Hello guys, sorry for the delay. The chapter was supposed to be finished Friday, but due to many circonstance it couldn't be released in time.

This chapter was proofreaded by qtrj168, don't forget to thank him.

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The first chapter of Elskria Online is also out, give it a try :)

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Two weeks passed since Shina’s group left Delfia to walk in the direction of Aorlan’s and Delia’s border.

In the first ten days, the sky was cloudless. The sunlight was illuminating the land while at the night, the infinity amount of stars in the sky could be seen. But the four last days, the weather turned into the opposite, a lot of clouds formed in the sky and it was raining without showing any signs of stopping soon.

Within this time, Shina’s group was walking in a hurried pace. Although they were all protected from the rain by a wind barrier formed by Shina, she had to maintain it in permanently which was mentally tiring.

Estiel : “ What‘s with this rain ?! Only a few days ago there wasn‘t any clouds in the sky, and now it has been raining nonstop ! “ Estiel said as she glared at the sky.

Nuya : “ Is that a problem ? “ Nuya cheerfully replied as she seemed to be dancing around us, outside Shina’s barrier.

Unlike Estiel who had a better affinity to fire magic and hot weather, Nuya with her water affinity enjoyed the current weather

Shina : “ Calm down Estiel, some rain isn’t going to kill you, right ? “ Shina said as she looked at her with a light smile.

Estiel : “ I am just tired of this grey weather, it makes me depressed… “ She replied as she slightly dropped her shoulder.

Fiona : “ I agree with Estiel, because of this rain I haven’t been able to take a bath for a few days already… I am sure I stink. “

Shina : “ *sniff sniff* It smells just like you always do. “ Shina said as she showed a mischievous smile after smelling Fiona.

Fiona : “ Wait, are you saying that I always stink ?! “ Fiona exclaimed as tears began to form in her eyes.

Shina : “ Of course not, you just smell like… a mother ? “ She said trying to reassure her.

Inkvir who was looking after the girls having their usual conversation noticed something afar and decided to speak.

Inkvir : “ It seem that we will all be able to take a bath tonight, there’s an Inn 400 meters in front of us.

Estiel : “ We will finally be able to have some good food ! “

Shina : “ A bed ! “

Fiona : “ And a bath ! “

Eniel : “ Bath with Shina… “

Although they all had differents reason, they all hurried to the Inn.

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As they entered the Inn, they were surprised by the amount of people inside. They didn’t meet any other traveler on the road since they departed, but the first level of the Inn was already almost full.

More than thirty people were having a drink and something to eat, seeing this amount of people, the girls hoped that there would still be a few room left.

Most of the customers were either demihumans or demons, it was because the Inn was really close to the borders of Delia and Aorlan.

As they entered and moved toward the counter, the persons in front of them were all complaining.

Demihuman : “ Why the hell is a room so expensive ?! “

Demon : “ He is right, you are scamming us ! “

The owner at the counter who was a beautiful young woman in her middle twenties only showed a slight smile at the complaining men.

Owner : “ Sirs, if you aren’t willing to pay this price, then how about you find another Inn ? I am sure there are a lot more near here. “

Demihuman : “ Guh… Fine, we’ll take a room ! “ The man said as he took something out of his purse and gave it to the owner.

Owner : “ It was a pleasure. “ The woman said as she showed a mocking grin.

After the men left in an angry mood, it was Shina and her group’s turn.

Owner : “ Hello cuties, how can I help you ? “ She said as looked at them with kindness which wasn’t there when she was talking with her previous customers.

The reason was obvious, although the girls were able to fight head on with dangerous monsters, in the end the oldest among them was only eight years old.

Shina : “ Hello, could we have a room for the night please ? “ Shina replied.

Owner : “ We only have one room left, because this is an Inn for traveler, each of our room have four bed. “

Shina : “ How much ? “ She asked.

Owner : “ It’s two gold for one day, but I can make it one just for you. Of course meals and baths are included. “ The woman said as she showed at Inkvir, expecting him to pay because he was the sole adult of their party.

Although she wanted to help them more, in the end she was still running a business. She couldn’t let them stay free of charge.

