A New Discovery (The dryad discovery 1)

The truth

(Henry)
Black Raven Headquarters

He stared at the girl for a little bit as she played the cat plushie that Henry "steals" from the toy store he saw earlier. Selena, the princess hugs the cat plushie so hard that he was actually need to buy a new one because of the bark like texture. Sitting on the bed with the princess, smiling and making the cat plush jump by motions. Henry always remembers the times, his younger brother loving the wolf plush that he gives him about twelve years ago. The princess, almost feels like the happier times when he was with his family.

Spending time with her feel like old times when he had just peace and quiet with the leader who rescue him when he was nine. Tracing the scar on his head during that damn accident. He couldn't remember much of the accident nor who was his family. All he knows is that he has a brother and baby cousin. Kristin...hm he is familiar, but he needs to focus on the dryads.

"Hey, I was wondering...how long you have been in Blood Empire? You look healthy even though you're in the hellhole of Blood Empire."

Selena bites her lips.

"About five years. I was separated from my mommy when I was four."

"You're...young. So, that means that your nine. How did you get here in Hope Redfield?"

This time, Selena stay silent. Henry recall the meeting about a hour ago, the researcher say that the land of Greece was separated from Hope because of the wall. However, there are in fact portals to here and the land according to some physicians. Henry wondered if the forest that Kristin went through is that portal. The question is why was Selena sent here? Henry decided to get some answers.

"Selena, do you remember by any means...who went to our country besides you?"

She shakes her head. Hm...if she doesn't know where is the others, well he did it to do it in the old fashion way. Getting information and hunting the dryads down to get the reason of the appearance of many dryads to be here. It's bland in the others mafia's eyes, but it is pretty damn effective when it comes to get influence in business. Leaving Selena in her room; he walks towards the meeting room while thinking about the dryad he saw earlier, Lucy is also a dryad like Selena.  Looking around for clues to find out the truth of the situation is his top priority, dealing with the other gang can come later.

The meeting room was tiny at best to see the scientist, archaeologist and mythologist who join the gang by their safety or loyalty. Sitting down to see the three have to say; the scientist speaks up first. Handing him the documents is shocking.

"Well, I just find out a lot more astonishing things about you and Kristin. It seems like....you have the same DNA as him and in fact you're not a Raven family. As the research suggests-"

Henry silence the scientist, telling him we will talk about this later. He wants to focus on is the dryads. He will deal with the other gangs later along with the truth of Kristin of being his little brother.

"Sir, what we find is important artifacts made by dryads in the seventeenth century. Please take a look at this one in the left," the archaeologist pointed the woman in green. He looks closer to see an ancestor from the Morris family. Wait a minute, he paused for a moment. How can he see a dryad while everyone can't? Could it be that...lost Morris brother is him?

He always read tales and myths about the Morris family, one of the myths is that they meet the dryads in the early centuries where different countries joined together in the past. Since that he has the ability to see dryads, this hunt will be way easier than he thought. Keeping that mind, Henry look at the map that he stole from the Umbra seekers. Green marks glow in the map, there are dryads here, but the question is where could they be and how he can caught them without harming them or worse killing them?

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Firing his guns to shot down the guards of the abandoned asylum. Glazing around to see dryads who are captives of the court. He is taking a big risk, as the gang is sponsored by the Regina family. He could be in big trouble, but right now he doesn't give a shit. Sneaking across the building to see the cameras zooming to him. He thinks that the  family will send their guards, but no guards  ever came.

He soon realized that the Regina family is in jeopardy because they are losing power in the government. Entering in the asylum to witness the men guarding the dryads from coming out, they don't want anyone to know that dryads exist. Firing his gun to the camera, this gains their attention as the alarms comes in to ring as crazy. The Blood Lotus assassins are here, good enough time.

Getting his lock picking kit, he picks each lock one at a time. Mental counting streams through his body to the alarm ringing through his head. One by one, the dryads are free and begged him to let them stay in the Black Ravens manor. With a heavy sigh, he agrees. Now, the truth comes into him, there are more dryads than he ever thought, no less in Blood Empire.