The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
The Ninety Eight (98)

"It's not a big deal. It's easy to catch this loser" Zayden said with a proud smile, while Leonard next to him wore a contemptuous expression.

"Easy saying? Who was leading the search at the time but it turned out to be the wrong way? Because of that person, it took a long time to find this person," the white-haired man's criticism was scathing, not forgetting while rolling his eyes and smiling mockingly.

"Hey...!"

Hearing that scathing sentence, Zayden exclaimed in disbelief and gritted his teeth, to be honest he felt ashamed. He was wrong because he was so confident when leading the search at that time, but why did the embarrassing incident have to be taken into account, anyway?

"Huh. The important thing is he got caught, right?" his reply a moment later, his expression returned as dignified as it had been when he had come. "Ehem, ahem. I'm very grateful to you for helping."

"Hm. Well, it's because this guy hurt my granddaughter too. I don't want to teach him a lesson."

"Well, good job for us."

While the two men were conversing, Stella just silently pondered, not understanding the direction of their conversation.

...―――...

As far as Stella knows, the two old men who have just come are her maternal and paternal grandfather. Perhaps the word "old" is not suitable for them, because both have their own charismatic aura despite their age. The reason for their sudden arrival was because of that person, the dark red-haired man who was rumored to have escaped from the Magic Prison a few minutes ago. It was unexpected that he was captured by his two grandfathers.

[I know from your sealed memory, you loved your grandfather enough on your father's side. I don't know why.]

Thev tells through the mind. Now the black dragon and the princess were telepathic.

'Maybe it's true.'

Stella, who was sitting some distance away from her father and the others, stared fixedly at Zayden. Just by looking at it, he felt a feeling of joy and longing that was bubbling in his heart.

'Looks like I know why.'

[Why?]

'He is very similar to my family.'

Stella involuntarily smiled.

[Your family? Just sec. Which family are you?]

'My family in another world.'

For a moment, Thev was at a loss for words. Then he appeared right on Stella's face, which of course could only be seen by her. The little black dragon looked puzzled.

[Your intention... Has he returned? To the extent that you remember your family in another world.]

Stella only smiled faintly in return, not intending to answer. His memory had not yet returned completely, but it seemed to be returning slowly. Just by sitting still, he could vaguely remember the things he had forgotten.

"Dad."

A call from someone jolted Stella out of her mind. He looked towards the door, finding Dhemiel who had just come.

"What did you call me?" Dhemiel looked around and found someone she knew. His smile instantly broke. "Grandfather!" call happy.

The person called grandfather smiled and opened his hands. "Come here, Dhemiel."

Without further ado, Dhemiel fell into Zayden's arms, hugging his grandfather tightly while smiling brightly. "I'm happy to see Grandpa again!"

"Yes. Grandpa was also happy to meet you."

'Hm. Sis, didn't you know we had two grandpas?' inner Stella felt sympathy for Leonard, who was just sitting quietly looking at the haru sight. 'But it looks like the white grandfather did not feel jealous?'

Long enough to miss, Zayden finally took off his embrace and sat Dhemiel next to him.

"Well, Dhemiel, you also have to say hello to your maternal grandfather" the former king said, introducing Leonard. "He's Leonard, your mother's father, which means your grandfather, too."

"Dad... from my mother?" Dhemiel looked at Leonard. "But, the grandfather did not resemble Mom at all" he said innocently, leaving Leonard stunned.

"Obviously it's not the same, son. My daughter is similar to her mother, your grandmother," Leonard said. "If it looks like me, it's of course my granddaughter, Stella."

Dhemiel turned her eyes towards Stella, then saw Leonard again. "yes too. Stella and Grandpa's eyes are both red...." He stopped for a moment, then looked at Stella again. "But her hair is like my mother's. Stella looks like Mom and Grandpa, yeah."

"Dhemiel, so you're saying Stella doesn't look like me?" the father of the two children said he was offended.

"I look like Dad, while Stella looks like Mom. So break even, dong," the little crown prince replied lightly, then muttered lightly, "But maybe Dad's cruelty is declining on Stella...."

'Hey. If you want to gossip, it's better later.'

Stella rolled her eyes lazily. He actually heard useless chatter here, even though his intention was to find more information about the man who escaped from the Magic Prison.

'Did I just go?'

As he thought so, his father's sharp voice interrupted the atmosphere.

"We're postponing the discussion. I'd like to speak to b*j*t this first."

Kinggo!

