Flashback ended.
Liliane wiped her tears away.
"Too many people lose their lives that night. The Emperor went ballistic once he realized that his beloved Queen died, his oldest son in such miserable condition, while his youngest son is missing. He loses control over his magic due to his grief. On top of that, the death of his best friend, Zarack, slapped him hard on the face. The Emperor started to change for the worst. He treated his child harshly, pushing all the blame on you. Until this day, his hatred towards you never recede. The rumor about you also played a significant role in exponentially increasing his dislike. For anyone who showed pity towards you, or defending you, will be severely punished by him. Anyone who talked about the incident also got exiled to the Dark Forest for
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Jae Woon clears his throat after he had managed to calm his raging hormone and a particular issue down below. His cheek still had faint tints of pink hues. Nevertheless, he intends to ignore his body's needs and focus on the crucial problem."Please-cough-describe the curse. My mother must have told you something about the upcoming war and curse.""I only know the curse will strike on the kingdom the moment you reached 18 years old. And, it will become worse after this point if the Emperor refused to stop his tyranny. Carina also said this in her letter. She keeps reminding me to help and assist you in the upcoming war. The Great War will happen sooner or later between us and the Maverick faction. That's all." Liliane honestly replied. "Although, she never pinpoint what kind of curse will befall on us."
I know it's a bit too late to say this. From this moment onward, Jae Woon will be known as Danial. ------------ Sean and Julian flared with envy at the loving interaction between their sister and the stranger. Who the fuck is this man?! How could he touch Ran's beautiful hair with that dirty hand?! "Who the fuck are you?!" They both seethed with anger. They are already in attacking position, with their weapon are sheathed out from their confinement and pointing toward Danial. "Ran, back off! Don't let that strange person touched you!" Seiran dismally rolled her eyes. Here they go again. Every time a creature named a male approached her, they will act as childish as a mentally-retarded child. She is tired of their over protective
Seiran is still fuming with anger. She refused to speak with her two older brothers, Sean and Julian. She treated them as an invisible wall during their dinner time. Seiran didn't even spare a glance at their pitiful expression. Due to their harsh action toward Danial, they were ignored by their lovely sister in return. Carina elegantly eats her dinner, only spoke a word or two with her husband. Other than that, silence is followed at the dinner table. Arthur, however, keeps looking at Danial with a frown on his face. He observed the other man with so much intensity that Danial started to feel uncomfortable. As if Arthur's blue-oceanic orbs tried to peer deeper at his soul, searching for something. He only retracted his gazes when Seiran coughed twice. She
The palace is enormous and divided into five wings. Each wing is painted and integrated with the color corresponding to its particular name. Every person working inside the palace building had their outfits immaculately emphasize which department they worked at, aside from their token pass. The Emerald Palace is consists of central offices, meeting halls, and other governmental buildings. Ministers and the high-ranking officers had a token in the form of a laminated pass with an emblem of their respective workplaces. These cards are made up of thick paper with powerful magic imbued in them. These tokens are a necessary item to bring before you can enter the palace ground. They served as a key with your personal identification in them. Every main checkpoint in the palace is supervised by a high-ranking guard from t
On the faraway land, beyond the reach of the Grandia Kingdom, there stood an enormous crystal palace barricaded with heavy, glittering silver fences and cinder bricks. It is located on the top of a mountain. With vast and lush greenery spreading out, a brisk, breezy wind flutters the dead and fallen leaves and petals withal. The crisp and the fresh smell of forest with honeyed-like scent of various types of flowers swirled in the air and warm sunlight that shone like a glittering halo. The scenery is magnificent and had the most dazzling spectacle, especially at night. The dark sky is surrounded by glittering stars. Whereas the moon itself will be shone with pride, illuminating the rest of the world. The Balzatine Kingdom has four seasons, summer, winter, fall, and spring, unlike the Grandia Kingdom, which only has two; summer and rainy seasons. Both were built on an island and separated by a vast ocean. There's only two transporta
Seiran's eyes twinkled. She walked in a brisk step toward Danial, greeting him enthusiastically. He is finally out after talking to the emperor for almost thirty minutes. Seiran is bored while waiting for him. "Danny, can we tour inside the palace? I heard the scenery here is the best, especially at night! Let also go take a look around the Amethyst Palace, the sacred temple. Please? Please?" She said in an exciting tone. Danial chuckles. This girl is always brimming with energy. Her smile somehow put Danial's troubling heart at ease. His hand playfully ruffled Seiran's blond hair. Nodding his head as a sign that he agreed to accompany her. Her almond-like eyes are glistening with excitement. She is easy to coax, as long as you know the right way. "Thank you, Danny!" Seiran hugged Danial's sturdy arm, and her cheeks are painted in rosy color. Yes, a date with Danny! She cheered inside her hea
