The Azenla Empire was thrown into chaos when they heard the news that on the southwest of the Southern Region, the large mine of a mana stone that was owned by the Second Prince’s faction exploded. The only thing that left was a large pit that was covered with purplish-black flames. This was the first time in the history that they ever saw this type of flame. Furthermore, the heat that the flame produced was too strong that even the five archmages that the emperor dispatched could only stood on the distance of five hundred yards. If they tried to go further, the barrier that they covered on themselves would be shattered and they would surely feel the strong heat.
Emperor Vicente IX was extremely angry of what happened. Everyone knew the importance of the mine. It not only disrupted the distribution of the mana stones across the empire and the neighbor kingdoms, it also greatly affected the economy of the empire.
The emperor made an imperial order to investigate thoro
Hello! I made a mistake about the titles of the monarch here in the story. So basically, the ruler of an empire should be Emperor and the ruler of a kingdom should be King. Therefore, the current ruler of the Azenla Empire would now be called as Emperor Vicente IX. So as the other rulers. Thank you for reading! xx aristheia
Due to the chaos of the emperor, the Gera Empire lost a ruler. Some nobles wanted to step up and usurp the throne however, Juan Miguel couldn’t find any decent from them. After what the late emperor did, the empire needed a ruler that could help to stabilize the nation. As Juan Miguel pondered on who to would be the next ruler, a grand duke openly suggested Juan Miguel as the new emperor. His suggestion shocked not only the nobles but also the commoners. The grand duke even added that if the Halen Empire−the empire that the Empress Dowager Adira governed, could reach such heights and be prospered, why couldn’t their Gera Empire? To make it short, after a debacle, it ended on Juan Miguel as the new emperor of the Gera Empire. “So, what now? Did you only plan to attack the mine of mana stones?” Lorenzo curiously asked. Santi’s left brow arched. “It depends on them. If they still had the energy to at
The Second Prince tried to look somewhere. He already lost his face due to the dragon that suddenly attacked the Southern Region. He needed to redeem himself to prove to the nobles that even if he wasn't the Crown Prince, he was more than worthy to be the next Emperor. He clenched his fist. If Logan died that time, he should've become the Crown Prince now. Damn this tradition! The position of the Crown Prince was something that he coveted for so long. When Leno died, the Marquis of Dampierre was the one who brought up the tradition. As long as the First Empress had a child, he or she would be the one that would be titled as the Crown Prince. Hence, even if Logan was the Twelfth Prince, he was still given the title of the Crown Prince despite him being comatose at that time. The Second Prince already tried different ways to eliminate the Crown Prince. Even his Imperial Mother the Second Empress dispatched some to ass
"What happened?"Minerva tried to restrain her cry when she heard her father's voice. She clutched her stomached and bit her lips but the pain was too severe."Your Grace, the Little Miss just ate leisurely a while ago. However, she suddenly groaned loudly and clutched her stomach as she cried hard. This servant already called for a physician but the Little Miss would not listen to the physician's instruction. She would do nothing but continue to cry." She heard Julia explained. Nevertheless, Minerva did not pay her any heed.Just as she focused to forcefully restrain her sobs despite the pain, she felt that she had been carried. When she glanced at who was the one who carried her, she saw her father who was now frowning.She tightly clutched herself and wanted to say something but only a sob came out. Her father pursed his lips and hugged her as he caressed her back as if to comfort her.
"Little Miss, it's your birthday party today!" Shirley enthusiastically said as she woke her up.Minerva rubbed her eyes as she yawned. Right, it was her birthday celebration today. All of them had pestered her nonstop last night that she should wake up early as they would prepare her for her birthday celebration which she didn't understand. She was only a baby now. What else did she need to prepare for? And why was it too early?Although Minerva didn't understand and couldn't match up to their enthusiasm, she still let them do what they want even if she was still a bit disoriented.Three hours later, she was already done. However, Minerva noticed that her dress was not the same as the one her father picked up for her.However, her question was quickly answered as Julia announced, "We should bring the Little Miss to the reception room. Some of the Saint Archmages already arrived and patiently waited w
As Minerva observed Marcus, he also did the same thing to her. They both stared at each other and did not say anything until Marcus decided to greet her."You must be Minnie, Uncle Santi's daughter." He said in a calm voice.She cocked her head to the side. When she was satisfied with her observation, she then nodded her head to answer his question."Oh," He said as he nodded, "Happy birthday.""Woah, were you Minnie, the birthday girl?"Minerva hastily looked at her right when she heard another voice asked. It was a little girl that was around four to five years old. Her light pink hair was in pigtails and her green jeweled eyes shone with curiosity.As for Minerva, although it was also a child who was in front of her, she was still a bit nervous. Especially that strange Marcus was here. She gripped on Julia's skirt as she nodded her head to the little girl.
Minerva opened her eyes and what greeted her was the sight of her father as he quietly read a book on the corner.It seemed that he felt her gaze as he suddenly looked in her direction. When he saw that she was awake, he placed the book on the side and leaned on her to caress her hair."Were you okay now?" He asked. Minerva pursed her lips and nodded her head."Daddy…""Hmm?" He softly made a sound. She didn't say anything and just stared at him.Minerva wanted to say that she didn't want to go to the academy. But what if her father wanted her to enroll? What would she do? Would she defy him?She wanted to be his perfect daughter that did whatever her father wanted. But she didn't want to leave either. She was too conflicted."Zinnia told me what happened." Suddenly, her father said out of the blue. She glanced at him nervously but his expre
The party started at the moment that Santi and Minerva appeared. The guests immediately took this chance to solidify some connections that they might attain at this party as this was a rare moment for them to see those on the top echelon. Moreover, even the elusive Lorenzo was present and brought his son Marcus.As some of the guests had this thought, Minerva laid quietly his head on his father's shoulders. Her eyes remained at her father's hair as she played with it as she could feel the gaze of some of the guests which made her goosebumped. Her father was silent all the time and let her do anything that she liked.However, the silence was broken when her Uncle Lorenzo went in their direction with Marcus in tow."Little Minnie's been like that ever since the two of you appeared. What's wrong?" Minerva heard her Uncle Lorenzo asked. She didn't see his face as her back faced him."She's too nervous and
Minerva was horrified. Extremely horrified. What was that?! And why was it cringe?Her face was contorted as if she wanted to puke. The worse was the black-caped man was also as horrified as she was. His face was full of disgust and his deep purple eyes had a tinge of confusion. Well, even she was confused!Wait, don't tell her he also saw the same bullshit?If that was true, then wasn't it too shameful?Minerva's face contorted into different expressions that her father couldn't help but notice."…fuck." The black-caped man muttered.Santi, on the other hand, cocked his head to the side as his left brow was arched."I told you to bless my daughter, not curse her." He blankly said. However, the black-caped man noticed that there was something hidden in his blue jeweled eyes.Santi didn't wait as he placed down his daughter.