108 Chapter 108: Try my brother

Hazel puckered her lips as she placed her chin on top of her intertwined fingers. 

"What do you want to know?"

Adrian stared into her eyes as he asked seriously, "Can you share what happened in your kingdom?"

Hazel knitted her brows hearing his question. When she opened her mouth to speak, Jinha interrupted, "There's nothing much to say other than the fact that we defeated one general albeit with some casualties."

Hazel bit her lips as she heard his explanation. They had no other choice than hide the matter about Fluffy. It wasn't time for people to know about her spirit beast. She felt Jinha hold her hand tightly as if telling her to calm down.

Adrian rubbed his chin as he nodded his head in understanding. 

"Do you know why the demons started attacking us?"

Liz shrugged, "Because their lord has woken up from his slumber?"

Adrian shook his head denying her assumption.

Hak knitted his brows as he said, "They did say something about being bored for decades."

This time, Adrianna shook her head as she sighed, "It's not that either. It looks like the demons are going around saying that while they do their search."

"Search?!"

Usui frowned as he asked confusedly, "What, search?"

Adrianna and Adrian looked at each other before looking at the group. Adrian leaned forward while he looked around to check whether anyone was focusing on them.

"The information we received was that the demons were searching for two things. One was a blue crystal, I don't know why they are looking for a crystal but the entire demon world is onto it. It's like they are desperate to get it back."

Hazel widened her eyes as she subconsciously gripped her dress. 'How could she forget about that crystal that made two people enter her kingdom?'

She remembered her collection, especially the blue one which outshone from the rest. To think that it made the entire demons go crazy was somewhat.... absurd?

"Second is that upon awakening, the demon lord disappeared without any information."

Zelal asked, "That's strange? Why would he disappear that quick? Did something happen?"

Adrian shrugged, "I have no idea but yes, this is why they are attacking us to search for the crystal and demon lord."

Hazel nodded, "Well, it's quite understandable why they would go to deep lengths just to search for their lord. After all, they waited for decades for his awakening."

Everyone nodded agreeing with her.

Liz leaned forward as she questioned, "So according to what you have said, we can conclude that they are searching for their lord?"

Adrian nodded. 

"So that's why the towns are getting caught in the crossfire."

Liz slammed her fist on the table as she cursed those vile creatures.

Jinha snorted, "Care to explain?"

Adrianna said, " It's because all the generals have decided to split up and attack different nations."

Usui squinted at him as he gripped his glass tightly and asked, "How did you know about this? Isn't this inside information?"

Adrian stared into his eyes as he said, "We know this because we managed to defeat one general."

"WHAT??!!!!!"

Everyone shouted at him in shock. Did he just say that they defeated one? The thunder squad members along with Usui and Zelal looked at Hazel before looking at Adrian.

They remembered how many injuries she suffered just to save them. But this guy here also did the same? Just how strong is he?

Adrianna smiled ruefully, "Yeah... it happened around the same time they attacked you guys. The general was quite strong making it difficult for us to save the kingdom completely. My brother went berserk with his powers making him half dead by the time the battle was over. And, we lost our second brother to the battle. The battle took some time but the repercussion we faced was quite a lot."

On seeing her shoulders shake, Adrian wrapped his arm around her shoulder as he continued, "The kingdom was half-destroyed with many deaths and injuries. But thankfully, we caught hold of one of the humans accompanying the demons."

"At first, he did refuse to convey anything but over time, after many tortures, he laughed crazily as he told us the reason. But before he could continue...."

Hazel intervened, "He burst into flames."

Adrian swiftly glanced at her as he asked in surprise, "Yes, how did you know about that?"

Usui glanced at Hazel who was also looking at him. He clenched his hand into a fist when he declared, "We saw it happen right in front of us."

Zeno squinted his eyes as he asked, "Is this regarding the time you captured the intruders?"

Usui and Hazel nodded their heads making Zeno rub his chin. 

Even after pondering on it for a long time, Zeno couldn't quite understand the reason. So, he voiced out, "I can't seem to find a reason for the demon lord to vanish. What was more important than meeting his subjects?"

A silence descended upon them as they quietly pondered on it. After some minutes, Hazel turned to look at Loki who nodded his head.

"We will go tomorrow."

Hazel nodded.

While the rest asked unanimously, "Go where?"

