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Chapter 96: Who Are You Really?

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

A golden light expanded out from Alicia. This light hit Blake causing him to feel a warm serene feeling. This feeling made him feel extremely comfortable. Almost as if he was bathing in warm sunlight.

The light continued outward bypassing all solid objects. The skeletons in the hall all turned their head and as if drawn by the golden light walked towards it. But when the golden light touched the skeletons they immediately dropped to the floor, their bones turning to dust.

Loeri, Starla, and Rose were all downstairs investigating a room when the golden light swept past them. This startled the three of them but when they realized this golden light was not harmful, all three let out a sigh of relief.

"What is this!?" Starla asked, looking at the other two.

"I am not sure..." Rose answered.

"It can't be!" Loeri suddenly shouted out. But quickly covered her mouth. She had a feeling this light had to do with one of the two upstairs. She knew that Starla and Rose were loyal to Alicia but to Loeri all humans except Alicia, deep down were greedy people.

"Loeri, do you know what this is?" Starla asked.

"I think I do but I can not say for sure. I will explain when the other two get back." Loeri quickly answered. She dare not say a word right now. She would wait until Alicia got back to see what Alicia would say.

The golden light continued to spread out across the city. Any undead that came in contact with the golden light was instantly purified and turned into dust. It was not long before the entire city was encompassed in a dome of golden light. Back on the second floor Alicia's body slightly levitated off the ground. Her black starry skyed eyes looked around the room until they landed on Blake. The aura Alicia was giving off seemed to get stronger and stronger. So strong that Blake was even having a hard time standing in front of her.

A smile appeared on Alicia's face as her body floated over to Blake. She lifted her hand and placed it on Blake's forehead. Her mouth opened and said a single sentence: "You must protect this girl."

A bright golden light surged forth from Alicia's hand and entered Blake's head. He gave out a painful grunt and wanted to pull away but he soon found that a flood of information entered his head. After only a few seconds which seemed to like an eternity, the pain faded and Alicia removed her hand.

Blake opened his eyes and looked at Alicia with an expression of confusion. His head was now filled with a lot of information. A lot of it he could not understand right away. Alicia's black starry skyed eyes showed a hint of warmth as she looked at Blake. "This girl deep down truly cares for you. Protect her well. When the time is right everything will be understood."

Once Alicia finished saying her words her eyes closed and her whole body went limp causing Blake to quickly catch her before she fell to the ground. A look of worry showed on Blake's face as he checked to see if Alicia was alright. Only when he saw that she was still breathing and was only in a deep sleep, did he let out a sigh of relief.

With Alicia in his arms, he cradled her close to his chest as he slumped to the floor trying to figure out what just happened. The only thing he knew was the one who was talking to him just now was definitely not Alicia! He looked down at Alicia's peaceful sleeping face and gently brushed the loose hair back behind her ears. "Who are you really?" Blake silently whispered.

Only after sitting on the floor for twenty minutes as he waited to see if Alicia would wake up did Blake slowly get up off the floor. Alicia showed no sign of waking up in the short term so Blake could only make his way back downstairs.

When he arrived at the lower floor he found the three girls standing by the entrance seemingly waiting for him. When the girls saw Alicia in Blake's arms they quickly ran over to him with worried expressions. "She's fine just in a deep sleep. Our investigation ends here. We are heading back to the capital."

Loeri who had a contract with Alicia felt a strange but strong power flowing in Alicia's body. She looked at Blake questioningly. But Blake did not say anything he only walked forward carrying Alicia. "Blake will the Young Miss be okay!?" Rose finally spoke up breaking the silence.

"She will be fine." Blake paused his steps before turning back to the three girls behind him. "Everything that happened today is to be kept a secret. If I find out that someone said something about today's occurrence I will not hesitate to kill them!" Blake's tone of voice turned cold and his killing intent undulated out of his body causing Starla and Rose to go pale.

The two girls quickly nodded their heads not daring to say a word. They have never seen this side of Blake before. The look in his eyes said it all. If they said anything about today then he really would kill them!

Giving one final glance at the two girls his eyes swept over to Loeri who only looked at him indifferently. Although it was just a quick glance and their eyes only met for a split second the meaning was clear. 'We will talk later.'

Chapter 97: Capture Them

Phantasia: The Princess Knight

A few days passed and Alicia still had not woken up. This entire time Blake continued to watch over her not daring to stray too far from her side. They had just reached the capital and were about to enter when a guard came over stopping them. "Those in the carriage need to step out for inspection."

