I visited Shintaro once again,to talk with my brother,I had explained him what has happened,he poured me bit of the tea and than to himself

"But...how can you be sure Vania spoke the truth? It's VANIA we talking about,5 letters,and what else has 5 words? The word:B*tch" he spoke, propaly still bitter about what Vania did to him years ago

"I don't really know but Alzenara told me about the masks, just not where they are made,that's my only chance I could take to prove myself to ninja" I explained, hoping he understands

"But what if you walk into a trap?"  He questioned while being bit concerned

"I ain't stupid Orano,I could just avoid it" I answered

"Yes you are"

"No I ain't"

"Yes you are"

"No I ain't "

"Yes you are"

"No I  ain't "

"Yes you are Kaia, the fact you're willing to trust an old enemy of yours is further proof of that" Orano stated

"There was a time you trusted her" I mentioned

"I thought I could change her,I was wrong" he spoke

"Very wrong" I took the sip of the tea"how did you know?"

"Know what?" He asked

"That I like peppermint tea?" I spoke

"I didn't, just assumed"

"Well still Better than the time you made vengstone juice" I teased

"Hey there's was nothing wrong with it,i followed ancient shintrarian recipe with few more ingredients Yakuki Always added" he stated

"We all litteraly ended up high for next three days, THREE DAYS"

"It's an illusion of high,not actual, besides it tasted good,anyways back to the point,Vania is not trustable, don't make the same mistake I did alright? Or things might end badly"

"Badly? You litteraly got a whole kingdom out of it!" I yelled at him

"It wasn't intentional...but-'

"But what?"

"But that's the happiest I been for while" he sighed "most of my life,I been treated like a property,I used to have evil masters and Ninja's always just had to tell me what to do, almost like I was never allowed to do anything on my own, even think on my own but as a king,Im the one making commands not someone else making commands to me,am i a puppet? a pawn? No, not anymore,I am a king"

"Since when YOU had something against the ninja?" I asked

"I don't, just being a ninja got my mental health f*cked up, having such a job was never for me, but don't get inspiration of what I said, Ninja are good people, don't trow everything you worked hard to gain away only for a temporary revenge, envy is not a great thing, it's not wise to feed it" he spoke

"only if Ceiline stops acting like world revolves around her" I stated

"Wow you sound little too much like her..."

"Like who?"

"Like Vania..."

I rolled my eyes,how could he compare ME to Vania?

Orano sighed "look, that's all stuck in your own head, ceiline only wants best for you, trust me on that, it's Vania who's trying to turn you against her,and looks like it's working"

"It has nothing to do with Vania, when me and ninja got out of the black dragon hiding spot thanks to one of members she started talking about how much she likes ceiline,how she is her hero and so on,and that's when that ì feeling aganist Ceiline started, and that was weeks before I met Vania again, which was like hours ago"

"How much you use dark magic?" He questioned

"How does this has to do with anything?"

"Kaia have you been using that magic recklessly?" He questioned,being bit strict

"I have only used for teleportation, nothing more" I replied

"You sure? Because dark magic is not for the weak hearted, reckless using can give you negative thoughts" he explained

"It can? Since when?' I questioned

He put his hand on his face and Shaked his head"Okay now I'm pretty sure you have no idea how dark magic works,it might seem cool at first but you can not get attached to it,cuz it also can mess with your brain,I recommend stop using it for a while"

"Fine,you don't wanna understand me than I just go,find the place, destroy the masks,and prove you were wrong" I stated as I rised from the table and was about to go my way

"Which way does a tree fall when it's been cut down?" He asked

"Exuse me?"

"Which.way does.the.tree.fall?" He repeated

"Down?" I replied

"No,it falls where it leans.Be careful which way you lean..."