"good rest for today and meet me tomorrow morning for training"

"okay..."

Mars undid his transformation and stood up from the chair and gave a last look at Hanna before he walked out and shut the door behind him and suddenly felt a cold killing intent form the side that seemed to be barely contained and gave a smile before he turned and asked

"what can I do for you miss Jean?"

it was the demon maid Jean that was glaring at Mars, he had also felt a flash of killing intent form her when he 'lifted' Hanna up earlier

"...if you ever treat the young lady like that again I will kill you"

Mars gave a smug smile and asked her

"oh yeah? how did that go for you last time?"

Mars kept his smug smile on his face and even gestured towards the nearby window which earn him a cold 'hmph' from Jean before she walked into Hanna's room and shut the door after herself with a slam

"well... if she got me by surprise she might be able to kill me once..."

Mars shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the window and half leaned out of it while his elbows rested in the window and looked over the town that was dyed orange in the setting sun for awhile before Elsa called out to him

"Mars dinner have been served, this way please"

Mars gave a nod and followed after the maid while admiring her back profile with 'pure and righteous' eyes which earned him a cold remark form Elsa as she looked at him form over her shoulder

"...what are you looking at?"

Mars gave a slightly embarra.s.sed laugh

"well I wonder that myself, it might be a angel for all I know?"

"...cheap flattery will get you nowhere"

Elsa turned her head forwards again hiding her face from Mars but he still caught sight of her bushy brown tail slightly swaying, wagging form side to side while she let him the rest of the way and stopped and gestured to a closed door

"in there Mars"

"...your not going to join?"

"no, the servants eat in another room"

Mars put on a sad face

"oh..."

before he got an idea and lit up while he took a step closer to Elsa

"then what if it was you day off and outside of the mansion?"

Elsa lightly blushed before she put on a smile

"maybe if I was invited out by a handsome half dragon?"

Mars's smile widened and took a step closer

"that could be arranged"

Elsa gave a even sweeter smile

"then I will see you in two days time for dinner?"

"...sure"

Mars watched Elsa walk away and gave a fist pump before he opened the door and stepped into a grand dining room where Reimund stood up from his chair and gave a smile to Mars

"there you are Mars, we were just waiting for you please take a seat"

Reimund gestured to a seat next to hi, no doubt the seat a seat normally for important guests which surprised Mars a little before he gave a warm smile

"in that case i'm sorry for keeping you all"

"tch..."

Mars gave a slight bow ignoring the man that sat a little ways from Reimund that had his face covered in bandages and sat down next to Reimund before he remembered Victoria that had been missing for the past few hours

"oh by the way Reimund, have you seen Victoria around?"

"hmm... I don't think so, what about you dear?"

".... I think I saw her in the garden sleeping between some of the flowerbeds"

Mars gave a nod

"that's good... I thought she had gotten into some trouble, but should I buy some raw meat from you? I would like to feed her after this"

"no I can't let you buy it, please take what you need form the storeroom"

"thanks"

"umm... do you mind if I ask you a question, Mars was it?"

Mars looked over and saw a young woman that was around 25 years old, her smooth black hair was fas.h.i.+oned in a long ponytail that reached the middle of her back, she had sharp light blue eyes that seemed to sparkle with excitement, besides her and the man covered in bandages there was also 2 other men Mars didn't know in the room, but he could not be bothered and focused on the beauty that had asked him a question

"yes my name is Mars, what is your question?"

"is it true you cut though the cursed obsidian with one slash?"

Mars gave a puzzled look at the woman before he looked over at Reimund that quickly explained what cursed obsidian was

"cursed obsidian is what people and objects cursed by the 13 turn into"

"oh, in that case yes it's true"

the sparkle in the eyes of the ponytail woman grew stronger before she gave a sigh and a resentful look at the man with bandages on his face

"if only I could have seen it, but SOMEONE had to get knocked out which I then had to carry all the way back"

"hey, it's not my fault that commoner had to speak out of line"

Mars suddenly felt like he had seen the bandage covered man before put still could not put his finger on where he had seen him until Reimund spoke up and intruded the 4 people

"Mars this is my 4 knights, Annabel, Gill, Jeff and Oliver"

"oh... nice to meet you guys"

"nice to meet you too Mars!"

Annabel gave a energetic response, while Jeff and Oliver that looked alike with short brown hair and brown eyes and a similar buff build both gave a nod to Mars

"oh don't worry about Jeff and Oliver they are twins and men of few words"

"okay"

"well then now that everyone knows each other let's get the food served"

"wait, lord Orbage where is the young master?"

Reimund looked over at Gill that had his face bandaged and plainly said

"we sent him to the capital, off to the knights academy earlier today after he admitted he had a.s.saulted Mars with 5 mercenary's... hopefully he can build some character before he comes back home"

"I see..."

Jeff and Oliver both crossed their arms and gave a few nods, while Annabel gave what looked like a sigh of relief

"well with that over, let's eat"

Reimund ringed a small bell and soon servants entered and served the food

"oh this looks good"

Mars looked over the pies, bread, stakes and even delicious looking salads that was placed on the table with glee while he robbed his hands together, which made Irene give a sweet smile

"don't worry Mars, you eat as much as can here"

"don't worry, that's what I plan to do"

the next 45 minutes was a blur for Mars as he ate what he could while being surprise over how good all of it tasted, even though it wasn't amazing Mars sure felt so after having lived off fruit and roasted meat for the past 2 months

"that's it.... can't eat anymore"

Mars put down his cutlery after having emptied his plate for food and learned back in the dining chair

"well then, now that everyone is done eating I have an announcement to make"

Mars looked over at Reimund that stood up from his chair along with the 4 knights while Irene had her usual smile on her face on the side, Reimund looked over the 4 knights and spoke with a wide smile on his face

"Hanna have woken up, not only that but the doctor said there nothing wrong with her anymore, she's perfectly healthy"

the 4 knights lit up, this was clearly the first they had heard of it and for a while no one said anything until Gill asked

"but... how did the young lady get healed, I saw those wounds and can say for sure that the best healer of the kingdom would not be able to heal her... did you invite someone from the empire lord Orbarge?"

when Gill mentioned the empire the other 3 knights expressions dimmed slightly, even the twins Jeff and Oliver had their poker faces go a shade or two darker

"no the heal was not form the empire or Destra, but the Mother forest"

this time it was Annabel that spoke up

"...how did you get the elvers help?"

Reimunds smile grew wider

"the healer was not a elf, but a half dragon"

"a half dragon!"

Gill exclaimed and the other 3 also took in a cold breath

"dear don't you think you have teased them enough?"

"okay okay, if you say so dear"

Reimund sat down again

"the one that healed Hanna was... Mars"

""""WHAT!?""""