An icy glint passed through her eyes when she said, "The town where they attacked."

....

"Don't forget to come by before leaving for the town."

Adrian nodded and gratefully said, "Thank you."

She waved her hands as she smiled, "It's too early to say that. Tell me that once I finish checking on you."

He chuckled and nodded at her.

Adrianna looked at Hazel with sparkling eyes like stars in the night sky. She murmured, "Hazel, do you have someone you love?"

"Huh?"

Hazel widened her eyes in shock. "W-what?"

Usui glanced at her tensed expression and looked at Jinha who was calmly chatting with Reyna.

"Do you have someone you love?"

Hazel bit her lips as she didn't know how to answer that question. She peeked at Usui who had his eyes focused on her.

'Crap!'

"Hmm... well-"

Adrianna didn't wait for her answer as she said, "If you don't, then why not try my brother?" and she pushed Adrian in front of her.

"What the- "

Adrian awkwardly glanced at Hazel who was staring at him in shock.

"Don't mind her, she is used to speaking without thinking."

Adrianna ignored him as she asked excitedly, "So, what do you think? Isn't my brother a good choice? You also get an amazing sister in law like me."

"No"

"No"

Two voices simultaneously rejected her making everyone look at Usui and Jinha. 

Usui glared at Jinha while the other looked at him amusedly.

Adrian rubbed his forehead as he grabbed his sister and said, "See you guys tomorrow."

Adrianna pouted as she waved goodbye to them.

Hazel smiled as she watched the siblings leave before her eyes shifted to Usui who was staring at her.

Jinha cleared his throat when he saw that they had no plans on withdrawing their gaze. 

He chuckled as he asked, "Let's go?"

Hazel looked at him and smiled softly. She nodded and Jinha didn't wait for anything else as he grabbed her hand and pulled her along with him. 

Usui's eyes lingered on their backs until he felt a pressure on his shoulder. Zelal leaned his head on Usui's shoulder as he said, "Brother, why is courting a woman so hard?"

Usui had a helpless smile on his face as he thought, 'Only if he knew why'

"Let's go"

....

Next morning,

Hazel was rushing towards the main building when a voice suddenly made her halt. She turned around and smiled widely upon recognizing them.

"You guys are quite early."

Adrianna skipped towards her and hugged her arm, "Hazel, your academy is so huge."

Hazel chuckled as she couldn't help but adore this bunny. 

"Do you want to join here?"

Adrianna whirled her head towards as she jumped, "Can we? really?"

Hazel scratched her chin as she said, "Well, I guess you could transfer since we already welcomed three transfers this year."

Before she could agree, she yelped when she felt a knock on her head. Adrian glanced at her as he denied, "We can't do that... our professors would kill us if we even had that thought."

Hazel laughed, "True"

Adrianna pouted as she hugged Hazel making her sigh. Hazel patted her head as she said, "Come on, let's go."

The siblings nodded as they followed her inside. 

The siblings could feel many curious gazes upon them. Adrian ignored everyone as he focused solely on Hazel while Adrianna looked at everyone and smiled.

"Hazel... "

The troop stopped when they saw Liz and the rest hurry over. Upon seeing the siblings already inside the campus, Liz said surprisedly, "You guys have arrived."

Adrianna chuckled as she scratched her chin embarrassedly, " I was too excited to meet you guys."

Liz smiled softly before turning to ask Hazel, "Wouldn't you be busy with him?"

Hazel nodded.

Liz asked Adrianna, "Since they would be busy, How about coming with us?"

Adrianna's eyes sparkled as she hopped towards Liz and left.

Adrian and Hazel looked at each other for a moment before bursting into laughter. She didn't even find the time to bid them goodbye.

Shaking their heads, Hazel led him towards the medical corridor. Once entering through the doors, Adrian saw many apprentices moving about, some attending students while the rest going through some papers.

When they noticed their president, they nodded at her. Hazel smiled at them before leading him towards her cabin. She gestured him to sit down while she rummaged through her messy table.

Adrian sat down stiffly with his hands on his knees as he watched her move around. His eyes widened slightly when he saw her remove her coat revealing her dress underneath her uniform.

Hazel raised her eyebrows when she saw him stare at her. She took out a hair tie and started tying her hair into a ponytail.

She looked at him and ordered, "Remove your clothes."

"What?"