Wearing formal attire, the three of them: Ibrahim, Aidan, and Firash took their sweet time. From the resident palace and straight to their east wing where all the government workers were working.“Sister… the youngest… will she not be here?” Aidan asked in wonder.“She is not,” Firash answered.“Why?” There’s a hint of pouting inside that voice.“Because she doesn’t want to.”“This meeting will become so boring without her.” He grunted loudly.Ibrahim hummed, agreeing with his firstborn.“At least… our overdue meeting is happening thanks to her.” Firash’s tone was malicious. It was a warning for his brother to act accordingly as a crown prince.Again, Ibrahim had to agree. He hated it, but he had to agree. That’s because Firash was right. Shadow was never taken advantage of regarding her title. Furthermore, she was the most beloved princess in this kingdom. Everyone devoted their love to Shadow and it was never a secret.Whenever she showed her face to the people, the people would scr
The king’s family waited for the queen right in the middle of the path. Due to safety, they had to be under the roof whenever they were together. They could handle any threat alone, but together, their guard simultaneously went down. It was because they had complete faith in the knights to protect them while they were enjoying them. It wasn’t a wise choice but they didn’t care. The surveillance and protection were triple the moment Shadow was added to the family.The protection was not only available inside the palace, but it covered the whole kingdom. Why? In their book, Shadow was a petite human who had no lion power. Nevertheless, she carried a lion crest proudly as if she was one of them.And yes, she was one of them. She was their family, friend, and protector. She was qualified to do so. She had the right. “Come again.” Dhia nudged her brother.“She is not here, sister,” Firash said in frustration.“Where is she, then?” “I don’t know, Princess Dhia. She can be anywhere, som
Inside the meeting room, they were sitting around the round table, facing everyone with clear air. The space of the room was massive with the table situated in the middle to not intimidate each other. This room was called the Equal Room where no one was above anyone. Hence, the name. The room was Shadow’s idea and to be fair, Ibrahim loved it so much. Queen Liliana seemed to be pleased as well. They were exchanging a few greetings between them, talking about their interest for a couple of minutes. But his eye twitched because Liliana’s attention was riveted to her surroundings.“Queen Liliana, what are you searching for?” Ibrahim said politely.“Where is our beloved princess, King Ibrahim?”Ibrahim cracked his knuckles, his lips curved inwardly. “As you can see, she is not here.”“She is supposed to be our main character. Where does the character go without being inside the meeting room? I don’t have any desire to face you guys without her.” Queen Liliana unintentionally spoke arro
“Albert.” Albert looked across the room, where Lily was. “You can tell us if you’re ready. But if you don’t, we will wait for the day to come. We need to understand your point of view. We need to know why you betray your own kind. We need to make sure that we will not regret anything. Our decision or whatever.” Albert sniffled. He couldn’t refute her. Hell! She was right. If they want to have an equal footing, they need to strip their bodies naked. Lily had told him about her past, about why the wolf tribe was aiming for the hyena tribe. It was his turn now. Hell! He wanted to. He really wanted to. Nevertheless, it wasn’t easy to come undone. His secret was prone to receive the biggest reaction from everyone. And yes, including the king and his family. Luckily, Shadow didn't do as much as twitch her mouth and moved on past that. But he couldn’t. It’s hard to do that. Dhia placed her arm on Albert’s shoulder and pulled her into a hug. Albert was younger than Aidan and Dhia. Bo
The massive body was still showing its strength and putting air to dominate the atmosphere. And, as soon as there was a clash on the ground, the sky fell down and the ground split yet again. As soon as the wind howled, it made that massive punch wind and blew off a few trees around. She and her two lions took a couple of hot minutes engaging with a familiar yet alarming scent. To be frank, she didn’t remember what had happened but when she opened her eyes, she was already on the forest floor and was blown by the unpredictable sharp wind. Her shirt had already tatted and her bloodshot eyes were still searching around. Not to say anything about her brain, but it totally pending and stopped working for the first time in her life. She tasted the blood at the corner of her mouth and heck! Her lips were already cracked. She looked to her side, her bare feet missing their shoes. GRRRRRRR~ A few drakes snarled and bared their poisonous fangs at Shadow and whimpered King and Double. The
“Hah! It’s not enough that you took me from my father without his consent.”“Are you mad, doll?” Ajiad grinned and folded his arms across his chest.“Am not.” Shadow’s blank expression proved her answer.“Apart from being my daughter–”“I was coerced to be your daughter, papa.”GROOOWL!BOM!The environment became so chaotic.“Do you hate it? Becoming my daughter?” Ajiad unsheathed his dagger as well.“I don’t know,” shrugged. “You forced me and Albert to be your children.”Taking Shadow and Albert as his adopted children against their will and creating such behind the king’s back could be considered treason. His action was a red flag because he was acting according to his desire.Ajiad barked a burst of gleeful laughter. “Spare this old man. I have been married for more than decades. My brother had his own children, so I want to have mine as well. However, we are incapable of having a child.”“So, you resorted to kidnapping both of us and forced us to be yours instead? Interesting ta
