Silence before the Storm ( Epilogue)

◇◇Leona's POV◇◇

I was resting in the dormitory with Rachel when we heard a knock on my window. We were on the fifth floor no student or teacher would knock on the window they will knock the door.

Was it a pervert or another one of Rachel's self-proclaimed lovers?

Why does she have lovers you ask? because she plays the role of silent beauty and her beautifully innocent face adds to her charm.

Do you think I am exaggerating?

Then you could always see her seat in the morning. It is filled with hundreds of letters of various colours.

some are challenges and threat letters from the jealous girl but the majority are love letters written by love stuck fools.

On the first day of the Academy, she was proposed by the third son of a noble, first son of the merchant, our tactical combat teacher, second daughter of the Viscount and the count increase by every passing day but if she were to speak.

Rachel-" When will the king call me to his bed"

Almost half of the class would fall dead after hearing this. she has been confessed many times but has rejected all of them she is solely devoted to her king Valor.

I don't know what is this king and queen business but the least I know is that she is the is the granddaughter of the famous Count Dracula, Arnold Valhein but I came to know of one thing and that is she isn't very sharp as who in their right mind would use their original name for registering in the Academy She could have used an alias but she used her complete name even the Valhein part but there is some house with a similar name so she wasn't caught but that was still pretty careless of her.

There is sometimes a change of personality whenever someone badmouths Valor her eyes turn blood red and she gives a killing vibe.

It is pretty difficult to control her then but I have managed so far.

If she is this emotional I wonder how will she manage the whole dominion business in which people who want to succeed the count have been assigned an area, they have to develop their dominion and defeat other dominions into submission.

I may say succeeding a count but his position is no less than a king and he has enough power to keep the invincible holy army in check.

A feat even the royal family can't accomplish.

The royal family has built power by their magic knight's program.

They established a whole new institute for their magic knight's brigade but will they stand up to the might of holy knights is a question of the future. The heroes they summoned have been freed from their grasps and only a few remain with them. Even though I call them heroes they are nothing more than fools who overestimate themselves.

They have excellent growth no doubt but that's all they have they don't have the instinct of the fighter and still have the peaceful mindset of their previous world. The hero that visited our territory before I left it was busy making passes on me.

He fought the monster without sweating but he was hesitating when fighting a bandit.

He had many chances but was missing them on purpose he was not giving a final strike on them and when our knights killed those bandits he was making a face as he would vomit soon.

These so-called heroes were treating the battle as a game.

They were swinging a sword but they didn't knew the weight behind that swing.

The knocking had become strong being annoyed I opened the window.

I saw a little girl floating in air. Some kids are capable of using magic but I only know one kid proficient enough for flight magic at this attitude

Leona- " You have grown Nina "

The person knocking was not any pervert or love

struck but my little sister Nina she was my only blood sisters as the others were from different mothers.

She has a high aplitude in magic like me and is already highly capable of wind magic.

Even I was not that strong when I was at her age

I can say with proud that she is my little sister.

But what she was doing in the royal capital

so far form our territory all alone. As I was fretting Nina with questions

???- "Spare the child, Leona"

I heard a familiar voice from my window a girl in her twenty's was sitting at the window.

Leona-"Did you bring her?"

???- "Sure I did"

I went and hugged her and I don't know why but tore started to run down my cheek

Leona-"Where in the world you disappeared to for three years "

???- " To find answers"

She replied while hugging me

Leona-"What did you find?"

???-"Nothing is true"

Nothing is true so did she didn't find anything was her trip wasted?

Leona-"You didn't found anything?"

???- " I sure found enough to keep going on, leave that tell me more about your partner is he good?"

Leona -" Didn't I already told you about him in the letters"

???- "At least tell me his name"

Leona-" You are persistent his name is Va-"

A sudden sound of the explosion stopped me it came near the dorms of Knights Academy

???-" Probably some fool trying his new moves"

That may be possible but it definitely sounds like an explosion some moment later a huge wall of flames erupted and sound of an explosion soon followed.

Leona-"You must leave now or they will suspect you!"

Nana-" Big sis "

Nana said while making a crying face.

I don't want to part with my dear sister but the situation doesn't allow it.

???-" Big sis will meet you again if you are a good girl"

Nana-"Nana will be a good girl"

I Patted my little sister and left the room with Rachel.

On reaching the site of the explosion I saw people calling Valor a playboy.

I forgot about the explosion and wanted to spend some private time with Valor.

Looking at Christina I also think she would also want some answers.

That night came to an end with the girl in question disappearing and Valor claiming helping the girl but I didn't believe the obvious lie.

The next day was pretty uneventful and silent

but I had a uneasy feeling that it is was the silence before the storm.