Chapter 279: Reunion

On the border of the territory of Bauch and Halfte, Kraftvoll was able to find a party that was being attacked by a gang of bandits.

Without a moment of hesitation, he jumped from the running carriage where he was riding and he used his SKy Soar seishin spell to go to that particular place.

Upon seeing the sides of the battle, Kraftvoll immediately activated his two seishin aura before he began chanting.

A moment later, he chanted, "Ye entities who represent the gloom and destruction of the world, I compel thee, make the world a living hell for those who are obstacles in your master's way, Murky Conflagration!"

At that very moment, an immense amount of red seishin essences from the surroundings began gathering around him. It was daytime when Kraftvoll find that party so the dark seishin essences were quite scarce.

To compensate for the lack of black seishin essences, Kraftvoll used his inner seishin essences to compensate. Since he used his inner seishin essences for conjuring, all of the particles of darkness formed before the slivers of fire so all of it was just in standby as his red seishin essences transformed.

The people below him did not notice Kraftvoll's chanting at all so he was able to finish forming his Murky Conflagration seishin spell without a hitch. Instead of condensing all of the Murky Conflagration seishin spell, Kraftvoll decided to divide it into many parts which he launched to all the bandits individually.

To the bandits' surprise, each of them was hit by a flame that could never be extinguished by normal water. All of them writhed in pain until they draw their last after trying their very best to remove the black flames but no to avail.

After finishing off the bandits, Kraftvoll used his Sky Soar seishin spell to go down the people who were getting ambush. 

'It seems like the people that I saved were all elves. The leader is somewhat familiar. Maybe I will greet them to know.' Kraftvoll thought to himself as he descends to the ground.

"You're the one that saved us, First Brother!?" said the leader of the elves as Kraftvoll descended to the ground.

"Second Brother!? It's been half a year!" Kraftvoll said to the one that greeted him.

The leader of that elven corps was Prince Aragorn himself. They were on their way to the Rote Linie when they were attacked by a gang of bandits that ambushed them on the way.

"Did you finished that in just half a year?" asked the elven prince to Kraftvoll.

Kraftvoll's expression changed a little for a moment after hearing the question of the elven prince. At the next moment, Kraftvoll smiled at him and he said, "Unfortunately, I failed at the first one! According to the great being, I still have something to learn before passing so I will just return after learning that thing."

"I see. If you can try that trial again then it's okay to fail. Sometimes, it's either we succeed or learn so you must not be discouraged by some things like that. Anyway, thank you for your help. The enemy side had a Middle Seishin Sage on their side so our side was a little overwhelmed," said Prince Aragorn to Kraftvoll. 

Upon saying those words, there's someone that came out of the elven prince's back to greet Kraftvoll. 

"President, it's been so long! Are you traveling by yourself?" asked the person who came from behind Prince Aragorn.

When Kraftvoll had a better look, he realized that it was Adelle, one of his strong classmates and Prince Aragorn's childhood friend and fiancee.

"I am with Kyomi and Belle. Belle and I were continually conjuring Gale Survey seishin spell while we are riding our carriage. When it was my turn, I was able to feel various presence so I went to have fun. I can't believe that I encountered the two of you here." said Kraftvoll with a smile on his face.

After that reunion of theirs, they decided to go to the side of Belle and the human princess. As soon as Kraftvoll was able to see the carriage of the two, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Halt the carriage, Mr. Driver!"

After hearing Kraftvoll, the driver immediately stopped the carriage without a moment of hesitation. After traveling with him for about some weeks now, the driver knew of Kraftvoll's habit of jumping out of the carriage from time to time.

Since Kraftvoll's status was a bit special, he just brushed it off. He could just sigh after seeing that action for his from time to time. Now, he was indifferent about the matter.

"Kyomi, Belle! I have a surprise for the two of you! Come out of that carriage," said Kraftvoll as he walked alongside Prince Aragorn and his fiancee, Adelle.

After hearing them, both Belle Princess Kyomi could not help but wonder about what Kraftvoll was talking about so they came out. The two of them became quite happy after seeing Adelle who was walking beside Kraftvoll and the elven prince.

"Adelle! Long time no see!" Prince Kyomi and Belle shouted as they ran toward Adelle's side as they shouted those words with happiness.

The three gossiped as soon as they reunited with each other. 

While the three of these girls were doing that, Kraftvoll and Prince Aragorn were talking to each other happily.

Kraftvoll asked Prince Aragorn, "Do you have any news about Third Brother and the others Second Brother?"

"Since Third Brother's and Sabina's territory were near the academy, they went ahead of us toward the frontline under the banners of their own family. The others sent some forces under the banner of their houses. Adelle and I were only sent with just a few numbers because our family already had some forces sent ahead of us," said Prince Aragorn as a response to Kraftvoll's inquiry.

They continued to speak about the situation of the others until they decided to ride their own carriages to continue their journey. 

After traveling for the rest of the day, Kraftvoll and the others were able to reach a town where they decided to spend the night.

Kraftvoll and his classmates checked in on the inn as soon as they arrived. Since it was still early to sleep, Belle decided to ask a question to the receptionist of the inn where they entered.

She asked her, "Is there any place you recommend to see to pass time?"

After hearing Belle, the receptionist of the inn looked above while she was showing a thinking expression. After a few moments of thinking, the receptionist answered Belle saying, "There's a field that can be considered a beautiful spot in the town of Erast. It is located in the northern part of the town near the slum area."

'There is a slum area in this town? Well, we will see their situation when we pass later there on the way to that beautiful spot.' Kraftvoll thought to himself after hearing the receptionist.

"Thank you for the information!" said Belle toward the receptionist while she handed a gold coin toward the receptionist.

The receptionist tried to decline the tip that she received from Belle but she insisted so in the end the receptionist still accepted it.

After they managed to find a destination, Kraftvoll, Belle and their classmates decided to go toward the beautiful field that was recommended to them.

Before they could even reach the beautiful part of the town of Erast, they passed through the slum area of the town. As people who lived under silver and gold spoon all of their lives, they could not help but be miserable of what they had seen.

Everywhere they looked in the slum area, all of the people that they could see were malnourished. Some people were fighting to the death for a small amount of food. They also saw some people who were eating dirt because of their extreme hunger.

Even Kraftvoll lived almost half of his life similar to the people that belonged to the royal family. After all, King Arthur considered him as his own child after that tragic event that made him an orphan.

Although he had no claims to his throne as of this moment, his life for the past seven years was comparable to Princess Kyomi's and Prince Aragorn's luxurious lifestyle as a royalty.

"What is this place?" asked Kraftvoll after seeing the scenery of the slums.

Belle was the one who answered her replying, "I think this is the place they called the slum area. Inside our Walkiria Kingdom, there's no place like this so this is something new for all of us."

"Yeah. And the current situation made life even worse for them. The office of the governor does not have any time to help them nowadays," Adelle added to Belle's statement previously.

Kraftvoll's eyes suddenly filled with misery while he said, "You don't mean-!?"

"Yeah, it is because of the current war."