《The ice queen and the nobody》


 V1-Chapter 1 – The end of one fairy tale and the beginning of another

    It was a late spring night, in the prestigious kingdom of Reigaria, where an end-of-year dance was being held for the students of the Royal Lunciny Academy of Magic, the most prestigious magic academy in the kingdom in which only Nobles with the highest status attend, those with the highest finances or supreme talents.


    This dance was being performed in the academy dance hall, a space that was built with glorious chiseled walls with beautiful patterns, the floor made of 3 types of luxury wood that formed an impressive floor design, several beautifully polished columns around from the room as well as several elegant round tables of white tablecloths, the ceiling of the living room was painted with beautiful drawings that were in tune with the large luminous stone chandeliers. and to finish it must be noted that at one end of the room occupying a large space on the wall was a long table on which the king and queen of the kingdom were sitting since it is customary for kings to occasionally attend this dance, to meet the next generation of nobles or as on this occasion to accompany your son who was attending this time.


    But this was not dance like any other since this time, someone was being condemned.


    This, someone, was Crystal Ionia Gobilia Vicronia Justy Frontinio, the only daughter of the Marquis of Vicronia, who at this time was kneeling with her face looking at the floor several steps from the king and queen, in a beautiful white dress with blue details, with tears and pride showing on her face.


    A few steps away from her, two royal guards dressed in elegant military uniforms of the guard stood guarding her, guarding her prisoner.


    Standing several meters around her, most of the guests were, these students in their luxury dresses, looking at her with contempt and others with pity, due to the judgment presented by the royal family that was in front, more specifically by the prince who was in front of the side of the royal table, which along with the tenderly grabbing him was a young maiden, of tender temperance.


    "Crystal with the aforementioned evidence, your family is being condemned, for embezzlement, military crimes, including provoking wars without permits to neighboring countries, abuse of their people, conspiring against the crown, among others, and you are the lineage of that evil you were following in the footsteps of your parents, subjecting the low-born, trickling out future talents of the nation, either by blaming them for false crimes or abusing them to the point of resignation, as you tried to do with this tender maiden from a baron house who has an outstanding talent in all areas as well as being a rare user of sacred magic, do you have anything to say for you?"


    Exposed the prince with utmost majesty and oppression, and even without raising her head because she was not allowed to do it a cold and determined voice but melted and fractured by feelings sad comment.


    "Queri..."


    "Do not call me by name! you are no longer my fiancee nor are you worthy to address me by my name"


    "Sorry, Your Majesty"


    Those words were said with much regret but continued.


    "My parents could not carry out these crimes, someone must have blamed them, our land is going through a drought and someone is boycotting us, also our family has always been the sword and shield of the kingdom, we have no intention of betraying it."


    "Please inquired further in the matter, Your Majesty, we will always be loyal, and in my case."


    "About the intimidation of the students, it is true that I was repressing them but not as much as you say, I only scolded them, when they exceeded their status since if there will not be a disorder in the future if we do not learn to know what their place is, there must be someone who fatally admonished them in my name"


    "So that this maiden, who comes from the field, as her promise, is here ... I say what I''m sorry her ex-fianc¨¦e, I can''t allow a maiden to go over the top and try to make him fall in love, who knows if she wants to use it for her..." Crystal was finishing speaking when she was interrupted by Querin


    "Shut up, I will not allow you to continue insulting Litia, she is an angel of pure good and would never do anything wrong not like you, Oh Father please, say your sentence."


    After saying this, the King sighed and got up from his can and said solemnly.


    "Lady Vicronia, the evidence presented above is not found to be faulty and it is very concise, tell me because you have some evidence that proves otherwise that they are not empty words."


    After a little while, Lady Vicronia only said in a dire voice


    "not your majesty"


    "Well then, in view of the evidence, for crimes of treason to the crown, embezzlement of money, war crimes and abuse of power, I condemn the marquez and the marchioness of Vicronia to the gallows."


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    Once the fate of her parents was heard, the poor girl began to cry in silence trying to control her sadness, while the public and especially the prince smiled at the sentence as something deserved. But the sentence continues, and now it was up to Crystal.


    "And you Crystal, even if you did not have to do with the crimes of your parents, you are still partly responsible for being his daughter and not knowing anything, for which your status of nobility is withdrawn"


    "But at the rate of seriously damaging one Future generation of useful people of the kingdom, you have indirectly damaged the kingdom, so your condemnation is that you will become a slave to the kingdom and heavy tasks as a redemption will be assigned to all those you destroyed."


    "Now out of mercy to you that once you were going to be my daughter-in-law, I ask the public present, is there anyone here who in faith for her? be aware that the one who speaks can be played with her."


    And with that said the king, the young villain was already more dead than life due to her dark turn in life, and the public around her was muttering to each other but nothing in favor of her, it was more they were laughing at her future and how well she deserved it and that only a madman could defend her. And after a while that seemed like an eternity to her, the king said.


    "It seems that no one is comforted by you because the gods are comforted by you, guards can ..."


    "Wait, I, I, I will watch over her!"


    Everyone was surprised by those encouraging words and like a bear interrupting the king, which said something angry but with a pleasant surprise.


    "Ohh, it seems that someone has no respect for the king, but I will let him come to see him show himself and do not hide and say what he has to say."


    Then from the part of the public that was to the right of the condemned, a young man with brown hair and a light brown complexion, somewhat fat, and in a humble dress, came out and stood next to the guard who escorted the condemned and bowed to the king saying


    "My apologies your majesty I have exceeded myself, my name is Yulio Terion Viridio Funsei Jilipo Cusano, third son of the house of barons Funsei."


    "A Funsei house famous for its grapes, Apologies accepted but not repeated, now raise your head and present your argument in favor of it."


    "Thank you for your mercy, your great majesty. I pray for her since she is not deserving of those crimes against her, rather she is a very good person, she helps the weak like me who are intimidated by the great nobles."


    "In addition to always maintaining order in the school, although It is strict, it is for the good of the people, although it is true that conversely, it scolds the low-born for their outbursts, this does so that they do not self-exploit when they insult a high noble, in addition to indicating how they should behave in society. So I beg your highness to be merciful to her, she is a good person of great talent, who always watches over the good and order of the people." Yulio finished explaining himself.


    "Ohh so that''s what you think of her, but unfortunately it''s just your personal opinion and apparently nobody in this room thinks the same thing, and the evidence indicates otherwise, that you think about it."


    "My apologies my king but, those evidence could not be so truthful, I know that I am denying it but, those evidence against her, are only witnesses and people involved who could self-injure or negatively exaggerate the facts, although she is harsh Scolding, only hurting when they practiced in combat classes or helped them train, and made them see how hard they had to practice."


    "But even so it is your word against mine, but since I said that I would give mercy if someone looked after her I will, but I tell you, you tell me that you are hers to defend her like that, you can hardly consider yourself a noble, tell me perhaps she promised you something or what, tell me what he is willing to do for her, is willing to sacrifice for her or not"


    "I, I am nothing of hers, I am just a zero to the left, I have almost no talent or magic, I only came in here for the money of my family, I had no reason to exist, until she saved me, from Some students who were cruelly bothering me, and she advised me to study and serve something to make me respect and made me see that I had a good future, and since then, my future although hard I owe it to her because she is my savior, and so As she did with me, I swear that I have seen it, she did it with others, and I am willing to give my future for her since from the beginning this future of mine is for her."


    "What brave words you say to me boy, well, well, this could be considered a selfless declaration of love hahahaha youth."


    "Well to do, let me prove your faith to her, Sir Colin give him your sword, if everything you say about your faith is true, die for her, and I will be merciful to her, what do you say?"


    Yulio, already very nervous with the guardian''s sword, barely finished speaking the king did not hesitate to stab his heart with the sword. And the king, seeing the dying Yulio, with a sword skewered with surprise in his eyes, took out a small bottle of his clothes and threw it at the guard who was next to Yulio, indicating to him to give it to him.


    Then although the public was impressed, the guard was also shocked, he followed the order, took out his sword, and made him take the boy from the bottle, which caused the wound to close rapidly until only meaningless blood was left around.


    "Father why did you give him that precious option" Said Querin


    "Calm down son, and listen, I''m still doubting the evidence yo Crystal, Hear everyone present and your Funsei resists before passing out. For the mercy promised to Funsei for his act of selfless love, I declare that hereby, that Lady Crystal and Yulio third son of the Funsei house, taking advantage of the fact that both, like my son, should be of marriageable age, I order them to marry, And then go to the Desparamo territory to administer it as a new baron house, whose name will be decided in the near future, this will be their punishment and mercy that the gods take care of them and ensure their success and their souls."


    And just as the sentence passed the young man finished fainting from the impact, the sentenced was frozen and dead alive by events, the public stunned and the prince upset.

 V1-Chapter 2 – A tetric wedding and the prologue of both

    It was 2 weeks after the sentence and Yulio was standing on the altar of a simple church in the capital populated mostly by his relatives and some crown officials to monitor that the sentence is carried out, and of course, the beloved priest who I was wondering how it ended here.


    Yulio was extremely nervous about the usual causes of any boyfriend about to enter a new life, while anxiously waiting for his future and almost unknown wife. And in this process, it was agreed what happened days ago when he arrived at his house in the south after the sentence to prepare for the wedding and announce his relatives.


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    It was a week before the wedding when Yulio opened the large doors of his house and found himself looking at him, his beloved parents, whose faces reflected only concern and some relief at the reunion that their son was still well.


    "Father, Mother I have arrived, I, I regret my actions."


    But the parents did not wait for him to finish speaking when they hugged him fiercely and lovingly, while the mother told him.


    "Do not regret it, son, we already know the situation, a letter came to us explaining everything, you were very brave."


    And the father continued


    "yes yes, son, don''t apologize for that, we are only concerned with where they will send you, but come on, let''s go to the living room, there are things to talk about before that."


    And followed by that comment, the 3 separated and went to the living room where they could talk about the events and experiences of both the parents and their siblings who were not currently in the mansion, as well as the student life of yulio and what happened that day, but they avoided talking about the destination where he would go after the wedding.


    "But seriously son, who would say you did such an act in public, hahaha, you were always very shy, that lady must be very beautiful, ?what was your beloved''s name?"


    The father commented happily, to appease his anguish, to his already embarrassed son who replied, blushing.


    "Crystal, I already told you like 3 times father."


    and supporting his son, his mother commented.


    "Yes darling, he had already told you, you''re only doing it to annoy him."


    and the husband replied


    "hehe you love me, I was just kidding you son, ahh who would say that, you would get married before your older brothers, those 2, Yuler is so busy with his studies to run the business, that his commitment has been delayed a lot, by the gods, I think we are going to have to kidnap him and marry him once and for all, just like Yustio only this, he is somewhere being a knight of the kingdom. But not only that, he is marrying you the daughter of the Vicronia, a pity that now it is only an empty name, in another situation if you will marry a family of Marquis, our family would prosper and even more if they were the famous Vicronia masters of order and the war, but well what is going to be done, we can only, in addition to some help, wish you luck and take good care of ... ?what was it called?


    When offering the question, his wife looked at him ugly, and he apologized for later the mother to comment.


    "Hey son, but how is that young lady so you like it so much? they say she is cold as ice, she is talented in war but she is very rude with those of low birth.


    And the father continued


    "A certain son, how is it that you like it, and do not come to say that your sacrifice is not for love, and what a gentleman would do, because I do not believe you."


    "ehh well..."


    And so the conversation continued in the past, but memories of his reasons were cut short when an announcer announced.


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    And so the conversation continued in the past, but memories of his reasons were cut short when an announcer announced.


    "And now, dear guests, in honor of the great gods, let us begin this sacred celebration with the entrance of the bride."


    Then a pianist began to play the organ that was in the background in the church, and a choir recited a song according to the sound of the instrument, at the same time that the entrance door would have been, letting in slowly and escorted by a royal guard in gala dress, a young lady dressed in a simple all "white wedding dress with a veil that completely concealed her face and hair.


    Crystal, only felt anguish and sadness for each step she took, since each step reminded her of the cruelty she suffered, the shameful and unjust execution of her parents that she witnessed while for perhaps the first time they looked at her with tenderness and told her that everything would turn out well, that they loved her and that she remained loyal to the crown, the horrible future destined for her after this false commitment, And above all the unfortunate breakup and the horrible displeasure on the part of the man that she, since she was little, had shared so much and that possibly he would be the only one who had loved and still loved to the sound of today and the moments they spent together.


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    Like the first time she met him at 8 years old, at that tea party organized for her first fiance meeting, in which she was cold and did not care about anything, just being useful to her parents and the kingdom, she was sitting in front of the prince, who for his thoughts, was only a subject with whom he would often be and who should not offend if not the opposite.


    "This, I am Prince Querin Reigaria for short, it is a pleasure to meet you."


    The now little and tender 8-year-old prince introduced herself


    "The pleasure is all mine, your royal highness, my name is Crystal Vicronia for short, I hope I can be of your liking your excellence."


    But in contrast to the young prince''s tender and childlike formal presentation, the response was elegant, formal, and cold as if from an emotionless actor acting.


    And it was so with this presentation that the conversation died for a while until the prince with an impulse told his cold company.


    "You will always want to meet you, my father says that you are amazing, that you invented a war tactic that brought us victory over the barbarians and that you were very good at magic, it is thanks to you that although I am very strong, I strive every day to be even stronger, stronger and seeing you today is making me very happy."


    and she listening to the flattery of the prince, caused her cold heart to melt just a little, since, she was already used to those praises, but what happened after businesswoman to melt her ice. Since followed by a monotonous praise of the girl to respond to the prince, she after a moment of silence got up, approached the girl, and said.


    "You seem to be getting bored, like me from this party, come let''s venture into the city is a lot of fun."


    but to such strange and spontaneous words with an improper meaning of a prince, she tried to respond monotonously.


    "But your majesty, it is not proper for me to go..."


    "From now on calling me Querin, Crystal, that from today we will be fiancees and the fiancees will not be named with honorifics, now come and we will have fun in the city."This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    she said as she took his hand and dragged her off on the first of many unsolvent adventures in which she would come to truly love him and promised herself that she would do everything possible for his benefit and that she would be an exemplary queen who he would maintain order in the kingdom together with his beloved. And it is happening as planned until that maiden appeared who did not know her place and was falling in love with her beloved in addition to deepening the typical conflict of the lower to the upper class that had always existed in the academy, which she, with her efforts he had placated in a good way without leading to disaster on both sides. Since she appeared, things were falling apart, the appeased problems arose in a worse way, her friends began to separate, and her lover began to hate and like that lady, until everything ended in that party where she was supposed to announce her date of marriage, but instead he found out being imprisoned in his room at the academy, which announces the engagement of his beloved and that low-born maiden.


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    And these negative memories and others filled with sadness in the damaged people who were already reaching the podium, which was their only motivation was their loyalty to their crown that they still kept, as love for their beloved parents that although in their life they did not demonstrate much affection was now sure after her statements before dying, that they had always loved her.


    Once the lady arrived in front of Yulio, following the protocol, I nervously took away her speed from that creature that was only a head lower than him, to look at her graceful face. Which was white as snow, his blue eyes like sapphires to match his light blue hair, which was long and somewhat wavy, and his temperance was cold as ice but is beautifully but sadly corrupted, by the sad poorly hidden in his now not so controlled emotions and these traits will be seen, in the irritation and dark circles that presented his eyes that hardly came due to makeup.


    And giving contrast, Crystal when removing the veil, looked at her future husband whose face and the body was not to his liking because he represented what she thought a mediocre and futureless nobleman, since his body was somewhat fat and neglected, and his face partially covered with freckles of adolescence, showed insecurity and nervousness. The only thing salvageable in him was that bravery and kindness barely exposed.


    After they both saw each other face to face, the priest began to recite his mass.


    "Dear brothers and sisters, we are gathered here to celebrate the union of these two young souls, of Crystal and Yulio Funsei in sacred marriage ..."


    and with these registered words I begin, the union of both, which between thought and nerves both will coincide in remembering the moment they met, Yulio for nostalgia and Crystal as only for know, who will face in the future and how it was that he sacrificed for sacrificing him since there he did not remember who he was.


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    It was one night 2 years ago at the celebration at a dance to celebrate Friendship Day, where Yulio is near the entrance to the dance hall in a somewhat isolated courtyard, being bathed and humiliated by a glass of grape juice that one of 3 girls of high nobility was pouring on him.


    "?Did you like the grape juice of the party?, Eh heard that the grapes come from your territory, so knowing that I take the kindness to serve you a drink, ?or is it that you do not like my kindness?" commented on the culprit of such an act


    "Not at all, my lady, I am grateful for your gesture."


    upon hearing these, the 3 of them laughed maliciously, and the culprit of the act continued speaking.


    "Oh, good that you like it, my friends and me, on the contrary, it seems repulsive, so humble grapes but at the same time so expensive, but for some reason my father likes them but I felt very bad, when on his fortieth birthday, He wanted to buy a batch of his best wine, but this was very expensive for him, so he settled for a bottle, how sad and angry that day, but do not feel bad, that shows that we of the high nobility, we are not worthy of your grapes made by your humble family, ?right? "comment unpleasantly, the leader of the three.


    "I, i, i.." The boy tried to answer with his head down but the leader interrupted him.


    "well enough it doesn''t matter, that is only a minor matter, we only came to greet you since we saw that you were alone on a day that you should spend with your friends or partners, in addition to accompanying us in this celebration, but apparently you liked me so much the juice that, you forgot your manners and you get dirty yourself, well it is normal that those of low birth forget their manners, do not worry, but I think nevertheless that you will not be able to attend the party, how sad is not it?, do you think girls?."


    And between laughs, the others said yes, and then they continued to annoy him until an authoritative voice interrupted them.


    "You think you do!"


    Said that voice coming from an elegant and beautiful girl in her pre-teen with an air of cold authority, which minutes before was taking a tour, in case there is something wrong before the party while thinking about her future time with her prince.


    "Ahh, what a bum to do this tour, but I will not allow this dance to be ruined by some idiot who dirties the place or some indecent couples, I must maintain order, and thus my evening with Querin will be beautiful and perfect and he will be proud of me "


    Similar thoughts occurred until I notice the abuse of 3 girls against a boy.


    "Ahh, just when the tour was going to end, let''s see it seems to be the typical case of abuse, well there I go"


    And so with that thought, she embarked on the scene to recite the words that interrupted the abuse by the 3 who had the audacity to excuse themselves, more specifically the leader of the group.


    "Ohh Lady Vicronia, what an honor to have met on this special night, now we were just chatting amicably with our partner Yulio."


    The group leader said nervously, realizing the imposing figure of her opponent. On the other hand, Yulio, for the first time since his encounter with the girls, raised his head to begin to fill himself with hope and desire for the owner of the saving voice, which responded to the obvious and shameless lies.


    "You are hypocritical and shameless, I just asked you what you were doing, to see if you apologize for your actions since I know what you are doing since I saw you and directed me here, but instead of asking for a perad¨®n for abusing their neighbor, lowering their high noble status to annoy someone inferior to you, if not they dared to lie to me, now long and out of my sight, or tomorrow I will take them to the disciplinary council in my power as head of the security council and member of the student council."


    Finishing those words, the white girls with fear retired as quickly but elegantly as possible to flee from that woman, leaving the victim and her savior on the scene.


    "And you, my unfortunate partner, I advise you to become stronger so that they do not bother you anymore, if your low status is your problem, have your achievements and your ingenuity exceed your status and avoid problems."


    And the young man was filled with hope and joy at hearing such words from such a high and prestigious nobleman, to which in gratitude in tears he knelt before her and said to her.


    "Thank you very much Lady Vicronia, I will follow your advice with all my effort even if I do not achieve anything, and if you ever need my help I will be there for you."


    upon hearing these words, Vicronia responded with a pre-designed phrase for this situation previously experienced after these encounters.


    "Well, I hope you keep your words, see you"


    And then, the young lady turned around and continued on her way, while the young man stood for a while admiring his savior, then stopped and returned to his bedroom to continue his life now with a new motivation.


    and with this separation marked the end of the first meeting of the two souls who were now looking at themselves and the public, while the priest continued the mass until he said


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    "Now, there is someone who is against the realization of this union, speak now or forever."


    These words filled Yulio''s fateful fear of losing his beloved, and for his partner filled her with a vain hope that her prince would enter through those doors, and fight for her. But these sentiments died when after a convenient interruption the priest continued the ceremony.


    "Now I say to you, couple, it is moments of your vows and the ring ceremony, your, Yulio begins."


    And the young continued nervously saying while with his warm sweaty hands he took his partner''s left hand and introduced a simple gold ring adorned with a beautiful diamond embedded in his ring finger.


    "I Yulio while I live, I will, I will do everything possible and impossible to make you happy and provide you security."


    and then the unhappy young woman said monotonously, now with a ring on his left hand, while he placed it with his cold ones and debuted with his hands a simple gold ring on the ring finger of his partner''s left hand.


    "I will be a good wife, who will not bring dishonor to anyone."


    Having heard the priest, the pathetic vows of both continued saying and witnessing the act of the continuous rings saying.


    "Now I ask you Yulio Funsei, do you promise before the gods, your homeland, your family and yourself, to love and protect Crystal, in good and bad, in health and in disease and in wealth and in poverty Until death separates them?"


    "I promise"


    Yulio said, and then the priest continued


    "And do you promise Crystal before the gods, your homeland, your family and yourself, to love and protect Yulio Funsei, in good and bad, in health and in disease and in wealth and poverty Until death separates them


    "I promise"


    Crystal said weakly losing all his hope so that he would then precede the priest


    "Now with the power vested in me by the church and with the favor, presence and blessing of the gods I declare you Yulio Funsei and you Crystal husband and wife, the bride and groom can kiss.


    And with that statement, these 2 young and unhappy souls are now in a sacred marriage, and the couple only had to make a gesture of love to seal the bond, which is the damage at that moment paralyzed and about to break, and the Very nervous and conflictive young man to carry out an action for lovers, knowing that she surely did not want him, but deciding to last long, he leans towards his beautiful but unfortunate face and with his parched lips gently kisses his right cheek, act of which caused a silent tear to seep from her right eye. Marking the end of the wedding act and beginning a new life full of emotions and stumbles.

 V1-Chapter 3 – On the way to desolate lands

    Once in the middle of the night, after a gloomy wedding and some annoying procedures, the newly hunted were sitting uncomfortably together in their wedding suits, on the edge of an elegant double bed, in the middle of a decorated room belonging to a small mansion owned by the Funsei family in the capital, accommodated for the occasion.


    Yulio was nervous and flushed while interspersing his gaze, somewhere in the room, his wife and the elegant parchment that until now had not been opened, which his wife was reading in silence, this parchment was delivered by the Prime Minister after the wedding and after taking an oath to the crown, which indicated his new noble conditions.


    After a while, Crystal, still with red eyes, broke the silence saying monotonously and without much emotion, after rereading and meditating on the paper for a long time.


    "Then now you are Yulio Terio Viridio Valirente Funsei new baron of the new house Valirente of the Kingdom, and I''m Crystal Ionia Gobilia of Valirente, the wife of the new baron of Valirente. Whose house has the duty to govern the small territory Desparamo, municipality of the state of Arminio, and territory of Earl Monterio.


    Then her husband said a little worried and even nervous.


    "Well that was more or less what the Prime Minister told us ..."


    but not knowing what else to say, he stopped talking, but his words reached his partner, who looked at him without much emotion and continued his speech.


    "Territory which is possibly our tomb since it is home to terrible violent monsters, that roam destroying all civilization, home to arid and lifeless lands, and border with the Quectalia kingdom and the forest of death."


    Faced with such a fatal turn, that his partner was beginning to temper, Yulio told him


    "Crystal, ?are you okay?".


    but she continued ignoring him as she began to shed tears.


    "And now I am here, without family or anyone loved, dishonored for crimes that neither family nor I committed, despised, abandoned and condemned by the only man I have loved and supported, who is now with any one, about to consecrate my marriage, As the wife of a pathetic and ugly man I hardly even know who somehow liked me. I, what did I do to deserve this ..."


    And when she finished speaking, she began to sob after dropping the papyrus and covering her face with her hands, while her final speech struck her husband in the soul, making him feel bad and letting him know that he did not take much into account the feelings from your loved one, only your personal selfishness. Therefore, she decided something and said to her.


    "Calm down, Crystal, everything will be fine, we will overcome the territory, and I will always be by your side, I know I will not be the best but I will try my best to be your ideal man."


    And it was with this and more motivational phrases that her wife stopped crying and although little was filled with a little hope, in addition to putting her to see, to continue listening to her spirits.


    "So I encourage you, no, it is not the end of the world, you are the genius of war, an extraordinary magician, and I, well, umm you know, I am good at harvesting, my family is dedicated to cultivating, I know something or two, so don''t cry everything will be better, ?okay?"


    Then for the first time they entered, Crystal answered him, this time assisting with his head, returning his cold sanity and hope to his face, but still, a great sadness resided in her, which for now was appeased. And seeing her now recovered face, Yulio was relieved and continued saying.


    "Well, it seems that you are better, being relieved, let''s just not think about the bad things, and, and, and, you know, we don''t have to do that, I can just sleep on the floor, you don''t have to worry."


    But the last thing he said, he sank the joyous thoughts that were recently reigniting, to think carefully about his current predicament for which he had been so careful and which should be a unique and special moment with his prince, and not a terrible moment with that undesirable being, how much she was glad to know that that being was not going to do anything with her person, but then she thought about her future, about the man who will never love her again in her life, about her hard life in that horrible territory, in how she would lead her future life with that being and above all, that all that was true and inevitable, being that any attempt to escape her fate would lead her, to a dark fate perhaps even worse than the one she originally had. Achieving with this thought to obtain a decision with which she thought she would regret one day, On the other hand, at the time she was finishing thinking, her face expressed a decline in sadness, which her unwanted partner noticed and caused her to say nervously.


    "What happened, Crystal, did I say something wrong? If I did, I''m sorry, look, don''t worry ..."


    These words were stopped with the decision of his wife in the form of a small and wet kiss on his lips, which he removed the second, resulting in 2 different faces, a surprised and red face for Yulio and a sad, somewhat cold, determined face. , and resigned to Crystal, this being the one who broke the silence saying monotonously, with some pain in her heart for finishing sacrificing something of her and for continuing to do so.


    "No, now we are, a married couple and we have to fulfill our duty, we will also come to this sooner or later, and above all, the lost will never return to us, we can only continue with this."


    Then before his partner replied, he joined her lips with him, as he rushed at him, leaving without much results while hurting his soul with each action, his romantic feelings of his former lover in the cemetery of his heart, as well as burying also her great honor as the once feared and admired genius daughter of the Vicronios.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    The hands of the clock were turning stubbornly, until time after the morning sun had risen enough to just finish painting the sky a soft blue, and start the rhythm of the happy morning, being the early birds with their friendly songs as the opening orchestra of the first act of the day, which as the main theme, is the awakening of a new day filled with dreams and hopes, which was transmitted to all beings of daytime life, such as our partner, in such a way that the enchantment of this melody in the form of a soft light It crossed the elegant red curtains of its nest, subtly coloring the room with the light of a new day, accompanied by the happy songs of the birds, which together managed to fulfill in transmitting its charm, waking up placidly tucked up to the neck and skin in robes, in the stupor of the brief forgetfulness originated from the abandonment of the kingdom of dreams, to suddenly realize surprised, of a tender creature huddled on his right side sleeping with innocent pleasure, taking his right breast as his own possession and also receiving the guest shelter of his right arm. But seen closer, you could see him crushing his tenderness, the shadow of tears that once crossed his face.


    Some times the young man saw his protege, immediately but slowly arose in him the various memories and emotions of that night, leaving only nerves, happiness, conformity, happiness and the pathetic guilt that originated his good conscience, which now constantly invading, as they continued to see the face and part of the head of his now-wife, protruding from the thin cave of fabric that covered both bodies in fur; and continue to feel the warm contact coming from him, which more than retired, filled the dark hole that made up his nonconformist but intense loneliness.


    All these feelings and emotions led him to rectify and for once unknown to him, the cloying promises made to himself towards her, in addition to accompanying the morning sonata with his warm voice of a fool in love, addressed to his beloved.


    "How beautiful you are".


    But nevertheless, betraying his words, and detuning the fragile rhythm of joy, his partner pronounced in adorable whisper, part of his experience in the untamed kingdom of dreams.


    "Querin..."


    Soft and tender words stuck in his heart, mistreating his self-esteem and happiness that with vain effort he built on unstable bases. In addition, however, it will provoke in your body, a subtle movement that finished destroying the beloved place of happiness of his beloved, causing her, like her partner, to wake up in the stupor of oblivion, to leave it quickly when filled with momentary fright and anger, in the face of his current situation, and then this plummeted into cold temperance, sadness and an embarrassment detected by the slight revival of the fire on his face, while his gaze met his for a brief moment of silence, grief, pain and discomfort, which the husband awkwardly broke, with pathetic words with the intention of leaving aside the pain of his recently injured heart.


    "Good morning Crystal"


    These words being answered by the little emotional words of the wife


    "Good Morning"


    And when the good days were over, Crystal quickly separated from her partner, getting off the bed, bringing with her the sheet that covered them both, to be able to cover herself as she came out of that situation, trying as much as possible not to look at the humble naked body of Yulio, which caused Yulio a bitter feeling of rejection, who watched her leave his side, which changed to concern when she saw that once she stopped, she wobbled subtly in pain, which she reasoned and discovering the why, causing her some sadness and intensified when out of wild curiosity in her reasoning she saw, like her partner following her gaze, the reddish sacrifice resulting from the previous night, adding to both discomfort and grief, and to Yulio specifically, feelings of achievement, guilt in the shadows.


    Then later, she turned to the opposite side to go to the closet, so that after opening it, she felt the silly and unpleasant look of her imperfect partner bewitched by her, hindering her dressing routine. Therefore, not enduring the shame in which it was decided that she would forget, she said abruptly to her partner with authority.


    "Out of here."


    Hearing her words coming out of the trance, her husband got out of bed quickly, heading quickly to the bathroom while covering his parts.


    After a while, Yulio was able to go out after being told to do so, and to see his wife in homemade but elegant clothing, which fascinated him briefly since when he went out she went directly into the bathroom, marking his turn to get dressed.


    Both of them finished dressing and preparing their travel bags, they left the room together to go to the kitchen, to satisfy their hunger, to appreciate on the way how desolate the mansion was, once in the kitchen the young man trying to impress his wife He made a humble breakfast for both of them to show off their skills, which did not help much, since his wife was meditating calmly at the dining room table in the next room.


    At her breakfast after a silence, in force since the decision of who would cook, Crystal cynically commented


    "I guess this will be our last breakfast in the capital before we die."


    but her nervous and positive partner contracted her.


    "Don''t think about that kind of thing, I already told you that everything would be fine with our abilities."


    Then she remembered last night, causing him to relax, but answered with a logical argument.


    "But that will only happen if we transcend the effort or a miracle happens if we want to survive."


    then she said positively


    "Well, I guess we have to pray and make an effort from now on"


    and now she has regained her cold self-esteem a little


    "Especially you, nasty fat ball, for now, all you serve is bait and disgust me."


    This comment affected him greatly, cooling his spirits, but this one from within sat up saying nervously.


    "I, I, I can change."


    words heard by the cold lady who found it funny, to think that this useless man who apparently did not redeem himself with the words she said to him that time at the friendship party.


    "hahaha I will believe it when I see it, it is more I will help you if I see that you comply with what you said."


    and the husband answered him.


    "I tried then ... umm by the way, supposedly they were looking for us a convoy made up of my family''s guard, knights, and servants."


    and this comment was answered quickly


    "Supposedly they should come here ..."


    But he was cut off by a person who knocked on the door and shouted at him in passing for their identities, followed by which they left their breakfast almost to finish to see their guests who turned out to be the convoy waiting for them made up of 4 gentlemen selected by the king, 4 guards of the Funsei family and 2 servants of about 30 years of both sides respectively. Being one of the knight who was knocking on the door. Who told them when they opened the door


    "Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Valirente, we are here to take you to serve your sentence in that land of death, please bring your suitcases and enter the coach."


    Both of them stayed still and their stomachs turned as they finally faced their journey, but enough happened to them, to answer in the affirmative, search for their belongings and store them in the float, and then they would enter it, this soon after beginning. to move slowly towards the desolate lands.

 V1-Chapter 4 – travel records

    04/10/1034 (Yulio''s Diary)


    Today I resume the record of my life after 2 days of much movement, in which during the second I was able to marry, certainly, that has to be the best moment of my life, although it hurts a little, that the circumstances of our union are so unfortunate.


    Going back to today''s events, I got up pleasantly after an unforgettable night, it felt great to get up next to my princess, although the moment fell when she woke up ..., I do not want to comment on this, I will simply write that it was an uncomfortable situation that only I improve when we leave the room.


    Then I made a good breakfast, too bad it was ruined a bit because we discussed our cruel future and in that, I promised that I would make an effort, you will see, but I ended up being ruined when some soldiers suddenly arrived to take us to our new home, we had I had to finish breakfast quickly but it was not long, pack fast, I am lucky that this book is loaded up and down if I did not have to buy another book since we left one and without saying goodbye to my family, although now that I think it could be the best since it could make me sad to see my family since she just lost hers.


    In short, we got on the carriage and set off for our destination, the terrible territory. We scattered home to insane monsters, lifeless lands, and almost no resources. Inside the first carriage, only my princess Crystal and I went, in the second the maids went, and the guards escorted us around, who incidentally one of them worked in the family home.


    Minutes after starting the trip, honoring my promise to be better, I insisted to my princess that she was a little gone, to help me practice my magic, she accepted easily but in a resigned way almost like a doll, she has already entered and left I sometimes worry about that attitude, although I understand her reasons a little, I can''t do much about it just being better support for her.


    After she agreed, spend the rest of the morning reviewing the basic principles, since according to her after an initial demonstration, I am pathetic and should start from the beginning without a no for an answer ..., I must admit that she explains well, worthy of a genius.


    at noon we stopped for lunch in the middle of the road, at that moment I asked one of the guards of my family if I could train, unfortunately, I decline, because there was no time for that, then it occurred to me to do simple exercises inside the car My princess strictly prohibited it, since she was not going to bear my sweat odor or my sweaty appearance, I suppose I will have to hold on until I reach my destination.


    The rest of the day I spent mostly practicing magic and taking classes from my princess.


    04/11/1034 (Yulio''s Diary)


    This day nothing outstanding happened, I spent practicing magic with my princess, not that there was much to do, besides an uncomfortable silence and playing a little with the cards.


    According to the guards, it seems that tomorrow morning we will reach a town where we can rest and stock up.


    I must comment that while I''m writing this, inside the car before sleeping, maybe I''m overthinking it, but sometimes I feel the look of my princess in my diary, it should be noted that my life is sleeping in the seat in front of mine.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    04/12/1034 (Crystal''s Diary )


    This is the first record of this diary and the first time I write a diary, I never had the need for one, they seem useless to me since I remember my life very well, although I suppose that those with memory failure will serve them well. The reason I write this is that I have something to do in travel time, I guess I will vote for it after this.


    This morning started like the previous one, uncomfortable, this is because of the hard chair that although it was padded it was hard and uncomfortable, after this I voted for my partner in the car, to help me to introduce myself to everyone, how much desire do I have to expel those servants, I almost want to make my useless partner assist me, at least he has positive feelings towards me since they both look at me as an enemy that they have to serve on the orders of their master.


    After preparing, I got out of the car to have breakfast with everyone to fulfill my duty as ''good wife who accompanies her husband'', since only trying to be a good wife is the only thing left for me now, although apparently nobody except my partner does not like my presence making breakfast silent, what a difference when everyone fought to eat with me ..., what hypocrites, anyway, continuing, after breakfast, we rested a while and we continue the course.


    After 3 hours, in which I spent teaching this brute the refined art of magic, we spotted a town in the distance, within half an hour we were able to enter, I must say that it is a lively town. Upon arrival, we stayed at the mansion of the baron who runs the town, who simply greeted us with minimal respect.


    the day passed without news until after lunch where we were suggested to visit the town, it was me, my partner, a maid and 2 gentlemen, on the way I bought this newspaper with money that my partner gave me, to buy me what I would like, besides that, he gave me a necklace of humble quality, at least my partner is attentive, as well as the prince when we were very close...


