‘At least he is doing his job now.’
Nux muttered inwardly, he was glad that Aeliana was happy.
Then, he shifted his focus to something else, something he had been avoiding all this while. The System messages and the reward for breaking through the Saint Stage.
Something surprising had happened, however, before he could continue to look into it,
“Lord Azriel.”
Amaya called out.
Azriel glanced at the black-haired woman, he heard about her from his daughter, a girl who comprehended an Absolute Law, she was indeed talented, looking at her right now, Azriel could notice her strength.
Of course, this didn’t mean he was interested, but for the sake of his daughter, he decided to stay for a while,
“What is it?”
He questioned.
“How did you know Nux broke through? We were in a different world, the Universal Energy blocks all the senses, something like that shouldn’t be possible.”
Hearing that question, Aeliana lowered her head, a reaction Amaya didn’t miss.
“I marked him.”
Azriel on the other hand, answered without thinking too much.
“Marked him?” Amaya narrowed her eyes.
She didn’t like that word.
Azriel simply pointed at the Vyriana and,
“That Dragon comprehended an Absolute Law, I heard she was the only being after my daughter who managed to do it. She is an asset Yrniel cannot afford to lose.
When she goes on a mission, she puts herself in danger of getting killed, you think her masters would just sit back and let their disciple die?”
Azriel questioned, then, he turned towards Vyriana and,
“You are Saphira’s disciple, correct?”
“Yes.” Vyriana nodded.
“Yes, that woman has marked you as well.
So the instant she senses that your life is in danger, she will appear next to you and save you. If you do not know that already, it must mean Saphira hid it from you.
I guess I wasn’t supposed to tell you this, but since this one was looking at me with such a questioning gaze, I had no choice.”
Azriel shrugged, then, he pointed at Nux and,
“My daughter told me to mark him because he was a handy one, so I did. That is how I knew he broke through.”
The Vampire Progenitor stared at Amaya with a look that seemed to say, ‘Does that answer your question now?’
Amaya on the other hand, was busy thinking, then, she stared at Aeliana and narrowed her eyes, however, before she could say anything, Azriel interrupted.
“She told me to do so because she was worried about her friend and since the Dragon is hell-bent on sticking next to him, it is better to mark him than her.”
The message behind those words was clear.
Don’t look at my daughter with those eyes, don’t group her in the same group as yours. She isn’t like you.
Of course, Azriel was indeed defensive over his daughter.
Amaya retracted her gaze, she knew it was not the time to dive into this topic, especially when Azriel was being so defensive, it was better to let Nux handle it in his own way.
“Are you saying that I was never in danger and my Master protected me in secret all the time…?”
On the other hand, Vyriana was quite shocked by another revelation.
There was a reason Saphira hid this from Vyriana, she understood her disciple and knew that her pride as a warrior would never accept such arrangements. Dying on the battlefield was a form of pride as well, the Dragon was always prepared for such a thing, she would never like her master interfering with it.
But this didn’t mean Saphira could not make any arrangements whatsoever, in her long life, Saphira had already seen countless deaths, she rarely gets attached to anyone, and right now, both she and her husband liked this disciple of theirs quite a lot, they would never let something happen to the girl they treated as their own daughter.
“What? Do you expect them to let you die without doing anything? Don’t be a fool.
And it isn’t just you,
You, you, you, you, and you also have these marks.”
Azriel spoke as he pointed at Felberta, Melia, Allura, Aisha, and Nux.
Felberta and Nux were obvious, Faustina had marked both of them, one of them was her son, other inherited her close friend’s legacy, she was attached to them quite a lot.
Aeliana told Azriel to mark Melia as well, after all, the Vampire was her disciple.
As for Allura and Aisha…
The one who marked them was Lilith.
Quite a surprising revelation, neither Nux nor his wives expected this.
“Why would she mark us?” Aisha frowned in confusion.
“Do you people not understand? The Progenitors mark someone to make sure they are safe, if Lilith marked you, that means she worries about your safety, how is it that hard to understand?”
Azriel was already frustrated, just thinking about what effects his movements must have made gave him a headache, dealing with children with endless questions was not something he wanted to do right now.
Aisha turned silent, she couldn’t say anything to the Vampire Progenitor, Nux narrowed his eyes as well, he didn’t like the way Azriel was talking to his wife.
He wanted to meddle in, but he understood his position.
He was weak.
The only reason this man was keeping him alive was for his daughter’s sake, if he pushed things too far, that might not be the case anymore.
Who knows? Even Aeliana might stop siding with him if he went too far, after all, only he had the memories of the Illusion, Aeliana didn’t.
“Alright, we will be leaving,” Nux spoke, walking in between Aisha and Azriel. Even if he was stepping back, it didn’t mean he would allow the man to take things further.
Amaya understood what he wanted and stopped asking questions, rather,
“Thank you for coming for us, Lord Azriel.”
She spoke with a light bow.
“Well, at least there is someone in your lot who knows how to be grateful.”
Azriel commented.
“But it doesn’t matter, I didn’t do it for you people, I did it for my daughter, so thank her.”
He shrugged.
“I’ll thank her later personally, don’t worry.”
Nux spoke with a light smile on his face, then, he opened the Portal to the Core.
They needed to return urgently because he couldn’t hold back anymore, not after he read the System’s message.
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