Veildra Mansion's Incident

After the dinner,Alif excused himself to go to bed because he was tired eventhough he just slept before the meal.

He was just about to close his eyes when suddenly he had a ring in his ear like before.

"H..e..l..p.."A voice whispered;the voice sounded like it was being tortured or being forced.

Then,A huge gust of wind crashed into Alif's room from the outside. It trashed the whole room but weirdly enough,Alif was fine. The magic must been powerful to broke a steel framed window. He had no scar nor feel pain whatsoever eventhough his room was being trashed completely. When the winds stopped,he rushed outside of his room to tried and tell everyone what just happened.

He was surprised when Miriam was in the hallway; and accidentally bumped into her.

"Sorry!"Alif apologised as he got up.

"Why the hurry?"Miriam asked.

Alif helped Miriam up and explained to her what happened.

"We need to report this to Miss Elaine." Miriam said without even hesitating.

They rushed towards Elaine's room and found she was about to enter it.Then,they stopped her from entering as they panickly reported what happened to her.

"Slow down." Said Elaine.

Then,they calmed down and explained it by detail.

"I see. Everyone was just at the dining room. If anything,I wouldn't suspect any of them to be the culprit."

They then heard a rustling sound inside Elaine's room. Elaine found out her room wasn't lock but she was convinced that she locked it before going to dinner.

Elaine opened the door and the window was wide open. She grabbed her sword and went to investigate while Alif and Miriam stood outside the room. Suddenly,while Elaine was standing in front of the wide open window,a shadowy figure appeared behind her and pushed her outside.

Alif and Miriam was shocked by scene. The shadowy figure then rushed straight to them and pushed them aside so they could run.

"Hey! Grr...Wait here Miriam."Said Alif before he went and chased the shadowy figure.

The shadowy figure was fast but Alif managed to follow them. Alif randomly grabbed a decorative sword in the hallway and tried to stab the shadowy figure. Alif jumped forward and he felt like a wind breeze flowed through his hand and to the sword.

Alif grabbed the sword tightly and slashed it forward while he was still in mid air. The slash made a horizontal wind slash that hit the shadowy figure and knocked them out.

"Woah..."Alif was confused and amazed at what just happened.

Alif approached the shadowy figure.He opened the cloak that they was wearing; under that cloak was a woman. The woman had a weird and freaky upside down star symbol on her forehead-it appeared to be like it was burnt into her forehead-.

"Nobody messes with me or my comrades." A voice from the distance echoed.

Alif looked behind him and saw Elaine and Miriam were walking toward him. He was shocked to see Elaine was fine.

"Elaine...how?"Alif asked.

"I managed to save myself from falling by using floating magic. Now,what do we have here."Elaine explained and asked.

Alif told Elaine what just happened and Elaine nodded.

"Good job."Elaine said simply.

Then,they took the woman to the dungeon under the manor. As soon as they enter the dungeon;they saw a few knights standing and talking to each other.

"Commander!"One of the knight said as he saluted.

"I see,you got another one."The knight added.

"Another one? What do you mean?"Elaine asked.

The knight told them to follow him. He brought them to one of the cells and showed them the prisoners. There are 4 of them and they wore the same type of cloak that the woman wore. The three of them were shocked to see it.

"It seems like she is not alone."Alif said.

Elaine threw the woman in the cell with other prisoners. She then tried to interrogate them.

"Who are you? What do you want from us!" Elaine seemed angry.

Miriam,Alif and the knight startled by Elaine. Then,one of the prisoner stood up. The prisoner was a man and has the same upside down star mark but it was on his cheek.

"He knows...he will come for you boy...They all will"The man said in a creepy tone.

Elaine looked at Alif. Alif was quite scared because he never met them before. He didn't know what the man was talking about.

"Who are they? What do they want with Alif!"Elaine asked aggressively.

"They will savage this place until they got you,Protector. People around you will no longer be safe...They all will die! Including you..."The man replied.

"Protector? What is he talking about."Alif thought to himself.

Suddenly,the man's eyes and mouth light up in flames followed by others. They burnt to crisp with intense flames before the interrogation can go any further.