    The sun began to hide and we had to return, already at the mansion, I started teaching magic to this moron, chubby man who is close to me in bed, I am doubting his ability to learn, I at 6, already mastered all the basics that I''m teaching you. If it wasn''t that I have to be a good wife, and that she seems to have perseverance, I wouldn''t teach her anything.


    After practicing for a while, it was time for dinner, which was good although the atmosphere was rigid.


    After dinner, we said goodbye and I went to bathe and then face my destiny again, but not before starting this newspaper


    Why does this happen to me....


    why....


    what have I done wrong...


    I miss father and mother ...


    Father, mother, are you seeing this? Am I doing the right thing? Is this fair? As I miss you ...


    I feel that there is no end to my sadness, to my pain.


    what have I done to deserve this?


    04/13/1034 (Crystal''s Diary)


    I will not write about my morning, I will only say that the useless is a hypocrite, he claims to be a saint who would do nothing to me, but when he is unleashed he shows his disgusting colors.


    We leave after a tense breakfast and preparing things.


    There''s not much to mention about the rest of the day, just practicing magic, and some activities to pass the time.


    04/14/1034 (Yulio''s Diary)


    This was a normal day, I must comment that laziness is killing me, I think I will become a master of magic if we continue at this pace of vacating, although I think that my princess does not think the same, she says I am a hopeless case, but hey, I have to keep trying.


    04/15/1034 (Crystal''s Diary)


    The days are long and distressing as we get closer and having nothing to do on the way, just thinking that it takes about a week to arrive and be in this environment, it makes me nervous, even when I travel 3 weeks with my father to the war was as heavy as this.


    I think that commenting on my feelings about this trip does not count as a description of the day, although I must admit that in a way it relaxes me a little. I think I understand a little why people write one.


    04/20/1034 (Yulio''s Diary)


    From this morning we officially entered our territory, which although it is large, is very desolate and infected with monsters and bandit.


    During lunch the orcs assaulted us, if it wasn''t for my princess we would be in trouble, seeing her fight was quite a show, certainly the best.


    Later in the twilight, this time the bandits assaulted us, just remembering their faces when they looked wickedly at my princess caused me to get their guts out, although I think my princess thought the same, only that she did. Now after the massacre, I feel sorry for them.


    she needed to try harder, I feel useless for not being able to help due to not having the necessary strength.


    04/21/1034 (Crystal''s Diary)


    Ever since we entered this dreadful place, only desolation and wicked enemies surround us.


    Today we receive monster assaults in the afternoon, and at night, luckily I am an elite warrior and magician, otherwise, we would all be dead, or worse as slaves to our victors. Well if the difficulty stays that way at least I won''t get bored as much.


    According to the guards and their map, it seems that we will arrive tomorrow, in the early afternoon nothing happens, I think we will arrive before dark. I think this will be the last thing I write in this pathetic diary.

 V1-Chapter 5 – New home

    On the afternoon of the 22nd of the 4th month at the beginning of spring, the young couple''s small caravan had just entered through an entrance formed by the separation of two small mountains, into an extensive valley formed by dry land and some bushes. parched with hardly any life.


    Once inside and after a few minutes, the two individuals at this time, one practicing magic and the other teaching him without care and with nothing else to do, until they were interrupted by the guard who was acting as the driver, through a crack that gave to the driver''s seat.


    "Hey, little turtledoves, look, you can see your new home from here, I''ll leave the window open for you to see."


    The young man blushed a little while also being annoyed by the initial comment, being that he responded by assisting with the head, meanwhile his partner, just annoyed but did not reflect on his cold face, however unlike the young man she replied saying.


    "I get it."


    After the driver turned around, the couple, in turn, was peeking out during the journey to see a small town approaching in the distance within a wall destroyed made of sandstone, which around them could be seen 8 worn pillars placed symmetrically at a great distance from the city.


    After a while, the float was already at the city gate, a place where some careless and weak-looking soldiers held them for a few moments to check their identity, which was no problem and they were let through without much formality.


    Upon entering the town, the couple was able to carefully appreciate the gloomy landscape of their new home, which could be described as poverty and desolation. Since through the windows they could see mostly 2 types unfold towards their sides, some made of sandstone blocks made ruins, but adapted with mud and some wood to be habitable, or simply humble neglected houses made of mud and wood. And in front of these houses, you could see the population of the place looking at them with curiosity or hope, which were not healthier than their houses since being a divider, some could be seen as malnourished homeless people dressed in rags, others more decently dressed lightly with the skins of some animal or monster, and strangely you could see some depressing-looking soldiers and some tough and tough men in fur dresses.


    This straight route, lasted several minutes before stopping at a ruined mansion located at the other end of the town at a distance away from it, this was covered by a vacant lot and adorned by some dead trees.


    The float stopped in front of the mansion where a middle-aged man dressed decently in fur was waiting at the entrance, where after a while he received the couple saying.


    "Welcome, my noble lords and Mrs. Valirente, to this humble town abandoned by the gods, I am the head of the town, Antenio, I am delighted to meet you and from today I will be at your service, for anything you wish to request."


    After finishing his presentation, Yulio as head of the house came forward saying.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    "We appreciate your welcome Mr. Antenio, and, although it is obvious that you know who we are, it is fitting to introduce ourselves cordially to you, I am the new Baron Yulio Valirente and she is my dear wife Crystal, hopefully, we can get along well in the future, and gladly We accept your services and although we have many questions to ask you, it is late and we are exhausted from the long journey, so we would like you to come tomorrow at 10 in the morning to discuss the situation of the town and its future."


    Then the village chief answered him.


    "I am happy with your thanks, and I will be delighted to meet you tomorrow, without further ado, I say goodbye wishing you wisdom and fortune."


    The village chief then left, leaving the couple with their entourage in front of the mansion, but when they were about to enter, the royal guards told the couple.


    "Baron and Mrs. Valirente, we the royal guards as well as the rest of the staff, as we had explained before, we were only there to escort them and serve them up to here, after this, they will have to fend for themselves with their own means, we wish them the best of the luck, so we said goodbye."


    That said, all the staff said goodbye, the most affectionate being those from the Funsei house, who although they wanted to stay, were tied by orders of the crown, after the layoffs the staff with the floats went back, looking for a Hotel to leave after stocking up, leaving the couple quietly at the entrance to the creepy mansion with several suitcases at their feet.


    "Well, we''re here, after everything that happened to you, so I think this is the beginning of a new life, ? don''t you think?"


    Yulio commented to break the uncomfortable silence and to start his new life with an encouraging phrase but was received by a harsh criticism of his partner.


    "Shut up and let''s go inside."


    Following the cold response, the young woman searched her suitcases for a lamp which she lit and entered the mansion with a suitcase in one hand and the lamp in the other, leaving Yulio silenced with his response which after the impact followed his couple in packing.


    Once inside the mansion they realized that inside it is more horrible than on the outside, making the inside appreciate that the mansion was mostly made of sandstone and not wood, since removing the detail that inside there was not a single Furniture, walls and floor were dirty, fractured and in some cases destroyed, was the definition of a ruin, which was scary due to lack of lighting.


    And so when the 2 of them were again in awkward silence with all the suitcases in the main room that led to the entrance, Yulio tried again to break the ice.


    "Umm home, sweet home, right now it might seem horrible, but I think that overtime ..."


    But nevertheless he was interrupted by his adorable wife.


    "Shut up once and for all, what you do is worsen the spirits, it is obvious that this mansion is horrible and the town is worse, and the worst thing is that the rumors seem real, this is a land of death, by chance and visualize a small river passing through the town, but the detail is that its waters are black, a sign of contamination. Also almost and we have no money. By chance and we have authority in this town, what a horror, this will certainly be our end."


    Finished her cold and logical negativity, her partner only remains for her to say


    "Certainly, we are bad, very bad, but I think we still have hope, just think, if there was no hope, as the people are still alive in some way, so I encourage you, we will solve our situation step by step, but for now that we have not started to organize the dinner that is about time."


    In response to her partner, Crytal only snorted as mockery and accepted only the idea of ??dinner, for this reason, they looked in their suitcases for travel snacks and ate them with water in silence sitting on the main staircase that led to the rooms on the first floor. after eating, they toured the mansion a bit and decided to put the suitcases in a more or less impeccable room on the ground floor, and sleep in it throwing some sheets as a quilt.

 V1-Chapter 6 - first morning

    Pain, only pain and discomfort felt the young couple, during the night trying to fall asleep due to the hard floor which they were not used to, achieving their goal after a few hours.


    The next morning, due to the harsh rays of the sun, they both woke up, the first to wake up was Yulio, all sore and tired at night, but when he saw his beautiful wife sheltered with the only blanket they had, all him Pain was fading and filled with encouragement, who came out of his stupor when his partner opened his hunted eyes to stare at him even in sleep.


    "Good morning" greeting Yulio sorry that his wife answered somewhat sorry.


    "Good."


    And after their first greeting in this new house, they both looked at each other awkwardly until Yulio left the room saying.


    "What a terrible night ...., we urgently need a bed or something."


    Faced with such a correct comment, his beloved wife, even knowing what would happen to have a bed, could not help answering him with all sincerity.


    "You''re right..."


    And with the good morning expressed, both began to get ready for the new day, to then take out some food reserves, and having no furniture, they had no choice but to find an acceptable place to eat, being none other than the stairs from the main room, where they enjoyed a very humble breakfast while discussing what today''s plans were, starting a stupid question mark.


    "What are we going to do?"


    Asked the young husband against him, who first of all looked at him ugly for such a question, and then sighed at his wit, giving way to briefly think about the answer and say it with annoyance.


    "First of all, get as much information as possible from the village chief, then perhaps depending on how the meeting goes, we would have to explore the town and see with our eyes how things are, and after gathering all the information we will start working According to this, did you understand?."


    It should be noted that Yulio noticed the bad mood of his partner from her question, feeling bad but even so, he did not answer against it, rather she answered it with another question.


    "Yes, I understand, listen, and about what we discussed about how we divide the supposed tasks, does that still stand? Because I think it would be good if ..."


    but the suggestion was abruptly interrupted by it


    "No!, of course not, I already demonstrated during the trip that you do not serve or to convince your servants to stay here, you are fatal concerning the military area, and it only saves you that you are good at agriculture and you know more or less general knowledge, You are just a farmer with average education, So the only thing you are going to do is manage the accounts that apparently will not be so difficult to work with zeros, try to give a good image of sir, and as you say, try to cultivate something in this misery and exercise. I will take care of the rest, do you understand?


    These harsh, angry, and cold words broke the populous will of Yulio accepting his bad treatment while reminding him how useless he was. This being exposed and expressed with a pathetic apology.


    Time slowly passed for the young couple as they waited for a visit from the village chief, during which time they used it to finish grooming themselves, study a bit, set the mood for the meeting, and plan their conversation with the chief. Once the old man arrived, they received him politely and guided him to a room in the mansion, where he was standing out of place, a table with 4 backless chairs made of stones found in his courtyard that were poorly sculpted by the magic of Crystal; Upon entering the room, the 3 had different reactions to the furniture, surprise for the village chief and sorrow for the couple, but not for these reactions they could not accommodate themselves in such a way that the village chief was facing the couple, being It is more specifically the one who started the formal conversation trying as they had planned before ''trying to give a good image of the Lord'' saying.


    "Well, Mr. Antenio, I hope you can explain the current situation of the town, for now, why don''t you tell us a bit about why the town is so ruined."


    Then Antenio began his explanation


    "About the first, I don''t know, the story says that the damage was so devastating, that it would take all the power of several high-ranking clerics but his transfer has been postponed, for different reasons, I don''t know much about that, about, On the other hand, we citizens here find it difficult to decide to start from scratch in another place, but in addition to that, the family of the Earl of Monterio, have prohibited after the war, all emigration of the people claiming that the place cannot being left unprotected due to danger from an invasion from the forest, and because in the future it is planned to solve the problem and apparently it is true because every so often we see some of the count''s envoys passing into the dead forest."The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Yulio asked next.


    "I see, well that explains how they are still here, but tell me, how they stay? since as you say water is poison, there are no crops apparently, and outside there are many monsters to dedicate to commercial anything."


    When asked, the village chief told him


    "Well, what happens is that, at the beginning of the misery, as a survival measure it was decided to create a second common water pool in the town and both cover them with purifying spells, using the first to purify and another to use it, so when the second is finished, the first is ready to use, the problem is that the purification takes about a month and the water hardly yields for the population, the other is that every 5 years you have to pay a lot of money to the earl so that he can send some Mages who fix purification spells as they wear out over time. That is about the water, about the food, the hunters of the town, they provide us from time to time with some monsters to eat and obtain their skins, with which we can use them to commercialize it and obtain money for the magicians.


    After the speech, Yulio continued questioning.


    "Umm I see, well with that I would explain, the situation of the town, but I have one last question, you know why this mansion is in ruins, as I understand it, when we came, the old man retired, so he did not I explain this situation."


    This question provoked the old man, sweated a little, and hesitated to answer something that was noticed by the couple who prepared for their answer.


    "Hey well, I don''t know how to tell you, hey, look, you didn''t hear it from me, but you know, the gentlemen who have come before you, arrive and go to the nearby city the next day, leaving the mansion abandoned without protection If you know what I mean no? but please don''t punish us for that please."


    Given this statement, both understood why they slept so badly, and they insulted the previous owners inside and they were going to insult the people if it were not for their final plea which reminded them, the precarious situation that plagues them, meanwhile in the outside both answered him.


    "Already..."


    And Yulio continued saying.


    "Well do not worry, we will not punish anyone, also we will stay in this place to emerge with you, umm well I suppose that with this we have to start working, thank you very much for your information, with this you can withdraw, I hope good luck."


    In saying this, both, Yulio and Antenio were preparing to stop when Crystal stopped them saying coldly.


    "Wait a bit both, Sir Antenio, according to your explanation the hunters of the town provide fur and food to the town but what happens to the soldiers, what they do in this town, for those who I saw when we arrived, were in bad driving. Explain us Antenio."


    Then Antenio answered him.


    "Well, the soldiers, right, this one, they stay to protect the town, my lady, they are an example to follow."


    But Crystal before the dubious answer of Antenio she faced it.


    "Antenio, your answer sounds as if it were hiding something, tell me the truth of the situation of the soldiers in this town, do not worry, nothing bad will happen to you, we are now the lords of the town and therefore the law and the order here, you have nothing to fear."


    Before the fierce lady''s strong confrontation, Antenio submitted, spitting everything out.


    "The soldiers, they are corrupt, taking advantage of their power representing justice and leaning on the power of the lords who are not to handle things, they took the people as their own in such a way that they take and command as they please, As half of our water reserves to just say something, their only exception are the low-ranking soldiers who have no power among them and have to suffer like us but even so they take advantage of us a little, an example is the gate guards. Please my lords do justice to them.


    Yulio upon hearing his statement was shocked about that dark truth, but on the other hand his wife did not seem surprised, rather a little colder than normal; Then Crystal then comforted him saying.


    "Don''t worry, justice will be done, my husband and I are not going to allow this kind of abuse by the soldiers, so go and call me the commander who rules over this town and that he present himself with all the soldiers except the Doormen, in front of the mansion at two o''clock ... I say at 2 o''clock at the latest or he will suffer terrible consequences, now go and go."


    Antenio shocked with the imposition of the mandate shot out of the mansion, leaving the couple alone in silence again, this time being Crystal who broke the ice.


    "What rage those soldiers give me, the soldiers must be the representation of order, justice and security in the town, I will make them pay for their crimes."


    Yulio before this statement could not help thinking and then upset his partner.


    "But look, as you know if what Antenio said is true, we have only seen some soldiers since we entered yesterday."


    Said this Yulio, Crystal under the intensity and reason a little better, seeing Yulio in a good way for his reasoning and said to him.


    "Reason ..., I suppose I went too far, thank you Yulio, but with or without corruption I was also planning the meeting, so let''s do this, go and see the town to confirm what the mayor said asking the villagers, or looking at what the soldiers do, go because you have until one.


    At this order Yulio could not help asking,


    "Because I?


    resulting in a cold response.


    "And why not? Also,didn''t you want to exercise?


    Yulio before such logic could not refute it, continuing to put on her worst clothes, in order to disguise herself as a villager and leave for the town leaving her partner alone, who prepared to organize this afternoon''s event, but both in their task could not. avoid remembering something very important by thinking the following.


    [Damn, forget to ask about a bed.]

 V1-Chapter 7 - A little lively meeting

    Time passed until one in the afternoon at which time, Yulio had just returned, all sweaty from his mission to collect information, only to find himself in the courtyard in front of the entrance, a block of stone (the pseudo dining room table), in which elegantly sat his beloved partner; Yulio waking up from his impression, approached his partner thinking how to flatter her after seeing such a scene, resulting in the following greeting.


    "I''ve come back hon ..., I''m back, you look very elegant and graceful."


    Nevertheless, his compliments like many others said by various lick boots, were ignored by his partner, except for his attempt to call her by a corny adjective, which although she had an impulse inside his body, immediately removed it from his mind, and finished processing the greeting, as a civilized person it had to be returned.


    "Yes, enough nonsense, what did you get? and do not come near me, you smell sweat, it is more after telling me to go bathe."


    Before those words, Yulio backed away a little, feeling bad and embarrassed, but still, I speak to him.


    "Well ... about the investigation, although the disguise did not help much, even so, I could find what was necessary, look what Antenio told us is true, the soldiers have the subject people abusing power and taking advantage of the few resources that here are some of the cases I found just by looking from the side ...,"


    Yulio''s explanation was abruptly cut off by his partner saying she.


    "Enough, enough, that''s enough, I just wanted a confirmation, not a testimony, now go clean yourself or something."


    With these words, Yulio sighed negatively and was about to say goodbye, when she thought of something important in her immediate future, which she had to mention to her partner.


    "Well, I''m glad to help you, but look how do I bathe? if there is no water."


    Immediately Crystal was going to answer him, but he retracted it thinking a little about the question and then telling him.


    "You are right, there is no water, but I can produce it using the humidity of the environment, so go and bring a bucket, we should have something like this in our suitcases."


    Complying with his wife''s guidelines, he came and went in 5 minutes with a pair of large pots, finding his thoughtful partner still sitting on the stone, but this serene composure was interrupted seconds after he arrived and spoke to her.


    "Crystal, I only found these pots ... Is everything ok? It seems that something worries you."


    Then she began to answer him.


    "Not at all, I was just thinking about the issue of water, concluding in the meantime, that for now, you have to be discreet about the fact that I can produce it almost at ease, so don''t say anything about how we get water, for now, it is understood?.


    At the final question, Yulio answered him.


    "I understand ... and about the pots?


    These words reminded his partner of the matter of the pots for which he said.


    "Oh yeah, the pots, put them on the floor and back off a bit."


    Yulio following his request putting the pots on the floor and then backing away a little, immediately, his partner still sitting, he directed his gaze and concentration towards the pots, moments later from above the pots he began to feel barely visible currents attracting the air around it forming a three-dimensional pattern, and then from its core, 2 small streams of pure water begin to fall, which after a few seconds filled the pots; Once full, the streams disappeared, along with the water.


    "Wow ..., I will never tire of seeing how you do magic without even moving, it is impressive."


    These compliments of Yulio, which were accompanied by the action of collecting the pots, were answered in a somewhat dry manner.


    "It is not so impressive, any magician with some skill can do it, only that most of them are idiots who settle for using their hands, now go away, because the smell is bothering me."


    After this comment, Yulio went to clean himself, to then spend time with his partner discussing magic, plans, among other things until it was done at 2 in the afternoon, at which time a large group of soldiers arrived in order to feet commanded by their commander, on the other hand, the young couple was waiting for them, standing on the stone table while taking a pose of authority.


    the soldiers to arrive, by orders of their commander, organized themselves in rows 10 steps from the table in a firm position, which they did with noise and disorder, while their commander was a few steps ahead of them, once ordered , the commander commanded his force.


    "With a view, to Baron Valirente, Great Lord of Desparamo,Sa-Lute!.


    Immediately, with a bit of desynchronization by several soldiers, all of them including their commander, they jerked up their left hand, all extended and straight, until the tip of their middle finger touched their hundreds, then after a few


    While this act was taking place, in Yulio''s perspective, this situation was shocking, as well as strange, and his opinion about the soldiers and their act, removing the fact that he knew, the misdeeds they had incurred, was that they were presentable but somewhat thin except the lieutenant with his robust.


    Also, his act was what would be expected from disciplined soldiers, but nevertheless, what really bothered him was that in all his presentation, not only did they ignore his wife in terms of authority, but he could also notice him morbid thoughts towards your partner.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    But despite this, he continued waiting for the lieutenant to finish reporting, and later, speaking as his partner had indicated, but nevertheless, when the lieutenant finished his report, the man from the corner of his eye saw how his partner was, noting that she was colder than usual with a dangerous aura, this, together with the disgust of the soldiers for their misdeeds and their insult to their love, led her to slightly break the plan to be gentle.


    "Piece of being despicable! how dare you come all the way here carrying that hypocritical smile, and incidentally disrespecting my dear wife who is her mistress."


    Faced with this unusual outburst of anger in him, both Crystal and the soldiers were surprised, the latter feeling immediately, contempt and hatred for their new lord, replacing their feelings of ridicule and pity, especially their lieutenant, who, the surprise He led him to answer somewhat awkwardly, but he still dared to wear his smile.


    "My .. my lord, my people if we disrespect the lady, but we the military, we respect the honor and the hierarchy .., and the lady ..."


    Nevertheless, Yulio did not let him respond saying.


    "I do not give a damn about your excuses, my lady sublime honorable mind, in addition to having the same rank as me, and if she does not have it, now she has it by the power that is granted me as baron of this territory, It is more, It will be her and not me who will talk to you from now on in the future, now I leave you with your great lady Crystal Valirente, that the gods have mercy on your souls."


    Then, he moved to the side giving the center to his partner, who accepted him moving towards him, while after moving to the side he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, returning to his meek attitude, but without losing the act of authority. Once he took command, she addressed them with more coolness and authority than ever.


    "Attention all, first of all, we did not bring you here, to listen to your slobbery, they are here to receive your punishment, for this reason! I, Crystal Valirente with the power conferred by Baron Valirente, Lord of Desparamo and commander of Desparamo''s forces, on charges of corruption, coercion, indiscipline, and abuse of authority, have been demoted from their current rank, to recruit, and will receive over 5 years different punishments at my convenience. And Lieutenant Romeros as a figure in charge of the troops, being responsible for all and therefore the greatest culprit of all crimes, is expelled from the armed forces and will be sentenced to 30 years of uninterrupted prison, do they have anything to say?


    I would have said that Lieutenant, first he got a little scared, but then he calculated some sinister things in his mind with favorable results which gave rise to the decision to laugh for a while, change to a vicious face, and start saying.


    "Oh my lady, it seems that you already know everything and you do not want to negotiate with us, it is a pity, we could get along well, like the man who came before the previous one, but he, like you, did not agree with us, And you know what happened to him? Let''s say the monsters ate him, soldiers, do you agree?


    At the last interrogation, more than half of the soldiers smiled and half laughed, then responded together with the others.


    "Sir, yes sir."


    Then the lieutenant continued speaking.


    "Then if you don''t want to be eaten by the monsters together with your fearful husband, I think it is better that you treat us well, and why not? Come to "discuss" strategies with us hehehe, what do you think?


    Those vicious words caused Yulio fear and anger, being the first caused mostly by the number of soldiers gathered and the second by his wife, on the other hand, his partner apparently was affected by this words causing her to temper a little anger and that His surroundings emitted intense cold, to then say as calmly as possible, but still contain his anger the following.


    "That seems to be your answer and everyone''s answer, right? Then ..."


    before continuing his words, the air around him and only around him, only affected by Yulio, began to grow colder and move invisibly in him, the mana of Crystal, forming several patterns, among which was one, in particular, it was a concentrated pattern just above his right shoulder.


    "by reason of bribery, coercion, the murder of a lord, and high treason of condemned to die."


    Immediately after saying his sentence, the pattern that was forming on his shoulder generated almost instantly out of nowhere a small ice stake, which was thrown at an impressive speed, piercing in the process the lieutenant''s forehead leaving his face frozen the asset of the transformation from mockery to fright.


    Once the lieutenant fell, Crystal exhaled as if she were tired in addition to staggering a little, which worried her partner, on the other hand, the soldiers were in shock about the sudden death of their lieutenant. But they left this after the guilty one, with a tired voice, told them.


    "This is not over, a worse punishment awaits those who agreed with him, and believe me, I have a good memory, ... what''s wrong? Are you afraid? Come if you dare, otherwise, I will come for you."


    Finished those words he began to walk slowly to the edge of the stone, which caused the soldiers to react being more than half who were to leave with their lieutenant, seeing their bad future if they did not do something, they began to run towards her what scared Yulio, while the others backed away. Nevertheless, Crystal already on the edge with the soldiers only a few steps from the stone, smiled wickedly, the apparent weariness disappeared, from his body quickly emanated a sublime amount of mana invisible to human eyes and surrounded with the group Insurgent, to instantly make him solid forming a strong barrier around them, Next, she when seeing the surprised soldiers on the verge of fear commented as the temperature dropped around her.


    "Let the sentence begin."


    5 minutes passed after that sentence, enough to transform the terrain in front of the couple, since now what was ahead was a massacre field formed by several bodies on the ground, stakes, and blocks of ice (some bloody) thrown Whether on the floor or nailed to a soldier, you could even see some soldiers frozen in an ice cube. The only people alive would be the couple who were still in the stone with impunity and the remaining soldiers who did not participate in the fight, were kneeling with their heads on the ground warming up in fear in front of their lords.


    "I hope you know now, who are the ones in charge, now tell me once more, who we are!"


    and before orders, the poor soldiers responded in unison.


    "The Great Baron Yulio Valirente and the great Lady Crystal Valirente, Most High Lords of Desparamo."


    Next, Crystal asked in an authoritative voice.


    "And who I am to you?


    Soldiers immediately responded


    "The Great Commander of Desparamo''s forces, and our mistress and Lady."


    And finally, ask Crystal


    "And who are you? and what is your duty?


    In unison, they answered.


    "We are dishonorable low-life dogs, who do not deserve to be soldiers, and our duty is to be slaves to the designs of our commander, and ensure the safety of the people.


    Hearing this, she smiled a little and ended by saying.


    "Excellent, see you tomorrow at 10, in the barracks, now clean up this mess and go away filthy worms, goodbye!"


    So the dogs ended up saying before going to carry out their withdrawal orders


    "Ma''am, yes, ma''am!"


    Then the young couple, finally entered the mansion after all the chaos, to be able to vent the pressure, since when they entered they were both pale with emotions, but it happened having already reached the dining room where the soldiers could not see them, that Crystal fell heavily, falling to his knees, faced with such a situation, Yulio rushed towards her, getting forward while gently grasping her arms saying.


    "Crystal! what happened? you''re good?.


    Then she tried to answer while pulling Yulio''s arms away


    "Don''t touch me, I''m fine ... bueahhh."


    But it happened that she vomited on Yulio and then passed out.

 V1-Chapter 8 - Start of hard work

    "Umm ahh my head," Crystal said waking up from fainting as he brought his hand to his forehead as a vain attempt to ease the pain.


    "Crystal finally woke up! ... I was so worried," Yulio said excitedly.


    "Ahh shut up Yulio, my head hurts," Crystal claimed after recognizing the annoying voice of her partner


    "Oops sorry," Yulio apologized, putting his hand over his mouth for a few moments, beginning a moment of silence.


    During this time Crystal analyzed holding her pain around her noting that she was lying where she had slept the previous night, and through the window, it was noticeable that it was almost twilight time, and with this, she deduced remembering her last memory that she had probably passed out, and then breaking the silence I ask for information.


    "Tell me calmly and quietly that my head hurts, what happened after I passed out, I tell you that the last thing I remember is heading in here after the meeting with the soldiers"


    "Well, your memory is good, after entering you vomited and passed out, I was very worried, as I couldn''t leave you alone to seek help, I decided to leave you resting where you are, to then see what to do to help you, I was very worried deciding whether to go out and leave you or stay and take care of yourself, so since you didn''t have a fever or anything, I decided to leave you resting supposing that you passed out due to mental fatigue from using magic and for lack of food since, if I remember correctly, at that time we still hadn''t had lunch; I also thought maybe it''s because ... well it doesn''t matter it''s just a crazy assumption"T Yulio explains more or less well what happened, being that his final sentence blushed a little.


    "Julio, what is your crazy assumption, don''t get stuck," the weakened Crystal instigated.


    At this Yulio blushed suggested awkwardly.


    "That maybe it could be ..., that maybe ..., you are ..., in ..., this ...


    During these slow words, Crystal quickly intuited what she was going to say, and she turned pale first, then reasoned out her condition better by saying something embarrassed.


    "No, not that, since on the trip I got the .... ¡ªCrystal stopped in her tracks turning red with embarrassment and then continued saying "Stupid, shameless, making me say vulgar things, shut up for a while."You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    "Sorry," Yulio finished saying, thinking that he shouldn''t have suggested the latter.


    After the apology, they were both silent again, during which Crystal thinking about the first thing Yulio said and thinking about her condition, reasoned for the fainting and told Yulio.


    "I suppose that I partially fainted due to mental fatigue along with the lack of food you said, with this, we finish the case, now tell me I hope you have something to eat since you said the symptom yourself."


    "Oh yes, of course, I made soup, I''ll bring it to you," Yulio said and then left the room


    Meanwhile, Crystal''s thoughts housed the true reasoning of her fainting which, in addition to what Yulio reasoned, we must add his current period, and the fatigue of the trip, but nevertheless, she did not think about the accumulated mental stress of all the negative events accumulated within it.


    Time passed and Yulio brought soup for both of them to start a humble dinner on the floor, then they talked for a bit, and went to sleep on the uncomfortable floor thinking about the urgency of a bed.


    The next day after having breakfast as Crystal had planned, she went to the barracks to train the surviving soldiers harshly, resulting in Yulio inside the dilapidated mansion without much to do.


    "Guess the routine begins," Yulio said at the entrance after his partner was out of sight


    [I think it''s time to stop being useless and do something useful ... well, to the charge.]


    Saying this, Yulio trotted to the opposite side of the mansion, towards the polluted river that passed a few kilometers behind the mansion''s backyard, once he reached the riverbank with the mansion far behind him, He commented.


    "Crystal told me that she would be in the barracks until the afternoon hours and that she would have lunch in the barracks, that in the meantime I saw what to do, I think it is time to develop my magical gift, I have never been good with the magic reason why I have always given up to practice my gift, besides that it was never very useful to me, but I think that with this gift it could be useful for this situation."


    Next, Yulio just a few meters from the river made a small hole of a few centimeters, in which filled with river water, he then commented.


    "Suppose Crystal was right, I''m stupid, next time I''ll bring a container and take it home, well here I go."


    After commenting on the air, Yulio bent down to the small hole and put his right hand in the puddle and from this a stream of mana began to emerge, which came out of his hand, and expanded over the water and then returned to the hand, doing a circle of expulsion and regression, this only lasted a few seconds when Yulio turned pale and coughed up blood.


    "I suppose this is going to be more difficult than I thought, but I think my assumption was not wrong, I just have to expel the impurities in another way."


    That said, he started doing the same thing for 2 hours, then ended up lying on the floor looking pale and sick, but with a smile on his face.


    "Hehehe, I did it, but what a hell of a difficult thing this is like I will have to practice a long time, but something is something, hahahaha."


    Meanwhile, Yulio was rejoicing, the hole in which it contained contaminated water, now contained now pure.

 V1-Chapter 9 - Hope

    Several hours passed from the start of Yulio''s experiment, now being 5 in the afternoon, hours in which Yulio was sitting in front of the entrance door of the mansion resting from his exhausting day and waiting for his wife, eager to notify you of your achievement. When, after waiting for a long time in the distance, a carriage pushed by 4 soldiers began to be visualized, being a driver nothing more and nothing less than his beloved wife Crystal with his characteristic cold face, but unlike these days of depression You could see an improvement in self-esteem.


    When the carriage was close and Yulio could notice his wife, he stopped abruptly and opened his eyes at the strange sight, and once the carriage had reached the front of the mansion, as a good husband, he received it while she went down.


    "Crystal, Good afternoon, ?how was your day? ?How do you feel?"


    And he replied in a good mood.


    "I''m fine, thank you, it was relaxing to train these soldiers," his wife replied, already being under the carriage and in front of him.


    "Hey look I''m curious, and that carriage? and ?why are the soldiers taking her?" Yulio asked


    Next Crystal smiled maliciously saying, giving her partner goosebumps.


    "These soldiers, say animals, had the audacity to contradict me, for which I granted them the honor of being my faithful steeds, and they are very happy and honored of it, ?aren''t they my faithful steeds?"


    ?"Ma''am, yes, Ma''am!" The poor and tired soldiers shouted scared, hurting Yulio


    "?When do the steeds talk? - Crystal scolded them


    "?Yuunnnrruruur!" The soldiers responded even more scared, trying to imitate a steed, scaring Yulio for his wife as well as feeling proud of her and giving him more pity for the soldiers.


    "These steeds still need discipline but they will soon learn," Crystal commented, and then continued, "On the carriage, as the lieutenant is absent and since I am the one in charge now, I took the trouble to inherit their belongings, among which are some furniture. that between them is a good bed, although of course, this carriage does not fit everything, so every day I will bring something.


    Listening to the explanation, Yulio noticed a word symbol of his comfort, which led him to ask him after he finished speaking.


    "Crystal, ?you said a bed, right?"


    "Yes a bed, I got a bed we won''t sleep on the floor anymore," Crystal said filtering his happiness from his cold


    Yulio noticed the plural word of "we will sleep" and the words "a bed", and deducing its implication this turned red like his partner after seeing his partner turn red and wonder and answering the why, giving an instant of awkward silence lowering her mood but Yulio excited and leaving behind his previous reasoning, he said.


    "You are incredible, amazing"


    Grieving a little, she changed the subject.


    "Yes, well, but you have to lower things,? Steeds come and take things out and take them inside!"This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    With these orders he made way for the poor soldiers, along with Yulio as a volunteer, to lower the furniture and put them inside, among these was a small dining table with 4 chairs, the expected bed and a pair of oil lamps, the first thing They accommodated in the dining room, the bed, in a room on the ground floor, and the lamps also in the dining room.


    Finished arranging things, the soldiers, as they arrived, took the carriage to the barracks, leaving the couple alone in the mansion, who prepared to prepare dinner, once dinner was over, both sat in the dining room to eat and discuss the things of the day.


    "Now about what we are going to do," Crystal began, then continued, "This town on an economic and farming level there is not much to do, so the only viable option is monster hunting, but soldiers and villagers do not are strong enough to hunt them down efficiently. ?Am I right?


    "Yes indeed, the little hunting carried out by the villagers is the only thing that keeps them afloat," Yulio affirmed.


    "Correct, for which I have decided, to train all the villagers capable of fighting together with the soldiers so that they become good hunters, and once they hunt easily, we could make expeditions to the dead forest and collect wood, at least with this we would improve the town. All this or I would start doing tomorrow, and about the ones you are going to do, umm ..., I suppose on the one hand you will join the practice and on the other, you will start to administer what little there is in town, ?any comments?.


    "Well I have something to tell you," he said, starting to smile a little.


    "Well, you expect to say it," Crystal said, thinking to himself that nothing useful would come from his partner.


    "It turns out ..., I can purify the water and possibly in the future we will be able to harvest"


    That said, Crystal was surprised, and a silence invaded the space for one moment, then she asked incredulously.


    ?How?


    ?I ... achieved to purify the water," Yulio replied.


    "?Really?" Asked her partner again.


    "Yes seriously," Yulio reaffirmed.


    Next, Crystal looked strange at her partner even without believing her well and demanded an explanation.


    "Let''s see explain, ?How did you purify it?"


    "I¡­ well, what happens is that I was born with a magical gift that consists in turning my mana into vitality or something like that, I''m not entirely sure, so it occurred to me, if I could do the opposite and instead to absorb, then after many attempts, I managed to absorb the toxins from the water and put them aside, only ..., it still costs me a lot, today I could only purify a puddle" Yulio explained.


    "Yeah ... show me," Crystal demanded, a little anxious and excited by this revelation that she still didn''t fully believe.


    "I would, but it''s already dark and good ..." Yulio said


    Then I click his partner and then comment


    "Tomorrow morning without fail you show them to me, and it had better be true or your training will be brutal," Crystal declared coldly.


