Ethan had a look of disbelief flashing on his expression. His blue eyes were slightly dialeted in shock as it reflected Oscar's domineering silhouette unblinkingly. According to the rules, the elected king had to fight against the dragon king personally and needed to prove himself worthy of defending him.

Ethan hung his head down and muttured with hesitation,

" Pardon, Your Majesty. But the higher Fairies asked me to.."

Oscar interrupted between his words as he already assumed what was Ethan hesitating for. Boring a wide smile on his face, Oscar assured after throwing off his own sword swiftly,

" This can be counted as long as I admit defeat, Ethan. I, Oscar Arnaldo Dixon, the king of all Dragons admit my defeat to the Crown Prince Of Dalastia world."

Ethan was overwhelmed by his grace and couldn't help but bowing longingly to this king out of respect. He looked up smiling at Oscar and assured politely,

" Thank You for trusting me, Milord. I will try my best to prove myself worthy of your confidence on me. "

Oscar smiled back slightly and replied patting on his shoulders encouragingly,

" I know, you will young man. Now go back to your world. Dalastia is awating for their new king."

Ethan smiled warmly as his heart floated with happiness. Finally he could bring his family together. His Ayra wouldn't have to leave outside sneakily anymore.

Ethan gave the man one last bow and walked over to the dragon who seemed gloomy at his departure. Smiling indulgingly, Ethan rubbed on its head affectionately and spoke,

" I have really taken a liking on you friend. If you didn't belong to your King, I would have stolen you out. Make sure to visit me once you get the chance."

The dragon snarled sadly and nudged against Ethan's body as if it was telling that he would miss him too. Ethan laughed with contentment and racked through its head lovingly with his fingers.

After taking his farewell from the dragon, Ethan spurted open his wings and spoke to Oscar politely,

" Then I will take my leave first, your majesty. Please visit our kingdom soon. We will be honoured to receive you as our guest."

Oscar smiled widely and accepted with a slight bow,

" I will."

Ethan smiled faintly before making his way up to the sky hurriedly to head back for Dalastia soon. He still had a lot of things to settle down starting from Esme's rescue. 

_VAMPIRE WORLD_

Athena continued rubbing Aaron's palms to get back his conscious but he still had no sign of waking up. But she wasn't very much concerned as she believed that Esme had used only a mere spell to let her brother falling into unconscious state.

Jasper quickly arrived at the spot after being summoned by Athena and gasped in terror. His face turned pale at Aaron's lying figure and expressed his concern anxiously,

" Princess, what happened to the Lord? How did he faint? There was still one day left before passing his third stage."

Athena waved her hand at Jasper assuringly and calmed him down,

" Relax! He just fainted due to a spell. I have rechecked his nerve several times. He is absolutely safe and sound. How about we bring him back to the castle? He needs a lot of rest."

Only then Jasper had a sigh of relief and instinctively looked up to search for Esme nearby. His face stiffened as soon he saw that Esme was nowhere to be seen. Looking back at Athena, Jasper muttered nervously,

" Princess..The Lady..."

Athena's expression paled more and a frustrated sigh escaped through her lips.Raking her fingers through Aaron's messy curls, she responded softly,

" She left..."

Jasper's mouth agaped in disbelief and felt a heartache for his lord who just lost his wife and children. He wondered how much Esme had known about Aaron's purpose.

Did she know that how much Aaron suffered for the sake of her safety? 

Moments later, Aaron was carried away by Jasper towards the carriage where the other soldiers were waiting for them eagerly. After the shadows were vanished away suddenly, they were concerned for Aaron's safety and wanted to see him safe.

Gasps of terror could be heard as soon as Jasper appeared out with unconscious Aaron on his arms. They whispered among each others worriedly and saw Aaron's unconscious body deeply.

Just when Jasper inteneded to put him inside the carriage, a roaring voice interrupted his action followed by a disdainful sneer.

As they all shifted their attention, they saw Mr.Rogers,the councilman who was engrossed in fighting so far with others. He walked hurriedly over Jasper and shouted pointing at Aaron,

" Rubbish! It must be that slut fairy who casted spell on Aaron and run back to hide herself from our punishment. Otherwise Aaron was never incapable of defeating Enchantress. How come he got hurt? I have merely heard that that slut has dared to harm the old lord. Where did she go? Soldiers, find that slut from anywhere. She has dared to harm our Lord and Old Lord. Furthermore she has broken off the barrier of castle to escape from the castle. Now, you see how despicable fairies are? They can never be good to Vampires."

Mr.Rogers spitted out his words in a breath and looked around at everyone sternly who seemed utterly furious after hearing out everything. Naturally they started to develop deep hatred towards Esme whose whereabouts were still unknown.

Athena's expression turned black in anger as she parted her lips to rebuke his words against Esme. Even Jasper was distressed after hearing out Mr.Rogers false accusations too.

At that time, the man on Jasper's arms finally shot open his eyes and let out a low grunt. Jasper immediately noticed Aaron's face and put him down after watching him getting his conscious back.

They all turned mute as soon as they saw Aaron's awakening and kept standing silently. After a moment of silence, Aaron finally had all his conscious back and looked up at Mr.Rogers coldly.

Gritting his teeth together, he only asked hoarsely,

" What did you say about my wife? "

Mr.Rogers's expression dropped but he still kept holding on his pride. Straightening his back, he repeated with a sneer,

" Aaron..you are..too naive..that Slut... might have.."

His words were left to be unfinished as he suddenly felt something hard stabbing deep inside his throat. Aaron didn't wait to hear his words and pulled up a dagger from Jasper's waist swiftly.

In the next second, under everyone's watchful gazes, the man aimed that dagger directly inside Mr.Roger's throat and charged in without any prior notice. 

A growl of pain quickly floated in the air as soon as the dagger pierced through the man's throat deeply. The crowd gasped stumbling one step back and felt a chill after taking a look of Aaron's murderous eyes.

Without giving an explanation, Aaron sucked a painful breath and ordered Jasper huskily,

" Find her from anywhere around the worlds. I want to see her within tomorrow or else I will destroy everything, believe me or not."

Jasper shuddered in fear and looked up at Athena questioningly. Athena sighed deeply as she didn't know how to comfy Aaron this time.

She stepped closer hesitantly and spoke to Aaron softly who was burning in rage,

" Brother, please control your anger. She is no longer a little girl that you picked up from human world. If she wants to hide, no one can find her. With her superpowers, she can hide herself from everyone. You have to give her some time to reconsider. Perhaps she may come back to you."

Aaron turned around and faced Athena weakly. His voice came out weakly breaking Athena's heart more,

" She won't, Athena..She won't..She will never forgive me but..I must find her.. I must find a way to keep her with me..She..she..can't leave.. me...I won't let her leave..me.."

Athena didn't understand what to say anymore after looking through the pain in Aaron's blank eyes. She sighed deeply and coaxed patiently,

" Don't forget that you still have to give an explanation to the citizens. We will send every troops to find her fast."

Meanwhile, a certain girl was standing in front of a hallow unmoving. The wind blew through her face wildly but her expression remained blank as if she was going through a fierce battle in her mind....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi guys, keep voting to support the book and make sure to leave your opinions to let others know what are you feeling.~🖤