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Chapter 78: Gods Race

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Alicia opened her eyes and looked up at the handsome face in front of her. Although the face was a little bit older looking and the hair was now golden blonde like hers. Even his eyes were a solid gold color. Alicia knew who this person was. "Blake…?"

Blake turned his head and looked at Alicia. His face was not as cold as before but much gentler as he said: "Mhm… Now that I broke the seal you will not need to worry. I am here for you and will take care of anything that threatens your path in life."

Alicia's eyes welled up with tears she really truly thought she was going to die once again. Feeling the warm embrace of Blake caused all her previous fears to vanish as she sank into his arms. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something but Blake pressed his finger against her lips and said: "Rest you have worked hard."

Alicia did not say anything, only nodding her head and slowly closing her eyes. She was very tired…

Blake looked up at the young man who was looking at Blake in shock before his face formed a grim smile. "To think a one of the Gods race who never intervene in the mortal world actually stepped in to save this little bitch! AHHHH!!! I can't take it! Why won't you let me rip her to shreds!" The Young Man started to shout out in rage.

"I thought after the war of Devils and Gods an agreement was made. The agreement stated that Devils will no longer try to take over the mortal world and Gods would no longer intervene with the mortal world. But here you are creating demon spawns and forming an army. What is your goal for being here in the mortal world?" Blake's voice was calm but at the same time carried an overbearing pressure with it.

"Haha! What am I doing here? What does it matter to a fucking god!? You gods sealed your power to live amongst the mortals while us devils were banished to a wasteland that is not even fit to grow a blade of grass. A dark dingy cesspool of molten lava and death. So what am I doing in this mortal world? What else but thinning out the herd a bit and eating my fill!" The young man yelled out.

"You're breaking the rules of the agreement!" Blake waved his hand a bright golden blade made of light shot out towards the young man. This caused the young man to quickly wrap himself in a thick black fog that blocked the attack.

"You're really hot headed for someone from the God's race! I will let things end here for today. If you even try to stop me I will slaughter everyone here with a flick of my finger. I will leave you with one thing though before I go. Little girl my name is Dolnar. Remember it because a day will come when I kill you and turn you into a meal for my pets!" Throwing out these words Dolnar wrapped himself in black fog before disappearing from where he stood.

"He escaped?" Alicia asked as she looked up at Blake.

"Mhm. He teleported away." Blake answered.

"You can put me down if you want to give chase." Alicia said as she blushed a little. She was still being embraced by Blake.

"It's fine. Your safety is what's most important." Blake said as he flew over to where the magic barrier was. Alicia looked to see everyone laying down on the ground causing her to get worried. Seeing this worry Blake comforted her saying: "They are fine. I only knocked them out. I can not let others see this form."

"Will you erase my memory of today since I have seen you like this?" Alicia reluctantly asked. She did not want to forget this day for anything.

Blake looked at those big watery eyes that were saying that she was unwilling to forget and shook his head. "If it's you, it's okay if you know. Just promise me that you will never go against a Devil alone again. When you were fighting with him he was actually just playing around. He could have killed everyone with a flick of his fingers. Devils are something that you can not fight against… Not now anyway..."

The two landed on the ground and Blake reluctantly let Alicia go. But to his surprise, Alicia took out her sword and knelt down onto one knee "By the honor of my sword I swear to never reveal your secret to anyone as long as I live! Nor will I ever attempt to fight a devil again alone unless you say I can."

Blake smiled as his figure returned back to his younger appearance. He helped Alicia up as he gently said: "There is no need to take an oath when I know you would never tell anyone."

"But still… I have to show my sincerity. Also.." Alicia looked up at Blake and smiled. "Thank you for saving me. If not for you I might have been dead."

"Mmm… Duty or not I will always protect you. For now, let's wake everyone up and escort the villagers to their new homes safely." Alicia nodded her head as she watched Blake wave his hand and all the villagers, Rose and Starla all slowly started to wake up.

