I knew it would be impossible not to hear that name mentioned forever, even though I had come a long way from the hell he created. But I also didn't expect that the name would appear again sooner than I thought.
"Hayden... huh?"
I believe I have buried that name deep in my curse for him and those who have hurt us. And my success in escaping from Raymon before Hayden and Sarah's appearance in the forest was a victory. I believe it like that, but, why is my chest still rumbling restlessly?
Why do these people still instill fear in my life now?
“Fuschia, are you okay? Haa, I shouldn't have brought that up." Dylan clasped our hands together.
I could feel his worries run through my finger. And his strong feeling for me is what made me able to survive until now by giving me hope. I'm the type of person who hates hope because hope is crueler than despair.
But Dylan managed to make me realize that wasn't true.
I gently patted the chest
"You're up early, huh? Good morning." Dylan kissed my forehead while I was still squirming under the covers.It was a rare morning. At least for my waking routine these days."Good morning, Dylan, Pasha."After weeks of being pampered with the habit of getting up late, it turns out that waking up early gives another fresh feeling to my body. Not only did the fresh morning air blow through my nose, but I could also smell Dylan's soothing scent."Come on. You asked me to wake you up." Dylan pulled my hand gently to keep my back away from the soft mattress."Hehe, thank you.""So, it's today, huh?" Dylan stroked my head. The question caused his expression to turn cloudy."Mhm. If possible, I would like us to meet there.”"I'll try."Today is the day I was invited to Haddad's royal palace. According to the invitation, the king of Haddad would send a carriage and his men to pick me up at noon. I'd be lying if I said I w
Just in case someone in the Palace recognizes me, I use freckles under my eyes and my nose's bridge. Then I also put a black dot on the right cheek to complete my disguise. Even so, this makeup doesn't cover my beauty, hohoho~!“Milady, are you sure you're fine going alone?” Asked Merri who was now combing my hair."It's okay, Merri. How many times have you asked already? Geez. I can't take Pasha to such a dangerous place. And I once again ask you to look after him, Merri.""Haa, okay milady. I hope you meet Mr. Dylan over there.""I hope so too."But I can't expect more from that because Dylan is on duty to look after a royal princess. It was not a position that made it easy for him to move to and fro. And I should be grateful that at least Dylan was given permission to go home.'Huff, pleasing the boss is not easy. If Dylan hadn't helped the viceroy, maybe he wouldn't have been in the awkward position he is in... my goodness! H
I took a deep breath as the carriage sped out of our yard. From the window I was about to close, I could still see Merri and Pasha waving at me until I didn't see them anymore. I closed my eyes for a moment to pray for their safety and mine.I didn't run away from Drachentia just to die in another character's plot setting.The air in the carriage was stuffy. I wish I could open the window pane during the trip, or I might run out of breath from the awkwardness that was feeling on each other's nerves. As expected from sitting across from a stiff-looking stranger. As if the smile he shared with me earlier when he picked me up was just an illusion.After all, Sir Thebet was a courtier who was good at giving a fake smile when he needed it. I know best about this, don't I?“May I open the window during the trip?” I asked carefully.Yeah, instead of just debating in my head whether I should open the window or not, I'd better ask in person.
"I'm afraid that I have to go first as I have another appointment that cannot be replaced. But don't worry, you will be accompanied by the servants to the room that has been provided. So, please enjoy your time at Haddad's Royal Palace, Lady Sasha.” Thebet lowered his gaze for a moment, before giving Fuschia a final friendly smile.Fuschia also returned Thebet's greeting with a curtsied, then Thebet turned his back on her.Fuschia was still pensive on the spot as she watched Thebet disappear into a corner of the building.‘He’s gone.’ Fuschia breathed a sigh of relief as she stood in front of a huge and elegant-looking building.She was mesmerized by what she witnessed. She remembered that she had entered a large building to escape the rain. But when she entered the building, she was greeted by the presence of another domed building that was no less majestic than the one she had seen when she entered with the carriage. So it can be
Dylan sighed for the umpteenth time in the last hour. His sigh sound was so heavy that it made people around him unable to help but be curious about what made him sigh so heavily. But because so far his performance as Princess Marya's special guard was not very good, as well as his tense relationship with Ashaf -- Princess Marya's other guards, he got reprimanded instead.“Tsk again, you act out in the presence of our princess. You should always be vigilant by putting Her Highness' safety first, instead of being fooled by other thoughts. So, cut that out, or I will sew your mouth." Ashaf scolds threateningly.Ashaf was patient enough with Dylan's behavior which did not reflect the behavior of a special guard for a member of the royal family. If Dylan was a fellow knight he had known for a long time during his service at the Palace, maybe Ashaf could find it easier to discipline him.But Dylan has a quite unique situation because Dylan occupies this positio
