Metanoia; The Hybrid
CHAPTER 33: ROBERT AND THE 13TH SOLDIERS.

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"You'll be fine..."

Lucier lashed Gara's back slowly, trying to make the 8-year-old calmer. But his cough really bothers Gara.

Lucier recounted, when they arrived, Gara was still half conscious. He can't walk properly. And until now, he kept coughing. His mouth was bleeding a little, either because of his cough, or the feeling of being teleported. However, Gara began to control himself, and stopped coughing.

"Drink, here's water" Lucier gave Gara a glass of water. He just drank it.

"Thank you, where are we waiting?" Gara asked when she realized she was in a room that was very unfamiliar to her. Even Gara was on the bed. The room was dominated by dark colors, until Gara's eyes looked out the big glass window there, there was nothing quiet from the outside view.

"This is my room, we are in the kingdom of Damouncless" Lucier said as he let the servants out.

"Is that not a problem?"

Given that Gara was being talked about by many people, even the King of the Damouncless kingdom was the supreme King. Because thinking means he is an important person in INTI.

"Of course, think of this as your own room" Lucier said.

Lucier is not what Gara thought he was before, he is not like Xavier, very much different. Lucier's personality is very pleasant. Xavier has a more assertive nature, he is always serious, albeit emotional. But Lucier, he's basically more shy, thinking maybe that's why he didn't talk to a lot of people when he got together yesterday.

Suddenly the door opened, it was a shock. There came a woman with a little belly. He wears a crown on his head. Her long hair was braided forward. There were several maids behind him, carrying food trolleys.

"Do you feel better?" He asked when he got in front of Gada.

"That's our mother" Lucier whispered.

"Ah, Her Majesty the Queen" Gara immediately lowered her head quickly.

"Hahaha, it doesn't need to be like that. Do not move your head quickly, you can get dizzy again" he approached Gara and raised his head so as not to duck. His hand was placed behind Gara's head, and the other checked the temperature and his cheek.

"Thank God, you don't have a fever."

The servants prepared the food. They put a small table to eat on the bed, right between Gara's bodies, and put the food on the table.

"Better you eat, or not, you'll get dizzy again" the Queen said gently.

"I'm sorry, Her Majesty, I must have been a hassle."

"Not at all, please eat, you'll definitely like."

Gara nodded, and began to eat the food in front of him. The queen then leaves, allowing Gara to rest after eating. In the room was only Gara, and Lucier who was opening one of the large glass windows.

He stood there, enjoying the fresh air with a different expression. Lucier went back to the bed and sat down next to Gara.

"Hey, don't say this to Xavier" he said, putting his little finger up.

Gara smiled looking at her finger, "Yes" and grabbed Lucier's little finger with her pinky.

"I miss him. Missed him so much. Will you tell me about him while he's there?" Lucier looked at me with teary eyes. It was as if he really hoped that Gara would tell about Xavier.

"I'll tell you."

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"You're sure he wasn't there at the time, Vale?" Prince Robert asked Vale.

"I didn't smell anything at all, and I didn't know the smell of the boy" Vale said.

"My instructions say that he was exiled under the protection of Dandelion Chairoz. He's gotta be there, come on!"

Half of the INTI-13th Army deployed with Robert Guards marched towards the Academy. Robert himself finds Vale to take part in their task. The man did support INTI in Gara's capture and exile long ago, like some other members of the Angkara kingdom. After all, Robert was famous for obeying the words of his adoptive father, King Nicholas Andromeda. In merely getting attention from him, beyond Damian himself.

They all started to slow down their horse pace when it came to being cut to get into the Academy. Since they were part of the government, they could enter the gap without being disturbed in the slightest.

Upon arrival at the Academy's delan courtyard, they were greeted by Neanderthals who knew of their arrival. Robert and Vale instantly descended from their horses, along with his troops.

"ah! Prince Robert, how was your trip here?" Neanderthals asked who reached Robert.

"Everything's good."

He and Team-13 are welcome to step inside the Academy, all the way to the middle courtyard.

Robert's eyes immediately moved in search of the child he was looking for. But he did not find Gara among all the children who passed through him.

"I want to see first-year kids" Robert said.

Neanderthals who knew of Robert's wishes simply nodded, "You really care about children, Prince Robert?"

Neanderthals smiled at Robert's word of socialization, "They finished it well. Can I take you to their training ground?"

Robert nodded once, "Happy."

They immediately walked towards the landing field, and ended up to the forest field where the Lycanthrope clan trained, but now it became a favorite place of other clans.