The man who escaped from the Magic Prison was dragged before the king of Evergard. His entire body was tied to a magic chain, his hands were handcuffed to the back with the same tool, as well as his mouth that was smothered by the deadly chain.

"So, you're the one that the Witch Guild calls the grand wizard, huh?" King Shavir grinned. "Why do people like you hurt my children?"

"His identity is not just that" Leonard said. He frowned. "He is a witch noble of the Red tribe, the same race as me and Alexa."

"Magician noble...?!"

"No wonder he was able to escape from the Magic Prison. Surely the magic of the 1st King of Evergard meant nothing to him," said the purple-eyed man calmly. Shortly afterwards he smiled mockingly. "But you were easily captured by my father. Really stupid."

'Infool.'

Unwittingly, Stella and Dhemiel agree with the father's words.

"So, how can you catch this b*jing*n?"

"We had no intention of arresting him" Zayden began his journey with Leonard. "I honestly want to annihilate the Witch Guild."

The story begins on Dhemiel's 8th birthday.

*(note: chapter 66)

At that time, Zayden saw dark energy mixed with deep red from the balcony of Everora Palace, where he felt the presence of his granddaughter there. Knowing that there is dangerous energy, Zayden intends to destroy it, but Stella moves first. At that moment, he met Leonard for the first time.

The cooperation to annihilate the Witch Guild was established back then.

As it turned out, "Guild Witches" were not only based in the Evergard Kingdom. Their headquarters spread to other kingdoms, even to the Lagra Empire.

In fact to exterminate them took quite a long time.

Back then, there was important information they had obtained, that there was someone who led the Witch Guild and spread "false scarecrows" as its members.

That means their original number is not much, and most of the members are the creation of the leader.

Of course, the strategy of killing the leader is more effective than eradicating his minions.

At that moment they both thought; if they could cut down the roots, why cut down the branches of the tree?

The quest to find the leader of the Witch Guild continued. Zayden took the lead but most of the paths he took were wrong, so it took him a long time to search.

Shortly after, about a week after the search, Leonard received information from Rielle that there was an attack targeting King Evergard and his family members.

Shaken by that reality, Leonard has Zayden stop the search for a while and return to Evergard.

Not enough with the bad news before, Leonard again heard that his granddaughter, Stella, lost her memory.

That means their first meeting as grandparents and granddaughter also disappeared.

Afterwards, Leonard and Zayden hurriedly used magic and teleportation scrolls. However, their great distance from Evergard made the two quite difficult.

Sometimes they meet with annoying calamities, such as miscoordinates and end up in an anti-magic place, or get dragged into the flow of war while teleporting. It took almost three years to return to Evergard.

"Given the difficult times alone it has been very annoying," Leonard said on the sidelines of Zayden.

"Then? What happens after you get here?" king Shavir asked for the story to continue.

"In the vicinity of Duchy Fictin, we found him. More precisely, Leonard was the one who found and captured him. He said he felt Stella's aura vaguely on the man's body."

"Duchy Fictin, yes..," muttered King Shavir, next to his thick eyebrows raised. "It's weird you guys found it there."

"Yes. Then we brought him here after hearing the information that this man was a prisoner who escaped from the Magic Prison."

King Shavir smiled faintly. "I'm very grateful for the help of Father and Father-in-Law."

"Hmphs. I haven't acknowledged you as a son-in-law yet, so don't haphazardly call me father-in-law" circus Leonard as he folded his arms. "But I recognize Dhemiel and Stella as my grandchildren."

"Just the same, Fool," sneered Zayden next to him, who again started a commotion between the two grandfathers.

"By the way, Dad." King Shavir's attention turned to his eldest son. "It looks like that person wanted to talk from earlier."

"Is that so?" A glance of a slanted smile rose on the handsome king's face. He also snapped his fingers. Instantly the magic chain that smothered the man disappeared. "Now is the time for interrogation."

...―――...

"What's up, Zhio?"

Xylia, who was currently enjoying a leisurely time with Zhio, asked worriedly when she saw that her best friend who looked agitated.

"Did something happen to the Princess...?" assumption doubtful.

The red-haired boy shook his head slowly. "No. He's fine" he replied.

"So why are you so nervous?"

"I feel someone I know is here." replied Zhio almost sounding like a whisper. "But there's no way he's here. He should have died...."

"People you know? Who's that?"

"I feel my father's whereabouts here." Zhio clenched his hand. "I'm not wrong, I really feel it. My father is here."

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