They arrived at Julia's village without any obstacles or mishaps. However, a few soldiers were not allowing them to enter the village. This didn't sit well with Julia at all.
She then shouted at the soldiers, "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you allowing them in?"
A soldier from the side replied, "Look, Miss Julia, they're not elves; they've come from the upper world. So, without your father's orders, we can't let them enter. Sorry."
Julia was extremely angry at the soldiers. But she couldn't do anything. She felt really bad for Ryan and the others. Because the ones who had saved her from that giant goblin monster were now surrounded by soldiers from all sides.
Within a few moments, Julia's father arrived there. He was astonished to see Ryan and the others, that is, the humans.
Julia then ran and hugged her father, saying, "Dad, promise me you won't harm them in any way. Because they're the ones who saved me from the giant goblin's clutches."
"What? Julia, you were attacked? Weren't my best soldiers with you?"
"Yes. But everyone died."
Julia's father was shocked that his best soldiers had died, yet Ryan's team had killed the giant goblin and saved his daughter. So, he bowed his head in gratitude and thanked them for saving his daughter.
After that, on Julia's father's orders, the soldiers moved away from them.
Julia then introduced them to her father. His name was Taylor. He then said to them, "Alright, entering our world isn't easy. So, how did you come here?"
Ryan then explained their entire journey from first to last to Mr. Taylor. After that, he requested Mr. Taylor to allow them to stay in this village.
Mr. Taylor calmly said, "Look, Ryan, you saved my daughter. For that, I'm grateful to you. But you probably don't know that you're not the first to come to this world. There are many humans here. They were forcibly brought from the upper world. But you're the first ones who've found the way to enter our world. So, I must inform the lord of our territory about this."
Hearing this, everyone's mood soured. Julia said to her father, "No, Dad, you can't do this. If you tell the lord, he might imprison them or even sentence them to death."
Mr. Taylor sadly told his daughter, "Julia, I have no choice. If I don't inform the lord about them, and later he finds out that some humans have crossed the sea and arrived here, what do you think will happen?"
Julia felt really bad for them. But then Mr. Taylor said, "There's one way to save them, but I don't know how effective it will be."
"Then tell me what that way is to save them."
"In five days, your academic life will start. So, I can try telling the territory lord that Ryan and the others are very powerful, so I want to send them to the academy as your servants."
"Will he agree to that?"
"I'm not sure, but I'll try saying it. Because the magic academy is a place where there's no discrimination. Elves, fairies, dwarves, and humans can all study there."
Ryan was extremely surprised to hear about the magic academy. "What is this? There's an academy in this world too. That means they teach magic in the academy here. That's very interesting," he thought to himself.
Anyway, they all started walking towards Julia's house. On the way, Ryan saw some elves looking at them sternly. Fear and hatred towards humans were clearly visible in their eyes and faces. Ryan was observing the houses in the village closely. Their houses weren't modernized. They were like the houses in Middle Eastern villages or old towns. The houses were 1-2 stories, but stone-built.
Within a few moments, they all arrived in front of Julia's house. Their house was three stories high, and the design was a bit unique. It was clear that this was the house of a village chief.
They all entered the house. As soon as they entered, they saw four female elves wearing maid dresses. They took Ryan and the others to their rooms. One room was given for Ryan and Kaito, and another for Grace, Nora, and Ayaka.
Entering the room, Ryan felt like he had returned home. After that, they put away all their belongings and rested for a few minutes.
A little later, they went to the shower room to bathe. Sounds of water falling were coming from inside the shower room, but the door wasn't locked.
So, without thinking much, Kaito opened the door and entered. But inside, Grace, Nora, and Ayaka were all in bikinis and panties. They had just taken off their dresses and were heading to the bathtub when Kaito and Ryan opened the door and entered. Seeing them, they all screamed in embarrassment. Kaito stared at them with his mouth open, but Ryan pulled him out of the room and locked the door.
Kaito started showing anger towards Ryan. Because of him, he couldn't properly see that beautiful scene.
Inside the shower room, Nora teasingly said to Grace, "Hey Grace, what happened to you? Ryan saw everything of yours. But he didn't react like Kaito. That means maybe Ryan didn't like your things."
Hearing Nora's words, Grace blushed a lot.
Anyway, they finished their baths within a few moments. After that, Ryan and Kaito also finished their baths. The maids then gave them all the traditional dresses of their village to wear. They all put them on. In these dresses, they all looked very beautiful.
After that, they all came downstairs for dinner. Mr. Taylor and Julia were there too. They all sat down to have dinner together. The food items included: meat dishes, soups and stews, rice dishes, snacks, etc. They enjoyed the dinner with great joy.
After that, they all sat in Grace's room and chatted. Julia was with them too. Suddenly, Neon came out from Grace's bag. He had been in deep sleep all day today. Seeing Grace, he jumped towards her. Grace hugged him to her chest. Julia was very surprised to see Neon. Because she realized that it was a baby giant bird.
Around 10 o'clock, everyone went to their respective rooms. Kaito and Ryan also came to their room and lay down. Kaito fell asleep as soon as he lay down. But Ryan was thinking about tomorrow. What would happen to them tomorrow? After thinking about these for a while, he too fell asleep.
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The next morning, Mr. Taylor, Julia, and Ryan along with his team set off towards the Asera Territory in a large horse-drawn carriage.