    "Yes of course ¡­" Yulio finished saying


    After this, the dinner ended and the time passed naturally until the next morning arrived and both being finally comfortable in bed were located in the experimental puddle of Yulio which had already dried up.


    "Well, here we are, now show me," Crystal ordered.


    "Okay, here I go," Yulio replied


    Next, Yulio, as the last time, filled the small hole with contaminated water, to then use his magic little by little and with effort, although a little less than yesterday, to absorb the toxins and set them aside, leaving the small puddle purified, once finished smiling and tired he said to his partner.


    "Look what you think, I achieved to purify the water."


    Saying this, he noticed that his partner was leaking a smile and after finishing talking, she started to laugh a little which surprised Yulio and then said excited and somewhat sad.


    "This is good, it is good, with this, we can emerge, if with this I can achieve it, yes, yes, father, mother, with this I will be able to recover our honor."


    "Crystal, ?you are okay?" Yulio said worriedly.


    " ?Yulio!" Crystal said strongly


    "??Yes?!" Yulio said confused


    "With this, we will be able to resolve our situation, finally I see hope in the midst of this misery. So this is what we will do, as I said I will take care of training the villagers and the soldiers, and you will try hard and I will see that do to practice your gift in order to purify all this water, so in the morning you go with me to train your magic, and then you will practice until you can no more power your gift and if you have the strength you will help me to administer the town, because I am going to administer it since your priority is to practice" Crystal said happily and then added, "You have finally done something well, keep it up."

 V1-Chapter 10 - Results, news and visits

    It has been 4 months since Yulio managed to purify the water and began his training being now at the end of a hot summer, and now he was rubbing in the middle of a tiny lake of clean water about 10 meters in diameter and 4 meters deep at Late in the morning, dressed only in shorts, revealing a body much changed from its previous obese form, since now although it is still robust, now it looked slimmer and some muscle markings.


    "Ahhh this is life ..., I never believed that in just 4 months he would achieve so much, I suppose that I owe this to my dear Crystal, although his training is horrible, it is very effective, lol it hurts that I have no talent and the only thing that I was able to develop well it was my gift and not magic, well I think that with this I can finish my first objective, I suppose that I can already give the results after 3 months to Crystal after she got fed up and told me that unless I will be able to perfect my gift, I will not inform you anything, well I suppose it is time to go, umm, I think he will get better health and humor with this news, he still looks bad at me for the stomach problems that he still has to take a few days ago for the first time my purified water.


    After her monologue, she swam to the surface, dried herself with a rag, dressed in light clothes, and started walking towards the mansion leaving behind a lot of similar lakes.


    Arrived at the mansion which was also changed a little since it was cleaner, and noticing that there was no one, he entered it as usual and went to the kitchen through corridors that although they still had no decorations, these were impeccable and tidy, arrived at the kitchen, which was now fully furnished although humbly, he began to make lunch which ended around noon, after which he put it away and began to wait for his wife, in front of the front door until he got there.


    After a time, from a distance, a carriage arrived, driven by two robust monsters with four legs, gray skin, and with 2 horns, and led by Crystal herself.


    As a matter of routine, once arrived, Yulio received her saying.


    "Good afternoon Crystal, ?how was it? ?How do you feel?"


    "Well, well thank you Yulio, I imagine that the food is ready?"


    Her partner replied, she was already under the carriage.


    "If it''s ready, although it needs to be warmed up a bit," Yulio commented.


    "Okay, you can warm it up while I adjust the carriage, see you later," suggested Crystal


    "Okay," replied Yulio


    Finished their greeting, both continued what was said, Crystal, went to park the carriage and guide the monsters to the new corral that was right next to the mansion, meanwhile, Yulio prepared to heat the food, once they were both finished their tasks, they began to eat while they related the situation of the town.


    "Crystal I have good news for you" Announced Yulio


    "Oh yes, what are they," replied her partner disinterestedly.


    "I think that I can finally purify the river since I can already purify a small lake 10 meters in diameter without getting tired, today I made 5 and I''m as if nothing if you saw how many lakes I have done so far, you couldn''t believe it," Yulio said enthusiastically.


    meanwhile, his partner when listening to the news smiled a little and then commented.


    "It would be about time for you to do it, you had been late, although I must congratulate you, although magic for the gift is easy to train since it is like moving your hand, if you do not use it or exercise it, it would only be a useless hand that by chance and ugly write just a few words."


    Hearing this, Yulio did not know whether to grieve for being slow or to be happy for being fast, but the truth is that his partner said this so that Yulio would not become arrogant, since in a short time he had reached an enviable magical skill worthy of a magician real low level, something that any practitioner would not achieve, since although this is the result of a diabolical training, as she had said, this is true only for magic by gift, magic which is easy to train, and It is true that the more one trains, the more difficult it is to improve, and on the other hand, his mastery in the other magical arts, is still very deficient, at the level of any other deficient student in the magic academy.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    "I guess thanks," Yulio said


    "You''re welcome," his partner replied, and then continued, "Well, you still have to show me that it''s true, but if it''s true, I think it would be time to start building a drainage system for the people, and also to be able to begin to enable land for cultivation.


    "?It''s fine and everything, but what happened to find the origin of the toxins and fix it? - Yulio asked.


    "Well you''re right, but that will have to wait, as I already told you, my soldiers and hunters are already able to comfortably hunt the monsters of the area, but that is only with the weak monsters of the place, but the most They are still hard to find, and the problem is that in the expeditions that I and the best men made to the forest of death, we met poisonous miasma as well as much stronger monsters, so we would have to take that part calmly, but that is least of all, since with me and now with you that you can now purify toxins, with good men we could do something, but I am concerned as I said 1 month ago, that in our expedition we felt observed, and I feel that they are the men of the Count that they are in the fortress of the north, I don''t trust them¡­" Crystal explained, but before finishing, he felt bad and putting his hand on his mouth, he stopped suddenly and ran to the kitchen, wherefrom the dining room you could e listen to the sound of vomiting."


    After a little while, she returned somewhat pale and fatigued, which her partner cut short by saying.


    "Hey, is enough, you should see a medic or someone who knows, I don''t think it''s normal that even if the water didn''t like you, it would have lasted so many days.


    "Yes ... I think you''re right ..." Crystal agreed, which surprised Yulio and at the same time worried him a little because of the muffled answer he gave, implying that he was already annoyed by the situation.


    "Well, you wait here, and I''ll go find someone," Yulio suggested.


    "Okay ..." Crystal replied


    Next, Crystal went to rest in the room, while Yulio was already opening the entrance door, when opening it he noticed a soldier in light armor with his steed which was several steps behind him, this soldier was carrying the symbol in his chest of the Count of Monterio, which was a kind of purple bear.


    "Oh what a coincidence, Good afternoon I am Baron Valirente, who offers himself to you," Yulio said to the soldier with some respect for belonging to a nobleman of superior condition, praying that he would be somewhat quick.


    "Good afternoon, Baron Valirente, I come from Count Monterio, to notify you of your future visit in approximately 2 days, so that you can receive him with the greatest comfort, is that all, ?understood?" The soldier explained.


    "Yes, of course, send our thanks to the count for giving us advance notice so we can prepare for his pleasant visit," Yulio replied with manners.


    "Do not worry, I will send you your thanks, now if you will forgive me, without further ado, I am leaving, have a good day," said the soldier.


    "Thank you, and the same to yo" complement Yulio


    Then the soldier turned around, climbed onto his steed, and then began to head towards the town.


    "That was weird, well I guess we''ll finally meet the count, well now what does the medic care about," Yulio commented after the soldier was far enough away not to hear him.


    Then Yulio also went to the town, to return after 2 hours with an old lady dressed in furs and adorned with some wood jewelry; Already in the mansion and after some walks, the 3 were in the bedroom, with Yulio standing watching the lady examining Crystal sitting on the bed; After examining it for a while she commented.


    "Well, I know what you have and it''s nothing serious"


    "?Tell me what is it?" Yulio said relieved but even so with curiosity and concern, on the other hand, Crystal inside her was also relieved.


    "Well let me tell you, congratulations, Mrs. Crystal is pregnant, approximately a month depending on the symptoms," said the old woman cheerfully and as if nothing had happened.


    However, unlike the old woman''s indifferent and joyful attitude, Yulio was therefore in a shock of happiness staring at his partner while his head was wrapped in happy chaos, meanwhile, Crystal, turned pale for next put your right hand on your belly, as well as put your eyes on these, but immediately your mind will be in chaos due to the new life inside you, as well as the shock of not knowing whether to be sad that the Child was not the result of her old ideal Platonic fantasies or being happy that she was going to be a mother, among other things of her future and her past.


    After a little while of silence, the old woman began to explain maternity advice to the future parents who, in their shock, looked without much attention to the foreign lady of all complicity.

 V1-Chapter 11 - Relief

    "Thank you, see you, take care, and excuse me for not accompanying her" Yulio said goodbye to the old woman from the entrance door monotonously even in a state of shock


    "Don''t worry, now you have a lot to attend to, and please take good care of the lady as I told you," the old woman was saying goodbye as she walked away on the way to town.


    Once the old woman was at a distance, Yulio entered the mansion and walking rigidly contrary to his state of weightlessness inside, he digested to his room where he was rigid as a statue and pale like snow while rubbing her belly with a right hand and she looked at him with hollow eyes.


    "Crystal... ?are you alright?" Yulio asked worried as he observed the state of his wife.


    "Ehh ?yeah? ?What happened?" Crystal said groggily, turning her gaze to Yulio out of her stupor.


    "I ... well ..."


    He began by saying doubting and depressing Yulio when he heard his wife''s disoriented response since he assumed that his wife''s helpless state is due to the suffering that must be happening to have a child in this situation, after all the bad things that happened to him and with someone who probably still doesn''t feel anything.


    "Tell me ... ?what happen? ..." Crystal slowly reiterated, now pulling Yulio out of her stupor which, sighing and with some pain and pain, said.


    "I was just asking ... ?how do you feel?"


    then she began to respond slowly.


    "I¡­ well, I guess I''m fine¡­, just a little shocked¡­" but little but constant, her voice and emotions were tearing and filtering "now, that¡­ inside¡­ mine was is forming ... a life ..., but I suppose ... this was to be expected ..., since I have been doing my duty ... as a wife, yes, I think ... this is ... As a result of my diligence, my parents should be proud of me for being a good noble, a poor noble who lost everything ..., a noble ..., who acted well ..., who worked diligently ... , who ensured that the rules will be met ..., but ..., but ..., why ..."


    "?Crystal...?" Yulio said softly but with fear, watching little by little and helpless, as her wife fell apart and began to cry.


    "But ... why did this happen ... I ... what did I do wrong, what did I do to make this happen to me, what did I do to make you hate me Querin"


    At this point Crystal was already crying in pain.


    "I loved you very much ..., I accompanied you on your crazy adventures, but that woman ... that Litia,?That bitch!, took you away from me, I would never mistreat her, I would never fall so low ..., I just I scolded her and warned her to stay away from you and to behave with a good lady, like other helpless ladies, but ... you still went with her ..., and worst of all ..., is that I still think of you Querin ..., and, and, here I am still thinking of you, and thinking of my parents, why ..., why did this happen to us, why, why, why did they have to die, why did we This happened, we never did anything dishonorable or bad for the kingdom, we were a little ... tough but it was for the good of the kingdom ..., why why, why I couldn''t die with them and be with them in heaven, and not here, reduced to nothing ..., hooked with a useless and ugly man in this shitty place with shitty people, trying to be a good noble by my parents ..., and now as a result of this I now carry this creature I don''t know I hate it, from this man and not from Querin ..., why..., why this happens to me, tell me Yulio, tell me ..., ?why all this happened to me ...? ?why you are still here...? ?why you saved me ...? ?why...?"If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    Then his words were drowned by his uncontrollable cries of pain and despair that only became more heartbreaking as the seconds passed, for his part, Yulio, when witnessing such a sad and painful speech, could not help but feel sad and feel bad for this as part From what he said, I emphasize that he was never inside his heart, as well as the contagion of sadness for his empathy for his love for his beloved, but nevertheless this stubborn feeling, which prompted him to continue until now, the same as I took him to break the barrier of his shyness and save her at that moment, now he drives him again knowing his partner''s rejection of him, to go to her then regain momentum and renew their vows, and embrace her with love as he shared his tears with her as he recited some poor words of comfort.


    "I don''t know why they blamed you for acts that are surely false ... but ... but ... what I do know is that I save you because I love you, and I will continue to love you and be with you ... even if you don''t love me ... and don''t worry, one day for sure, we will clear your name.


    And more motivating phrases like these as well as tears and sad complaints, lasted a long time, until the tears dried up, and the tiredness of the emotions and the work adopted them, leaving them in a soft dream until mid-sunset, which is when they woke up almost in unison, and then Yulio said


    "?Do you feel better?"


    To which his partner simply nodded.


    "Good ..." Yulio then looked around realizing the time according to the darkness of the environment, which led him to continue saying "It seems that lately, I''m going to make the dinner ... if you want you can continue resting."


    Like the previous time, Crystal only nodded in response, giving her partner a bit of concern, who, without help, went to prepare dinner. Thing that during the middle of the preparation, Crystal appeared silently, surprising a little Yulio which he said.


    "Crystal, ?all right? If you want you can sit down, while I continue."


    "No thanks," he said, shaking his head and then continuing, "Come on, I''m going to help you, don''t think about other things, I just want to distract myself."


    And Yulio without much reason to refuse, approved his help, leading to a somewhat uncomfortable preparation and only a few sentences about the completion of the meal.


    Once the food was done, both of them in the dining room prepared to have dinner.


    "Crystal... about what we are going to do now ..." Yulio said fumbling, avoiding to say directly the condition of his wife.


    Crystal stopped eating when she heard this, looked a little at her belly and then turned her still red eyes to Yulio, she began to say without much thought and without encouragement to avoid falling into sadness again.


    "I don''t know, now I don''t want to think about this ... we''ll see ..."


    "Okay ..." Yulio agreed.


    Then they both continued to eat without much encouragement, and then Yulio interrupted the silence saying, as an attempt to make her think of other things and while solving a current problem.


    "You know this afternoon, when I went to look for the old woman, a soldier from Count Monterio arrived, announcing that he will pay us a visit the day after tomorrow"


    Yulio commented, remembering the event in the afternoon and saying it to try to find a topic other than the current problem and then continue.


    "And he mentioned that we should be prepared to receive it, ?what do you think?.


    After that comment, Crystal put his hand on his chin and began to think for a while, then comment.


    "It is possible that he wants something from us, taking advantage of the fact that he comes to visit the fortress, if we take into account what the village chief told us, the detail would be what he wants, ummm, we could take this opportunity to see if we Let the fortress in, and investigate as much as possible about the forest and the poison."


    "Yes ... it''s a good idea," Yulio agreed and also glad that his plan worked.


    "Of course it is, now how we will do to invite us, I think we''ll see ..., what we can do is prepare the place to receive it and reinforce the illusory spell that it casts, in your area of ??experimentation, to avoid him noticing ..., I have said it before but that Count is up to something, and more with those columns that are around the town and that his soldiers do not allow anyone to approach, including us


    I continue explaining Crystal the plan, making him forget even a little his sadness, improving with this a little his state of mind.

 V1-Chapter 12 - Invitation

    It is the morning of the second day since the shocking news, and the couple was impatient at a new and large table in the dining room in company with some soldiers, reviewing the planning for the earl''s visit; until a soldier announced himself from the door from the other side of the door, paralyzing the conversations.


    "Excuse me, here is Corporal Ridley asking the Commander for permission to enter, bringing with him news of the Earl."


    "Permission granted," said Crystal authoritatively.


    The soldier, having obtained the permit, entered only about 3 steps after the door, and then stood firm and began to speak.


    "My commander, the scouts have seen Earl Moterio''s carriage in the distance, it is estimated that they will arrive in approximately 2 hours."


    "Thank you, soldier, well gentlemen, you have already listened, we have 2 hours to prepare as we had planned, each one of you already knows what to do, ?let''s get going! ¡ªI order Crystal after hearing the news."


    After the order, everyone at the table stood up and began to make the preparations that included escort and food. which were carriage, out without any failure in good time that the Earl''s caravan was already 1 km from the town, which was received with 2 well-presented soldiers receiving him at the entrance, and then another 2 to accompany him at a fast pace, for the main street, which was clear, impeccable and guarded and decorated on both sides of the street with disciplined soldiers on each corner, giving us the only flaw the still dilapidated houses which at least were cleaned as best as possible for the event.


    "Hmm ... it seems that the reports of the new barons are true that the young lady Valirente lives up to her former status as a genius and daughter of the military, to put this disaster in order hehehe, this will be interesting," he commented. a vain voice of an adult man, inside the darkness of the carriage, as they passed through the street.


    After a while, the carriage arrived at its destination which positioned sideways in front of the mansion of the young couple who were waiting in elegant dresses, in front of the entrance door along with some soldiers.


    Once the carriage was parked, the driver got out of the carriage, to open the door of the float, which from inside came an elegantly dressed middle-aged man in his mid-40s, pale in complexion, with some wrinkles, reddish hair adorned with wisps of gray hair, blue eyes, and tough and cunning temperance.


    once the subject had left the carriage, Yulio, as following the protocol, went ahead of the man, who also began to walk towards him, and once they were 2 steps from each other, Yulio greeted him by shaking his hand telling you.


    "Welcome Earl Monterio, I am the new Baron Yulio Valirente "Then I stop shaking his hand to point to his wife saying "And she is my dear wife Crystal Valirente"


    When Yulio introduced him, Crystal, now clothed in a beautiful dress, crouched low as he elegantly spread the edges of his skirt with his hands, then resumed your posture, and all this while greeting.


    "Pleasure"


    "I am very pleased, lord and lady Valirente, as you correctly assumed, I am Earl Edruin Monterio, I am pleased to see both of you so vigorous in this situation and I am also glad that apparently, they have given this people life and hope," said the Earl kindly with a deep voice.


    "Thank you for your compliments, we are pleased to know that our humble efforts, that although they are few, are well-valued by a person of his renown," Yulio commented, acting like an educated noble and lick stockings.


    "Nothing to see, their efforts are not insignificant, on the contrary, they are very important for this town and the kingdom," the Earl spoke.


    "Again, we feel praised for your thanks, but you will excuse me if I suggest that we go inside where we will be more comfortable where we will be able to continue speaking more comfortably, especially for you who are coming from an exhausting trip" Yulio suggestedEnsure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    "Oh, of course, I would be delighted," the Earl thanked the educated.


    Next, the group of nobles accompanied by their servants and soldiers entered the mansion, which was impeccable and although simply renovated, without any crack or vestige of the detainee, and they went to a small room where its center was inhabited by 2 large leather furniture, which looked at each other and at the wooden table with short legs.


    "I hope this humble room is to your liking and comfort, your esteemed earl." Yulio humbly presented his newly decorated room for the occasion.


    "Don''t worry, Lord Yulio, this room is very beautiful and cozy," said the Earl, lying inside as he laughed at the poverty of the couple.


    "Thanks again for your kindness, and please take a seat feel at home," said Yulio thinking that the Earl is good at lying since his experience told him that the earl was a great hypocrite and that it was very possible that he was leaving. making fun of his room.


    "I will take you at the word, Lord Yulio," said the Earl, then went to sit in the nearest chair.


    Meanwhile, the couple also settled down to sit together on the other cushion.


    "Ohh, what a comfortable chair, ?don''t you think?" The earl commented a little surprised and sincerely.


    "Yes, these chairs are truly exceptional, they were made by a skilled carpenter from the town," Crystal said gracefully.


    "I see, I see, they must be happy to have such talented people on their land" I speak in Earl


    "Oh yes of course, we are happy and proud of our people," Yulio replied.


    Subsequently, the 3 were rambling about the current situation, among other things, at which time it gave way for them to serve a tea, and it was at that time that the Earl commented.


    "You know when I arrive in this town, I am impressed by the discipline and order of the soldiers, I imagine it was you, Lady Valirente, who accomplished this exceptional job, taking into account your reputation as a genius and your military record."


    "Ohh, Lord Monterio praises me, but you have guessed right since this achievement could never be achieved without the great support of my husband" Crystal spoke gratefully while he blatantly lied something that his partner thought inside him.


    [?Lie! You alone subdued and turned the soldiers into your dogs] Yulio thought


    "Oh my lady, I do not underestimate you so much, I am sure that with your skills you could achieve it alone, ahh Yulio, ?do you not feel lucky to have such an excellent wife?" He commented as he looked with eyes that barely reflected a small fraction of desire worldly towards Crystal.


    These intentions were captured by Yulio putting it inside him brave, but nevertheless, he had to continue acting in a good way, for which he took advantage of the situation to say.


    "I certainly am being the luckiest man in the world to have such a wonderful, charming, and beautiful wife"


    Curiously, this show of affection did have some effect on Crystal, making her feel somewhat sorry, considering that she was used to such compliments for her former status.


    "Where, dear, stop it, they''re embarrassing me," Crystal commented acting.


    "Ohh I''m sorry, it''s just that being with such a magnificent woman, drives beyond my will, only words of praise, what''s more, you know something, such a talented woman confined in this place so desolate and small place instead of somewhere where you talent shines, fills me with feeling, which is why I suggest you move to my lands to be the commander of my forces, oh, of course, Yulio, you too, assets, don''t look at me badly" suggested the Earl.


    "I apologize Earl, but this proposal, said in that way, is a bit offensive, but going back to the question, I''m afraid it won''t be possible, since we are both the lords of this little place, and we have a duty to be here, as well as our sentence," Yulio said


    "Ohh this fills me with regret, but please I invite you to reconsider my proposal, you will see that it will only bring you benefits, because look, on the one hand, you will live comfortably in a well-off mansion, with all your needs covered, Lady Valirente will be able to polish your Talent in the military arts, which in turn will improve the security of all these lands, and you will have time and resources to manage your lands, and above all, no one will notice its absence, ¡±the Earl insisted.


    "Lord Monterio, please do not tempt us, your invitation is a great blessing for us, but it is very risky also if we leave as we will face the people," Yulio said


    "lord Valirente, your loyalty to your people, leaves me impressed and without much argument, umm, and how about I invite you to experience a little of what I offer you," said the Earl.


    "?As well, lord Monterio? Yulio asked


    "Well, you see, ?how about starting with me on my visit to the fort, and then spending a little time in my territory?" - suggested the Earl


    Yulio then looked at his wife for her opinion, which was a nod


    "Well, I think we can give in a little to your wishes, at least until after the visit, ?what do you think?" ¡ªYulio proposed


    "Well, it seems that I have no other lord Valirente, it is a deal," the earl yielded.


    Then the 3 spoke a little more until the Earl had left their home, but nevertheless, in the couple''s thoughts, they were happy that they had achieved their goal of going to the fort without much effort.

 V1-Chapter 13 - Inside the Wolfs Lair

    A month or so has passed, since the stressful meeting between the Valirente couple and the count and now on the morning of the second day, both were in a somewhat uncomfortable situation


    "Sorry, Crystal for bothering you, but we have to prepare so that we can meet the earl at the fortress."


    Yulio gently rushed to his wife, who was in the bathroom expelling everything inside, due to his morning sickness.


    ¡°Don''t bother me and do something useful and move things forward buaahhhhh!¡± Crystal ended up vomiting before finishing giving the orders, to whom Yulio, who had a compassionate face, understood them and said.


    "I''m sorry ... I''m leaving, I hope you get better."


    With that said, Yulio left the room to finish preparing everything for the visit to the fortress, luckily for both after 2 hours even in good weather, they were both halfway to the fortress, in a humble carriage driven by 2 soldiers, who besides driving would be their escorts.


    "Well, Yulio, let''s review, this is the last visit we could make this year to the fortress since the day after tomorrow Count Monterio will return to his territory to prepare for winter."


    "Yes, I know, this means this is our last chance."


    "Exactly, we already know that the earl, is doing something illegal and terrible in the forest that could be the cause of everything, we only lack the evidence of his crime and knowing what exactly it is."


    "Yes, the evidence ..., where could they be? Every time we visit we find nothing."


    "Certainly not even in his room we found anything, I am beginning to doubt the quality of our reliable thief."


    Crystal asked to finish naming the dubious character, a pitiful voice came from below Yulio''s seat.


    "Ma''am, have mercy and understanding for this humble servant."


    "I have had enough mercy on you not to be executed, when we captured you 2 weeks ago, after capturing you for stealing our things."


    "ma'' am pity, I did not understand my insignificant existence at that time," the thief pleaded.


    "If you want mercy so much, then show me how much you are worth and clean all the secrets of that fortress and bring them before me, this is your last chance, if not, then you are going to help Yulio with his magical training like the other convicts."


    "By Eures!, I swear that there was no secret undiscovered, I promise you, also in these 2 previous visits they gave me the opportunity to know the architecture of the place, the tours of the guards, as well as discard several difficult sites.


    Fervently promised the poor thief, knowing the horrible torture that awaited him at the hand of his lord, if he did not meet expectations


    "I don''t want excuses, I want results."


    "To order, Ma''am."


    Finished those orders Yulio joined the conversation with a guilty face and regret.


    "Crystal¡­, don''t make me look that bad, you know that I don''t like that training at all."


    "Yulio, don''t be meek, that practice is almost as important, as your work with toxins, understands, and by the way, how are you doing with that.?"


    "I''m improving ..., something that doesn''t give me much joy."


    "That''s good, now, during our visit ..."


    crystal started explaining again, continuing the discussions about the plans to follow in the visit, until they had reached the courtyard of the fortress where, before leaving, Crystal told the now silent thief.


    "Well, you know what to do and what awaits you if you don''t succeed."Stolen story; please report.


    And then the couple, as well as on previous visits, were escorted with their guards and the guards of the fortress inside it, leaving the carriage in the care of some guards who moved it to a shed.


    It was in this shed, that after a few minutes, from the seat of Yulio, emerged, from a hatch in the cushions, a slim young beastkin, from the tribe of rabbits whose, fur was gray, which stretched a little and in his mind said


    [Well it''s time to do my life''s work, literally ...]


    It was then that the thief got down to work, came out without making a sound, and that no one saw him, sneaking through the fortress.


    The skillful thief, as he had said before, already had knowledge of the area, causing him to move at a safe pace through the multiple corridors of the fortress, dedicating himself to looking for possible hidden or suspicious rooms, since in previous visits he had already After checking the other important rooms, and it was not until 2 hours later on the underground levels of the fortress, he detected the slight smell of the earl that came from any wall, then deducing the reason for this finding, using all his experience and skills in raping. magic and mechanical barriers, he investigates the wall discovering that it was a false wall which after another time of effort, could pass through it, without activating any trap.


    [This was easy, I have seen bandit caves better protected than this hahaha, now treasure, come with dad.]


    And with that mischievous thought of victory, clean with everything that was in the room, obtaining in the process several incriminating documents and some biological evidence which, he kept in a bag he was carrying.


    "It seems that with this I can save myself, I''m the best, although ..., I have to admit my defeat before my lady, managing to catch myself with magical formations..."


    Then the thief with victory in his hands left everything as it was as he always did, after a job, and as quietly as he came, in silence, he went to his hiding place in the carriage waiting for his lords, who on the other They were ending their meeting with the earl in some meeting room.


    "Oh my young lords, I really would like you to visit my territory, especially that winter is coming," Count Monterio kindly suggested.


    "Lord Monterio, you are really making it difficult for us, but you may see us as weak, but at this time we have taken a liking to this land and we would feel bad, if we left them for reasons of relaxation since now they are in a pious situation " Yulio politely reject


    "Not at all, I really think that the two of you are great nobles, many nobles should follow your example, but even so I feel sorry for not being with you in winter especially when in this short time we have taken so Well and we have produced many ideas for our territories" Earl Monterio relented, to later Crystal to comfort him by saying.


    "Don''t worry, Lord Monterio, winter won''t last forever."


    "Yes, it is true, Lady Crystal, I will have to settle, well it is getting late and tomorrow I have to leave, I am sorry I cannot offer you more, my dear guests," Earl Monterio said to end the conversation.


    "Don''t worry, Lord Monterio, you have been a very good host for us," Yulio confirmed.


    And with these and other words of farewell, everyone left the room, and then the Valirente couple left in the carriage, with Lord Monterio at the door of the fortress saying goodbye to them.


    And was not 5 minutes after they left the fortress, that Crystal spoke to the hidden thief.


    "Then little thief, I hope you have something."


    "Ma''am, you will be glad to hear that I found what you were looking for."


    before these words Crystal and Yulio were excited, and then Crystal ordered the thief the following.


    "I hope it''s true, go ahead and show me quickly, Yulio, give him a permit."


    Following his instructions, the thief left the compartment, to then sit next to Yulio and deliver the stolen goods to his mistress, who reviewed quickly and accurately, smiling more and more as he checked more and when he was finished, he said.


    "We have won, and we were correct, that degenerate is responsible for all this."


    "How will it be Crystal, explain what the documents say," Yulio asked.


    "I will explain later, this is urgent, thief passes me the writing tools, quickly we don''t have time.


    The attentive thief, acted immediately following the orders of his mistress, who after having the materials, with great skill and speed despite being on the move, wrote a letter to the surprise of the 2 present, and then gave him the letter and evidence the thief and order him seriously.


    "Listen, little thief, this is your new mission, and the future of this town will depend on it."


    The thief swallowed when he heard the seriousness of what was coming.


    "Take this letter, and along with the evidence, go to the territory of my husband''s family, the Funsei family, once you find the barons there, give them the letter, they will know what to do, do you understand?


    "Yes Ma''am!"


    "Well perfect, once we enter the city, I don''t know how you are going to be, but you will immediately leave on your mission."


    And just as she ordered, already inside the city, the thief, without anyone paying attention to him, got out of the carriage, stole a riding beast from some unfortunate hunter, and left the territory in great haste and care, not before receiving a map of your lady.


    Once they were both alone in the mansion, Yulio asked him.


    "Crystal."


    but she answered him without letting him finish.


    "I know what you mean, how can we trust him."


    "Yes, exactly"


    "Don''t worry, he, like many of those who live here, loves his land, and wants it to improve. Also, I implant several magical arrays in him that will kill him with extreme pain if he does something wrong, and he is the only one with the skills to carry out this."


    "I see, if you put it like that, I no have buts," Yulio commented resignedly, thinking again that his wife is beautiful and brutal, and that he is very lucky to have her.

 V1-Chapter 14 - Explanation

    Once the Valirente couple had arrived at the mansion, the two met in their room to discuss the content of the evidence.


    ¡°Now we are alone and with time, can you tell me what Count Monterio plans?¡± Yulio began the conversation.


    "Well, all right, pay attention that this is serious, as far as we know, 300 years ago an evil sorcerer started all this disaster, resulting in contaminated water, no vegetation, and monsters everywhere, so far so good?".


    "If this is the reason for the problems, I already know that."


    "Well, even everything was fine, but the problem comes later with the actions of the count''s family, I explain, it is known that his family is the one currently dealing with the problem, but with what we have seen, everything seems suspicious That is why we have been investigating."


    "Crystal that I know, it is rare of you not to explain everything at once."


    "I tell you because you are stupid and it is important to explain the general situation when it is something important.


    "Sorry..."


    "Well, now this is the question, according to the proof and the things that we have investigated until now, it can be concluded that his family, more specifically, the generation that installed the 8 pillars some 100 years ago, has deviated on the way ignoring the order to solve the wizard''s disaster and instead they want to use the sorcerer''s knowledge, for their purposes.


    "What are its purposes?"


    "Eternal life, an ancient but powerful reason."


    "This is beginning to look like a legendary story."


    "Don''t interrupt me and listen fatball."


    [I have lowered ...]


    "The reason is the least right now, the problem is that their plan will be soon and it will not be good, you see, those pillars are not what they seem, on the outside they seem to be driving away the monsters but the truth is that they are the center of a huge magic circle that covers the entire city."Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!


    "This looks bad."


    "And it gets worse, you will see those pillars feed little by little, from the energy of the toxins of the river as well as a negligible part of the energy of the inhabitants and through the years, I imagine that it has already accumulated a colossal amount of energy. And now according to the papers, once the circle is activated, it will transfer the energy to another circle located in the back of the forest in the old residence of the witch, where our Count will now be.


    "Hmm, I imagine I would achieve immortality there."


    "Don''t interrupt me, but yes, there he would obtain immortality and some other pagan power and even the earl''s objectives, but another problem comes, as a secondary effect of the activation of the 8 pillars, these will kill everyone inside by the massive energy released.


    "This is bad, very bad, we have to alert them," said pale Yulio.


    "Stupid, remember that the people believe in the Earl, and we who have done so far, I will tell you, just improve security and hunting, which is still not enough."


    "But we are also seizing the lake and we can also convince them."


    "The thing about the lake can help, but it may not be enough and we don''t know if the men from Monterio can intervene, remember that we are still in their jurisdiction, and on convincing them I see it difficult thanks to the corrupt previous gentlemen, we don''t have much confidence, Besides, people always have a hard time leaving their home.


    "But if we try ..."


    "Let me talk now, I have not said no to evacuation, only that it is the last option and that it must be done well. Now, attentive until now, I have only said the consequences, it is time to talk about our countermeasures."


    "I hear you."


    "You know that I sent our thief with the evidence and my letter to your parents, right?"


    "Uju"


    "Well, it is not difficult to deduce what will be done, currently we want it or we are not linked to this territory, so I asked him to reveal the count to your family."


    "But my family, although they are somewhat famous, are still of the lowest class of nobles."


    "Do not despise your family, it is also the only one we can currently trust."


    "Okay, but what if they don''t succeed?"


    "Umm, I suppose we have to prepare for the worst, in my case I am already idealizing handling the soldiers and setting some traps, but in your case, you are definitely going to have to dedicate yourself to your other training."


    "It''s really necessary?."


    "Necessary? You did not say that you would try hard, you lazy, this is the perfect opportunity to show what you are worth and it is definitely very necessary in case the worst happens since it is possible that Monterio corrupts his body in toxin and also gets some Similar creatures, and the only one who can face this is you, or perhaps bathing in the damned river and getting away with impunity does not give you the courage to face it, you piece of a coward.


    "I can''t deny your logic¡­, it''s okay to spend more time squeezing my whole mind into it."


    "Until you finally speak properly, now let''s discuss the details."


    And just like that, both of them had finished discussing their general plan, then now they began preparing for what would be one of the most outstanding events in the history of the country.

 V1-Chapter 15 - The battle begins

    The slow but constant months, one by one, have been fulfilled since the beginning of the plan to reveal Count Monterio, putting more and more tense the minds of people who would have known the truth, but even so, without wasting time, each one He tried to make the most of the interlude to reinforce his letters until the promised time came, not until the third month and the last month of the year.


    During this time, the young couple wisely invested their time in developing their village and preparing their troops.


    Regarding the town, a week after the plan began, they revealed to the people, the secret freshwater lake, achieving with this, calming and cheering the inhabitants immensely, but nevertheless fulfilling the couple''s predictions, the water was poisoned secretly by the men from Monterio, triggering the discontent of the people, fortunately, Yulio was able to purify the water, not without first preparing a set-up to hide his gifts, thus being able to calm the people.


    In other things, once they had the lake, they immediately opened channels, to enable and start planting food, which with Yulio''s secret help could be harvested with satisfaction for days before the first snowfall, at the beginning of the last month of the year, achieving with this finish winning over the people.


    On the other hand of the preparations against Monterio, Crystal, contained by her husband to take care of his health, trained his troops and prepared them in the different possible scenarios that could occur, without rebelling much of the plans.


    Going to Yulio''s training, this can be described as brutal, from early morning until night, almost every day, training his gift hard, lord duties, training with the soldiers, practicing magic and sleeping, all in that order, obtaining As a result, a Yulio with a body with a somewhat greasy but robust and strong general constitution, product of the re-conversion of fat into muscle, almost reaching the ideal of a warrior, and his fat-free features revealed a well-defined face, with a thick jaw, full lips, humble temperance and a dark and marked look adorned with dark circles. But not only his body changed but also his knowledge and abilities, thanks to the different experiments and the teachings and toughness of his wife, he was able to cultivate his gift to disturbing levels and improve his magic in such a way that it was now useful.


    And last but not least, the development of the couple, which during these months, has only advanced at a level more than forming trust at the level of friendship and partners, but this at the level of both, individually were something else.