Maftah invited Dylan to sit with him and Princess Marya at one table in front of many other servants and guards. Even though he had refused, in the end, Dylan lost his voice and authority, so he sat between the two siblings.“Wow, you look nervous, Dylan. So unlike you. Did my charisma discourage you?” Maftah asked with that smug face of his.Dylan almost smirked and snickered at Maftah's question, but he held it back knowing that Maftah was the king of this place. He didn't want to create enemies just because of his lack of ethics.“Not because of you, but because of the princess.” Dylan chimed in.Both Maftah and Marya immediately turn to look at Dylan curiously."Me? Why me?” Marya was also surprised by Dylan's answer.“That's because...” Dylan trailed off his words, then opened his mouth again after a while.“Well, who wouldn't be nervous about sitting with two of the noblest people
"Hmm, maybe it has something to do with the rumors that are circulating right now, brother," Marya said, making the four men who were there immediately turn to her.Dylan's ears perk up when Marya mentioned something about Drachentia's Crown Prince. Even though he hated Hayden, he still needed to hear any information regarding the man in order to prepare a countermeasure. There's never anything wrong with setting up a plan b, especially against a lunatic like Hayden."What rumors?" asked Maftah.“Haven't you heard the rumors circulating, brother? Geez, I know you're an empirical person and don't believe in rumors, but sometimes you need to hear it if you're in that position.”"Ouch. That's a roundabout way to say that I'm incompetent as a king, huh?”“Brothers, it's not like that. I'm just saying that it's not wrong to hear 'mere' rumors."“Hohoho, of course, I know your good intentions. No need to scowl at me,
“Your Majesty, shouldn't you have an appointment with someone right now?”As Dylan threw the question, a gust of wind picked up enough to mess up everyone's hairdos in the garden. Marya rushed to protect her hair from the mess carried by the wind by pressing her head. Meanwhile, Thebet and Tarek used their bodies to protect Maftah from the next blow of the wind.“Actually, yeah. Haha, I kinda forgot that you knew about it, huh?”"So, why are you still here, Your Majesty?""Hey! Watch your mouth!” Tarek shouted at Dylan, who was acting haughty and defiant in front of a king.Hearing Tarek's shout, Marya immediately turned to Dylan. He didn't quite understand the context of their conversation just now. But he was sensitive enough to understand that right now there was a terrifying vibration emitting from two opposite sides, namely Dylan and Maftah.“Thebet, has that person arrived yet?” Maftah asked Th
Tuyul is nowhere to be found.No matter how hard Mbayul and I searched for him, we could only conclude that Tuyul had left us. It's hard to accept that reality, especially when we don't say goodbye to each other.Mbayul and the other wandering fairies are still with us. They worked for me as a royal CCTV. They were the right creatures for the job because few could see them, even though many wizards had appeared now.Then, when Pasha was three years old, I learned Tuyul's last story."Mom, do you still remember Uncle Tuyul?"One night, Pasha asked about it.Pasha has excellent verbal skills at an early age, and he can already form complex sentences well, making it easier for us to converse. He also remembered some things about his childhood, when he was one year old.He even remembered the house in the middle of the forest that we once lived in in the Haddad Kingdom, and he also remembered our battle with the monsters. Therefore, it is not surprising that later those memories returned
It had not been six months since Dylan had served as the new king of Drachentia Kingdom, and he already held the title of 'Drachentia's golden wolf.' In that short time, he was feared by the kingdoms around Drachentia. Mainly because of his achievements in eradicating all the monsters and the remaining alchemist in Drachentia.Not only that, but he also paralyzed the illegal trade that occurred in Drachentia's sea. Without mercy. And it turns out that his actions have spread to shake the economic stability of other kingdoms in the vicinity, which have outsmarted Drachentia in terms of trade at sea.Then today was a big meeting with the diplomacy of the allied kingdoms, who were present for fear that Dylan would prey on their kingdom. As many people know that Drachentia is an archipelago kingdom, I think they are afraid that their kingdom will become one of Dylan's new islands.'But he's not that ruthless tho.' I smiled proudly at Dylan sitting beside me with a sinister expression.As
My second marriage ceremony.As Dylan requested, before the king's coronation ceremony, we had a wedding ceremony.Of course, a lot needs to be prepared for a royal family wedding, but since we want it to be done as soon as possible, the preparations are quite simple. After all, we want to be crowned husband and wife soon. So we don't think much about banquets and so on.I'm wearing a white wedding dress that looks as divine as the diamond sprinkles on top of it. When the sun's rays fall on me, my dress will twinkle.Why can there be such a beautiful wedding dress ready in such a short time? The answer is because of the enthusiasm of Laura and Mr. Andre, who had prepared the dress long ago, even when they didn't know when I could wear it. Likewise, with Dylan's wedding tuxedo.“Milady-oops, your majesty, you look so beautiful. You are like a goddess!”"Isn't she more like an angel because of her white dress?""Well, our lady can do both. Hohohoho~” Merri and the others had fun dressin
