Standing at the side with the priest of the Cursed Sea Church, Käärid, Avram says, "I told you they were good."
"I already knew you guys were passionate and excellent workers from Dumnorix and Cyrus, but it seems it's consistent across all your little friends."
"Weren't they working with the Cursed Land Church?"
"I happened to go over and give Nana a visit. My wife looks so cute often."
Staring at the sky, I say, "I don't know how you can find that-." Käärid shoots a look at Avram, and he corrects himself, saying, "Gorgeous queen any less beautiful than the sun itself."
"It seems you have learned a bit more sense since you were young."
Staring at the ring on his finger, Avram says, "I had quite a few people beat it into me. Sorry for all the jokes I made while I was younger; they were idiotic."
"Never thought I would hear the grand arsonist himself would apologise. Brings tears to these old eyes."
"If I am the grand arsonist, what is Draga?"
"The spirit of destruction."
"She would smack you in the face if she heard that?"
"She had been smacking me in the face since she was ten years old. It's no wonder she was able to be such a free-spirited young girl."
"Hey, how did you feel about her future?"
"Why do you ask?"
"It's just that I know someone who is quite lost in life, I have been helping them through something tragic, but you don't know if I am going to be able to give them real lasting change. Makes me feel like a failure of a father."
"Well, all I can say is to let the child have an epiphany through experience. Avram, no one can save another person without their consent, not even the Messiah himself. So all you can do is allow them to keep interacting with others and looking at their ways of life until they realise the way they wish to go, and once it is done, be there with a hand out."
"Is that what you did to Draga?"
"Of course, and now the legacy of that girl will continue forward until the end of time."
Avram laughs and says, "I guess you're right. The only reason Captivant even went there was because of her in the first place."
-Break-
Location: Southwestern Edge of Blestemate, Path to The Fallen Pirates Bay
Through the middle of the land, a giant black wonderbeasts, that has it's entire body made of a dark ash along with a head that looks like a combination between a wolf and a deer, the horns radiating off it's head are filled with purple fur that constantly sheds and regrows as it moves, and throughout it's entire body green flames flow in each crevice of the ash.
Across the back of that wonderbeast is a giant golden open-air carriage, and within, Dumnorix, Orb, and the three ministers ride.
"ACHOO!" Orb says as he rubs his nose. "I guess someone must be talking about me. How lovely."
Dumnorix says, "If that were through, I would be sneezing every other second."
"I guess that means you're just not as popular as I am, DumDum."
"Hey, it seems like you forgot I was the one who scored the final goal."
"It was actually Mõõk who scored, and that's forgetting that I was the most critical player on the field."
Dumnorix says, "Everyone was only chanting one name."
"A true man knows you only need one word to carry the power of hundreds of words."
"I see my king. You've found yourself a queen."
Orb's hair turns bright Blue, and he grabs Dumnorix and says, "No, I haven't, and I am not a king, or a relationship man!"
Stiprais says, "It's good for a young man like yourself to find a spouse, just like your sister. A good spouse is worth more than all the riches in the world."
"I am not looking for a wife!"
Vėja says, "Well, if you ever feel like it, I assure you that the Cursed Sky Region has the most beautiful woman you'll ever see."
Veekeeris lets out a laugh, then says, "Ignore the bird. If you want a woman full of power and guts, come to the Cursed Sea Region. The brave woman willing to due battle with the sea will surely support your country's tumultuous future."
"I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED, OR HAVE KIDS!"
Dumnorix starts to laugh and says, "You? Not having kids, you? I never knew you had such a sense of humour, my king."
Orb jumps on Dumnorix's head and starts biting him like a rapid dog as Veekeeris laughs at the sight in front of him with the other two ministers talking amongst themselves.
Vėja says, "Offer up one of your daughters, the eldest, likes cute, small boys like him."
Stiprais says, "No, she doesn't, obviously she loves big strong men, like her father."
"There is nothing more disgusting to a girl than a man who looks, not behaves, exactly like her father."
"WHAT!"
"I DON'T WANT IVANA'S SISTER!"
Stiprais says, "Oh no, are you after Ivana! I WON'T LET YOU HAVE HER!"
"SHUT UP, AND LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING!"
Jumping on the edge of the carriage, two Nightmares with looks similar to Iancu and Avram appear wearing the colours of the Cursed Heart Army. A male with white skin and the woman with dark skin named Stelara.
Stelara lets out a cough and says, "Are you all doing alright?"
Orb, with amazed eyes, says, "You're part of the clan that Avram and Iancu are from, correct? I heard about you from everyone. Do you want to be friends?"
The man says, "How dare you talk to our glorious hag like that, learn your place huma-."
Stelara smashes the man in the head and says, "This is the 2nd seat of the Cursed Land Army, Antica. He is only 80 years old, but as you can tell by his position, he is rather skilled, but annoying."
