The old man looked at Eto with fear in his eyes, and Eto suddenly realised what Veronica meant by keeping quiet.

'Don't worry, I'm not a bad guy' he quickly said with a grin on his face that exposed how uncomfortable he was. Veronica was afraid that they had blown it but the old man calmed down.

'I believe you, you don't seem like the bad type' he said and the little girl laughed hard. 'Right grandpa. Eto is not a bad guy' she said and she squeezed and pulled his cheeks.

'Would you cut that out?' he mumbled and it made the old man laugh.

'Veronica sighed, grateful that Eto had helped himself out of this situation.

'I'm so sorry. We now know your name but you don't know ours' the man said.

'My name is Vieli and this is my granddaughter called' but the little girl jumped and screamed 'Odila.'

'Lovely to meet you. My name is Veronica and that is Eto, of course' she said and she pointed to him. The three of them noticed he already started his soup and was devouring it like an animal who hadn eaten in days.

'Easy, there is more,' Vieli said and Eto looked at him like he was in love before he continued.

'I'm sorry to ask but you were telling us about Ased?' Veronica asked.

Both Odilia and Vieli were looking worried.

'Ased is a Nieve giant who came one day, attacking the town with his star shard power.'

Veronica saw the man taking a quick glance at Eto but he soon looked away.

'He came to this town, searching for a man but when nobody wanted to tell where the man was, he froze the town, and took refuge in the castle up the mountain. Everyday the town gets more and more frozen. Some houses are already completely frozen in and soon the whole town and it's folk will be completely frozen with nowhere to go. He gave us the opportunity to free the town if we gave him the man he was searching but nobody is a traitor in these parts.'

Eto finished his soup and was listening to the story.

'Who was he searching for?' Eto asked and both Vieli and Odilia said together 'professor Hawk.'

'Hmm' Veronica said quietly. 'And calling in the soldiers of the worlds? Telling them about the situation' but Vieli shook his head.

'We believe that Ased has a contact within the soldiers. One who keeps a blind eye to port Perdita. All radio contact we try to other planets has been cut. We can only receive information. That's why we know about the attack on Borner.'

'And escaping?' Veronica suggested, not wanting to believe that nothing was possible.

'Everybody is afraid Ased will get you when you try to escape. He is always watching from the castle. We tried reaching other towns on Capgelu but everybody is afraid that Ased will get them if they tried to help us. You're lucky you could land here. The only ships that make it here are the ones Ased wants to land. That's why I thought you were Generation Zero, coming from Borner like that.'

Veronica didn't say something and soon Eto started talking.

'And giving the man he wants?' he asked but Vieli started laughing.

'Giving the professor is the same as bowing down to criminals. We are not like that in port Perdita' the man said and Eto suddenly realised that he could remember a few lessons he had from his grandpa.

'A holy knight should always be there to help people. They don't give in to the crimes and temptations of criminals' were the words that echoed through his mind.

The rest started to eat their soup before Vieli started to ask some questions.

'I hope you weren't hurt during the attack of Generation Zero?' he asked.

Veronica did briefly think about her parents but she shook her head.

'We got away in time' and the man was relieved to hear it.

'So, what are you gonna do now?' Odilia asked now she was sitting calm.

'We have to find someone who can help us with our transport, or help us to' but Eto was having trouble with the name he wanted to mention.

'Etoile' Veronica said to finish Eto's sentence.

'We are trying to get to Etoile but we only have the cargo ship and no money' she quickly said, feeling guilty while looking at the soup they just had.

'Hmm' Vieli said. 'Even with enough money, it's still gonna be a problem to get someone to help you.'

'Why is that?' Eto asked and Vieli looked at him.

'The one who can fix your ship is the same professor who Ased is looking for. We know where he is but he is frozen in and we have no idea how to reach him.'