Boone smiled and lightly touched my cheek.
âYouâve grown up a lot. How can humans grow so fastâ¦?â
His expression was very sentimental. It was understandable because it was our first reunion in 13 years. Then, I grabbed his wrist.
âLetâs talk later and enter my etwal first.â
âYou still have a temper after all this time huh?
âPlease answer quickly.â
âChild, didnât you miss meâ¦?â
Boone looked sad, but I was busy looking behind my back.
The chief must be chasing me. I stole the precious jewels of the tribe, so if I was caught this time, I would die.
I said to Boone,
âHurry up.â
âChildâ¦â¦.â
âI donât have time!ââ
When I shouted, Boone flinched.
âDevil under Sergaâs can be mine if I want to
Iâm sure Boone is on Sergaâs side. You can be under my control, right?â
ââ¦â¦.â
âHurry and tell me quickly!â
âThatâs rightâ¦â
âOkay. Come to my etwal.â
When I took out my etwal, Boone closed his eyes with a sullen look.
A light was around his body, and soon his body disappeared, a new gem was created at a corner of etwal.
âOkay, now I have to run⦠oh right, Emeline.â
I looked at the prison with a firm face.
âWhy is the village quiet? It makes me nervousâ¦â¦.â
[Why did it make you nervous?]
I heard Booneâs voice. I answered as I kept running.
âIâm afraid the kids will fight against the tribesmen.â
This is Kuhelmâs village. Fighting in the middle of the enemy camp with handcuffs was like a suicide.
Even though Mina removed their handcuffs, she will not be able to beat the tribesmen.
âOn top of that, she forcibly destroyed the barrier, so her condition is very bad.â
[They are very reckless.]
âThatâs true.â
After organizing my thoughts, I bit my lips.
Thereâs no time to think.
My physical condition was getting worse. This was because I used divine power to summon Boone.
âFirst, I have to break the barrier at the entrance of the village.â
We have to run away today.
***
Grgrgr-!
The ground began to vibrate and the screams became more rampant.
âAhh!â
âOh my god!â
Odisâ students struggled with the handcuffs on, and soon theyâre surrounded by the magicians of Kuhelm and turned pale.
âWhat should we do now, Alanâ¦â
When the weak student cried and asked, Alan gulped.
âDamn it, damn it!â
He didnât know that those barbarians would be this strong.
He thought it was purely because of luck that they were kidnapped by Kuhelm.
It also was because of a traitor who colluded with Kuhelm.
He thought that if they fought properly, they would be able to overpower those barbarians at once.
They also have Mina, who could forcibly destroy Kuhelmâs barrier, and succeeded in escaping the prison.
âBut how can they be so strong!â
Alan rubbed his sweaty hands on his pants.
âKuhelm! If you step back now, we will let this go!â
At Alanâs words, the chief laughed.
âYou really wonât keep your mouth shut huh?â
âWhat?! You barbarian! Think rationally.â When we die, Odis will make your tribe pay for it.â
âIf I was afraid of that, I wouldnât even have kidnapped you in the first place.â
The chief approached and grabbed a studentâs wrist who was right in front of him.
âUghâ¦!â
âSandra!â
As soon as Mina screamed, the chief laughed.
âYouâre the one who had to pay the price.â
The chiefâs sword came into Sandraâs sight. Sandra, who was exhausted, closed her eyes tightly. Her whole body trembled.
The chief looked at the frightened students and shouted.
âWhere is the first child of fate? If you donât bring her right in front of me, this girl will die today.â
âYou⦠Let go of Sandra!â
âAnswer me. You know where the first child of fate is. Where is she?
âWe donât know. Iâm telling you the truthâ¦!â
âReally?â
The chief asked Sandra, who was trembling.
âYou can resent your friends who donât know the whereabouts of the first child of fate.â
Sandra felt the tingling pain on her neck, and blood trickled to the sword.
Sandra closed her eyes tightly.
âMother, fatherâ¦â
Just then.
Hit!
A stone flew from somewhere and hit the chiefâs head.
After hitting him, the stone went down from his head. The chief fell on the floor, stared at the rolling stone, and turned his head in the direction it flew in.
âDid you find me?â
It was Leblaine.
Leblaine, who threw the stone with one hand, said.