The two of them hugged each other with their eyes planted on the breeze under Shadow’s feet. The ground had disappeared. Ajiad gasped loudly, breaking his character as soon as it involved Shadow’s safety.“What are you doing, doll?” He snarled.Instead of asking him, Shadow took his agitation to her advantage and swung her fist under his chin.“Ugh!” Ajiad nearly stumbled backward.Shadow felt the grip around her loosened up and she swiftly shifted her body and fled.She landed behind Ajiad while snatching the dagger on the floor before kicking the abandoned dagger toward her uncle. “Our training is not ending anytime soon, papa.” She announced proudly.“You fool.” Ajiad reset his jaw with a crack sound. “That hurts, yeah.” But his eyes flashed with anticipation.Of course, Ajiad was a warrior and a teacher before her father. He was hella proud of her development.“You took my weakness to your advantage, doll. Marvelous.” He clapped but didn’t pick up the dagger, nonetheless.“Well t
“No, NO!!!!” He plopped on the ground with an unbelievable expression on his face. His arm was extended toward the empty cliff, feeling so empty about it. His heart was torn and beating irregularly. He saw her. She was grunting, she was huffing, she was… in pain. He felt like his world was rotating and his vision narrowed. His breath clumped inside his chest, choking his throat. He dropped to the floor as his legs jerked angrily to the side. Eh? Jerking? His narrow vision fell on his empty feet. The purple blood that pinned his feet was now nowhere to be seen. As if it was his fragment of hallucination. He choked in tears, sobbing before scrambling toward the edge of the cliff. He craned his head and gazed down. His body flinched. The shallow steam was deeper than he originally thought. “Doll! Doll! Shadow! Princess!” He called his beloved daughter by various names, hoping she would answer in any given name. The sound of the calm water flow answered him instead. His eyes alread
Black and Teal landed at the training ground where Shadow was. Their clean attire fluttered around, eyes focused on Shadoe who was harassing her sparring partners which consisted of Albert, Firash, Aidan, Dhia, and also Musa. Watching those people's haggard faces and tattered clothes, Teal covered her mouth as a nostalgic feeling crept under her skin. It was not a great experience. Although, it increased her prowess, power, ability to wield her GIFT, and strength. Still, it wasn’t a pleasant experience knowing how brutal Shadow could be. “I think we need to rescue them.” “Should we?”Black mumbled while stroking her chin while Teal shivered at the thought alone. Then, both of them wavered their hands as those people took notice of them and pleaded with their eyes.“Should we?”“... we should, should we?”Black asked cunningly and Teal sighed in resignation. If they don't save them, they might hit their limit soon. In normal circumstances, it would be ideal, however, not right now.
“Hmmm… are those the ships that we need to destroy?” “Apparently so, Blue.”“Seriously?”“Yup, yup.”“... that thing is gigantic. What the…” “Fu fu fu. Believe me, I thought so too, Blue.”Blue and Pink were standing right in front of the naval ship. Blue was standing on top of the ice he created while Pink was flying, fluttering her flower’s wings behind her back.They were in the middle of the sea with nothing in it. They were sure that the mermen would be ambushing. They expected it to a certain extent, however… what they didn’t expect was the oblivious approach.The naval ships filled with countless beastmen, no. hundreds of confused beastmen. Both Pink and Blue didn’t smell particularly strong.Blue seemed delighted but Pink was quite vexed. “Did we get the weakest link?” She flipped open her paper fan and fanned it harder.“I don’t know. Feels like I am in heaven.”Pink gnashed her teeth and glared at her partner.“What?” Blue acted innocent.“You and your stupid attitude.” S
“Look. there’s an ass picture of the supposed dragon lord.” Green mumbled next to White.“I can see that, Green.” White tried to control her lips from vomiting.“Just alerting you.”“Thank you.”Green and White were disguising themselves as a wizard and a witch. Wands at each hand.“Young man,” a soft touch was placed on Green.Green reflexly turned his head at the old lady next to him. His green eyes dilated a mere second before a sweet smile emerged. “Yes, beautiful lady?” “Ho ho ho,” the old lady that looked not more than 70 years old radiantly chuckled. “How sweet you are.” White looked away, acting like Green and she wasn’t related. The old lady might appear 70, but she knew better, that the old lady was centuries old.“Do you know what is the meaning behind this painting?”Green stroked his chin, pondering at the ass painting – again, the supposed dragon lord. He wasn’t sure what to say. It was literally the buttcrack of Ferdinand. How’d he know? The description was literall
Bzzzzzzt~The sharp sound of electricity traveled across the metal factory.Unlike Grey and Brown, their destination was a metal factory. Thanks to kind-hearted Grey, they changed their destination. It was the closest and it was on the ground.Everyone knew Orange didn’t do well underground due to old trauma. Hence why Grey decided to give in. As always. Also, they all knew that Orange was Grey’s favorite. Of course, Grey denied the claim and the issue died there. As usual.They strolled inside as if they were visiting the factory, not invading. Meanwhile, the enemies were panicking.“Abad’s been hit. There’s someone out here–” The voice that was shouting through the radio before cutting out. Huh? The fuck? Abad’s hurt?“Captain Ayham, the left side is clear,” Barqi said right after that. “We’re moving, heading to the main pathway.” Ayham gritted his teeth.He was in the controller room. CCTV captured the activities inside the factory. However, the place where the enemies were situ
Tap! Both of them landed right in the middle of the nothingness. It was barren. Sand, rock, and cactus. That’s all.It was a freaking desert.“This is the right place.” Brown adjusted his mask.Grey raised his arm into the air and pulled out his middle finger and felt the air.“Why must that one?” Brown was tired of his antics.“As long as I can do my work,” retorted Grey nonchalantly. “What about your situation?” Slightly turned his head at Brown.“I have a clear vision.” Brown closed his eyes, feeling the movement underneath. “How many?” He tilted his head. Something was wrong. The weather felt wrong for some reason. The density of air was different than usual.“Approximately 50 beastmen on each floor. I could be wrong.”“And how many floors do they have?” He opened his eyes and stared at the sky.“Approximately… three.” Grey counted the clouds in the air. “Three? Are you sure?” Brown tilted his head and set his jaw, feeling the vibration even the smallest one. “Wait a minute!
