At the top of the palace’s highest tower, Kenshi stood, his golden eyes fixed at Hannock and Mizuko. They are headed to the gates, leaving the castle for something Kenshi has to guess again. It’s getting harder to correctly guess what Hannock is about to do.
The more Kenshi looks at Mizuko, the more he wants to take her away. But he knows it will only be harder for Mizuko if he let his feelings out of control. If he disrupts this plan and take her away, Hannock will kill innocent humans and demons. It will only be then that he can do something. Part of his promise is not to kill Hannock until Hannock crosses the border of Yami and does harm there.
“If only you didn’t take in Hikari, you could have easily assassinated Hannock,” the crystal of Yami whispered in his ear.
Outside the witch and the wizard’s shop is Miranda looking side to side. She’s been doing doing that for couple of times now, hoping for Mizuko to show up and get home any moment now before it’s dark.Miranda is restless. Lately, Mizuko has been spending her time learning magic in the academy and training with Hannock. She knows what that will bring them, she knows the good days are ending. In three days, Yami will lose its crown prince, he will wander in his sleep and when he wakes, that smile will soon be visible again.Losing all hope as the sky painted black, Miranda let out a heavy sigh, looking up and sniffling from the cold. She bit her lower lip and rubbed her arms with her hands. What is Mizuko doing? It’s getting late.“Miranda, get back inside! The young lady will be home if she wants to come home!” Master Kaja told her.
The sun had faded and the sky was all dark with the full moon on its peek. Mizuko finds it calm to stare at the night sky. It's like lately, she has not been herself. Her hands were being controlled, her mind is filled with voices and she could not even go visit master Kaja and Miranda.In the veranda, in her mother's room she waits for her uncle's call. Hannock told her that they should stand guard in the front balcony and wait for those who will attack. It is said that when there is a full moon, enemy of this Kingdom and those humans who tries to bring fall into Hikari will likely attack for the energy of light is low.She does not get any of it but she knows she needs to protect her kingdom of those enemies. It is the only thing she can do for her kingdom—little things.Just some moments later, she heard a kno
Hannock's evil laughter filled the beautiful night and it started ringing into Mizuko's ear. Her wide eyes darted at demon she shot and the man beside him, calling his name, Zhemier. Pixie had called Kenshi that name before.Everything was in slow motion, even the way she blinked and her tears falling down. She ran towards Kenshi but her feet were suddenly heavy, taking her some time to even take a step. What's happening to her?"Mizuko, run away!" When she heard those words, she stopped running halfway towards them. Hannock took the chance to raised his sword and swing it across, cutting through the other demon who knew her.Who is he? Why does he know her?The moment Hannock was about to wield his sword ag
A year had passed and all of Hikari are in chaos. Some humans had started crossing the border, fleeing Hikari and seeking for refuge in the border land. Some humans who are too afraid to leave stayed but they were like beggars and have almost nothing to eat unless they give the King what he wants.In Pinress, there are Knights who guards some places and some has to guard themselves. Most of the time, Mizuko and the others would help some humans, rescue their people and kill the deformed humans who are Hannock’s devils.“They’re getting stronger, brother. How are we supposed to stop them now? What if it bothers Yami?” Mizuko asked Kozuko. They just killed three deformed devils and they know how they are getting closer and closer to the border of Yami.&l
The night has come for Hannock to give orders about attacking the lovely village his niece and nephew built. There's no stopping him now and although he knows it resides within Yami, he does not care. What does the King of Yami have? His demon knights? Well Hannock has got devils that are starving for more bloodshed."Tonight we attack my sister's precious little village!" Hannock announced to his new subjects. "Execute everyone you see!"The devils shouted their excitement, raising their big axes made of wood and stone stringed together and their machetes. Each of their mouth plasters a big grin.“Should we leave Kozuko and Mizuko out of it, our King?” Agars had ask him. The other demons had gone silent, waiting for his reply.“I am awar
A portal suddenly appeared up above Mizuko and all she could see was someone's back. He was in clothing she has not seen in a while now. His arrival created a wave of energy, making the devil who was about to attack her fly in a fair distance."Dang, so this was the stinky smell!"That voice! Mizuko's eyes widened, freezing in there. And then the man had turned around to confirmed her guess."Ke-Kenshi," she murmurs."Eh?" He curves a corner of his mouth upwards. "You sound like you know me.""I-I—" She couldn't finish what she was going to say when she saw another devil coming. But to her surprise Kenshi just raised his hand and the demon exploded into pieces. This was like what he did that time when they went sneaking on a Fae.