When they heard the price, Estiel’s and Fiona’s expression changed. It was because they knew the hotel’s price in Delfia.

One gold was enough to live one whole week in a common hotel in the city, but here it was only for one day.

Shina : “ We’ll take it. “ She said as she threw a gold coin out of a heavy purse.

Even if the price was expensive, by selling the monsters parts from the dungeon’s depth at Delfia, they managed to earn a sum of 950 gold. What was one gold for them ?

Owner : “ S-Sure, here is the key. “ She said as she gave them the only remaining key hanged behind her as she was surprised that it was Shina who was paying.

Estiel : “ Could we have a dinner now ? “ Estiel asked as she was eagerly anticipating it.

Owner : “ You can go sit down, I’ll tell to one of our waiters to go take your order. “

As they left the counter, they went to sit at a random table inside the Inn; the first floor seemed to be made to be able to welcome more people than the number of residents it would be able to welcome. It was for this reason that they were easily able to find a table even with the high number of people inside.

As they were seated and waiting for the dinner, Fiona’s glance was attracted by someone dressed in a black coat.

The man was also looking at her, but she was unable to figure out the reason.

Fiona felt that she knew this man, that she met him somewhere, it was the impression she had of the man. But because of his clothes, he was unable to figure out who he was.

Shina : “ ...-na… Fiona ? “ Fiona got out of thoughts as she heard Shina call her.

Fiona : “ Ye-Yes ? “

Shina : “ Is there a problem ? You seemed to be in a daze. “ Shina asked worried about her.

Fiona : “ That man dressed in black… He feels familiar, I wonder if we met him somewhere. “

Shina : “ I don’t think I’ve ever met him. “ She answered as she looked at the men Fiona was glancing at.

Estiel : “ I also don’t remember meeting someone like him. “

Fiona : “ Maybe I am thinking too much… “

As they were talking, the man got up and walked toward Fiona; his mouth which was the only area showed by the cloak was showing a grin.

Man : “ Fiona… We’ve finally found you ! “ The man said in a happy yet menacing tone.

Fiona : “ Wendres ! “ Fiona exclaimed as she threw him with a sharp glance.

Shina : “ Do you know him ? “

Wendres : “ Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Wendres Shezil. I am Aorlan’s second prince and Fiona’s brother. “ The man said as he took his cloak out, showing the same ears and tail as Fiona, but unlike her red ones his ears and tail were pure black.

As soon as he introduced himself, their reaction was the opposite of what he was anticipating. As a part of the demihuman’s royalty, he thought that Shina and Eniel who had a demihuman appearance would kneel, but all what he received was deadly glance.

It was because he was from Fiona’s family, Fiona who was born as a variant with red ears and tail was bullied by her family once her mother died, she was then exiled to the school where she met Fiona and Estiel.

Knowing what she had experienced because of them, how could they greet him like nothing ?

Wendres : “ *Keuf* It’s a good thing that I found you here, father ordered your return to the castle; you shall accompany me home. “ The man said as he cheerfully looked at Fiona.

Fiona : “ I refuse, I threw away my name of Shezil a few months ago; you can return home and tell father that Fiona Shezil died ! “ Fiona answered with a certain strength in her voice.

Fiona’s answer was something she would have been unable to do before she met Shina, but after meeting her and travelling with the others, she decided to throw her past behind and live like she wants.

Wendres : “ Fiona... I wonder what happened… Should I train you once again to make you obedient ? “ Wendres said as he was no longer smiling.

Fiona : “ Brother… No, Wendres. From now on I will no longer obey you, I am no longer the puppet I was before ! “ Fiona exclaimed, showing her willpower.

Wendres : “ YOU BITCH ! “ He yelled as his hand came toward her cheek, trying to punch her.

But the moment his hand approached her head, a large ‘CRACK’ was heard. Not even Eniel knew what happened, only Shina who had her senses enhanced because of her training was able to see what happened.

Inkvir who was watching the scene decided to move when he saw Wendres trying to punch Fiona. The moment his hand almost reached Fiona’s cheek, he simply walked toward him, making everything around him seem to be in slow motion and after with little strength punched Wendres’s elbow, bending it in an impossible way.

