
"reah, are you okay, ?" ask someone who when it emerged from the crowd and hugged reah while crying.
"i'm fine, mother," said Reah who returned her mother's warm embrace while Kazuto only stepped back because he didn't want to interrupt their moment.
But then he felt his head being touched by a hand, then he looked towards the person who touched his head that was none other than he was a hexion king who smiled at his son as well as the queen, kazuto himself only returned with a happy smile.
"bell, are you okay, ?" asked the queen of the beastman kingdom to the bell who was back alone at the time.
"i'm okay, I'm lucky to be alive, but the rest of the squad" said bell, who bit his lip because of his helplessness.
"already, the important thing is that you survived, and even though you were injured you kept protecting reah, we thank you" said the beastman queen who gave her praise and gratitude to the bell who only smiled.
"if you want to thank them, then thank them both, if not for their help, then definitely if I will die," said bell who scrambles on 2 people who get the attention of the king and queen of the kingdom of hexion.
"i want to thank you guys for protecting my daughter, the beastman kingdom will forever be indebted to you," said the queen who bowed her head to kazuto and kumara who at that time tried to ask the queen to stand up and not bow her head to them, then they began to explain the agreement they had made regarding permission to go and mine stones to make magic threads.
"so then you get permission to mine in that cave for life as a reward for saving my daughter," said the queen who then called a servant to take something and give it to them that is a token to kazuto and kumara if they can enter this kingdom as they please.
"thank you, queen," said kazuto and kumara who thanked the beastman queen for being able to take the crystal as they pleased.
"by the way I saw that if you look close enough to him, do you have a relationship with this child, the king and queen of hexion, ?" ask the beastman queen to kazuto's parents.
"yes, how to explain it yes." said the queen of lumina who at that time was still thinking about the reason why they and kazuto could be so close, he said, of course he wanted to say if kazuto was his son but since he requested that his identity be hidden, then as a parent he could only agree.
"he was the child who saved our daughter, and became one of our daughter's closest people, therefore we became quite surprised by her arrival in this kingdom," said the hexion king who helped his wife answer the question posed by the beastman queen.
"so it is, but the attitude you show looks like the attitude of the beastman queen and princess reah, an attitude that looks like a parent's attitude towards her child," said one of the women who at that time joined their chat.
"it doesn't look like it's queen rebecca, we've known kazuto for a long time and for a while it's been pretty dear to him" the lumina queen told the queen.
"is that true, your majesty king hector, ?" ask queen rebecca to kazuto's father.
"that's right," he said.
"then sorry for making you uncomfortable" said the queen, who begged to leave.
then after that the king and queen along with the kazuto and kumara moved to another room where there were only them to talk about how they could come to the beastman kingdom and they had to say if they were proud that kazuto will help people in need, even in their hearts, they feel worried because no matter how strong kazuto is, they are still his children, where there may be parents who can watch their children fight danger.
"yes, I don't want to trouble you guys, after all if I get too much involved with the royal family then people will get suspicious" Kazuto said.
"that's true, but for us it's a little uncomfortable to know that our son doesn't get the same love and attention as his two sisters, either," said the queen who worried when compared with the two children of her master, kazuto is the most distant.
"two, wait a minute I have another brother, ?" kazuto asked who was surprised by the fact that he had another brother besides lousse, but what made him curious was the fact that he did not know anything about his other sisters, either, then why until now he had never met or heard any rumors about him.
"yes, it's just that he's in another kingdom right now and will be back next year, when you've become a 3rd class disciple then he'll enter the academy" the hector king told kazuto.
"we often sent him letters, because there was no other family to accompany him," the lumina queen told the nodding Kazuto.
"hm, what are the characteristics, ?" ask Kazuto who is interested to know what his younger brother looks like.
"he has your father's hair but with my face and my eyes" said the queen of lumina who described the characteristics of her sister, and they said that she had both of them.
"he also inherited my nature loh," said the lumine queen who pointed at him, glad because if even with her father's hair she inherited her nature.
"i'm lucky if Kazuto isn't like that, otherwise I would definitely die" muttered the hector king who when not heard by his wife.
"but after this what will you do, ?" king hector asked kazuto and kumara.
"once we are done, we intend to return to the academy immediately, after all 2 more weeks will be held special tests," kazuto recalled that they had spent 4 days while traveling here because he helped princess reah and their current time was 8 days to get the crystal, because the remaining 2 days they will use to return to the kingdom of hexion.
"so that is, but where are you going to stay for tonight, ?" the lumina queen asked hang worried about her son, because although she wanted to, she could not ask the beastman king and queen to allow kazuto to stay in the palace for some time, because it will attract unnecessary attention from people.
"we were planning to stay at the inn" said Kazuto, who saw several inns on their way here, it would be better if he looked for an inn that was located closer to the cave area he was looking for.
"then take this," said the hector king who took out a bag full of gold and gave it to the kazuto.
"wait a minute, here, ?" his tan pointed towards the bag of gold he was holding.
"think of it as a favor from us, use the money as best you can" said the hector king, hoping that he would help his son, even if only a few.
"thank you" Kazuto said to his father and mother.
"sama," they said after that kazuto and kumara came out of the palace and searched for a day of lodging in the area closest to the cave they would enter tomorrow.