LUCEM
LXIII Chapter

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"Hey, Jimmy don't you think this calm is too much, while our comrades out there are still waiting for us to save them. It really makes me nervous" a colleague told Jimmy.

"I understand your concerns but hang on, Marbella and the others definitely understand the situation" Jimmy said.

"Yes, it's not a delay but it's planning" Jiso said from his seat.

"But isn't this too long, what if something bad has happened there, what if we're late?" the fellow spilled all his misery.

"If Marbella has any concerns we're gonna be late, I'm pretty sure she'll take us running before that happens. Youunderstand?" jiso Reply.

"Calm down, man, if you're so scared and worried I'll be happy to accompany you to train to improve yourself so that when the time is needed we're the best team Marbella can count on" Jimmy said.

"Ah, well don't be too tense before you guys practice, let's go back to enjoying this tea I think this emotional conversation has made our tea cold for nothing," jisoo pushed the glasses in front of the rats with a smile.

Jiso's friendliness gave the entire army of rats goosebumps, and they immediately sipped away each other's tea. Jimmy smiled awkwardly at his comrades. A night of training begins.

Running, jumping, climbing, swinging and rolling all the rats moved with agility. Daggers were thrown, swords swung, arrows shot at the target, and powerful kicks and punches. Magenta who watched was amazed.

"Oh, yes they are very admirable at least educated mice and not completely naked, I am quite satisfied with that," Marbella smiled, showing off her row of teeth at Magenta.

"Wow!" Magenta clapped.

"If there was a gun or a rifle that was suitable for their size, they would have it" Marbella said.

"Gun for rats?" Magenta scrunched his forehead.

"Yes, a practical, fast and effective weapon" Marbella took aim with her finger.

"No, I hope we keep this a secret from the gun maker. They're fast and they're slippery as well educated as you say, isn't that enough?"

"Yes, you're right. Firearms and war are business grounds that promise huge profits. The complexity of the military industry, we don't need to involve our rats in it, they have their own disgusting rat," a cynical remark hurled out of Marbella's lips.

How his thinking has defied every need for weapons of war, dirty industry, Marbella said. It is filled with secrets and corruption. Large manufacturers of weapons and their state officials, agreed on the paper with a two-faced agreement. It is they who look forward to the conflict to then acquire land as weapons suppliers for genocide, crimes against humanity, or other war crimes. Then after everything, they curse and curse you for the crimes you committed.

"Eh, but your sister has one" said Magenta.

"Yes!?"

"Yes, that's, when I accidentally listened to a little conversation between Mars and a white mouse, before you got here" Magenta explained.

"You can also see things in that detail?" Marbella surprise.

"Yes, sometimes if I want to," Magenta shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh, that's great" Marbella clasped Magenta's hand.

"You're ridiculous" chuckled Magenta.

"Yes, have you seen the dream too?" marbella asked seriously.

"No, it's not something I can freely enter" Magenta said.

Marbella bit her lip. "I can only be a witness, I know how hard it is for Mars. You know, seeing but not being able to do anything to help him really makes me suffer."

Magenta rubs gently on Marbella's back. "You are her sister. You always do the best you can to protect her. Sometimes we have to understand that, there are times when the problem is your own for you to handle."

Marbella sighed. "Yes, you're right."

"You have an awesome army.beast control magic is something I don't master. How'd you do it?" ask Magenta.

"Actually I don't work much, Mars did. Mars, he's created a relationship that I can't create, you know, naturally cats and mice don't cuddle," Marbella plays on his eyebrows.

Magenta laughs.

Finding the brothers first from the black army is good luck. Magenta has witnessed how both grow and develop. Marbella's intelligence and the toughness of Mars are a combination that makes them not easy to conquer by anything.

Now, he just needs a belief that Marbella, Mars and the others are really ready to open the next door together. A door he himself is reluctant to return to passes through, but he must. There are those who wait for their return, for hugs, for redemption and perhaps for other things that Magenta does not want to reveal.

"That rat commander, he's much more alert than I thought, '" Magenta chuckled.

"Huh?"

Marbella turned to look at Jiso. "You trying to track him down?"

"Only a whim" said Magenta.

"In addition to the big wound on his face, is there anything else that makes you curious about Jiso?" ask Marbella.

"He's a big rat, but much smaller than his ancestors" Magenta said.

Marbella gasps. "Owanna?"

Magenta smiles. "But you don't have to be aware of it. The scar on his face was not from an ordinary fight, he was special."

Marbella's mouth was round, open without a sound. He thought he knew enough of their rats, but there were little and big secrets that remained secret. Marbella understands that the only thing she needs to make sure of is loyalty. They've got. Buddies.

"Marbella, can you control Sisi and TarNow?" Magenta asks an unexpected question for Marbella.

"Geez.., is there no secret I can hide from you?" Marbella scans the chuckling Magenta.

"Come on.., they are special, but you may not know enough about them to keep them your secret" Magenta teased.

"What does that mean, you know what I don't know about those two freaks?" search Marbella.

"You call them weird" Magenta's laughter exploded.

"Are they not?" Marbella laughed.

"Yes, yes, I admit they are a little strange" said Magenta trying to ease his laughter.

"For TarNow's way of walking, I had to determine if he really stepped on both feet. It was too upright," Marbella rubbed the side of her eye.

"Have you ever thought of buying him a pair of footwear just for one part, I mean...: like right or left of both?" Magenta is back.

"Damn, you really know that wooden man," Marbella had a hard time controlling her laughter this time.

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