When aware of the presence of the troops, Selena immediately set her sights on them, followed by the other children.

"The man was dressed in Angkara royal clothes, but he was an Omega" Chlea whispered to Jack.

"He has a bad aroma and is strong, but even Selena has a more pleasant aroma" said Ardan, while occasionally smelling the scent of Selena nearby.

"He was Prince Robert Guardo, the adopted son of King Andromeda. Gara's step-uncle" Edward explained in a nearly whispered voice.

All the children stopped doing their activities. The silence of the place made Chairoz and the other teachers who were busy training to stop and look in the same direction.

He pretended to be surprised at the presence of Robert, Vale Barbarian, and half his troops.

"Ah... There's a guest from the outside" murmured Michael.

Robert walked with his group. He and Vale then approached Chairoz and other teachers.

"For a long time no see, Chairoz" said Robert with a dislike gaze fixed on Chairoz.

"yes too. When was the last time we met, Prince? Uh! I remember the night King Andromeda decided to change the position of military leader and leader of the Hunter army. Hahaha, how can I forget when you look happy" Chairoz said.

Robert clucked and looked back at Chairoz, "You and your miserable life.

Dandelion instantly let out a hint of his Alpha aura right in front of Roberto, "Why did you guys stop?! Continue your training!"

His disciples immediately ran around like ants, returning to their respective positions. While Roberto was troubled by the aura of Chairoz, he immediately turned his back to the Academy.

"If he wasn't a prince." Chairoz murmured at Roberto's back.

"It looks like Prince Robert is upset that you didn't welcome him very well" Abraham said.

"What kind of welcome? Like gathering all the people before his eyes and sprinkling open in the air for him? Don't joke around" Chairoz immediately followed his entrance into the Academy.

"Well, if so" Abraham continued as he walked after Chairoz . The other teachers who were disturbed by their presence only responded with lazy faces, then followed behind.

Except Vale was still standing in his position. The eagle's eyes were watching the children who were training. He was looking for the boy he was looking for. Unfortunately, he did not find any child with a face similar to Gara.

"No way.." he muttered and then stepped into the Academy.

Robert and Vale were welcome to sit in the principal's room, while the other 13th Squad waited in the front yard of the Academy.

"Just get to the point, what are you here for?" Chairoz asked Robert.

"Hey, relax a little. I just wanted to pick up my niece" he said, leaning on the back of the sofa.

"He's not here" Chairoz quickly replied.

"I've told you to relax, but as if you want to end this conversation quickly, I wonder what your reasons are."

"You and your pleasantries" responded Samuel with his lazy face.

"My dear brother, whom you exalted, the first Supernatural world war hero. Will ascend the throne. So I'm just here to pick up my niece, and I'd like to take a look at the Academy's activities."

When Robert's sentence ended, a slightly large explosive sound was heard from the direction of the training area, followed by the sound of children's laughter. Luca was trying gemstone gravity, unfortunately because he could not control the gemstone and there is a more specific reason, the gemstone exploded into small pieces. The sound of his explosion even shocked Vale.

"I say once again, your niece is not here. I'm even curious about that. But since you're Damian's sister, you should have known about it first" Chairoz said.

"Sister, more precisely. He never thought of me as his brother" Robert said quickly.

"And also one thing. Vale, I'm sure you understand the deal Damian made, to wait for 14-year-old Gara to be handed over to INTI. Why are you looking for it now? I just want you to remember that the covenant is a sacred thing in the eyes of the Top Angels" Chairoz explained, staring meaningfully at Vale.

Vale sighed, "The covenant is indeed spoken and heard directly by the 7 layers of the sky. But basically, INTI did not accept the entire agreement. INTI will indeed let Gara grow until the age of 14 years, but must be under the supervision of INTI. And I'm the one deployed to it. After all, with Gara unknown to his current whereabouts, making INTI think that Prince Damian did not really mean the agreement he made. The biggest consequence that INTI found was, the denial of the promise."

"I didn't come to suspect anyone, it's my duty to be in the common good. I only ask for cooperation from you, as a person who is very trusted by Prince Damian" continued Vale.

Chairoz kept staring at Vale's bead for a while. "The knife that is always sharpened, will be sharp in the end. It could hurt anyone more easily. You just don't know what you're doing, Vale. You don't know."

The staring ended as Robert suddenly turned his head towards the door of euang the headmaster. He sniffed the air that was bothering him. His eyes were staring out the door, hoping that anyone he knew would appear.

"Teacher!"