"I did it because I love you, Zariya."I got up from lying down because what Prince Cozen had said earlier kept haunting my mind. To this day, I still can't believe what he said. I’m not even sure if I heard the last three words he uttered correctly, “I love you, Zariya”. After he said that, he turned his back on me. He left me stunned at the words he uttered.There is a Prince who has confessed his love for me.It's not just one. Even Prince Arsh admitted to me just the other day.I can't measure my nervousness before, which is compounded by fear. Is this really what I'm afraid of?What Tata Lucio says has already happened. Because of the love that the Princes have for me, everything is in turmoil. Things have now become more complicated. Prince Cozen has already been able to merge with my Mother. He was able to oppose his own Father King and his brothers.I wanted to chase him but I chose to just go back to the kitchen because it was about to have lunch earlier. The other Princes mi
"Mother, you're mistaken. She's not Amity," Prince Arsh corrected his Queen Mother. Several times he tells his Mother that I am not Princess Amity but the Dear Queen still does not listen.She had previously emphasized my real name to her Son. She became stubborn and only believed what she said. It doesn't matter that Prince Arsh corrects my name because his Mother is very sure of every word he utters so it will be difficult for me to get through to the Prince's Queen Mother.She knows me.We both knew what she was saying was true.She knew who my parents were.She could no longer hold both my cheeks. Her eyes narrowed as she repeated my real name. She seemed to hate me for those looks. Full of anger.I was so nervous because I knew she really knew me. Add to that that she is very angry with me. If the looks are just deadly, I've been thinking about it before.The Queen shook her head again. "I can't be wrong, Arsh. The young lady's son of your Father's mortal enemy is with you today.
"Oh my gosh! It's already noon!"I was thrown out of bed when the sunlight from the small hole in the window hit my eyes, which is also why I woke up.The light coming from the sun is dazzling.Although still drowsy, I chose to get up. I'll go back to sleep later. There are still jobs waiting for me inside the palace.I quickly found my slippers and immediately put them on. I went straight to the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. I didn't even bother to open the food left by Kharim Celia on the table. I had to go to the kitchen to help prepare breakfast for the Princes.I went out of our room. I turned to the far end of the room before walking out, because that's why I'm stupid now. I woke up wondering if my suspicion that Prince Arsh had followed us was correct. If so, who is?He can't.Prince Cozen?I stopped walking and covered my mouth as if surprised at the shouted name of my mind. I could feel my heart beating fast because of the nervousness. This is me again with my co
"What's going on here?"My attention turned to the newly arrived Prince, Prince Nesh. Prince Arsh looked at him for a moment and immediately took it back because he looked at me seriously again. He did not take his eyes off where I was. It tries to read what I did.Prince Nesh's gaze landed on me and in a few moments it landed on my hand because of my grip on the King's hand. There he witnessed the good news that I would have liked to mention earlier but did not proceed because of the reaction of Prince Arsh."Father?" Prince Nesh quickly passed his brother and went straight to where I was. I also removed my hand holding King Valor's hand and stepped back to give the Prince enough space. "True! You're awake, Father!" The youngest Prince argues about what he has witnessed with his Father."N-Nesh," said the King. "My youngest Son," he added.Prince Nesh greeted his Father with a big hug. I’m happy to see them in that condition. Even the soldiers were overjoyed at what they saw now. Exc
"A-Are you okay?"I turned to the Queen of Norland. Her earlier angry face was replaced by pity. Her voice has softened now. After the two of us were locked up, she stopped shouting at me. She was just quietly lying in the corner and looking at me. It even told me if I was okay. I could feel her concern for me."I'm fine." I approached her. My feet are free to walk because only my hand was bound by Queen Emily, the Mother I knew in this world. Somehow, I didn’t have a hard time moving. My only problem was my bound hand.I felt bad for what my Queen Mother had done to me. She didn’t even think I could get hurt. She didn't even care about me. She did not hesitate to lock me up.How did she manage to do this to her own child? Why is it so easy for her to imprison me? To see me hurt, her own daughter.Is she so ruthless? What kind of Mother is she?"How about you? Are you alright?" I asked again. I am more concerned with the Mother Queen of Princes than myself. It had absolutely no scars
"Zariya?"My gaze stopped in emptiness when Prince Arsh waved his hand in front of me. He tried to grab my attention. That's when my trance returned."Are you saying something, Prince Arsh?" I asked.Ever since we escaped the Kingdom of Lacandia my mind has been flying. I couldn’t focus because of what happened. The trauma left me when we were still captives by Queen Emily. I really feel that we are still confined and have no opponent until now.The conscience I feel is really overwhelming. I even hurt Prince Cozen for telling me how I really feel for him. I have no intention of hurting him, I just want to make him aware of his wrongdoings and correct them before it is too late.But I don’t regret directing him. If that act gave me too much conscience, to Prince Cozen it would have been well done. As a result, Prince Cozen opened his eyes that he was spelling in the wrong direction.At first he also could not accept and it was hard to believe him but with the help of their Mother and
