The Tale of the Void Emperor

There was a silence for a brief moment after Tiana finished speaking before Zangrel spoke first, " The reason? "

Tiana honestly answered with a serious expression, " We will be joining Chaos Monolith Hills. "

At this time, Avelia recovered and asked with confusion, " Why Tiana? Is it because of my matter? But...I don't think that bastard will give up. He might even follow us and join Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Hearing that, Zangrel asked, " Who are you talking about? "

Avelia smiled helplessly and answered, " Munvald. "

Hearing the name, Zangrel frowned, " Munvald...Gardeus? What's the matter with him? "

Avelia and Tiana told them about him and their matter with him. 

After hearing everything, Zangrel sipped some tea and spoke calmly, " Avelia...I think you should get together with him simply because there's no escaping from him. "

" Impossible! " 

Before Avelia could speak, Tiana answered firmly. She looked at Head Zangrel and said, " Head Zangrel, do you have any information about him besides the one that's publicly known? "

Head Zangrel wryly smile as he shook his head, " His family has connections to the Upper Chaosverse, and you already know about his father, who is one of the Vice-heads here. "

He took another sip of tea before speaking in confusion, " But He is a fine individual with a bright future. As far as I know, He never had any intimate relation with another woman before. "

Pausing there, He looked at Avelia and chuckled, " It's likely that your Unreserved performance and showcase of talent captured his eyes. "

" But I don't- " 

Before Avelia could finish, Tiana spoke coldly, " But he has too much pride and is obsessive. Also...No matter how much he tries, He won't be able to capture Avelia's heart. "

Pausing there, Tiana shook her head before speaking, " Head Zangrel, It seems that you have some relationship with him and his family and closely knows him. In that case, can you please advise his family and him not to go after Avelia? "

" Advise? " Head Zangrel squinted his eyes as he caught the keyword, " Not pursue them but advise? "

Tiana nodded indifferently and spoke, " Indeed. Advise them for their own sake. Because if they don't...then it will result in a fate worse than death for them. And if I may speak frankly, He is not worthy of Avelia. "

Head Zangrel was dumbfounded hearing that before he spoke in doubt, " I can agree with the part about him not being worthy for Avelia since you four wields some strange powers that are far ahead of even my knowledge, and your comprehension ability is also a notch above than geniuses here but...As far as I know, You all simply don't have the power to contend with him and his backing right now, so...how would that result in a fate worse than death for them? "

Even Avelia was wondering about this as she looked at Tiana.

But Tiana smiled faintly and shook her head, " That's a secret. But please don't take this statement as a bluff. If you really have somewhat close relations with his family and don't want them to suffer, then advise them to give up their thoughts on Avelia. That's all. Now shall we move on to our main business? "

' Interesting. ' Zangrel smiled internally hearing about that and was curious, but he dropped that aside for now and responded to Avelia with a nod, " Alright. Since you two want to leave then, then I won't impose the regular penalty of paying high-grade chaos stones since your two friends are still here, and they will benefit us as their potential is also the same as super-geniuses, but you won't be able to use our core technique of forming bridge portals anymore after leaving. Even if you don't destroy the technique's core inside your chaos region, it won't work anymore since I will simply remove your imprint from the system. "

Since Tiana has decided, Avelia didn't have any problem. Both of their bonds were deeper than sisters and had absolute trust in each other.

So after hearing head Zangrel's words, They nodded. 

" Oh...and as a parting gift, I will not take your Bridgade Credits, so buy anything you want with it before leaving. Also, when are you leaving? " Zangrel asked as he took a sip of tea.

" Can you arrange for us to go along with the group of new recruits that are going to Chaos Monolith Hills as representatives? Naturally, We won't participate in the tournament and take an unfair spot since we won't return back here after going there. " Tiana spoke about her arrangements.

Head Zangrel nodded casually, " Alright. I will arrange for that. "

Since the matter here was over, Avelia and Tiana thanked Head Zangrel before leaving.

After they left, Head Zangrel fell into thought regarding the words spoken by Tiana today.

" Advise, huh? Hmmm..." Head Zangrel muttered as he drummed on his shining bald head. This was his habit as he does it when he is thinking about something.

After a while, He grinned, " Oh Tiana...You got me curious about it. Hahaha, I am not particularly close to Gardueses, so let's see how it all ends. "

...

While descending the mountain stairs, Avelia asked with curiosity and doubt, " Say, Tiana. Were you serious up there about your advice or just bluffing? "

Tiana chuckled before speaking with a confident smile, " Of course I was serious. Don't worry, Avelia; you will find out about everything once we go to Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Avelia pouted, but she kept her curiosity and snorted, " Fine. It's just a wait for five months. Anyway, What do we do now? "

" Naturally, we continue our training. "

...

After two days, Mike and Qerin returned from their task and went to Tiana & Avelia's abode since Tiana called them.

There, Tiana told them about her plan, which caused their eyes to turn wide in shock.

Mike and Qerin asked about the reason, but Tiana didn't tell them anything and kept them in the dark just like Avelia

" It's a surprise, hehehe. " Tiana beamed.

While she was with Athan for one year at Master Lornell's place, Athan had told her about their adventures together, so even though she still couldn't remember, she could share her feelings with that of Athan's feelings.

She felt sad just thinking about how Athan must have felt when he found out that everyone had forgotten about him.

' Don't worry, Athan. Even if our memories of you disappeared, our feelings haven't. They are still deeply buried within us. ' Thought Tiana as she looked at Avelia, Qerin, and Mike talking to each other about their recent adventure.

In reality, It was more like Athan's influence on his power that they could now have those feelings remembered without memories.