“Wild Bunny, gather!” Black clapped her hands, calling the rest of the restless members.“What are we? Fucking school kids?” Orange murmured silently, his steps still trudging toward Black.“Shut your stinky mouth.” Brown clicked his tongue.“What a fool.” White shook her head.“You’re the last thing I want to hear.” Teal groaned.“We ain’t fighting.” Pink pushed both their heads at once while walking past them.The rest of them were laughing inwardly.Once they gathered, Black placed a transparent bowl with numerous folded papers in it. Her black eyes latched on each one of them, wriggled her brows petulantly.“As usual, we’ll choose our area the Old Way.”“Ugh! I hate it.” Blue murmured amongst them. The voice filled with annoyance.“We must use this method to ensure fairness, Blue Bunny.” Blue rolled his eyes shut and slumped his head on Pink’s shoulder.“I’ll pick the paper for us.” Pink raised her hand.“Me… will do.” White raised her hand as well.Gold nodded at Black.“Alright
Flashback! “Hey! Do you want to hear a secret?” Shadow asked right after her wedding took place.All the Underworld family gathered around. A secret? Just you, and the rest of us? Ehe., hehehe. Oops. sorry that had to come out. Go on.” Brown and Orange clasped their hands in full happiness.“What is it?” Black swallowed hard. “Don’t tell me…”“Something is wrong.” Captain from Mandrill Monkey arched his brow in anticipation.“I also can feel it in my dick.” Daddy from Mandrill Monkey stroked his chin.“God damn it, Daddy.” “I am only telling the truth. My dick can feel it.” He had no remorse, no shame.“Please don’t talk about that in the open, I guess?”“About what? Dick? Why? Because we have ladies here?”“Yes, and it is inappropriate.”“Why? They can talk about their vajayjay if they want to.”“Damn it, Daddy! Stop it!” Captain clasped his mouth and dragged him away.The rest of the Mandrill Monkeys were cackling as if there was no tomorrow. “After analyzing the movement of the
“Sniff… really?” Phantom rubbed his nose against Shadow’s neck.“Yes. I can’t live without you. I swear.” She tried to appear convincing.“But will you die?” He was adamant about Shadow’s life.Why wouldn’t he? He was there when Shadow was at the bottom. He was there when she was suffering. He was there when she died hundreds of times. He could do nothing but watch her from afar. He had no physical body nor the capability to protect her. He was a mere artificial intelligence living in the system. “Phantom… I will cease to exist following the promise of the previous lord. Abah. I can’t die before that. My body has been programmed to do so.”It was her sad life. Cease to exist. She would never experience death like others. She would cease to exist when the time was calling. Her death would be a mysterious death. A sudden death. Abah had promised her up to 1000 years old. She knew her body couldn’t hold that long. According to her calculation, she had 800 years more to go. Plus and min
“Have you improvised their ID card or something?”Shadow turned her head at her desk. Phantom was seen sitting on top of his folders, crossed legs, and caned his chin with his hand. He was grinning wide.“You’re here?” Shadow rested her head on the visitor chair in front of her desk.Phantom’s foot was wagging back and forth, right in front of Shadow. Yet, the girl said nothing to reprimand him. She was just extremely.Phantom waved his hand, some sort of greeting or whatever.“No, the upgraded version. As soon as the card seeped into him, his whole existence was inside the system.” She answered.“When did you develop the new version?” It piqued Phantom’s interest.Shadow merely scoffed and shut her eyes. “Mind checking how well the information settles in?” She meant all the information regarding Amari’s body.It felt like time stopped momentarily. Phantom lost his smile. The usual playful vibe was killed. Phantom killed it. Anger gradually flamed inside his eyes.“Whatever you mean