I left silently, I did not want to say anything. My feet led me into the garden. That's where my guards found me. Emil stepped forward and said:

“Mistress, take us with you from now on. We must protect you, even if it means our own lives.

I just nodded.

- Let's spar, I need to clear my head and remove anxiety. And soon I will have to go to Mehring. And I need you to think about which other guys to take with you.

− What is expected in Mehring?

− Anything. I don't trust certain families of aristocrats. They found a way to circumvent the oath, - she winced. I'll find out more on the spot. You may have to live there for more than one year. Well, at least the teachers managed to prepare. It will be necessary to warn the girls that most likely now they will conduct all the lessons themselves.

After sparring with the guys, she returned to her normal state. But Emil looked a little differently now. Although he tried not to show his emotions in any way. But when I took off my artifact from my ear in front of him. He was visibly flustered. And the rest of the guys instantly disappeared from the hall, leaving us alone.

Emil was a werewolf. Tall, muscular, with short black hair and black eyes. A person who does not know him can easily be frightened by his serious expression and coldness. But I've known him for ten years. He is now fifty, and immediately after the academy he began working at the court as a guard. And later he joined my elite team and constantly surprises me. And now too. Outwardly, from the last forces, he maintains equanimity. And thoughts rush about like frightened hares.

“You have been told about my feelings,” a panicked thought. - I will not disturb you, I will protect you until the end of my days and will do everything for you. I don’t need anything in return, just don’t drive away, let me continue to admire you, admire you. Let me continue to love you."

I wanted to say love is evil. But she couldn't say a word. For some reason, I again felt like a very young, inexperienced girl, to whom the boy confesses his love. She looked at him carefully. I wanted to say out loud, but I could only say mentally to myself - that we could not count on anything serious anyway.

He was very close and carefully took the student's pole.

- I'll take it, ma'am.

"Thank you Emil," she said softly.

I did not put the artifact back on, my hands were trembling. With difficulty, I was able to change clothes and put myself in order. The rest of the guys were standing in the corridor. They were good at holding faces. But in my thoughts there was curiosity, did we manage to talk. My communication crystal began to crackle:

− Daniel will arrive in five minutes. Are you going to meet? Maxim asked.

− Yes.

She said briefly and removed the crystal. The guys in full force followed me. I did not wear the artifact and heard it, only curiosity. They didn't say anything out loud. My relatives have already gathered on the street.

- How was the training? Nikita asked.

- Well, - she said calmly, I also wanted to add that it was informative. But she decided to remain silent.

- You didn't talk?

- Nikit, I'll beat you.

− For what?! - the grandson pretended to be frightened, although it was clear that he was fooling around.

Daniel surprised and arrived on a swallow. After approaching, she asked him instead of greeting:

“Why not on your wings?” Or already old age does not allow?

He just laughed kindly and said:

“If I land here in my second form to repair, there is a lot to do. Your playground in front of the palace is too small, a solid park.

- How is Vladik?

- Yes, what will become of him, - Daniel brushed aside - to learn to turn on the brains, and not the instincts. By the way, I didn’t come alone, I captured your old friend.

"Saan," I said in surprise when I saw the man.

− Hello. Some are hard to hide from,” he said sadly. - And then your kids already got enough. They set an older relative on me now.

“Hey, no boozi fossil,” the dragon emperor snarled at him. - For several days in a row I tracked down this ancient lizard.

- I will take into account the mistakes, and next time you will find shish.

“I was looking for you on business. I wanted to ask you to check one curious and very, very ancient structure.

- How old is it? The man immediately became interested.

- A hundred thousand.

- Okay, I will answer your calls. I won't guess at the expense of the rest. Unlike some, you will have more brains, and you will not ring in the middle of the night.

- Here is an infection, - Darina said quietly.

“I hear from a small infection,” Saan snapped back.

“You are both like children,” she said with a slight smile. - Carefully!

She shouted and pulled the dragon emperor back and instantly activating the tempered sword repelled the blow of the attacking man. I immediately realized that this is one of the dark magicians. My guards were right next to me with swords. Other military men surrounded the emperors and their relatives with a protective ring.

- He can't be alone.

This one was given away by the vibration of the air and the refraction of the light, which gave away the disguise. After the reflected blow, several swords were directed at him at once, the rest looked out for the rest of the attackers. Eugene appeared abruptly and quickly took out the shackles.

“Finally, at least one of them was caught alive!” - He said contentedly and quickly chained the dark magician.

