Chapter 134 - 36

In the morning, the human academy's campsite located in a meadow not far from the Dwarven royal capital had several guests. They were elves from the Elven kingdom which was quite a distance from the Academy's campsite. They came to that place using a long-distance teleportation device and it was certain that the cost was not cheap. They had to use a large number of magic stones or dozens of mages or spirit users as strong as Magic Kings to activate the devices. Of course, they had their reasons for doing so. Right now the elves were kneeling in front of Kalya.

"Long time no see Princess Cattleya." One of the male elves spoke to Kalya intimately. He seemed to have known her for a long time.

The students gathered around to see the guests who had come, especially the female students. It was because the elves who had come at this time were all handsome men, and the most handsome of them was the male elf who greeted Kalya before.

When Ziel reached the campsite, several people stared at him. One of them glared at him, it was Kyouka. She was still curious about Ziel's answer at that time. But Ziel walked silently and ignored all those stares. He approached Clara who waved at him.

Kalya also watched as Ziel came back from the lake to camp. But she felt awkward that Ziel had to see such a scene. The male elf in front of Kalya was her childhood friend who had once confessed his feelings for her but had also betrayed her.

(Ziel, he was my childhood friend when I lived in the Elven Kingdom)

Kalya contacted Ziel via telepathy to inform him of the situation.

(Yes...You can continue your reunion)

Ziel answered it as usual but Kalya heard it like he was indifferent. This makes Kalya's face darken.

"Ken! Where have you been? Isn't your body not fully healed yet?" Clara asked worriedly and looked at him from head to toe.

"You don't have to worry, I'm fine. I just finished bathing in the lake not far from here." Ziel answered while pointing in the direction from which he came.

"Really!? I want to bathe in that lake too! Yesterday was so dusty and I didn't even have time to shower." Clara is excited after hearing what Ziel said. All of the students didn't have any rest yesterday. When the battle in the Dwarven royal capital was over, they had to walk to this meadow and build a tent for them to stay temporarily. After they were done with all that, it was already evening and they were too tired to shower.

"I'll show you the place after we have breakfast. Wait a minute, I'll prepare the food for you." Ziel still has to do his job as Clara's butler and guardian. Clara would forget her breakfast if Ziel didn't remind her.

"Okay, I'll wait for you with the others. Is it okay?" Clara glanced at Princess Freya, Princess Iris, and Lilith.

"Of course. I'll make one for all of you." Ziel lowered his head slightly and went to prepare breakfast for them.

Not long after, their breakfast was ready. They enjoyed their breakfast quickly and went to the lake where Ziel had previously bathed.

On the other hand, Merlick and King Gustave had to welcome the elves that came to their camp The elves were brought into Merlick's tent because they became the center of attention of the academy students, especially the female students. Apart from Merlick and King Gustave, in the tent, there were also teachers including Kalya.

"Long time no see Carkas, how are you?" Merlick recognized the elf in front of him. He knew that the elven boy was Kalya's childhood friend. As Merlick had mentioned, the elven boy's name was Carkas.

"I'm fine Mr. Merlick. That's right, I've forgotten how long we haven't seen each other. Ever since the Elven kingdom isolated itself from the outside world, I've been unable to hope to meet my old friends including you, Mr. Merlick." Carkas smiled gently. His eyes looked at Merlick but occasionally glanced at Kalya.

"Yeah, that's a shame. Well, let's put that aside for now. I'll get straight to the point, what do you want by coming to this place?" Merlick asked seriously. His eyes stared intently at Carkas as if to say he would not accept lies.

"Ah, we got news about Princess Cattleya and the academy from King Auva. We've also heard that Princess Cattleya is a teacher at your academy. So we're here to pick up Princess Cattleya and the people from the academy for a visit to the Elven Kingdom since you won't be able to return to the human region for a while." Carkas explained the reason for his coming to their place. Merlick could tell he was telling the truth by the way he spoke and the look on his face. But the last sentence he said made Merlick and everyone in his tent frown.

"What do you mean we can't return to the human region? Are you threatening us?" King Gustave exerted his pressure on the elves in front of him. Even though Carkas had outlived King Gustave, but Carkas wasn't as strong as him if he fought head-on. Facing the pressure from King Gustave, Carkas who was breaking out in cold sweat could only endure it and tried to calm King Gustave down first.

"Wait a minute! Take back your pressure! Let me explain!" Carkas shouted for King Gustave to listen to his words.

"Explain to me now! If your explanation does not satisfy me, I will not hesitate to kill you. I am ready if I have to go to war with the Elven Kingdom because of this!" King Gustave spoke in a threatening tone. He didn't pull the pressure off but just reduced it to make it easier for Carkas to speak. After that, Carkas could finally breathe better.

"The meaning of what I said earlier was that you can't go back because there's currently a disturbance at the border between the human and demi-human regions. An invisible barrier has been formed there. So no one can pass through it, the lines of communication are also cut off because of that." Carkas directly explained the essence of the problem so that there would be no more misunderstandings later.

"Alright. Continue your explanation about inviting us to your kingdom. I heard your kingdom is isolating itself from the outside world. How can you invite other people into your kingdom? Especially with this many." King Gustave removed the pressure and the elves were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes, our Queen invited Princess Cattleya and the academy people to come for a special visit. The Queen said this was an exception because you came with Princess Cattleya. Instead of you living in the cold and dangerous prairie like this, it's better to come to our kingdom. What do you think? We can't wait any longer because the Queen will close the teleportation route soon." Carkas answered King Gustave with clear and detailed reasons.