    Yulio every day, his love for his wife was nurtured and matured as he appreciated and trusted her more as he got to know and treated her over the course of days, leaving behind his platonic and superficial childish love.


    Crystal for her part, although she could see Yulio as someone of great confidence, she still did not fit in that feeling called love, but at least, recently her eyes are already looking for a slight desire in the almost sculptural and well-formed figure from her husband.


    And now returning to the tense present that prevents the storm, on a cloudy day and with the snow covering the ground, Crystal was caressing and staring blankly at her bulging belly through her loose dress, until the voice of her Concerned husband who was sitting in front of her in his now more decorated dining room took her out of her tender stupor.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Crys, is he moving again?"


    "Uh, yeah, it''s weird ... but tender ... Hey, don''t call me that and why are you still here if it seems like you''re done, go and see the soldiers," replied Crystal, distressed, sending misery to His couple.


    "Hehe, I can''t rest the food for a while, have mercy."


    "mercy belongs to the weak, now go and go."


    "Well, well, but remember not to try too hard ...


    "Go away!"


    Finally, Crystal shouted, expelling her husband from the room, leaving her alone, contemplating her belly for a while longer, and then working on official documents and practicing her magic in a simple way, in her newly formed and humble office in some room of On the ground floor, until an hour later, from the door, Yulio entered, followed by no more and less than the thief who commanded the important mission, causing her to tense up.


    "Crys.., Crystal, I bring Mister Lier here, with news of the mission," Yulio said, correcting his wife''s nickname and revealing the name of the thief.


    "Finally ... come, don''t leave us waiting, thief, speak."


    At the command of her imposing mistress, he hastened to the front of her desk to begin to relate.


    "Good and bad news, the good news, the plan worked, the Barons Funsei believed the message and after several processes managed to convince the king of the misdeeds of ex-Earl Monterio, and the king consequently sent his army to capture him. and take the fortress.


    At the news of the thief both were filled with happiness and relief, but still waited for him to finish speaking.


    "But now the bad thing is coming, Monterio despite all the success he managed to escape and currently he is missing, it is believed that he is on his way here, but the problem is that no trace of him has been found, but despite this, the army should be here for tomorrow, that''s all to report my lady."


    Finished reporting the news, Crystal immediately ordered.


    "Yulio has to find the captain immediately, quickly!


    "Ehh ?, yes understood," Yulio replied, seeing the urgency of his partner left the room looking for the captain.


    Minutes later, Yulio returned with the new captain of the troops, who greeted him rigidly saying.


    "Greetings Ma''am, how can I serve you."


    "Captain Draus, this is urgent, go to the new Captain Lier and start preparing for the evacuation as planned, depressively there is no time for explanation."


    "At your command!" Shouted the 2 captains and immediately left the room to do their duty.


    Once the 2 of them were left alone, Yulio asked him.


    "Crys, you explain what happens and why Lier suddenly jumped to captain."


    "Don''t call me that, look, the thief did his duty and this is his reward, there is a clear reason for this since he appeared, it occurred to me to form a body that works in the shadows and there is nobody better than him for work, also I think you must have experience since in my letter I presented him as an undercover captain."


    "Well, that explains about Lier, but why the evacuation? The columns have not yet been activated."


    "You are still stupid Yulio, listen, Monterio is missing and his only way out is to rush his plan, I''m just preventing things."


    "I understand, well, I suppose I should contribute to the evacuation since I''m somewhat free."


    "If it''s okay, go on."


    "Then I say goodbye."


    Saying this, Yulio turned to leave the room, leaving Crystal alone with her thoughts with the always said suggestion of all her acquaintances to take the situation calmly.


    These decisions made quickly in that humble room, could not be more effective and precise and the future would lay the foundations to glorify the genius of Crystal, since after several hours until the end of the afternoon, Crystal from his office and Yulio in the middle of the city along with the other settlers could witness the activation of the 8 columns whose greenish and dark glow could be seen and felt in the distance, beginning the now-known battle of purification.

 V1-Chapter 16 - Cataclysm

    There are many historical records on the different confrontations that have taken place throughout it, but among them, there are always some that stand out among others for their importance and development that can become legends, especially about the area where they tube place.


    And it is on this winter night, where a new legend is about to begin in a town like many others.


    It was an early winter night in the Desparamo territory, large and dense clouds covered the starry blanket of the full moon night sky, preventing starlight from giving its blessing to the earth, but nevertheless from the same land surrounding a town it Eight pillars was raised who, like lighthouses, reached their spectral green light to illuminate the entire area around them.


    The jubilee and the expectation resonated through the almost uninhabited town, through the people who are now in it, but elsewhere, further south of the town, in contrast, restless and annoying voices were heard by the rest of the population. who were now in a makeshift camp and in this place on the edge of the camp in the direction of the pillars a couple and some soldiers were watching seriously and with concern of the illuminated town waiting for the predicted event.


    "Crystal, we will do there are some who did not want to evacuate."


    Yulio asked worriedly to his wife, who was biting her lip, on this serious occasion, unlike her fierce attitude, responded frustrated and somewhat annoyed.


    "I don''t like it, but at this point, we can''t do anything anymore, because of the light they radiate, at any moment the absorption phase will begin."


    Yulio hearing her like this, in response and understanding could only lower his head and clench his fists.


    Followed by Yulio, Draus, the captain of the main forces, asked him


    "Ma''am, with permission, but a catastrophe is really going to happen in the town, my men can, we can follow it anywhere, but the population worries me.


    Then Crystal, with the same attitude with which she treated her husband, told her.


    "I know, but we have to stand firm, at any moment it will happen, have faith in your lords, by the way, how are the troops?"


    "At your command, ma''am, and on the troops, they are still in position and ready for any eventuality."


    "Okay, keep it up, at any moment the situation will change."


    And just as Crystal said, after half an hour the 8 pillars lost their light for a while, leaving those who were watching doubting and murmuring.


    "What happened," Yulio asked.


    "I think the time has come" Crystal prepared.


    "I have a bad feeling" Draus worried


    "Is this all?" Liar complained was also here.


    And then plunged into a cold silence where only the murmurs could be heard, suddenly began to temper beginning the beginning of the end.


    "Attentive soldiers and take care of the people .., ahh" Crystal ordered but lost his balance due to the earthquake that was getting stronger.


    "I have you," Yulio said holding his wife preventing her from falling.


    "Thank you ..." Crystal said sadly and then ordered while still holding her husband. "What is he seeing?"


    Hearing the orders of their mistress and mistress, the soldiers around them went out to verify the camp, leaving the couple and the captains resisting the earthquake while they watched and saw the town.


    Then it happened, find in the town the center of the earthquake, around it, began to appear and swirling flush with the pillars, a thick and green ghostly mist formed by mana, then the pillars began to light constantly from the bottom to top as they tuned strongly, and once fully illuminated, all stop tuning leaving everyone suspended and attentive to the peopleSupport creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    And there happened, in full view of everyone, a powerful ray of green light burst from the town, instantly expanding to fit inside the pillars and rise to the sky illuminating everything in the valley and beyond, hiding in its immensity the entire town.


    "What is that?."


    "What happened to the people?"


    "Dad, watch how it shines."


    Different voices of bewilderment and shock could be heard, but at different voices, the couple and informed soldiers blanched as their minds filled with bitterness.


    After a long time, the light gradually stopped shining until it was completely extinguished, leaving everyone in the dim lighting of the torches in expectation of what would happen, and in case of the soldiers awaiting orders.


    After a while after the blackout, from the sky began to fall softly and in small quantities in response to lightning, small snowflakes all over the place, and it was one of this that fell on Crystal''s forehead causing a chill that he pulled her out of her stupor and without realizing that her right hand was pressing her husband''s left and her left to her belly, she ordered strongly without moving at all.


    "Lier quickly, take some men and see what happened to the town and return immediately, quickly."


    ¡°Eh? Yes, at your command, Ma''am!¡± Lier replied, also coming out of shock, to immediately run off to camp to carry out orders.


    Then it happened that Crystal realized that she was strangling Yulio''s hand, to immediately release it, and see that she was smiling, holding the pain, causing her to embarrass herself a little and comment.


    "Jum, sorry, my nerves."


    "Don''t worry, it''s nothing," he said, lying with a smile when he saw her wife being tender, which relaxed her a little in such a tense situation.


    "Now we just have to wait for the thief and prepare for the worst while we hope for the best, this is just the beginning," Crystal commented, changing the pace.


    "You are right, this is not over, it still remains to catch Monterio and not counting his men."


    "Uju"


    It was then that once again the couple began to wait again for news, only this time they spent their time sitting in their store, reviewing and rethinking possible situations.


    Once the team arrived, Lier, all pale and nervous, entered the command shop where the couple is, surprising and silencing everyone awaiting their news.


    "Dead ... all dead, not a soul alive, it seems as if their souls were taken from them," Lier said, disturbed.


    These words froze everyone present and in case of the soldiers in his mind, the idea passed that his mistress was right and that they should have acted more seriously in the evacuation.


    "So in the end, if it was as the documents said ..., I knew this would happen but still ...,


    "Crys calm down, don''t blame yourself, you did the best, now let''s prepare ourselves for what follows, for now, I think it''s time to explain what happened, don''t you think?"


    Aff I must be wrong to receive your advice¡­ well, everyone listens! " Crystal order attention after cheering up.


    Thus, listening to her orders, all the soldiers ceased their thoughts and paid attention, it was then that Crystal began to explain the reason for everything that happened to those present and the reasons why she could not tell them.


    The soldiers upon hearing the entire explanation, some were upset, others took it easy, but all regardless of their feelings accepted the explanation and their faith before their mistress was not affected at all.


    "Now the explanation is finished, does anyone have something to say?" Asked Crystal.


    But her response, contrary to her dire predictions, was answered with a silent smile of faith on the part of her soldiers, which moved not only her but her husband, feeling proud of her.


    "Well since there is no complaint, now comes the next phase, the battle against Monterio, currently we have already made many plans for this, as you will know, but in the end at this moment we can only wait for what happens and act according to what happens according to the plans, so while we wait for the best event, which would be to meet with the army before the meeting, you can take it easy but not too much, that all can already withdraw except the captains " Crystal finished the meeting with these words.


    But when the half was already leaving, like a rushed soldier, he entered quickly saying.


    "Ma''am!, from the southeast you can see a large army approaching"


    When that news sounded all around, they felt great joy to know this good news after a misfortune, which Crystal also joyfully ordered.


    "Attention, it is very likely that they are the reinforcements, Liar goes with some of your men to intercept them and guide them to here, otherwise they return and report, Hurry!"


    "Yes, Ma''am," replied everyone involved, and then left for the mission.


    Then after an hour and a half, it was verified that the army was indeed the reinforcements and they were safely guided to the camp, receiving for their part Crystal and Yulio to the leaders in front of the command tent.


    But by chance of cruel fate, from the darkness, both began to see the allied command group, but as they approached, both began to pale when recognizing the leaders of the unit.


    [This must be a joke] Yulio thought, refusing reality.


    [It can''t be, not him,] Crystal thought, reliving extremely painful memories of her.


    Then when they were much closer, they could no longer deny reality and both, independent of their feelings, knelt down saying casually in sync.


    "Glory to his majesty, Prince Querin Reigaria."


    Yes, in fact, the leader of the reinforcements was nothing more and nothing less than the ex-fianc¨¦ of Crystal the cause of his exile, and not only that at his side he was tenderly accompanied by Lithia the woman who took his first love and complicit in what happened.


    And the prince when seeing the two could only wrinkle his face in bitterness and contempt.

 V1-Chapter 17 - Siege

    "I suppose this must be an awkward meeting for you, right?" Said the prince from his horse, looking from above and proud at the humble couple even on their knees.


    "Your majesty is not at all, his presence alone cheers even the most difficult situation."


    "Jum, Yulio, if I''m not mistaken, no? Don''t try too hard to appear to like me, for me, this situation is not to my liking either, I wouldn''t be here if it wasn''t that my real father, who for my brother¡­, Ahh forget the last


    sorry forget the last" said the prince


    After he finished speaking a soft voice came from behind him


    "Excuse me, but I think we should get off by now."


    "Oh, Litia, excuse me, if we get off" the prince kindly ordered his men at the request of Litia and after going down he remembered the couple and told them" you can get up.


    At his command, the couple, still nervous, could finally get up and appreciate their guests better, being in Crystal''s case her nerves and many feelings of hatred and sadness swirled more in her when she saw her ex-fianc¨¦ more closely and especially seeing him so close to someone who was not her, as well as what happened to his parents, but those feelings they quickly suppressed, logically alleging that he never loved her and that he did a lot of harm and that he should concentrate rather now, but The voice of the embittered prince took her out of her little trance.


    "Crystal, I think you seem to be fulfilling your duty as a wife correctly," he said sarcastically, humiliating her about her condition, and then continuing, "but your duty as a noble seems not so much, allowing this to happen."


    "Your majesty please," Yulio replied at the insult about her wife.


    "Don''t interrupt me and let me finish, I must clarify this now, Crystal I still do not like you and since this punishment is still light for you, but the circumstances to merit that we are cooperating, so I warn you do not think of doing anything funny and especially to Litia, because I swear that you are not going well."


    When the prince finished saying that, Yulio was about to lose his temper, but his wife with hollow eyes and forced smile stopped him, saying.


    "I understand your majesty ... and don''t worry, I''m not planning to do something wrong, so if you''ll excuse me, let us show you the way inside to discuss what we will do next, time is running out."


    "Okay, let''s go Litia and the others," said the prince, snorting inside the store.


    The meeting went smoothly and promptly thanks to plans already drawn up previously, and it was decided that the prince with his men including Lithia, along with Yulio, Captain Lier, and half of Desparamo''s forces would go, if not there was nothing new, to besiege the fort.


    It was so that after half an hour of the beginning of the meeting, only Yulio was missing for going to the siege, but before that, he needed to say goodbye and calm his now disturbed and fragile wife who has always been fierce and imposing.


    "Crys I''m going to the fortress, as planned I hope you take care of yourself while you''re here."


    "Uju," Crystal nodded now already inactive after a stressful meeting as well as contemplative and cheers after their unfortunate meeting, but when noticing her so badly Yulio decided to do something after sighing.


    "Crystal!"


    "Eh?"


    So when he raised his face to see him, acting improperly of his meek being, he stole a big kiss that lasted a few seconds, then separated from her and told his shocked wife who now saw him with her eyes open.


    "Crystal reacts, I am your husband, I love you and I will continue to hold him, so it distresses me to see you so badly for another man and especially for someone who hurt you so much and never loved you, so take heart and give up all those bad feelings useless, the only feelings you should have now are joy of having a child, joy of having so many people who appreciate you, and encouragement and strengths to face this situation and all that come, you understand!."


    Those great words, like lightning, strongly impacted Crystal''s heart, cleaning and clearing all doubt and negativity that now fell on her, taking her back to her animated self who could react again when finishing the story, and her first action was slapping her husband.


    "Auch"


    "Jum you deserve it, idiot, degenerate, who you think you are, now go and fulfill the mission," his blushing wife said smiling and Yulio to see her again as she was said goodbye.


    "At your command my dear"


    And then immediately leave with a smile as his wife yelled at him from behind.


    ++++


    After an hour, the expedition was already halfway through the trip and it was at these moments, in the fragile calm, that the prince started a conversation with Yulio.


    "Then Yulio no? Are you sure you want to come with us?"


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    I ask you, because, according to what you said at the meeting, you are not capable of fighting.


    "That is correct, Your Majesty."


    "Then why, I know you said it is to command your troops, but I feel that is not the only reason, are you hiding something?"


    "Oh not your majesty, how could I, just that you could say that as a lord it would be a shame not to be at least close to my men" Yulio half lied.


    "Ahh that was it, how admirable of you, I didn''t think you were the proud type."


    "Lejeje barely your majesty."


    "Don''t be sorry, but seriously, tell me, I know that''s not the only reason.


    "Well, to tell you the truth, I know some healing magic, although I''m not very good yet, I think it might be helpful," I reveal a bit of truth, to satisfy the prince''s curiosity.


    "Ah, it was that you would have said, it never hurts a doctor, don''t be sorry about that."


    "Thank your majesty for your praise. This humble servant does not deserve it."


    "Don''t worry, by the way, tell me, why you decided to sacrifice yourself for her, I don''t get it out of my head knowing all the bad things that she and her family have done, in addition to her attitude, how?


    "Your majesty," Yulio began, saying after sighing internally, swallowing his hatred for himself for having the gall to ask him that after what he did to his wife, "I guess I can only say that I was hopelessly in love."


    "How romantic of you, now what do you think? although I suppose that seeing the state of your wife it is not necessary to ask."


    "Truly your majesty, there is no need to ask," he said, smiling.


    "Well see you in a while, I hope this is simple, I already want to leave this place, I sincerely have respect for you to endure in this place," he said as he walked away from the expedition''s leader on his steed.


    "Afff is a jerk, thank the gods you didn''t marry with Crystal," Yulio commented after the prince left.


    ++++


    It was 10 o''clock at night when, finally, the expedition had reached the fort, but contrary to their expectations, they found it totally empty, with no soul in sight, not even a dog or a rat.


    "But what''s going on here?" Said the prince in the fort''s conference room as he threw his helmet on the floor.


    "I am also surprised your highness" Yulio replied.


    "I hope it isn''t, some cheating of yours or else ...


    "His majesty as we could"


    "Ahh there''s no use blaming yourself without proof, but I can''t calm down at this."


    "You are right to be tense, Your Majesty" answered a distinguished and veteran soldier of the prince and then continued "this situation can be perfect for a trap, you have to be alert."


    As the soldiers warned, after a few minutes a soldier from the prince entered the room to report.


    "His majesty, it is urgent from the forest in the north an army approaches, of, of, monsters and people I think."


    "As you think," asked the prince


    "I''m sorry your majesty, but please check this matter," the soldier pleaded.


    "Of course I will," the prince agreed.


    After which everyone in the room stepped out to the north walls of the fortress where they could see into the distance, a horde of immutable monsters and some armored humanoids glowing in ghostly fire.


    "This seems not going to be easy," murmured the prince in a bad mood.


    What happened next is that they quickly closed the fort, the archers and magicians next to the prince positioned themselves on top of the wall, on the other hand, the other soldiers were, or on hold, helping in logistics, or helping as archers, meanwhile, Yulio and Litia waited in a large room waiting for the possible wounded.


    "I did not imagine you also knew healing magic, or excuse me forget to introduce myself my name is Litia Mauvel oh excuse me, now it would be Litia Reigaria," Litia introduced himself gently to Yulio.


    "Don''t worry, I am Yulio Valirente baron of these lands, I am sorry for having involved you in a problem in our territory."


    "Ah don''t apologize, there is no reason why, we are all part of the same kingdoms, and we must help each other when we are in trouble."


    "His words fill me with comfort, and about my magic don''t expect much, I''m still learning and also it doesn''t help much, it only encourages the body."


    "Do not be less appreciated, even a little, your help is very important at this time, have more faith in yourself."


    "Miss Litia, your words fill me with strength, thank you for comforting me."


    "You don''t have to be thankful, they are only words of encouragement, they are not that bad, besides, you can speak to me more normally, I feel that we are very distant, you know since I am the prince''s wife, there are few occasions that I can speak without worrying about the noble manners."


    "Hehe as you like Litia, I would also like to talk without having to worry about these things, and by the way, the prince''s wife? Well, I knew they had something, but this, how did it happen?


    "We, well," she said sadly, then continued, "we both had already met at the academy, but then after the Crystal thing, oh sorry I didn''t want ...


    "Easy, go on."


    "Well, weeks later, I and the prince got engaged ... and then, then ... we have to be ashamed."


    "Hehehe, how adorable they are, they look like a fairy tale."


    "As you think, hahaha."


    "Hahaha."


    but between conversations and laughter Yulio analyzed the accomplice of his wife''s fall, concluding that he was innocent.


    [How pure ..., I can''t believe that thanks to her we are in this state, well at least I don''t have to worry about her stabbing me in the back while we''re here] Yulio thought finished his analysis.


    As well as between preparations and conversations, the army of monsters arrived at the fort, attacking it as a wave without intelligence hitting the coast, on the other hand, the archers and magicians began to shoot everything they had.


    11:14 PM


    The fort still held but the monsters didn''t seem to stop dropping in numbers.


    11:34 PM


    A large group of monsters broke away from the horde and headed in the direction of the town, worrying Yulio upon hearing the news from his wife.


    "Crystal please don''t let anything happen to you"


    2:40 AM


    The soldiers began to run out of arrows, the door was cracking, the magicians were already getting tired, and some monsters were able to climb the walls initiating combat with the prince and the soldiers without success.


    2:56 AM


    The wounded begin to arrive and Lithia heals them with great efficiency.


    "How impressive, for this reason, sacred magic is so appreciated"


    5:30 AM


    The main door was broken and the monsters began to enter, luckily a legion of ready soldiers, as well as the prince, intercepted them in the door preventing their advance.


    7:46 AM


    The battle ended, the fort could be protected, but at the cost of half the forces of both allies.


    It was then when there was no one else to fight, Yulio, leaving Querin being attended by his fianc¨¦e in the great medical care room, went out to the courtyard of the fort being illuminated by the first rays of the sun, only to see all the disaster rubble, blood, and bodies from the war.


    [According to Querin, he did not see anyone relevant among the monsters that could be Monterio, perhaps he was one of the bunch but I must be sure, I have to go into the forest and check with my eyes]


    "Crystal, I''m sorry for leaving you, not knowing if you''re okay eats me up inside, but I trust you and your plans, so you trust me and wait for my return."


    And so with the confidence within him, Yulio began to walk through the snow and blessed by the first rays of the sun, without anyone taking it into account, towards the forest of death, to his final destination.

 V1-Chapter 18 - The ice wall

    Going back in time in the early hours of the morning as the siege of the fort occurred, Desparamo''s remaining forces in the camp were at rest and in preparation for any eventuality, which unfortunately had arrived.


    "Ma''am is urgent," a soldier came in, then continued, "the watchers saw in the distance an immense horde of monsters heading towards us."


    Then sitting at one end of a long table, was Crystal with some dark circles but with a firm will, and upon hearing the news sighed and said with courage and seriousness.


    "This is serious, but it''s not like, we wouldn''t have foreseen it" then she stopped taking care of himself and then left the place while saying" come on, follow me, and Draus checks that everyone is inside the perimeters."


    "Yes, Ma''am," answered those present before starting.


    In rapid and constant march taking into account her baby, Crystal escorted by several soldiers arrived at the center of the camp where she was received and surrounded by the whispering and curious inhabitants.


    ¡°Desparamo people!¡± Crystal shouted, shutting up the people "Many of you will have many questions and concerns about this situation, but for now I will tell you the following, we are at war.


    The population fussed over that news, but it was not over yet.


    "Yes, you heard well, we are at war, one with the beings of the forest of death, but don''t worry, we, its rulers and all the soldiers of Desparamo like this, with the help of his majesty, have taken everything into consideration, and we have the of win."


    I take a breath and continue


    "So do not worry, we will win, that is assured, currently our main forces are besieging the fortress which was taken by the monsters and at any moment we will have news of their glorious victory."


    "And why am I telling you this now, you may wonder, it is to prepare you for what is coming, our men have spotted a horde of monsters heading here at this very moment."


    Hearing this, the population went into crisis but was placated by the glorious voice of its young and apparently fragile ruler.


    "What are you worrying about? I have not told you that we have the assured victory, now I will show you the power of Desparamo, the result of several months of planning and you will see how we will be victorious from this, now watch."


    Finished the speech Crystal knelt on her 2 knees, and put her hand on the arid earth and moments later to everyone''s surprise, on the floor where her hands were, a large and intricate magic circle began to be marked that radiated blue light of 3 meters in diameter, it was then that all the people fell silent to observe what followed.


    Once fully marked, Crystal knelt on one knee, then slowly unstuck his hands, gesturing as if she were starting to pick something up from the floor, and this was due to the fact that while he was lifting his imaginary object, several lines of mana visible to the views came out. from the middle of the circle, and they came together, forming in a mystical hollow sphere with innumerable interwoven lines, forming various patterns both on the surface and inside, which was storing and compressing a terrifying amount of mana.


    Then at the moment when the sphere was complete, a circle of 10 meters in diameter appeared on the floor, covering and overlapping the one it was originally in, and it was the moment it appeared, that Crystal, with his mind on the spell, stopped. without releasing the sphere causing in this process that the earth began to temper and that more lines were gathered in the sphere assuming that it was growing.


    Once she was totally stopped, the sphere, now as large as half of her body, held her in front of her face, as if offering it as a tribute, it was at this moment that the lines stopped coming out.


    It was at this moment, that Crystal breathed and exhaled deeply and then with a forced scream, slowly pushed the great sphere into the sky as if it had something holding it back, and at the same time that it began to do this, thick lines of manas emerged from the limits of the first circle and were rising to the sphere taking the same time that Crystal raised it as if they were synchronized.


    And once I finished raising it, it quickly rose several meters until it stopped while the thick lines arrived and integrated into it, causing it to expand even more, but some of them did not join completely and in an endless cycle They entered and left it in the form of an exhale, forming a column that supported it, forming a great mystical figure that illuminated the entire camp.


    Finished forming, Crystal under her arms tired, but it was not over yet and the earth was still warming, then after taking another breath, she raised her arms again to hint that she was holding the sphere that was several meters above her, to then shout at once as he threw his imaginary sphere on the floor with both hands.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    But when doing this, a huge amount of energy came out of the huge sphere that explosively dropped from the lines that went down the pillar to the ground causing a crash on the ground as its several anvils fell at the same time lifting a lot of dust and snow from the ground.


    It happened then that a third and immense magical and intricate circle was formed that covered up to a kilometer outside the camp, it was then that Crystal, although tired but with fire in her eyes, screamed.


    "This is not over, now see the enemy''s worst nightmare and our greatest weapon and protection, the great wall of ice!"


    And as if sounding at his rhythm, when he finished speaking, the tremors worsened and from the edge of the third circle from the floor a great quantity of toxic and black water began to rise and rise up to a height comparable to the walls of a great castle, and then begin to freeze quickly formed, as Crystal said, a great wall of ice.


    Seeing this colossal work of magic and the great impenetrable wall, they felt happiness and joy which they could not hide causing a festive atmosphere around Crystal and when she saw this, she also shared these feelings and when she saw the wall in the distance she could not avoid remembering what happened to build it.


    It was days after discovering Count Monterio''s plans that in one of his multiple strategic meetings with Yulio and Captain Draus they were stagnant since a certain point in the plan was weak.


    "Everything is fine except this," Crystal said, frustrated.


    "Yes, everything is relatively covered except this, that camp is very unprotected," Draus agreed.


    "It doesn''t seem so bad, you just have to defend well" contrary Yulio


    "You are an idiot, I don''t know why I still let you participate in these meetings, look at the war nothing should be left to chance, only a small loose end can be the downfall of a country you understand" scold Crystal.


    "Sorry ... but I think there are not many options if we go in this direction, nor is it that we could make a wall out of nothing or if" Yulio apologized.


    "Yes, if we had walls like the fort, few men could make a difference," agreed Draus.


    "Walls umm that is not impossible ..." said Crystal.


    ¡°how?¡± The two men asked.


    "I think it''s not impossible, but it would be difficult, I''m going to try something, and tomorrow we continue, the meeting ends, tomorrow at the same time" closed the meeting Crystal leaving the 2 men in doubt.


    After a day, the 3 of them were back together as Crystal had agreed, and it was she who started saying.


    "I''ve already tried it''s possible and it will be done, listen here is what we are going to do, Draus your men and I will somehow take a colossal amount of toxic water and keep it below the designated place for the camp, then I will take care of forming a great magic arrangement that forms a wall around and problem solved."


    "Hey, hey, you''re sure you can do it and in your state, I know you know magic but this is at an imaginable level" Draus worried.


    "Of course you are, or perhaps you are contradicting me," said C.


    "Of course not, Ma''am, is that, is that, my lord, help me, she is his wife and she is also pregnant," Draus finished pleading with Yulio.


    "Crystal, I believe in you, do it, but don''t do physical and strenuous tasks, besides I doubt I can stop you ..." Yulio declared defrauding Draus.


    "Well with this decided, Draus tell your men to go carrying the water, I will be at the place to deposit it with magic."


    Following that, they began months of torture for the soldiers who had to bring an infinite amount of water to the designated place and on the part of Crystal she with the little she knew of earth magic managed to dig an immense well below the place and then fill it with water, but in addition to this he was in charge of preparing some magical mana collecting arrangements so that they could accumulate over time a colossal amount of magic and of course without forgetting to pre-build the main arrangement.


    After the job was done, after 2 months, she, Yulio, and Draus were in the designated place, all arid and normal on the surface but contained various magical arrangements, mana deposits, and a large pool of water.


    "I still don''t think we could finish," Draus said.


    "I was always sure," said Yulio.


    "This is only the obvious result," said Crystal.


    "Crystal tell me, I know you are a genius, but this kind of thing, you don''t think that if you could others would do it, besides this is very colossal, otherwise it could be very dangerous, my question is¡­"


    "I know what you are going to say and it is understandable, but think about it in another way, in other circumstances, it would be very difficult, first the degree of difficulty this, I achieved it due to my knowledge, not just anyone would do it, another thing is the requirement, putting this together It costs a lot of effort and time, it is not viable in rapid wars and without preparations, the other side is that it is illegal.


    "Illegal?" Both said


    "Well, not for us, this could be considered the defenses of the territory, but for any magician to do this would be illegal, well we have been here a long time, let''s go back."


    [What memories] ended up thinking Crystal after remembering, but this was not the end and I did not have time to keep remembering, so I started up saying the command.


    "Desparamo People, this wall will easily support the horde of monsters, but nothing is infinite and we still have to kill the monsters, but don''t worry we and the brave soldiers will take over, so rejoice for an unusual day in his life."


    Finished her speech she took the soldiers and came to the wall from which even in its turbidity could still be seen through it, showing the horde of monsters approaching in the distance.


    "Soldiers, what we will do will be simple and humiliating for the monsters to observe


    It was then that Crystal touched the wall, and where it touched a hole was formed, and through this, she pierced it with a large ice spear that she made beforehand.


    "Simple, no?, they come and stab them nothing more, and if they pile up, just move around enough, I''ll meanwhile calmly form several holes."


    And it was with such an explanation that the soldiers later, in an almost joking state, calmly, the soldiers stabbed with their spears through the hollow holes, killing or injuring the monsters from the security inside the wall, Crystal on his side, later, after making a great effort, for his health and that of the little boy, she retired to rest at the command shop with a smile on his face while he thought.


    [It worked, how good it worked, I am the best, Yulio I have already fulfilled my part, I hope that you also achieve yours, I do not want to go down in history as one more martyr, and also ... I want to meet my little one.]


    Later that battle will become the resurgence of the Ice Queen and will be known as the Ice Wall Massacre.

 V1-Final Chapter - Anticlimax

    In the early morning in the fort after last night''s victory, Prince Querin was waiting, along with the other leaders of the raid, for Yulio who was missing to start the meeting, until after a time when they had all met, he asked.


    ¡°Where''s Yulio?¡± Asked the prince in a command room at the fort early in the morning after his victory.


    ¡°May I speak, Your Majesty?¡± Captain Lier asked.


    "I allow it," the prince conceded.


    "Yulio, he left me a message in case someone asked about his location, he told me that he was very sorry, but he couldn''t get it out of his head to make sure that there were possibilities that Monterio was still alive and hiding in the forest of death, so he went alone to the forest to check it."


    "But what the hell is Yulio thinking about, everyone here knows that this forest is full of poison in the air and that he knows what is sinister" the prince criticized Yulio''s madness.


    "His majesty, about that, he also told me something about it, he explains that he has a gift that makes him immune to poisons so it will be fine."


    "And he believes that we would believe him?" Said the prince angrily, but a soft voice calmed him saying.


    "Querin, I think it tells the truth"


    "Litia?"


    "Yes, look, when I was in the infirmary, I found his healing magic strange and he confessed to me that he had a gift and that it had to do with increasing one''s defenses and regeneration, so it should be possible for him to resist toxins ''I explain Lithia.


    "I .., I see ..., I understand ..., but even so, irresponsible of him, aff that to do ..."


    ++++


    While in the fort they were arguing about Yulio, already inside the forest in the middle of a toxic mist was Yulio trotting to the deepest part of it.


    "How much more uf uf, hell this place is huge," he said as he stopped to rest and think about his options.


    "If I continue like this it will take me a long time if I take into account the immensity of this, it seems that I will have to try harder."


    It was then that he closed his eyes and then breathed heavily making his mana move throughout his body filling him with energy and it was then that he shot out into the deep forest.


    He ran and ran, among the withered trees and on the snow, absorbing and purifying the poison in the air in his body, until he finally reached his destination.


    "Uff I suppose that it arrives, ahh my legs as they hurt, since it shows that I am failed in the reinforcement magic, but it was worth it, this must be the place."


    Yulio said tiredly as he looked at the dark ruins that were rising in front of him, to then take a short break while using his gift in it to speed up the resting process and then carefully start venturing into the ruins.


    There were several minutes of suspense for Yulio who was pending any attack in the midst of so much silence and calm in the ruins as if no one was living in them or even the animals, but he never trusted himself by taking the advice of his beloved that he never relax in these situations. Until I finally reach my destination.


    Climbing up some stairs, he found himself in the great hall of a shattered temple in such a way that most of the center of its roof no longer existed, as well as walls and columns scattered in the form of rubble. And there was a person behind a pit that was overflowing with toxins and mana.


    "Monterio?" Yulio asked, but as he approached more cautiously when he saw it better, he couldn''t help but reiterate the question adding "Monterio is you? What happened to you?


    And this was that as he got closer he noticed that the person who was ignoring him even when he was in front of him, is impregnated with putrefaction, looking more dead than alive.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Yes, it is Monterio, but it seems that he died mummified on his feet, as the spell did not go well."


    But even so, Yulio continued to approach slowly, until he was 2 meters from the pit, and it was then that his head, cracking his neck, in a single movement looked towards him, scaring him and grabbing him to jump backwards.


    "This is a joke, don''t tell me you became undead? Although apparently a weak one."


    But in response to his question, a macabre voice slowly came out of his mouth.


    "Death..."


    It was then that the grounds began to temper.


    "This is bad," Yulio said, walking backward quickly as he watched what was happening.


    When Yulio was already at the entrance again, the toxins and the mana of the grounds came out of him, in such quantity and force that he created a column that reached the ceiling with no signs of fading, causing it to rain with liquid and toxins.


    In this rain, part of the liquid mana around Monterio defied gravity and was attracted to it, to later function, and after a few seconds, his eyes began to glow green, as did his veins and finally his holes and pores began. expel liquid and toxins mana.


    "This is bad, very bad," said Yulio.


    And affirming his words, Monterio shouted.


    "Kill!."


    And after that, his body regaining its flexibility, he leaped through the column of toxins, falling in front of it and in front of Yulio, then running towards him as green energy spheres formed on top of him.


    Then Yulio when seeing such a thing, escaped where he came from, fortunately dodging the mana balls and noticed for his fortune, that Monterio after leaving for a while returned to the temple.


    "Return, how strange, umm thinks, thinks, why he''s coming back, let''s see, ah I know, it''s the sediment, it must be that it gives it vitality, obvious and it can''t get away from it ..., This is crazy, but what to do, ahh yes, what to do is defeat him, that''s why I came, that''s why I practiced so much, what to do has not changed, but Monterio''s body yes ..., yes, his body has changed ... and there is no going back for him.


    Finished reasoning, Yulio after breathing and sighing, with a sad expression returned to the temple even with the well in full swing. And the moment he entered, he saw Monterio where he was when he first arrived, but this time, shouting the same words, he launched himself at once to Yulio.


    "Sorry ... but I must."


    By his side, Yulio sadly apologized to then run towards him and when the moment of his shock arrived, Yulio extended his arms to give him a hug, immediately and immediately began to use his gift at maximum power, absolving all the energy and wells of Monterio, from the rain and toxic environment, turning all this into nutrients and energy that cured him of the continuous and hard attack that Monterio fiercely delivered like a maddened beast.


    And so he spent more than an hour in this continuous and exhausting cycle of regeneration and injury until Monterio''s body lost all movement and finally turned to dust in the arms of Yulio, who staggered dizzy due to mental fatigue and then sat down. resting for a long time until the sky turned orange, it was then that Yulio stopped from where he was, walked to the ground, and dropped into it.