I immediately ran to the whereabouts of Prince Arsh when I saw the three Lacandia soldiers who had been behind me earlier. If Prince Arsh hadn't seen it, I would probably have been in their position, I'm the one lying on the floor now. Little did I know that my life had been on the brink of death. I would have seen San Pedro soon.I still can't fight them because there are three of them. What am I up against? Three versus one? Also, I don’t have enough fighting knowledge yet. I definitely lose when it happens. It’s good and ‘the Princes still don’t realize that I’m a Princess but I don’t know how to fight."Don't be afraid, I won't let you get hurt." Prince Arsh greeted me with a tight hug and gently stroked my hair. He was trying to erase the fear I had felt before. In those hugs, I could feel that he would never leave me and that he was always there, ready to protect me at any time.It didn't take long for him to hug me because it also came loose immediately. There are so many oppon
"How can I face Father with our youngest brother who is no longer alive?" The voice of the first Prince trembled.We are now surrounded by Prince Ravi who is sitting while holding Prince Nesh who has passed away. Of the four, Prince Ravi was the most affected. He blames himself for the death of the youngest Prince. He said he could not save it and let it perish. Earlier the Prince had been crying incessantly and trying to talk to his brother's cold corpse. He could not accept that it had passed away.After what happened to Prince Nesh, we suddenly disappeared from the palace and found ourselves in the basement where the Kingdom of Norland stood. We will all be doomed if we stay in the palace because we have no opponent. It’s as if we’ve even helped the opponent succeed if we insist on fighting back. So it is better to just leave and come back when we are ready to overthrow them.It’s just sad because we didn’t bring the other soldiers. They are constantly fighting and are not afraid t
We almost toured the entire vicinity of Simala Shrine Church and it was also close to twilight but until now Prince Arsh still doesn’t remember me. Soon we will go home and leave this church.It's a pity because what I expect is that he will remember me while we are still here because this church design helped a lot to remember our memories when we were still in the Kingdom of Norland."Oh, why are you upset about that?"I looked up at Kaith who was still busy taking pictures in the mini garden at the back of the church. I was sitting dejectedly behind her.I didn’t answer her and the expression on my face still remained.There seems to be no real hope that he will remember me.I will have a harder time reminding him when we get back to campus. Only the History subject connects us and that ‘time’ was not enough to remind him who I was in his past life.But what if he was right?Maybe I was wrong. He wasn't really Prince Arsh.That may be because I miss the Princes so much, I'm just lo
“Simala Shrine Church is a religious structure and establishment here at Sibonga Town, Cebu's southernmost province. In the 16th century, European missionaries, who are Spanish, planted the seeds of Catholicism in Cebu Province, and churches were built,” our Philippine History instructor explained. “Simala Shrine Church is now one of the most popular religious destinations in the Philippines. One of the most important aspects of most Filipino Catholics' lives is pilgrimages or visits to religious sites. This feature helps them maintain their confidence and persevere in the face of adversity.”Ma’am just kept talking but my brain didn’t absorb it. My mind was floating and no matter how much I wanted to listen, I couldn’t. I hear what she says about the history of this church but I don't know why I still don't understand anything. My brain is floating in the air so I can't focus now. This is because of the extreme embarrassment that happened earlier. I just gasp every time I think about
"Ouch!"A shout came to me when I opened my eyes."Wait! What's that?""Man, slow down to brake!"I heard loud complaints from various people around. Just a few moments later, I also complained because of the sudden bump on the seat in front of me. The right hand that supported my forehead was withdrawn so I was stunned completely.I slowly lifted my head to see what was happening.I still held my forehead bumped as I rolled my eyes all around. My eyes widened when I saw where I was.I'm on the bus!Am I in the modern world now?I saw our Class Mayor Shane in the middle and checked one by one with my classmates to see if anyone had bumped badly. Isagn and Kaleela, on the other hand, remained standing and seemed to be catching gossip about what happened to the bus we were riding. I want to approach them and hug them because I miss them so much. But even if I wanted to do that, I couldn't get close to my friends because all the students were standing there so that they could occupy the
