Jia was reading a book when she casually glanced at Jenilia, who was sitting near her.
"Thinking about your brother?" She asked Jenilia, frowning.
Jenilia nodded her head, agreeing.
"I still donât understand why youâre coming to Elisium and not going to the team that will be investigating the crash site of your brotherâs plane. You must really be confident that Elisium was behind this like everyone else," Jia said, sighing.
Jenilia nodded her head, not saying anything.
"Are you going to stay silent the entire flight?" Jia asked. "You havenât spoken a single word since I met you."
"What do you think? Was Elisium behind that explosion?" Jenilia asked, taking a deep breath.
"Maybe... Or maybe not. We still need to wait for the investigation report. I donât want to rush to the conclusion, but I doubt Elisium wouldâve been stupid enough to do it. But who knows, maybe they are just that. Weâll have to see when we meet them," Jia answered, shaking her head.
"Soon, weâll be face to face with the new leadership. Weâll get our answers from them directly. Weâll have to see what their attitude is towards us," she further added.
"Did you hear the reports about a young man leading Elisium now?ââ She asked Jenilia.
"Yeah. I heard something like that. Havenât read much on it," Jenilia replied, nodding.
"Apparently, he is a pretty powerful Warlock but really young too. I really wouldnât mind recruiting him if possible. Heâll be a good addition to our Council. Heâs just eighteen, from what I heard. If heâs this powerful now, he can only be more powerful in the future," Jia answered.
"Only eighteen is certainly good. Itâs amazing that Warlock Council doesnât have even a single picture of that man," Jenilia let out. "All we have is a rough description."
"Yeah. Our sources were killed in Elisium when this takeover happened. In any case, itâs not that important. Whoever he is, weâll meet them soon enough," Jia replied before immersing herself in her book again.
...
Far away from the planes of Warlock Council, another plane landed at an airport.
Cassius and Alicia stepped out of the flight, went through the checking, and left.
"So, where is this academy of yours?" Alicia asked, walking towards the airport exit with Cassius.
"Itâs in this city as well. But we wonât be going straight to that," Cassius replied.
"Hmm? Where will we be going then?"
"Weâll go to my home. We need to stay put for a little, at least until I find out what the situation of the Academy is. We canât blindly rush inside," Cassius answered.
"Wonât your parents ask about me? Wonât they be suspicious?â Alicia asked, soon stepping out of the airport.
Even though she asked a question, she soon found herself distracted, looking ahead.
"Huh? Thatâs a long line. I wonder why so many cars are standing in line here. Is there some big shot coming here?"
She was able to see more than ten black SUVs standing in line in front of the airport.
She didnât realize, but Cassius was smiling wryly in the back. "Did they really have to send so many to receive me?"
"Young Master Cassius, Welcome back!" A group of black-clothed men got down on one knee, greeting Cassius.
"Huh?" Surprised, Alicia turned back to look at Cassius, wondering what was happening. "Are they your people? I didnât know you were a king or something?"
"Iâm not a king. Itâs just that my family is one of the four families of this city. I really shouldnât have told my father that I was coming back. He went overboard," Cassius answered, sighing.
"When I told him that he didnât need to send a helicopter and that a car would be enough, I didnât expect he would send so many," he further added, shaking his head.
"You must be really rich. I thought you were an Orphan. But to know you had a family and a rich family at that, itâs surprising," Alicia let out.
"I wasnât an orphan. We made that story since I didnât want anyone to realize who I was. If my family had found out what I was doing, it wouldâve been bad. Theyâll never let me take risks like that. Donât tell anyone at home, alright?"
"Donât worry. Iâll keep that secret." Alicia replied.
The guards opened the doors of the car in the middle for Cassius.
Cassius gestured to Alicia to enter first.
Seeing Alicia enter first, the Butler grew surprised. He didnât know the lady was with Cassius. It was the first time he had brought a lady home.
"Ah, Young Master. Is this lady your friend?" he asked Cassius.
"Sheâs an acquaintance from the nation I visited. She wanted to visit our Island, so I brought her with me. Donât think too much," Cassius replied, stepping inside the car.
The doors of the car were closed. The butler also sat in the front seat.
All the cars started moving together in a straight line, going straight to the Zaini Palace.
....
Back in Dalia, more than five hours had passed since Lucifer destroyed the militant city. By now, he had almost reached the capital city of Dalia.
He could see a city in front of him. The capital city was much bigger than the city he had just destroyed. He could already see that it was at least three times bigger.
"Are you going to fly straight inside? I mean, they might think that youâre an enemy plane and attack you. I think we should enter from the main entrance instead," Heath reminded Lucifer, who was flying like a rocket without stopping.
"Thereâs no need for that. I donât have time to play the guessing game! I want my answers," Lucifer replied lazily, not stopping. Instead, he increased his speed.
Since this was the capital of a war-torn country, it was heavily fortified since the destruction of Capital was no different than the fall of Dalia.
Massive walls were surrounding the city. There was only one entrance from where a person could step inside the capital.
Unfortunately for them, Lucifer wasnât going to take that route. Instead, he wanted to go from above the walls.
"Ah, are you seeing what Iâm seeing? Arenât those humans that are flying towards us?"
"They look like humans as well. But they can fly. They should be Variant."
"They arenât slowing down. I donât think they have any intention of following the protocol. Should we attack?"
The guards had noticed Lucifer advancing towards them with three other people following behind him. They believed he was a risk for them.
"Inform the higher ups. In the meantime, Iâll try to stop them.. No one shall attack."