"Prosecutor Kang?" "Danny?" These two voices are overlapped with one another, crisply resounding in his ears, like enthralling music. Two different voices, yet it brought up the same fluttering feeling inside his chest. The emotion is brimming his own heart with a surge of warm and tender affection. Danial frown. Why would he think that woman resembled Seiran? They are two different persons who are coming from two worlds and living in different timelines. Their appearances, even their personality, are a complete disparity of one another. Even so, after spending more time with Seiran, Danial couldn't help but thought about her frequently, noticing the transparent similarity and peculiarity between these two persons. Seiran and Inspector Kim. Their images fused, and another person emerged inside his mind. Who is she? He could recollect her laugh. He could even picture her smile. However, the fa
Seiran's happiness went undisturbed until they went home. She is beaming with joy, and nothing can't seem to disrupt her feeling. Her smile is contagious that even Danial couldn't help but chuckles at her antics. They took a carriage home. Seiran wants to treasure this rare and precious moment together with Danial. Once they get back, they will face the fury of Duke Arklight and her brothers. Because Seiran and Danial actually had the gut to leave Duke Arklight at the palace. That old man is bound to seethe in anger once he realizes that his beloved daughter had left him alone in the castle to elope with her boyfriend. Seiran sits beside Danial, their body is barely touching, yet it is enough to sense the spark between the two skins. They intertwined their hands and tightly interlocked their fingers. Their heartbeats are beating wildly, in unbridled rhythms. When their eyes met, they frantically shifted their gazes
The silence was unsettling. From a distance, someone can even hear the sound of dropping a pin onto the floor.The Bronze Pavilion became eerily quiet despite the palace crowding with people. The sudden drop in temperature, the unexpected coldness that froze out everything in its path, and the heavy pressure of tremendous Mana shrouded the place, all of this happened due to one person.The culprit who caused such disturbance casually leaned his body on the wall with his arms propped on the handrails. He looked at the kneeling humans, and some even groveling on the floor. Those people got denied the right to raise their heads by the oppressive force radiating from Danial's body. The piles of humans scattering before him kept groaning and whimpering in pain. They begged with their heads on the floor for the prince to let them off the hook.Danial said nothing. He neither felt pleasure nor guilty witnessing this scene.Instead, the brown pupils kept glowing, and the pair of irises turned
It took a whole hour for the chaotic situation from before to calm down completely. The injured were sent to the hospital while Princess Natasha refused her maid's help and threw an unwarranted tantrum.She kept yelling and unreasonably lashed her anger toward the innocent maid and blamed everything on her.With her mess-up appearance, she looked like a deranged person. Her beet-red face turned several times darker when her eyes which drifted towards Danial, had unfortunately aligned with his line of sight.She felt embarrassed, and she had never thought of such a humiliating situation occurring to her upon encountering this handsome stranger.Danial tilted his head and chuckled humorously. He seemed to laugh at her miserable condition.Natasha felt a pang of sadness inside her heart, albeit the giddy feeling overwhelmed her more. That by any means, the handsome stranger had noticed her presence. He would recall her face every tim
Present time.Sofia changed her outfit into a presentable one.She is completely engrossed in her gardening duty and often neglects her appearance. At the very least, when seeing Danial, she must look outwardly alright, or he might think of her as a gardener pretending to be a palace concubine.After a while, she rushed towards the Prince Pavilion, leaving behind her palace maids.She needed to deliver the thing that Carina entrusted to her. There was no way she would keep quiet any longer. Keeping a secret is a hassle and cumbersome thing. For eighteen years, she had a restless sleep and often had insomnia.That woman had not only burdened her with an unbelievable request. She also insisted on her telling him the truth. And, despite the unwillingness to do what she instructed, Sofia decided to confide everything to Danial, letting him determine his own fate.She had a feeling that Danial knew what Carina was hiding from the rest of th
"I said that my time has come." Carina calmly repeated the words. She lifted her hands, making the quote and unquoted gestures. "The ending of my life is just around the corner." A bolt of thunder seemed to strike Sofia as she stared unbelievably at Carina. She was speechless at her revelation. Did she mishear it? Seeing Sofia's dumbfounded face, Carina patted her cheek to make her soul come back to reality. "What? Could you repeat it?" Sofia blinked her eyes, her head tilted awkwardly as her round eyes stared at Carina in disbelief. She could barely hold back the snort that bubbled at the back of her throat. "I seemed to mishear your words?"
