His name is…” Stella hesitated as she glanced at her friend Leo. When the little boy seemed nervous as he exchanged a look with my sister. Viex let out a sound that caught Stella’s attention. I saw Viex nodding at her in encouragement. Stella nodded back and looked at me. “His name is Kellar, and he’s the son of king Ferius.”
My body tenses up at the name and I looked at the child. The boy, Leo or Kellar, seemed both ashamed and nervous under my scrutinizing gaze.
“But he’s not bad! I swear.” Stella says and waved her hands to catch my attention. “He’s nothing like his brothers and father.” She insisted.
My mouth opened and closed like a fish. I badly wanted to point out all the red flags about having the son of King Ferius here and the threat that it would bring. But I stopped myself because I didn’t want to see
As we were ushered into the safety of the castle, we could not help but notice all of the elven soldiers marching out in different directions and coming into multiple platoons. All of them were dressed in dark green outfits that would blend pretty well with the environment. “This way, highnesses.” The elves who escorted us ushered us to the same rehabilitation room. Once we got inside, we found Ace pushing Nora behind his back. On one of his hands has his bow ready and pointing the sharpened edge towards us. When he saw who we were, he immediately lowered his weapon. He frowned. “What? Do I have to babysit the rest of them? I only care about protecting Nora!” He protested. “Apologies, your highness. But it was Queen Sierra's orders to keep the guests as close as possible.” One of them said.
“Ace? I think you might have hit your head on something while you were in Tereau, because there’s no way that it’s possible.” I said as I pictured out the size of the bark surrounding Tordis. “There’s no way that you can manage that on your own!”“That’s the reason why I have this thing in the first place.” He says while gesturing at the orb inside the bag. “It will provide me the magic that I lack to fully restore the tree.”I placed my hand on my hips and breathed deeply. “Where the hell did you get this crazy idea? And how sure are you that this is going to work? Don’t tell me reading all those fantasy novels in my realm fueled this idea. Ace, I’m the one who should be coming up with crazy ideas! Not you.” I pointed at him. “You should be the guy who gives o
My ears were ringing when I opened my eyes. The first thing that I noticed was Viex and Custard laying beside me. Viex was back to his smaller form. He and Custard were just waking up when I saw someone crouching down. “Rose! Wakeup.” It was harder for me to identify the voice because of the ringing in my ears. And my vision was still trying to recover. “Ren?” I wondered out loud when his features started to become clearer. I saw him breathing out a sigh of relief when I responded. He helped push me back into a sitting position. And then I saw them. In front of us was Queen Siera crying as she clutched the king’s lifeless body in her hands. Then my eyes switched to Eltur and Darem who were trying to shake Ace awake.
News of the Elf King’s death spread like wildfire. Every kingdom heard the story and how king Ferius launched a full-on attack on Tordis. How it survived thanks to the king and young prince’s sacrifice that the Kingdom is still standing.Because of this, they started to remember how Gija was annihilated and most kingdoms began to panic.We went back to Thalia along with Stella and Kellar after attending the burial of the Elf King.Stella has been enjoying accompanying King Luke in the greenhouse and sharing her knowledge with him. King Luke was pretty thrilled at the idea and I have this suspicion that he was picturing himself as a father figure to her. I guess, he kind of got that opportunity of becoming a dad seeing as how he treated Stella like his own daughter.
I got off of Viex to face him fully. I have to admit that I almost forgot that he was going to be here with all that has happened. Fred, the new King of Hazel, was accompanied by two attendants who were looking at me warily. I frowned at their gazes. It was pretty obvious which side they were on. The king of Hazel followed my gaze when he noticed the look on my face. “If you two have a problem with me talking to the princess then you are both dismissed.” He simply told them. One of them, a brown-haired man who looked like he was in his mid 30’s, started to protest. “Sire, she-” Fred cut him off. “Have I not made myself clear? Very well, then. The two of you are dismissed.” The man started to speak, but the ot
“Hello?” Ace was asking me but I refused to turn around and look at him.I can’t I am not ready yet.“Aha..ha.” I choked on my spit as I laughed. “Thank you. And sorry about that.” I straightened myself up and fixed my shirt consciously. I sure hope that I did not smell since I was still wearing my training uniform.Viex, the traitorous fox, switched to Stella as soon as I fell back. The two of them were now sharing a look as they watched how awkward the situation is.“You seem familiar.” I heard him say. “Your...your presence that is.” I could hear him moving to my front in order to see my face. I began to panic and moved as well just to avoid making eye contact with him.
I stood in front of the door where the royals and nobles were probably discussing mine and my sister’s future. I raised my hand to knock, but I hesitated. Even from here, I could hear inaudible yellings and growls from a certain beast-men. I was pretty sure that it was Ren and Dan. “Are you sure you want to go inside?” Ace was stood beside me. His eyes were looking at me with worry, not because of my decision, but whether or not I can take the pressure that I would be put through. “Not gonna lie. I want to run away from here as fast as possible, but that would cause more trouble instead. And how can they respect a princess who just hides under the shadows of others?” I said it after a sigh. “I’ll go with you then.” He offered.
“No.” I whispered. Horrified at the scene in front of me that I had to take a step back and cover my lips.It was horrible! It’s one of my worse nightmares.As soon as the meeting ended I was just about to head back to the garden. It was agreed upon that the royals will be staying in Thalia for a few days in order for all the kingdoms to get together and have a polished-out plan on how to take down Ferius.While all the royal visitors were being escorted out to their respective rooms, I went out to look for my sister. It was a good day and I was in a good mood.It was until I saw THIS!I was hiding behind a tree and clawing it in anger.‘Princess,