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"A lost soul will be found when it's time and believe in the destiny that will bring you to it."

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After receiving the letter given by Dian. Eza's face became panicked he knew how critical someone was to the point of causing his saint beast to lose energy.

Soon Eza returned to the capital and rushed towards the lotus forest. On the other hand Dian Luna's arrival suddenly went into the room Dusk.

There Luna just silently stared at the entire room and then walked up to Lily and Kun who were asleep.

"Is there any need for Miss Luna to come here?"

Dian tries to be relaxed, he does not want his missus problem known by anyone including by his best friend.

"How long will Dusk be in Duke's mansion?" asked Luna while touching Kun's delicate fur.

"I don't know Miss, maybe if Miss Twilight's business is done she will soon return to the dormitory" replied Dian with a face bowed to the floor.

"so."

Luna's feelings are not good, she feels there is something wrong with Dian since the departure of Dusk two days ago. In addition, the servant of the Twilight, Amel, is rumored to be getting close to Sarah and this makes her worried.

Luna knew that Dira would not carelessly talk to anyone even more so with a servant. Luna learns one fact about the Dusk suicide case that also involved Amel, her personal servant before Dian came.

Seeing Dusk who was always with Dian and never took Amel anywhere. This proved that Amel was not a loyal servant to him.

"I even thought that Amel was Sarah's personal servant."

In addition to Arina, Sarah also hates Dusk. It could have made Sarah and Dira plot behind Arina. Given Dira who always does anything to his advantage makes Luna convinced that something is not right with this.

"If Dira is planning to betray Arina, it's nothing new anymore. Dira has done that many times, even to me," Luna grumbled in light of the incident in which Dira accused him of murdering their older sister, Hailey.

It happened when Luna accidentally saw Dira putting poison into the tea that Hailey would drink. In the end, Hailey's magic is unable to control her body, resulting in her dying with a body covered in blood.

Hailey has two elements that are perfectly suited to make her the crown princess's strongest candidate after her third sister, but jealous Consort Jina makes Hailey sickly with the poison she gave through Dira.

Although Hailey is very smart and talented but her position is not too strong. His mother was just a normal concubine of Vincount. Therefore concubine Jina became jealous and told the servants to always hurt her.

But after Hailey gained her power, she gained a lot of support from the higher-ups of the empire. The jealous concubine Jina could not accept that so she always put the poison of the Yuan flower into Hailey's drink through Dira.

The innocent Hailey did not notice. He continued to drink the tea until he finally died a miserable death in a tormented state. Unfortunately, Luna could do nothing.

He wants to stop Dira but concubine Jina's servant prevents him and keeps him locked away for a long time in the wardrobe until his older brother comes and frees Luna.

"I won't let the same thing happen to Dusk, my friend,"

Luna firmly shook her head. He felt sick and tired from thinking about Hailey.

"Sister Hailey who died just like that made the third concubine feel frustrated. He foolishly decided to commit suicide."

Luna was so upset after remembering the incident that made the kingdom grieve for a long time. Those memories continued to haunt Luna's life until she finally met Dusk on the day of academic testing.

From then on, Luna's nightmares began to wane. Luna regains her life purpose after the presence of Dusk which makes Luna again remember the circumstances of her older sister.

The conditions of Dusk and Hailey are not much different and from that moment Luna promised never to make Dusk feel what Hailey had once felt.

"It's a good thing mom can prove that I'm innocent but unfortunately concubine Jina is too cunning" muttered Luna sadly.

"Did Miss say something?" dian asked after hearing Luna speak faintly.

Dian was feeling a little panicked. He was afraid that Luna would find out about her condition after stroking Kun's body for a long time.

"It's nothing" Luna replied casually.

"Can I help you Miss?" dian asked stiffly but Luna just kept quiet with an annoyed facial expression.

I don't know what Luna is thinking that surely Dian is really in a state of turmoil at the moment. Long Luna looked at Dian without saying a word.

"Tell me immediately if Dusk is back," exclaimed Luna and left the twilight room after she sensed the strange energy coming from the lower floors of this room.

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Lotus forest

"What's this?"

Prof Edward panicked a little in his meditation, he had already felt a great amount of uncontrolled energy from within the forest several times.

"Why hasn't Dusk called me? Is he okay?"

Prof Edward began to look panicked, he opened his eyes and tried to find the origin of the random energy.

"I have to check it first, this energy comes - it arrives and disappears after an hour."

Prof Edward then entered the lotus forest. In the woods Prof Edward found nothing. Long time he searched but the random energy was fading.

"There's something wrong with this forest, I hope Dusk can contact me as soon as possible."

Prof Edward then found the carcass of a bear that had turned pitch-black. It was only the first time he had seen a sacred animal die in such a terrible way.

"Hyu do you know anything?"

Prof Edward who was curious about the condition of the bear asked Hyu, his red Phoenix.

"It looks like he was exposed to the poison master," Hyu replied after checking the condition of the bear's body.

"Poisons?"

Prof Edward weighed in a bit on Hyu's words. "But as far as I know there has never been a poison that could kill a saint beast to this extent,"

"That could be," exclaimed Hyu as she stared intently at Prof Edward.

"This can be done by those who are allied with the Nara clan," shrieked Hyu slightly irritated with a flushed face.

"Klan Nara, isn't that clan long gone?"

Prof Edward began to recall the events of 30 years ago since the extermination of the Nara clan en masse by the top nobles.

"They were annihilated due to the ability to concoct poison that could kill an entire magical beast in just an entire night,"

Prof Edward could not believe that the Nara clan was still alive today after the 30-year extermination.

"That could have happened sir, not all of the Nara clan were killed at that time. Some of them are hiding in the forest, maybe it's time for them to take revenge after waiting for a long time" Hyu explained as she flew onto Prof Edward's shoulders.

"You're right, but we can't tell everyone about this. They can't believe it or the worst possibility is...."

Prof Edward paused for a moment, then swallowed his bitter salivary before continuing his conversation.

"It's possible that some of the royal nobles already knew this and they instead cooperated. Moreover, without insiders it is impossible for an intruder to enter freely."

Whisper Prof Edward as he gazed into the sky where he faintly saw a gigantic dome-shaped shield protecting this place.

The shield was very strong because it was guarded in five corners of the kingdom, although so many citizens knew about it except for the high-ranking nobles.

"We have to report this to the crown prince immediately" prof Edward said, then left.