The royal children were outside the mansion preparing to depart, the Portia where there to see them off but the two girls were looking at the grand doors hoping he would come out and at least say goodbye.
They taught they were being discreet but their host could read them like open books. While the girls were fantasizing about Dante the boys couldn't take their eyes off the wolf in the hands of the lady of the house it had been on guard since Priscilla arrived.
It basically recognizes her as the only threat to the people off the house which was not wrong but for it to both recognize that and still want to fight means it was actually strong enough to put up a fight against her even if it does eventually lose.
Last they heard it was A rank but now it has obviously advanced, but it should be only recently,if so then it was a S- rank strong enough to face a SS rank and from Priscilla behavior she was not comfortable with him around (off cause they are wrong though she does consider it a threat she could kill it all she had to do was put in effort but the master of the beast was a different story).
Lord Victor, Lady Aurelia and maximus goodbye pplease say goodbye to Dante too, Serena couldn't contain her blush after that and hurried inside the vehicle taking them back.
Her siblings thought differently of her behavior, the boys thought she was tired and wanted to go home and be done with this place but there sister understood she has a crush on Dante and she couldn't poke fun at her with a straight face because she was in the same situation,so she let it go while planning how to take the boy for herself after he cancelled the engagement.
A quick goodbye and they were on their way, the Portia couple went back into their mansion after the last car left their estate.
The ride was quite and uneventful until they left kiaza the first Prince finally asked what he has been thinking for a while now. What happened to our father
Well you can ask him when he wakes up cause I don't know, Priscilla answered and look out the window like she was already tired of hearing his voice.
But you came with him and considering the fact you are the one here and not Lord Marcus then you were the one who most likely took him back so you should at least know something, Ava said.
So what if i do, it's his choice if he wants you to know what happened not mine so when he wakes up you can question him all you want till then no more questions about what happened there. This brat are so rude, trying to get me killed asking stupid questions Priscilla thought.
The children looked at each other now their worries for their father has increased,they all grew up with the idea that their father was the strongest human alive now even in his own domain, his own kingdom something was not just able to fight him but it was difficult enough that he fell into a comma, that doesn't match well with the image of invisibility they built of him in their minds.
The boys were the ones hit the hardest, their father was their goal, now it looked like their goal was not as high as they placed him.
The rest of the ride was completed in silence with everyone in deep taught through out the journey. When they got to the capital they could feel it in the air, security were tight the nonchalance was gone from the guard the people dislike for them had never been so clear on their faces it was obvious they were seeing a crack and are wondering if they can successfully break it.
But there was a reason the kingdom of Ceste was the strongest human kingdom it was because of the power the royal family have in their direct control. You see mount kiaza was not only for the royal children to use but also for the shadows of every new king.
The kingdom of Ceste has a tradition that has been keeping them untouchable throughout the generations,every king get to pick 20 people to send to mount kiaza to absorb Mana, this 20 becomes his shadows after they get to S rank,it saves their consumption of cores and make sure they always have the highest amount of S rank and above awaken.
Seeing the shadows coming and protecting them the children realize this might as well be the last generation of shadows in the kingdom and probably in some few generations they would fall into the same level as the other kingdom and the others would make sure all the unfair deals they are currently enduring would be returned in full.
Marius now knew his reign would be the last of the kingdom of Ceste being the super power in the human domain, the taught alone was enough to make him tear up.
They arrived at the royal palace to see their mother waiting for them with an emotion on her face that was totally foreign, they have never seen their mother worried or anxious this was a first and it broke something in Victor heart.
You see Victor always knew he wouldn't be king but the fact that he was from the strongest royal family was a good enough substitute for him,so he always feels attacked when someone so much as slight his family name it was all he would ever have all he would ever amount to so no, no one was allowed to disrespect them.
The fact they were the strongest and have the most powerful force was not going to change was always his belief and now that belief was already cracked and from what happened in kiaza that crack would only continue to expand until it breaks fully. He didn't realize it but he was actually crying it was after he ran to his mother and hugged her he realized he was wetting her clothe with his tears.
The other were confused off cause they care about their father but he was not dead just in a comma and besides Victor knew about it for a while now but he didn't behave like this when he first got the news so seeing him crying like that was a shock.
They all joined the hug, too both comfort him and greet their mother, Regina looked at Priscilla while hugging her children and nodded to her in appreciation also telling her the job was done.
Priscilla returned the nod and left immediately she was not ready for another round of questioning and seeing that monster twice in a day was too much for her mental health, she needed to treat herself to some questionable life choices to bring balance back to her life.
The royals entered into their home, immediately they were sitted Marius asked his mother the same question he asked Priscilla. What happened to Father.
I don't know my baby,we will have to wait for him to wake up to answer that question.
But he didn't go alone, from the information i received he said he will be coming with both Marcus and Priscilla so why was he the only one that returned like that, Marius said it just didn't make sense to him.
Well your father and Marcus were attacked by a very powerful beast and he had to do the heavy lifting and drove the beast away so when he went to the mountain he wasn't in top shape so what ever attack him did so when he was vulnerable.
It must be the Portia they must have set him up against the beast and took advantage of his weakened state, Victor said with so much confidence like he saw it happening.
First off, no way your father is that weak he gets done in by the like of Victor the mad (she knows he was not stupid enough to fight them both at once) and if this was done by the Portia then they would have done everything to kill him because he will come back for them immediately he wakes up.
The only thing that could have saved them was if they held you guys hostage but they didn't and from what i can see they did take care of you when whatever was happening at the mountain happened, so right now they are not really a suspect.
That's true the other children nodded agreeing with their mother but Victor wasn't done.
Even if they didn't attack father they are still responsible for what happened to the mountain or they are at least accomplice to those who did it.
Now Regina was confused, what happened to the mountain, was Mount kiaza destroyed in the battle,she asked.
It was not but it's actually worse the mana in kiaza is gone,it basically just another ordinary mountain now, Victor said with anger in his voice.
Impossible, that can't be possible. For the second time in their life the children saw another emotion that was never associated with their parents on their mother's face and for some reason they could all name it immediately. They saw despair looking back at them when they looked at her face