The Archduchy was a territory located on the border of the Flylen empire, an extensive territory that anyone would think was a kingdom. The territory was known as Hyle, which means howl, referring to the wolves. Alessandro had been the Archduke of that territory since he was 18 years old, his mother gave it to him as a birthday present, and since then, despite being a territory where it is always snowing, it has prospered very well and lives in harmony, since not only are there lycanthropes in that place, there are also humans who live with them in peace. The lycanthropes are usually very helpful, since they usually go hunting and bring meat so that families can survive during the long snowfalls, in exchange, of course, the humans prepare delicious side dishes with the meat, this system has been working for 10 years. Today, Alessandro is 28 years old and despite his youth, he is respected throughout the territory.
In a village near the border, Lune and the hunters had stayed to sleep in an inn. Early in the morning, they had breakfast, and now Reynold tells Lune that they must go to the mansion of the Archduke of Hyle.
Lune is surprised by this, she knows that she has changed some things since she arrived, but she did not think that she would meet the extra character in the story, the Archduke Alessandro.
"I don't understand, why do you have to see the Archduke?"
"Your father has business with him and I am the one who will mediate, since your father cannot come this time."
Lune does not respond, she does not remember if in the story, the Duke Blanche had business with Alessandro. But at least she will have the opportunity to meet him, he was one of her favorite characters, because he did not fall in love with the saint, he simply saw her as a friend and as long as she was not a threat to him, then they were at peace.
In the kingdom of Num, inside the temple, the priests were somewhat dismayed, since the oracle has told them that a change will be the fall of the royal family and with it, the temple will fall.
"Destroy the witch queen and you will avoid the fall, she hides her true self, a cursed soul that comes from another world..."
"From another world? Like the saint?" asks the priest in amazement.
"No, she is just the soul, she has possessed a being of this world to hide her true nature."
Says the representative of the oracle, who is an old man known as the sage. The priests were dismayed by his words, the saint who was present is worried, but tries to calm the situation.
"If we find the witch queen we can save the kingdom. Great sage, has the oracle not told you who it may be?" asks the saint.
"I am afraid that the oracle is not so exact, it is up to us to find her. But this can help you detect her power."
The old man gives her a necklace with a white jewel, he explains that when the jewel reacts to a dangerous magic, it will turn black and that way they will know who the witch queen is.
"Then we will organize her search, we will take the sacred guards." mentions the high priest.
"No, this mission can only be fulfilled by the saint, the jewel only works with her, she will be in charge of guiding the sacred guards." mentions the sage.
The girl clenches her hands on the skirt of her dress, she did not expect something like that to be entrusted to her, she is barely learning to use her powers.
"I will take charge of this mission, as the saint I promise to save this kingdom."
The girl looks determined before everyone. Upon leaving the temple, she gets into her carriage to go to the palace, upon arriving she looks for the prince to let him know what the oracle has revealed, she will soon leave with the guardians to look for the witch, but she was fearful, she has not been in that world for long, she does not know how to fight, she barely knows how to use her healing powers, besides outside the barriers, the world is dangerous.
"I will go with you, do not worry. As the heir of Num I cannot let that witch get away with it either." expresses the prince holding the hand of the saint.
She shows a slight blush and thanks him for his concern, without him, her stay in that world would not be good, because thanks to the prince she has learned a lot.
Lune traveled with the hunters towards the Archduke's mansion, but being still far away it would take them another day to arrive, so they had to stop to set up a camp, the magicians of the group are in charge of raising the barrier around them, using a kind of crystals, which they place in specific places and thus, these raise an invisible barrier that prevents the harpies from smelling their aroma, as these are attracted by the human scent, being part of their food chain.
Lune sat near the fire using a blanket to sit on it and a cloak to keep warm. Reynold tells her that there is a tent for her, but Lune prefers to stay there near the fire, so she lies down, Reynold leaves her alone and goes to his tent to rest, having the barrier there is no need to stand guard, because no one can leave and no one can enter. Lune lay down looking at the sky, the stars shone in all their splendor with a beautiful full moon, that made her remember the lycanthrope she saw two nights ago, it was white as snow and his eyes were a beautiful blue color. Lune sits up suddenly having remembered something.
"It can't be... It was him..."
She is sure that the Archduke Alessandro was described that way, a beautiful white lycanthrope with blue eyes, the color of his eyes were unique, due to their clarity and without realizing it she had him before her. She lay down again and curled up with her cloak.
"How did I not remember it at that moment." she clicks her tongue.
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