âIâm here, release Sandra.â
âIâll tear you to shredsâ¦!â
âIf you donât release Sandra, Iâll destroy that.â
When Leblaine picked up something, the eyes of the chief and other tribesmen widened.
It was a pendant that belonged to the chief, in other words, Booneâs passage.
âItâs Godâs stone, chief!â
âHey, how did youâ¦!â
The tribesmen were angry, and the chief shouted.
âYou, youâ¦! Wonât you stop right now?!â
âLet Sandra go first. And send the kids over here.â
ââ¦â¦!â
âAre you saying you canât do it? Okay, then Iâll break this..â¦!â
As soon as Leblaine put strength on her hands, the chief turned pale and shouted.
âWait! Calm down!â
âWhat do you mean, calm down? Iâll throw itâ¦!â
âIâll let you go! Iâll let you go, so donât mess with it!â
The chief who pushed Sandra away raised both hands.
Leblaine nodded to the students.
âCome here.â
The students began to move cautiously.
After a while they ran frantically and headed behind Leblaine.
The chief, who was watching the studentsâ movements, said.
âDidnât I let them go? Hurry up and return the pendant!â
Leblaine took a step back and handed Mina, Sandra, and Alan some scroll. I muttered something to the students, and the students who heard me opened their eyes wide and soon gathered together.
Leblaine, who grabbed the pendant, told the chief.
âGive it back?â
âYe-yes. Donât break it, but give it back to me.â
âReally? Then⦠take it!â
She threw a pendant at them.
The frightened tribesmen hurried to receive the pendant, and at that moment, the situation was in chaos.
Taking advantage of that, Lenlaine shouted.
âMove now.â
The students and Leblaine tore the scroll at once. In an instant, light emitted around it and the surrounding area was enveloped by the light.
And when the light disappeared, the students disappeared.
***
I hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief.
âItâs a relief that I hid the scrollâ¦â
If it wasnât for the scroll, I would have been caught by the Kuhelm. I looked at the students looking around with bewildered expressions.
âIs this the teleportation scroll?â
âI think itâs trueâ¦â
âI canât believe Iâve used the scrollâ¦â
âBut we finally escaped!â
The students were overcome with joy and they shouted.
I was so tired that I didnât feel like talking. As I shook my head, I looked at the students when I realized something.
âWhere is Emeline?â
I canât see the Emeline.
At that moment, I felt an ominous feeling.
âYes, it was weird. Emeline couldnât have done anything to help Mina and Alan escape.â
She would have somehow tried to tell me the news. I was anxious that Emeline had given no news to me, and that she was not seen even after this point.
âWhereâs Emeline?â
When I asked them, the students looked at each other.
Alan said,
âI left her there for a moment because she hindered our plan. I was going to pick her up when weâre done, but our plan failedâ¦â¦.â
âYou left her?â
ââ¦I couldnât bring her in the end.â
âWhat?â
Alan shrugged and said,
âNow that youâve escaped, you can send some soldiers and bring her back. More than that, where are we? We have to contact the school soonâ¦â¦ Argh!â
I grabbed Alanâs collar.
Iâve never been this angry since I was 10. I felt my hands shaking and anger filled my body.
âWhereâs Emeline? Where did you lock her up!â
Mina intervened, grabbing my wrist.
âCalm down, Leblaine. Iâll save Emeline somehow. Donât worry, Iâll save her even if I go to the chief.â
âHow can you save Emeline?â
âOur original plan was to solve it by talking to the chief. The chief wants my strength after all. So as long as Iâm there, they canât touch the students carelessly.â
âYou are crazy.â
â⦠What?â
I shook off Minaâs hand and turned my back.
âLeblaine, calm down. We can solve it through a conversation with the chief. Although the situation is not goodâ¦â
Slap!
I slapped Mina as her cheeks and my palm become red.
The atmosphere instantly became cold. The students looked at Mina and me alternately without knowing what to do.
Mina, who wrapped her cheek, looked at me with an astonished expression.
âLeblaine, youâ¦â
âShut up. If Emeline dies, Iâll send everyone here as her companion.â
âLeblaine, calm down.
âWho do you think you are? Who do you think you are to risk your life?â
âWhatâ¦â¦?â
âWhat can you do here! Has anything ever worked out for you so far? You are neither righteous nor rational. Youâre just an idiot who is overconfident on a subject you donât know anything about!â