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CHAPTER 21 - ADVICE

"May God bless you all with courage and wisdom to finish your training, Your Highnesses. I will make sure to remind and ask Lady Samson about your needs. Till we meet again," Sheldon vowed and got into the shuttle then left.

All of them sighed. It made them look at each other and laugh.

"Oh!" Hoax suddenly reacted.

"What was it?" Ace asked patting him at the shoulder.

"The Southern girl is not with us," Hoax looked worried.

"She said she will go and train alone, remember?" Friean answered, "Just let her! Her attitude is quite annoying."

"Well, that's true. I bet she'll show up once she needed help. Besides, Lady Samson said she'll be watching us," Snow added.

"It is impossible to watch over all of us in this place. I think that there are still cameras or even worst people watching us. So, we need to be careful," Ace reminded them.

"Noted, General!" Hoax smiled and walked.

Friean was trying to grasp what she saw and shooked her head, "Did I see it right?"

"See what? See Hoax smiled?" Roi playfully asked.

"Yes, did he just smile? At Ace?" Friean still can't believe it.

"What is wrong with that?" Ace patted Friean's head, "Aren't you happy to see that?"

"It's weird. Don't mind me. I have a malicious thinking disorder, I guess. But I hope what I think isn't true, or else, Snow will be crazy," Friean explained while slapping her face.

"Yes, I agree. You have a malicious thinking disorder that thinks of such silly things," Rex agreed, and grabbed her hands, "Stop hitting yourself. It might get worst."

She threw his hands, "Don't touch me, idiot! You not helping."

Ace laughed and barged in, "What do you mean Snow will be crazy? Does she like Hoax now? How about David?"

Friean was flustered, "You better know it that way," she quickly fixed herself, "I got to go. Snow will be searching for me."

"Wait—" Ace wasn't able to finish, "We will go as a group why hurry if we were still here, right?" He faced Rex, "Your sister is such a baby."

"And you are such a jerk!" Rex laughed, "How come you flirt with others when you are engaged and will be married soon," he punched Ace lightly.

Ace is clueless, "What are you saying? Oh, it runs in the blood, huh? Malicious thinkers."

"I am a man too, bro. I can see that you look at Snow in a different way. I can tell it because it is not how you look at Friean and Meta. Just a piece of brotherly advice, stop making her feel uneasy. Especially now that she and David seem to have a problem," Rex said with full of concern.

"I honestly don't know what you are saying, bro. I am faithful to my fiance. Also, I have no intention of seducing anyone here in our camp. I am just being me. That is how I usually do it," Ace explained.

"I understand you at some point—"

Ace cut him, "Why not in all point?" he chuckled.

"Hey let me finish, bro! Well, yeah, I understand. But girls do have a crazy feeling of wanting something. And frankly speaking, you are a great something. You are a big catch, bro. But please stop making things that will help Snow's feeling go deeper with you, okay?" Rex patted him and was about to go first when he suddenly stopped and faced Ace, "Another thing, don't fall for a guy, alright?"

Ace jaws were about to drop because of what he heard, "Now that was totally disgusting, bro!"

"Well, I am just warning you. Guys are cunning too. Don't be smitten, okay? Come on now!"

"You totally messed me up, Rex. I hate you!"

"You will thank me later, brother" Rex placed his arms around Ace's shoulder, "I will act as you big bro, okay? Sometimes, Generals also need to be monitored. You understand?"

"Do as you wish, Rex."

They were comfortably walking to the entrance of the forest when they saw them sitting under a big tree.

"You two finally arrived!" Snow sighed and looked at them, "So, what now?"

Roi raised his hand, "I want to suggest something before we start."

"Go ahead," Mave offered the place in front of all of them.

All of them were intently looking at him. He cleared his throat, "So, as we all agreed, even though Lady Samson is not in favor of it, we should stay close with each other. Not losing an eye and keep in track of others. We do not know what awaits us deep into this forest so, we better watch each others' back, okay?"

Tosh was nodding, "I agree with that. The normal forest we have back at home is sometimes unpredictable because animals have aggressive instincts. So this enchanted forest is not an exemption. Animals here may be a lot more aggressive than the others because this whole thing was made by that crazy bitch."

"Watch your words, Tosh! You may not in favor of Lady Samson's idea but respect her as a woman!" David scolded him.

Snow slowly clapped, "Respect as a woman, huh? How could you pick a fight with our colleague because of that Mistress, huh?"

"She may look like she wants to kill us. But believe me, she's good. She made me feel better when I was alone in the room," Friean answered.

Snow covered her face, "Urgh! You two had already been smitten!"

"Forget about your personal issues first," Mave was trying to stop the tension. They all look at him. The stares made him gulped, "Ahm, calm down. Will you? I suggest to please set aside your feelings first. We all need to undergo this silly training so that we can go back to our nations as soon as we can. Instead of fighting, can we think of a better way to escape this island? Or shorten the training period?" Mave showed a cute smile.

"He is right. But I think we should walk in now before the gate reaches us," Hoax said and they all looked at him asking what. He sighed, "Haven't you noticed," he pointed the gate, "The gate is getting closer and closer. Maybe she is aware that we still haven't entered for real. So, let's go now?"

"She was totally up to something," Ace said while looking at the gate.

"Indeed she is. Let us go in now. And find a place to stop before planning again. Be careful and keep your eyes open. I already saw some flying creatures. They might bite us. Be alert," Hoax stated while looking at Ace.

Rex pat Ace's shoulder, "I think he knows something about you that we did not know. He looks at you with 'I know something about you' eyes. I wonder what was it."

"Stop your imaginations, bro. Catch up with your sister first, okay?"

Hoax and Tosh entered first and signaled them to come in when they were sure it is safe. When all of them already passed the main entrance, the way suddenly disappeared and it became a wall of strong vines.

"What the heck happened?" Friean worriedly asked.

"I really don't like this—" Snow wasn't able to finish what she was saying when they heard someone screaming and a loud growl of something they don't know.

"What was that?" they all asked and run to hide.