Finding You, Again
Again 20 - Festival

"Bee, we have to hurry, if we don't want to be late"

The duke shouted from outside the room, reminding.

"I know!"

Lui irritatedly untangled Mada's black hair, and repeated her braids.

His hands were unable to cooperate. Time and again he only produced chaotic braids of unequal length.

"Zhena, what if it's tied up?" Mada turned around, looking at Lui. He got tired of sitting.

"Oh.good"

Lui surrenders. She wanted to do Mada's hair with braids, because she thought Mada looked very beautiful when her hair was braided. But it seemed like he would have to train even longer to become an expert.

Mada nodded in satisfaction, when he saw the results of Lui's hair bond, he thought it was quite neat. He cheerfully got off the chair, while pulling Lui's hand out of the room.

"Wait a minute, Mada!"

Lui grabbed the teapot at the table, and poured all of its contents, on the plants that were in the corner of the room.

The plant thrives, with thick leaves that are reddish.

"I've never seen such a plant" Mada said, holding one of its leaves. "Will it flower in the spring?

"Unfortunately not, Mada. This plant only flowers once. And believe me the flowers are beautiful. It was blue with a pretty white tinge" Lui explained as she walked out of the room.

Mada's eyes widened, "I want to see it"

"Maybe someday, if we're lucky" Lui smiled.

Lui brought the plant from Alaska, after knowing Dihyan would just leave it.

According to Dihyan, the plant was nothing more than an ordinary shrub plant, after Sorrel had shared all his strength.

But Lui can't bear it. With Dihyan's permission, Lui took him to Blackmoon.

"Finally!"

The Duke smiled seeing them appear in the middle room.

Cheerfully, Duke praised how Lui looked beautiful wearing her green dress. It fits well with the spring that is coming soon.

Not to forget she also slipped praise for Mada, who looked cute in her long red shirt.

Lui who was already more immune to Duke's praise, simply smiled. His face no longer faded wildly.

They continued walking while joking with Mada, towards the city center, where the party was held.

The party was held to celebrate how Blackmoon escaped destruction, as well as a farewell to the inhumane guests who had been at Blackmoon.

Most of the inhumane guests still present at Blackmoon werewolves from a wide variety of packs. They casually blend in with the pack citizens and help them take care of all the hassles that arise after the war.

Dihyan underwent treatment a few days here. But he recovered very quickly, and in a hurry, returned to Apolline.

He had to take care of his coronation as the new leader of Apline.

Dihyan was forced to leave the imperfect forces still wounded in the hospital pack. But he promised to come if they were ready to go home.

Oulam and the remaining vampires also stayed for a few days. After his condition improved, Oulam said goodbye. They promised each other to keep this alliance in the future.

The eater's ceremony and mourning day lasted nearly a month. Due to the large number of casualties, the Duke took time to arrange for the delivery of the bodies of all the victims from Quebec.

Quebec Airport is not as crowded as Anchorage airport.

Most of the dead are still werewolves. Duke had to work hard to hide that.

It was only about five days ago that it was finally all over.

The victims at Monath Hospital and the pack hospital, most of whom have recovered, are waiting for their scheduled return.

They're all in Blackmoon. Neither werewolf nor imperfect.

With a small amount. Duke arranged for everything to be delivered using a Monath jet. With that decision, all matters relating to post-war had been completed. Blackmoon's life will be normal again.

The city center had already exploded in excitement by the time the three of them got there. After returning the greetings from the citizens kindly, Duke led them towards the long table.

Various foods in the title just like that there.

Nora has received permission from Alpha to empty the entire contents of the refrigeration room in Manor, still coupled with various groceries sent yesterday.

And Nora makes excellent use of it.

The long tables were neatly lined up, looking loaded with various types of food mostly made of meat.

For reasons of speed and health Nora provides a patch of space for vegetable and fruit salads.

But as usual, the table was deserted. Piles of vegetables and fruit, still high mountains.

Even some children blatantly take the whole tomato grains that are there, just to play catch.

They loved how the tomato exploded in the hand as they tried to catch it.

No matter the red stains on their clothes and bodies, it had made them look like butchers.

Mada instantly shook the hands of Duke and Lui upon seeing her. Ask permission to join.

"All right, but don't leave the party area, okay?" Duke ruffled Mada's hair with affection.

While Lui closed her eyes in restraint. He saw one of the children covered in tomatoes running past him. According to him, it is not a good idea if Mada will also look like that.

Duke smiled seeing the dislike face of Lui.

"It looks like you've adapted to being a mother perfectly" she said, pulling Lui towards a table containing various types of warm steaks, from all sorts of cow body parts.