This was a night that Alicia would never forget for the rest of her life. It was also a hard lesson for her. The world she was in now was filled with many powerful people, enemies, and friends alike. There were some existences that could reap a life with just a snap of their fingers. Just thinking about how close she came to death caused a shiver to run down Alicia's spine. She was very lucky this time that the Devil was just playing around. Otherwise, she would have been dead the second the Devil arrived.

Chapter 79: New Determination

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Starla and Rose slowly woke up and climbed up off the ground in a daze. "What happened?"

"The devil used some kind of knock out magic to keep everyone from escaping." Blake gave a lite lie so that Alicia did not have to do so.

Hearing the word devil Starla and Rose both shivered before quickly looking around. When they saw that Alicia was standing there next to Blake they both quickly ran over wrapping their arms around here. "Alicia!"

Rose checked every part of Alicia's body and only let out a sigh of relief when she saw that Alicia was unharmed. "Young Miss please do not do that again."

"I promise I will not try to fight a devil again but I can not promise that for anything else. If I let you all die when I have the power to at least act as a decoy. What is the point of me trying to become a knight?" Alicia said seriously. For her letting others die in front of her without even trying to save them is something she could not do. Alicia's statement left the two girls speechless. It was true that at that time if it was not for Alicia luring the devil away they all might have died.

While the three girls chatted Blake gathered the villagers and once they were all ready they once again set out towards their destination. Along the way, Alicia and Blake walked side by side. Alicia kept sneaking peeks at Blake as if she wanted to say something. "If you want to ask just ask."

"How old are you really?" Alicia remembered that when Blake showed up in his god form he looked much older than he did now. So she was wondering just how old he really was.

"Almost fourteen. What you saw is what I will look like in a few years. My race, when we are younger and remove our seal, causes our bodies to grow to what we will look like in the near future. Of course, our growth and aging stop at that age as well. We keep our youthful looks for as long as we are alive. Which can span tens of thousands of years or more. But like any other race, we still have children." Blake explained.

"I see… Then why did you become a knight? If your race is all powerful why are you here now?" Alicia did not understand. If the Gods race was so powerful why was Blake working as a knight?

"In my race, we have what's called a divining pool. It allows us to see many things. Though nowadays it is mainly used for marriageable purposes to allow us to find the one we will spend all eternity with. My match will eventually become a knight of this kingdom. Which is why I am here now." Alicia heard this and couldn't help but feel a bit dejected. 'So it turns out he already has someone he is destined to be with...'

"So your race can marry outside your race?" Although dejected, Alicia still had questions she wanted to know. She figured if she did not ask now she would never get this kind of chance again.

Hearing Alicia's question Blake's lips turned upwards and said: "No. We don't, but sometimes things happen and one of our kind is left to fend for their own at a young age. It's the same for all races. These things happen." Up ahead Blake spotted a large lake and next to that was a small village that was under construction. "Seems we have arrived. We can talk more about this stuff later."

Alicia was left with a lot more questions but she swallowed them all back. She felt a tiny prick in her heart. The image of Blake saving her at the last second kept popping into her head. 'It seems that he truly was only here as her guard to keep her safe… So what he said before was meant to be more in the lines of friendship...' Alicia felt a little upset about this situation but there was nothing that could be done. Blake had someone he was destined to be with. Not to mention he was older than her by almost four years. By the time she was of age, he would be nineteen and probably already married or at least with the girl he had in his heart.

With heavy feet, Alicia made her way to the new village. Once she reached there and everyone was settled, she would be heading back to the capital with Rose and Starla to turn in the mission. Letting out a sigh Alicia paused her steps and looked up at the star filled sky above her. 'If this was back on earth I would probably be a bit more mature. Getting ready for college exams being so busy that I would not even have time to even think about boys or romance for that matter. As the King told me I will have an extremely long life. Plus I am too young as it is now..' "Hah!" Alicia laughed at herself. 'You would think a soul that should be turning eighteen soon would act more her age but here I am still stuck with thoughts of a young girl… I guess physical age has more of an impact on maturity than I had thought.'

After clearing her thoughts Alicia decided to forget about anything dealing with romance and work even harder to become the best knight! With her mind now full of determination Alicia put a smile on her face and took a determined step forward!