He was almost crying out of frustration.

“I can’t understand what drives you to do this.

“Strength,” he said with resentment, “you don’t understand that you have a lot of magic and a high level. I had her babies. Thanks to the dark, my level has increased significantly.

“But to do this, you take strength from others, and they die.

- I don't care about them, my own skin is closer to the body. If you had crumbs, she would speak differently.

- As for me, you are just a weakling. You can live well without really having magic, I know enough examples, - she casually looked at Emil.

In our first meeting, he interested me in that he had practically no magic. I mean, it's there, but it's almost completely blocked. And he cannot cast spells using his resources. Can only use magic from storage and using artifacts. But he does it masterfully. And because of this, he is very inventive.

I noticed several short skirmishes, the rest of the dark magicians were not given alive.

- Eugene, what are you going to do with him?

“Explore,” he said calmly, “something to check and test a number of artifacts. Oh, and here are my future students! How timely. Maybe I can take it.

Maxim only nodded and sent Zhenya and Laira's brothers also guards. Dark howled and asked him to kill. Daniel immediately went to the guest rooms. And I went to the healer's office.

- Good afternoon Carlos, - greeted the doctor.

- Good afternoon ma'am. How do you feel?

- Thank you, good. May I use your laboratory, I want to create one potion.

“Maybe I have ready ones.

- Removes odors.

- No, please go ahead. All herbs are fresh and of good quality.

On the one hand, I did not understand myself why I suddenly decided to prepare this potion. But intuition just yelled that it would be useful to me, moreover, in the very near future. Having prepared it, poured it into a perfume bottle with a sprayer. She looked at the perfume bottle and said to herself:

- I should buy perfume, otherwise it will be strange if there is no smell from me at all.

I immediately went to the city for spirits. Emil and the guys knew that sometimes I just “forget” to say that I was going somewhere. Because it is easier to follow me almost around the clock. This time I found out from Natasha where you can buy perfume and left on your own, taking a harnessed horse. Already when I drove up to the exit from the palace I noticed Emil and the guys. She smiled lightly at them.

Emil and Derim came into the shop with me. They stood at the entrance. I stayed in the store for about an hour, sniffing all the perfume options and still not choosing anything. Came out a little annoyed.

- You didn’t like anything with everything?

- There were a couple of options, but they all have too concentrated a smell.

- If you like some flavor, I can make it, with the concentration you need.

She looked at the man with interest. He knows how to surprise. Have returned. Showed him two options. The poor fellow almost vomited from both smells. We didn't buy them. But they bought the recipe and the composition of the perfume.

The guys that were left on the street looked at him with sympathy. I got him an odor neutralizer.

- Sprinkle, remove this stench, which is mistakenly called perfume.

- Thank you.

I smiled slightly.

- Should you be released to implement your idea?

Emily thought for a moment and nodded. Released the guy. Was curious what he could do. My daughter caught me already near the stable.

− Mom! Finally I found you. Where were you?

- I went to choose perfumes, I didn’t choose anything. Emil promised to do.

- Hmm, I have perfume, let's go, I'll give it.

"Don't," I tried to refuse. But can you outsmart her?

After the gift, she sat in her rooms, waiting for Emil. It also has an odor neutralizer. The guy came already closer to midnight. Having caught the smell of perfume and appreciating my “joyful” look, I immediately returned the odor neutralizer.

- Did Darina try?

− Yes.

After the neutralizer, she could already appreciate the delicate floral scent of the perfume that the guy did. I really liked it.

- Thank you Emil. They are wonderful. If it doesn’t make you very difficult, do whatever Darina does, otherwise everyone’s head hurts from her perfume. I already took the entire collection from her.

- Haven't destroyed it yet?

− No.

- Good. I'll see what she liked and do a weak concentration.

− Thank you.

I do not know when he slept, but in the morning Darina was presented with new perfume.

- Yes, you have talent, - said the daughter coquettishly. - Thank you.

And I already wanted to leave for Mehring, I didn’t see the point in staying in Mariysk.

- Wait another day and you will fly, - Nikita told me - after all, we also gathered for a short time. So a little respite and see each other.

I decided to go for some air in the palace park. I watched Maxim's daughters a little. The girls played under the supervision of nannies. I went further into the park.

The beauty of such a walk is that the guys are nearby at the same time and you can hardly see them. Already when I was returning the road, five men blocked me. Quickly evaluating the appearance, I realized that in front of me were space pirates.

- Finally, we found you Delilah.