The duke took out a piece of steak, which looking from its magnitude, would be enough to eat two days. But of course he would spend it all right then and there.

"And I wonder how you can live as a human being without making the people around you suspicious!"

Lui's eyes stuck on the chunk of meat that filled the Duke's plate.

The Duke chuckled, "I held back while in the human world, Bee. Of course I never eat this much when I'm with someone else. You know that"

Bee smiled, of course he noticed. Duke never overeat when they eat out together. It might even be the first time he had seen Duke eating an excessive portion.

"Lui!!"

As usual, Arana greeted in a high tone, and hugged Lui warmly

His injuries had healed completely, and all this time, he had enjoyed his day at Blackmoon happily, while waiting for Aygul to recover, his injuries were worse than Arana's.

Arana has dragged Lui to various places she wants to visit, both in Blackmoon and around Canada, once Lui's schedule is empty. He didn't waste the opportunity to take a walk.

If all this time Lui thought Jovi was very excited, then he was nothing compared to Arana.

Arana is Jovi after eating a bag of sweet candy and a box of gulali.

Behind him, like Duke, Aygul's attention was already focused on the food held at the table. He also took a portion that was no less large than Duke. Aygul needs a lot of energy to recuperate.

"Who----" The Duke almost dropped his plate, when he suddenly felt the protective magic being interrupted.

He turned his head in all directions, and found a striking silvery-white hair, appearing next to the silver wolf statue.

"Dihyan!!" Lui immediately waved and walked up to him with a wide smile.

"Hi, good to see you look happy!" greet Dihyan.

Lui undoes her intention of hugging Dihyan, can - can the Duke's mood for today be broken.

Lui is sometimes still uncomfortable with the Duke's jealous nature, but she tries to understand more, as it is Duke's innate nature as an inhumane who meets his Dyad.

Instead they shook hands awkwardly. Dihyan laughed at Lui's attitude.

"Fuck!"

Dihyan greets Arana whose attention has been distracted by a colorful snowball throwing game that is crowded followed by most of the imperfect and also Aygul.

Arana just answered Dihyan's greeting carelessly, then passed after Aygul.

"Grown?"

Duke walked over, asking while pointing at Dihyan's horn, which had grown a few inches from the last time they met.

Dihyan nodded, "I'm quick to learn" he said.

One of the imperfects that followed the snowball game, seeing the arrival of Dihyan, immediately approached in a hurry.

They then speak slowly while bringing their heads closer, to reduce the boisterousness from around.

"You're planning on delivering all the imperfects by plane?"

Dihyan asked Duke, after receiving the report.

The Duke nodded, "You have another better idea? Or can you take them all to Apolline?"

"It's a shame not yet. And I don't have any other ideas. I'd be very grateful if you're willing to provide accommodation for their return"

"Of course, but stop being so polite and enjoy the party!!"

The Duke frowned, looking at Dihyan's attitude which suddenly turned polite.

"Ah...Sorry, I'm still getting carried away. Being the leader of the sanctum is a tiring job, I had to make reports to various places yesterday. And of course with an official attitude"

Dihyan complained while rubbing his tired face.

"Yes, I understand that"

The Duke recalled how long the report he had to do in front of the Elders, after the war was over.

The details requested by them, made the Duke feel like he was repeating all the events of the war. It took two days for the Duke to resolve the question and answer with them.

El's absence once again brought disaster to Duke.

"But you have to tell me where it's going now. I have to prepare the flight documents as soon as possible" Duke continued, discussing the imperfect repatriation.

"London of course" Dihyan replied, looking surprised the Duke still asked.

"London's? Appoline's in London?" Lui who replied, was not prepared for the fact of the surprise.

"Oscar hasn't told you? Appoline is in the middle of the Blubell forest"

Dihyan smiled seeing Lui's surprised face as if she had become. "We are neighbors" added Dihyan.

"You kidding me?" The duke stopped his chewing and placed his meat plate on one of the tables, he looked at Dihyan's face to check his seriousness.

"I'm not kidding" Dihyan said.

"There is one part of Blubell forest that is always green" Lui frowned considering the forest scenery she often sees from the poolside.

"Is that Appoline?"

"True" Dihyan nodded.

"Most likely your mother chose that place because of Sorrel's influence. You know he always makes plans neatly. He always wanted Oscar to be on Appoline" added Dihyan.

Lui nodded. He understood, but still did not think. It turned out that the existence of Inhumane was never far from his life.

"Deek...Zhen..." Mada pulled Lui's skirt softly, breaking the conversation of the three of them.