Shocked by the scene,Alif and the others left the dungeon without further ado. As soon they got out,Veildra approached them.

"So,what happened? What is this fuss all about?" Veildra asked Elaine.

Elaine told Veildra everything and the old man almost fell to the ground hearing it.

"I see. Then,we all would be in danger if Alif is here. But,at the same time we cannot let Alif walk out on his own." Said Veildra.

Veildra and Elaine discussed the matter even further and finally came out with a solution. They would take Alif to the Tartarus Knight's Headquarter in City Of Cobbold where he would be taken care of.

"Iam pretty sure that the Grand Holy Knights and Grand Magic Knights can keep Alif safe. That is,as long as you are fine with it Alif."Said Elaine.

"I agree. As long as nobody will get hurt."Alif replied.

"Alright then. Please take Alif to a new room. There should be a vacant room on the first floor." Ordered Veildra to one of the housekeeper.

After that,Alif was escorted by a knight and the housekeeper to his new room in case something else happens. While they were walking,Alif asked a few questions to the knight about the Tartarus Knights and Grand Holy Knight and Magic Knights.

The knight explained that in Tartarus Knights,there are two factions. The Magic Knights that focus in battling with magic and the Holy Knights that focus in battling physically with their 'blessed' items. The Grand Holy Knights and Magic Knights are those who are far stronger than the ordinary knights and they work directly under the Chief Commander.

The knight also explained that Elaine is the commander of the Magic Knights-Alif was shocked by fact-The Holy Knights is lead by someone named Commander Justin Terravice.

Alif and the knight talked until they reached Alif's new room. He thanked the knight and the housekeeper and entered his room.

Alif laid in bed and tried to go sleep by closing his eyes. Then,he felt a warm breeze and once again,he was in a blank white space.

"Wha-"Before Alif could finish his sentence;the man in golden armor appeared.

"Boy."The man spoke.

"You again. This is second time which means this is real."Alif replied.

"Yes indeed. This your conciousness space where I can appear. Listen,today's incident was specially directed to attack you." The man explained.

Alif knew about this because the prisoner weirdly stated it in the interrogation.

"What is a Protector?"Alif asked suddenly.

The man nodded and pointed at Alif.

"A person that has a great responsibility. A person that is destined to protect this world. And that person is you,Putra Alif." The man explained.

Alif was shocked that the man knew his name not to mention,his full name. He kept questioning himself why would he be transported to this world. Everything from the incident in Lake Chini to this moment seemed connected. Now,he knows why.

"Listen,you are not supposed to be here. Something happened during your transmigration. I don't know what it was but the point is,you must get out. Don't go to the Tartarus Knights Headquarters."The man insist.

Alif was about to ask why but the man disappeared again.

"What?! Again...Why.."Alif remarked.

He then suddenly woke up. It turned out to be just a few minutes after he fell asleep. He kept thinking about what the man said.

"He must have a reason. The longer I stay with other people,the more dangerous it could be. What if the enemy is far stronger than those Grand Knights. Aaaargh!"Alif thought to himself and bursted out.

He looked at his watch-the same watch he always wear-.It was almost midnight and everyone should be asleep. The room was on the first floor;then he came up with a plan to ran away. The mansion is surrounded by decently large stone wall and would be well-guarded by knights considering that night's incident. From the looked of it,a magic barrier also has been established.

Despite everything,he would still open the window slowly and stealthily walked towards the stone wall. Luckily,there were no knights patrolling that side of the wall just yet.

"Dammit! Whatever!"Alif remarked.

He decided to climb up the wall despite the magic barrier but the wall was tall so he struggled and kept falling each time he tried. He amost gave up but suddenly;the ground beneath his feet started to raised and lifted Alif up allowing him to climbed the wall. He was fascinated but kept it short and focused on breaking out.

Surprisingly,he managed to pass the magic barrier easily-no struggle,nothing-he didn't even triggered any warning whatsoever. He then ran as fast as he can away from the mansion in hope that what he was doing could save the people that could have gotten hurt if he stayed.