After their short and heartfelt reunion, Matthew and Rose were now sitting facing each other in the living room. Cups and plates floated from the kitchen and gently landed on the table.“That’s really cool.” Matthew said.“It’s a way of training my precision and efficiency. I used to struggle a lot with it.” Rose said as her left hand gestured the movements of a teapot and poured tea in it before setting it on the table as well.“I can see that you’ve come a long way.”“As do you.” Rose said.“So, how have you been?” Matthew asked.“I have been well. Loki took good care of me. He trained me in all sorts of magic and even taught me to do daily chores.”“Oh. I guess I should rethink my plans of punching him when I see him again.”“Haha! Well, I wouldn’t mind that.”“Where is he anyway?” I don’t sense him in this place.“He probably knew you were coming and went out before you got here. That’s just how he is.”“How would he know though? You know what, I’ll ask him later after I punch him
It was a quiet noon as usual in the library in Cecilia’s mansion. Cecilia was chatting with Yuki while she was reading a novel. Cecilia rested her head on the table while she talked and Yuki only replied every now and then with a few words. Cecilia was pretty much talking to herself really.While they were talking, Yuki noticed a group of people in armour was marching down the lane by the window. Upon closer inspection, she identified that they were knights from the Stone, Umbra and Minos noble families. She knew something was up.“Cecilia. Looks like we got guests.” Yuki gestured at them with her chin.Cecilia looked out and saw them as well. She also had a feeling that this was not good.…At the front yard of Cecilia’s mansion, the knights from three regions were standing in formation as if ready for battle. There were a total of 60 knights behind their master who wore the official noble clothing. Facing them were only ten guards from Cecilia’s side who were on duty.Cecilia came o
After their long awaited reunion, Matthew and Rose decided to teleport back to Cecilia’s mansion. However, they did not expect any welcoming party for their sudden arrival. Yet surrounding them were knights in shining armour with three different insignias standing in lines with their swords pointed at them. With this many knights, one would think that they were going to battle.“Uhh… What’s happening?” Matthew asked after a brief silence from everyone out of shock. His gold and blue eyes looked around to assess the situation.Paul had been acting high and mighty before, but now that the Dragon Emperor himself was present, he became nervous. He swallowed dry saliva before opening his mouth. “Why if it isn’t Lord Dragunov!” He said with a fake smile.Matthew immediately knew something was not right, but kept his cool. “Who are you?”“Ah, forgive me, my lord. I am Paul Stone of the Northwestern Region.” Paul introduced himself in a bow. Then he straightened back up. “I came here by the k
Matthew and Rose were escorted on foot by 60 knights down the street all the way to the king’s castle. Usually criminals would have their faces covered to not start rumours and to protect their privacy, but Matthew and Rose’s were not covered. While marching through Cecilia’s region, the pedestrians would look at them with confusion, then suspicion because they knew Matthew as a dear friend of their lady but the Scarlett Witch was something completely different. All they could say was that the situation was weird and rumours began to spread and surely it would get worse the further it was spread.It was exactly what Paul wanted. Even a Dragon Emperor was not above national law. Other countries cannot interfere with the affairs in the country that the Dragon Emperor resided in. If there was destruction caused by them, then they will have to be punished or pay a fine. There hasn’t been any chances to take action upon Matthew until Paul decided that he has had enough.“You destroyed a pa
Matthew waited outside of the interrogation room while Rose and the prince were inside. In front of Matthew were guards in blue armour who stood tense because Matthew was playing around with a highly condensed ball of astra that if it were to drop, it would destroy the entire castle and more. Matthew juggled it like it was nothing which made the guards even more tense.Rose’s hands were cuffed to the table and the chain was longer so her movement was not as restricted as before. The prince, Elderia Von Spector, sat on a wooden chair across the table in front of Rose.“It’s probably quite surprising that I’m the one interrogating you, huh?” Elderia said.“Quite so.” Rose replied while examining her interrogator.The prince, like his father, had ginger coloured hair that was neatly combed. The man did not have a beard and his jaw was clean. His eyes were bright blue and he wore the same royal garments as he did in the throne room.“I decided to take questioning you into my own hands bec
As soon as Matthew and Rose were out of the castle, Rose teleported both of them back to Cecilia’s mansion. After surprising the guards once again, they entered the mansion through the front door that was opened by Rika, Cecilia’s chief maid.“Rika, where’s Cecilia and Yuki?” Matthew asked.“Milady is in her office. Miss Yuki is probably in her room.” Rika answered.“Thanks. Let’s go.” Matthew already knew where Cecilia’s office was headed straight for there along with Rose.“Do we really need to discuss this matter with them?” Rose asked out of worry for causing trouble.“It’s okay. They’re already involved anyway.”“What?”“You’ll know when we talk about it later.” Matthew said. They arrived at a room on the second floor and Matthew knocked on the door.“Come in!” Cecilia’s muffled voice replied from the other side.Matthew opened the door and entered the office. “Yo, Cecilia.”Cecilia, who was writing something in a book, dropped her pen and stood up in surprise when she saw Matthe
Matthew had just returned with Rose after a long journey across the ocean to find her. When they returned, they were immediately held back by a royal decree, but thankfully it was solved peacefully. However, following their wake, the media and reporters obviously couldn’t just sit still.“Dragon Emperor and Scarlett Witch Together?”, “Secret Alliance?”, “The Kingdom Is Doomed”, and “Scarlett Witch Returned With Peace” were some of the titles one could see on the front page of the newspapers.There was barely any information about them but reporters were already making stories and rumours to gain more readers. However, mere rumours were far from as interesting as the truth. So they came in front of Cecilia’s mansion everyday and were shouting for Matthew and Rose to come out, and for Cecilia to let them out. The guards were having trouble keeping them at bay because of their enormous number. Some even managed to slip by the guards but were still stopped by the combat capable maids.Sin
Matthew and Rose arrived at the foot of the mountain just by the Blackwood Forest where they dropped off of the carriage while Guinevere headed back to her palace. It was already very late in the afternoon when they got to the forest. Matthew carried Rose's luggage in hands while he also wore his backpack."I can carry my own stuff." Rose said."No, I will carry them for you. Anyway, are you sure you'll be fine?""My magic resistance is quite high. I also know how to disperse mana if it does accumulate inside me. How long exactly is it going to take to get up there again?" Rose looked up at the ledge near the mountain peak where Platinum's abode was."Well, usually only a few hours if you're moving at my usual speed. If we're walking though, a few days at least." Matthew said."But we're not walking, right?" Rose asked."Nope." As Matthew replied, a shadow flew past over them.A jade green dragon circled them as she descended to the ground nearby. Upon landing, the dragon folded its w