With puppy dog eyes, he says, "I was merely defending your honour, my great hag."
She steps on him again and, with an annoyed expression, walks forward. Orb moves over to Antica and creates some ice to place on his head, earning him a, "Do not touch me, human." Though as the ice touches his head, calming his wound, he lets out a moan of relief, and then says, "But maybe you can keep this up for a few minutes."
Smiling Orb says, "It isn't nice to call 27-year-old ladies hags."
Stelara sits down beside Orb and rubs his head, saying, "Are you really friends with Avram? Because you're far too adorable."
As Orb enjoys the head pats, Stelara turns her head over towards the three ministers and says, "Don't you three have better things to be talking about with our guests than how you're going to continue your bloodlines?"
Veekeeris, under his voice, mumbles, "As annoying as always."
"WHAT WAS THAT SQUID!!!!" She shouts, shaking up Veekeeris in front of her.
Moving over to the front of the three Stelara stands, and starts to yell at the three of them, causing Orb to say, "What's going on?"
Antica responds, "Stelara is far older than all the ministers due to her curse. Due to this, she is very skilled at bureaucracy, and during the period when one minister dies and another one is elected, she tends to take over the duties to keep the fort running. This also makes her the person in charge of training the new ministers for the job, making her those three teachers."
As Stelara yells at them, Orb says, "If that's so, wouldn't it just make more sense to keep her as the minister instead of constantly switching?"
Dumnorix responds, "It's probably for the same reason Senán left us alone for all those centuries, the young need to learn how to rule for themselves, you can't always be relying on someone older than you to provide you all the answers, because the past isn't always the future."
Stelara says, "That's right, though at times when these three fools are running around, it makes me think I should just take over again. Now, King Orb, would you please listen to us?"
"I will, but like I have said, the only thing the king title is good for is messing with my friends. I am no king."
Stiprais clears his throat and says, "Representative Orb, today we would like to thank you and Dumnorix for coming with us towards the battlefield."
Vėja says, "We thank you for putting your lives in our hands, and will assure you no harm shall come to either of you two today."
Dumnorix says, "I thought we would be joining in?"
Veekeeris responds, "That is much too dangerous, especially with the fact that all your abilities are on display. In actuality, we expected that they planned to assassinate you guys by the end of the day."
"What?" Orb says with Grey hair, striking a look of confusion.
The ministers turn to Stelara, who says, "Dragoste have been the person in charge of finding the members of Blamator. He has been closely monitoring and tracking them and their subsidiary organisations, like Needusevennad, who attacked Willow and Maple in the park. Recently, they noticed a movement from a certain cursed item from a Nightmare known as Miro, who had the ability to transform into others, though it is only an aesthetic change. Dragoste was able to conclude due to the random change in movements, they probably plan to both assassinate and frame you guys as people who have been planted by the government as a way to feign unity. Though all these rapid movements they made to pull off this plan have fully revealed their location to us."
Dumnorix says, "I see how that would be bad for you, especially when you plan to reveal Orb as a human later tonight."
The faces of the minister stand completely still, but through Orb's ears their hearts pound constantly, making him. Orb places his hand on his forehead and says, "So my hunch was right. I had guessed after this, you probably were going to invite us to some kind of celebratory dinner and put me in the spotlight as a human right?"
Vėja says, "No point in hiding it now. You are correct, we have already sent to invitation to all your friends the moment we set out from Căderea-dracului."
Dumnorix says, "You do realise how rude this is to do to your new business partners."
Vėja says, "We thought you'd figure it out eventually. Your silence was seen as compliance."
"Then you could've been upfront about it, couldn't you have been. This sneaking around wasn't necessary then?"
Orb, clapping his hands, says, "That's enough of that."
Dumnorix peeved, says, "But."
Orb responds, "We've seen the way they treat their kids, it's not like I expected any form of honour from them."
Stiprais, annoyed, says, "Are you not the one who entered into our conversation to bring this topic to an end?"
Orb quickly brings his face close to Stiprais and says, "Because I didn't want to damage those three's hearts any more. But know this, I respect your ability to run this country in the midst of all these issues, but as parents, all three of you are lower than the shit beneath my shoes."
The minister faces contort in anger, and Dumnorix breaks out in laughter, saying, "I knew following you would be great fun."
Orb quickly sits down on Stelara's lap, and receives head pats from her as she says, "I forgot to tell you all, but the reason I came here originally was to tell you that are cute little cursed wonderbeast, known as the wendigo is approaching it's target, and I think we should tell little old Orb about our battle strategy moving forward."
Veekeeris says, "It's pointless, he won't be joining the battle."
Dumnorix says, "Who knows, our little Orb is known for being a bit uncontrollable. If he sees someone injured on the battlefield, he might dash off during the milliseconds you spend blinking."
Orb, holding his hand to the sky, says, "I will undoubtedly!"
Vėja sighs and then says, "Fine, where do we begin?"