"Aren't you coming down yet? Do you just want to let Father know?" It was the voice of a familiar person."There's no need because I'll be next after I put this herb on Zariya." My heart softened when I heard his voice. There's something about me that makes me want to wake up but what I'm doing is too painful."In that case, I'll be the first to go downstairs."I heard the conversation of two familiar people. Although I wanted to know if my suspicion that they were the ones talking was correct, I couldn't do it because I still felt pain in my head. I chose to close my eyes but keep my mind awake and continue to listen secretly. It will only take another pain when I insist more.I can't wait for an answer. I just heard the door close, it looks like one of them has come out. Just a few seconds later, I felt something cold land on my forehead.I could feel what the person next to me was doing. I heard him grind on what it was and again, he applied something to my forehead.Is that the he
Where am I?I’m not familiar with where I am. In the few months of staying in the Kingdom of Norland, I have only just been here. To my knowledge, there is no such place inside the palace. I’m not at Norland palace right now so I’m very curious how I got here.I turned around to look all around. I was amazed at what I saw.What a beautiful place!Extensive fields planted with a variety of flowers are here. I was in the middle and surrounded by flowers that were not familiar to me and I wanted to know what kinds of flowers it was because the color was so bright and so fragrant! It is entertaining to watch the whole surroundings, especially the butterflies flying in the air.This is similar to what Prince Arsh and I used to go to when we picked flowers for King Valor’s birthday, the Garden of Fragrance. But the only difference is, the Fragrance Garden is far wider than this place."What am I doing here?" I could no longer stop talking to myself.It really puzzles me how I got here? I lo
"Father, are you really sure you can do it? Maybe your body is still weak, maybe you still need to rest. Same to you, Mother," Prince Ravi said worriedly. "That's why we can even if you don't come anymore."He had asked question earlier after question whether King Valor and Queen Amelia were sure to join us in the raid on Norland which is now led by Queen Emily. He couldn’t help but worry because of what had happened to their parents. King Valor had just recovered from poisoning while Queen Amelia sustained wounds due to the captivity of my ruthless Queen Mother."Don't worry, your Mother is feeling good about us. This time, we will not allow ourselves to not be together in this battle. We will be more confident that we will win because we have joined together and will work together to recover. our home.”When our meeting was over we immediately prepared for the second war. We had enough rest and strength to dive again. It would be better not to prolong our invasion because that might
"How can I face Father with our youngest brother who is no longer alive?" The voice of the first Prince trembled.We are now surrounded by Prince Ravi who is sitting while holding Prince Nesh who has passed away. Of the four, Prince Ravi was the most affected. He blames himself for the death of the youngest Prince. He said he could not save it and let it perish. Earlier the Prince had been crying incessantly and trying to talk to his brother's cold corpse. He could not accept that it had passed away.After what happened to Prince Nesh, we suddenly disappeared from the palace and found ourselves in the basement where the Kingdom of Norland stood. We will all be doomed if we stay in the palace because we have no opponent. It’s as if we’ve even helped the opponent succeed if we insist on fighting back. So it is better to just leave and come back when we are ready to overthrow them.It’s just sad because we didn’t bring the other soldiers. They are constantly fighting and are not afraid t
I immediately ran to the whereabouts of Prince Arsh when I saw the three Lacandia soldiers who had been behind me earlier. If Prince Arsh hadn't seen it, I would probably have been in their position, I'm the one lying on the floor now. Little did I know that my life had been on the brink of death. I would have seen San Pedro soon.I still can't fight them because there are three of them. What am I up against? Three versus one? Also, I don’t have enough fighting knowledge yet. I definitely lose when it happens. It’s good and ‘the Princes still don’t realize that I’m a Princess but I don’t know how to fight."Don't be afraid, I won't let you get hurt." Prince Arsh greeted me with a tight hug and gently stroked my hair. He was trying to erase the fear I had felt before. In those hugs, I could feel that he would never leave me and that he was always there, ready to protect me at any time.It didn't take long for him to hug me because it also came loose immediately. There are so many oppon
"Zariya?"My gaze stopped in emptiness when Prince Arsh waved his hand in front of me. He tried to grab my attention. That's when my trance returned."Are you saying something, Prince Arsh?" I asked.Ever since we escaped the Kingdom of Lacandia my mind has been flying. I couldn’t focus because of what happened. The trauma left me when we were still captives by Queen Emily. I really feel that we are still confined and have no opponent until now.The conscience I feel is really overwhelming. I even hurt Prince Cozen for telling me how I really feel for him. I have no intention of hurting him, I just want to make him aware of his wrongdoings and correct them before it is too late.But I don’t regret directing him. If that act gave me too much conscience, to Prince Cozen it would have been well done. As a result, Prince Cozen opened his eyes that he was spelling in the wrong direction.At first he also could not accept and it was hard to believe him but with the help of their Mother and