"What's the matter, baby?" Lui crouched down to align her gaze with Mada.

"You can freeze this fountain, can't you? They couldn't believe it when I said it!!"

Mada complained with a sullen face, pointing to the fountain that was now flowing smoothly after several months of freezing due to winter.

Lui looked at the horde of tiny werewolves who were trying to avoid the look in her eyes. They were not far from the fountain.

Da was instantly hot to hear Mada's disappointed tone, without hesitation Lui pulled her wand with space magic, and brandished it towards the pond.

And the water froze almost instantly.

With a satisfied face, Lui kept her wand back.

"Wwooooowww........!!!!!" Awe murmur instantly sounded from the tiny horde. While Mada was already clapping happily.

"You're spoiling him too much, Bee" Duke whispered in his ear.

Mada also seems interested in him. Mada's eyes could not be seen the horns on Dihyan's head.

"Don't be stupid!! She was the daughter of one of the dead warriors" Duke hissed with a gritted mouth, lest Mada hear her clearly.

"Oh... " Dhiyan understands.

No matter how magical Lui is, she won't be able to 'produce' a six-year-old within a month.

The Duke could not let Mada stay alone. Lyla was never married, Mada's father was a werewolf from another pack. And no one knows who he is.

Without a second thought, the Duke took him to live in Manor. And of course Lui was more than happy to know that.

Mada was a little hard to accept Lyla's death. But the presence of Lui and Duke who showered her with affection made her quickly recover. He can play happily with his friends again

"You are so beautiful!!" chirps Mada, still looking at Dihyan with eyes sparkling in admiration.

"Maybe you mean handsome?" Diyan looked a little upset at the beautiful appellation, but she could still smile.

The typical good looks of Dihyan's elves, look beautiful in Mada's eyes.

The Duke disguised his laughter into a cough, while Lui threw her face the other way.

"No, you're beautiful. The hair and also that, is very pretty!!"

Mada did not want to be blamed, he pointed at Dihyan's horn and repeated it.

"That's right, Dihyan, you're so pretty"

Lui who was already able to put on a flat face, said it in a serious tone.

"And Duke's right, you're spoiling him too much!" Dihyan growled in annoyance, seeing Mada smiling in satisfaction as Lui sided with him.

"Hey, only I can criticize him!" The Duke immediately defended Lui.

"And you spoil him!!" dihyan said to Duke, pointing at Lui.

Duke shrugged, because it was true.

"Uncle..uncle!! Can I hold your hair??" ask Mada politely.

"Uncle???!" Dihyan again smiled forcefully, hearing the call. He had trouble maintaining a friendly face, hearing Mada's call.

With his appearance, he clearly felt that he did not deserve to be called uncle yet. His face was not much different from Duke's, although indeed their age was 600 years.

But that dislike, did not stop him from being kind and down, according to Mada's request.

"Don't!!" lui's warning was late.

Dihyan's silver hair is now stained by tomato crumbs coming from Mada's hand.

And Dihyan realized it, when suddenly her hair felt sticky.

Taking a deep breath to calm down, Dihyan felt her hair and touched something wet there. The melted tomato juice crumple is also dirtying his hands now.

"I'm really sorry" Lui tried to sound serious when she said that.

But he failed to hold back the laughter.

The Duke without trying to hide it, laughed laughingly at Dihyan's irritated face.

Dihyan's efforts to clean the tomatoes, even making more and more of his hair affected.

After her laughter subsided, Lui turned to Mada who looked at all the events in confusion.

"Mada, I know you didn't accidentally, but you've already dirty Uncle Dihyan's hair with tomatoes"

"Uncle???" Dihyan protested the call again, but Lui ignored him.

Lui continued to quietly wait, while looking at Mada who was now down and shaking her legs agitatedly.

"I'm sorry, uncle!" Mada finally made a sound, looking up at Dihyan with teary eyes.

"The Duke's "smart girl" once again scrambled Mada's hair, while Lui looked at him proudly.

Mada was a polite girl from the beginning. Lyla educated him very well. He just needs to continue.

Dihyan could only smile wryly, accepting that sweet apology.

Mada extended her hand to Dihyan, "I'll take you to Manor to clean up"

Mada offered to help atone for his mistake.

But , seeing his hands that were still dirty, Mada immediately pulled it back, then rubbed it on the part of the shirt that was still clean. After feeling pretty good, he extended his hand again.

"Alright---Good"

Dihyan gave up, and grabbed the tiny hand. The two of them walked towards Manor.

"Uncle, what's your name?"

"Dihyan. Without other frills"

"What is 'embels', uncle?"

..................................

