Chapter 83: Love at first sight

-A queen needs my help, the first question I wanna ask is if she's hot, but that would be rude, wouldn't it?-

-What do you think?- Dabria asked sarcastically

-A beast person! A hybrid between humans and magic beast, I finally see one in person- Diana observed

"Um, ok I'm kinda flattered, but why does your queen need my help? I just recently turned 13, I don't think I can do much"

"Our kingdom is being attacked by a leviathan, you have managed to bond with a dragon, we need your help to calm it down, our forces are not enough" the guy said

-He was probably injured trying to get to us- Siege said

-Should we help him?- Damon asked

-Of course, a kingdom underwater, sounds like fun-

"Um I'm sure there's magic to make us breathe underwater but is there any other ways that your people can get me to breathe underwater without wasting mana?"

"Yes sir, I can only provide it if you accept, of course it will be given to your bonds as well"

"One last question, how strong is this leviathan?"

"It has the strength of a black core" He replied

Everyone who was listening in was shocked

"Hey he must be lying right?" a student asked

"He must be, a black core is legendary" one girl nodded

"Only legends like Andrius or Artia have achieved it" another guy shouted

"Nope, I'm not having my student going against such a dangerous beast, maybe we can wait, I can call for reinforcements for help" Professor Emma suggested

"We can't, my people are suffering everyday as we speak, the longer we wait, the more lives are going to be lost" he argued

"Alright, I'll go, but how many apart from my bonds am I allowed to bring?"

"As little as possible please, we don't want your side to suffer as well" he answered

"I'll call the headmaster, don't go until I finish" Professor Emma went to call him

3rd person view

Professor Emma described the situation to the headmaster.

"I understand, you are the teacher for the beast tamer class, so I would suggest only you can go with him" The headmaster said "But leave your bonds behind, you can talk with them telepathically, they can help keep you inform the situation of your students"

"So the trip will continue as usual?"

"Yes, put another teacher in charge, we don't know when you'll return or where you will return from, but we'll leave someone on the island just in case you come back" the headmaster ordered

"Does the kingdom know about the underwater kingdom?" Professor Emma asked

"We have speculations" the headmaster answered "I will inform your brother and his family about what is happening, please go help them save their kingdom, if you can accomplish it, we can ask them to return the favor later"

1st person view

"I'll go with you just to make sure you're safe" Jake said

"So you're not staying with your knights?"

"I've retired from that, I can freely go with you as I wish, Richard and the saint can't afford to go, so obviously the candidate must be me" he replied

"Well thank you, I'm sure you will be of great help"

He was pleased with my answer, Professor Emma then returned and gave out orders

"Professor Peter you will take care of these students while I'm gone, no one else is allowed to go" She then saw Jake standing by my side "Apart from Sir Jake who is an exception"

"Ok we got our crew so how do we get started dolphin man"

He then handed us a few blue pills

"These will allow you to breather underwater, but the effects will be temporary" he warned "The effects will go away once you get out of water"

We all then consume it.

"Now that you all consume it, it is time for us to go" he then got out a crystal and crushed it in his hands, warp gate then appears

-I need to learn how to do that, would be useful to give it to my parents-

-Well if we manage to do it, asking them on how to do that would be an easy task- Dabria replied

"Bye guys, seems like I set up my camp for nothing, please get it back for me"

"You owe us after this" Eleanor crossed her arms

"I'll cook you guys a feast when I come back then, how does that sound?"

"Prepare a lot of ice cream and it's a deal" Lucas smile

"Deal"

We then walked through the gate and arrive at a huge entrance with super tall guards holding giant spears

"Hey dolphin man, what did they eat to get so tall?"

"My name is Erik sir" he bowed "They are whales, so this size is normal for them"

"Their normal size must be larger than Damon then, dude you might have some competition"

"They might, but compare to sir dragon, I doubt they can beat him in a fight" he replied

We then got inspected and got the go ahead, we then swam through many gates till we then headed inside this air bubble where there was no longer water, and in front of us was a huge under water kingdom and we can barely see the big castle in the distance

"It's even bigger than Artia" Professor Emma exclaimed "How do we not see it?!"

"The kingdom is shrouded under many veils of illusion magic, its should be a complete unknown to the outsider, the only way here is to swim through the strong currents and pressure or warp" Erik answered

"Why is the town so quiet?" Jake asked

"We have evacuated everyone to the center, this barrier will only hold out for so long" He looked down

-We're their last hope- Diana said

-Well I'm a protagonist, let's see how it goes-

We then walked a long while through the empty town and arrive at another gate where one of the guards crushed a crystal and another warp gate appeared, We walked through it, we were then warped in front of the castle, we then head in.

"This is amazing, say since you guys live in an air bubble anyway, does that mean there are other races here?"

"Yes, many, human elves, beast people, we do not discriminate" he answered

-These corridors are amazing- Diana said -Look at all those paintings-

-I know, they are wealthy, I mean look at that sculptures made out of gold-

We then arrive at the throne room, Erik kneeled and we did the same

"Please get up" A female voice said "I can not have a dragon and his bond to bow to me"

We then got up, the one on the throne, the queen, is about 174cm tall, looked to be in her early 20s at most, light blue hair, blue eyes wearing a light blue gown, her hair was loose and beautiful, she wears little make up and make her natural appearance even more beautiful

-A water nymph, you don't see those everyday- Dabria commented -A royal one too, a nereid, not like an ordinary naiad, even rarer-

-Perseus, why are you so quiet?- Diana asked

-Yeah, usually he would make some stupid comments about how beautiful she is- Siege agreed

"Are you single?" was all I could say at that moment

All my bonds and Dabria face palmed

-I never thought a dragon like myself would feel this kind of embarrassment- Damon shook his head

| Yo he's down bad LMAO |

-Smooth- Ace chuckled