Burning Soul

Did you just go on a vacation while we all were grinding our butts!” He was confronted by none other than his older sister, Merida.

“Sis!

How come you are here.” It surely got him by surprise,

“That’s why that attack seemed familiar!” Aeneas crawled back to from where he flew off!

“Huh?

You still alive” she glared at him making him silent,

“And what do you mean why am I here?

Are you not happy to see me?

I leave you for a while with these girls and you’ve forgotten me already!” she twisted his ear as she scolded,

Hearing her made him a bit uncomfortable, and The Girls too!

“By the way!”Lumiere made his way through them to where Dimitri was sitting,

“You gotta do all the repairs to the damage you incongruous old brat!” he yelled at him making a scene.

Without even looking at him back Dimitri continued keeping his cool,

“Calm down, do you not wish to hear what caused all that?” another strange voice replied,

“Hold on!

Wait a min!

What the heck?

The Soaring Sky of the Northern Winds, Herald?” Lumiere seemed to recognise the person who just replied to him,

Herald was carrying a book that he borrowed from the library.

“Long time no see Lumiere! How’s business?” he greeted Lumiere causally,

This was a big surprise for both Theo and Aeneas; they still had jaw dropped expressions.

“Shut up or you’ll eat bug idiots!” Merida tapped them from behind.

“But…

But….. That being…..” they still were frozen.

“And will you please not use that title! It’s too cringy!” Herald put away the book and sat beside Dimitri.

“But what are you doing here?

Is something happening at the Temple?” Lumiere asked him in concern.

“Rest assured, the Temple is in the hand of the elders, I came here for something else!”

“What do you mean something else?”

“Take a seat, and I hope you are done with his training as well!” Dimitri finally spoke, but his words sounded heavy and a bit off.

Without pressing the matter he decided to just hear him out,

“Yeah, he’s good to go, now!

What happened?

What is this all about?

And why are there two people missing?”

Until now Aeneas and Theo hadn’t noticed it but now that they looked around there really were two people missing, Milot and Vivian weren’t there!

Their faces turned pale as they feared the worse,

Looking at their faces Merida replied with a pout, “They are alive so don’t make such an expression, That young lost child is with them!”

“By lost child she means Ember. ”Catherine figured that’d confuse them.

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The following time was too silent, none of them expected to hear or see it just after returning.

They hoped that they’d be chewed to death by their companion just after returning and here they were hearing about her getting injured.

“Who did it?” it looked like Aeneas was about to explode,

“Was it Lamius?” he suspected the worst!

“No!

You can rest easy! It was someone entirely unknown!” Catherine who had witnessed that formidable enemy herself assured him,

“And that’ll remain that way as well!” Merida seemed proud for some reason,

“Why so!” he asked her in a low tone,

“That you’ll understand after hearing all about it!” she indicated both of them to take a seat.

“And don’t worry, they’ve been avenged!” Dimitri who could see his anger assured him.

“I also wish to hear about your progress once we finish explaining what happened!” he continued looking at Lumiere.

“Sure, we have only good news!” Lumiere replied while taking a seat.

“You were in for four days..”Dimitri began telling them what happened.

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