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.
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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
"His puzzle piece!" Mizuko screams, stomping her foot on the ground, her lips trembling in her anger. How could Kenshi do that? How could he look for another lady's name? And calling her his puzzle piece? Mizuko screams once again. "I want him dead again!""Calm down, Mizu! He might hear you." Blue told her with a chuckle. "He came back to you. Doesn't that mean anything? Of all people, it was you!""It was me but he doesn't recognize me! And then I promised him I'd come with him to their castle so he'd leave me alone!" Mizuko sighs heavily. "And the way he spoke is so different from before. He's like a city guy.""Keisuke hasn't said anything about his highness in a while. He often dismiss the topic.""You and Keisuke." Mizuko raised an eyebrow, her hands on her hips, looking all mighty at Blue. "Are you two together?""No! We are
What does he mean? Mizuko asked in her head. He was looking at her intensely with sparkling eyes. How? How does she make his heart hurt?Then just so suddenly Kenshi chortles, withdrawing his hand. This playfulness he has painted this blank expression on Mizuko's face."Don't you dare touch me next time!" Mizuko snapped, throwing a dirty glare before walking ahead of him. She heard the stupid Kenshi laughing but she's too hurt than upset."Aye, come on! You're too serious!"Mizuko didn't want to talk so she let him be loud as he gets. She was ignoring him. He wasn't the Kenshi she used to know anymore. She didn't know it was hard to be with him if you aren't someone he likes. Kenshi tells this unfavorable jokes and doing this rude caressing of her cheek ju
On the other side of Souzou, Hannock hears from his army a ridiculous story. The crown prince lives? Absurd! He was the one who killed Zhemier, his blade dug in his chest! Why must that demon live again!"Are you certain of it, Agars?" Hannock's voice rumbled in the throne room. "Wasn't it just some kind of witchcraft?!""No, my King. He has the same power you have. A snap of his fingers and one goes down. We would not retreat if we knew we weren't going to wind up dead on that land.""Agars is correct, our King. But something was wrong with him."It made Hannock raise his brows. Something was wrong? "What is it that you noticed, Kremlin?""I heard him asking Mizuko about himself. Though it was being playful since he has that little irritating smirk on his face..." Kremlin starts moving his hands, walking back and forth that the King could not understand.
Kenshi was quick to arrive at the site where his crystals told him but Mizuko wasn’t there anymore. Then he suddenly felt a sharp dull pain in his chest, enough to make him crinkle his nose.“If you were just here a little sooner, master.” Hikari’s voice was soothing like his mother’s.“Destiny has its own timing. It’s not mine to decide,” he uttered.“I bet you won’t be able to sleep tonight without seeing her,” said Yami with his teasing voice.“If so then I’ll have to see her then!” A big grin displayed on Kenshi’s mouth that had their eyes round.“What do you mean, master?” They ask
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.