The day of Crown Prince Hayden's trial has finally arrived. The sky was a dull gray, and people flocked to the High Court to witness the historic trial in an uneasy mood. Their minds were in turmoil.Dylan and I sat on the witness stand. I could feel all eyes on us. I heard the whispers of the people behind us as they were the seats of the nobles."I'm here. Don't be nervous." Dylan whispered. Pulling up the nervousness I didn't realize ate up my consciousness.Even though I heard that Madame Luxor and Laura were trying to get a lot of news written in the newspapers in our favor, that doesn't mean everyone would necessarily believe all that. Especially the nobles who might be aiming for royal power through the royal family.More so when they heard their next king was a formerly enslaved person and a victim of alchemist experiments—not forgetting that I would also be their queen."Phew."The supreme judges entered the courtroom. I know one of the high judges who sit in the highest seat
After that great battle, I slept like the dead for two days. I pushed myself too much, so that's how it turned out.Meanwhile, Laura and Madame Luxor mobilized a lot of news media in the form of newspapers to write down everything that had happened overnight—starting from the reason for the rebellion led by the Luxor Family with the help of the Mountravven Family troops to my surprising appearance.Madame Luxor quickly prepared everything related to the news as she owned information guilds. So she has planted several reporters on the scene to capture everything that happened since the beginning of the battle.And as professional reporters they are, reporters get a lot of 'astonishing' pictures, which are then pasted in their newspaper headlines.From the picture of Hayden leading the monster army, then the picture of me using water magic, and the picture of the dragon in the sky that blessed Dylan and me. Of course, the last picture was the one that seemed the most implausible, except
I don't know what just happened. What I do know is that Dylan suddenly had Hayden's sword in his hand, and from that sword came a superpower(?) of a giant rolling circle that sliced through the monsters with a single numbness. Then because of that power, Dylan's energy seemed to be sucked in and made him fall limply into my arms.I panicked because I thought Dylan was about to die, but he was only limp for a moment. Because after that, we and some of the 'healthy' soldiers explored the temple.Of course, at the time, I also didn't know why people looked at us with amazement as they said that we received blessings from the dragon that stroked our heads with its feet.I don't even know anything about the dragon in the sky. But I think it might be Lord Drachen.Anyway, I met someone I almost forgot on the way to the temple."I'LL KILL YOU!" Sarah was about to jump at me with a vengeance, but her body was already being held back by the soldiers who followed us."It's all over, Sarah," I
"Where are you going, sir bastard?"Without hesitation, Merri engulfed Raymon's body with her smoldering blue flames.“AAAAAAHHHHH!” Raymon writhed in pain while screaming hysterically; then, his body was kicked by the grande monster.Merri smirked as she looked down at Raymon, who was flipping like a dying fish.Merri thought, 'Look, how easy it is to crush that bastard. If I were stronger since long ago, then Milady and my life wouldn't be this messed up.'"Merri?! What are you doing here?" Fuschia approached Merri, looking happy at the top of a tree.“Milady! I did it! I burn that bastard!”“Gre- great job, girl. But don't push yourself as you're still recovering, Merri."“Of course! Hahahaha, this is fun. What about you, milady? Uh? Your head is bleeding!” Merri almost jumped from her position to get closer to the flying Fuschia.That made Fuschia flustered. But then Fuschia calmed Merri down. “Calm down. I already drank that potion.”"Ah! The magic medicine, of course!”Fuschia s
Fuschia stared at the man in front of Madame Luxor warily. "Commander Hugh?"She recognized the man before as The Knight Commander of Drachentia, Hugh Connor of the Count Connor Family.Dylan frowned wryly then spoke in a low voice, "I should have made sure you died in my hands."The knight commander Hugh bowed his head as he faced Fuschia. He didn't raise his head as he spoke.“I… had time to come to the Crestine Hall. There I met Lady Laura and the survivors. Then I… learned the truth from her. So please, allow me to atone for my sin of stupidity, Your Highness.”Fuschia knew Hugh Connor as a knight loyal to the kingdom. His loyalty is shown by a devotion to the leader. He is known as the 'hunting dog' of the late king who has bitten many nobles or rebels who threaten the power of the late king.Like Hayden and Raymon, he was trained by the late king and the late general commander in swordsmanship. That was why the sword styles of the three were almost the same. So he has a good rel
“FUCHIA!”It was Dylan's voice. He emerged from behind the soldiers."Dylan!" Fuschia immediately raised her legs to shorten the distance between the two.The two of them ran at each other with their arms wide open.Amid a battle between monsters and humans that seemed like it would never end, Dylan and Fuschia hugged each other tightly.The whirlwind of their minds and the erratic beating of their heart were relieved by the familiar scent they breathed in on each other. The tight hug they shared at that time seemed to convey all the tiredness in their hearts and minds.Then, along with a brief kiss they shared, each of them killed the charging monster. Fuschia separates the head of the monster charging at Dylan with her ice saw, while Dylan rips the neck of the monster charging at Fuschia with his sword.Never before seen a romantic and horror moment happen in one frame. So many soldiers thought so and accidentally witnessed the scene.“What's wrong with your sword? Why are they so d