The crowd received the calming words from the King, and they accepted them, so they calmed down their hearts, because a lot of them thought maybe the Empire had ambushed them. The king gave Haruto a big thanks because the whole crowd was going to sleep on the castle's gates.
The investigation about what happened continued; the underground society headed to the East for some clue. They were also followed by the unit (RPU) after they heard some calming words from the king. The city went back to normal after that, but they were not comfortable enough because they heard that the Empire wanted to declare war against Elysia.
The next day, Akirion woke up in an unknown wagon going to the capital. He didn't notice that he was cuffed up. He starts to think about his parents, and his cheeks get wet with tears.
'Mommy?' said Akirion, but the wagon driver didn't hear anything because he was a happy man. Because he was a slave trader, so he saw himself as a rich guy after capturing Akirion. When they reached the Elysian Gates, the man covered his face with a scarf to hide his identity, to make the guards think that he was a traveller.
"Why are there too many guards today? It's ridiculous. Every time when I come empty-handed, there won't be a lot of guards like today, and I always pass freely. Today I captured something, and they are blocking the gates as if they lost something,' said the man in his thoughts.
'HEY YOU!'
'Huh?'
'YES YOU, STOP RIGHT THERE!'
The slave trader shook like the river reeds;fear's icy grip sent shivers down his spine, his knees buckled beneath him, and his limbs trembled like leaves in a storm. He stopped the wagon, but his body reported that he was in terror, and it was like he was going to release something down there.
Yo, wassup? You are sweaty; what's the problem? Asked the guard.
'Ahm—ah, you know, it's hot in here, phewwww.'
'Wait, is it hot here? There are clouds all over, and you are wearing a scarf.
'Ahh, just forget it. What can I do for you, officer? Why are you blocking the road today?'
'We are conducting an investigation….'
'Investigation? Why, what happened?'
'Something happened where you are coming from, and we believe we can find some clues from the people who came from the Eastern side, so may I check your wagon?'
'{Ohh God, why did I even come from this side? I should have headed to the southern or northern gate….}'
'Hello?' ( The guard snapped his finger to try and wake up the slave trader. But he failed; he ended up touching him. The slavery trader jumped like a surprised person.
'What's wrong?'
'Nothing really!'
'I've been calling you, and it seems like you were lost in thoughts.'
'Ahh, sorry, sorry. What were you saying?'
'May I check your cargo, please?'
'Yes, sure, why not?'
The guard went to the back of the wagon.
'{Huh, why is it open? Who knows? It looks like he got a lot of luggage inside; maybe that's why it's not closed.'}
The guard found a lot of things that the guy was transporting and found no human. The alert-danger bell rang, and a lot of soldiers went to the gate running. The soldiers included the Unit, the Underground, and the castle soldiers.
'What happened?' asked the gate guard.
One soldier replied, saying, 'A magical creature was spotted by the magical detectors that we received from Xylonia.'
Magic dictators? When were they installed? 'We know nothing about them,' the guard curiously asked.
'But now you know.'
The guard let the slave trader go, and the soldiers started to check out the surroundings. The slave trader went. He got happy because his money wasn't detected. On his way, he stopped by to cross-check whether the guard was a loser or his money was gone. He opened the wagon and checked behind his luggage and found nothing. He screamed louder than he ever had, as if he were pierced by a sword.
Everyone turned around and checked out what happened to him, and some soldiers instantly appeared around.
'Hey, Sir, what happened? Are you okay? Something wrong?' A kind soldier asked.
'Huh, no no no, nothing is wrong. Sorry, I was just excited to reach Elysia safely again.
Meanwhile, a crazy strong scary aura passed through the gate next to the soldier who was looking at the man who screamed like a baby. The soldier noticed and looked next to him in fear but found nothing.
Meanwhile,
'Is that kind of screaming a new type of expressing your happiness? And your face doesn't show any happiness at all. Tell me, what happened? A soldier asked.
'Hahaha, nothing really, haha, I'm fine, I'm happy, such a wonderful Elysia, mxwa (kisses).'
'Okay, sir, be safe. Let's go, guys.'
'Thank you.'
The soldiers left, and the guy suddenly started angrily hitting his wagon.
The soldiers turned around and quietly took the guy into custody.
Meanwhile,
'Wait, I sensed something,' Soldier 1 said.
'Huh? You also did?' (soldier2)
'What are you guys talking about?' (soldier3) Soldier 3 looked confused by the way the other two were talking.
'Come with me,' soldier 1 summoned the 2 to go and check the side where they sensed something.
'The what? Where do you think you are going? I'm not following you.' Soldier 3 denied.
'Don't worry about him; let's go. I'm sure there's something around here.' S2 agreed to follow S1 to check out the surroundings.
The two went around the buildings near the gate to search for anything they would find suspicious enough to trigger the alarms.
They started their search. They searched the place as if they had lost a needle. After some time of searching, they spotted a young boy who was running around those buildings. Those buildings were set to off-limits, so they suspected that the young boy they spotted could be the one who triggered the alarm, and maybe he was a monster who shape-shifted into a small human. They started to search for the young boy; the buildings were more like mazes, and the two soldiers were crossing each other again and again until they reached the end and found no one.
'SHIT, SHIT, SHIT! HOW DID WE LOSE THAT THING?' S1 shouted.
'Ahh, maybe it was our own imagination.'
'What!? Of course not, I'm sure I saw something!'
'Let's just go back because we found nothing.'
'GRRR'