Eighteen years ago. Two months before the tragedy happened. In the Imperial Garden, during the night. The Imperial Garden brimmed with the vitality of nature, as lush of greenness spread as far as eyes could see. Colorful flowers and plants bloomed and flourished, creating a breathtaking scene under the serenity of the night. On this night, all the living beings in the garden were very energetic with the additional help of Carina's light magic. The plants energized and exuded more fragrances, filling the air with crisp and mellow scents. Carina was not alone. The small animals willingly participate, hurdled together in an inconspicuous corner, some well-hidden and some were not, accompanying her. Their appearances add layers of
Shadow Guard number six, whose name is akin to the master of infiltration, Wind Master. His nickname is Sixth. He served the Emperor as his personal bodyguard, alongside their leader, Master Art. Sixth's duty alleviated to be the Imperial Prince's bodyguard as soon as the young prince learned to walk by himself. His coworkers teased him that the Emperor was angry with him and demoted his rank to supervise the hated and ill-bringer prince, The First Prince, Prince Danial. Initially, he also thought so. The Emperor loathed his son and unceremoniously abandoned him to the farthest place within the palace. The palace was the Cold Palace. The young prince at that time was only five years old. He knew nothing and was still green about everything, especially
Danial entered his pavilion. He casually surveyed his surrounding with an expressionless face. He strode along the magnificent hallways with the shadow guard trailed behind him. The whole place seemed to paint in white. Only the curtains, the ornaments, and decorations were in different colors. The floor beneath is made of glossy wood. The surface seemed translucent and glistened when the light reflected on them. When you stepped on them, the footstep reverberated across the peaceful residential palace. In the center, there is a pond with a beautiful fountain. The Kois swam with great vitality, splashing the water around and sometimes creating waves after waves. The pond separated the palace into two parts and sturdy black fences barricaded around it. To the left side, you will reach the Prince's residence. And, to the right side, you will be entering the princesses'. At this time
Danial arrived at the outskirt of the Main City when the sun had spread its comfortable and soothing light on the boundless horizon. He left The Knight Residence when the dawn itself was welcomed by the world. The bright sunshine shone above him with its warm light. The sky is clear, and the weather for today is as spectacular as yesterday. The beautiful ambiance is befitting for anyone to take a stroll with family or friends, leisurely spending time together. Danial strode over the bridge, walking in a steady gait while evading the rush of upcoming carriage from his front. The luxurious carriage bypassed him in a flash, and he managed to catch a glimpse of a slender hand that lifted the white curtain. The long, golden hair shimmered under the sun as a head peeked outside the carriage's window. Danial scrunched his nose, left in a daze and astounded. The remaining nostalgia feeling of the good old days hit him on t
The rest of the family forced themselves to enter their rooms under the warning glare of Seiran. Although unwilling, the sibling reluctantly dragged their feet upstairs and obediently locked their doors, including Duke Arklight. The man was forcibly half-dragged and half-walked by his wife. Lady Liliane finally lost her temper and pulled her husband's right ear. She glowered, expressing her fatigues and sleepiness, and Duke Arklight relented. He kept sending a fierce glare towards Danial, who politely nodded his head in response. Duke Arklight felt that his vein was throbbing as he was infuriated by Danial's reaction. Before he could say anything, Liliane drilled both of her knuckles on her husband's temples. "Mercy! Darling, it hurts!" He wailed.