119 Ch. 119 'Most Teribble Day'

Once again, Niken had the same strange dream. The difference was that she was no longer in an open field or battlefield. She was in front of a simple hut, and she could smell the delicious aroma from inside.

Is someone cooking a meal?

"Waaaa, yipieeee!"

Niken immediately turned toward the source of the cheerful voice. She walked following the sound and saw a charming little girl there.

The girl had long silver hair and bright red eyes. Her fair skin looked smooth and white with the luxurious clothes worn by nobles.

Who is this child? What a gorgeous little girl.

Wait. Silver hair and red eyes? Aren't those the charasteristic belongs to Zeed? Is the girl a pureblood Zeed's offspring?

Niken realized, the girl was riding a black wolf playfully. The wolf bounced around in a joyful manner making the little girl laughed.

Is she now in the wolf clan area?

'Bzzz! Bzzz!'

Faintly, Niken heard a voice from behind the bushes. Not only herself, but the black wolf also heard it.

'Grrrrrr!'

Niken immediately hid behind a tree to see what would happen. Her eyes widened when she saw the size of the wolf, which had been in average size enlarged multiplied many times.

Not only that, the eyes of the beast were not black but red!

"Aaaaa!!" the loud scream of the child was heard clearly, making the wolf even angrier. "Alphaaaaaa!! Help!"

Alpha? The legendary Supreme Alpha?? The guardian spiritual beast of wolf clan??

But... Shouldn't Alpha' fur be supposed to be white? Why is this one had a black one?

Niken decided to think about the answer later. She made a move to save the poor little girl earlier. Unfortunately, she did not know where the kidnappers had gone, and now she was lost somewhere.

Niken turned to look for a way out, but she couldn't find it.

'Bum! Bum!'

Niken felt the ground shake as if a giant was walking on this earth. Her heart was beating faster when she felt the trees before her fall down one by one.

Not long after that, the black wolf appeared ten times larger than the average size. Blazing red eyes as if thirsting for blood, and mouth open... more precisely being grinning at her.

Niken gulped nervously, realizing this was the same black wolf she had seen when she first dreamed.

Every time Niken stepped back, Alpha stepped forward to approach her with a 'bum' sound.

"Where is the girl?"

Ah?? Is it possible that Alpha mistook her for kidnapping the little girl?

"I ... you misunderstood me. I'm not... "

"Grrrrrrrr..."

Niken could not speak at all as she was so scared when she saw the frightening white canines. Alpha was impatient and very angry because someone dared to kidnap its friend, then it attacked Niken with its mouth open to pounce on her.

After successfully calming down, Niken glanced around, and then she heard a soothing heartbeat rhythm. Apparently, now she was in someone's lap, leaning on the man's chest.

This person's aroma was very distinctive to make Niken lulled. Who else if not Kazuto, who had peppermint scent like this?

Niken moved a little to see Kazuto's face, who was now sleeping leaning on the big tree. It seemed that the man was so tired that the small movements Niken made could not wake him at all.

Where are they? What happened?

Niken wondered while probing the surrounding environment.

It seemed that Kazuto took her to the hill? Well, not really. This place was right below Shiqu mountain. No one would ever pass this road, and the white knight would not be able to find them either because they were beside the boundary line of Lionel's defensive array.

How strange.

Niken remembered she couldn't see the invisible wall in the beginning, but now she could see it clearly. She could see something similar like a dome above her across this whole place to the top of the mountain. She felt like she was in a giant bird's nest.

Niken looked up to see the sky and could see the full moon illuminating the night sky with its glow. Looked like the lunar eclipse has ended.

Niken began to wonder, when did they arrive here? How was the festival? Did they enjoy the show to the end?

And why didn't Kazuto take them home directly to the top of the mountain? Why did he have to sleep here?

It's strange, why doesn't she remember anything?

The last time she recalled was accompanying Kazuto doing archery to get the kiosk grand prize. Did the man succeed? Why she doesn't remember anything else after that?

"Niken?"

Niken's reverie shattered as soon as she heard her name called.

"Hm? I am here."

Niken was surprised to see a pair of Kazuto's eyes, usually sharp and robust, now looking sad and suffering. What is this?

"What's wr..."

Kazuto immediately hugged her tightly without giving Niken a chance to finish her inquiry.

"Thank god you're fine. I thought I'll lose you."

"??" Niken couldn't fathom at Kazuto's attitude. She could even feel the two hands hugging her were shaking fiercely as if he was scared.

Niken circled her hands behind his back while patting him gently. Even though she didn't understand what was happening, Niken still tried to calm the man down.

"Where can I go? Won't you always find me? You will not lose me. Don't worry, I will always be with you." comforted Niken in a soothing voice without knowing her words made the man's heart be sliced off by a knife.

Kazuto would always find her?

It was true. Kazuto was sure he would always be able to find his inamorata no matter where Niken hid. As a black knight, Kazuto was the second-best tracker after the white knight.

But this time, Kazuto was utterly helpless. Only because of an eclipse occurred, he could not find Niken at all. He even summoned Supreme Alpha, which almost made him lose Niken forever.

That was the most terrible day in his memory. He will not bring Niken out of protection if a lunar eclipse occurs again.