The Duke smiled at the plain conversation, before finally the two figures disappeared behind the crowd.

"She's a smart girl and very sweet. I was happy to see her cheerful again" Lui whispered, movedly, she was also looking towards the two of them.

The Duke agreed.

"Is that Dihyan?" a voice came from behind, making them look.

El who was walking limped approached them.

Due to the severity of the wound suffered by El, a month more passed, the wound has not healed completely. He was released from the hospital. But still under the watch of Dr. Sidras.

The Duke nodded, "He wants to make sure all the imperfects will be home safely"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you at all during busy times" El sounded very sorry.

"You're seriously injured El, you need to focus on healing yourself. And don't feel guilty, once you're healed, Monath is waiting for you. Seema can't wait to see you. I'm sure you'll swear to me, knowing how much you have to take care of that time"

The Duke laughed softly, and El could only grimace holding back a laugh. His chest still hurts if he laughs.

Lui shoved the drink she had just picked up on the two of them. The three of them then walked to one of the long chairs, which were provided under a tree.

"Ohhh...." El sat down in relief. His broken leg in some parts was connected. But his torn muscles still needed to get some training before they could get back to normal.

The duke shifted slightly to give El more space to make it more comfortable. Lui voluntarily followed him shifted.

"Roan didn't come back today?"

"Don't start talking about it!!" The Duke quickly nodded in annoyance.

Roan was hardly ever in the pack after his wound healed. He doesn't care how Duke is buried by his responsibilities of being an Alpha.

Roan might not be as helpful as El, but at least Duke could delegate some easy work if he was around.

Duke could force her back, but didn't. Roan needed time to calm down. Rex's death certainly made him falter.

"Where is he?"

"Lykos" said Lui.

"And I'm very curious to know how their relationship developed. But none of them wanted to tell a story, not even Charlie. But that's because he doesn't know anything about them"

Excitedly Lui spilled all of her uneg-unegs.

El and Duke smiled knot. They both have admitted, among the three of them, Roan has the best mindlink control.

His greatness in keeping the status of his relationship with Oscar secret, deserves appreciation.

"It turns out that Oscar can make his heart soften. I still can't believe it sometimes" El said, shaking his head.

"Oscar may seem very assertive. But one weakness is women. I really want to know how they went about their day. It will be very interesting!!"

Lui could not hide her satisfied smile as she imagined the plight of Oscar under the Roan colony. Oscar got a good reply.

Lui was a little upset at Oscar, for two things.

First, because he kept his interest in Roan a secret.

Lui, of course, feels happy after knowing everything, but that doesn't mean she's not upset, with their lies.

The second reason, Lui finally finds out the big secret that Oscar has hidden about his father.

He still remembered Sorrel's last words, and decided to ask Oscar.

At first, Oscar refuses, but for once, Lui whines at him after a long time. And of course, Oscar's down.

Lui is devastated to hear the full story of Oscar about his father's attitude, especially coupled with the news of Mark's death. He couldn't help but be angry at Oscar.

Lui left London that day.

But after a rough week, and a lot of advice from the Duke. Lui finally collapsed. He agreed with Sorrel, Oscar did it all because he loved him too much.

Lui is at peace with Oscar again, but a little suffering from Roan will make Lui's anger at Oscar completely treated.

"All right, you guys enjoy this party. I have to train my legs again"

El left after his drink slippery.

"Sure, come to Manor often, the house is too big for us to live in"

El waved and smiled hearing it. He knew Duke was still unfamiliar with Myra's absence there.

Lui of course always comforted him, but it took a little while, for the Duke to get used to it.

Duke also tried to run Myra's message as well as possible not to grieve excessively.

Lui clasped the Duke's hand tightly, she was again worried as she sensed how Duke's daydream brought her to the memory of Myra. The Duke's eyes dimmed as it happened, Lui recognized him easily.

The duke smiled, then stroked Lui's cheek gently. "I told you not to worry. I just need a little time to get used to it"

"sorry"

Lui automatically apologizes, for forgetting Duke's request, which is not to worry about him excessively.

Unexcused, Duke grabbed Lui's chin and kissed her lips.

The Duke was easily washed away by the softness of Lui's lips and her refreshing aroma. And of course the kiss lasted longer than he planned.

"I don't even apologize for my lost memories!"

Lui protested while looking around, as soon as the Duke took it off. Then thankfully no one paid attention to the Duke's actions. Everyone is busy partying.

"And I never said I'd only kiss you if you apologized for the memory loss"

The duke laughed cheerfully in a triumphant tone, as Lui could not argue back.

Especially after a long time, he managed to make Lui's face red again. He still enjoys it.

THE END