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Chapter 6

Rose seemed overjoyed to see the ghost. Right after the two La Talians approached the crowded location, the female Maestro stepped on her dancing companion's foot as hard as she can and rushed out of her current area. She left Orzelchopin (or Oreo as Star called him) hopping on one foot because of the pain, leaving Mina to giggle a bit and say to herself, "Poor Wife".

"Anna!" the female Maestro shouted in a happy tone in her voice while running to her long lost friend.

"ROSE!" the purple shoe wearer voiced loudly as her arms went up for a hug. Sadly, the two failed to hug because one of the reunited friends lost her ability to physically do things. Despite this fact, the two siblings laughed with joy and delight.

Star smiled as she watched her guild mates as they answered and asked questions to each other. However, it was a matter of time until the lights of the building turned off and mumbling spread throughout the giant room.

"What's happening?" Magi spoke aloud to herself while looking around at the same time.

"Aw man… not this again…" the Sorceress's Ruin Walker friend complained as he face-palmed himself.

The ribbon wearer eyed her childhood comrade with curiosity, and continued until a loud smoke-like explosion of different colors took place on a high-placed balcony. The music which had been playing had stopped. All around her was quiet, except for a strange noise in the background that Magi tried her best to ignore. The fog shadowed a strange figure, which was NOT a female for sure. He was also making a unique pose. When the eye catching performance faded away, the La Talian behind started to be displayed more clearly in vision.

The person making a weird stance wore a crown on his head. For some reason, this king-looking guy owned a fancy black astro shirt (with grand feathers) and equipped black jeans and one pair of dark converse tennis foot wear. His pose was a frozen move in Hwagjin Dance, where arms were on air bent and one foot was used to balance on. Soon, he stood normally with a bit of exhaustion from his face.

"Hello fellow citizens of La Tale!" the crowned Jiendian announced in a loud voice, making the room silent,"I thank you all for coming to this splendid ball. As some of you heard, I am Odd King, the ruler of the continent of Jiendia. Today, I invited and welcomed you all in this grand castle to deliver news that has been kept from you for a long time by higher ranked people."

Many whispers and chattering happened again. It all was gone by the time the ruler that lives in Elias, the capital city of Jiendia, voiced in a high leveled volume," I bring you both good and bad news. The bad news is that there is really no important news, and the good news is that nothing bad is happening."

The crowd laughed in response. Star thought this king was very… odd. Hm, his personality really fit his name. To make things more awkward, the ruler looked at the section of the ball area to where the guild of Our Tale was, and waved once with a smile. Magi noticed he was a young man, between mid-twenties and late-thirty years of living. After doing that, the male faced the people below him again.

The music of the room continued and people went on with their previous activity. After looking back, Starmagi then realized Fenek was eating the whole time. It was a good choice to ignore it; she knew she would've been laughing out loud in that silent moment, ruining the mood of the place.

"So that's where the annoying sound was coming from," Starmagi noticed as she giggled a bit. She turned her head to the direction of her guild leader, and saw to it that her face was a tomato. Thinking something suspicious was up, Magi quickly ninjaed behind a curtain and spied Mina and the companion next to her in the porch facing the starry night outside.

The blue suited man near the pink haired Highlander blushed and mentioned in a stuttering tone of his voice," U-um… Kaila?"

"Yes?" the leader replied in a controlled voice that did not go with the pinkness on her face.

"I saw you a c-couple of times before…y-you looked cute…"

Turning redder, the leader answered," T-thanks…I also saw you before in Jiendia while doing quests…"

"I see…"

Star whistled at the two lovers while watching them secretly, and was about to keep doing this until a tap on her shoulder interrupted her concentration. She turned back to see Vetyver, hiding an item behind his back.

"Hi," he spoke with a normal expression.

"Hia!" Star worded,"Say, what is behind your back?"

"Good question," the boy told her as he showed her what he was concealing behind his back. It was a priring fur hat, bought from the astro shop. "Merry Christmas, Weirdo."

The Sorceress grinned like there was no tomorrow. Without hesitating, she took off her ribbon and placed it in her inventory, then wore the gift she just received.

"Damn, I feel guilty that I didn't give you a present now…" Magi announced as she tried to adjust the hat on her head with a smile, "I guess I'll give you a real present this year, instead of a bunch of empty boxes wrapped for show."

The peaceful event went on, with customers of the fancy ball having a positive moment.

"Strange, this feels more like a relaxation moment than a mission…was there something that was missed during the ball?" the priring fur hat wearer noticed to herself. The king that showed himself earlier was gone from his last seen area. From that moment on, Star started to have a bad feeling about the castle she was in.

-MEANWHILE-

Jade sat on a couch at the Magic Book Room at Velfa Library. It was around 1 A.M., but the vice leader did not care. He promised himself that he research and learn about many different topics. He needed knowledge.

The librarians, Liz and Fel, were asleep because of exhaustion of labor in the Library lobby, which was the reason why he was able to sneak in. The two snoring staff of this temple will not let him in for some reason. Sadly, the key to the Secret Book Room was hidden, as usual. At least they would not interrupt his studying. That day was getting closer and closer. Soon Reda, the God of Knowledge, would recognize him as a worthy individual, and the plan will be halfway complete.

"Hmm, The Way of the Elements. Nope," the vice leader spoke to himself as he threw the red covered book behind him. There was a huge stack of books next to him, and also around him. Jade cursed a bit, and thought, "God damn it, where is that book…"

Out of nowhere, a dark cloud shaped in front of Jade, near a messy pile of opened books. It held glowing red eyes that seemed to be plotting something evil in its mind.

"What are you doing here?! Get out!" the researcher questioned with determination in his voice.

The figure laughed in a manner that sent chill into Jade's spine, "Why should I? Like you, I am also looking for knowledge, but the idea I am seeking is in that locked room…"

"Hmph. Go away Demon King. I know your voice as well like a mother knows her child."

"Very clever, boy! I am powerless due to this…spell that the petty female archer cast on me. So, shall we work together?"

Before the vice leader can answer to the question, the dark fog transported itself inside Jade. Now there was a negative snickering coming from the man in charge of the Guild Union in a mind that did not belong to him.

"Time to get to work!" the Demon King spoke as he grinned to himself in Jade's voice. Using the experiences that the vice accounted, the master demon cast a sleeping spell on Liz and Fel to make sure they would not interrupt his actions by waking, and exited out of Velfa Library.


Hope you enjoyed! :D Next Chapter coming up soon! :3 Once again, Merry Christmas~