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Chapter 4: Belasa Tower

“We need to go, Belasa tower is now safe” Ethan called Gwyn, he held her hand and he started teleporting.

The teleportation wasn’t as forceful as before, it was like a hollow heat had stir their skin, their clothes flutter from the gentle wind that was blown from every direction and the next thing Gwyn realizes was that they were no longer at the wilderness. It was the only time she appreciates Ethan’s teleportation ability.

They arrived at the vine covered front steel gates of the tower, empty mechanical carriage were parked on both sides and there were numbers of Lumnoux entering and leaving the tower.

Students were in their academy’s uniform and professionals were on their elite outfits while others look like ordinary civilians but certainly all of them were royal clingers having their royal badge as third in their sun emblem and iron Lyze.

Entering the unguarded gates was not that difficult but past beyond that on the tower’s lobby lies the security that only a Lumnoux can pass.

Ethan pinned a sun emblem on Gwyn’s crumpled collar and tried to shake off the dirt from his own suit.

“This emblem” she touched the emblem feeling its engraved sun marks on her fingers “Charles?”

“Yes, it dropped when he vanished, we just need to borrow it from him for the meantime” he explained that only those who are already a Lumnoux proven by their sun emblem can enter.

Belasa tower is the place where full-grown researchers, soldiers, officials, protectors and other royal servants were trained and spent time after work.

They continue to walk then suddenly Gwyn stopped and uttered “Strange”

“Huh?” he turned to see her purposely staring at him.

“Have you been aware that the royal appointed to you is still an infant?”

“I have” he went to her side to hold her arm and touched the black veins spreading on her forearm.

Gwyn pulled “Yes you are my protector but you don’t have the right to touch me like that” she hid her arms on her side afraid that the witch’s poison would cause a greater problem.

“First you must hide your identity”

“Let’s just tell them the truth so that they stay out of the way”

“The royals were the Tanbrea’s target and it wouldn’t be advisable to tell them the truth, you can’t pretend to be my relative because everybody knew I don’t have any, the most convenient alibi would be to become my girlfriend that would be more plausible than any other explanation”

“Your w-what? I would never do that!” surprised with Ethan’s suggested arrangement.

“We can’t afford to raise any suspicions, right now I need a friend to check this”

Ethan had felt Gwyn’s hesitation to reveal on what really happened to her, he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it on her arm to hid the dark marks.

“You do as I say and as far as I can remember you love pretentions which leads to my almost execution”

“I didn’t pretended to be anybody. You are the one who are too rude to begin with and you can’t even control your haughtiness”

“You are a royal by blood but you didn’t act like one, nobody would have guess your status” Ethan smirked hearing Gwyn’s continuous protest.

“Ah one more thing, since you would be becoming my girlfriend I guess I need to tell you this to survive, girls from this tower keep on chasing me, and they might take their claws on you” he teased as he continued and entered the gates.