Chapter 21 - Traitor

Once Mary and Jun finished their discussion on how they need to prepare for the upcoming battle against Henry who happened ti be Julius' father, the began ti head towards the balcony at which Mary had met with the prince and the old man who was her previous master.

As for Julius, he had finished cleaning himself up before he went to bed. Of course, the guest room which was provided for him was larger than Jun's entire house which would be expected of royalty. Along with that, Julius had guards outside his room as well just as a precautionary measure.

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Jun hadn't put his jade dragon back to wherever it came from so it decided to wrap itself around the top of the castle and watch over the kingdom until his owner would give it further instructions. As would be expected, many people outside the castle had gathered to watch what the dragon would do as it was the first time they had seen a mythical beast.

"My apologies Mary, I forgot to put away my dragon after we arrived," said Jun as he called out to his pet telepathically which made the jade dragon unwrap itself from the tip of the castle and descend onto the balcony so it could give it's owner along with Mary a ride to where ever they needed to go to.

"Don't worry about it. I have no problem with it but it'll be a bit difficult to explain it to the rest of them," said Mary as she looked at the group of people who had gathered like a flock of birds to watch the dragon's every move.

"Let's get going then," said Jun as he leaped onto his pet and Mary was forced to follow suit.

"What about prince Julius? Aren't you worried what might happen to him while we're gone?" Mary asked which had caught Jun off guard since he had completely forgotten about his genius student due to the news he had gotten.

"... he'll be fine. He already knows what he needs to do. Even if I'm not there, he should still be able to do a thing or two in the kingdom," said Jun as he tried to forget about his responsibilities.

"What you should be more worried about is where we're going right now. You don't even have your armour or a weapon. Are you sure you want to go dungeon raiding looking like this?" Jun asked with made Mary embarrassed due to her not realizing where they were going.

"Sorry... I didn't know we were going to go into the dungeons. I thought you would just teach me a secret art or two then we'd stop..." said Mary.

"You really have grown to be lazy over the years. You know who we're facing right? You think just a couple secret arts would be enough to defeat him?" Jun asked in anger.

"But... if you were to teach me THAT one then this whole thing can go away. No one would have to die," Mary pleaded.

"No one?! If you were to use IT, you'd be the one to die. That's even if you're compatible with it. To add on to that, you'd need to have a year's worth of training before you'd be able to use it," Jun replied to her with pure rage in his tone.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't yell at you. It's just that I've finally gotten the chance to train you like I've always wanted. I don't want to lose you again. Specially not forever," Jun corrected himself which brought tears to Mary.

"Hey you, grab me my armour and bident from the kingdom's treasury," said Mary as she wiped away her tears and directed one of the guards which was on watch duty for the night at the balcony.

"I shall do so at once," said the guard before quickly rushing inside the castle and going inside the treasury after having to explain the queen's request. After some time, he returned running with a golden set of armour which was still on its armour stand in his right hand while in his left was a golden bident with purple engravings on it.

"I have brought the items which you requested my queen," said the guard before handing the armour and bident then bowing down.

"Thank you, Hendrick," said Mary before accepting her weapon and armour then leaping on top of the jade dragon once again. After that, Mary wore her armour on top of the cloths which she had been wearing previously before finally sitting down to let Jun know that she was ready to leave.

Seeing as his old student was ready, Jun began to point his finger upwards then forward to let his dragon know where to go. Unlike Julius, Mary didn't fear being on the dragon, instead, he happily stood up once they were are their desired altitude so she could observe the her kingdom from the clear sky.

"My pet will be moving a lot faster that when I came here with Julius since I know that you won't fall off," said Jun before directing his dragon telepathically to go faster. While at first Mary wobbled in surprise, she quickly got used to the speed at which the dragon had decided to use.

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Back at the kingdom, the guard which had handed the queen her armour stayed frozen in the bowing positing as he could believe what had happened. As for the other 3 guards which were stationed along with him, they were infuriated.

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"YOU TRAITOR! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO NOT MAKE A MOVE!" said one of the other 3 guards which brought Hendrick back to reality.

"But I didn't! I guess I'm doing something right," said Hendrick with an evil grin.

"Why is it such a big deal? She only said his name," another one of the other 3 guards said.

"You're new here so you wouldn't get it but, the queen never calls us by our name and we mostly believed that she had forgotten it. But now this is big. He managed to accomplish the impossible," the last of the 4 total guards said.

"You know what will happen to you right? The inner council of the Mary fan-club will destroy you," the last of of the 4 continued as his face grew to change of a person who pitied others.

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