"long time no see Chloe"

Mars looked at Chloe, see looked the almost the same as when he saw her last with her slender build and short bob cut blonde hair, the only thing he didn't remember was the dumb looking smile she had on her face, Chloe spread out her arms and approached Mars

"don't come any closer"

"Mars..?"

"I don't want to cut you up but I will do so"

the smile on Chloe's face stiffed and she put down her arms before she asked

"are you still mad about that?"

"no"

"then why are you like this?"

"because you guys tried to have me killed"

"but that was ju---"

the other elver besides Chloe gave a sigh before he spoke

"Chloe I'll take it from here"

"but dad!"

"it's fine don't worry"

Mars s.h.i.+fted his focus to the other elf and inspected him, he had long blonde hair and green eyes like Chloe Mars also noticed how the two of them look a lot alike, the male elf ignored Mars appraising gaze and gave a smile before he spoke

"I believe this is the first time we have met"

"that's right"

"my name is Adam I'm the current head of Green river"

"I see... then what is Green river's stance?"

"...the elders have decided to invite you as a guest"

Mars gave a nod before he showed a wide smile

"then what do you think? I did cripple your son after all"

the temperature in the room instantly fell and for a few seconds neither Mars nor - said anything they just looked at each other, before finally Adam gave a sigh

"he ignored my orders and was injured as a result"

"is that so?"

"...yes"

"okay"

Mars gave a nod and transformed his arms back as he relaxed his stance and looked at Chloe before he spoke

"but I'm afraid your timing is kind of bad, I have just been ordered to kill off some golems so you see it's kind of hard for me to follow you back to Green river"

Adam looked at Dan then at the vice princ.i.p.al and the other students before he gave a sigh

"I see that's rather unfortunate, but I'm afraid the elders insist"

"hold on, Adam is this the person you're looking for?"

"yes I believe it is"

"in that case I believe there's no problem with Mars following you back to Green river?"

Mars shook his head and pointed at Lily before he explained

"when Destra is sending children to the front line I can't stay back can I?"

Dan cringed slightly but remained silent so did Adam

"then... why don't we follow him dad?"

"Chloe?"

Chloe gave a slightly disdainful smile

"since the humans seems to have a problem why don't we help them out?"

"that's... a good idea"

Adam gave a nod before he turned to Dan with a slightly childish smile on his face

"why don't you fill us in since we're going too?"

"you... fine"

Dan quickly filled Chloe and Adam in on the whole golem situation

"golems huh... well that should be fine"

Adam looked confident after all he was a powerful mage so a bunch of moving rocks should be no problem for him to handle plus

'it give me a chance to show off...'

Adam wore a childish grin on his face witch caused Chloe to have a long face

"dad... you know what never mind"

Chloe looked at Mars again and slowly a dumb looking smile formed on her face as she walked closer to him, before she latched onto his arm

"...what are you doing Chloe?"

"I'm not letting you go again"

"...I see"

Dan looked at Mars and Chloe being intimate and gave a fake cough

"well I think that's all... please stay the night in the castle, I can have a double bed prepared if you want"

Chloe's face lit up in a magnificent blush but she tightened her grip on Mars's arm and yelled

"yes please d---"

"that won't be necessary"

"dad!"

"I said it won't be necessary, you can do what you want after the elders have talked with Mars"

"...fine"

Chloe loosened her grip slightly but still held onto Mars's arm, Dan called a maid with the ring of a bell and soon the door was opened by a maid that stood ready

"please take our guests form the academy to their rooms"

"yes, dear guests please follow after me"

the group form the academy got up from the couch and followed after the maid Mars and Chloe include leaving behind Dan and Adam that heaved a big sigh and sat down on the couch

"well that was tense"

"you mean with Mars, that is him right..? I mean the one you have been searching for?"

Adam gave another sigh before he looked at Dan

"what I'm about to tell you stays between you and me"

"...fine, what is it?"

"Mars could probably level this castle in a couple of minutes"

"...your kidding right?"

"no I'm afraid not, the elders told me to take care not to offend him for the sake of the village"

"I see..."

Adam wiped the cold sweat off his brow and sank deeper into the couch meanwhile Mars was following the maid walking down the near endless hallways of the castle, Mars gave a sigh before he spoke to Chloe that was still latched on to him

"Chloe... I have a girlfriend"

"...is she human?"

"no she's a beastwoman"

"then it's fine"

"...what's fine?"

Mars stopped walking and looked into Chloe green eyes as she showed a slightly sinister smile on her pretty face

"it's fine because we will both outlive her, then you'll be mine in the end"

Mars shuddered slightly but did his best to keep a straight face

'women in love are scary... or maybe it's just Chloe that's scary'

Mars gave a sigh and resumed walking after the group and soon the maid showed them to their individual rooms, although Lily and Lee insisted on sharing a room

"well this is my room for the night... what are you doing Chloe?"

Mars looked at Chloe that walked around the room like she owned it with a slightly stiff smile

"...nothing I'm just checking out the room, its way smaller than the one I live in"

"yeah well that's the difference between us at the moment"

"the difference?"

Mars gave a sigh and sat down in a chair before he continued talking

"I'm a poor student and you're a diplomat"

Chloe gave a smile and sat down on a chair in front of Mars

"that's only because the dumb humans don't know what you really are"

"...well that's true, not that I feel very much like a living G.o.d"

"and I don't feel very much like a diplomat... especially not with these dumb humans looking at me like I'm a rare animal"

"that sounds... unpleasant"

"yeah well it's fine now that you are he---"

*knock knock*

Chloe was interrupted by the knocking on the door and right after the door was opened

"Chloe it's time to go"

"but dad I was ju---"

"it's time"

"yes dad..."

Chloe got up from the chair and walked over her dad that stood in the doorway before she turned to Mars with a sweet smile on her face

"goodnight Mars"

"night Chloe, see you tomorrow"

Chloe shut the door and now Mars was alone in the room

"you can come out now"

Mars spoke out in the empty room and soon his shadow slightly shock before Victoria jumped out of his shadow, she seemed a little down with her ears down low as she looked around the room

"what's wrong Victoria?"

Mars could feel her uneasiness even without the contract that bound them together, Mars watched her pace around the room for a while before she seemed to calm down a little and eventually jump into his lap and curl up in a fluff ball

"that... man"

"who..? oh Adam"

"yes Adam... he's strong... and scary"

"you got that right... well he's no match for the two of us"

"really?"

"yeah we're very strong if we work together"

Victoria remained silent but showed her happiness by purring loudly

*knock knock*

"its not locked, come in"

the door opened and the vice princ.i.p.al walked in and shut the door behind herself

"I would like to have a word, is that okay?"

"yeah it's fine, please sit"

Mars gestured to the chair in front of him, the vice princ.i.p.al gave a smile and walked over and sat down in the chair

"first I want to know if you're in trouble"

Mars tilted his head

"in trouble?"

"yes I don't speak elvish but I could tell the talk in Dan's office was kind of serious"

Mars paused and asked with a dumb look on his face

"elvish?"

the vice princ.i.p.al gave a nod

"yes wasn't that what you where speaking?"

Mars felt even more confused but suddenly he realized something

'wait a second... she's right I were speaking another language, but it was just so natural i didn't notice'