Chapter 115

118 Allies Alessandro and Abril were heading to the dining room for dinner when Cassian and Maya arrived, Abril was happy to see them and said to them.
_ How good that you are back? Alessandro saw Cassian a little strange and asked him.
_ All good? _Not really, we can talk for a moment.
_Of course, let’s go to my office.
Alessandro looked at Abril and said.
_If we take too long, you can go have dinner.
_I’ll wait for you, I’m not that hungry.
Alessandro kissed her on the forehead and said.
_I’ll try to come back soon.
Arriving at the office, Alessandro asked.
_ What happened? _When we were coming, two elves intercepted our carriage, one of them was Ethan, the other was a knight from the elf kingdom.
_ What did they want? _They wanted to know about the darkness, I told them everything I knew, although I didn’t mention April at any point.
_ And what did they say? _They want to help us in the war.
_ That? _Ethan didn’t seem very convinced to help us, but the other elf, Dantriel, seemed worried, he said he would help defeat King Venobich, who would fight with us in this war.
_I know we need all the help we can get, but I don’t want an elf near us, I don’t want them to discover April.
_Lessan, they are here.
_ That? _They followed me, they want to talk to you.
_ Have you brought them to the palace? _If I had refused, they would have suspected that we were hiding something.
_and that’s why you brought them here! _They would have come even if I hadn’t brought them and it would have been worse, now that we know they’re here, we just have to make sure they don’t see April, Lessan, this war will be different from everything we know, those who have fought with the darkness are the elves, if they are on our side we will have more chances to win, remember that we don’t know what exactly King Venobich is up to, you have fought with the waste he has left scattered througho
ut our kingdom, we don’t know what he hides behind the walls of his palace, nor the horrors he will unleash during the war, so I ask you to be reasonable.
Alessandro clenched his hands into fists, the fact that there were two elves in his palace filled him with anxiety and fear, he feared for April’s safety, but Cassian was right, an alliance with the elves was something very advantageous.
Cassian put his hand on his brother’s arm and said.
_I understand how you feel Lessan, but beyond what we want or not, this kingdom and its people are our responsibility, we cannot turn our backs on it.
Alessandro brushed his hair back and answered.
_You’re right, but I don’t want those guys to see April, I don’t want them to take her away from me.
_They won’t do it Lessan, I would never allow that to happen.
Alessandro sighed heavily, although he hated the idea of having those elves in his palace he couldn’t just throw them out, especially since they still needed more information on how to fight the darkness.
_ Where are they? It would be best if I went and talked to them, I want to know what exactly they want to do.
_I took him to the small cabin in the farthest part of the palace, so there would be no chance of them finding April.
_You did well, let’s go.
They both headed to the cabin, when they arrived Cassian knocked on the door and shortly after they entered, Alessandro stared at them for a moment, what caught his attention the most was that they both had golden eyes like April.
_Hello, my name is Alessandro Veriatte, my brother told me that they wanted to talk to me.
_You are the one who has faced the darkness.
_That’s how it is.
_Your brother told me that you defeated them with fire, is it true? _If they seemed to fear the fire, they retreated before it.
_That’s good.
_Those creatures born of darkness have attacked my people, how could that be good? _When the darkness fully awakens, the creatures born from darkness become even more ferocious and bloody, they are strong and difficult to defeat, a single creature can wipe out an entire village without any problem, if those you have killed retreated with the fire it means that they are still weak, their source of power has not yet awakened.
Alessandro was silent, Dantriel laughed and said.
_Believe me, you have been lucky because you have emerged victorious after facing the darkness.
_How they are killed after the darkness awakens.
_When that happens magic and normal weapons will be useless, the only way to kill them is to use weapons blessed by light magic or by using light magic, magic that only elven royalty can use.
_Wait, weapons blessed by light magic? _Yes, they are equally effective in ending the darkness, but only the best soldiers can get so close to a creature born of darkness and come out alive.
_You have spoken of the awakening of darkness, what exactly do you mean by that? _The source of power of darkness is a demon, its awakening means that it will come to this world and end everything known, that is why I will help you defeat that man, that king who is trying to bring darkness here.
_ And how do you plan to be of help? _In many ways, if you want to win this war, you will need me.
_Your friend not long ago said that this was not your war.
_He was wrong, this war concerns us all.
_ Will they stay here? _Just a few days, I hope that while I’m here you can give me information about that king who is trying to awaken the darkness.
_I will do so, I will also make sure that they do not need anything, but I hope that while they are in my palace they do not wander as they please.
_We won’t do it, there’s no reason to do that.
_Thank you for your understanding.