Villainess Want's To Ignore Them!
Chapter 38: The Lost Disciple

Chapter 38: The Lost Disciple

Acantha gets up and tripped with a branch of a tree when she lands on something hard. She looks at where she landed; she saw Helion beneath her.

"Are you okay?" She said as she lifted her face and that’s when he also tilted his face.

Their eyes meet, and it seems like the world only revolves around the two of them.

The only sound they could hear was the sound from their heartbeat.

Helion looks at Acantha, who was on top of him; his eyes went down to her lips, which were partly opened, and was tempting him to brush them using his.

Helion gulped at his thoughts. She felt very soft on his hands. He can smell her. She has a very nice scent, which made it worse. He shrugged his thoughts.

Acantha, on the other hand, wanted to look away as she was embarrassed by their awkward situation, but Helion was gripping her on her waist.

"My Lady Fla-" They heard Mildred gasp as she didn’t finish what she was about to say. As she saw both of them in awkward situations, everyone who would see them would think that they were doing something.

"Ahmm" Acantha heard Helion coughed as his ears were red.

Acantha on the other side was blushing, her face was red, and she was embarrassed as Mildred caught them in that position.

"Ahm, What was it, Mildred?" Acantha asked as she was still avoiding looking in her eyes.

"A-ah, Flamear wants to talk to you," Mildred said which made her frowned, if Flamear wants to talk to her he can just talk to her inside her mind.

Acantha nodded and she walks away with Mildred and left Helion who was still there.

When she got to where Flamear is, he was already sitting inside the office of the duke inside the Klartis house which is now hers.

"Here you are" Flamear said as he saw her.

"What was it?" Acantha said as she looks at Flamear who was looking at something.

"I found this one when I heard something from the dungeons on this place," Flamear said as he pointed something using his head.

Acantha looked at the thing that he was pointing and she was surprised to see what was it. It was her painting with the duke and the duchess as a grown up.

"H-how is this possible?" She asked as she handed the painting to Mildred.

"I- I don’t know," Mildred said as she was holding her mouth in shock.

"Does my father knew about this?" She asked as she looks at her, she doesn’t know why there’s a pain in her chest when she’s not even the real Acantha.

"I-I don’t think so, there was a time when I and the duchess alone went here, she calls a painter to paint the duke’s portrait, I didn’t know that she made this one, " Mildred said as tears were falling down from her eyes.

"But, what are you doing at the dungeons, Flamear? and what sounds did you heard?" Acantha asked Flamear who was still watching them.

"I sense something, and I guess I sense the divine power from the painting," Flamear said as he looks at her.

"What’s happening here?" They all looked at the someone who just came in and said those words.

Helion was standing not so far from them, he was frowning at them.

"It’s nothing, Your highness," Mildred was the one who answered them as she wipes her tears using her own handkerchief.

Helion looks at Acantha who was now looking at something, he followed where she was looking at and he saw the reason why Mildred was crying and why Acantha looks sad.

"By the way, have you find Elida?" Helion asked and Acantha know that he must be changing the subject to lighten the mood.

"Just like what I told you, Elida was just there in the forest," Acantha finally answered him as she lifts her face to meet his eyes.

"Then we should go there," He said as he looks at them again this time.

"Yeah," Acantha answered lifeless, as she was not really in the mood now, even though she knew that the prince was only trying to divert her attention in something.

"Well go, Mildred." Acantha said as she was saying goodbye to Mildred who was still looking at the paintings in front of her," Just put those painting in my room and hang them there," She said as Acantha take a glimpse of the paintings again and walk out from the room to go to the forest.

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Helion looked at Acantha’s back as she was walking in front of them, Flamear was on his side right now who also seems to be worried about her.

The woman looks sad as she walks in the forest, they’d been walking for not so long and she seems to be lost in her own world.

"Are we still far yet?" He asked as he was trying to get her attention, which he succeded.

"Not so far," She said softly as she looks around.

He knew that he can just ask Flamear who was on his side but he was really worried about her, he was used of her yelling, frowning, and angry , but not her being sad.

They arrived in the middle of the forest and Helion can feel that there was something wrong with place.

"Let’s go, " Acantha said as she pulled him on his hand.

Helion feel like they were being sucked in another world when Acantha pulled her in something.

He looks at her hand who was still holding his, and when he lift his head he saw another world.

The place was different from the forest that they were walking, this place was surrounded by so many big beautiful flowers.

"It’s Lady Acantha!"

"It’s Lady Acantha!"

He heard someone’s voice which is very small but enough to hear it.

"What was that?" He leaned at her as he whispers on her ears.

He felt her stiffened when he did that, " It was the fairies, I don’t know why they are calling me lady, when I was here the last time they were just calling Cantanya’s daughter," She answered without turning her head back to him.

Helion saw a small ball of light came rushing and before he could even react it went on Acantha’s shoulder.

"You’re here again," Helion look at the small voice he heard and saw that the small ball of light who came rushing was a fairy.

"Yes, and we’ve come to see Elder Elida," She heard her talk to the small fairies.

The small fairy looks and crosses her hands on her chest as she grimaced at him.

"Who is he?" He heard the fairy asked about him.

"He is the prince of this empire, " She heard Acantha said as she was saying about him.

"A prince?" He heard the fairy asked but before Acantha, Helion saw more fairies are coming to them.

"Elida!" He heard Flamear said as the fairies reaches them. Helion saw an older fairy which he assumes Elida is.

"It’s been awhile, Flamear, Lady Acantha," She greeted the two as she was smiling at them, when she turn to her, " And you are?" She asked as she was smiling at him.

"I am Helion," He said as he bows a little give respect to the older fairy.

"You look familiar ," Which made him frown at what she said. " doesn’t he looks familiar, Flamear?" This time she turned to ask Flamear who was now looking at the grass.

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"You look familiar ," She heard Elder Elida said to Helion which made him frown at her. " Doesn’t he looks familiar, Flamear?" This time she turned to ask Flamear who was now looking at the grass.

Acantha also looked at Flamear, does he knew who Helion is?

"No, you must be seeing things, Elida." She heard Flamear replied as he was still looking at the grass.

What’s on the grass that he was still looking at it?

"I heard you were looking for me?" Elder Elida said as she was now in front of her.

"Elder-"

"Just call me Elida," She said as she cuts her sentence off and smiled at her.

"Yes, we were looking for you, do you know where the books that was hidden in here?" Flamear was the one who answered it.

They saw Elida paled as well as they heard the other fairies gasped.

"Do they mean that book?"

"That?"

They heard them whispers and there was fear on their voices when they heard about the book.

"What’s wrong?" Acantha hear Flamear asked his old friend in concern.

"Th-the book was stolen," Elder Elida said as her hands were shaking.

"What do you mean?" Flamear asked her.

"The night after you were sealed as the goddess died sacrificing herself to end Abanoon, there was someone who was her disciple attacked this place and stole the book from us," Acantha was terrified to what she heard from Elder Elida.

"We were exhausted that day as we fought a long battle, that person sneaks out and killed almost of us," She continued and the other fairies began sobbing at the memory.

"Did you saw who was it?" Flamear continued as he was looking at his friend.

"No, we didn’t know who it was, but we saw something on that persons arms as one of the fairy’s tried getting the book from it’s hand, the fairy marked that person on its hands, " Elder Elida said as she continued to tell them about the mark.

What’s with this people and their mark? Oh, she forgot she also had a marked when she was asleep.

"It has the symbol of the magical tree on its arm," Elder Elida said as she told them about the mark.

But the question where would they start to find that person?

"Come, I’ll show you something to help you find that person, " Elder Elida said as they went near her , and she gives them the-