked me to take you to the training ground of the Elven warriors" Eridan replied with a tense face.

"mmm? And what was it done for?"

"It looks like the Queen expects your relationship with princess Alalea to get closer by doing this, the princess will also be there"

"Why can an heir to the throne be in the training barracks?" arya was confused.

"You should not underestimate the princess Alalea, she has a good ability to use swords and bows" Eridan said, turning to warn.

"Why is it like that?"

"Can't the Queen just expect the heir to the throne can only sit on the throne? He expected Princess Alalea to also be able to bring troops to fight on the front lines"

"Considerate" Arya replied while nodding.

They passed through a 7-meter-high gate shaped like a twig of trees wrapped around each other and overgrown with red flowers, after passing through the gate they were presented a large field that was already crowded filled by the Elves who were practicing, some were swinging swords at something shaped like a scarecrow in Aryan eyes, some were archery, and practicing magic.

As Arya and Eridan pass by some of them stop their activities and whisper, Eridan takes Arya to the group of people who are at the end of the field. There were six people there, Arya recognized two of them. It was Reiss who gave it to the Queen, and of course the Princess of Alalea. The other four Elven men he did not recognize.

When they reached Alalea looked at him sharply, not just him anyway. The other five people also saw him sharply especially Reiss. He looks a little unhappy about Arya's presence here.

"Why are you guys so long, get ready!" the hardic.

"I'm sorry for my mistake" Eridan said with a laugh and immediately pulled Arya.

Eridan and Arya immediately put on the equipment that had been provided, while installing a chest protector Arya asked Eridan.

"Who are the four of them?" he said while looking at the men who were talking to Alalea.

"Mmm curious? Jealousy?" eridan Goda.

Without answering Arya immediately grabbed the handle of her katana.

"Eh.a.a. I'm just joking sir" he said quickly.

"Once again you say like that I will immediately pull out this sword" Arya threatened.

"All right I understand" said Eridan as he gulped.

"Have you ever heard of the Elite Army belonging to the Elf race of lord Arya?"

"Elite Force?" reset Arya.

"True, this army consisted of five chosen men from five families. They are known as the Five Knights Pentagram"

"A pentagram?"

Then Eridan took a tree branch and made a picture of the "+" mark on the ground, and he wrote a name on each end of the line.

"Negdria in the North, Blanders in the West, Rodria in the South, Azuldria in the East, and Orodria in the Center" Eridan said, adding a dot in the middle of the "+" sign.

"You call it a Pentagram, but it doesn't look like a pentagon to me. It's more like a four-way windshield" Arya commented.

"It's true, but the fifth is made up of five points, isn't it?" answer Eridan while pointing back at the five dots in the picture.

"Slightly pushy but, yeah. So are they the so-called Knights of Pentagram?" ask Arya again.

"Of course not, the Knights of Pentagram are directly under the Queen's command. Why are they in the training barracks?" eridan was astonished.

"Then?"

"They are the candidates for the Pentagram Knights, who will replace the current Pentagram Knights"

"But from what I've seen they've only got four, where's the other guy? Don't tell me that.." said Arya turning towards Eridan with a look of disbelief.

"You don't look promising" Arya commented.

"You don't have to be too honest like that right" replied Eridan weakly.

"Don't put too much into hahaha's heart" Arya said as she patted Eridan's shoulder and laughed.

"I'm actually not very optimistic that we can become Pentagram Knights, because the Pentagram Knights were currently raised when they were very young and I never thought I could surpass my brother either, the five of us are the younger siblings of the current Five Knights Pentagram"

"It is not necessarily a sister can not surpass her brother" said Arya encouraging.

Eridan simply smiled and pointed to the other Pentagram Knight candidates while saying. "The Elf with the short, disheveled hair was Audax D'Rodria, the younger brother of Razel D'Rodria. Their father was known as a commander who slaughtered enemy troops single-handedly while he served as the Knight of the Pentagram"

"Then the one who tied his hair was Cessa D'Blandria, the sister of Alba D'Blandria. Their father had once fought against the Great Witches of the Witch race alone. The next one with the shoulder-length hair was Daemord D'Negdria, the younger brother of Falxus D'Negdria. Their father was once given the mission of entering the territory of another race by himself, he disappeared for some time. But in the end he managed to complete the mission and returned without being scratched. Oh yes, and also I would like to add that Daemord is the lover of Princess Alalea" said Eridan while glancing at Arya.

"What's wrong? Continue" Arya protests after realizing Eridan is not continuing her story.

"You look....interested sir" commented Eridan.

"And why do you think like that?"

Without Arya realizing since Eridan mentioned that Daemord was Alalea's lover, he raised his eyebrows and continued to look at the couple who were talking while laughing.

"Eee. Their father is known as the one who managed to make up for a three-day, three-night fight against your mother, Lyan Frost. The most talented elementalist in history" Eridan said in a serious tone.

After hearing that Arya watched Rexy closely, she had long unraveling hair up to the waist with a well-built body. But the most striking thing about his appearance was his golden eyes that seemed to stare down at everything in front of him.

"For you to know sir, the relationship between the Orodria and Azuldria families is arguably a little less good" whispered Eridan.

"mmm? Why?"