    ++++


    It had been 2 days since the final battle and Desparamo was now in a festive atmosphere due to the fact that recently, the water from the river began to arrive increasingly clean, implying that Yulio was able to complete his mission and had returned, but this Happiness was not shared by the entire population, since the truth, only known to high officials was that Yulio had not yet returned.


    The morning of the fourth day arrived at Crystal''s office, where there was an air of sadness.


    "That idiot, completed the mission, but has not returned yet ..." said Crystal furiously insulting the missing to hide his concern


    "You''ll find out when he comes back, I''m sure that he''s still alive, that cockroach is surprisingly resistant, I''m sure ..., I''m sure ... that she will return.


    And it was these phrases and others that she said a few times a day in private during these days as if it were a summoning ritual, but little did she know that when she finished saying her spell, someone knocked on the door.


    "It can happen," Crystal said, restoring her mood to the guest.


    But this was thrown when losing to see, being behind the door, because he was nothing more and nothing less than Yulio in a miserable state but with a smile on his face, and then said that his wife stopped in amazement.


    "Hehe, I''m late but I''m back Crys."


    But instead of receiving a quality reception, Crystal, whose face changed several times in amazement and happiness, finally changed to one of anger and it was then that she summoned several ice stakes and threw them at them saying.


    "you do have the courage to be late!, you''ll see."


    "Crys no, wait, I can explain it, no!" Yulio finished screaming at his wife''s attacks.


    It was then after a while, that both of them could sit facing each other, to talk about what had happened.


    "Come on, what happened in the forest?" Asked Crystal.


    "What happened was, in summary, that Monterio became undead, I defeated him and then I spent a long time purifying the nucleus of toxins."


    "Aff I see ... that was it, then we will have a meeting with the captains, where you will tell it better, and by the way, how did you survive without eating 4 days?


    "Ah that, my gift replenishes the nutrients and energy of my body so not eating is not a problem, but if a nuisance, Crystal, tell me, what has happened these days."


    "Not really, the allies left and there was a party in town.


    "I see..."


    "Yulio."


    "Yes?"


    "Welcome back."


    Crystal finished saying with a genuine smile and tears in her eyes at the return of her husband.

 V1-Epilogue

    Four months have passed since the now-legendary battle and the full spring was looming in the territory of Desparamo, only this time after more than 300 years, life is again bearing fruit.


    Being able to finally solve the problem of toxins, the river water now pure, spread throughout the territory, being able to give birth to a new vegetation, but nevertheless this one for now only emerged as in agricultural fields and pastures on the sides of the river and this is only due to the efforts of the population and its rulers to reimplant the vegetation since the toxins had killed all traces of life in the territory and it would be many years later for the entire territory to be covered plant life.


    On the other hand, there were also fruitful changes in the town, the merchants, once almost extinct, began to come back to the territory, beginning to give life to the commerce in Desparamo again, hunger and thirst were finally appeased by the crops, but even food had to be improved, security improved dramatically under the power of Crystal and the 8 pillars were destroyed giving calm to the population, who can now finally smile at a bright future.


    But just as spring brought vegetation and reforms in the town, it also brought new life.


    Already at noon, Yulio now then, in top shape and with a statuesque body, was walking from one side to the other in front of his room, listening as his wife''s heartbreaking screams came out of him, as well as some servants who entered and they went out.


    [Come on Crystal, I know you can do it, I know you can, everything will be fine, everything will be fine.]


    Thoughts like that, furiously circulated in the mind of poor Yulio who could only wait at this time, until suddenly a loud cry of a baby was heard, paralyzing his body and mind in the process, where it was not until after a while that a midwife came out of the room and said to Yulio.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    "Congratulations was born without problems, come pass."


    Then, taking the old lady''s words, Yulio entered the room with his mind blank, where he saw his adorable wife lying in bed, all sweaty and pale but smiling, embracing a new life, stopping him dry before the scene and she was the midwife who pulled him out of his stupor by telling him.


    "Congratulations, she''s a beautiful princess."


    Followed by hearing her voice, Yulio approached her wife and daughter to appreciate them better and said.


    "How are you?."


    "Exhausted ... at best, but happy ... look at this little girl."


    Crystal spoke while teaching her daughter to her father, it was then that Yulio was filled with happiness to see such an adorable creature.


    "Is beautiful."


    ¡°You''re not angry, why isn''t he male?¡± Crystal said a little depressed, noting that a male heir is important as nobles and implied that he had failed to give a male.


    "What do you say, I don''t care at all, I only care that they are healthy and happy."


    "Hahaha typical of you, tell me do you have a name in mind for her."


    "Umm let me think, I know, how about your mother''s name."


    When she said that, Crystal opened her eyes and then shed tears and then said while looking at her baby.


    "Yes¡­, that would be perfect, that''s the way it is, you will be called Catarina my precious little princess."


    "Katherine then, Katherine Valirente."


    "Hears."


    "Yes."


    "Do you want to carry it?"


    "Safe?."


    "Uju."


    "Well, come with your father, my little Katherine."


    It was then that Yulio with great care held his daughter feeling indescribable happiness while looking at her, then looked at his wife, but noticed that she was looking at him mockingly


    "You seem stunned."


    "I agree, bring me a chair please," Yulio ordered the midwife.


    After bringing the chair, he sat with his daughter next to his wife to enjoy the moment and remember everything that happened to get here how a nobody and shy low-ranking noble saves a great ice queen, he married she and despite their differences came to love or at least have full trust between them, they fought against a villain and now have a daughter today. And he couldn''t help but think, that there were still many pleasant experiences to come and this is just the beginning.


    And as Yulio says this is only the beginning, the starting line of the great Valirente lineage started by an ice queen and a nobody.

 V1-Extra - An evening conversation.

    In one night, days after Yulio''s return, Captain Lier was alone in his office, when suddenly darkness invaded the place.


    "But what the hell," Lier said, surprised and standing up from his desk.


    It was then that from the area where the door was, now all wrapped in black, a silhouette of a person appeared in it, which the only part that had color in such darkness was its blood-red eyes.


    "Is it you ...?" Lier asked, with signs of recognizing the mysterious entity.


    "If it''s me, a long time has passed, haven''t you snooper? Or should I call you Lier Filsen captain of the shadow troops."


    [thief, snooper, ahh these nicknames when they finish]


    "If it seems so, vampire, tell me what you want."


    "I had already told you when we met, that I would give you a gift."


    "And you think I would receive something from the servants of Serex the god of evil, you''re only here alive because I can''t kill you."


    "Serex, please don''t underestimate me, Serex would be very concerned if he listened to you, ju ju ju ju."


    "What are you ...?" Lier said after swallowing, at the vampire''s appalling statement.


    "Oh, it seems like I said too many things, don''t worry, pretend I''m a hidden deity from vampires or something."


    "You ... how do you think I would accept your lies."


    But Lier knew it, he took his words seriously, since the last time when he found him by accident, in some dark alley, he did the impossible as a believer in Eures the god of good, to finish him off, but his attacks did not come, or they went through it, but this worsened with the fact that he could never see his body or his face only his red eyes, but what disturbed him the most is that after he got tired, the figure who did not attack until now, in a blink, he teleported them next to some desolate mountain, where affectionate mind offered him a gift for his efforts.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    and now returning to the present day the figure answered him.


    " Hehehe, of course not, I only offered an explanation of consolation, but seriously, you have not thought about my gift.


    "I told you that time, and I''ll tell you another ..."


    "Come on, come on, don''t get like this, just because I look scary doesn''t mean I''m evil, ahh this happens when religions get tough, but well, what is going to be done, umm, well, in the end, I don''t care if you accept or not, That loyalty and faith is also good for the future, so I will give it to you anyway, feel honored.


    "You ... I will never accept ..."


    "it''s done"


    "Huh, but?"


    "How clever, that you believed some hackneyed magic, or that you delivered something sinister, no, I''m sorry."


    "Then you gave me."


    "A seed of a great gift."


    "How?."


    "This gift will grow and be nurtured throughout the generations until it is complete, what shape will it give in the end, will it keep the original planned shape, or will it change shape, who knows, but congratulations, for the gift and protect your lords well, that in the distant future for you, this power may be needed ..."


    And with that said, the light returned to the room and the silhouette disappeared, leaving Lier disturbed, confused, and with the paranoia of being cursed. But one thing is for sure, no matter what he said he would protect his lords.


    +++++


    but found on some roof of some house in town, the silhouette appeared on it, and not only this, another smaller silhouette appeared next to it.


    "Another whim of yours? Don''t you have more than enough to discover this variable of the Valirentes?"


    "You caught me, but it''s never enough, it never hurts to invest in future heroes."


    "You are impossible, come, let''s go home, everyone is waiting for you."


    "Yes, yes, let''s go then."


    With that said, the figures disappeared into the air as if they had never been there, with Lier and his gift the only clue to their existence.


    This novel arose as an inspiration to see several otome stories with the protagonist as a villain,


    only for my tastes a little dark, many of these stories are always very happy and without complications, so I decided to make a story where the villain on this occasion, fell to the bottom, accompanying in her fall, a poor nobody in love with her, and the story of the emergence of the couple.


    commenting on other things, this novel was a challenge, I have respect for those who build kingdoms, I explain, uniting the 2 and sending them to the abyss, it was the easy part, after this came the difficult, solving the insane problems of the territory, taking into account the few materials at hand, and this without counting the development of the relationship between the two protagonists.


    Now about the sequel, I plan to make only one sequel, which will definitely end the story of both of them, about how when the sequel will come out; Everything indicates that soon, I will talk about this very soon.


    Well, I suppose this would be all, so I say goodbye once again thank you for your support in this novel, and I hope you do well.

 Words of thanks

    Thank you very much, to all the readers for following this novel with me and I hope you have enjoyed it, your views and comments are a great motivation for me.


    This novel arose as an inspiration to see several otome stories with the protagonist as a villain,


    But for my tastes a little dark, many of these stories are always very happy and without complications, so I decided to make a story where the villain on this occasion, fell to the bottom, accompanying in her fall, a poor nobody in love with her, and the story of the emergence of the couple.


    commenting on other things, this novel was a challenge, I have respect for those who build kingdoms, I explain, uniting the 2 and sending them to the abyss, it was the easy part, after this came the difficult, solving the insane problems of the territory, taking into account the few materials at hand, and this without counting the development of the relationship between the two protagonists.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Now about the sequel, I plan to make only one sequel, which will definitely end the story of both of them, about how when the sequel will come out; Everything indicates that for today or tomorrow I will start publishing here.


    Regarding the publication schedule, I regret to tell you that I will publish a chapter a week, in order to at least assure you a fixed and stable chapter.


    This is so and not daily, because this time this volume is in full development.


    But the good thing is that if I get to make chapters to spare in the week, I will publish them as extra chapters.


    This setting is the same for my other novel in publication The folly of a failed magician.


    And of course if you want to support me and see a few advance chapters before they are published here, you can visit my patreon I would be very grateful.


    Returning to the sequel, on this occasion I will publish it in this same segment, (I suppose I will have to modify the names a little ...); This may not always be the case, as this is just a story that is part of several related stories.


    Well, I suppose this would be all, so I say goodbye once againthanks for your support in this first part of the novel, and I hope you do well.

 V2-Prologue – A Fairy Tale

    Once upon a time, in some kingdom in the north, a young lady of the high noblesse whose name was Crystal.


    Crystal was the only daughter of the Marquis Vicronia, who, since she was little, was educated with seriousness and hardness, but without lacking love and affection from her family, led her to become someone serious and strict but with a good sense of justice and kindness.


    Also, she was very talented and intelligent without mentioning her great affinity for magic, which led her to earn the title genius magician, also adding another title which would be the ice queen matching her type of magic and character.


    Because of her titles and lineage, she was loved by many and hated by others, but she continued to improve herself, but there was a problem, that since she was little she had contracted for a cruel and evil prince, who at first treated her well, but when they grew up, he treated her worse and worse, to the point of cheating on her with a young peasant who was innocent of the whole thing, but obviously our great Crystal was not going to stand idly by, so in an attempt to keep the honor of both and not giving up, I try several ways to correct the behavior of his horrible fianc¨¦ and that maiden.


    But unfortunately, little did she know that the annoyed and pampered prince, fed up with this deal, which was for his good, decided to put together a diabolical plan to get rid of our beloved Crystal, and he did so.


    At a party where they participated, he revealed to everyone and your father the king, that she and her family were evil and presented false evidence of them, so the king decided to give him a great punishment, but before executing the sentence, the As a last form of clemency, the king asked: "Is there someone who wants to watch over her?"


    Then only silence was heard in response, as Crystal became very sad, but from among the people someone appeared saying: ''I will watch over her''


    This hero was a nobleman of low birth, which the only thing he had with him was his great value and love for her.


    This hero is called Yulio Funsei, and the king, seeing his determination, decided to marry them both and send them to a cruel and desolate territory surrounded by ruin and decay.


    At first it was not easy, but both were able to cope with their differences and begin to rebuild the territory, but there was a problem, and this was the evil earl Monterio, supervisor of various lands including the young couple.


    This earl was posing as a good man, but in reality, he hid a cruel secret and was a magic capable of killing with all the territory, but fortunately, Crystal and Yulio suspected him from the beginning and investigated him accordingly, discovering his vile secrets as a result.


    Then, once discovered, with the help of the strategy between them and the royal troops, they were able to defeat their troops, but there was still Monterio himself who by then his spell had gone wrong and had become a monster.


    But Yulio as a heroic act, he went alone to confront him, and after an epic battle of several days, he managed to defeat him ending this with all the evil in the territory and thus Yulio could return in peace to his house where his wife who carried her future daughter in her, and then be able to rebuild the territory in peace and live happily ever after, end.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    finished narrating Yulio to his adorable baby, who was now sound asleep in his crib and then comment in his mind while he continued to stare at her.


    "How cute ..., even after all this, I don''t believe this ..., it''s like a dream ..."


    But his thoughts were interrupted by a soft but intense voice that crossed the darkroom of the traveling mansion of the Desparamo territory.


    "Then, since it was an epic battle of several days, wasn''t it that you only had to hug him to beat him and that the rest of the days you were swimming in that pool?"


    "Ohh, hehe, honey, I can explain it really..."


    Yulio said a little surprised of the owner of the voice and owner of his heart, the genius magician and the ice queen, that heroine of her story, the one whose appearance matched her title of queen, since she had intense sapphires as eyes, a light blue hair like a sky, a snow-white skin, a graceful and elegant young body without lack or excess of anything and a serious and fierce attitude worthy of royalty but still carried with her a good heart, that which was now his beloved, his wife and now the mother of his daughter; Crystal Valirente.


    "Ah and you also said that you were quite a brave hero, I am not going to deny your bravery much but you must accept that you were not very heroic with how nervous and shy you are; at least you have improved a little, in addition to before, your hero demeanor overshadowed your overweight" Crystal said, then walked until he reached Yulio''s side and leaned next to him to see the little girl and then comment "at least now you look much better."


    And it was true, since now Yulio, even after the incident of Monterio, did not slacken his training, now adopting a burly body of wheat complexion as if it were sculpted by the gods, it had a small brown mane that you barely hid its deep and kind bear eyes.


    "You are responsible for that, and I''m not complaining at all," Yulio said, then wrapped his left arm around his beloved''s shoulders.


    "What do you think you are doing," Crystal said, removing Yulio''s arm from her.


    "I''m well..."


    But before Yulio finished answering, Crystal cocked towards Yulio, to rest his head on his shoulder and then comment.


    "Easy, kidding ... only after all this, even if I no longer feel anything from Querin, it seems that my heart is not ready yet, to open again to another, even after everything we''ve been through, even after all the trust I have in you ...


    "No problem, already at this point, I''m sure I''ll make you confess to me, you''re just in denial."


    "Ohh, what big words, what happened to the meek Yulio?" Said Crystal


    mocking him.


    "There is still, but then so much to meet you ..., let''s say that I''ve taken more confidence hehe."


    "Hahaha, that''s good, by the way, Yulio, that you think will happen to our daughter in the future, considering our origin ... ¡ªsaid Crystal a little sad, but Yulio with his left hand took the right of his wife to then say.


    "Don''t worry, having you as a mother rather worries me about the future of others, but speaking more in detail ..., the life of a low noblesse in high society is hard, look at my example ... and more Counting our circumstances, so we only have to prepare it well and protect it as best as possible ...


    "There is Yulio, every time you say those profound things, I feel upset to know that you are so rough in the studies.


    "What can I tell you, at least I try to appear to be a hero, he already served once a year ago if I remember correctly."


    "Jum don''t overestimate fat ball."


    "I no longer have fat ..."


    "You will always have it ..."


    "Well what you say, I think it''s too late, if we continue here we will wake Katherine."


    "Yes ... you''re right ... it''s rare to say that about you ... well, well, good night my little one, have a good sleep" Crystal said to her baby.


    "Good evening my treasure, may the gods take care of you," Yulio said next.


    And so after saying goodbye, the adorable couple left the little girl''s room, leaving her to care for the babysitter who came after a few moments.

 V2-Chapter 1 – Royal call letter

    Several months have passed since the incident of Count Monterio and the birth of Katherine and now, in late autumn, Yulio was playing with his daughter, in the lands that he used to purify toxins, and now.


    ¡ªAmazing, look how I bounced 7 times in the water


    Yulio said to his daughter who was beside him on the ground all sheltered after throwing the stone a stone at one of the lakes.


    ¡ªAta hahaha - laughed his daughter to see his clown father.


    ¡ªall right my treasure, come on it''s your turn.


    after saying that, Yulio took his daughter and put a small one in his small hand; And she between babble and swing her hand a little, threw the stone into the lake, it falling to the bottom of it without any bounce.


    "yes, yes, that''s my genius," he said as he held up his little girl and then tickled her nose.


    "Well, it''s late, your mother must be free and waiting for us."


    And with that said, Yulio carrying his daughter, he returned to his beloved house, but when he arrived he found his wife waiting for them with a bad face.


    "Ah, ahaaaa, aha," the little girl stammered with happiness and waving his arms towards her, looking for his mother''s hug when he saw him up close.


    Yulio before the face of his wife, and the request of his daughter; Predicting what was coming, he first decided to deliver his package while saying.


    "How about Honey, how are you?"


    "Perfect and busy as always and you taking advantage of Katherine to wander, I imagine?" Said Crystal coldly, but unlike her mouth, her body took her daughter with love in her arms.


    "Hehe, sorry, I have no excuses, I just wanted to take a break from the papers, and my time ran out.


    "Aff, what am I going to do with you, a rest of half an hour or so is normal, but 2 hours? Don''t you think you spend ?."


    "Sorry, sorry, my mistake."


    "Jum, well, as you admit, everything is fine, right now we are not being punished, but tomorrow does not expect a rest or if we will not practice a bit of magical combat."


    "Don''t worry! Tomorrow I won''t take my eyes off the documents," Yulio said, turning pale.


    "Well, I hope so, come, let''s go inside, it''s already getting dark, and by the way, today you cook."If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    "Yes, according."


    So with that said, they both entered the mansion, but during that, some exchange between the two could be heard.


    "Do you want your favorite?"


    "It would be good."


    Currently, even after the Monterio incident, although everything is already for the better, the economic situation in the town still lacks a long time to recover, and in the case of the couple, with the little they have earned, they have been able to minus fixing the mansion, getting some furniture, and hiring (forcing) a soldier to clean the house and be a babysitter.


    Speaking of the situation of both separately, on the part of Yulio his routine varies from time to time, with physical and magical training, working in the vegetation of the territory, seeing the town, lord''s paperwork, and of course playing with his daughter.


    On Crystal, his routine varies between training the army and hunters, working as lord and verifying the people, and being with his daughter, who like a funny thing, tends to take her with her, leaving Yulio time without her ...


    And when Caterina is a calm baby who can crawl and is more and more adorable, and everything indicates that she is going to inherit her mother''s intelligence, But even as every good baby who is respected, she has caused well-defined earmuffs to her parents and the poor soldier.


    But not everything is happy at this time since today as on some nights Crystal gets up screaming and with tears in his eyes.


    "No! Don''t leave me ... huh? A nightmare ... again ..."


    "Take it easy, everything will be fine," Yulio said as he suddenly hugged her from behind.


    "Ahh" Crystal was surprised by her husband, to say after instantly regaining her calm "Oh Yulio, I''m sorry if I woke you up, how pathetic I am, I still have these nightmares."


    "Easy, and you''re not pathetic, just the opposite, you''re strong."


    "Thank you..."


    "Not even mention it, I''ll always be there for you, besides, you''ll see, that someday we will be able to clear your name and that of your parents, now come let''s continue sleeping before the little girl wakes up from hunger."


    "Uju ..."


    And so after Crystal nodded, they both tried to sleep again, not if before Yulio took the freedom to snuggle his mistress in his chest, who did not object in the least.


    But who would say that these plans for the future, had to be restructured the next day at noon in the office of the lords, where Yulio was writing some papers and Katiuscria playing with Katherine on the floor, forming an unusual view.


    "Knock, knock, knock," the office door rang, giving way to a familiar voice, "Captain Lier bringing urgent news, permission to enter."


    Crystal to listen to this stood up, dusted himself off, and finally carried the girl to say later.


    "Permission granted."


    Then Lier the bestial of the rabbit tribe entered and after a greeting, he began to inform.


    "My lady, the outside patrols ran into a royal messenger heading this way, so according to the protocol they are currently escorting you here."


    [Real messenger, there is, what will happen this time,] thought Yulio


    [I hope it''s not a bad thing] Crystal thought worried.


    "Well, good work, that everything continues as it is, you can retire."


    Then after ordering, Lier after a greeting left the place, leaving them both uneasy until after the time the messenger entered the door, who to the surprise of the 2 only said.


    "I come here only to deliver this letter to the King, so I say goodbye, I hope that my brevity is not an insult to you."


    After speaking, the courier handed the load to Yulio and arrogantly left the office, leaving the 2 confused.


    "Aff, like even messengers, we don''t take seriously, anyway, Yulio, what are you waiting for?, read it."


    "Okay," Yulio said, then opened the letter and began to read it.


    [


    From: Reigaria''s King


    To: lords Valirente


    I summon you both Yulio and Crystal Valirente, to the royal capital to discuss, come as soon as possible.


    ]

 V2-Chapter 2 – trip to the origin

    The hours have passed since the surprise that the Valirente couple had with the letter, and now the young couple with their daughter, in the company of the 2 captains Draus and Lier, were sitting around a large table in a room for meetings, to discuss the content of the letter.


    "Well, let''s start the meeting, although the truth is that practically what has to be done is already decided" Crystal began the conversion.


    "A few hours ago, a letter of convocation from the King arrived from the capital, addressed to Yulio and me, and it goes without saying that we have to go," Katiuscria explained.


    "Now, leaving aside for now, the preparations and the carriage, it would be deciding who goes with us and who stays to take care of the place, although I''ve already thought about that, I just want your opinion."


    "Until now I had thought that in addition to Yulio, me and Katherine, it would be good to take Lier, ten of her men and Emily the nanny; ignoring Emily, Lier and his men would be useful, since it would be good to have, more than soldiers who only know how to fight, soldiers who are specialists in information and stealth, considering how turbulent and gloomy the capital is.


    "And finally, Draus, who will be taking care of the territory, it is not complicated at all, just keep it safe as always, and pray that when we return everything will continue to be in order."


    "Now any opinion?" Crystal finished saying to her 2 captains.


    "None ma''am," Draus said, somewhat pale from her future duty and the consequences of it.


    "I do, ma''am ... Ouch," Lier finished screeching as little Katherine, who was in his arms, was playing with her bunny ears.


    "I hear you well."


    "I''m just saying, is it okay for the little princess to embark on such a journey?"


    "A reasonable doubt, I would not like it either, but I feel that due to many factors that this call could imply, I think that she would be safer with us than staying here."Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    "Well, understood, I have no complaints, and now that I think about it, with Yulio on board I think he will be more than healthy."


    "You are right, and since I see that you care about Katherine''s safety, you will be her personal bodyguard, besides of course taking care of your men."


    "Thanks for the honor, my lady" Lier replied smiling but in her mind, he complained [whoever sends me to open my mouth, there are my ears that will be yours.]


    "Well, with the main thing decided, let''s go now with the details," Crystal continued.


    And with that said, the meeting continued its course without any complications, deciding among other things, that the departure would be in a week, and once the meeting was over and only the adorable family remained.


    "Umm, this meeting went well, well done Yulio for your collaboration," Crystal commented with the baby in her arms.


    "But I practically didn''t say anything," Yulio complained.


    "And that is enough and plenty," Crystal smiled, teasing Yulio.


    "Must see, will you ever stop teasing me?" Yulio said, smiling too.


    "Umm, I guess when you stop saying cheesy and embarrassing phrases."


    "Hahahahahaha" Yulio laughed after a moment of silence.


    "Why are you laughing? You seem crazy, don''t show that to the little one, who then imitates you," she said as she covered the little girl''s eyes for a moment.


    "Ahhfff, it is funny how well we got along, compared to a year ago, I feel like we''re finally living a happy life."


    "You..., again with your sentences..." Crystal said sadly and then continued "But you are somewhat right, a year ago, I only thought about negative things and how to survive, and now everything seems so happy, just I wish my parents were still here.


    "Umm, don''t worry, they must be happy seeing us from paradise, also, now that we are going to the capital, as we had thought before the meeting, that this would be the perfect opportunity to investigate the facts."


    "Yes, you''re right, but I doubt that everything is so easy, not to mention the suspiciousness of the letter."


    "Take it easy, maybe it''s just to promote ourselves after the battle with Monterio, and besides, you have me."


    "I think you''re overestimating your gift, I doubt it will work in the face of immediate death."


    "And that''s one reason I train with you and the soldiers."


    "Yes, at least you do something, I have no complaints about it."


    "Well, I guess it''s about time to start the preparations."


    "I concur."


    And thus ended the conversation, the adorable family left the room to continue their work.


    Then fulfilling what was planned, after 7 days, the lords of Desparamo, together with their daughter, settled in a humble float, led by a soldier, left in the morning, heading for the capital of the kingdom, sheltered by the rest of the 11 soldiers (including Nanny Emily and Captain Lier)

 V2 - Chapter 3 – The capital

    The days of travel passed full of encouragement and joy for the young family, who at other times were discouraged and sad, if any negative aspect could be mentioned, it would be the uncertain future that awaits them in the capital.


    "Knock, knock, knock," the window that gave the driver''s seat sounded, and followed by that, his voice sounded, "excuse my lords, it seems that we have come, from a distance, I can see a great wall, which is according to your description."


    "Very well, let us know when we are arriving at the doors, to prepare ourselves," said Crystal.


    "Yes, ma''am" the driver agreed, leaving the 3 of them alone again.


    "Well, it seems the time has come," Yulio said.


    "Uju" Crystal replied without much encouragement, with the baby in hand


    And Yulio when seeing her like this, it occurred to him to tease her a little to raise her spirits.


    "What''s wrong with you, is it that you''re in a state again?"


    "But what? Of course not!" Crystal answered surprised, but when she saw her husband''s satisfied face, she made her anger fill her by causing her to shoot an ice stake at him, which passed by Yulio''s ear, to later go through the carriage.


    "Honey... Do you plan to kill me ...?" Yulio said, pale with fear as he thought, [I think it will happen to me, but at least I see her more animated ...]


    "Jum, who knows..., I just know you deserve it" Crystal replied.


    After this small exchange, the trip proceeded without a major problem, until they had entered the capital, where it was at this time, that Yulio took a moment to settle with his daughter next to the driver, in order to guide the way.


    "Look treasure, this is the Capital, this is where your mommy and your daddy met," Yulio said showing the capital to his little girl who replied with happy babble.


    A bustling capital, with people passing here and there, with clean and well-kept streets, as well as having an air of security; whose shape can be described as a flat circle with 3 walled rings dividing the social strata.


    And the objective path, of the caravan, towards which they will cross little by little these strata, appreciated the main street of each one of them.


    The first one that was where they arrived is the largest but poorest stratum, but not for that reason the main street was going to be decadent but rather that it was very similar, you could only see poverty observing the surrounding population and the few detailed buildings on the side from the street, but if you have to know that the farther one is from the facade, the more impoverished it becomes.


    Passing through the first they reached the second zone, the middle zone home to wealthy middle-aged or good wage earners, the differences in the main road are only few and only represent an increase in the quality of people and buildings, but it is unlike of the previous one, is that the disparity between the facade and the rest of the area is not great.


    And finally, they reached the last stratum, which is where the high nobility or big bourgeois lives, where everything is of the highest quality and luxury, without disparity between the facade and the rest of the area, which is the smallest of the 3.


    It is in this area, that after hanging around for a while, in the middle of the afternoon, they arrived at a low-class residential area, but being low, you could see small mansions here and there; and it is in this area that the float had been parked in one of these small mansions, and then left this, the young family.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    "What memories, right? Honey, this is where we started the journey" Yulio said wistfully.


    ¡°Yes, yes, anyway, then Yulio, I will ask you one more time, are you sure we can use this mansion without warning before?¡± Asked Crystal, with the baby sleeping in her arms.


    "No problems, my parents hardly use this place, so there should only be 1 or 2 maids here who surely know me and this is where I stayed when I went to classes, also I think my parents will not stand before our stay, By the way, the only time the place was remodeled was at our wedding" Yulio explained, still nostalgic.


    "Aff, well, what else, then go and hurry up," Crystal said.


    "Okay..."


    After that, Yulio came to the gates of the bars and knocked, and after a while a maid came out around 30 and asked.


    "Good afternoon, my lords wish."


    "Oh Marta it''s you, it''s me, don''t you remember me?" Yulio asked, recognizing the maid.


    "Excuse me, my good sir, but I''m afraid I don''t recognize you."


    "It''s me, Yulio, don''t you recognize me?"


    "Young master Yulio? It can''t be..." began the maid, as she leaned forward, subtly to see him better and it was then that she recognized him. "Oh young master Yulio, excuse me for not recognizing you, it''s that you have changed a lot.


    "Hehe, don''t worry, I''ve really changed something."


    "And for the better..." It was in these words that the maid noticed the others, especially Crystal and your baby, so she corrected herself saying "Oh by the gods, what happiness, I can no longer call him younger master, there is, how rude I am, come and go with the others and all-inclusive.


    "Yes."


    From here, the maid opened the gate and let all the people with saddles and a carriage included in the courtyard, leaving all the soldiers waiting except Lier, Emily the nanny, and the young family who entered. At the mansion as they listened to the maid worshiping the baby.


    Once you see inside, the maid guided them to the living room to settle in the meantime.


    "Well, here you can relax for a while, but look here there are only 4 rooms available so I''m afraid they won''t all fit."


    "But that is not possible, without counting the one that you and April have, there should still be 9, free," asked Yulio strangely.


    "What happens, master Yulio, is that his parents and brothers are going to be here to spend the winter, Hay, they are going to be very happy to meet the little girl."


    "My parents and siblings? But if they never stop by this mansion."


    "I know young master, but it''s true, a month ago, I received a letter explaining that they would come here before winter and that I would have to prepare everything."


    "This seems strange to me, but there is not much to do, even if we are with the soldiers? What do you think, Honey?"


    "Umm, one room for us, one for Katherine and Emily, one for Lier, and the last one of the soldiers, they will see how they settle or camp outside ... although it is not our house, I don''t know, if it would be correct, what do you say Marta ?.


    "I don''t know if the masters would object to it."


    And before is unknown Yulio said.


    "I don''t see any problems, let''s do it like this, or at least until my parents arrive, if we are still here by then, after that, we''ll see, is this alright Marta?"


    "Yulio, you know that you should not ask my permission, you are the master, although in my opinion, knowing the masters, I do not think that there is a problem, although it would be good if they were to camp, they would do it in the backyard."


    "Well then, let''s do it like this."


    "Understood, so while you are resting a bit, let me fix your rooms and things while April comes shopping to make dinner."


    "Okay," Yulio allowed Marta, who after having been approved, left the room leaving them alone.


    "Well, I suppose there isn''t much to discuss, just go over what was planned, Lier!" Said Crystal.


    "Yes, ma''am."


    "For now, explain the situation to the men, and take care of them, and tomorrow morning you will go to the royal castle, to announce us and confirm the audience," Crystal finished ordering.


    From here, everything flowed naturally as planned, accommodating at the end, half the soldiers in the room, and the other half in a camp in the courtyard.


    And then late at night, Crystal and Yulio were lying in bed very tired from the trip in a certain familiar room.


    "Hey darling, you don''t remember... This... Ouch" Yulio finished yelling for a terrible elbow in his rib sponsored by his wife.


    "Don''t go to start," Crystal said with the character and dominance after the blow, scaring Yulio.


    But contrary to her actions, she turned to the side, hiding her red face, while Yulio was dying.

 V2 - Chapter 4 - Free day

    A night and several hours have passed since the arrival of the Valirente family at the Funsei''s mansion in the capital and now it is 3 in the afternoon, at which time, Crystal was sitting on a sofa in the living room, talking to Marta who was standing next to her, while April a young servant girl in her 20s from the bestial tribe of rabbits, played with little Katherine.


    And about the conversion, right now they were talking about the missing person, Yulio, who at this time was practicing with the soldiers.


    "Oh yes, listen, have I already told you that Master Yulio has a hobby of drawing?" Marta said.


    "Well, yes, but what''s so embarrassing about that?" Crystal asked.


    "What happens is that one day, while cleaning her room ..." Marta approached Crystal to whisper.


    Hearing this, Crystal smirked and laughed a little maliciously.


    "Jojo, who would have thought?"


    But who would also say that moments before, Yulio had come to clean up after training, only to find himself, with these phrases about him.


    "Marta, what did you just tell him about me?" Yulio said, disturbed after hearing the latest, but the answer did not come from Marta but his wife with a smile on her face.


    "Jojo, don''t blame Marta, I convinced her to talk a little about you, you know, I was just a little curious about your hidden life."


    ¡°And, and, and what did she tell you?¡± Yulio said nervously.


    "Well, she told me that you knew how to draw, I didn''t know that."


    "It is that, I suppose I forgot to tell you, considering, that it is only a short time, in addition to the situation and that the painting is very inaccessible in the territory."


    "Umm, that''s fine, it doesn''t matter, but since I know, why don''t you show me some of your art later and it would also be good if you followed that hobby, it''s good for the image and it would also save us hiring a painter."


    "Well, it''s ... fine, then I''ll show you something if they''re still here."


    "Yes, master Yulio, your things left behind were safely stored, including his drawings," Marta said.


    "Oh, great, so then we checked, but I don''t know if you liked them like I said it''s just a hobby."


    "We''ll see that, but please, I will ask you something, when you continue your hobby."


    "Yes?."


    "Please, no more drawings with little fabric, little pig," Crystal said with a smile


    And Yulio with a pale face upon hearing him, without saying more, left the room.


    "Young mistress Crystal, you don''t think you were a little harsh," Marta said.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "Uju, I think so too, Auch you kill me, my young mistress," April said as the little girl tugged at her ears.


    "He will be fine, he already has practice, and he deserves it," said Crystal, remembering the shame he had suffered yesterday.


    And so the conversation and life in the mansion went on normally, until after half an hour, at which time, Lier had arrived with news from the palace, with which, after his arrival, a small meeting was held in the room like the one that happened yesterday.


    "Now Lier, tell us what happened," said Crystal seriously.


    "There were no complications, they told me, that the message would be delivered, and that we would be notified later on the day and time of the meeting, that''s all," Lier said.


    "Is that all? And you didn''t find out more about the reason for the letter or the location of the palace, or something?"


    "I''m sorry, I couldn''t find out more, I was escorting outside immediately after finishing, also during the visit I was isolated, and not to think of sneaking away, I consider myself good, but the defenses of the palace are brutal, they remind me of those of the territory."


    "Umm, I think you should train more, but I suppose it is natural not to be able to sneak away, those defenses were made by the ancient royal magician, who was known by several countries as a master of sorcery and arrangements, and well it is possible that you remember those of the territory, since he was my teacher, it is a pity that the current magician is his useless son without talent" Crystal explained.


    "Yes, my lady, I will train more" Only Lier could answer that, among other answers that would have given him a hard time saying them.


    "Okay, this would be all, for now, it only remains to wait," said Crystal finishing the small Meeting.


    After a few hours, taking advantage of the visit to the Capital, Yulio decided to walk around the city that once lived part of his life, with his beloved daughter and escorted by 3 Desparamo soldiers dressed as mercenaries, one of them being the same Lier following them in the shadows.