The current carriage they were in was bought from a town near the Barren Lands. So it did not have any markings on it whatsoever. The guard who had commanded them to get out was on the chubby side and seemed to be from some noble family. The guards around him all lowered their heads seemingly not wanting to offend this chubby guard.

But this did not mean the people in the carriage did not mind offending him. Loeri who was inside the carriage was enraged that someone was daring to stop them from returning to the house with Alicia unconscious like this. Not even waiting for anyone else to answer She jumped out of the carriage and yelled: "Who the hell are you to stop us from entering the city. Not a single person has had to stop for an inspection before us but now you want to stop us?"

The chubby guard's face turned red with anger. He did not stop the others because he was not able to see inside the carriage. He just happened to look over when the wind kicked up and the current of the carriage had moved revealing two beautiful girls inside. He wanted to take a look for himself and if they were indeed beautiful he would take them home. He comes from a noble family who would dare to go against his words but now, here this white haired girl with horns and tail was yelling at him? "A dirty demi dares to talk to me in such a way!? Quickly capture her! Let's see how she likes sitting in the dungeon for a few days!"

Loeri's rage welled up, she was about to incinerate the whole lot of them when a tired sounding voice came out from within the carriage. "Loeri don't!"

A happy smile formed on Loeri's face hearing this voice. 'Alicia! She finally woke up!' Loeri turned her head to see Alicia slowly make her way out of the carriage with Blake's assistance. Alicia looked at Loeri, smiled, and said: "I made you worry." She then looked at the guards who were standing there frozen in place not sure if they should continue to capture the demihuman or not. The chubby guard looked at Loeri then at Alicia until they finally fell onto Blake who was assisting Alicia. Flames of jealousy formed in his eyes as he looked at Blake who was gently supporting Alicia.

"Capture them all!" The chubby guard yelled. But not a single one of them moved. All their eyes were trained on to Blake and the crest on his armor. They were all too familiar with this crest! Although the other guards recognized this crest the chubby guard failed to as he yelled out: "What are you doing? Capture them now!"

"Who do you want to capture!?" A loud booming voice sounded out. A wave of pressure fell onto the chubby guard causing him to instantly kneel to the ground. Cold sweat drenched his back. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice to see a middle aged man with many royal guards walking towards them. The chubby man shivered in fear. He quickly bowed his head to the ground. "Your Majesty!"

This middle aged man was none other than the King of Alastine, King Augustus Alastine the second! King Augustus looked over everyone there until his eyes fell on to Alicia. He frowned when he saw how pale her face was and quickly walked over to her. "What happened!?" He asked as his big hand rested onto Alicia's forehead. After checking Alicia he frowned even more and before anyone could answer his question King Augustus picked Alicia up, turned to Blake and said: "You all follow me I want to hear everything that happened!"

Alicia was somewhat confused as to why the King of Alastine was so frantic and mad. But the feeling she got from him and the warmth she felt at this time was very familiar to her. Her body was still weak and she was still very tired. Feeling this familiar warmth caused Alicia to doze back off instantly as she curled up in King Augustus's arms. King Agustus took a few steps forward before turning to look at the chubby guard, his eyes full of anger. Only giving him a quick look King Augustus turned to his guards and said: "Arrest this man!" He then quickly made his way back to Alicia's estate.

In Alicia's room inside Alicia's estate King Augustus was sitting in a chair next to Alicia's bed watching over her. Standing quietly a few meters away was Rose, Starla, Loeri, and Blake. After making sure nothing was seriously wrong with Alicia he turned towards the four of them. "Explain to me in detail about what happened!"

All three girls turned to look towards Blake. Blake stepped forward and before answering King Augustus, he turned towards the others and said: "What I am about to say is to never leave this room! Or like I said before I will not hesitate to take your lives."

Hearing Blake's blatant threat caused King Augustus to be surprised. He knew of Blake's origins and he knew of Blake's personality. He was never one to give off such a threat. "Your Majesty when we discovered an ancient Subterranean city we went to look around and investigate it to see if we could find what had happened to them all those years ago. While we were in a building..." Blake continued to explain all the events that had unfolded.

King Augustus was shocked to hear all this. He took a moment to think things over before looking at Blake and asking: "What's your take on this?"

"I think she is a descendent of the Celestial race!"