CRASH!
"Ah!"
Two maids immediately came forward from their stand-by position when they saw and heard what had happened. Penelope accidentally dropped a flower vase to the corner of the table, breaking it and hurting her own hand.
Blood trickled down her arm and into the floor, but Penelope was in a daze when the maids approached.
"What's wrong, Young Miss?" one of the maids asked.
"I... don't know..." Penelope's heart started to beat weirdly. Why was it? She... didn't quite know.
Penelope's brown eyes blurred; she thought about something weird... 'Why... do I think of His Highness Hyacinth right now?'
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"Duchess!"
Harriet was startled by the sudden commotion. She turned to the church door and saw Ezra running at her. She broke down in tears but immediately cried to her, "Please save him...!"
Zaha walked down the palace corridor with his hands chained. It was almost ten in the morning, the time for him to check on his brother.Three guards assigned to him were glancing at him in silence. Zaha knew all of the palace guards and servants had something they wanted from him, but he kept silent.For now."Why can't you all take over my treatment if you said I am doing well?! Why must my useless little brother still need to check on me?!"In front of the King's Chamber, Zaha and the three guards assigned to him stopped. They heard the scream of Yuha from inside the room.To answer Yuha's question, Zaha could see that in this palace... no, in this kingdom, there was no one still standing on Yuha's side.Everyone was trying to assess what Zaha wanted and moved according to his subtle instruction... even if Zaha himself was not intending to instruct anythin
"Do you still remember the little rhyme I used to sing for you, Brother?"Yuha asked softly.Little Zaha used to never be able to go to sleep. He was afraid to be left alone in his vast room, forced by his mother to be an adult. He was made to be the rival to the Crown Prince.But then, his big brother would sneak into his room and sing him a song.Brother's gonna buy you a mockingbird, I'll give you the world...I'll buy a white jade ring for you, and I'll sing for you... I'll do anything to see you smile..."And if the mockingbird don't sing and the ring doesn't shine, Brother, you know what I did," Yuha sighed. "I killed your silent mother and our fake father.""But you, my brother... why do you think I never considered killing you?""Are you not the only real family I had?" the man smiled.Zah
"Madam, why did you not tell the Princess about Crown Prince Hyacinth?" Daniel asked.The moment he finished his sentence, Harriet looked into her mirror and saw herself wearing her silver armor. The breastplate was engraved with the image of a wolf on a rose-gold plate.The long-sleeved tunic was decorated with a red ribbon embroidered alongside Almandine jewels.36 hours after the portal opened on that beach, Heinrich's Ravens fell from the sky. That unknowingly gave Harriet a heart attack, and she almost collapsed.She didn't know why, but she was crushed by the revelation that Heinrich might be already..."I heard from the Duke that Heinrich Hyacinth swallowed a philosopher's stone to become an Archmage... I think it's unnecessary to cause Her Highness to worry," Harriet said.Her face was stern and focused. She walked out of the room and to the castle's
It was an empty beach. There were only stranded bodies of enemy soldiers littering the beach. On the faraway horizon, the still floating and vacant fleet immediately caught Liam and Ezekiel's attention."Did they change every soldier there was into wyverns?"Yes, they did. Liam could smell how there was no human in those ships, but he, in his wolf form, could not tell Ezekiel directly about that fact.Ezekiel jumped down Liam's back and turned his head everywhere for clues. He saw some unresponsive ravens on the beach, but in his head, it was not enough indication to tell him about Heinrich's state.He still believed that that man was still alive somewhere."Don't worry. He should be okay."Ezekiel turned to his back, where Liam stood there, naked."Harriet told me that the ravens fell from the sky almost 24 hours ago, but I don't think i
WOOF! WOOF!Young and elderly Lycans coordinate themselves inside the magic barrier. They saw the mages come inside with them and shrink the barrier to be stronger and more effective.Now the Mages understood that this would be the last defense they needed to keep safe.The refugees and the civilians were instructed to go to the castle at the center of it all. But weirdly, there were not many screams and chaos.The presence of the Lycans made them feel safer... even though they knew they were just hanging on one thread of hope."567 Wyverns and 3 Alpha left..." Harriet kept track of everything. "12 injured Wyverns, 3 injured from our side..."Harriet knew that it would not be long until they needed another howl attack to mess with the wyverns. But there were still wyverns on the ground that should have been handled immediately."We need s
The situation turned dire that fast. Two days ago, Penelope could still busy her mind with arranging flowers, but now, her life had turned upside down.An army of Wyverns attacked the capital. As the sun set, chaos ensued.Presently, Penelope and her household's servants helped people find shelter. Everyone was instructed to go to the castle and take cover.She saw many other nobles and elders take over the commands for security. While at the same time, Duke Platinum and his Lycan Army defended the city walls with the mages and soldiers from the central shoreline battlefield.Penelope wondered where Heinrich was. If some of his mages were here, then he must be close too, right?Unfortunately, lower-ranked nobles like her were not qualified enough to know that kind of information. Even if she was once the well-known gossiper in the Capital of Euclase, in this war period, even she
SLAM!"I don't care if you still refuse to send any reinforcement. But, if any of you got attacked in the future, then Hyacinth will not help you and your burned asses," Solderet said.All the people in the hall were surprised by this sudden outburst from Solderet. He had always been a calm and composed king, but he was now raging mad that he slammed the wide table."My son visited each one of you, begging in his knees to send reinforcement. For the world. And you chase him away.""How can we believe in such a boastful child? Archmage? Is that title a child's play?" the Marigold Kingdom's king sneered. He was the most hateful one among the other six leaders.As the current leader of the Marigold Royal Family and the descendant of Henry Marigold's cousin who ascended the throne after his death 70 years ago, he was bitter.Even Henry Marigold could not become t
"Elder Brother's Mana... had disappeared..."Julian's words shocked Solderet so much that he felt his breath stop. This was impossible. His eldest son was the Archmage!He looked at his sons. Their faces were as serious as a death sentence."Are you sure?" the man asked.Julian and Tornian didn't answer him, but their eyes stared daggers at the others in the room. Especially the current leader of the Marigold Kingdom."From the fallen raven, Tornian and I extracted the last images recorded by the ravens."Instantly, hundreds and thousands of screens appeared and filled the room. It was all made from Tornian's Magic that could transfer all of the ravens' recordings to empty space, like small windows of memories.Those images and recordings were all from the perspective of the ravens as they observed Heinrich's fight against thousand upon t