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Lireo

It was dawn when Aquil and Muros arrived in the Lirean palace but Mine-a was already waiting for them in the throne room. In fact she was waiting for them since the night before, she didn't get any sleep knowing that one of her children is still to be found.

"Your highness" the two mashnas greeted the weary queen

Mine-a's face brightened slightly seeing that they don't have long faces upon facing her but she was hesitant because of the marks of battle on their armors.

"Is . . . Is she . . ." Mine-a can't seem to finish her question. She's afraid that if she learns that Amihan didn't made it alive she might lose her mind.

"She is Queen Mother, the fourth and final diwani is here in Lireo" Muros looked at his queen with festive eyes as the guards entered carrying with them a palanquin where the young Amihan is sleeping

"Is she in there?" Mine-a couldn't help but run to the palanquin where one of her beloved daughters is sound asleep. She peeks in and saw Amihan, her tears started to well on her eyes. She wanted to hug her tightly but she didn't want to wake her.

"Ades" Mine-a called and her head handmaid appeared out of the drapes

"Yes your highness?"

"Bring Amihan to her room and . . . you know what to do" Mine-a instructed

"As you wish" Ades gestured for the guards to follow her

"What happened? Why do you look like you just fought someone?" Mine-a looked at the mashnas

"As a matter of fact we did your highness. We fought a garino" Aquil reported, making Mine-a's eyes glare

"A Garino? You fought someone from the Etherian race?" Mine-a's mood turned serious

"It was also surprising for us your highness. The garino woman . . . she was going to sell the diwani as a slave in the free markets" Muros said

Mine-a's aura become heavy. The soldiers, even the high-ranking Aquil and Muros felt the pressure from it.

"How dare they try to hurt my child!" Mine-a's power started to manifest. The torches in the hall started to burn brightly, the water from the fountains started to raise and the wind started howling outside.

"Calm yourself your highness. In fact it was the other way around" Aquil appeased their queen

"Explain" Mine-a went back to her normal self as she wanted to hear what the head mashna is going to say

"Well we only got to face a Garino woman which seemed to be an experienced slaver. But as we inspected the perimeter there was another dead body of a garino man.

"And you're telling me that Amihan was the one who did that?"

"I suppose so your highness but I think she gotten a helping hand from another encantado since the hostages informed us about a young man who was with Amihan" Aquil answered

"But for Amihan to fight a garino, those creatures are vile when it comes to fighting, even the normal Etherians feared them when I was living in Etheria" Mine-a sat on her throne

"Allow me to say that the young diwani is of above average when it comes to fighting skills your highness" Muros butted in

"What're you saying?" Mine-a seemed to be amused, she didn't thought that Raquim would prepare their daughter for the time that they will be going back in Encantadia

"Well it was only for mere seconds but we've seen her battle a couple of Hathors that were also pursuing her. She had the affinity to use the wind as her weapon. It was like she was dancing in the wind as she landed her blows to the enemy" Muros proudly said