    And Crystal for his part decided to stay in the mansion, in order not to have a bad time outside, in case someone recognized her.


    "Look, Treasure, this is where daddy and mommy met, " Yulio said wistfully, his daughter in his arms, in front of the gate that overlooks the vast grounds of the College.


    [Although, in reality, in addition to Crystal, life here was not very good, I don''t know why it brings me so much nostalgia] Yulio wondered why so much nostalgia, to a place with so much abuse, except for Crystal, of course.


    "Well, I guess it''s late, it''s time to go back," Yulio said when he saw that it was already getting dark.


    But when he was going to turn to leave, a young voice called him from the side.


    "Excuse me, good sir, may I ask what matters you have with the school?"


    Yulio upon hearing this voice, could not help but recognize it.


    "that voice ..., I know it"


    Yulio thought to immediately turn to the voice, discovering that he really knew her and not only that but that it was one of those that bothered him; but seeing that she did not recognize him, he decided to leave his identity secret, telling himself that it is to avoid problems and not out of fear.


    "Oh, I was just taking my daughter for a walk. I am a former student and at the same time."


    "A former student? How strange, being so young should be one of years old, but I don''t remember anyone like you."


    "Hehe, no wonder, I''ve changed a lot, and I didn''t use to relate much, well if you don''t mind I was retired."


    "Oh yeah sure, sorry, I hope you have a good day."


    "Equally."


    And with that said Yulio went with his daughter wondering, because he did not recognize him.


    On the other hand, the young woman after that met with her friends who were waiting for her.


    "And then tell us who that gallant was if it''s her daughter?" Said one.


    ¡°Is he a great noble incognito?¡± Said a second.


    "Or it will be some fallen noble, turned into a renowned mercenary," said a third.


    "I''m sorry, my friends, but he was already gone and I couldn''t get any more out of him than apparently, he was a former student and that if he was his daughter and apparently married by the ring.


    "Ahhh," the 3 sighed.


    "Well being a former student, you must be a noble or someone important," I encourage one.


    "If it''s true, and tell us, what is your name?"


    "Oh yes, I forgot to ask you, I''m sorry."


    "Oh, come on"


    They all said and then continued to speak well of Yulio without much seriousness, without knowing that before he was despised even by them.

 V2 - Chapter 5 – Royal Audience

    Sometime after the curious meeting between Yulio and that girl, now he and his wife were dining in the dining room of the mansion.


    "It seems that you were able to enjoy your walk through the city,"


    Crystal said without much encouragement after hearing part of Yulio''s story, since he could not enjoy the little excursion as well as that he did not care much.


    "Yes, in general, it was entertaining, and I''m sorry that you couldn''t be there ..., I see that this affects you," Yulio replied, looking at Crystal''s spirits.


    "Yeah, don''t start, if I didn''t feel like listening to the story I would have kept you quiet.


    "Hehe, what I''m saying, by the way, I forgot to tell you, why don''t you guess?"


    "Just say it," Crystal said a little annoyed.


    "Already, before returning I met a well-known student."


    "Known? one of the ones that bothered you?" Said Crystal, taking a little interest.


    "How do you know that she''s one of the ones that bothered me?"


    "Easy, you have no acquaintance who treats you well except for your family and servants, you said so yourself," said Crystal enjoying teasing her husband.


    "... I see ... well, anyway, what I wanted to tell you is that he didn''t recognize me ..." Yulio said, having lost his inspiration.


    "Presumably, you are no longer an amorphous ball."


    "Hey, you finally recognize him," Yulio said, noticing that confession.


    "Not at all, once you grotesque ball you always will be, now don''t bring up the subject anymore," said Crystal.


    "I can''t with you, but hey, that part of you I ..." Yulio started to say, when suddenly his beloved wife threw an ice stake at him that rose to his ear, turning Yulio pale.


    "don''t start," Crystal said firmly in order to prevent her husband from starting to say embarrassing things.


    "Uju ..." Yulio nodded, giving way to an uncomfortable atmosphere during the rest of the dinner.


    The seconds, the minutes, the hours passed slowly in the daily life of the Funsei''s mansion, where only the anguish of an uncertain future, approached more and more to them until finally arriving unexpectedly later on the morning of the third day, At which time Crystal was playing with Katherine in her room.


    "Come on, who''s my little genius? Who''s my little genius? It''s you!" Crystal said as she held the little girl on top of her, with a slight but happy smile.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    But this corny moment, by misfortune, was suspended due to an uncomfortable voice that came from the door of the room announcing the arrival of the uncertain future.


    "Crystal..., this ..." Yulio said awkwardly, forgetting what he was going to say when he saw such a scene.


    On the other hand, Crystal, hearing his voice, stopped dead with the girl on top of her, then turned his head rigidly to see the unwanted guest and then, a little behind him, poor Emily with her head down on guilt, since she had to watch that nobody entered; And already seen the two culprits, swallowing their shame and bringing hatred for the two invaders, I ask Yulio, as he lowered the girl to shit her in his arms.


    "Yes, what happens?"


    "Well ... the message has arrived from the palace ..." Yulio said showing a small letter with the royal seal.


    At these words, Crystal''s state of mind plummeted to a state of nerves and concern replacing her previous mood, but externally, however, she could not see, if not some changes such as some paleness and seriousness on her face.


    "I see ... speak then, what does the letter say?" Said Crystal with dominance.


    "A, yes, yes, I already will," Yulio said, then started to open the letter and then read it silently.


    "Well ... In short, it says that tomorrow at 3 we have an audience with the King" Yulio summarized.


    "Well ..., I suppose that is what was expected ..., open what to prepare then," said Crystal.


    "Uju," Yulio agreed.


    "Okay, in an hour we will have a little practice of what we will do tomorrow, Yulio walks and talks to Marta and Lier about this" Crystal dismissed.


    Following what Crystal said, both Yulio and Emily left the room, leaving Crystal alone with the little one again.


    "Umm, I seem to be very nervous, needed to take this easy," Crystal muttered as she reviewed her negative feelings right now.


    "Abbaa, va, ba" ¡ª I babble the baby calling her mother.


    "Oh, do you worry? I''m sorry, umm it looks like you''re calm after all this scandal ... you''re definitely a genius!" Crystal finished saying as she lifted her back into the air, taking up her game again.


    Later, as planned, a small meeting was held in which Crystal explained to Yulio and Lier the protocols of the audience, protocols of which, the next day, they were remembered with Yulio and Crystal kneeling next to each other. with his head down waiting for the King


    "Well, here we are, you remember the process, only when the King allows it we can raise our heads, and also ..." Crystal began to explain in a low voice to Yulio, but was interrupted by it.


    "Honey," Yulio said in a low but firm voice.


    "Eh yes?."


    "Everything will be fine, I''m with you."


    "Julio ..., don''t start," Crystal began to reply when the voice of the herald spoke.


    "The King is entering."


    Following that, both Crystal and Yulio were silent with nerves as they waited for the king; who by the sound of their footsteps, The young couple followed their location until they were seated on the throne.


    "But well, who told you to humble yourselves like this, come on, get up and let me see how you are."


    From the throne, contrary to all her investigations, a young voice sounded instead of a serious and adult one, leaving the 2 stunned and retaining different opinions in their minds.


    [But what the hell, that''s not the voice of the king]


    [That voice sounds pretty to me]


    But his stun faded as the young voice spoke again.


    "Hey, I already told you that they will get up¡­ you hurt me if you continue like this."


    And it was when he said this that they both had no choice but to get up and get out of their doubts, and when they did, they saw, sitting on the royal throne, a young man of his age with reddish hair of pale skin and dressed in a few simple but luxurious clothes.


    "This can''t be" These words came out, you disrespect Crystal.


    "Of course that it can be, or perhaps you dear and annoying wedge, I say ex-wedge Leryn, cannot be the King.?"

 V2 - Chapter 6 - The royal history

    Later that day, after the shocking revelation of the new King, the young couple and Leryn had just sat down on the couch facing each other, in a castle meeting room.


    "Well, we are more comfortable and with more privacy, now we can talk at ease, so go ahead and ask, I imagine you have many questions," Leryn said without formality before her guests.


    "Your majesty..." Crystal started to say, but was interrupted by Leryn.


    Later that day, after the shocking revelation of the new King, the young couple and Leryn had just sat down on the couch facing each other, in a castle meeting room.


    "Well, we are more comfortable and with more privacy, now we can talk at ease, so go ahead and ask, I imagine you have many questions," Leryn said without formality before her guests.


    "Your majesty..." Crystal started to say, but was interrupted by Leryn.


    "Tell me Leryn please, I consider you my family, Ummm, what''s more, treat me like your respected family, also you do not remember Crystal when you called me little brother, and I called you sister.


    Leryn''s request finished, Yulio surprised by that past familiarity, looked at her wife in search of an answer, who with a slightly uncomfortable face ignored Yulio and spoke.


    "It''s alright Leryn if it''s your order, I''ll try to treat you without much respect."


    "Well, well, that''s to be expected of you, I guess I''ll give in a bit, now let''s ask."


    "Okay, I was going to say, how did you end up being the king, what happened to everyone and why almost no one seems to know?" Crystal asked.


    "That''s the question that I wanted to hear, or questions but it doesn''t matter, because I''ll answer them" Leryn congratulated to then ask" you prefer the short version or the deep but very explanatory version.


    "The deeper one if it''s not too much trouble," said Crystal.


    "No, not at all, besides, any excuse to evade my duties is welcome," said the King without complications.


    [What''s wrong with this King?] Yulio thought when he saw the carefree attitude of his ruler, but soon these thoughts were interrupted by this carefree.


    "Hey Yulio... right? I see you very quiet, you haven''t spoken almost anything, since we met, don''t worry, I''m not going to eat you.


    "I just don''t have much to say ... besides, I''m not good at talking to new people ..."


    "Umm, I understand, well, you know then, anything you can talk about, I don''t hurt, now I''m going to explain and it will be long, it''s good that I ordered food and drinks in advance."


    And so, with the preambles over, young King Leryn began to relate his story.


    "What happened is that I had a master plan from years ago to take the throne and it was until now that I achieved the final blow, well no, I''m kidding, don''t look at me like that."


    "Now, seriously, I''ll start with the beginning and the origin of everything, my father, the King was an unfortunate hypocrite, paranoid and hopelessly mad."


    "I see them shocked, well, I suppose they only saw their noble and fair part but think, like a King being sane, I would condemn your entire family without valid proof and play with your destiny in such a crazy way."


    "It''s that I mean,suppose he was right, and your parents, may the gods take care of them, were bad, well the execution was the legal way for their supposed crimes, but including them you would also be an accomplice and avoid loose ends, But no, instead of that I was going to put you as a slave and then by a suggestion you marry someone and send you to a corner where you could perfectly make a coup, do you see any sense in it? ¡±Leryn finished asking.


    "No," Crystal said.


    "If you put it like that..." Yulio said.


    "Truth that is illogical, now well, continue, my father was born crazy, but he became like that over time, history tells us that of 10 brothers and sisters born to 4 different mothers, only the oldest of all and the legitimate heir by birth between the king and the queen he ended up being the King, while the rest of the family disappeared almost all.


    "Exile, death in battle, foreign marriage, death by old age, death by schemes, are just some of the main causes and none were serious because of the King ..., because that''s a lie, my father decided on almost everyone his siblings and family.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Although, well, I suppose this is nothing new among royal relatives, in this case, my father, the primary heir, was always in the sights of his brothers, and that to survive it was all or nothing."


    "This family confrontation lived since his childhood, brought with it his paranoia and his twisted and conspiratorial personality, thank the gods that the time when my father took the throne and in which we are now, is peaceful, else, I cannot imagine the terrible things that had happened.


    "But this still does not save several nobles from being unjustly condemned, Crystal tell me, in your life, has it not seemed strange to you that from time to time, a family of viscounts or of a lower rank was purged for treason?".


    "I... Not really, my parents taught me the loyalty of the nobles may not be true, and I believed that the king was simply clever in wishing him off traitors," Crystal commented.


    "I see, Crystal the reality is that this only happens here, in other countries, very rarely this happens and this is so since this type of hunting is counterproductive since it generates fear of their king, and later, people who in they really want to overthrow him in a much more active way.


    "I understand..." Crystal said without further ado.


    "I see you''re not convinced yet, well it doesn''t matter, you can think about it later, the important thing is the current story, now that my father was a madman, now it''s time to talk about my time and my brother.


    "Tell me Leryn please, I consider you my family, Ummm, what''s more, treat me like your respected family, also you do not remember Crystal when you called me little brother, and I called you sister.


    Leryn''s request finished, Yulio surprised by that past familiarity, looked at her wife in search of an answer, who with a slightly uncomfortable face ignored Yulio and spoke.


    "It''s alright Leryn if it''s your order, I''ll try to treat you without much respect."


    "Well, well, that''s to be expected of you, I guess I''ll give in a bit, now let''s ask."


    "Okay, I was going to say, how did you end up being the king, what happened to everyone and why almost no one seems to know?" Crystal asked.


    "That''s the question that I wanted to hear, or questions but it doesn''t matter, because I''ll answer them" Leryn congratulated to then ask" you prefer the short version or the deep but very explanatory version.


    "The deeper one if it''s not too much trouble," said Crystal.


    "No, not at all, besides, any excuse to evade my duties is welcome," said the King without complications.


    [What''s wrong with this King?] Yulio thought when he saw the carefree attitude of his ruler, but soon these thoughts were interrupted by this carefree.


    "Hey Yulio... right? I see you very quiet, you haven''t spoken almost anything, since we met, don''t worry, I''m not going to eat you.


    "I just don''t have much to say ... besides, I''m not good at talking to new people ..."


    "Umm, I understand, well, you know then, anything you can talk about, I don''t hurt, now I''m going to explain and it will be long, it''s good that I ordered food and drinks in advance."


    And so, with the preambles over, young King Leryn began to relate his story.


    "What happened is that I had a master plan from years ago to take the throne and it was until now that I achieved the final blow, well no, I''m kidding, don''t look at me like that."


    "Now, seriously, I''ll start with the beginning and the origin of everything, my father, the King was an unfortunate hypocrite, paranoid and hopelessly mad."


    "I see them shocked, well, I suppose they only saw their noble and fair part but think, like a King being sane, I would condemn your entire family without valid proof and play with your destiny in such a crazy way."


    "It''s that I mean,suppose he was right, and your parents, may the gods take care of them, were bad, well the execution was the legal way for their supposed crimes, but including them you would also be an accomplice and avoid loose ends, But no, instead of that I was going to put you as a slave and then by a suggestion you marry someone and send you to a corner where you could perfectly make a coup, do you see any sense in it? ¡±Leryn finished asking.


    "No," Crystal said.


    "If you put it like that..." Yulio said.


    "Truth that is illogical, now well, continue, my father was born crazy, but he became like that over time, history tells us that of 10 brothers and sisters born to 4 different mothers, only the oldest of all and the legitimate heir by birth between the king and the queen he ended up being the King, while the rest of the family disappeared almost all.


    "Exile, death in battle, foreign marriage, death by old age, death by schemes, are just some of the main causes and none were serious because of the King ..., because that''s a lie, my father decided on almost everyone his siblings and family.


    "Although, well, I suppose this is nothing new among royal relatives, in this case, my father, the primary heir, was always in the sights of his brothers, and that to survive it was all or nothing."


    "This family confrontation lived since his childhood, brought with it his paranoia and his twisted and conspiratorial personality, thank the gods that the time when my father took the throne and in which we are now, is peaceful, else, I cannot imagine the terrible things that had happened.


    "But this still does not save several nobles from being unjustly condemned, Crystal tell me, in your life, has it not seemed strange to you that from time to time, a family of viscounts or of a lower rank was purged for treason?".


    "I... Not really, my parents taught me the loyalty of the nobles may not be true, and I believed that the king was simply clever in wishing him off traitors," Crystal commented.


    "I see, Crystal the reality is that this only happens here, in other countries, very rarely this happens and this is so since this type of hunting is counterproductive since it generates fear of their king, and later, people who in they really want to overthrow him in a much more active way.


    "I understand..." Crystal said without further ado.


    "I see you''re not convinced yet, well it doesn''t matter, you can think about it later, the important thing is the current story, now that my father was a madman, now it''s time to talk about my time and my brother.

 V2 - Chapter 7 - The royal history II

    "My father became the way he is, as a result of surviving among his brothers and relatives, and he was very aware of this, for this he decided to have only 1 wife and if he could, only have one child, that is how my brother Querin was born."


    "My father did not want Querin to be like him, I suppose he saw it as an atonement, so he pampered him and raised him to be fair, or at least that was the plan, we already know how my brother ended up being someone arrogant , stubborn, adventurous and unfaithful."


    "But what about me, if he just wanted to have a child, why am I here? Do you know Yulio? You should know, come on say it, without fear, no problems," Leryn finished speaking asking Yulio


    "Well, yes, I apologize in advance for what I am going to say, but it is known that his mother a servant, intoxicated his father well ... this ..."


    "Yes, if she slept with him, believe me it makes me much more ashamed to talk about them in that kind of situation," Leryn interrupted him and then continued.


    "Now, the story tells that she did it to have me and have benefits, but this is a lie, the truth is that my father, like any man with power, did not resist the temptation, only that obviously to give a good image he blamed my mother... That bastard."


    "Well, here I am, the fruit of an adventure, obviously as an illegitimate son I was going to be disowned, but my father again to show a good face, even against pleasure, see that they treat me well."


    "I knew this because my mother told me on her deathbed, when I was 7 years old, there are no plans or anything here, she simply gave in to an illness."


    "After this, I, even with the pain of my mother blinding me, faced my father alone, and do you know what happened?, He told me everything, not only that he raped my mother, but everything I am telling you, without lies or anything, and do you know why?"


    "Well, I''ll tell you what he told me when he finished telling me everything: ''Now that you know, what are you going to do, you are just a sad child, without connections or anything, who will believe you, who will listen to you, nobody, you have nothing to offer, you have no way to get revenge or do anything, so just sit back and enjoy your pathetic life as a wealthy kid. ''


    "I suppose I''m traumatized after this, fortunately your Crystal and my brother, who as a child were still good people, made me happy."


    "But this didn''t stay that way, the gods will know what my father thought, but after that, he would call me, he would teach me the dark side of politics if you want to see it that way, the only explanation he gave me was this: ''Querin is the representation of all the good that I never was, but when he governs he will realize that nothing is easy, so here you are, a perfect helper who works in the shadows. ''


    "As I told you, my father is not right in the head, sometimes he is good, sometimes he is bad, I never understood him today, but well here we are already reaching the end."Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    "Before his incident occurred, my father had sent me to study abroad a little, to build connections and that, you can imagine my surprise when I arrived and saw all this, what a disaster and even he himself recognized it after I faced him with him."


    "He told me at the end: ''Yes, I suppose I overdid it'' or something like that, anyway,the days passed, the months too, and Querin was a little crazy with his girlfriend, giving away gifts here and there, punishing almost innocent investors without regard, promoting giving more rights to the poor, well the latter is not a bad thing, only to cede the lands of the nobles to the common people just like that, or to force the big merchants not to fire the employees, I don''t think it was the best idea .


    "Anyway, my father can be crazy and love his son a lot, but he is not brute, for something this reign even with his madness has been maintained, so in view of all this, I name myself as his heir, in truth this me surprised; by the way, this was only a few days after Querin arrived from helping them.


    "This was where everything went to misery, Querin was totally against, saying that he had the right and that in my hands this was going to be a tyranny or something like that, well I guess I will not be someone as charitable and good as my brother, but I don''t see myself submitting my people and starving them.


    "Well, around here you can imagine what happened, my brother tried to rebel by killing my father in the process, fortunately he had almost no support, so he ended up fleeing at the end and crowning myself as the King, but I decided to leave the latter, Secretly until this stabilizes, to this day we are looking for my brother and his men to bring them to justice."


    "That would be the whole story, what did you think?" Leryn finished the story.


    "I don''t know what to say..." Yulio said.


    "Me neither, there''s a lot to digest," Crystal commented.


    "I see, well it''s understandable, this is very sudden, but don''t stress, you can take it easy, I just wanted to let you know about our old relationship, but don''t go commenting on the air, it would be poor."


    "Yes, don''t worry," said Crystal.


    "No problems," Yulio said.


    "Well, I''m glad, well, I suppose that would be everything for today, I have accumulated work, you know, knowing what awaits me, I feel respect for my father when all that paperwork is stalled, ah yes, the harvest festival will be celebrated soon, and the Palace like every year a party will be held, where you are invited, I hope to see you there."


    "We are pleased with your invitation," Crystal said without further ado.


    "Same," Yulio followed his wife, without much thought.


    "Being that they are accepting just for being the King..., well it doesn''t matter, abusing this a little isn''t bad, well I think this is the farewell, they can now retire, by the way the invitation will be sent to them in these days."


    Having finished the story, the young couple left with various thoughts and surprises on their minds, which kept them that way, until later when they were in the carriage on the way to the mansion.


    "Yulio, now that we''re alone, tell me what you think of all this," said Crystal.


    "I... I see it all very crazy, but it''s okay for us to talk about this," Yulio said.


    "Yes, no problem, like I said, we are alone."


    "Well, I don''t know, this feels too unreal to be true."


    "Yes, me too, I think similarly, but history shows us that these things happen, we have to accept it."


    "Yes, at least it seems your name has been cleared, aren''t you happy?"


    But when she finished saying that, Crystal simply froze a bit before starting to cry a bit.


    "I, I... yes..., I''m happy, how not to be, my parents are innocent, I''m very happy ..."


    Yulio a little shocked to see that, with a small smile of affection, he wrapped Crystal in his arms for most of the way.


    And once arrived, Crystal again in shape and without anything had happened, met for a moment in private with Yulio and Lier to tell them something.


    "The truth is that he didn''t trust Leryn, so Lier, very carefully investigate everything you can, it''s an order."

 V2 - Chapter 8 - Arrival of the funsei family

    Two weeks have passed since the royal hearing, during which time the young family has spent it relatively calmly and idly, almost as if they were in their territory, with the exception that now they did not have to do administrative work, but without Yet that time was mercilessly covered by the training.


    The only negative or murky things that could be said to be bothering the family would be the suspicion of everything according to the new king concerning his curious coronation, as well as the nerves of both knowing that soon, they would have to present themselves once to high society, after everything that happened.


    And it was then that now, already, each one busy with their own and with a routine already formed, they did not pay attention, or rather, they forgot certain important information, which the first to arrive was Yulio who happened to be resting in the room...


    "Hey, who are you ... hey Yulio, it can''t be, Yulio!"


    Said a mature and feminine voice full of tenderness, which was heard by Yulio, who, upon noticing, was surprised since the owner of the voice was none other than his mother, who was accompanied by his father and his older brother Yuler .


    "Mother, Father, Yuler, what a surprise," Yulio said, getting up quickly to greet them properly.


    "We have a surprise, we didn''t expect to see you here, and so changed, tell me what happened, aren''t you in trouble or not?" Said the father, surprised by Yulio''s presence in this house, taking into account the precarious situation they had.


    "Ah no, don''t worry, nothing bad happens, we were called by the king, and he told us that our treatment was unfair and that he would do something about it, and that for now, we were waiting until the festival for more news, "Yulio explained without going into detail knowing that he had to be discreet about the new king.


    "Oh that''s great, my dear, all these months I''ve been worried about you, and more so because you never send letters," said the mother, hugging him tightly.


    "Mother ..." Yulio said as he hugged her back


    But it happened that this meeting took place, Crystal who was upstairs with the baby, went down to see what was happening, to meet with the baby in her arms, this tender hug, which caused a confused face in her and he couldn''t help asking.


    "Yulio, what''s going on?"


    It was then that the parents and the brother, upon hearing the voice, turned their eyes to her, being recognized by her in-laws as they were present at her wedding, and in a fraction of seconds, both the mother and the father also noticed the tender creature. in her arms, and not being able to bear his curiosity and assaulted her, the father being a little more cautious taking a little distance, unlike the mother who was practically on her.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    Yulio on the other hand could only see with pity his wife being harassed by his parents, as well as a smile when he knew that they loved her, but this little moment was cut off by the voice of his brother, who although he was curious, he did. he kept still.


    "Oh Yulio, I couldn''t tell you before, but you raffled it off hahaha."


    "Hehe thanks, brother, by the way, that time.


    "Uju, it seems we have a lot to tell."


    "So it seems."


    And if there was much to tell, since what happened next was an extensive talk about what had happened with the 2 families since the wedding.


    At first, Yulio''s parents were very busy, harassing Crystal with questions as well as spoiling little Katherine, the only granddaughter of the funsei couple, having an extra addition to being female, since the funsei couple could never get a daughter This is demonstrated by her grandmother by saying at all times that she finally had a girl by her side.


    But later, after hours, the mood of the novelty cooled, giving everyone space to sit down and talk about the history of both parties.


    Being the funsei side first explaining his constant worry after the wedding to have his son in such a dangerous place, which increased more when they received the message from Lier explaining all the misdeeds of the code Monterio, ending this topic by scolding Yulio for just answering by letter that everything was fine and without any other explanation.


    After this, after talking about other unimportant topics such as Yulio''s childhood, or the problems of finding a partner for his 2 brothers when they were older, the conversation reached the part where the funsei family explained their reasons for coming to the capital.


    And these were no more, than a summons without many explanations to make the palace party that would be celebrated on the harvest festival, which the Valirente couple replied that if the case was more or less similar, only that in their case They could see the king who exonerated them from all crime and who were also invited, taking into account the discretion promised to the king.


    Knowing both sides had more or less similar reasons for being here, without talking too much, to avoid falling into taboos, both parties agreed that this was not a coincidence, the funsei being the most positive, saying that maybe they would go to us. give a gift, something that the Valirente couple had their doubts about.


    And now, having nothing more to say, and noticing both sides that it was already late, naturally, they all said goodbye and went to their respective rooms.


    "I suppose this all seemed strange to you, didn''t it? I mean, my family can be very kind, unlike many nobles," Yulio asked his wife who was lying next to him reading a little book.


    "Well ... I suppose I was surprised ... but I think it was nice ..." his wife replied a little in between.


    Yulio, seeing this obvious sorrow that she had, instead of bothering her a little at the cost of his health, but this time he felt happiness for her, knowing that in some way she was receiving paternal love and that she accepted it in some way, for which answered him gently.


    "I''m glad, you know I was afraid that you would not like them, and even more knowing that my mother was monopolizing little Katherine, seeing you jealous made me worried " But even if I didn''t bother her for her feelings, his suicidal self still messed with her, at least for something healthier.


    "To sleep," she said with power to immediately slam the book shut as well as then turn off the light of the magic lamp, lying down while her back was turned to her husband.


    And Yulio, seeing this attitude, he smiled a little and then accompanied his wife into the world of dreams.

 v2 - Chapter 9 - Eve of the party

    The days passed without haste or glory for both families in the Funsei''s home, who enjoyed these days calmly and happily, until the day of the party.


    In these peaceful days, no major accidents occurred, except for the day the last member of the Funsei house arrived at the mansion, Yustio Funsei, who had been delayed because he was serving as captain of a unit on the borders of the kingdom.


    Once he arrived, like his brother Yuler, he was surprised, by his brother, his new sister-in-law, and niece, but he held back just like Yuler, apart from that, his life in the mansion was passed with relative ease except of training with the men of Desparamo and Yulio, giving himself a pleasure to discover that these men were well trained as well as seeing an active side of Yulio about his training that he had not seen, so from time to time, he liked to do simulated duels with the.


    These duels, although he almost always won due to his vast experience, but he was not bored at all and on Yulio''s part he saw it mostly as a good game, without suspicions at all, since his goal is only to know how to defend himself keeping fit.


    On the morning of the day of the festival, where all kinds of decorations and commercial stalls were already being prepared in the streets to start the festival at night, in the Funsei''s mansion, the clash of wooden swords could be heard in the backyard, from a morning fight between Yulio and his brother.


    "Take this," Yulio said, throwing himself at his brother trying to give him a slash, but his brother, Yuster, seeing the predictable movement, moved to one side letting him pass by and when he was next to him, he gave him a slight struck with his sword on the back of his neck.


    "Ouch," Yulio yelled at this, then turned around with his sword in front of him in a defensive position.


    "In real combat, this would be considered your death," said his brother and then continued, "you certainly have no talent for this, but I admire your perseverance."


    "Hehe, what can I tell you, but I still want to keep improving."


    "That''s the attitude, okay, do we go on a little longer?"


    But the answer to that question did not come from Yulio but from Martha who had just arrived a few moments ago and was waiting for a good moment to speak.


    "Dear masters, lunch is ready."


    Hearing this, both of them decided to stop their practice today and go to lunch as a family.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    At lunch, as every day, everyone had lunch together in the dining room, where they took the time to talk about one thing or another, this time being the eve of the party, everyone was somewhat nervous and commented on how the party was going to be. party, something normal considering the situation they were in, but what started this normality was a comment from Mrs. Funsei at the end of lunch.


    "Yulio, Crystal, tell me a little, I have a question in my mind for a while.


    "Yes mother, what is it?"


    "Yes, tell us"


    "It''s been several months since little Katherine was born, so my question is, what happened because you have not had another?


    Hearing this, the couple turned red at the same time, due to shame and shame, that if it had been a little earlier and they both had much less discipline, they would be spitting out their food in astonishment.


    On the part of Mr. Funsei seeing this, he shook his head in his mind and scolded his wife.


    "Honey, I think you asked that question very hard, don''t you think?


    Who upon hearing this, reasoned a bit, and said.


    "Ah I''m sorry, I suppose it happened to me since I had Yustio and Yuler for short periods, it seemed strange to me.


    And before this apology, Yulio, having more confidence with her, explained a little.


    "Don''t worry mother, it just surprised us a bit and especially when we were talking about other topics, well to answer you, what happens is that we are taking it easy."


    "Oh I see, well, I just wanted to know, but nothing," the indiscreet Mrs. Funsei finished smiling, giving it a strange taste at the end of lunch.


    but this still fit within the normal, in these days of leisure, for which, after the hours this little incident was forgotten, giving way to more important matters, such as the party in the palace.


    Everyone as the time approached, they were very nervous, but this did not prevent them from finishing their preparations with satisfaction, the whole family embarking, at good time to the royal palace, except for Katherine who, due to her age, was going to stay at home with care. of Martha, April, and the rest of the soldiers excluding Lier who was chauffeuring.


    Upon arrival they had no problems passing and being received, reaching an anteroom waiting to be presented, which happened relatively quickly, the Funsei family entering first.


    "You look beautiful tonight," Yulio praised his wife, who was dressed in an elegant blue dress.


    "For the compliments you want," his wife answered, knowing her husband''s intentions.


    "Hehe, you don''t seem to miss it," Yulio said, and then grabbed his temple hands resulting from his nerves and said, "I just wanted to relax, and tell you that I''m here and that this time it''s going to be a good party."


    "Uhu" Crystal agreed to her husband accepting his caresses, creating with this a moment of silence and tenderness between them, it hurts that the voice of the staff interrupted them, to warn them that they had to enter.


    Thus, both, with a bit of sorrow, made their way through the great door that led to the great hall of the party, where they were received by an atmosphere of elegance, as well as the sight of many nobles as well as the new king who was at the background sitting on a throne.


    But before entering this elaborate party, I was introduced as


    "Your Majesty, ladies, and gentlemen, are entering, Baron Yulio Valirente and his wife Crystal Valirente, lords of the Desparamo territory and heroes of the battle of the final purification.

 V2 - Chapter 10 - The Party I

    Different emotions came and went exploding throughout the first night of the festival, and inside the royal palace, in a certain room of it, right now the young couple is feeling no more than a shock at their fanciful presentation.


    Of which, Crystal was the first to come out of this impression after a few moments when she noticed the new King smiling at them both with mischief; And as the first action to be taken, it was none other than to take Yulio from his hand, to drag him into the party, taking him out of his shock instantly.


    Sneaking past the multiple glances of the nobles, the young couple found and went to the Funsei family who was waiting for them, at a table near the wall that overlooks the terrace.


    "How''s everything, see it seems that this party is to reward you," said Mr. Funsei smiling to the young couple, and then invited them to sit with it at his table, which, with both of them, had already been filled.


    The party itself developed with enthusiasm and without news, the nobles came and went here and found themselves talking and forming connections, or they danced in the center of the room, but there were always the separate cases who either hung around without doing anything or stayed seated, As are the Valirente couple, who on the one hand was Yulio, who was shy when interacting with new people and even more so when some of them were old acquaintances from the academy, and Crystal who after what happened, did not have the courage to establish relationships and less with those who turned their backs on her, adding this to her already cold repellent attitude.


    But accompanying them in their loneliness, was his brother Yuler, who is a scholar and locked up, also made him nervous to interact with people, but he had no problems with his brother and sister in law, who were currently picking on him.


    "Then brother, how do you explain to me that you''re still here and not jumping from one place to another looking for relationships or girlfriends, like a good head of the family that you are going to be," Yulio mocked his brother.


    "Oh come on Yulio, I''m just playing distant or mysterious, you understand, it''s a strategy," Excused Yuler.


    "Yes, of course, excuses," said Crystal.


    "True, those excuses don''t believe it or you, but we''ll be nice and pretend you''re telling the truth," Yulio added.


    "You ... ah forget it," Yuler resigned and then muttered to himself, "This brother of mine, I''m the oldest and no one respects me..."


    "But brother, at least try, you can''t see Yuster, who has been walking since he arrived," Yulio continued speaking.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "Okay, are you going to continue? So what do they tell me about you..." Yuler began to answer his brother with his own medicine and was later interrupted by his walker brother, who had just arrived.


    "How''s everything going? I heard them mention me," Yuster greeted and then sat down with them.


    "All good brother, I was convincing Yuler to go out and enjoy the party, by the way, was there any luck on your side? I saw that right now you were dancing with a young lady" Yulio greeted his brother.


    "Umm I don''t know, in these things, I don''t have much experience, but it seems that everything is going well, but at least I try, not like this useless example of an older brother," Yuster said smiling.


    "Hey!" Yuler replied but his complaint was ignored by Yuster who continued saying.


    "But leaving Yuler aside, what about you Yulio, I know your circumstances are rare, but at least take your wife out to dance, or you don''t consider yourself a man."


    And when those words fell, Crystal who was entertaining herself listening to everything, trying to forget the sharp and curious looks around her, sharpened her mind when she heard her being shine at the words of her brother-in-law, but she only could process little, since almost at once, Yulio took her hand and said.


    "We Dance?"


    Then she, in a quick analysis, seeing nothing wrong, nodded, to then be dragged onto the dance floor.


    Once while being there, both facing each other, instead of starting to dance they looked at each other for a few seconds, and then Crystal broke the silence saying.


    "Did you get scared just because of this? What are you afraid of after everything that happened? Besides, we practiced during our stay here."


    "Hehe, I''m sorry, but more than the nerves, being here with you is like a dream."


    "You..., stop saying nonsense and start at once," Crystal said sadly.


    Yulio agreed, then gently take her right hand with his left and hug her back with his right and she reciprocated by hugging his shoulder with her right arm so that they both began to dance with her to the rhythm of the slow ballad that played across the room.


    steps, and steps the couple took as they turned through the entire track, forgetting more and more the looks of the others in them, and the small flaws they had here and there due to Yulio''s inexperience, as they lost more and more in themselves until nothing mattered more than to keep dancing and the bewitching sight to see the eyes of each one immersing more and more their soul in them.


    Arrived at the epilogue of the third and slowest and most romantic song, Both, due to their trance and the moment, were dancing embraced with each other, like almost a single soul, enjoying the pleasant moment, And taking advantage of this space of slowness and Intoxicated by the euphoria obtained by the dance, Yulio tenderly called his wife by her name, whose forehead is gently pressed to his, nodded delicately, waiting for the words of her partner.


    "I love you."


    And she was intoxicated by the environment, without taking into account any rationality, she answers.


    "I..."


    But, before finishing these words, the music had stopped, giving way to a series of applause, which brought the young couple out of their trance and interrupting the expected words, the couple realizing that they were in the center of the track receiving the applause.


    But then, both, about to leave the center of the hall with regret, lost their reason since from where the new king was, the voice of their spokesman echoed in the Hall.


    "Dear guests, His Majesty the King wishes to speak with all of you."

