“Azael’s floating castle.”

“My brother’s floating castle.”

Ziel and Azalia said in unison after they saw the familiar castle. Although hundreds of years have passed, they have not forgotten this magnificent building because its owner is an essential person in their life. Of course, it means different things to both of them.

“Azael? Older brother? What do you mean? Do you recognize the castle?” Queen Helena asked in confusion. Apart from her, Princess Cordelia and Princess Irene also felt the same. Only Kalya and the girls other than them could guess the castle’s origin.

“Azael is Azalia’s older brother. He is the king of the divine race and died hundreds of years ago at the hands of Ziel.” Kalya explained. She was sure Ziel wouldn’t mind if she told Queen Helena and the two Princesses about it.

“What!?” The three women were shocked after hearing Kalya’s words. They didn’t think the relationship between Ziel and Azalia was so complicated. In addition, they also focused on the word “King of the Divine Race” from Kalya’s explanation. In other words, Azalia is a princess from the divine race who has been causing trouble in the Clorius continent. But since Ziel and the girls didn’t care about that, they didn’t mind either, except Princess Cordelia.

Princess Cordelia had lost many of her soldiers to Fornius in the Cirlus Kingdom, and that bitter taste is still there. However, she couldn’t judge Azalia just because she was a princess of the divine race. Azalia is also part of the Ziel family. So there was no way Princess Cordelia hated her for that reason.

If one person of a race made a mistake, it would be unfair for everyone in that race to be punished. Princess Cordelia understood that very well. Because people from the human race also commit crimes a lot.

The girls were silent, and no one dared to comment after hearing that explanation for fear that it would offend Azalia and reopen her old wounds. But the melodious voice of the woman they cared about brought them back to their senses.

“You don’t have to worry about that. My brother and Ziel fought fairly, and he lost. He died from using his life force to curse Ziel. I’m not a fool who would hold a grudge over that matter. Besides, Ziel is a man I love, and I have completely surrendered my body and soul to him. So you don’t think about my past.” Azalia explained without taking her eyes off the majestic castle.

The girls nodded in agreement to Azalia’s words and were touched by how much she loved Ziel. Some of them questioned her statement about giving away her body and soul because they had never heard of it, but they remained silent because they realized that now was not the right time to discuss the matter.

On the other hand, Ziel ignored the girls and kept his eyes on the top of the castle. He found a middle-aged man and woman floating there, but the girls didn’t seem to notice the presence of the two.

“How long will you watch us from there?” Ziel said indifferently.

Kalya, Azalia, and the others were confused when they heard Ziel’s words. They didn’t know who he was talking to because the girls didn’t see or feel anyone’s presence around the area.

“Who are you talking to, Ziel?” Kalya asked. She and the girls were sure Ziel wouldn’t talk like that for no reason.

“Of course, to the person who attacked us and brought us to this place. Isn’t that so, the final guardian of the continent, the Chaos Titan?” Ziel said coldly to the two people.

[You’re not an ordinary irregular like the ones I’ve fought so far]

The space in front of Ziel and the girls distorted, and a gray-haired middle-aged man and woman appeared. They said in unison and looked like an entity residing in two bodies.

Azalia and the girls who saw the appearance of the two became wary. They were ready to fire their attacks, but Ziel raised his hand and stopped them. The girls were confused by Ziel’s actions, but they obeyed him anyway and stopped their attacks.

“So, what is your purpose in bringing us to this place? If you want to kill us, can’t you do it there? Do you have any other intentions by bringing us here, Liliana Grisel, Kiel Grisel?” Ziel asked.

“What!?” The girls were shocked when they heard that words. Among them, only Azalia did not understand the current situation.

“Ziel, they are…” Kalya asked in a trembling voice. The other girls also looked at Ziel and waited anxiously for his answer. If those two were Ziel’s parents, then how would they fight them?

“Yeah… they should be the parents who abandoned me.” Ziel replied calmly. He could confidently say that because he felt a bond with the two people.

At first, Ziel was confused by the feeling. But after he recalled Liliana and Kiel’s characteristics of the village head, Chiron, he drew that conclusion. Ziel also realized that the emotions he felt from them were blood relations. Even so, Ziel felt no emotional bond when he discovered they were his parents.

“Impossible! How could they suddenly appear in front of you and want to kill you!?” Princess Freya shouted in disbelief.

“That’s because they were the final guardians of the continent, and they left me in the past must have something to do with me being an irregular. They were able to suddenly appear in front of us because he noticed my presence when I investigated the village and eradicated the evolved beast. Am I right? Father, Mother.” Ziel asked. Although he calls them father and mother, there is no emotion like a child who has just met his parents.

The girls fell silent and looked at the two people. They don’t know what to say in the current situation. Azalia didn’t understand what they were talking about because she was the only one of the girls who didn’t know about the matter.

[You are right, my son. But we are not what we were in the past. I brought you to this place because of the last wish of your parents and accidentally brought the girls. Therefore, listen to this story before I kill you]

The Chaos Titan said emotionlessly like a robot.

