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On with the story
Blaster Blade was in the middle of cooking in his kitchen as the knight proves to be quite the chef
Alice and Noah were in the living room as they were playing with each other while Flogal was watching over them on the sofa
Blade flipped an omelet on the pan as he then threw some spices into the egg before cutting the omelet into two then taking them out and place them to two plates; one blue and one pink
He then squirts some ketchup onto the omelet as he then takes the plates and places them to the table
"there we go" Blade then went to the living room as he saw Alice and Noah playing around with Flogal who runs around them then started rolling around
"it's time for lunch" Blade said as he carried up Alice and Noah
He then made his way back to the kitchen where he strapped Alice and Noah to their kid's stool
"woof!" Flogal barked as Blade takes out a plate that had a meat meal on it
"don't worry, I didn't forget about you" Blade said as he places the meal to the floor and rubs Flogal's head
Knock knock!
The door to the front door was knocked as Salome entered the house with a spare key in her hands
"I'm sorry, I'm late" Salome said as she places down her bag "I had a meeting with Ashlei-sama and Alfred-sama"
"it is alright" Blade said with a smile as Alice babbled while reaching for the omelette
Salome sat down beside Alice as she took the omelet and started to spoon-feed the dish to the child
Blade did the same to Noah as he feed bite-size omelets for the child
After lunch, Salome took care of the twins while Blade stayed in the kitchen to clean the dishes
He rinsed the plates with water before placing them away to dry as he finished it all in a few seconds
Blade dried his hands before going to the living room where Salome was humming a lullaby to the twins as they were sleeping on her lap
Salome caresses Alice's head as the child softly sleeps on her lap
"that is a beautiful lullaby," Blade said as he sat down beside Salome and look to the twins
"thank you" Salome replied "I remember that song when I was a child and always love it's melody"
"and so do the twins" Blade added as Alice and Noah was a sound asleep
Salome smiles softly as she caresses Noah's face as the child stretches his hands before turning to the side
The two spend the entire afternoon together before the sun was setting
"I'll be going then" Salome said as she took her belongings
"be careful on your way back" Blade said as he place Alice in her crib before doing the same to Noah
"yes" Salome said as Blade accompanied her to the front door
He opened the door and in front of the door was Ashlei
"Ashlei-sama!?" Salome looks in surprise to see her squadron leader in front of them
"sorry for dropping by, you two" Ashlei said with a smile
"it is nothing" Blade replied "may I ask on why you are here?"
"yes, I have some urgent news from Alfred-sama" Ashlei said as she takes out two papers and gave it to Blade and Salome
"he ordered a few squadron members of the Royal Paladin to gather in the training field this night" Ashlei told them as Blade and Salome read the paper and it was a summoning request
"strange, Alfred would've contact me if there was to be something like this beforehand" Blade said
"I do not know as well but he states that it is important" Ashlei told him
Blade looks to the paper and reads it content
"I'm afraid that I cannot come to this summoning" Blade said "I cannot leave Alice and Noah yet, they're still not old enough to be left alone yet"
"then I'll stay and take care of them, it is best for you to come to this summoning" Salome said to Blade
"no, I cannot force you for that" Blade said as the two started arguing with each other on who should stay and take care of the twins
Ashlei sighs with a smile as the two looks like an old bickering married couple
"how about we ask someone who is not summoned to the meeting to take care of them?" Ashlei suggested as Blade and Salome looks to her
"that…does sound more logical" Blade said
"but who could we ask?" Salome said next
"I have a certain someone in mind" Ashlei said with a smile
Night time
The night then came as the moon rises to the sky
Blade and Salome were in the kingdom's hallway and were on their way to the training hall where they were summoned to
"I'm curious on what reason is this summoning" Salome said curious on what does Alfred want with the knights
"it could possibly an urgent mission coming and he requires a team to be sent on that mission" Blade assumed as the two reached to the training hall where they see various knights from every Royal Paladin squadron unit
"hey, Blade! Salome! Over here!" Marron called out to his friend as he and the rest of Blade's team were with him
Blade and Salome made their way to them as several others gathered around
"Marron, do you know what is this summoning is all about?" Blade asked as Marron shook his head
"I have no idea," Marron replied "I've asked every other knight about this summoning and came with nothing as everyone just got requested to come here"
"strange it is" Gallatin said as he cupped his chin "to be summoned without any information from King Alfred….it is very strange"
"yeah and don't you think it's odd that only the Royal Paladin Squadron was summoned? I mean the Gold Paladin and the Shadow Paladin didn't get summoned at all" Stardust stated before the sound of a trumpet was blown out as Alfred came in to the hall with Ashlei by his side
"I thank you all for coming to this urgent meeting" Alfred stated out loud as all the knights gathered around
"currently we have an urgent mission at our hand" Alfred looks down as a monitor that has the map of the United Sanctuary popped out from bellow them as there were several dots in the forest near the north east and the north west area of the forest "our scouts have spotted several locations where there had been unusual sightings of strange occurrences"
"what do you mean?" Blade said as he looks to the map
"at our current knowledge, we know that there had been mysterious sightings of an unknown foe hiding in the forest, I request for all the knights that I have summoned here to spread out into teams and search within the forest" Alfred said as a roster appeared and names of the knights appeared on it "be on alert at all times, we have no further information on what this foe might be"
"a mysterious foe hiding within the forest" Gallatin said as he place his hand to his blade "sounds to me that we are dealing with something more dangerous than the Void"
"yeah, if this foe has the knacks to come at us then let us show them our Chivalrous spirit and drive them away" Stardust Trumpeter said with a grin as she holds up her famous trumpet
"agreed" Gancelot said as his steed let out a neigh
"let's get into our groups and find this mysterious foe" Blade said as everyone was assigned to each team
In surprise, Blade was teamed with Salome, Flogal, Barcgal and Wingal
"eh, why is Blade with them not with us?" Stardust asked as Blade's usual team was confused
"Blade's team is the vanguard squadron as they will need the help of Wingal and the others if the mysterious foe have the ability to camouflage or etc" Marron said as he looks to the roster and saw which team was to go first
"let's work together, Wingal, Flogal, Barcgal" Salome said with a smile as the high beasts barked in response
"let us depart ahead" Blade said he leads the group and head out of the kingdom
In Blade's home
Llew and Tiffany were in Blaster Blade's home as they were ordered to stay and take care of the twins till Blad returns
"why do I have to stay behind and babysit?" Tifanny asked bored
"Alfred-sama's orders…there's no helping it" Llew said as he reads a magazine "but taking care of kids ain't in my ability"
"I'm so bored" Tifanny said as she laid on the couch before looking to the side where the crib was
She sat up from the couch before walking towards the crib and took a peek to the sleeping children
"these two are cute…." Tifanny said as she poke Alice's cheeks
"hey, don't wake them up, if they cried we won't be able to put them back to sleep" Llew warned Tiffany and in just a matter of seconds, Alice started crying before Noah followed
"see!" Llew shouted as Tiffany started to panic
That's a wrap!
Bye bye