
"I can't believe going monster fairy hunting alone feels like going on an excursion for me" Lady Die said when they just got off the horse-drawn carriage.
That morning, after breakfast, Morfeus Five left for the Imperial Monster Fairy Hunt Forest with their guardian in two carriages.
Xenephon itself is a train that contains, Nazareth and of course Migi Vox, Evelyn, Electra and Nyx Cornus. The other cars were driven by Arsen Heart and Salazar Lotz, which contained Lady Die, Xena, Cleon and Altair.
The gatekeepers opened the door in a rigid uniform motion, after Xenephon exposed the plates of the Order of Angelos to them.
Evelyn glanced at the plate in Xenephon's hand through the corner of her eye, then glanced at the two guards with squinted eyes. They don't bend? thought Evelyn. Then glanced at his guardian.
His conversation with Nazareth when he first visited this place flashed through his mind.
"Master, why are they bowing? Is it because of the plates of the Order of Angelos, or... special badges?"
"Of course because of the plate of the Order of Angelos! The plate of the Order of Angelos has become a kind of imperial decree."
Imperial badge! Evelyn concluded. Does it have anything to do with.. Catlyn Thunder?
Then the shadow of the event when Catlyn Thunder hugged Nazareth flashed across her eye sockets, leaving her heart stung.
Catlyn Thunder is the emperor's daughter, her inner being bitter. And he hugged Nazareth. It must have something to do with the imperial badge that Nazareth showed those guards. Don't-don't…
As if he could feel the change in Evelyn, Nazareth suddenly turned to look at the girl and watched her with squashed eyes. Migi Vox followed the look of his eyes with the curious look of a child.
Their group had already walked quite far ahead.
"Eve! Are you coming or not?" goda Electra turned to Evelyn.
Evelyn blinked and stammered, only to realize she was left far behind. Then a quick glance at the faithful Nazareth lined up his steps and rushed over to his companions with a pouting face.
Nazareth frowned. Why does his face look upset? thought.
Reaching the danger zone, the party stopped in unison and the guardians turned to Nazareth.
Nazareth cleared his throat and turned a glimpse of his face covering up the nervous feeling of being caught daydreaming. "Our target is the Forest of Darkness!" he instructed.
"Are you kidding?" Lady Die flabbergasted.
"It still feels like an outing?" nazareth asked in a scornful tone, next to his eyebrows raised high.
Lady Die was silent.
"The Dark Forest is not an ordinary monster fairy's nurturing area," Nazareth told the children of their assets. "Any time, it could have been found to be a monster fairy of thousands and tens of thousands of years. Later after entering the Forest of Darkness, do not stay more than twenty meters away from us. You all have to be careful. Without my orders, no one should attack a monster fairy. You understand?"
"understand!"
The five teenagers bowed in unison with the respect of the soldiers.
"Eve, lead the way!" nazareth's orders to Evelyn.
Evelyn bowed once more, then rushed ahead of everyone.
The guardians sat down to give way to their children's assets.
Migi Vox darted ahead of them and landed on Evelyn's back, then crept up onto the girl's shoulder.
Evelyn flinched and glanced past her shoulder.
Migi Vox turned his head and smiled obliquely.
Evelyn chuckled thinly and shook her head, then turned her face back to the front. Migi Vox sat perched on his shoulder with both feet hanging inward, turning to and fro with the innocent gaze of a small child.
Reaching the border of the Dark Forest, Evelyn stopped and looked back.
Nazareth and the guardians were not far from them.
Evelyn took a deep breath and stepped through the curtain of mist followed by her companions.
BLAAASH!
The path behind them disappeared. The dark fog seemed to whip shut like a curtain.
The five teenagers stopped a few meters away from the fog curtain while looking back, waiting for Nazareth and their guardians restlessly.
The teenagers let out a sigh of relief and turned their faces back to the front. Continue with caution.
Evelyn looked up at the cave on top of the rock cliff, the place where she got her first spiritual chakra. The cave looks dark now.
Dark and empty.
There was no sign of life up there, he thought.
Migi Vox followed his line of sight while keeping a plain expression, then circling around following Evelyn's line of sight with the same expression.
Vampire fairies began to appear and spread in the air, flying in circles over their heads.
"You're back?" the voices rumbled in the open air above their heads. The voices that only sounded were bat squeaks in everyone's ears except Evelyn.
Cleon and Electra simultaneously mounted the horses.
Evelyn raised her hand, warning them not to attack. "They're just low-level monster fairies" he tells. "Let's turn around!"
Nazareth smiled faintly behind them.
Xenephon and Nyx Cornus glanced at each other meaningfully.
"The growth of monster fairies is very slow" Evelyn told her friends. "Avoid them as much as possible. If one attacks, it is feared that in the near future the supply of monster fairies here will run out."
"It's absurd!" Electra respond. Then pull the horses. "Let's get out of the way!" he said to Cleon.
Cleon finally lowered his clenched hands before his face and pulled his horses away.
"There's more" Evelyn added. "In case of a battle, the smell of blood and the noise could attract the attention of the stronger monster elves. We better be careful!"
"Your knowledge is extensive too!" lady Die's Commentary on Evelyn. Her smile widened to hear Evelyn's words to her friends.
"Don't forget my guardian is a theorist" Evelyn half-sinned. Then a glance at Nazareth.
The man smiled faintly while still wondering in his heart. What's wrong? Why does he look angry at me today?
Simultaneously, Xenephon nudged the base of his arm silently. "It seems that you can calm down now" he whispered in a mocking tone. "Your work has been replaced. "Rest, Old Man…"
Nazareth stomped his foot in response.
"By calm!" Xenephon added in a stifled groan while frowning in pain.
Nyx Cornus glanced at them while holding back his smile.
Evelyn led the friends further and further into the forest, trying to ignore the noisily noises that could only be heard by herself.
"Good girl!" said one of the vampire fairies accompanied by his characteristic dry laughter.
"Smart girl!" the other timpal.
"Then we won't bother you" said another.
"Be careful, Eve!" the first vampire fairy warned. "On the left side of the mountain the road is a little steep and dangerous. Some of the monsters there are a bit grumpy. We're not friends with them."
Evelyn stopped her steps.
Her friends stopped, then frowned when Evelyn suddenly turned around and turned around.
"Eve, where are you sure you're going?" Electra asked worriedly.
"On the left side of the mountain the path is a bit steep and dangerous," Evelyn told, according to what the vampire fairies were saying were still circling above their heads. "We'll find another way! Some monsters there are a bit grumpy."
Nazareth and Xenephon spontaneously exchanged glances with the interlocked eyebrows.
The four guardians stared at Evelyn with squinted eyes.
Everyone stared at Evelyn with a puzzled and amazed expression.
I never taught him this! inner Nazareth.