The people in that cave village has been evacuated in the inner part of Yami. Morning came but Miranda still hasn’t heard from Mizuko and the others who fought that night. She was losing all hope when some villager shouted, pointing at somewhere.When Miranda saw Mizuko and Kozuko, she quickly run and hugged them both. “I thought I lost you both!” she cries, kissing Mizuko’s cheek and then to Kozuko.“I promise we’d be back,” Mizuko said, a smile plastered on her face.“Blue!” They glance at Keisuke’s way who just arrived from the Kingdom. When he saw Blue, he immediately hugged her, not minding Yushiro. “Are you hurt somewhere? I brought her highness with me.”When Mizuko saw Pixie fo
“Eh? But what did I do wrong?” Kenshi instantly followed her. “I’m just telling you what life I remember!”“Exactly!” Mizuko exclaimed. She stopped walking and faced him, her brows knitted together. As she looks into his eyes, she again was reminded that this guy in front of her is not her Kenshi. Not anymore. “Look, I don’t know anything about you. If you want to know more, like I said, go home.”Kenshi had a disappointed look on his face. She never really see this unless he was fighting someone.“I told you she didn’t know you.” To her surprise, Zed had showed up. But the voice, it isn’t Zed’s voice at all.Then another surprise came when Roya appeared. Mizuko couldn’t move and her round eyes were stuck at R
Back in the world of Souzou, three months after the battle, the liveliness of the Kingdom came back. The children would run freely. Demons and humans are free to cross borders now.They have come to understand that each is alike each other. That the Demonic rule will be honored and respected by the humans as their thanks for helping them free their kingdom from the devils.Today, they celebrate the crowning of the new king and everyone is present. Demon and humans came, the King and Queen together with the crown princess had also attended. Well, some human were still scared of the king and Queen as they appear too powerful but as soon as they saw the smiles they felt relieved.The ceremony was perfect, the crowds cheer and when they saw their new King, the roarin
Their enemies were captured as they surrender and Kozuko announced their win against the devil. It was time to take their Kingdom back.Hannock decided to disappear out of their sight. After all, all of his magic were taken by Kenshi and all he can do now is live a life in the shadows.It was like Hanabi had spoken to him once more while his feet were reached by the golden water. For the first time in a while he felt warm and he felt the embrace of his sister. He longed to feel it again and Kenshi made him feel it again.Now Hannock finally accepts the fact that only someone who didn't need the crystals could control it. Someone like Kenshi is most suitable for those crystals.As Hannock roams Pinress,
The moment finally came when all of the warriors needed to say their good byes to their loved ones and their homes. Those who go to war either comes back or stays in the battlefield.As everyone marches to cross the border and enter the borderland Pinress, Mizuko glances side by side. She has been into war a couple of times already. This shouldn't make her feel overwhelmed but it does. The fact that, her family and friends was there, that she could lose them terrifies her.The stressing part is, she can't get a hold of Kenshi. He is supposed to be with them in this war but he is nowhere to be found. Though she is secured by any harm here, she isn't safe from the promise she made with Pixie. Hannock could target only Kenshi but she is relieved that Kenshi wasn't here."I hope h
In the middle of training, Blue had excused herself when Keisuke showed up at their training site. They've really not talk so much about them these days."I know this is a bit sudden but, I would like to ask for your time tonight."Keisuke couldn't look straight in Blue's eyes. He has not really asked a girl before so naturally he is not so confident to ask."I-I can't," Blue replied that actually made Keisuke abruptly look at her."Why? Are you doing something later? Training?""No, it's just... my brother. We agreed to have dinner together later. You see, we are going to war tomorrow and I might not be able to spend time with him anymore so we decided to have that dinner."Now he understands why. He should have asked her yesterday but
For her third and fourth day, Mizuko spent it all with Kenshi. They went swimming on the river, the other one camping. They stargazed and wish on shooting stars. In all those days, Mizuko wished she could do those again with Kenshi. She wished she wasn’t blinded by revenge then.“Mermaids here are very terrible. They drown people they do not like,” Mizuko told Kenshi.One time when she decided to come along with her father’s mission, they needed to cross the sea. She heard a beautiful melody and she didn’t notice she was under a spell until her brother covered her ears.“They are not all bad. They are actually fond of things in the land,” Kenshi retorts.“You a
I am in love with you. Those words are spiraling inside of Mizuko's head. They don't seem to disappear no matter what she does, his voice was everywhere.Kenshi looked too serious to even take it back and he didn't take it back. It made everything worse for Mizuko. That when they came back to Souzou, she ran away from him. It was like a dejavu from when one of them confessed and she ran away. She herself barely even remember that embarrassing moment."Ugh! Why did I have to run away from him again? It's embarrassing!" She groans, her hands on her face and pulling them down."Love problems?" Kozuko who was wiping his blade asked her. She then nodded. "So he finally admitted to you his feelings. Good thing. I don't see why you have to groan like that.""I ra
After the announcement, Mizuko decided to stay away from the crowd and went her way to the training section. But then Pixie had followed and called her which she turn around to."Your highness," she calls and lowered her head for some moment and raised it."I saw the way my brother looked at you," Pixie said. It made her gulped. "You must remember our promise.""I am very well aware, your highness.""Good. Stay away from my brother as it is good for the both of you." Before Pixie leaves, he wanted to remind Mizuko of their promise. "You are not to tell brother about you and him. Nor is anybody allowed to tell him. If he knows, it's your life's cost.""What?" Mizuko was surprised to hear the rest of it. Did she mishear it or she really just forgot? "But I only promised not to tell you
A week. How can she decide in a week? How will she make a week count? Will she really be able to tell him? But how can she betray him too?Mizuko released a heavy sigh, her head down. She has all the ingredients now but she feels like it has no use anymore. There's no way she'd let Kenshi hear the truth from someone else but her. It's better to do it herself than let Hannock have Kenshi."Ah! I'm doomed!" Mizuko shouts in despair, grabbing her hair. "What do I do?""Are you alright, Mizuko?" Blue who is done hitting all her target came to sit with her under the shade. "I thought you had gotten all the ingredients?""I have but like I said, my uncle has threatened me to telling Kenshi. I have a week.""Let him do it than betray Kenshi or die.""It would be better
Mariposas is like another world really bright, Mizuko's dream place when she was so much younger. It was a pixie place but much bigger and so much magical. It was breathtaking there until the mariposas saw Kenshi. One flew in an unprecedented speed towards Kenshi then another and then another and almost all of them that she wasn't even entertained.Mizuko was being pushed over to the side. She can't even see Kenshi anymore with all those mariposas surrounding him. Now this is what she hated the most. Now she is wishing she had just did a little briefing with Kenshi.She is a damn extra in this world of beautiful people with gorgeous butterfly wings. Her eyes drooped in boredom as she sits down on a rock frustratingly watching Kenshi with all those females.