"Actually the Orodrians considered themselves the rightful owners of the throne of the kingdom, they were the longest-serving rulers ever in the history of the Elves. But their power collapsed after the decision to let the Hellig Tree choose its leader. The Hellig Tree had always chosen the person most deserving of being the Leader of the Elves, and for no apparent reason for the past few hundred years it had never chosen a new leader, he said, it seems he still believes in the current leader and his descendants"

"It turns out it's not just humans fighting for power" Arya commented.

"Of course, that's the cause of the war. Let's get there" said Eridan, pulling Arya.

"Wait a minute" hold Arya.

"What else is it?" asked Eridan while looking.

"I haven't heard the story of your father, doesn't he have a heroic story like their fathers?"

Eridan just lowered his head and turned his face away from Arya while saying "Me and my brother, Orion D'Azuldria is considered the son of a traitor. Because our father was close friends with your mother"

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Arya only realized that it turned out that since she woke up after fainting upon entering the Fairy Forest her body condition was very excellent, she had never even felt her body condition better than now. It was proven that when he was able to keep up with the Pentagram Knight candidates in their training, Arya managed to follow all their physical exercises such as running and climbing trees well.

He does all that while continuing to think about Eridan's words earlier, how he and his brother were considered traitors because their father had a relationship with Aryan's mother. Arya feels a little guilty after hearing that, even though it has nothing to do with her, but Arya is sure that Eridan's father has chosen the best path for the benefit of everyone, but Arya is convinced that Eridan's father has chosen the best path for everyone, even his two sons.

"I didn't expect you to be able to follow all these exercises so well, I was quite relieved to see it" Eridan whispered to Arya.

"really? I also don't believe that I can do it"

"Come, next we'll practice using arrows and swords"

Arya gets an important information by following this exercise, which turns out the Elves are mostly trained using swords and arrows. So you could say their average troops could definitely use both of these weapons well, this he could report to Astral when he returned later. That is if he returns safely.

The other six people were already preparing in their positions to shoot the target in turns, while Arya was still sitting under the tree where her bow had been provided observing what they were doing. As the person who honored Princess Alalea was given the first order, and it seemed that Eridan was not lying. Alalea very easily hit the target circle right in the middle. With a hint of arrogance he threw a mocking pandagan at Arya.

Others applauded, even Arya also applauded even though she put on a sour face. But he admitted that the Princess could indeed shoot, Daemord (the lover of the Princess) then prepared while continuing to praise Alalea. But his arrow only hit the area of the second circle of the three target circles. The target circle has three red circle areas that are 10 cm apart, Alalea managed to hit the target right in the middle while Daemord can only hit the second area.

Then the arrows Rexy and Audax managed to hit the area of the first circle, but not right in the middle like Alalea, the distance of their arrows may only be a few millimeters different, just a few meters, then the arrow from Cessa hit the area of the outer circle. Almost entered the area of the third circle.

"I'm not very good at this" he lamented with a sigh.

"Hahaha you suck" Audax chuckled with a laugh.

"Whatdidyou say? I want to burn with magic" threatened Cessa.

"Just try, I'll beat you up before I can cast a spell" challenged Audax.

"It's been the two of you" Daemord said calmly.

Then Eridan's turn came, he drew his bow with loyos. And the arrows hit only the outer area, the third area, and everyone laughed except Arya and Alalea. Arya immediately stood up from her seat.

"Hahaha but nothing can beat Eridan" Audax said.

"Hey is enough" Daemord ordered.

But Alalea signaled to him by hand that it was okay, and in a soft voice Alalea said, "You must be more active in Eridan"

"Hehehe's good Princess" said Eridan while laughing weakly.

Then after the atmosphere calmed down again Reiss looked at Arya who was still standing under the tree, the others also looked at Arya. Then Reiss yelled " Hey boy, it's your turn"

"May I shoot from here?" ask Arya.

After that he heard faintly Audax say "Huh?! That kid must be crazy"

"Don't joke son, those who shoot from this position can't necessarily hit the target" said Reiss annoyed.

"I'm not kidding" Arya replied.

"Huh....there's only you, actually if not for being asked by the Queen I also don't want to train you" grumbled Reiss.

Arya then licked the little finger of her right hand then raised her hand above her head, she was silent and waiting.

"What is that fool doing?" comment Audax.

"He's being------" said Eridan with widened eyes.

"Predicting the direction of the wind" cut Reiss with squinting eyes.

Then Arya picked up the arrow and drew her bow, she then aimed towards the target circle. But suddenly he changed his shot, he shot the arrow 2 meters above Eridan's head and the others were.

"Pfft where he's aiming" on Audax.

The distance of the target circle is about 10 meters, quite far. But that was the ideal distance for Arya, as she and Pak Hartoso often hunted in the Bronze District. That's right, his foster father often hunts. And do not forget he always invites Arya, thanks to him also Arya knows how to shoot.

He took a deep breath and took off the arrow, after removing the arrow Arya immediately sat back down. The arrows shot fiercely over the heads of the others, just as the arrows were above their heads, suddenly there was a wind blowing so that the arrow changed direction and with the sound of "Krakk!" violently splitting Alalea's arrow in the center of the target circle.