“So, did you get rid of it?” Amelia asked right away as I reached them.

However, I didn’t answer right away. As I was still trying to think how it had gotten away from me. It had literally disappeared as if it had been teleported somewhere else that I ignored.

“I didn’t. However, it disappeared, and I can’t feel it anywhere close to where I am at the moment.”

Amelia nodded. “Alright, that’s perfect then. Let’s go; no need to waste any more time here.”

Then, we got back to our original path. Both Phoebe and Amelia didn’t seem to find this beast disappearing weirdly. However, I surely did. There was a strong chance that it was related to Zero, and if it had disappeared, to report him something like how someone had tried to kill him. Then, there was a chance that he knew that I was currently coming for him and that the Royal Adviser’s plan had failed.

“Let’s walk faster. I have a bad feeling about this whole thing.”

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POV Zero

It had been a few days since I had received the news from one of my spies within the Ice Elves Kingdom that an individual with red and purple hair was looking for me.

Obviously, I knew extremely well who that person was. After all, he had left quite an impact on me at the Auction House and at many other times in my life. However, even though he ignored those times, only I knew about them.

Caedrel Stuart. The man who was just making my whole job a lot more difficult for no reason. I simply didn’t understand why he hated demons so much that he would make it his life’s mission to eradicate us from the face of the Earth. It was definitely an obsession, and it was just a pain.

However, I trusted that the Royal Adviser would get rid of him at that moment. After all, he knew that I had a lot of things to do in the Icy Lake, which was one of the main reasons why I had placed the entry to my subspace close to it. He had also told me that he would take care of him, and the Royal Adviser had never failed before in his life.

Still, this time, it was quite different. He wasn’t going against that stupid queen. He was going after the only human who had gotten the title of a Sage in the last century. There was a really good chance that he would fail against him. But I had already prepared a few things in case such a thing were to happen. After all, before Caedrel could even get to me, he would have to go through the traps that I set up on his way there.

‘It would honestly be quite a miracle if you could even find your way here,’ I thought in my mind with a sly smirk.

I closed my eyes and relaxed inside the Icy Lake with this thought. However, I had no choice but to open them again once a small beast that was invisible to the naked eye appeared right before me.

“Hm, why are you here already? Did something happen?”

The beast didn’t say anything; I simply read its thoughts.

“Oh, he was able to find you. Not bad. How far are they from here?”

“A few hours…” I sighed. This was honestly a pain. There were still a few traps that would either kill them or injure them greatly. However, since Caedrel had managed to get rid of this beast. There was a small chance that he had gotten stronger than the last time that I saw him. If that was the case, there was a chance that I had underestimated his strength and that he would have been able to reach Icy Lake.

I clicked my tongue, annoyed. “Tsk. I guess I’ll have to get ready for his arrival then. Are there others with him?”

“The queen and that girl from back then?” This time, my frown accentuated. “How did he even get the queen to come with him…and that girl, how is she still alive? Don’t tell me that he found that village? Ugh, this is going to be a lot more difficult than I had originally planned.”

I sighed. This wasn’t part of my plans.

The Caedrel that I knew never relied on anybody. He would always do things alone. However, here he was, asking for help from two people.

“Just how much did you change since you entered that stupid school of yours?” I pondered with another heavy as I got myself out of the Icy Lake. It seemed that we would have to fight. After all, I couldn’t flee the Icy Lake. I had too much to lose right now. “Should I ask for one of them for help?”

However, I shook my head. It would just be a bother if one of them showed up to help me fight against him.

Still, something was worrying me a lot. The fact that he had found that village. If he had been able to cure that girl…then he must have become a lot more powerful than in the past; I had no idea how he had done so. But it was scary. After all, Caedrel Stuart, this man, was the person who had done the most damage to demons in the war.

He was a dangerous man that clearly needed to be dealt with. Otherwise, he would cause even more problems for us.

“You did a good job gathering this information,” I said as I patted the small ball of white fur before me.

After all, the information that it had just gathered had completely changed the situation. It also made me take Caedrel a lot more seriously than I had planned to, and that was definitely a good thing.

“Oh, well. I still have a few hours. Maybe I should have fun with one of my slaves…” I smirked as I headed for the door to my subspace and entered it.

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