Escorted by one of the prince’s trusted knights, Lady Edelfina walked hand in hand with Danry until they reached the door of his bed chamber. The knight opened it for them, and they went inside while the boy continued to whimper. “I-I did not hurt Nana… You believe me, right, Fina?” Edelfina looked above to see the prince’s ocean-blue, innocent-looking eyes and smiled, “Of course, Danry. You know I will always believe you. I know you are not capable of hurting anyone, unlike what that woman was saying.” Shortly however, Edelfina began to sigh, “but she is not really the duchess, Danry, so you must stop calling her that. She is just someone who looks like Nana, but the truth is she is a really rotten person, so don’t get too close to her, alright?” “She is?” Danry said, wide-eyed. “Of course she is. You know that I would not lie to you.” Edelfina replied as she flashed her pearly white teeth once again. ‘Oh, but you already did... more than onc

Langrion’s hand shook as he slipped back into his bed chamber unnoticed. His face did not reveal anything, but his heart was ablaze with so much rage and anger. He clutched his mother’s ring tightly towards his chest. It was his most prized possession. His mother gave it to him when he was a little boy, and he promised her that he would give it only to the girl to whom his heart would belong to. Langrion thought that he can finally fulfil his promise when several months ago, he decided to propose to the person he had loved since childhood – the elegant and lovely Edelfina. He had been over the moon with happiness, and he thought she was as ecstatic as him too. He wondered why she had asked him to keep their engagement a secret, saying that she needed time to announce it to the House of Nanris. When he finally saw her together with his brother in bed one day, he had begun to understand that Edelfina had other plans. He accepted it without word when she broke their eng

Without a second thought, Shia stepped into the hole she had torn open from the vibrating air. She called over to his majesty, whom she had been dragging all along in her arms, and to Khailis with a voice that no one would probably dare to refuse. “Let’s go, Langrey! Khailis!”  Shia hissed, trying not to look back at the mage, who was calling her incessantly. To her great relief, the lady and his majesty followed her as she stepped into the hole and into a vast, silent valley. All at once, the hole shut itself up, and in a second, the vibration in the air she had just seen disappeared. They had just completely left Mage Silas behind on the other side of the void. Shia was still firmly clutching Langrion’s arm and did not realize that her whole body was trembling in fright. She moved closer to his chest and breathed in between fits of anger and sobs. “Idiot!” She said, “Are you an idiot?! What were you trying to tell him back there?!” He p

Shia led Mage Silas on her secret plan. “There won’t be any killings. If all goes well, the Ancient Evil will kill himself.” “What? Is that the wild plan you have wanted me to take part of all along, child?” the mage said, looking at her incredulously as if all the screws and hinges in her head had been set loose. “Indeed. I know it sounds ridiculous, but please hear me out. If we could only succeed into tricking the Ancient Evil to kill himself, then the Demon King’s prophecy can’t take place at all; or if I get to kill the Ancient Evil before the Demon King rises, then the prophecy won’t come true –” “You are one remarkable child! I never knew you can be quite crazy!” He narrowed his eyes towards her, peering closely as if trying to discover what her exact thoughts were. “Tell me? Do you not know the exact prophecy about the rise of the Demon King? Don’t you know what will happen if he is not killed.” “I know,” Shia replied. “That is why I intend to

“Edelfina,” Shia heard Langrion’s twin say as he stirred from her lap, “how come you smell so much more enticing today, hmm?” He raised his head until it was eye level to Shia’s own brown eyes while his hands continued to rest around her waist. He must have been as surprised and as embarrassed as Shia was since his cheeks and ears turned crimson like hers. They just sat there, seemingly frozen and saying nothing to each other. They simply gazed in each other’s eyes for a long, long time. After what seemed like an eternity, Danry – or whoever he was that had been presently in possession of the prince’s body – started to close in the remaining gap between them and started to descend upon her. He continued to stare deeply into her eyes, and he started to come even closer and closer towards her, making her feel more and more uncomfortable, although she tried her best to hide it by keeping her ground. When he was just an inch or two away from her face though, Shia