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Chapter 3: A breathe of fresh air.

After the hunt campaign died out, Dimitrius decide to resume their journey. Dimitrius stared at the 12 HiMEs and the king.

"This time we are heading back to Far West Continent." says Dimitrius as he sits down with them.

"The mythical ancestral palace in Espaigniola." Dimitrius continues.

"Spain?The Summer Palace?" asks King Solomon.

Mashiro confirms with both of them, "Are you sure about this? We do not have much resource left anyway. It's either do or die. I say we go for it."

The other 11 HiMEs agreed as well. They leave Bengal the next morning. No one knows where the exact location and the existence of the Golden City, not even King of Assym and...

"I almost forgot about the Summer Palace! Seriously! Thanks to the summits and council meetings, I hardly leave Windloom. Hahaha! However, I seldom heard my family mention about it. And the problem now is I don't know the location." King Solomon quips.

Mashiro explodes "What!" and shots her death glare at King Solomon.

Everyone sighs and carry on walking after a scheduled rest. Although the journey is tough and definitely full of adventures, they travel as a group, free of fear being kill by enemies or slaughter by demons.

After months of walking and travelling, they reach Spain safely. Spain is always an exotic place for anyone. They could not resist exploring every corner of it without stop. The group split into smaller groups. Mashiro-sama is the odd one so she pairs with Dimitrius.

"Great…"Mashiro-sama mumbles to herself.

The food and culture is fantastic. However, their search has yet to complete.

"Waa…Did you see that bull fight in the stadium? It was awesome! I've never seen anything like that before." Mashiro-sama says excitedly.

Dimitrius knocks her head and says "Hey you twerp! Have you forgotten about the task in our hands?"

Mashiro-sama sticks out her tongue at him and argues, "Geez, can't we just have fun and enjoy these for a moment? Why are you always so tense up? Relax. The war is over. Remember?"

Dimitrius sighs," Haihs..You are right. Let's hit the town for dinner. My stomach is growling! Possibly get some drinks too. Sherry? "

This is a very uncommon sight of each other.

They wonder if it means anything. The rest of the groups are pretty much doing the same thing, travelling and searching for information about the palace. They will gather at Granada's main entrance gate after a month.

Today is another brand new day, Dimitrius and Mashiro found themselves in a tapas bar in an awkward position. But suddenly…

"Morning, people! Are you guys alright? I think both of you had too much of the special brew 'amontillado' last night. Glad you guys are awake now. Hey the drinks are free but you don't have to shovel it down like water!" says the bar owner.

Dimitrius and Mashiro look puzzled "Eh? Who are you?" They rub their eyes, feeling a little dizzy and remember that they are entangled with each other. Mashiro quickly untangles herself in a comical way and pull herself up from the wooden floor. She blushed and her face is as red as a tomato! Dimitrius remain calm.

The bar owner laughs and introduces himself, "Hahaha! My name is Juan Peruchio, owner of this tapas bar. Although it's a bit old but people still love to hang around here and have a few shots of sherry."

"I am Dimitrius and this lady over here is Mashiro. We are couples and just reached here yesterday for our honeymoon." says Dimitrius and smiles.

"WHAT?" Mashiro explodes and shots her deadly glare at the guy in front of her.

Dimitrius quickly turns around and plants his lips on Mashiro's tender lips.

Mashiro steams and her face got red even more. She tries to scream out but seems soften by the sudden kiss. She is speechless.

"I am sorry. She doesn't like people to know about our marriage." Dimitrius quips.

"I can see that. Hahaha. I am sure you must be hungry by now. Breakfast anyone?" asks Peruchio. " I've just got fresh eggs and vegetables from the local market. The potatoes were dug by the farmers this morning." he adds.

"Yes please. It would be great to have nice and hot tortilla de patata with extra cheese" says Dimitrius.

"Hah! Dimitrius, you know your food well as a foreigner! I will make yours a double portion just for that reason!"

"Huh? What's that?" asks Mashiro.

"Potato Omelette." Dimitrius whispers while Peruchio walks to the kitchen.

Mashiro rolls her eyes. "Hey chef Peruchio! I want that with some embutidos too!"

"Now what's that?" asks Dimitrius.

"Sausages, silly." answered Mashiro.

Both gobble up everything in that plate. The breakfast is the best they have had since they started travelling. "Here have some hot tea." Peruchio pours some into 2 cups. Both smile to Peruchio with their eyes gleaming. "Okay! Okay! I get it. Now stop that."

Mashiro noticed a lot of properly dressed people entering a beautiful building opposite the bar. "Peruchio, where are those people heading to?"

"The building opposite us is the public regional library. There are lots of books, ancient scripts and scrolls in there. Anyone could go in and do reference as long as they are local scholars. Granada is a famous scholastic city. The city boasts having the best schools and teaching facilities around. The book collection in the library are the most complete. Impressive eh?"

"I see. Impressive, impressive indeed." Dimitrius starts to whir something up in his brain and Mashiro knows something bad is going to befall her.