Wendres seemed to be in a daze. He remembered trying to punch Fiona and the moment when his fist was about to touch her, his elbow was broken and his arm was bending in an impossible way. It was only after getting his thoughts back that he felt the pain.

Wendres : “ AAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH “ A large scream was heard, but inside the Inn where people saw a man walking toward a group of kid and then trying to punch one. They simply ignored the man's scream.

It only took Wendres a few seconds to faint, making him fall on the ground.

Fiona only glanced at him with distasteful eyes before making a slight nod to Inkvir as if to say he thanks.

Inkvir responded to her nod with a slight smile as if to say ‘It’s nothing’ before glancing at Wendres’s unconscious body with curiosity.

Inkvir : “ Still, I wonder what he was doing here… For what reason did your brother travel, hiding his identity in Friesel… “

Estiel : “ Indeed it seems strange, even my brothers never left the castle, they’re all afraid of assassins. “

They all agreed on the thought that something was strange, it was obvious that he originally wasn’t looking for Fiona; after all if it was the case, then they would be looking at the previous location she was seen in, Holy Kiel.

But here he was in an unknown Inn of Friesel, alone and traveling incognito.

Eniel : “ He may be carrying something really important, important enough for him to try to hide his identity to others… “ Eniel said.

Shina : “ Maybe, the only way to know is to search in his belonging. “ Shina said as she looked at the man on the ground disgusted, he had tears and snort all over his face because of the pain he experienced.

As they removed his clothes and started a body-search, they found nothing more than a purse containing 134 gold.

Nuya : “ Let’s keep it ! It’ll teach him a lesson ! “ Nuya said as she carried the large purse which had the same size as her.

Inkvir who was looking at Wendres’s clothes heard a paper drop as he dropped Wendres on the ground, it came from his shirt.

Examining more closely, he found a hidden pocket inside of it, containing a single paper sealed with a seal.

Estiel who saw the seal was shocked, it was something she had seen before and something which a demihuman shouldn‘t be carrying.

Estiel : “ This is… a seal from Theristid’s royalty ! “ Estiel yelled as she looked at the seal.

Theristid is the country of the Goddess of Light who despise demihumans and where they are treated as slave. The second prince of the demihumans country, Aorlan was carrying secretly carrying a paper sealed with Theristid royalty's seal.

Having the second prince carrying this paper himself without any guard showed it’s important.

Inkvir, unable to contain his curiosity opened the sealed paper and started to read it, after a few dozens of second, his expression completely changed, turning into a scary one as he crushed the paper in his hand.

Shina : “ What‘s written on it ? “ Shina asked as she was shocked seeing the usually calm Inkvir behaving like this.

Inkvir : “ Fiona, I can understand your thoughts of leaving your family… They really are shameless, if people like them continue to rule over your homeland… Then demihumans are really doomed… “

Fiona was shocked by Inkvir‘s reaction even more than before, she was unable to contain her curiosity anymore as well.

Fiona : “ What does it say ? “

Inkvir : “ This is a pact… A pact guaranteeing the security of your country’s royalties, in exchange of… every demihuman living there. “

Estiel : “ What do you mean by this ? Fiona’s family is selling their country to protect their own life ? “

Inkvir : “ Even worse than that… they are offering to transform Aorlan into a place where demihumans will be produced to become Theristid’s slave. Only the royalties will be able to be treated differently. In short they will treat demihuman like true animals. “

Fiona : “ T-This is… I never thought that father would do something like that. “ Fiona said as she was shocked by this news.

Inkvir : “ There’s something else, to confirm Aorlan’s surrender, Theristid is claiming that Aorlan will be opening their gates to allow Theristid’s army to freely enter the city, and that Aorlan offers one of their royalty to become a slave… “

Fiona : “ I see… So they also sold me as a slave… “ She said as she looked with an hateful glance at her brother.

Shina : “ We now know our destination… Let’s go see Fiona’s father, I need to have a ‘conversation’ with him. “ Shina said in a cold voice with a dangerous purple glint in her eyes.

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