Kalya and the others trembled when they heard those inhuman words. They were oppressed by the terrifying power to the point where they couldn’t say anything and had trouble breathing.

On the other hand, Ziel released his power and created a barrier around the girl. He narrowed his eyes and waited for the Chaos Titan to continue his words.

[In the past, after your mother gave birth to you, we were pleased to have a handsome and healthy baby. But then something weird happened to you. Your initially black eyes suddenly turned crimson, and your face was red as if on fire. After that, your father and mother had nightmares from memories of the final continent’s guardians. Because of those two incidents, they decided to leave the village and find a way to treat you and also get rid of that dream]

[Shortly after leaving the village, Liliana and Kiel realized that there was another memory within them. Both came from one being on a mission to maintain peace on the Clorius continent, like the story in the legend of their people. Apart from that, they also found out that his son would be the target of their elimination in the future. Because of that, Liliana and Kiel left you in an empty house and got as far away from you as possible before my memory took over them completely]

Chaos Titan explained with a straight face.

“What do you mean by that word? Did you possess the bodies of those two people? As far as I know, only Sacred Demonel and Archaic Knights do that. Did the final continent’s guardians also have to take over other people’s bodies to appear in this world?” Ziel asked, and the girls behind him were also curious about it. His voice didn’t show affection for them, even though he was their son, because Ziel knew they were no longer his parents.

[Please don’t equate me with creatures like them, my son. I’ve never possessed the bodies of these two, but it would be easier to explain in one sentence my situation is similar to yours. It’s just that I halved my soul and sealed my memories]

“I see. You used those gray-haired people to reincarnate because they were your most suitable vessel. To protect them, you rained down particles on the village. Liliana and Kiel are you in this era, and they will awaken their memories of the Chaos Titan depending on the situation of the Clorius continent, and the trigger is me.” Ziel nodded in satisfaction after understanding what had happened in the past and the present. After that, he opened his mouth again.

“Then why did you reconstruct this place? Do you want me to reminisce about my past? If that is your goal, then your efforts are in vain.” Ziel asked because he was confused about why the Chaos titan reconstructed Azael’s castle.

The girls, especially Azalia, also wanted to know about it. They noticed that Ziel’s emotions fluctuated a little when he saw the castle, even though it didn’t affect him much.

[I won’t do such a thing, and there’s no need since I can defeat you even without resorting to such means. I reconstruct this place because I feel this place is suitable for me. You should know that I was also there when you defeated the king of the divine race. I also saw you activate reincarnation magic]

The Chaos Titan’s memories were also awakened nine hundred years ago because of Azael. But his appearance was too late because Ziel had defeated Azael. Then the Chaos Titan uses his time to find the person who defeated Azael because he thought Ziel was dangerous. It didn’t take him long to find Ziel on a small island. But again, he was late, and Ziel had already activated his reincarnation magic to leave that period.

” I know I won’t be able to beat you, but I will keep trying because I have people to protect.” Ziel looked at the girls behind him and smiled, but his face became serious.

“Stand back. This is my fight. Don’t get involved in this matter.” Ziel said to the girls and turned his eyes back to the Chaos Titan.

“No! We will fight with you! You’re asking us to sit still and watch you do a life-and-death battle with that creature!? I’m sorry, but we won’t take your word for it!” Kalya replied angrily after hearing those words. Azalia and the other girls nodded and agreed with Kalya. They arrive at the place together and show that they have a bond of fate. Therefore they would live and die with Ziel regardless of the battle’s outcome.

“It’s not that I don’t want you to fight alongside me or think of you as a burden, but I have to resolve this matter as the son of those two and the irregular who has been his target since nine hundred years ago. So it’s about time I finished all of this.” Ziel said softly and hoped that Kalya and the girl would understand.

“We don’t want to! We will bear this burden together with you! Aren’t we family!?” Azalia and the others stubbornly rejected his words. Ziel could only sigh and extend his hand to them; his actions confused the girls.

“You!” Kalya and the girls feel something is wrong, but it is too late when they realize it.

A ball-shaped barrier suddenly appeared and enveloped the girls. Ziel flicked it, and the ball barrier was blown away thousands of meters from where Ziel was. Before the ball disappeared from his sight, he had heard the screams of Kalya and the others, but he ignored it

“Ziel!”

“Ken!”

“Please let us go!”

“Don’t do this to us!”

[you are so loved by those girls, my son]

The Chaos Titan said indifferently, and the two figures became blurred and merged.

“You talk too much. Right now, I will settle all my problems with you.” Ziel said coldly and released all his strength. It mixed with the power of the three guardians of the continent and created a giant typhoon in the area.

The Chaos Titan figure disappeared and reappeared in another form. He looked like a mass of gray mana condensed and formed a gigantic humanoid of enormous size. Far more significant than any creature Ziel had seen so far.

“Then let’s start the battle, The final guardian of the continent.” Ziel charged forward to attack the Chaos Titan with two swords in his hands, and the final battle between the continent guardians and the irregulars began.