Wakfu: Collision

Chapter 22

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"Then he shouted," Yugo raised his hands and mimicked a deeper voice. "You're going to get it, you little brat, you've been looking for trouble and you've found it!"

The eliatrope children burst out laughing, so he waited for them to settle down before thrusting his fists forward.

"And BOOOM! The ground split into two trenches, and dust flew everywhere!"

"Woooow!"

"And then what happened, what happened?"

"I shot up into the air to avoid getting hit!" he continued, making gestures with his arms as if propelling himself upward. "And his horns glowed, he was about to launch another electric attack, I almost thought I wouldn't make it!"

"Oh, no, oh, no!"

"Now comes the good part!" some muttered, and others hushed them.

"Shhh, let us listen!"

"And ZAAAAASSS! He threw his lightning bolt right at me! At the last moment, I opened a portal and jumped inside, just before everything exploded!"

"In the air, yessss!"

"Shhh!" they hushed him again.

The children laughed, and Yugo also chuckled.

"If you already know the story, I'm surprised you keep asking for it."

"We want you to tell it, Yugo!"

"Yeah, it's more fun when you tell it!"

Those words warmed his heart, and he patted the little one who had snuggled up beside him.

"You remind me more and more of my siblings and me, asking my father for stories before bed."

One of them, however, looked downcast when he said.

"I just wish Margarita, Cedrito, Cactuel, and the others could hear it too."

The others also grew concerned.

"That's right, they said they would come."

"What could have happened to them?"

Yugo looked at each of their faces when he said.

"Are they the kids from the jalabol team?"

"Yes," said the one beside him, "we all worked together to plant the seeds yesterday."

"We agreed to meet today after noon to come see you when we heard what happened."

The eliatrope king frowned and instinctively looked up at his sadida queen in the corner of the room, who had also tensed.

"Amalia, do you happen to know where they might be?"

She looked at him and shook her head.

"No. I also heard they were coming, but I haven't seen them."

"My queen, My king," Adila, who had remained by her side, stepped forward with a polite nod, "if you permit, I can go look for them."

It was Amalia who responded.

"I'll go with you," she turned to him. "Yugo, I'll be back soon. Kids, don't let him get up or do anything silly until I return."

It was the purple ones who nodded before he did, leaving him speechless.

She was about to cross Adila's portal when she turned to point at him.

"And no portals!"

All the eliatropes waited for the luminous halo to disappear before looking at their king. The latter shrugged.