"commander!!"

All the soldiers in the front yard saluted their commander. Libhane came from the main hall's door with Yana and Iris behind him. Some of them started to wonder who they are.

"commander! i want to report!"

"no need. I can see that myself"

He walked down the stairs and approached Chillyd. Meanwhile, Yana went into the different direction and headed to the yard. Of course, Iris followed him like it was something natural to do.

"....Ragha, you already did a great job by holding this far"

Iris approached him and asked what was in her mind.

"is this..the Half-beast who are mentioned before? your friend from the village?"

"yes, he's Ragha....and one of them, in the north prison right now. Most likely that's the reason why he lost his composure and rushed here"

"i can't blame him..not after he saw what human could do" She looked at him

"he already felt how cruel humans are, that's why by seeing their cruelness for the second time, it made him lost his mind"

"that make sense.."

She stopped her words and looked at Yana.

"....you know Yana, i am..."

"enough Iris. I understand. You don't have to say it"

"thank you..."

"Iris...i will tell you something"

Yana turned around and looked Iris directly to her eyes.

"listen, what's matter is the result"

"i know.."

"no you're not. I could see from your eyes back there, you had your determination to do this revenge..and to save your people"

"but i.."

"you're not running away Iris. I can say that for sure"

"Yet..." She still couldn't accept it

"if you think by never visiting your people at the prison making you as an incompetent queen then you can throw away that kind of thought"

"what are you saying Yana? what kind of queen that let all of her people suffering?! and to make it worse, i can't face my own fear!! i chose to not see them tortured! i ignored them for my own selfish reason!"

She tried her best to not cry yet her tears already flowed on her face.

"like i said Iris, what's matter is the result"

He touched her shoulder and tried to explain it.

"Iris, tell me. In this world, do someone get some spesial skills or blessings? the moment they become king or queen?"

"what do you mean..as long as i live, i've never heard something like that happened"

"i see. Then why do you think by becoming the queen or leader make you become capable carrying all the responsibilities? there's a limit...that a one person can do. Am i wrong?"

"that's not.....how it works Yana.... it's our duty to make sure our people's safety"

"how? like i said, you still only one person. There's very limited choice that you can take"

"but i am even not at their side when they need me, I'm here...doing all the maid duty.."

"hmm, then if you hear it by yourself that they still believe you as their queen, would you believe it?"

"how..., they're still at the south prison"

"do you forget? Ragha's role is to release and take your people to a safe place at Dhanglin forest"

"so, he did it?"

"as you can see, he's here now. That mean he already did his role"

"....."

"can you unfreeze him Iris?"

"eh? but those humans won't let me doing that"

"don't worry about that. Can you do that or not?"

"..i can"

"good, do it then"

She looked at him for few seconds before she's finally moving towards Ragha frozen body. Just like she thought, Chillyd looked at her direction and gave her a very unpleasant gaze.

"Oi monster, what do you think you're doing?"

It didn't need to wait for Iris reaction, Yana stepped up and looked at Libhane.

"Libhane! i want to unfreeze my friend here. Surely i can do that, right?"

"....sure Yana. Whatever you do, you won't have any option to escape from here"

Chillyd couldn't believe his ears and turned around at his commander.

"commander! why you give him permission?"

"relax Chillyd, i want to see how a man as smart as Yana struggles to get out from this situation. Don't worry, there's nothing to worry about"

"....if you say so commander"

He got back to his position near his commander while looking toward Yana and Iris.

"you can start Iris, you hear that right?"

"understood Yana"

Iris used her skill and ice that covered Ragha's body started to melt.

-zrrrrsh-

After few minutes, Ragha fell to the ground and started to breathe

"Ragha, are you alright?"

"savior....forgive my mistake.."

"why are you so hesitate Ragha?"

"Shanti....those filthy human said..."

"i know, everything goes to the worst scenario"

"sa...vior...then why are you still calm like this.."

"simple Ragha, can you see where panic and hesitate are bringing you now? would that help us?"

"but....."

Yana turned his sight at Libhane and gave this cold look at him.

"don't worry Ragha, what matter is the result"

-----( Chapter 99 "You're only one person" )-----