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Chapter 3: Preparations

The events that happened still left her with questions about what's been going on after her encounter.

Flashback

"Don't try to help him. Just give him some time to get his head straight."

"He doesn't like to talk about his past."

"I know you like Bruno."

End of Flashback

The last thought made Igraine blush a little, but then she shook it off. She decided to polish her sword to take her mind off what happened. She then heard a familiar voice.

"It's time to discuss the plan Igraine." Elixir said as she entered, but Igraine wasn't listening.

"Igraine." she said a bit louder getting Igraine's attention.

"What. I'm sorry. I just have a lot on my mind." she said

"Is it about Bruno?" she said

Igraine flinched at that question; trying to hide her blush. Thankfully, Elixir hadn't noticed.

"N-no." she answered 'Jeez, does everybody know?'she thought to herself.

"Okay. Well anyway, Agravain wants all knights to come to he can explain the plan." Igraine nodded as she sheathed her sword.

As they left Igraine's tent and towards the large group of knights, Agravain began explaining his plan.

...

"... And that's how it'll all happen. Any questions?' he asked

Everyone was dead silent. Thinking about how complex of a plan it was.

"If not, then we move out now." he said

All the knights started to prepare for the task at hand and then began their way towards where Spring Breeze Messenger located the Invaders.

...

As they were hiking the mountain to their designated locations, Igraine felt the same strange feeling again back at their camp. Igraine turned her head to where she believed she felt the feeling from. As she scanned the area, she saw nothing.

'What was that same feeling again?' she thought to herself.

"Is there something wrong?'' a voice spoke out. She turned her head to see Bruno's face.

"No, it's nothing." she said "Please stop looking at me, please." she thought to herself, hoping that he wouldn't see her blush.

"Okay. If anything comes up, just let me know." Bruno said. She nodded; his reassuring voice calmed her.

"This is the Bruno I know." She thought.

Bruno then had a confused look on his face.

"What is it?" she asked

"Are you getting a fever? Your face looks red." he asked. That comment made Igraine aware that she had a small amount of blush.

"No, no. I'm fine." she said. 'Thank god he isn't so bright. It makes him look so cute.' she sighed to herself.

"Alright, if you say so." he smiled back.

Igraine couldn't help, but smile. 'Wow, he's hard to figure out. One moment he's happy, another moment he's angry, then he's happy again.' she thought to herself.

"Alright you love-birds, you two can talk about your date after the mission." Gorlois intervened in their conversation with a sly grin on his face.

Bruno's and Igraine's reaction towards Gorlois' remark were very different.

Bruno was annoyed to the point where he would punch him in the face while Igraine was embarrassed to the point where she might faint since her face was getting redder.

"Are you sure you're not getting a fever?" Bruno said to Igraine with a deapan expression.

Igraine panicked even more while trying to regain self-control.

"No-no, I'm fine really." Igraine said quickly. Before Gorlois could make another comment, someone called up front.

"Bruno! Get up here." Hearing his name, Bruno made his way to the front after saying goodbye.

"Sorry, I gotta take this." He said scratching his head. "Maybe we can talk some other time." He said with a smile on his face. This made Igraine's heart melt.

"Y-yeah, sure. See you then." she said sheepishly.

"So, it's date already?" Gorlois whispered after Bruno had left. Igraine's eyebrow twitched at that remark, her aura turned dark towards the knight as she reached for her sword. Before she could get her hands on him, they've reached the point where they would have to separate from their path.

"You've got off easy." Igraine glared while glaring at Gorlois. He just laughed to himself.

...

A few minutes passed and Igraine finally reached her position with her sword on the hilt of her sword. She stood at her post waiting to hear the signal. But as she waited, she heard nothing but the cold wind blowing. She scanned the area for any enemy soldiers, but there was no one in sight.

'Where are they? They should be here. There's no way Dindrane's intel was off. Unless...' she thought. She stood frozen. Not from the cold, but from the sudden realization.

"Oh no." she said with a hint of fear in her voice. Before she moved, a cold hand covered her mouth to prevent her from speaking while a surge of electricity raced through her body.

"Mmmph!" her screams were muffled as she vigorously to escape from her attacker's grasp, but to no avail. After a few more surges, she grabbed her sword in a reverse grip and unsheathed it and thrust it backwards. Her captor growled in pain, loosening its grip. Igraine escaped and reversed her sword back and slashed at her captor.

"Hyaa!?" It fell to the ground with blood escaping from its body and into the snow. Igraine took a moment to examine the body.

'An Invader? Here? This explains why they aren't working at least, but...' before she could finish her thought, a beam shot past her, barely hitting her. She turned her head to see more Invaders hiding under the snow. She took her stance and prepared for what was coming for her and probably for her team.

"Oh this ... is very bad." she thought to her self.

End of Chapter

Alright. Finally done with this chapter. Sorry for not adding in the plan, but Send me on what you think and I'll see what I can do.