Fairy Tail: The Hunter
Prologue
"Since I was young, I have always up held my family's code, always shown love and affection to my family, my king, my country and its people. I always believed that I was part of a loving, honorable, and noble family and country. But now I know the truth. Everything I have ever known has been nothing more than a lie. And what I love the most about this is that I was the only one in the family who was not involved in this conspiracy. I was the only one who had been lied to and deceived by you. Marcus and Nero, I thought you were noble knights in service of the king, turns out you were nothing more than murderous marauders. But you Joanne, you, are the vilest of my siblings, and for what you have done, I will hunt you down first. I know I am not powerful enough to defeat any of you, but rest assured, when I come back I will kill you all for your crimes.
Your youngest child, Darius Lelanto
P.S. Please tell the King of Tiliom that I will save him for last."
The king sighed and addressed the older man before him, "Where do you think your son is now Virgil?" asked the King.
"I have no clue your majesty. I have instructed the men to ask around the market area, the docks and all of the gates leading out of the city to see if he's been seen around those areas." Virgil Lelanto is currently the head of the Lelanto Noble Family. The Lelanto family is renowned for its long line of soldiers and warriors and has been admired from all for their undying loyalty to the king, and its country. Every warrior to have emerged from the Lelanto line has always been considered the best of the best and usually rises through the ranks at a speed that is unheard of.
Virgil himself was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds of pure muscle. Although he was sixty years old, he could beat anyone at any form of combat. He had green eyes like emeralds and greyish white hair and was dressed in the clothing of an ordinary man. He wore black leather boots that stretched almost to his knees, long navy blue pants and a matching navy blue coat, and black leather gloves with the sword of a high ranking officer strapped to his side. The king, however cannot be seen due to the fact that there conversation being done by two lacrima balls that allow for long distance communication. Virgil was in the Lelanto Mansion while the king was in his castle at the capital of Tiliom. Behind Virgil the door to the Lelanto private study opened and the captain of the city guard walked in. He took three steps in and bowed to Virgil. After he rose Virgil noticed the captain had a very troubled look on his face.
"Commander, I have information on Darius Lelanto." He said with exhaustion. It was clear he ran here the moment he received whatever news his men brought him.
"Tell me then, where is my son?" asked Virgil in his usual calm tone.
"He left the city two days ago and was spotted again at the city of South Portland. He then boarded a ship heading straight to Fiore."
Angered, Virgil screamed "NOOO! How did we miss him? Get out of here immediately and don't come back till I summon you." The captain of the guard left as quickly as he could. Virgil then regained his calm composure, and turned to the lacrima ball. "My apologies for the outburst my lord, it was very unprofessional of me"
The king let out a slight grunt and said "It's fine. I feel the same way about this whole mess. But no matter, I am having letters being sent to all over to the local cities and our neighboring countries stating that he has been exiled for treason, we will not have to worry about the King of Fiore actually believing anything he has to say about our plan."
"With all due respect your majesty that is not what I am concerned with right now." said Virgil.
The King laughed and said "What in the world are you talking about? There is no way the King of Fiore would believe your son now that he has been labeled a traitor."
"True your majesty, the King would not believe him. What I am concerned about is the threat he made in his letter. I do believe he will come after us in time. Not anytime soon, more than likely it will be years from now after he sharpens his skills to the point where he is at the level of a master. And when that time comes, I know that no ordinary warrior will be able to stop him. But thankfully for us, you and I are no ordinary warriors. Our skills are well renowned and when the time comes, we will strike him down. I assume the plan will continue on schedule?"
"Yes, of course." The King said. "We will now start with the first phase of our plan and move forward from there. Now I must be going. Dinner is going to be served soon and it would be best if I arrived on time." And without another word the king left and the lacrima ball went back to its near translucent state. Virgil then turned around and shouted "Captain!"
The captain of the guard came in, bowed, rose and asked "What is it Commander?"
"Do you know where that ship my son is on is heading to?"
"Yes sir. It is heading to the port city of Hargeon." The captain said.