 V2 - Chapter 11 - The Party II

    In face the announcement of the royal spokesman, the other guests slowly stopped what they were doing, and, out of respect for their king, they gathered to the back of the room, which is where the king was, to pay him respect when listening to his announcement.


    And among all this crowd, there was, of course, the young couple, as well as the Funsei family, wondering not only they but also the other people who were gathered, what would the king announce? And would soon have their answers.


    "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are enjoying this special evening," King Leryn began to relate.


    "I suppose that many of you are waiting, about what this new king wants to tell you, a king that some of you are getting to know today and want to know what their ruler will be like."


    "For these curious, I can only give you this announcement and the invitation to appreciate my future actions, since these are the ones that talks about oneself."


    "Now, enough of introductions, it''s time for the announcement, an award announcement," he ended up saying with a smile on his face, looking forward to the surprised faces of his subjects, including the familiar faces of Crystal, Yulio, and the rest of his family, and after waiting a few moments, continue.


    "Usually awards and decorations are done separately in the throne room, but today I wanted to make a kind of preview for the main event."


    "Baron and Mrs. Funsei, come over here, and don''t bow down, this isn''t such a formal thing," King Leryn ordered kindly.


    About this, the Funsei couple, although confused and somewhat happy at the word award, advanced until they were 3 meters from the king, in a clearing between the people.


    "Baron Funsei, for your great service in your lands, your status will be promoted to viscount, celebrate and be happy, because you deserve it, now you can retire."


    When the couple heard this, they were still like a statue, since a change in their status, even if it is little, would be like reaching the top of a summit, where several good things would await them, and also that both, even knowing that they had good results, they never believed that this would happen, since to advance among the nobility, it is a very difficult thing.


    Fortunately for the shame of both, this shock did not last but a few seconds, and in the past these, they rigidly thanked with great happiness and nerves and then went to the rest of their family, to give way to the king''s words.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Well, now the next thing, Baron and Mrs. Valirente, come here, without kneeling of course."


    King Leryn ordered the young couple, which although they expected this when the Funsei passed first, they were still somewhat surprised, but more than this, they were nervous, nervous about what would happen.


    [Calm down, calm down, this is not like that time, calm down, calm down] Crystal was trying to calm down in her mind, she barely heard Leryn''s words, but the one who brought her calm was none other than Yulio, who although nervous, took her hand, which she noticed and when she noticed it she looked at him to realize that he was looking at her with a rigid and nervous smile, but trustworthy which was what brought her calm.


    This only happened in a few seconds, and in others, now they were again in the presence of their king, in the presence of a relative of those who caused them great suffering.


    "Do not be nervous, I only bring you good news, you will see that all this is for you, as an apology for what my family did to such good subjects," the king began reciting.


    "My king please think about your status," said one of his people accompanying him.


    "Easy, what''s the use of a status built on distrust and hatred of the people?"


    "I''m sorry my king, I was exceeded."


    "No problem, now as I was saying, Yulio Funsei and Crystal Vicronia, those were their names before that happened, it was a party like this when everything went wrong, and I thought it would be a party like this where everything would work out."


    "That''s why I organized that in addition to the typical nobles who should come, I had some of your old companions come, the same ones who had been there last time so that they could see their reward."


    "Well, well, I''m getting longer, Mr. and Mrs. Valirente, Valirente comes from the word ''brave'', and you honor this surname."


    "You were stripped of all their honor and comforts and sent to a cruel fate, but you did not decline because it was their bravery that prompted them not only to survive but to develop a place that was believed to be hopeless."


    "But this does not end here, you were partisans and co-protagonists of the overthrow of the vile Monterio and his horde of undead."


    "It''s for this, and as an apology for your cruel fate, that I am pleased to confer on you the title of Marquez, a title that was his before, but now more than before, So celebrate and rejoice because your efforts and courage paid off, life can be unfair but there is always hope..."


    But it happened, while the king was speaking, while the couple was shocked and excited by their gift; that unexpectedly, just when the king was about to finish speaking, the side wall that overlooks the interior of the castle, exploded by an explosion.


    What the hell? Similar phrases shouted the people who fortunately were not next to the explosion and these people included the king, who in just a few seconds of the explosion was already surrounded by 3 guards.


    The black smoke that the blast brought about quickly swept through the surroundings, panicking the people, and only a few stood their ground and got into position for what awaited them, including this category, Yulio, Crystal, and Yuster.


    And this wait did not last long, since when the smoke disappeared, it gave way to the origin of the disaster, an armed group of several hooded men, whose possible leader identified himself by standing in front of them and speaking.


    "Long live Prince Query and usurper Leryn down below."

 V2 - Chapter 12 - the party III

    Surprise and fear were the emotions that the public felt, in front of this sudden attack against them and the crown.


    But not all were regrettable victims, since moments after the attackers declared their intentions, the few guards who were guarding the party immediately came out to confront him including Yuster who borrowed a sword, thus initiating the fight between them.


    On the other hand, the non-combatant guests, within seconds of starting the confrontation, as a matter of logic, appreciating their safety, prepared to leave through the entrance with great debauchery.


    But to their misfortune, this tumult, when they opened the door, they found that on the other side, more terrorists were waiting for them.


    These terrorists, sooner rather than later, after immediately rejoicing in the surprise of their victims, we''re preparing to strip them of their lives, however, luckily for the civilians, there was an angel guarding their backs, since, in front of they arrived them, a wall of mana formed between them, saving their lives with them.


    This act was done by the always prepared Crystal, which seemed strange to her, that the party''s exit was not blocked.


    "You were right," Yulio told him, seeing what happened.


    "Always, but this won''t last that long," Crystal replied, and then yelled at the people, "Listen!" This barrier may not last long, so those who know how to fight should stay and help hold them until the soldiers finish off the other side, the others go to a secluded place.


    To his relief, his orders did not fall on deaf ears, and the non-combatants, although with abandon they mobilized to a secluded corner; And on the other hand, next to Crystal and Yulio there were about 5 people, who for their defense had solidified mana clubs.


    "Well, I can''t keep the barrier forever, so I''ll make a hole to let one pass," Crystal explained with her eyes fixed on the barrier, but who would think that one of them would do the opposite.


    "Hey, it wasn''t that you made a wall that stopped a monster horde because you can''t handle this."


    "Idiot, that was an arrangement that took weeks, I''m keeping this directly with my mana, now shut up and do what I tell you, there you go one" Crystal shut his mouth to immediately let the first terrorist pass and then close the hole.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    What happened to this was obvious since, among the 6 including Yulio, they gave him a beating resulting in his death.


    So far the plan was fine, but unlike monsters, humans are clever, and Crystal once again made a hole to make them pass, they did not take the bait.


    "Well, they''re not stupid," Crystal analyzed and then asked, "can some of you throw fire?"


    Faced with this question, two of the men agreed, but one who assumed what they were going to order intervened.


    "Hey, you''re crazy, if we make a fire we can set the palace on fire."


    "Shut up, I''ll take responsibility if that''s what scares you, so do what I tell you, or you want these idiots to kill some," Crystal scolded him, obtaining his approval.


    What happened next is that the 2 men prepared their spells a little secretly so that the terrorists would not notice, and when they were ready, both ran to the barrier with a club in their hands as a decoy, and, when they reached the barrier, they stuck their palm into a hole that Katiuscria had made, through which they expelled a flare that reached them all without mercy, killing almost all of them.


    The rest that remained alive, was dying and it was not worth worrying about them.


    Having defeated the terrorists, Crystal along with Yulio and the other men, after they extinguished the remaining flames, set out to guide the civilians out of the palace, which they could achieve without inconvenience, which is why Crystal scoff when she and Yulio were going back.


    "These assholes, how can they sneak up here with just these non-wizarding men."


    "I don''t know, maybe security was bad, and they''re good at fighting," Yulio reasoned.


    "Umm, very unlikely, the royal guards are not toys and there are various arrangements in the palace remember."


    "Umm well, they said they are on Queryn''s side, maybe he opened the doors for them since he lived here.


    "Maybe, well we''ll see, if they inform us after all this is the jurisdiction of the crown" Crystal concluded at this point, so as not to give back to something that does not have much information.


    "By the way tell me, why are we going back, and my family and the others are fine, Yuster would be missing," Yulio asked.


    At this point, Crystal stopped in her tracks thoughtful, Yulio following worriedly.


    "Umm, I don''t know, I suppose that the heat of the moment, also if you think about it, it is not better to contribute to earning more benefits, since it seems that this king is not an idiot like his brother, another thing is to help Yuster" Crystal commented, which Yulio accepted without giving it too much back.


    But in this extra search for benefits, it was a bit in vain, since when they arrived, the soldiers together with Yuster and even King Leryn had finished the job, with only some casualties from some anonymous soldiers, the young couple arriving just in time to see how the bodies were collected, and thus, concluding this event that ended the elegant party.

 V2 - Chapter 13 - Reward

    It has been a long time since the unfortunate accident of the festival, days in which all those present involved in addition to a slight concern, had in their hands a good material to chat and theorize, and this of course also includes the young couple, who since that day They have kept guards patrolling the residence all day and night, in addition to theorizing during the day.


    But with little material, the whole scheme cannot be found even for the skilled Crystal, but luckily for her, a good opportunity to quench her thirst for knowledge appeared in front of her and Yulio, which came in the form of an invitation to the palace, being It is accepted only with a few doubts.


    The time was scheduled for the early afternoon, at which time the young couple, honoring their honor, were able to arrive on time, meeting after some protocols, in a guest room, consisting mainly of 2 sofas and a table in the middle.


    "Good, I''m sorry for taking you," King Leryn arrived saying as he entered the room, to meet the young couple.


    "Not at all, your majesty," Crystal received him after standing next to Yulio.


    "Enough of formalities, as I say, treat me as a friend, especially your Crystal is like my sister," Leryn said somewhat annoyed as he reached the opposite sofa of the young couple.


    "Yes, Leryn ..." Crystal relented.


    "Well then, how''s everything," Leryn said without further ado, sitting down.


    "All good," said Crystal.


    "Normal," Yulio added.


    "You know, after what happened, I doubt that everything is perfect for you, anyway, do you have any idea why I call you?" Leryn ended up asking.


    "I suppose, because of what happened," Yulio said.


    "Yes, but not so much, about that, we are still investigating, for now we only know that they are Querin''s men," Leryn said without further ado.


    ¡°Leryn, are you sure it''s okay to talk to us about this?¡± Crystal asked, concerned about confidentiality.


    "Easy, I trust you," Leryn said smiling.


    "Yeah ..." Crystal said as she sighed inwardly.


    "Moments like these ... being king weighs on me ..." Leryn muttered and then continued with the conversation. "Well, well, we''re straying, the reason I brought you here is to discuss your reward."


    At the moment these words fell, the tension fell over the room, which was soon broken by Yulio.


    "Excuse me, but it wasn''t that we were already Marquesses."


    Crystal upon hearing this could not help but sigh for her husband''s ability to reason, luckily Leryn did not care much about this.


    "Well, yes, you would only need one ceremony, but here I wanted to talk about other gifts that come with this title," Leryn explained.


    "I see, we''re honored, but we don''t think we deserve this," Crystal refused for both of them.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    "No, nothing to do, I have to give you something other than beautiful titles, now listen, no, you better put it in context," Leryn said before starting.


    "See, do any of you know what happened to Vicronia territory?"


    "Yes, we know we found out from my parents, that it was divided by the territories of the nobles around," Yulio said, covering his wife from talking about something painful.


    "Well, at first I was thinking of giving them back the territory, but ..." Leryn began to speak with some pain, "that won''t be possible, it''s difficult to take something away from nobles who are generally doing well, I''m sorry."


    "Don''t apologize, they are unavoidable things," Crystal said.


    "If I do apologize, let me do it, it must be hard for your home to be taken away, at least I can assure you that its new owners are treating the population well," Leryn commented causing the young couple to smile in relief.


    "Then, as that territory is already returnable, I thought of giving you the territory of the former count Monterio, whose position is vacant, what do you say? And don''t tell me that you don''t just want that.


    Hearing this, Yulio and Crystal looked at each other for a few moments, and then Yulio told him.


    "Crystal, you''d better decide, since you''re better in politics than I, I''m only satisfied that we''re good as a family, but it would hurt me to leave what we''ve built" Yulio explained.


    "Okay, I also think the same," Crystal agreed and then addressed Leryn saying, "Leryn, I''m sorry but we prefer to stay as we were."


    "I see ..., but your refusal hurts, let''s see, but if it''s not the territory, I should give you something, you have a request or something.


    Given this, they both thought for a while, and then this time Crystal intervened.


    "How are you, give us soldiers and qualified personnel."


    "Okay, I gave the amount and I send them," Leryn agreed without further ado.


    "Wait, you just accept that, you''re not going to ask why," said Crystal.


    "Well, well, if it''s you for sure it''s reasonable, but well, explain why."


    "Well, the qualified personnel, it is because we are few for a large territory that needs a lot of development, and the soldiers are that being a border and that the forest is no longer toxic, a good force would be good to prevent invasions and bandits."


    "You see, I told you that you would say something reasonable, and as I said, I only gave a quantity and I''ll give it to you."


    "I understand, then thank you very much for your generosity," said Crystal.


    "It''s enough, so much formality hurts me, but it still needs to be finished, its ceremony and that of the Funsei need to be squared," said Leryn and then remembered something "Oh yes, the Funsei, you know, your title is another gift, what do you think?"


    At these words, both Yulio and Crystal thought it was obvious, but they just smiled and then Yulio replied.


    "My sincere thanks."


    "Hehe, you compliment me on your ceremony, how about next week, so they have time to prepare and even have time to return to their respective territory before winter," Leryn suggested.


    "Sounds good to us, thanks for your concern," Katiuscria agreed.


    "Excellent, excellent, well, then decided, now this would be it, ahh" Leryn sighed to continue saying "In the past time I would have stayed talking to you, but being King I have a mountain of papers waiting for me ..., and I feel that my assistant is looking at me ugly from outside the door.


    And it was then that when she said this, Leryn stood up and after saying goodbye, he prepared to leave, but before knocking on the door she turned around saying.


    "So before I forget about Querin, I''ll keep you posted if we find something solid, consider it a vengeful gift."


    Thus, at the end of these words, he left the room leaving the young couple alone in that room, which after looking at each other for a while, began to laugh a little.


    "Hahaha, this Lery makes me laugh, don''t you think ... he breaks my figure as a king," Yulio said.


    "Yes, I think the same, but it is understood, as a child, he was always relaxed with us, but with others he always had to behave, I suppose that being king, he finally got a bit of relaxation knowing that there is no one above who press him, ¡±Crystal reasoned.


    "Yes, it must be, but still ..." Yulio got serious, but Crystal interrupted him, before continuing.


    "Not here, the house is fine," she contained ambiguously, meaning that it would be better to discuss conspiratorial issues in the safety of her home.


    "Yes, I''m sorry, well I think it''s time to go, you think you''re going for a walk, the festival isn''t over yet," Yulio suggested.


    "You ..., afff, well come on, but let''s change first" Crystal agreed.


    "Yes, okay," Yulio said, smiling, and then going out with his wife to a happy date around the city.

 V2 - Chapter 14 - Homecoming

    Many were the emotions experienced by the young Valirente couple, through this adventure to the capital, fear, suspense, stress, fun, happiness and love were just some of these.


    Of which, the fun and happiness, the young couple were able to enjoy in a big way through the last night of the festival, where they were both walking the streets as if they had shed their worries since this could be their last chance. to enjoy a good experience on this mysterious journey, which in the end turned out to be pleasant.


    But all fun must end in due time, this being, as if it were a fairy tale, at midnight, the young couple, having enjoyed what they could enjoy, had returned to their resting place, where they would wait for the sweet dream that would end his journey.


    But any end is accompanied by a farewell, which they, before closing their eyes, decided to do it knowing that even if they were not going to leave tomorrow, this was the right time.


    "It seems that this trip has been quite an adventure," Yulio commented.


    "So it seems, but there is something that doesn''t convince me," Crystal replied.


    "Is Leryn right?"


    "Yes ... everything around him is suspicious."


    "Yes, but what are we going to do, overthrow him for being mysterious and friendly," Yulio said sarcastically.


    "Reason, I suppose I''m thinking a lot about something that doesn''t concern me."


    "Yes, we only have to hope that she governs well and does not interfere with us, although now she has done it excellently."


    "Hehe, if we just have to wait."


    "Uhu."


    "By the way," Crystal started to say with some regret, "how much do you expect to wait."


    "Oh, well, this one, I already told you, when you fall in love with me and forget about insane duty, then we can continue expanding the family," Yulio said reddened.


    "Hypocrite, you say that when we already have a girl."


    "Before is before, now is now," Yulio said to continue seriously, "I don''t think that forming a family without love based on having only heirs is good."


    Faced with this healthy point of view, Crystal had to lower her head a bit and accept this, and what was going on.


    "You know, I am filled with regret, seeing that at first, you were sad that our treasure was not male, I want that to never be repeated, even if I know that now our little girl is receiving the affection she deserves."Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    With these harsh words, Crystal could not argue, because she knew that this was true and that she sometimes wondered if she spoiled her little girl out of love, or out of apology.


    Because of this, she couldn''t help but be sad and turn around saying.


    "I understand ... good night."


    This gesture was not passed unnoticed by Yulio, on the contrary, for which, bearing a small guilt for going too far, he decided that it was best to hug her and whisper to her before sleeping.


    "I love you, I always will."


    "Moron..."


    Few days passed neither hurry nor glory, in the Funsei mansion for the day of the departure of both families, in which as main entertainment,


    Both were preparing everything necessary for this day, leaving only to say goodbye for the last time on the street.


    "Well, we''re not going first, I hope it goes well," said Mr. Funsei, to the young couple.


    "Likewise father, and now more that you have more prestige, Viscount Funsei" Yulio joked to his father.


    "Look who says it, Marquez Valirente."


    After this exchange, both could not help laughing a little, before Yulio intervened a bit saying.


    "Of course, it happened to me to ask, at this festival there was luck with my brother for his part."


    "There ..., no, but hey, being a viscount now, maybe he''ll find more luck," Mr. Funsei said, thinking that his son was behind him listening to them and complaining.


    "Yes," Yulio agreed.


    On the other hand, as both men of the family were saying goodbye, the heads of the family were also saying goodbye in some way.


    "There is my girl, come visit us from time to time," Mrs. Funsei commented as she hugged her daughter-in-law, who was uncomfortable.


    "Yes, yes, don''t worry Mrs. Funsei," Katiuscria said, freeing herself from her embrace.


    "Yes, enough lady, already enough support, we are family, call me mother or mother" But it happened that when she finished speaking, Mrs. Funsei realized the loss of her daughter-in-law, so she immediately retracted saying" I''m sorry, I got a little excited if you want you can call me whatever you prefer."


    But to her consolation, her daughter-in-law replied saying, with a smile.


    "No, there is a problem, mother ...


    "There is Honey," said Mrs. Funsei, so moved that she gave her another hug.


    While this tender scene was happening, Yulio already finished saying goodbye to his father, to give way to say goodbye to his brothers.


    "Well brother, keep making us proud," Yuler spoke with pride.


    "Thank you, brother, and you are trying to get a girlfriend, it would be good to be an uncle," Yulio replied.


    "You ... you see, I''ll show you that I''ll have a great harem"


    "Pufff, hahaha" laughed Yuster beside him to tell him " what a laugh, give her luck brother with that ... hahaha, I can''t, it''s so funny"


    "You too, you make fun of me, because I don''t see you, being successful in that area."


    "That''s what you think," Yuster said mischievously.


    "Brother, don''t you tell me?" Yulio said.


    "Impossible," Yuler said.


    "Hehe, who knows, maybe soon they will know, well, changing the subject, Yulio, Yuster I hope they are doing well as heads of their houses, the fence I feel useless, the oldest is going to be a viscount, and the youngest humbly turned M¨¢rquez Like I''ll have to do something crazy, to be someone important or maybe I''m already doing it hehe.


    "There is a brother," Yulio said.


    "Whatever you say, but don''t do anything crazy," Yuler agreed.


    "Hehehe, we''ll see."


    And with this, and a few more prayers, the Funsei family finished saying goodbye, to then mount their float and go to their territory; and followed them by the Valirentes, neither slow nor lazy, they were almost ready to leave, only missing Crystal to go up with the help of the lier in the carriage, who after going up said to him.


    "Don''t feel bad, maybe we''ll come more often, so you can meet April," Crystal said pointing to a pacifier on the poor heart thief''s neck.


    ¡°This, well¡­ did you know?¡± Lier said ruefully.


    "Even I knew it," Yulio said smiling with the baby on his lap.


    And with that heard, Lier, dead of grief, closed the door of the carriage, ending with this, this interesting trip to the capital.

 V2 Chapter 15 - Calm

    Calm and happiness invaded the hearts of the Valirente family, who had left the capital with many of their concerns resolved, leaving only the intrigue of the presence of the new King, who due to lack of relationship, had little to get involved with them.


    And so, with this unconcern on them, they had a pleasant trip accompanied by no setback except for one, which occurred on the second day of travel and had to do with Lier.


    This young Captain and former thief, although he knew that his mistress would fulfill her promise to visit the capital again, could not help but think of that young and cheerful lady he met in the mansion and who caught his attention.


    She was not the first that interested him, nor was she the most beautiful, and neither had he spent much time with her, it only coincided that it was within his range of taste, and only with this was the task of conquering her, with good results.


    This could end up as several of his light relationships or adventures if it weren''t that he was no longer the carefree old thief that he used to be, but a captain, whose loyalty and responsibility has been embedded in him almost forcibly in his morale, to through all the positive experience gained in his time serving this little family.


    And it is these same values, who now firmly tied this slight infatuation, to make it something serious, so much so that since they left, you could see the symptoms of infatuation, showing themselves in their unusual absent-mindedness, something of which, all who could notice well, he might notice it, including his lords, Yulio and Crystal Valirente, the latter being the one who faced him at break time, saying.


    "Hey thief of hearts, come over here."


    "Yes, Ma''am, what do you want?" Lier replied, after arriving before her, after listening to her.


    "How serious are you with Miss April?" Said Katiuscria.


    "Ma''am?."


    "Don''t play stupid and answer."


    "I ..., I don''t know ..., I''m sorry, being honest, it''s the first time I''ve tried to think about making a serious relationship," he said honestly, knowing that any excuse was worse than the truth before his mistress."


    "Yeah, I get it, so you''re a coward."


    ¡°Coward?¡± Lier said, offended.


    "Yes, you are a coward, you''re not determined enough to throw her out or stick with her, and not even to play with her and then go off like a bastard, that makes you a coward."A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    "I ... I''m sorry."


    "I haven''t finished yet, since I''ll tell you that for this reason, you are expelled from my forces."


    "Ma''am but"


    "But nothing, this army may have been built on thieves and corrupt, but not cowards, that''s why you''re leaving."


    "Ma''am mercy, I swear on my life that I will change."


    "Will you change? Do you swear on your life? I see that by the way you are a thief and a coward, you are a charlatan."


    "I..."


    "Shut up, cowards don''t have this right, they just run away, but I believe in second chances."


    "Ma''am?"


    "I will give you a mission, I want you to return to the capital and watch over the king''s actions, and it is better for you that when you return or if we come to the capital, you are no longer a coward, you understand."


    "I ... yes, my lady, thank you for your kindness."


    "I don''t want to hear bullshit, I want results, so get out of here."


    "Yes, Ma''am," Lier said before turning and leaving for the capital, taking with him only what he had with him.


    Once he was far away, the young Yulio who was enjoying all this act could not help but comment on his wife.


    "You''re very kind."


    "No, I am, it''s just that insecure people make me angry."


    "Like me," Yulio said, a little offended.


    "No, you''re just shy, not a coward hiding in excuses."


    "I''m glad you think so highly of me."


    "Of course not, I only expose facts," Crystal said a little embarrassed.


    "It still makes me happy."


    "You''re impossible."


    "What can I tell you."


    Yulio finished saying in front of his tender and conflictive wife, and then change the subject and talk about other things.


    And many other things had spoken for the rest of the return trip, which in a general sense continued without problems until arriving at its now home, the territory of Desparamo before starting the first snowfalls which brought with them a world painted white.


    Everything was white or gray in which case, as was the sky above them.


    White was the mountains, which camouflaged the gray sky.


    White was the plains as if a delicate tablecloth covered a flat table.


    White was the river, whose poor life was hidden under ice and snow.


    And White were the roofs of the town''s houses, acting as a protective shield.


    Everything was white this year, just like the previous ones.


    Difficult years, years of cold, hunger, and death.


    But not this year.


    Since this year, there were resources to live, and more than this, there was enough to laugh, cry, and enjoy the lazy life in the snow.


    And among the people, who enjoyed this life, a small family could be seen from time to time, throwing snowballs, behind a large mansion.


    But nothing can be eternal and the calm and laziness of the cold winter were replaced by the animosity and diligence that the new year and the coming of spring brought.


    A year full of dreams and hopes for a town that had found a ladder at the bottom of a well, the same hope that the young couple shared in their enthusiasm to improve their environment and life.


    And one of these hopes was to end all the drama in which his life is wrapped, and luckily for them, an opportunity for this was presented as in the form of an invitation to the capital.


    [


    From: Leryn the King of Reigaria


    To: the Marquis Valirente


    How are you, I hope you are well.


    It seems that our problems are about to end, we have discovered Querin''s hideout, so I invite you in a hurry to go to the capital, to discuss the details.


    ]

 V2 Chapter 16 - Back in Action

    One letter, only one letter was needed to get the young couple''s semi-relaxed life out of control, who, like the first letter, had to go to the capital mired in nerves, only with the exception that now, little Caterina had stayed at home because, on this occasion, there was the possibility that her parents were going to spend a long time on a battlefield.


    But this possibility, for now, was just another thought for the young couple to worry about, who after a few weeks, was able to reach the capital.


    "Hey, Crystal, what do you think happened with Lier and April?" Yulio asked in the carriage with curiosity when he saw that they were close to arriving at the Funsei mansion.


    "I don''t know, they''re probably a couple now," said Crystal.


    "Well, if it''s probable, he looked very determined and happy when he left," Yulio commented and then continued. "Then I''d better change the question, how far do you think their relationship has come?"


    "Umm, I guess he already proposed to her," Katiuscria said.


    "Well, then I think they just keep dating," Yulio said.


    "What a strange assumption coming from someone who got married One day to another."


    "Hehe, I had already told you, in my crazy plans at that time, Before we were married, we would have been together for a long time, but what do you say to your assumption?"


    "It''s not at all strange to think about that, since if we take into account the job he has, as well as if we suppose that he is serious, at this point it is very likely that they are already engaged, just waiting to have our permission or something, ¡±Crystal reasoned.


    "Well, I see, well we are coming, so we can find out who is right," Yulio said.


    And fortunately for them, this wait did not last long, since the one who received them upon arrival was none other than Lier, who, in addition to acting very helpful, carried an uncomfortable smile, and these details were not overlooked by Crystal who I ask him seconds after getting off the float.


    "Little thief, you''re acting weird, before we go in, tell us what happens."


    "Weird, no Ma''am, I''m fine, very fine indeed."This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    "Well, then tell us once, what''s up, don''t be a coward."


    "Well, you see, it, well, the truth ... the truth is that ..."


    "Say it once," Yulio commented who was there, hoping that this has to do with April.


    "Well, I''m going to be a father," shrieked poor Lier.


    "How?" Yulio said in amazement.


    "Oh" Crystal was also surprised, to then continue saying "well, well, our little thief has outdone himself, and tell me, the mother is April, right?"


    "Yes..." Lier said.


    "Well at least it''s April," Yulio commented and then said laughing. "But hell Lier, you are definitely the ultimate thief, congratulations."


    "I agree with Yulio, you are definitely our best thief, and also my excellent captain, how good that you have left doubts, although I think you exceeded my expectations, congratulations" Crystal congratulated him between some laughter.


    "Good, but Lier, you know, this fact deserves an explanation, and I also want to know what happened to April," Yulio said.


    "Yes, of course, and certainly April is inside," Lier replied.


    "Good, then let''s go and listen to her story."


    Crystal suggested ending this conversation, and then together with Yulio and the infamous Lier, enter the mansion, where later they would find the young April all nervous and sad, but above all happy.


    And this happiness, she had explained, sometime later when both couples were seated opposite each other, accompanied on one side by Martha.


    It turns out that this disaster was only the fault of Lier, who, empowered by Crystal''s words and free of any doubt, decided to go all out in their relationship without taking anything into account.


    But if Lier was depraved, April is not blameless for allowing all this conquest, resulting in that she was now about a month pregnant, at least for her, Lier has been responsible in the sense, of still taking care of her. if this involved doing her job.


    However, although the result of this story was extraordinary, the length and content of it were poor, and this could be seen in the couple''s dissatisfied face at the end of the story.


    "I see, that explains everything, and now what are you planning to do?" Asked Crystal seriously.


    "This one, we are thinking of getting married, of course, it''s just that ..." Lier began to doubt and then continue, "it''s just that we want the wedding to be in Desparamo and you sponsor our wedding."


    "Of course I do," Yulio said smiling.


    "I don''t see the problem," Crystal said, also agreeing.


    This acceptance brought happiness to the new couple, who was talking for a while more about their future plans, which in short, was that April would move with Lier to Desparamo, which was very logical and appropriate, but the detail remained. April was still on duty in the Funsei family, and that Martha would be left alone in case of April''s departure, which Yulio was able to solve with great certainty by saying.


    "Well, I doubt that my people who say something against April''s departure, the only annoying thing is to get April a replacement, but that would be expected, but in that case, we should start sending a letter to my parents."


    Thus, with this said, the problem of the curious case of Lier was closed, leaving only the Querin case to conclude, which from the moment of leaving, has been annoying the minds of Yulio and Crystal, who now that they arrived had to wait, the palace invitation, like last time.

 V2 - Chapter 17 - Prelude to the End

    Emergencies and great opportunities must be addressed as quickly as possible or else they will escape your hands as if they were air.


    It is for this reason that the young couple could hardly enjoy the day off they had when they arrived in the capital, so that immediately, the next day, by order of the king, both of them went directly to the palace to meet him.


    And that they did, in a matter of hours, in the early afternoon, the young couple found themselves again, face to face with the new King Leryn in some room.


    "Good afternoon, I hope you are well," Leryn greeted them after they both finished greeting them.


    "Yes, thank you for your concern," Crystal said for both of them.


    "Good, good, then let''s get serious once and for all, don''t you think?" Leryn said, putting on something serious and then continuing to speak.


    "As I had told you in the letter, my men and I found my brother Queryn''s general base of operations."


    "And Crystal, get ready for what I''m going to say, because this may seem somewhat disturbing to you, are you ready?


    "Yes," Crystal agreed without hesitation.


    "Well, speaking of strategy, in general, a good plan to hide is to choose a place where the enemy would never search."


    "Well, it turns out that''s what my brother did, and the place he chose is none other than the ancient territory of the Vicronios, more specifically the fortress of the sun," Leryn ended up revealing.


    Yulio upon hearing these words, felt some concern for his wife, which led him to see how she was, to find that she was as always relieving a little.


    But little did he know that Crystal was actually surprised by this answer and even induced some anger, but this was not enough to drive her out of her mind, not even to express it through her body.


    Then, it was given as a detail that Leryn, after revealing this secret, stopped talking for a few moments, to wait for a response from the couple, more specifically from Crystal, who, being able to understand this moment, explained.


    "Come on, continue, I''m fine, just a little angry."


    "Well, good that you take it well, in short, as a matter of logic, we now knowing this, we only have to act accordingly, being to attack as soon as possible, decisive action."


    "And here comes my invitation, would you like to participate in this final battle? I would like you to respond in 3 days from now since we are leaving on the morning of the fourth day." Leryn suggested to the young couple.


    This question, this invitation, was of the utmost importance to both of them, it was their opportunity to settle everything, to finally end this unusual adventure, it could be said that this battle, if possible, was going to be its climax.


    For this reason, and others such as their security in battle, in normal situations, it was appropriate to take time to decide, but the young couple, being made up of a tyrant wife without fear of war, and resistance and brave but timid husband Both of them, who developed iron confidence through various difficulties and familiarity, could say no other answer than.


    "No need to wait, we accept" Yulio answered to everyone''s surprise.


    And with this, it would end the main objective of the meeting, remaining as a residue, to find out what could be expected for this battle, of which, as some of the important things were the desertion of some renowned forces of the kingdom, it Which Leryn began to explain a bit annoyed.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    "And well, another thing is that this winter, a third of our generals betrayed us with several of their men, including our royal wizard in the package, what a horror," Leryn said with annoyance.


    "Hey, that wasn''t your teacher''s son, Crystal?" Yulio asked with concern.


    "Exactly, but he''s useless, no problem," said Crystal.


    "I think you''re the only one with the qualification to say that about him ..." Leryn said feeling pity for her enemy.


    "If you say so, I believe you," Yulio said to Crystal.


    "No, of course, if there are problems, I think ..., although he was not like his father, he is still a good magician known for his skill with the earth," Leryn said trying to take the situation seriously.


    "Yes, only that, since he could not handle the other elements, like his father," said Crystal knowing that she, although she specialized in water, also handled the other elements at a good level, excluding lightning.


    "Yes, yes, but, ah you know, forget it, I will only say that what we will expect from him are traps on the ground of the battlefield, and several shots made by him" Leryn resigned to this, and then continue speaking in general terms of the battle to come.


    This was only general information so the meeting itself only lasted about 4 hours, the rest of the information being together with its details, they were going to be explained during the trip to battle.


    But this was still to come, and for now, during these 3 days, the couple dedicated themselves to spending time together, getting a good armor, and annoying poor Lier, who by the way, took it badly at the time that his lords notified everyone that they were going to a battle, without him, only with the guards they brought.


    "My lady, because I can''t go, after all, I am their captain" argument Lier against them"


    "Lier, I will answer you, so that there are no doubts" said Yulio and then continue "You will see, you will not go for 2 reasons, one of you is going to become a father and you are going to get married, how bad it would be to send a good acquaintance at one battle knowing this.


    "But my lord, I am a soldier, although, for a short time, I have already formed one ..." Lier began to say, but was interrupted by Crystal.


    "Shut up, or is it that you have not yet learned to finish listening to your superiors, at this point, you are still more of a thief than a soldier."


    "It being..."


    "Well ... then, as I was saying, the second one is already more of an order and it is the important one, and in such a case something happens to us, we want you to watch over little Katherine" Yulio explained.


    "Fine..., I understand ..., I''m sorry ..., I will do it with great pleasure, but my lords I am sure, that this will not happen, I have practiced with you and you are a little invincible in my opinion ."


    "I''m glad you understood, but don''t think so highly of us, we are not immortal, we can die."


    "Yulio is right, we are still mortals prone to death of any kind, but thank you for your trust" Crystal adds truthfulness to her husband''s statement.


    And it is this fact, this concern, which Crystal has cultivated throughout her military life reaching a point where she could take it easy.


    Now once again, as if she were a rookie, she had a concern, not for herself, but for Yulio and her daughter.


    What would happen to her daughter, if she or both are not there, what would become of her if Yulio disappeared from her life?


    Just thinking about this made his mind anguish, but now, even more so, the fact that they were soon to face, out of their own selfishness, a battle where their lives were going to be at stake.


    And this is why, since the day they decided to participate, rather, since they received the second invocation letter, she suggested to Yulio that he not participate, but she always denied him, just as she did their last night together in the capital.


    "I will go, how not to go, how not to go knowing that you will go to a dangerous place without me, I know that I am not the best warrior, but I will go, in the same way that I participate in the battle for Desparamo I will go, for you, for me, for our daughter and for us" Yulio confidently explained to his worried wife, who was lying next to him.


    "You are impossible, you are a stubborn and useless fat man who overestimates himself, how can I convince you not to go?"


    "But I''m your useless fat man, besides you can''t convince me, just accept it and since you''re in it, accept your feelings for me" he said smiling.


    "You are the worst."


    "And you the best."


    "Tell me, aren''t you afraid, don''t you want to be with Katherine if she''s not here?"


    "Of course I have it, you know it, but just as you know that, you know that my stupidity can do more than with my fears" Yulio began to speak


    "And about Katherine, speaking of options, I only had two, go with you to take care of you or wait in Desparamo for the worst, it was just a matter of choosing my sentence."


    "I can''t, I can''t with you, when did you start to beat me?"


