A few days go by after the tournament and Art is in his room reading books about geography, learning there are 8 continents, four continents with the fifth one being in the middle and the sixth being in the far west with it connecting to the seventh continent that is located on top of mountains and with the final on being the sky continent, with Art living in the middle continent which is Haliger, after reading for a few more pages, he puts the book away and tells his mom that he's going to the forest in the third layer of the kingdom, she tells him to stay safe, he nods and goes to the forest, he reaches the pond that is located in the middle of the forest, but he doesn't find Lumi anywhere, he sits down and waited for her to show up after a few minutes, she finally shows up, she notices Art and runs toward him, hugging him after getting to him, she looks at him and says
"Where have you been?"
Art looks at her and says
"I was in a tournament a few days ago"
She looks at him, with a look of sadness and says
"Okay, but you could've told me you'll be gone for a few days, you had waiting the entire time"
Art says he's sorry and that he won't do it again, Lumi tells him to get up and play with her, Art gets up and both of them played for hours until the sunset, Lumi tells Art to promise he'll come back tomorrow, he promises, after that they both went to their homes, Lumi goes inside of her house and says hello to her parents, she goes to her mother, her mother asks her if she told Art about how she feels, Lumi says she'll tell him when they get older, her mother says that she might regret not telling him, Lumi doesn't say anything and heads to her room and lays in her bed thinking about Art and says
"I'll tell him when am ready"
We switch to Art who's sitting on the couch watching his younger siblings play, his dad comes over and tells him that the king invited them to a party, Art asks what's the party for,
Sigurd says it's for Art because he won the tournament, then he sits down next to Art and tells him it's gonna be next week, Art looks at him and says he has a question, Sigurd looks at him and tells him to ask, Art's question is
"Dad, who are the icons?"
Sigurd surprised, looks at his kids playing and says
"The icons, their powerful beings capable of crushing army's and bringing peace to all lands, there's eight of them, the one that brings care to all,"the icon of love", the one that guides all,"the icon of light", the one that brings forth mana,"the icon of magic",the one that peace to the dead,"the icon of soul", the one that unites man and monsters,"the icon of beasts",the one to end wars and give aid to the weak,"the icon of war",and finally,the one that gives a chance of survival,"the icon of instinct""
Art looks at him and asks about the eighth one, Sigurd takes a deep breath and says
"The one to end all and bring chaos,"the icon of hatred", don't tell your mom about this, she'll kill me"
Art looks at him while smiling and says
"Okay, dad"
Alva yells, that dinner is ready, Sigurd looks at Art and tells him to bring his siblings with him, as they all head to the dining room to eat.
End of Chapter