"Hmm... what do you think, Kalya?" Merlick pondered for a while and looked at Kalya who had been silent for a while and didn't say anything.

"Kalya?" Carkas was confused by the way Merlick called Kalya.

"Ah, that's the name she uses in the human region." Merlick forgot that he was speaking in front of an elf from the Elven kingdom.

"Ooh... I see. What do you think Princess Cattleya?" Carkas asks Kalya with a smile. But again, she didn't respond.

Currently, Kalya is thinking about why she suddenly can't contact Ziel, be it via telepathy or her communication brochure. Everything seems to be blocked by Ziel.

(Silphy do you know why I can't reach him?)

Kalya frantically asked Silphy inside her body. She wanted to get out of that place and go find Ziel. She wanted to ask why he had blocked all communication with her. But she couldn't suddenly leave the meeting. So she had to wait impatiently until the meeting was over.

(I also do not know)

Silphy also didn't know about Ziel's sudden change in attitude. She feels sorry for Kalya's current state.

While Kalya was deep in thought, she was awakened by repeated screams calling her name.

"Yes. What's the matter, principal?" Kalya looked at Merlick in confusion. Merlick couldn't help but sigh and rephrase what they had been talking about.

"What do you think?" Merlick knew that it was Kalya's answer that would decide whether or not they could enter the Elven Kingdom. He felt that their real purpose in coming to this place was to bring Kalya back.

"I leave all the decisions to you. If there's nothing else, I'll go first because I have something important to do." Kalya lowered her head slightly and quickly left the tent without waiting for their answer. What Kalya did make everyone who saw it stunned.

"Okay, we'll come with you." Merlick dared to answer after getting Kalya's approval. But this time it was Carkas who didn't respond to him, he frowned at Kalya who came out of the tent in a hurry.

Kalya got out of Merlick's tent and immediately ran towards Ziel's tent, but she didn't find him there. She asked the students who happened to be passing in front of his tent and they said they saw Ziel going with Clara and the princesses towards the lake. After hearing that, Kalya quickly ran over there.

When Kalya arrived at the lake, she also did not find Ziel there. She only saw Princess Freya and Princess Iris sitting by the lake while Clara bathed with Lilith.

"Ooh...Do you want to come to bathe in this lake with us, Princess Cattleya?" Princess Freya teased Kalya who came over to them.

"I'm too lazy to joke with you right now. I wanna know where is Ziel!?" Kalya said with a little shout. Her voice was even heard by Clara and Lilith who were bathing in the lake. Princess Freya and Princess Iris were surprised at Kalya's very unusual response.

"I don't know, he just suddenly left right before you came." Princess Freya answered honestly under Kalya's pressure.

Paak...

Kalya fell to her knees after she heard what Princess Freya said. She realized that Ziel was deliberately avoiding her.

"Did I make a mistake? No... No... I have to ask him directly." Kalya talks to herself but then quickly gets up and leaves the place.

Princess Freya and Princess Iris were confused by her attitude. But their female instinct tells them that she's having a problem with Ziel.

"What happened to miss Kalya? Why did she suddenly scream and leave this place in a hurry?" Clara and Lilith came over to them after they had finished bathing. They had agreed to take turns bathing and guarding. Clara and Lilith will have their turn to bathe first while Princess Freya and Princess Iris watch their surroundings.

"I don't know. Come on Iris we need to take a shower and head back to camp." Princess Freya shrugged her shoulders and pulled Princess Iris towards the lake. Princess Freya doesn't want to talk about Kalya at this time. Although she was happy with her current state, she also felt sorry to see her like that.

"Okay. You don't have to pull me. I can walk on my own." Princess Iris sighed but then a tiny smile crossed her lips. They began to take off their clothes and enter the lake. They finished their bath quickly and returned to the camp.

***

The students had already reorganized the tents they used to stay in temporarily last night. They do this because they don't have to live there anymore. The people from the human academy have been invited to the elven kingdom. They will be there until the magic train that will pick them up arrives. Merlick, King Gustave, and the teachers had agreed to the invitation out of concern for the safety of the students who had to camp in the meadows.

Kalya was currently standing in front of the students along with the other teachers, Merlick and King Gustave. He could see Ziel in the crowd of Class D students. Kalya kept trying to contact him via telepathy but Ziel ignored her. He didn't even look at her for a moment, this made her chest hurt so much. She wanted to quickly go to his place and ask him the reason he was avoiding her but Kalya couldn't do it in front of many people's eyes. She clenched her fists tightly to suppress the churning emotions in her heart.

"I'm sure you've heard a bit of an explanation from your respective homeroom teachers, Right now we will head to the Elven Kingdom. Due to some circumstances, the magic carriage that will pick us up might be late. Therefore, we will wait for them in the Elven Kingdom and accept their goodwill." Merlick explained in a loud voice to the students in front of him. He had asked the teachers to briefly inform them of the invitation from the Elven Kingdom to them.

"Carkas, please open the portal." Merlick looked at Carkas standing not far from Kalya. Carkas nodded and took out a green cube crystal from his space storage. He poured spirit power into it and a dimensional portal formed in front of them. The coordinates of this dimensional portal were already set in the Elven Kingdom.

"Alright...Let's go! Students, please enter slowly." Carkas entered the portal first with the other elves followed by the teachers, Merlick, the students, and finally King Gustave. The portal disappeared as soon as they all entered.

Not long after they disappeared into the portal, the ground where the academy students had set up their tents suddenly shook and split apart. From the cracks, big eyes could be seen scanning the surroundings.. But after realizing there was nothing in that place, the ground slowly closed and returned to normal.