Knock. Knock. Knock. clack.
Suddenly the big door opened sounded rash. Sir Thebet and I looked at the door at the same time. A guard half was running towards Sir Thebet. His expression looked so tense. His shoulders were stiff as if he was carrying a heavyweight.
"Sir Thebet, there's something..." the guard glanced at me, then he whispered something in Sir Thebet's ear. I think the information he brings is quite long.
"What?!" Sir Thebet gasped. His eyes narrowed, but the corners of his eyes were still conscious of my presence. That's why he suddenly cleared his throat, then told the guard to leave.
Hmm, there must be something going on near His Majesty that he was immediately alerted to. What is it? Will it keep me in this room longer, or will it allow me to go home? Which will be the final decision?
This is annoying because our conversation seems to be ending even though we haven't reached a decision yet. Oh well, from the start I didn't have a s
Back to the moment at a small tea banquet in the garden area of the Palace. Still with Maftah, Marya, and Dylan at the same table. “Thebet, has that person arrived?” Maftah asked Thebet, but the look in his eyes didn't leave Dylan's for a moment. "Not yet, Your Majesty." Thebet replied. “Did you hear that, dude? I can't meet people who haven't arrived yet, can I?” Maftah flashes his usual smiley face. "When she arrives, I'll let you know too, dude." Maftah added when Dylan didn't reply. Dylan watched the two men in front of him share their friendly smiles. Then they go back to what they were doing before. Thebet returned to his position beside Tarek, while Maftah returned to enjoying the afternoon. Hanging out with Marya also seemed to refresh his boredom. Dylan didn't want to doubt Maftah. But his instincts told him otherwise. He knew very well that Fuschia, no, Merri had prepared this day diligently to present Fuschia at her best.
It was a catastrophe that no one could predict, including Dylan.But apart from Dylan, no one else is running. They were still confused by Dylan's sudden frantic. Those who were there, such as Marya's lady in waiting, her personal maid, and also Ashaf, just looked confusedly at Dylan's departure who brought Marya out of the pine forest.Despite Dylan's mediocre performance so far as the princess's guard, no one also believes him because Dylan rarely mingles. So they judged Dylan to be unreliable. Even so, they try to still accept Dylan because their king sent Dylan directly. So they didn't react immediately to Dylan's warning.“Hey, what are you doing?!” Ashaf shouted, starting to follow Dylan's agile steps.“And you, what are you doing?! Get out of here quickly!” Dylan lowered Marya to the ground, then pulled Ashaf to his side to give a stern warning through his sharp eyes.He had never been in a position where he had to pr
In a state where all senses seemed to be sharpened, Marya noticed the appearance of several figures with strange movements from within her favorite pine forest. It was pure horror as the figures then dashed towards them in a frenzy. Ashaf is also aware of their existence. He wanted to sheath his words, but that wasn't his priority.“Princess, let me carry you.” In a situation like this, it was Ashaf's duty to prioritize Marya, so he had no choice but to abandon the two weak women, and refrain from attacking.His priority was Marya's safety."No! Make sure they are saved first!” Marya's order was predictable by Ashaf as he knows that Marya is a princess who cares for her people.But with their current state, it seemed impossible to reach an area with many other guards before those monsters caught up to them. Even their distance from Dylan's battle area was not far.“Aaaaaaa! Help me! Aaaaaa." Marya's lady-in-waiting and her m
Troops of soldiers came non-stop. They are like a colony of ants hunting for sugar.“Separate their heads from their bodies, then make sure their heads are crushed!” Maftah's screams of orders boomed loudly.“Understood, Your Majesty!” The soldiers quickly dealt with the monsters, even those near Dylan and Ashaf.Dylan just felt the thing called cooperation. Even though they didn't know each other, Dylan could entrust his back to Maftah's army of soldiers. He was grateful that he was still allowed to feel something like this.Ashaf makes his way to approach Maftah. He walked in the opposite direction of all the soldiers running around attacking the monsters. Even though he bumps hard at them multiple times, and makes his shoulders hurt, Ashaf keeps walking towards Maftah.“Your Majesty, what about Her Highness? Did he make it out safely?” Ashaf asked with a worried face. So did Dylan."... No, she is... in
--No Place Is A Safe Place--Dylan looked up at the darkening sky. The evening breeze had been replaced by a chilly wind that came down from the mountain. The moon has revealed its appearance and color, replacing the sun which is rarely seen today thanks to the rain.Dylan took a deep breath as he took firm steps forward. Then he packed up what was in front of him, maybe it was a handkerchief, a little dagger, and also crushed monster bones.He opened the bottle of water Ashaf had given him before the man left to continue his duty to look after Marya. There is a reflection of the moon on the surface of the water.'Fuschia, are you looking at the same moon as me?' Dylan thought longingly.He remembered that Fuschia had told him that the distance would be close as long as they could see the same moon. That's why Dylan looked up once more to enjoy the moon that night. Just in case Fuschia is also watching it at the moment.Dylan fastened his sw
The overcast night sky was covered by the swaying leaves and twigs. Even though he missed the moon – which Fuschia was probably looking at that night too. He always wanted to feel close to Fuschia, but the moon didn't show up.But he was quite grateful because the overcast clouds did not spill the water. Or the night will get darker.'Hayden, what was he thinking to get involved in a showdown with the Kingdom of Haddad? I don't feel any signs about him that is about to attack the Haddad Kingdom. Or am I the one who didn't catch the signs huh?'The sound of footsteps dragging the ground was heard approaching. Dylan looked to his left."Excuse me, sir, I want to ask you something." Faris knelt next to Dylan. His arrival, which seemed friendly, made Dylan even more on alert.Especially since Faris is the one who always enters his field of view during their fight against monsters."What is it?" Dylan is grunting but still raised his body t
With his long legs, Thebet made his way through several corridors at such lightning speed. Along with his rash steps, his heart also seemed to be racing with anxiety. The rain had passed since he had sent that woman home in disdain, but a thick cloud still shrouded his heart. All the bad feelings mixed into one. His guts were getting smaller as time passed.'Is this karma?' he asked himself. For some reason, he then recalled the angry look on Fuschia's face before he left her. The woman's figure looked big, even though Fuschia was a petite woman who didn't pose any real threat to him.But this bothered him quite a bit because he was sure that he didn't have to feel sorry for her. That what he was doing was the best thing for the welfare of the Kingdom he was protecting. After all, Fuschia had nothing to do with the existence of monsters barging into the palace grounds.'Yeah, it's just a terrible coincidence. I don't need to feel sorry for that woman.'Th
Awakening: the silence of the night was broken whether it had called or not, which must have woken her up from the deep sleep. Fuschia touched her eyes, rubbed them a few times to realize that she couldn't continue sleeping anymore. Clockwise it was half-past two in the morning. That meant she had only been asleep for an hour. Fuschia got up from her bed. Towards the large door which she let leave an opening for peeking. Maybe Dylan would come home and take a peek. But Fuschia felt a chill from the crevice room, meaning Dylan wasn't coming home again tonight. It's been the fifth day since Dylan hasn't come home, and hasn't said anything. How could a woman who had fallen into a deep sleep so far know that? Because for five days he had woken up at the same time to check the entrance, which he had deliberately marked with small chunks of ice. So, if someone were to enter through this door, a small chunk of ice would break. But that night, the chunk of ic
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