"That's because you'd abuse it and you know it." The Guardian scoffed and activated the mind link, making a Warp Gate appear in the middle of the living room.
Elisya extended her arms, wanting Lith to bring her along, but her father just picked her from Shargein's arms, kissed her head, and then passed her to Kamila.
"The place should be safe…"
"I resent that!" Leegaain's rumbling voice echoed from the Gate.
"But I prefer going alone. I'm going to meet what's left of Valeron's family and it's going to be hard on us all. I don't want to risk Elysia activating the Dragon Scales and experiencing my pain or Valeron's. Please, take care of her while I'm gone."
"Don't worry, I will." Kamila nodded and kissed him on the cheek.
"Don't you mean we are going to meet Valeron's family?" Solus asked.
"There's no we this time." Lith shook his head. "It will be already hard for them to meet me. Facing the Golden Knight would make things harder."
"You are the Golden Knight?" Ufyl took a step back, remembering how many of her siblings Solus had sent to the resurrection chamber.
"My point exactly." Lith had the Seven-Headed Dragon go first, then Faluel, and he went last, holding Valeron the second in his arms.
Leari the Thunderborne, Ophius the Quetzalcoatl, Protheus, the Father of all Doppelgangers, and the remaining four of Thrud's generals experienced a roller coaster of emotion.
First, joy for the unexpected reunion with their battle-brother. They knew of Ufyl's pardon, but they assumed that he would never learn of their survival like everyone else on Mogar.
Then, confusion from Faluel's appearance since they had never seen her in her human form but recognized her from her energy signature with Life Vision. They were just about to ask Ufyl if she was his jailer or one of his relatives when Lith stepped through the Gate.
Even from the isolation of Leegaain's biomes, they had watched the videos and read the articles about the War of the Griffons that were available on the interlink. They knew he was the one who had infiltrated the lost academy, dealing it the death blow.
They knew that it was because of him that the Forgotten had been released from the slave spell, making Thrud's army collapse. Without the power the Golden Griffon bestowed upon Thrud, she had lost to Sylpha and the True Queen's revolution had died with her.
They pushed Ufyl aside, unbridled rage burning through their veins as their bodies shapeshifted into the colossal forms of Divine Beasts. Only Protheus stood back. He had just reached the bright green core and knew that he wouldn't stand a chance against the Tiamat.
Also, in the back of his head, he was afraid to consume another piece of Lith and be consumed by it. The last time it had happened, the Mad Queen had saved him and he didn't know if Leegaain would have done the same.
There was no way in or out of the Guardian's home unless he willed so and whoever attacked one of his guests was bound to incur his wrath.
The fury and outrage of Thrud's former Generals faded like mist under the morning sun when they noticed the baby carrier on Lith's chest and the silver-eyed baby who was clinging to him.
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