    "Whoever said that I have won, I am always lost to you," Yulio said smiling.


    "You ..." said Crystal flushed to say "who the hell taught you so many cheesy phrases.


    "Practicing, it''s just a matter of jumping into the fire and getting used to it."


    "You''re the best thing that happened to me, don''t die," Crystal finished after turning over to sleep.


    "You don''t die either," Yulio said, hugging his tenderly from behind, then plunging into the world of dreams with her.

 V2 - Chapter 18 - nostalgic trip

    "How beautiful you look with that armor," Yulio said to his wife when he saw her dressed in her combat armor, which was very simple and consisted of some metal plates located in important parts of the body, such as the chest, legs, and arms.


    But this does not end here, but under the plates, she found an elegant but simple blue suit, which underneath it was a mesh shirt.


    And like her, Yulio was also wearing similar armor, with the exception that his was green.


    "And you look passable," Crystal returned the compliment to her husband, and then declared, "Well, then, if you''ve stopped admiring, it''s time for us to go."


    Yes, they were both still in the Funsei mansion, and they already had everything ready to go, they just needed to dress for the occasion, and now that that was also ready, as Crystal said, it was time to go, to meet the caravan of the king.


    His arrival at the caravan could only be described as uncomfortable since the soldiers felt happy to have a person known in the art of war as Crystal among them, but they also felt shame and shame, after everything that happened to them. , since several of them were in favor of the downfall of the Vicronia.


    And it didn''t help much either, that the king, who also went to battle, greeted them and treated them as family, giving the two of them special treatment for the trip, which the young couple could not refuse.


    All these situations could not avoid being commented by the young Yulio to his wife in the privacy of his carriage, minutes after leaving the capital.


    "I think all this has been very strange, those faces of fanaticism towards you have been very strange."


    "I don''t see how strange it is, the strong admire the strongest, you don''t see how our soldiers look at me," Crystal replied.


    "I understand those, but not these, I know your family is famous, but I didn''t know it got to this point."


    "Well, now you know it."If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    "Uhu, but hey, that''s one thing that surprised me most of all, since you know, before the king made me uncomfortable, but now, since I also have to worry about the soldiers, there was no one who didn''t look at me as if he wanted my death, and I think I know why,¡± he finished with a triumphant smile.


    "Hehe, if you know, tell me, or do you want to show off in front of me."


    "I don''t know, I just wanted to say it," Yulio said sincerely.


    "I suppose so since you are surprisingly very talkative with the people you meet."


    "Yes, what can I tell you, hahaha."


    "Hears."


    "Yes?..."


    "How about you practice magic on the way, there is a long time, oh now that I remember, it wasn''t that you were going to train to be worthy of me, but look at you, you still don''t know how to make a fireball."


    "What can I tell you, my talent in magic surprises me a lot, but I think that even without achieving that, I have become worthy, don''t you think?"


    "In your dreams."


    "Hahaha, well I guess then, let''s see if on this trip I finally learn well how to do magic."


    "I doubt it," Crystal said smiling.


    The trip was somewhat long, but without problems, with the only detail that the nerves of both were increasing, as they got closer and in the case of Crystal, she more often looked out the window to look with nostalgia and sadness at the view the surrounding lands which were becoming more and more familiar to her.


    And the most serious nostalgic experience was when they arrived at the ancient capital of the Vicronia.


    For reasons of time, they could not stay there so they had to pass it through a large hill next to it, in which everyone could see the entire city including Katiuscria, who had not taken his eyes off the city. once he saw her.


    "Hey, are you okay?" Yulio asked when she saw her so lost in herself.


    "Come look," Crystal answered her softly.


    At her request, Yulio leaned out the window with her, to see the city below them.


    "That''s where I was born and raised."


    "Yes, it''s a beautiful city, I was born in a simple mansion in a town," Yulio said trying to cheer up the mood.


    "There is the central square, there is where my father and I said goodbye to the city with the soldiers when going to battle."


    "It must have been very glorious moments ...


    "And there, in the distance is ... was my house," said Crystal, pointing to the ruins of an old mansion.


    "I see, so that''s where you lived," Yulio said while hugging her from behind, to continue.


    "Uhu ... that would be good," Crystal accepted being sad.


    "And while we''re here, we could bring Katherine."


    "Yes, she would be very happy."


    Fortunately to the relief of their sadness, this sad sight only lasted a few hours, before losing the city of their sight, to give way again, to the monotony of wildlife until they had reached their destination, on the edge of a forest that overlooked a plain, in which was a fortress.


    It is on this edge, where they set up a camp, for the preparation of the last battle.

 V2 - Chapter 19 - Invasion

    It was the morning of a cloudy day and at the edge of a forest was a spirited military camp, which was preparing for an upcoming battle.


    It is in this camp, more specifically, in a large tent, where currently the commanders and directors of the army, were now discussing the strategy for the coming battle.


    And among the directors, there were two highly relevant figures, Leryn the king of the nation, and Crystal Valirente, his partner Yulio being missing for the simple reason that he was only going to interfere.


    "Well, I think that with this we conclude what we are going to do, you can now withdraw and I know that the gods are with us," King Leryn concluded the meeting and with this start the eviction of those present.


    But it happened that before they started dating, the king spoke once more saying.


    "Crystal, I would like you to stay together with General Auer, to discuss one last thing."


    In the face of this proposal, this order, both individuals had no choice but to remain in their position in silence, until everyone else had left.


    "Well, the hour is the general strategy, a very classic frontal attack for my taste, but we have to do something," King Leryn began the conversation.


    "Now, well I have you two here to see if we can make another parallel strategy and this will depend on Mrs. Crystal.


    "What are you suggesting, Your Majesty?" Crystal said in response.


    "Please tell me Leryn ... well ... fortresses tend to have secret escape routes, I was wondering if you know if this one has one since it was built by your family."


    "Umm, not really, because if not, I would have told you about his at the conference," Crystal confessed.


    "I see, well, don''t worry, maybe that''s better, since we can skip a tedious meeting, well you can go and get ready since we''ll be leaving soon," Leryn concluded this futile meeting.


    After a few minutes of this conclusion, Crystal was now entering her store, and Yulio, who was inside preparing some things, received her saying.


    "How was the meeting?"


    "It was productive but rushed."


    "And that? What happened."


    "Nothing bad, this sometimes happens when we''re in a hurry for the enemy not to flee or attack first, at least we could come up with a decent strategy."


    "Oh that''s good, can you tell me what it''s like while we get ready?"


    "Yes of course, although you will hear it later."


    It turns out that the strategy consisted of something simple to get in front and break the main door with force and magic, and then invade the fortress.


    But this could not be so simple, since it is anticipated that they were going to be bombarded with arrows and magic, making it like running over a minefield.


    For this reason, it was thought of making 3 groups led and protected by the only 6 magicians they had.


    And of these groups, Crystal, Leryn, and Yulio were going to be in the same group, whose job was to reserve their force to assault and infiltrate inside the fortress once they managed to cross the walls, while the other two contained the outsiders.


    "How nice to let me be in your group," Yulio said.


    "I thought that was what you wanted and you told me," Crystal replied, and then continued, "besides that, your gift would be useful to us."


    Upon hearing this from his wife, Yulio could not help feeling appreciated, and he was even going to thank his wife for this gesture, but it turns out that an importunate voice from a soldier interrupted him by calling everyone to appear for battle.


    "Well, it seems it''s about time, Yulio," said Crystal, and then preparing to leave since like Yulio, they were ready.


    But it happened that when she was about to leave, from her hand, she was pulled by Yulio towards him, to then receive a perfect kiss, which not even he thought would work, but he had to do it anyway.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    Something had to do, as this could be the last time they would both be together and safe as well as the time, in which they both argued before parting ways in the battle of Desparamo.


    "I love you, promise that you will take care of yourself even if I am by your side," Yulio said to his blushing wife, after separating from her.


    "Yes ... I promise, you promise too ..." Without rejection or cons, Crystal accepted, since she thought the same as her husband.


    "I promise," Yulio said, and then without more, spellbound by the heat of the moment, plunging into the lips of his wife, which he accepted with complete confidence, both of them being able to seal with this, a premature farewell for both, as well as giving themselves himself a blessing to success.


    So with all these doubts and promises satisfied, both had left the store to face their destiny, both carrying a fierce conviction.


    The conviction that would lead them together with their allies, to cross the minefield of the fortress.


    Would take them, for Crystal to protect them from the endless rain of arrows or other projectiles, and for Yulio to heal and relieve them with his gift.


    It would lead them to fight in despair, as they faced an ambush from the enemy, as they attempted to knock down the magic-reinforced door.


    It would lead them to mourn their fallen comrades while wishing the best for others as they infiltrated the fortress.


    It would lead them to be careful, for the fatal dangers that were facing and wearing them down, through the narrow corridors.


    And finally, when they were only five, this conviction made them reach almost the top floor of the fortress, where they would be, the origin of their destiny and also the end of it.


    "By the gods, why the hell do they have to be on the top floor," Yulio complained, walking in front of the group.


    "We already told you, our dear magician, from above you can see the situation, and attack well from there, or you don''t remember all those perfect shots at us while we were down," Crystal replied.


    "Now both of you calm down, I know you''re stressed, due to some misfortunes, but this is almost over," Leryn told them to calm them down.


    "And whose fault it is, we have lost more than half of us, due to this strategy of yours, by not informing you of the number of enemies," Crystal replied to the king without regard.


    "Well, I''m sorry that my infiltrated spy found us betrayed and given false information, besides you, the genius was there when we discussed the strategy, so you also have something to blame." The King tried to defend himself.


    "Tch, right, but I still blame you," Crystal conceded.


    "Now it is you two fighting, please calm down" Yulio tried to calm things down.


    On the other hand, the other two, who were royal guards and who also had fortunately survived, they only had to see how these three titans argued and wait to reach the end.


    But in the end, what has to happen, has to happen, just as happened with them, that even if they were exhausted from this costly battle, they could reach the front, of a door at the end of some staircase.


    "This door leads to a wide and small corridor that joins other rooms, and the floor above, so we must be careful, perhaps our royal magician is waiting for us there." Crystal commented to prepare the others before entering.


    And so it was done, all of them had entered slowly while being protected by a solid magic barrier, but this caution was met by nothing.


    Nothing at all, they even searched all the rooms and part of the corridor that leads to the top floor and nothing, nothing at all.


    For this reason, and only for this reason, it was decided to vanish the barrier, which required constant mental wear from Crystal, its greatest combatant.


    "Well, even though this feels awful to me, I think we should continue," Crystal said, seeing that there was very suspiciously nothing here.


    "I think the same," King Leryn said.


    "As far as I know this is disturbing, but hey," Yulio also agreed.


    And it was true, there was nothing where they were, if not from above, a place where they had only superficially scanned in search of traps and did not imagine, that the danger was higher, waiting for a slight signal, which was given in the opportune moment.


    Thus, it was then, that the quintet, now unprotected, was surprised by an explosion that came and destroyed the ceiling above them.


    Stones and dust immediately fell on them, hitting and mowing them respectively, but they were all warriors and had the means to fix them, or at least that''s if it was just rocks and dust.


    As it turns out, in the midst of the blast, even though their improvised defenses were still reflexively raised, hidden among the dust and rocks, were some thin but powerful stone spears, which ruthlessly aimed at them, inserting themselves without mercy. pity on 3 of them, the first 2 were the royal guards and the third.


    "YULIO !."


    Yes, it was Yulio, the most inexperienced of all, who was now unconscious on the floor, with 3 spears in him, of which the most lethal was in his heart.


    And above him, she was crying and screaming, his wife, his beloved, who still had the sanity to raise a barrier for the two of them as well as withdraw the spears, in the hope that his gift would work.


    "Yulio! Useless, wake up, don''t you dare die."


    "No ... please, no, don''t die, how can you die, and leave me alone again."


    "Please, please, wake up, useless fat man, you are the only person I have ever truly loved."


    "I''m sorry if I insult you, is that, is that ..., I do not express myself well ... and you are very sorry..."


    "Please, please, it''s not that you were immortal ..."


    "Come on Yulio, get up, please, don''t die like a pig, you''re already better than that ..., you were always better than that."


    "So wake up, open your eyes."


    "Wake up, wake up, look ... look ..." she said, stammering from crying, "I''m saying it ... you won, I love you, so wake up."


    "You were right, me, me, maybe not at first, but little by little I was loving you, just ... I didn''t want to give in, but I love you, I love you ... so please, please, wake up."


    "Wake up at once!"


    But in the end, he didn''t wake up.


    "YULIO!."

 V2 - Chapter 20 - Revelation

    Pain, sadness, and anger, this was what poor Crystal was feeling with great intensity, in the face of the fact that her husband had been murdered in front of her.


    And so much was this regret, so much was this pain, that she stopped caring for many things, she only cared about the blood of the being that stole what mattered most to her.


    She was not interested or paid attention, when the culprit appeared from the ceiling, regretting the situation because she was crying for Yulio.


    Neither does she care that this being confessed that her objective was not on the ceiling, but elsewhere.


    Nor did she care, that the two guards were traitors who had given him the signal to attack.


    She only cared about the blood of the culprit, so she did not mind letting Leryn go alone in search of his brother.


    She cared so much about killing him that she did not have the luxury of thinking of another strategy than to go straight to him.


    She wanted to see him suffer so much that she ignored the good practices of a fight to the death and began by mutilating his arm by means of a magic blade that pierced all his defenses.


    Her hatred was such that she did not care or listen to his pleas, at the moment she started him with 3 ice stakes in him remaining limbs.


    That he was the son of his teacher, no, this did not matter to her when he began to itch little by little his limbs, until only his torso remained.


    That he wanted to die, no, it was still too early, he had to suffer more, and for this, she destroyed his fifth member by drilling him with a spear.


    Blood, blood, she wanted blood, but not even having torn that being completely apart, she did not have enough, she would not regain what she had lost.


    And this is why she could not help but turn to him and cry bitterly.


    Cry with despair.


    Cry with regret.


    Cry with hatred.


    Just as she once did by losing her parents and being betrayed.


    And so she went again, to fall into an abyss, once more into that dark pool filled with no more than a heartbreaking emptiness.


    She still had something to live for, she had people who loved her and the people she loved like her daughter, she was aware of this.


    But she could not, could not, appease the pain she felt, or escape the loneliness that invaded her.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    And I only wanted and longed for right now, the stupid words of that person, that she loved.


    The one I hate at first.


    The one that at first she mocked.


    The one who over time was drawing her attention.


    The one who over time was gaining her trust.


    The one who fought alongside her.


    The one who lived with her.


    The one who stole her heart after she had lost it.


    The one who was with her.


    In good times.


    In bad times.


    When she was in bad condition.


    When she was in perfect condition.


    And now this was going to turn into a painful past, a past she didn''t want, a fact she couldn''t accept even if she had it in front of her.


    That is why, time and time again, she called him or yelled at him with great pain, in order for him to wake up and be with her once more.


    "Wake up!"


    "Yes ... I heard you ..."


    It was not a lie, it was not a delusion of her mind, through a cold bloody mouth, these words had sounded.


    "Yulio, you''re alive, it''s not a joke, right?"


    Crystal said with surprise stammering in sadness and wrapped in a sea of ??tears.


    "I''m alive ... I''m immortal hehe ... by the way ..."


    "Yeah ... yeah, what happened."


    "Win ... you confessed to me ... hehe."


    "You ..., you ..., you are the worst ..." Crystal ended up saying, and then burst into tears once more beside her lover, but this time it was not out of sadness, if not out of happiness.


    It turns out, according to Yulio, that when he was stabbed, he was able to retain his conscience, long enough to do no more than trying to use his gift to the best of his ability.


    But in the end, the wounds were very deep and he could not avoid in the end, ''die'' for a while and then revive, thanks to the fact that his gift, fortunately, continued to work and was able to heal his heart.


    And already being conscious and being pampered by his wife, he only had to continue using his gift to regain his strength, which although he succeeded, this on a mental level, left him exhausted, and right now there was no time to rest, not even when this battle had yet to be finished.


    Thus, with all reluctance on the part of Crystal and only convinced by Yulio, they both left the room in search of Leryn''s whereabouts, which after several minutes they had found her thanks to some marks she had left with her sword.


    In the subway, in a hidden room, with nothing but the dust that covers the bricks of the floor, the young couple, already aroused and tired of all this, were now involved in what would be the last phase of this battle.


    Since there was Litia Queryn''s wife passed out, which was with an advanced pregnancy.


    Leryn who was all tiring.


    And finally, Queryn who was found dead and beheaded at the hands of his brother.


    "I''m sorry ... the battle was very hard ... Yulio are you alive?" Leryn said with surprise.


    "Yes, luckily ... tell us what happened," Yulio said when he saw this disaster.


    "Well, I found Queryn on higher floors, but in the end I ran away, but I suppose he thought he lost sight of me, since it was difficult up to here where his wife was, the rest I think is easy to guess."


    "I see ..., umm Crystal, what are you doing?" Yulio said when he saw that his wife began to look at Queryn''s corpse, not with hatred, if not with some sadness and contemplation.


    "I''m watching, it''s strange no, I thought I was going to feel joy, but in the end, I only feel sadness ..., maybe because I didn''t kill him ..., or is it because my revenge already after all this ..., I do not care anymore."


    "Crystal..." Yulio said with concern.


    "Hey Leryn," Crystal said.


    "Yes, whats up?."


    "Dowhat''sdeny it, you planned all this, right? Since you could never kill him and less with her curing him." Crystal declared without mercy or encouragement.


    "Crystal, what do you say ... if he ..." Yulio started to say but.


    "Silence ... Yulio ... let him confess."


    "Fine..." Yulio obeyed.


    And Leryn, knowing that it was her turn to speak, began to deny this statement saying.


    "Hey, Crystal, how do you think I ..., I ... ahh you know, it has no case, this plan has long been a failure," Leryn finished by confessing.

 V2 - Chapter 21 - Truth

    In some gloomy room, somewhere in a fortress bathed in blood and debris, the truth of everything was about to unfold, the truth of how everything started, the truth of how everything developed and the truth of how it will end, and this truth , I start with just a question through the mouth of the person in charge of all this last act.


    "Since when did you become suspicious?"


    "I became suspicious from our first meeting, or you are going to tell me that your story of how you took power is very credible," said Katiuscria.


    "I see ... well, in my defense, when you usurp a throne, it''s difficult to make yourself look like the good guy, well, in my case, my father was already bad in himself, so that helped me something."


    "You''re going to keep telling lies about the king," Yulio said, considering things, he no longer cared about insulting Leryn.


    "Well, well, let''s clarify something, not everything in my story was false, and the fact that my father was a madman was not one of them, so would you like to know what really happened?" I end up asking Leryn in face of his two judges .


    "And what do you gain from that?" Said Crystal, contradicting him, at this strange kindness on his part, despite everything.


    "Umm, compression, maybe, look, don''t take it the wrong way, but you know, even if you know that I am the culprit of everything, what you are going to do about it, since I am the King and I must say that I am very loved by many people, and These rebels are just the remnants of the previous corrupt regime."


    "But we will know, and we can tell others and then ..." Yulio started to say, but..


    "Calm Yulio, he has a point, and politics is anything but pretty, besides I haven''t been able to detect anything magical here," Crystal interrupted him.


    "Good that you understand, so where do I start, yes, my father was really a madman, and I hated him for killing my mother."


    "I hated him, as I hated him, and that bastard still had the nerve to educate me in politics, to help his adorable Querin, which is disgusting."


    "If that''s not insanity, then maybe it could be called sadism."


    "Well, I''m getting carried away, as a matter of obviousness, I was not going to be the lapdog of him or my stupid and spoiled brother, so like any conspirator who respects himself, I began to gather allies and do plans.


    "And among those allies and plans was the Vicronia family and their attempted betrayal."


    That truth, that fact, was now, after so many setbacks, something that neither Yulio nor Crystal could fully believe, in which case it only produced doubt and hatred towards him, being Yulio the one who could not help saying this.


    "Liar, how you expect us to believe that the noble and loyal Vicronia family was going to betray the king, and now more so when we know that you''ve been lying to us."


    But instead of antagonizing him the king, it was his wife when he said.


    "Yulio, now, let him finish, and then we''ll see."


    "But Crystal, your parents"


    "Yulio!" Said Crystal, letting her hatred out of a misdirected place.


    And Yulio upon hearing this, could not help noticing that he was holding on, and could even see it, seeing his fists clenched with great force.


    "Yeah ... I''m sorry, I got carried away."The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    "Umm, well, it''s good that they held back, I was afraid ... but things are as they are, very few people are totally loyal and the Vicronias weren''t one of these, especially when the king repressed them a lot, or you are going to say Crystal, that all those border wars were normal.


    "It was because they were invading us," Crystal said reluctantly,


    "In a sense, yes, but those invasions were caused by us, some dark deals here and there, and some provocations were enough for this."


    "And all this, in order to earn some money and get rid of the Vicronias."


    "But well, your parents were anything but weak and they stood firm, but weakened, so much war, so much insecurity, so many bandits, they make anyone temper, and at this point, I come like any tempting demon."


    "Bastard," Crystal insult.


    "I suppose my crazy father taught me well, but at least I keep my sanity."


    "Anyway, up to now everything had gone well, I had people and a plan, I just needed to put it into motion after I returned from abroad, but my brother spoiled everything."


    "Nobody suspected anything, not even my father, who among his madness was a conspirator, no, he was my stupid and spoiled brother, they don''t know how much I enjoy cutting off his head..."


    "I''m deviating ..., this brother of mine, he only had one task, to remain ignorant, but no, he had to fall in love with another and start investigating any excuse with which to break his engagement to you."


    "And here he is, looking for a stone, he found a treasure, luckily for my plans, your parents did not involve me at all, they are great people, my respects."


    "You''re a bastard, you don''t feel guilty in the least," Yulio said angrily.


    "Of course I did, I didn''t want them to die, how could I kill such valuable people, and especially being the parents of someone I''ve liked since I was little."


    "How?" Said Crystal surprised, and her husband also shared this surprise, but it was also born in him, the unconscious action of standing in front of her.


    "Yes, I like you, after all this, I''ve liked you since I was little, but what can I tell you, you were with my brother, and I couldn''t do anything, just maybe, if everything had gone well, your relationship with Querin would end and you would be my wife."


    "And hell I had an advantage since that bastard never loved you."


    "But no, in the end, it happened, what happened, and when it arrived, I found out that my first plan failed and you were with a disgusting fat man, in some remote place, which is why in the end I made that third-rate magician do it. will try to kill.


    "You ..." Crystal said with hatred, almost in her last years and about to attack him, but just as she stopped Yulio, now he was the one who stopped her.


    "Calm, I want to hit him too, but I''m curious how this will end."


    "Excellent, what a relief, thank you Yulio ..., and I''m sorry for ... trying to kill you ..., you know, the love makes one do crazy things, like what you did to save her, in a way I thank you for that, but that still doesn''t change my hatred of you.


    "Well, continuing, and going back a little, summarizing, after arriving and knowing all this, I began to put together another plan, but in the meantime, I needed to push my brother away for a while, I just needed an excuse.


    "And fortunately, that request for your help came up regarding Monterio."


    "Then, as you can see, everything went well, a few months after he returned, I put the plan in motion, and everything went well, I killed my father and my stepmother and became king, and my brother and his wife, the Capture them to serve as bait, for the last remnants of the previous king."


    "And here we are, eliminating the waste, and me lamenting my failure to kill Yulio, anything you want to ask?"


    "Yeah, how you managed to get everyone together, I doubt Querin would help," Crystal said.


    "Simple, his wife and son held them, hostage, he may be a brute, but at least not an insensitive one, look, she has a necklace that will explode at my command," Lery finished saying while pointing to Litia''s necklace.


    "Why did you kill him?" Yulio said.


    "I already told you I hated him, besides he could give away my plan, although that was useless in the end."


    "Why this place?" Crystal asked.


    "I wanted to cheer you up with this nostalgic gesture.?"


    "Bastard."


    "I do not deny it..."


    "Hey, what are you going to do with her?" Yulio said, pointing to Litia.


    "I have nothing against her so I give them to her as a gift, I don''t know, maybe they would like to kill her for provoking her situation in a certain way."


    "But in any case, her identity will be erased, you know, succession issues."


    "Any other question?."


    "One because you called us here," Yulio said.


    "Think, this would not be a perfect gift for Crystal to end everything, and for me, a good place to kill you, but you have to see that you are tough."


    "One last question, why did you say this plan was failing a long time ago?" Crystal asked.


    "Because even though I had men inside, I didn''t expect some of them to betray me and that there were more rebels than planned, at least that stupid wizard did his thing, by the way, what happened to him?


    "I killed him," Crystal said with hatred and coldness.


    "Yeah ... well then, I suppose this would be all, one feels light, to tell the truth, right? Now, The question remains, which will be us who now know the truth."

 Final chapter - Regular end.

    Through both real and fictional stories, the eternal struggle of good against evil and its victory over its opponent has been emphasized.


    Sometimes, a hero, either alone or with a company, manages to go through the difficulties that arise along the way, until he faces the villain of his story, and after a fierce battle, the hero will be victorious and thus have his happy ending.


    Other times, however, it happens that the hero through some of his struggles, he is crushed, and with him, all his ideals and companions, leaving the villain with his own happy ending.


    But there are times, that both opponents, lose and or win at the same time and this end is one of these.


    "What will become of us."


    King Leryn had asked the young couple mischievously.


    Was there a trap waiting for the young couple?


    No, there were none, he had only planned to kill Yulio and not Crystal, also he was less strong than both.


    Could it be that both would kill the young king?


    No, they couldn''t, he was a king and there was a very big crime waiting not only for them but for his daughter and acquaintances.


    Would they give him away?


    No, there would be no effect, a worshiped king is an untouchable king.


    But then, what would become of them if the king was inviolable.


    escape?.


    It may be, it was the only logical option and they could even do it, but it was risky, the consequences could be almost the same as killing the king.


    But conversely, although the young couple worried about the consequences, Leryn also worried not only about the consequences of dying if he dared to touch them since he knew that the two were worth as an army.


    If not also of losing the only friendship and love that he had had since childhood.


    Love from which, now I could never get no matter what.


    So what was the best way out?


    And this was none other than trust.


    And it is this trust and mutual sacrifice on both sides, some more concerned than others, brought them all to an uncomfortable end.


    An end, of forgetfulness or rather of self-sacrifice and conformity.


    But this was not bad at all, since thanks to this shady agreement, the young couple was able to return home, where both were to be received by all their compatriots.


    They celebrated their victory.


    They wept for the fallen men.


    But this did not stop them from continuing to develop the territory despite their concerns.


    Like Leryn who had to continue ruling and show that he was not a madman like her father, with the bitter feeling that her love would never be returned.


    Yes, they both continued on their respective paths, in which as long as they lived, there would be the possibility of healing their wounds and finding good treasures.


    And of these treasures, one of them was presented to the young couple, several months after the end.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    "Lier, you will love and protect April, in wealth and poverty, in health and in disease, until death does them part."


    "I agree."


    "April, you will love and protect Lier, in wealth and poverty, in health and in disease, until death does them part."


    "I agree."


    "Well, now with the power vested in me by the holy church and with the favor, the presence and the blessing of the gods, I declare you Lier and April husband and wife, the bride and groom can kiss."


    And in the face of these solemn words, expelled from a young priestess dressed in a ceremonial robe, both Lier and April, both, in the happiest moment of their wedding, joined their souls to give each other a tender kiss.


    Kiss that began a celebration for all those present in the church of Desparamo, a celebration that would continue later, in the courtyard of the Valirente mansion.


    There where now the grass grew all over the place, they were playing and chatting, drinking and eating, all the guests with great happiness including the priestess who united them.


    And among so much happiness, could not miss, those who organized everything.


    A young couple, who emerged amid inconsistent decisions and circumstances.


    A couple, only united by punishment and love from one side.


    A couple, who suffered and lived their punishment.


    A couple, who in the end was joining a sacred bond.


    A couple, whose punishment turned into happiness.


    A couple that overcome all obstacles.


    A real couple.


    "How good all this feels, don''t you think, it''s a shame that my family was missing," said Yulio who was holding the hand of his love.


    "What can be done, Yuler and your parents are still busy with their new title," Crystal said.


    "Yes, and Yustio is somehow now in another kingdom with a princess he met at the ball."


    "As your brother looks like you, except for Yuler who luckily in the end your parents were able to make an engagement."


    "Don''t blame Yuler so much, not everyone can be a heart thief like Lier."


    "Yes, that thief, finally managed to steal something good," said Crystal.


    "Yes, don''t even say so, I just hope that her son doesn''t steal from ours," Yulio said with concern.


    "As for you, I would be more concerned about what our daughter could do to them," said Crystal mischievously.


    "Hahaha, right, I always forget that Katherine came out like you."


    "Although, it remains to be seen how your little brother or sister will turn out," said Crystal, looking happily at her still flat belly.


    "You ...?" Yulio said with surprise.


    "Yes, you''re going to be a father again."


    "I, I, yes!" Yulio said, then hugged his wife and gave her a turn and then put her down and gave her a few kisses.


    "Now, now, you''re embarrassing me, be discreet, or you want to ruin the party for the poor thief," she said ashamed.


    "Hehehe, I''m sorry, but I''m very happy."


    "Yeah, I know, but you might feel a little bad."


    "By?"


    "Because here it comes, you know who."


    "Eh?, There is no, who invited him?"


    Yulio said bitterly when he saw that he approached them, no more than King Leryn, with a bouquet of flowers.


    "Hello Crystal, these are for you."


    "Leryn, can you go, please," Yulio said, interrupting him.


    "Then let me tease you for a bit more, or I will make you uncomfortable, Yulio," Leryn said with some hatred.


    "You know so," Yulio answered Leryn.


    "Well, you settle, then Crystal, how''s everything going?"


    "As you can see, everything was fine until you arrived, why aren''t you in the capital? Do you have a pregnant queen there, right?"


    "Auch, that hurts, in my defense, a king''s duty is to have a queen and descent."


    "Bad for you," said Crystal.


    Yes, this strange talk was even normal, among them, mainly the fault of Leryn who, despite everything, did not understand what contempt was and continued to annoy the young couple, before out of obsession and love, and now more that everything, for wanting his sincere friendship.


    "Well, I understand the rejection, but they are going to see that my revenge will be that my descendants mingle with theirs," said Leryn, with brilliance.


    "Puff, I think first, knowing what your blood is like, they will mix with your brother''s," said Crystal.


    "I wish, I hope this blood is dispersed as much as possible, that''s why I married a commoner from some remote town, and since we''re here, how is my hidden nephew?"


    "He''s there with his mother and the children," Crystal said pointing with his finger, there, further ahead, the priestess playing with 3 children, her son, Lier''s son, and finally Katherine.


    "Umm I see, it looks good, that''s good, umm ... I think I''d better go, I screwed up too much," Leryn said with melancholy and guilt, then turned around and left there, just like that.


    "That was weird," Yulio said.


    "It is not strange, in the end, he is still a poor traumatized child, and he feels guilty for not giving a better ending to his nephew" said Crystal reasoning.


    "I see ... do you know something?"


    "Yes?"


    "I love you."


    "I also."


    "And do you know who else?"


    "Yes?."


    "That cute little girl talking to us."


    Yulio said pointing to her little daughter, who was running awkwardly towards them while screaming.


    "Mom Dad."


    And upon reaching them, her mother happily took him in his arms, and Yulio, for his part, hugged his two loved ones with great happiness.


    A happiness and love that the three of them shared sincerely and that would last, for the rest of their lives.


    THE END

 Epilogue I - Unwanted Guests

    At some point during the party, oblivious to all public eyes, on the roof of the Valirente mansion, was observing a short human figure wrapped in black mist, but through it, you could see bright red eyes.


    "It wasn''t that you didn''t like my hobbies," said a similar but larger figure suddenly appearing behind him.


    "No, but I have to admit that from time to time a nice story comes up, don''t you think," the thin one answered naturally.


    "Yes, seeing this type of story encourages me to continue with this effort."This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    "How sweet of you, by the way, have you already done something with Yulio''s gift?"


    "Yes, I already did, although it hurts me a bit."


    "Yes, but it was necessary, if this gift were to spread the world, it would be dangerous, although on the other hand, if this does not happen, we could have an advantage over what is to come."


    "You''re right, but it''s not worth the disaster that would surely happen, mortals don''t deserve it."


    "In spite of everything, you like your mortals very much."


    "What can I tell you, I was born one."


    "Yes, like me, that''s why I understand you, certainly."


    "Yes, by the way, do you mind if I accompany you?"


    "Not at all, have a seat."


    And with that said, the tallest figure sat next to her, to see this beautiful ending, until time later, both disappeared from there, leaving no trace of their existence.

 Epilogue II - The end of the book.

    [


    Long ago two very different people lived.


    One was a refined lady of high society and a genius in magic and warfare.


    And the other, was a young man of the lower nobility, without beauty or any talent to highlight.


    The lady was the fiancee of the crown prince and she was going to be, in time, the queen of the country, she was Crystal Vicronia


    While the young man, being the third son, would hopefully live a good life, he was Yulio Funsei.


    But this was a future that no one would ever know.


    For on a fateful day, Crystal and her family were unfairly tried for treason because of her fianc¨¦ and the king.


    Her parents were going to be executed, and she was going to be a slave, that was her destiny dictated by the king, in the middle of a party like many.


    But the king in his madness and sadism left room for a hope, an opportunity, that nobody wanted to take, nobody except Yulio.


    And it was thus, as a result of this, that both were forced to marry and sent to a barren and desolate territory, ravaged by a curse.Stolen novel; please report.


    Here, they would learn to get along and overcome their problems, in order to find their happiness.


    But nothing was simple, since they, in their cunning and courage, found the origin of the curse that devastated the town and its respective culprit.


    And after a great and epic battle, both were able to defeat the terrible evil, thereby ending the curse and opening the way for the salvation of their new home.


    Love was emerging between them and gave way to new life, but not everything was over and it was the past that brought them to this point.


    Oblivious to all this, the king and the crown prince rejoiced with the suffering of the people, but this ended on a day in which the second prince, allied with the same people, ended his tyranny.


    But this was not perfect, and the crown prince escaped alive and planned a counterattack.


    So the new and just king, in order to deal with this and correct the mistakes of his predecessor, apologized to the young couple by giving them titles and other rewards, as well as the opportunity to take revenge.


    An opportunity that both did not miss, so together with the king, they fought with courage and strength with the rebels, ending once and for all with them as well as their brother, thus ending an entire era of darkness, to give way to an aged gold for the Kingdom.


    This is a story of overcoming.


    This is a history of love.


    This is a true story.


    The story of the emergence of the couple Crystal and Yulio Valirente, the noble founders of the great Valirente Duchy.


    End


    ]


    A child with light blue hair and brown eyes finished reading a thick book while lying on his bed.


    "I wish my family were like my ancestors."


    He said with regret before falling asleep, in a comfortable and exquisite bed


    In a large and imposing mansion, located in a large city, surrounded by mountains and rich vegetation.


    A city in which a river crossed it by one side.


    A city that bears the name Will.


    A city that is the capital of the Desparamo territory.

 Words of thanks

    It was a great pleasure and honor to write this novel for both me and you.


    This idea began as one more story that I thought to entertain myself before going to sleep and now it has finally been translated into letters.


    This would be the first novel that I manage to finish without a sequel ahead, and by this I mean only the story itself of Crystal and Yulio.


    Yes, from now on I will not see more of Yulio and Crystal, no more than reference to them or some special chapter that I could or could not do.


    Speaking about the development of the novel, I have to say a few things.


    First of all, thank you Yulio and this is for your gift.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    And it''s because his gift has helped me understand first-hand how to handle the logic of someone''s limits with a cheats and the effect it that these pose to the world.


    The other thing is about what these novels could have been.


    I will not lie to you to say that there were no insane plans, but in the end they were either very illogical for my taste, or very heavy for the simple plot I was looking for.


    Since the plan was to keep it simple, build this story with as few characters as possible,and make it adorable, and this was accomplished, so much so that I vomited rainbows during development...


    Finally I will talk about sequels ... well if this can be called a direct sequel ...


    This epilogue and a certain chapter of the 7 envoys of the end, already refer to the sequel, but here I confirm them by telling you the title of the novel so far.


    The druid.


    And I can only tell you a lot of patience on this as there are no plans so far.


    I think this would be it, so it only remains to write.


    Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this novel.