"Sasa, I want to ask you. Would you like to come with me?" I asked while looking into her eyes. "I want to take you away with me, out of that palace." Elsa was silent surprisingly. Maybe she didn’t expect me to ask her to come with me when I escape the palace. "I would love to go with you big sis." Elsa’s eyes sparkled with life. "I am happy that someone other than big brother Darius loves me as family." Tears started to flow from Elsa’s cheeks. "Oh Sasa ." I felt touched with Elsa’s expression. I hugged her in my arms and patted her head. "I am happy to have a little sister like you." Elsa was sobbing in my arms and calmed down after a while. I took out my handkerchief and wiped her tears away. "Now, now. We don’t want your eyes to swell from crying, would we?" I was also holding my tears back. These were tears of joy. I was feeling Elsa’s happiness. "We would be arriving soon. Let’s freshen you up." I smiled at her. "Thanks big sis." Elsa giggled.’So this was the joy of havi
We girls have been talking for quite some time now. I think this is the best time to excuse myself from our girl chat and focus on the real reason I came here today. "Ms. Katherine, Sasa, I will excuse myself for a bit." I said. "I need to use the rest room." "Oh, of course your highness." Katherine replied. "You can ask the maids outside to lead you to the rest room." "Thank you very much." I said with a smile. "Are you okay going alone big sis?" Elsa said. "If you want, I can accompany you." "No need Sasa, I can manage." I declined Elsa’s offer.I stood up and exited the receiving room. Outside, Philips and Bob were standing guard with other two from the duke’s guard. "Been waiting ages." Bob whispered and was looking bored.I giggled in response. "Is the duke waiting?" I asked in a low tone. "Yes, I will lead the way." Bob said.I looked at Philip before departing. "Stay here for now. If Sasa comes out and searches for me, tell her Bob was the one to escort me to the rest ro
Inside the duke’s office the four of us, Duke Monroe, Marvin, Bob, and I were sitting down the receiving area. Tea and snacks were brought in by the butler and maid just a while ago and we were having refreshments right before going to the serious conversation that we need to discuss. "Is it okay for me to start?" I asked them. I know that Marvin also has an important message to deliver so I asked if I can go first and discuss the topic about the queen. "Of course your highness." Marvin said with a gentle smile. "I can relay King Ragnar’s message after you." I nodded in agreement. "Duke Monroe." I shifted my gaze to the duke. "As you know, my aunt Queen Fiona is also a Spartan princess like me. She has been held captive after the war by the former king of Geneva and he did...terrible things to her." I scrunched my face in disgust just by thinking how the former king of Geneva defiled my aunt. The former king’s action gave birth to the cold hearted Queen Fiona now, thinking about it
"The forbidden magic must not get into the hands of those who are unworthy." Marvin muttered.All three of us in the room looked at him questioningly."What do you mean by ’unworthy’ dad?" Bob looked at him puzzled.Marvin breathed in and sighed deeply. "I am not here just because of the request the king of Avalon has given to me, I am also here to see who the true bearer of the forbidden magic is." Marvin said with conviction. "The true bearer, is it about the prophecy of the chosen one you have told me before?" Bob asked and Marvin nodded in reply. "Princess Isabella, you might not know but I was the lead researcher of the mad king before the Great War. I was the one that found the forbidden magic and exposed it to the whole continent." Marvin looked bitter. "I was the reason why all of this had happened." "Dad, you are at it again." Bob scolded his father. "The last war wasn’t your fault. It was the mad king’s madness that drove the country of Sparta to ruin." "Please tell me
The conversation in the duke’s office flowed quite in my favor. We were deep in our talks when I heard something from the direction of the door. I looked at that direction and saw the door was opened slightly. ’That’s weird.’ I thought to myself.As I remember, the last ones that came inside were the butler and maid that brought our tea and snacks. I was sure they closed the door before they left. Two guards are also stationed just outside the door. "I will excuse myself for a while." I told the gentlemen in a hushed voice.I stood up and walked towards then slightly opened door. I made sure to walk at the blind spot, if ever someone is really peeking inside the room and eavesdropping in our conversation. When I was just by the door, I quickly opened it and in one swoop someone fell down on the floor with a thud. "Aww, aww, aww." I hear a familiar voice of a girl. "Sasa?!" I looked surprised. I never thought that the one eavesdropping on us was Elsa. "H-Hi big sis." Elsa said shy
Duke Monroe nodded after hearing me. "I will do everything in my power to help you." He said solemnly. "But I am afraid your plans to escape this weekend will be difficult." "And why is that?" Bob asked. "It is the perfect time while the queen is away." "Yes it is the best time to escape while the queen is away but the problem doesn’t lie on that." Duke Monroe said. "The crown prince will be back soon. As my informants told me, he will probably arrive tonight." "What?!" I asked in surprise. I never imagined I would meet Darius again face to face.My heart was thumping faster with the mention of his return. I can feel a mix of fear and anger rising inside me. Darius was the one that planned the attack on our engagement parade more than a year ago and it resulted to the destruction of a part of the Wales capital. "My brother is returning?" Elsa asked. "I also didn’t know about this." "I am afraid the crown prince has made his journey back discreetly." Duke Monroe said. "He is trav
[Ragnar’s POV]After our long journey we have arrived at our destination, the junction in the Euphrates River. I have already sent word of my arrival to General Austin in advance and so he had a small group of his soldiers to meet us. "Greetings to the sword and shield of the Avalon Empire." The soldiers made a formal greeting and bowed. "Rise." I said with authority. The soldiers obediently followed my words. "Your majesty, we will escort you to the general’s camp." The leader of the group said. "Mm, lead the way." I said.The soldiers got back to their horses and led the way to the hidden camp. The ride didn’t take too long. We arrived at the hidden camp set up the General Austin’s men. Along the way the soldiers in camp gave their salute to me.After coming to a stop I alighted from my horse and gave the rein to one of the servant boys on standby. "Tell the stable boy to take care of the horses well. They just withstood a long journey." I told the servant boy while gently patt
[Ragnar’s POV]Since my arrival at the hidden base, I made time to survey the surroundings and the junction of the Euphrates River itself. General Austin briefed me of their plans along the way. "My fleet has been split into two units. Each unit has been specifically placed beyond the fork of the junction." General Austin explained.The Euphrates River junction runs from Geneva down south to Avalon. The junction splits into two ways, down to Avalon and the other is out to the west seas. General Austin’s plan is to launch a surprise attack from both directions. "If I am correct, you are planning a pincer attack against their naval fleet." I said as a matter of fact. "Yes your majesty, the plan is to lure them in with our original defensive fleet at the center. And when they are in the correct range, we will launch a pincer attack." General Austin replied. "That is a good plan." I praised. "With this, their retreat path will also be cut off." I smirked.Because the junction is a goo