Celestine cleared her throat. She tried to gaze into the eyes of her uncle, she found the spark of rage, starting to flame from the undead ashes.“I am going to submit my nobility.” She paused, turned around and saw King Dragon gasping to hear her statement.‘Good. It’s working. He looks so surprised to hear it.’ Celestine smirked.“We are not bonding again, my king. You can marry King Othello’s daughter as the substitute of my responsibility to marry you.” She talked and stared at King Dragon behind her.King Dragon moved forward and he curled his swollen nose, “Ouch..” he covered it again. But he kept sneezing…King Othello raised his eyebrows as he saw what happened to the comrade king’s nose, his eyes looked so surprised to the extent of bulging on the tip of the nose. “What you mean by it, Princess Celestine?” King Dragon clumsily covered the nose with the handkerchief. Celestine sighed. “I will be a free spirited woman, My King. I won’t be bonded with the engagement an
The burden of silence dropped inside the room.Knight Liam heaved up his chest.“What is your plan?”King Dragon put down his hand from resting on the chin.“I am pretty sure she has ‘ghost’ squad who backups her.”He quoted his fingers at the time he mentioned ‘ghost’ and gazed at the young man.“How about we find it out?”Knight Liam sighed.“The princess, we got information that she has gotten along with an eccentric artist. People call him as ‘Moustache’. Nobody knows the real name of that man. They say the princess perceive him as an uncle for her.”King Dragon half squinted and half scrunched his eyes as the curiosity and the pain blended. His nose got swollen and bulged on its peak.“I ever heard his name.”He seemed to inhale and looked quite eager.“I want you to track how deep their relationship is and one thing you must treasure any information the place where she’s going to move after submitting her nobility. I won’t give her any chances to get away, I will mak
Celestine grinned and pulled her feet out from the water. She turned around to Ersa.“It’s chilling.” She decided to stay aside from the brook water. She put on again her shoes and saw Ersa was giggling when Storm sprinkled the water to her using his forelegs.“Storm, stop it. You make me wet already.” Ersa complained but the horse seemed neighing as he chuckled.“It’s enough. We still have to continue our journey, everybody…” Celestine filled their water buckets with the water from a spring near, under a big tree.Ersa patted the horse’s neck. “Drink some water. You are going to need it.” She whispered in the horse’s ear.Storm kicked off in the water and wiggled his head. He seemed to agree with Ersa.Celestine finished to fulfill the water buckets and watched the two of them.While they let Storm grassing around the brook, they had some cookies and boiled eggs to enjoy as their lunch.“How long will it take there?” Ersa looked at Celestine, stopped munching the butter cooki
Celestine got up and she grabbed her sword. She tried to investigate as she saw a shadow was sneaking behind the bushes.She caught the shadow from behind. She stood not too far from the shadow some kind of a figure of a person with a cloak.She couldn’t see the face of the sneaking figure as the figure tried to kneel on the ground.“Who are you?” She asked.The lean figure turned around, pulling down the hoodie. A specific scent of odor was coming from him. It seemed he had come out from fiery battle…Celestine could see his face under the light of the night. She sighed, put the handle of the sword back.He grinned a smug. “What’s your business to ask?” He turned around again and continued to pick up some dried twigs. He had a quite good looking beyond his smeared face. Some dirts were on his face as he got a long journey, heavy and uneasy road had taken.He smelled some falling leaves. He appeared as the same age with her, he also picked up some falling fruits on the ground
They continued the journey after having a quick breakfast and Storm had enough time for grassing around.As they passed through the campfires of those caravans the night before, all of them had gone. Their campfires were vanished into some ashes.Celestine looked around. She inhaled and asked Storm to walk faster to leave the place.“What happened to them?” Ersa who sat behind her asked.Celestine sighed. “I don’t know. But the strange man last night told me something horrible, we should leave this free land soon before the mid day.” She explained.They had spent three hours for taking a journey. Storm stopped walking. They reached at the small village near of the Wallachian border. It was a small village with some lands of crops.Celestine got down from the horse after Ersa. She tied up Storm under a big tree. It was a little river streaming not far from their place.“You go there! I think there’s a farmer market in that village. Buy something we need for staying in our ne
At the time the sun reached its peak, they arrived at the place The Squad told.There were Moustache and Bridge waiting for Celestine with Ersa to arrive. They stood by a small house with three men repairing some parts of the house. Their horses were grassing around not far from the house.“Welcome, my princess.” Moustache helped Celestine to get down from Storm, after he gave his hand to Ersa.The place was near the entrance of the woods. It was hidden and covered in some shady big trees around. Celestine looked around. It was a small building but it was clean inside. There were two bedrooms, a set of wooden furniture and a fireplace.She took a seat on the long wooden couch. Moustache sat next to her while Bridge instructed some men to fix a place for keeping Storm safe from any beasts.Ersa checked the back part of the house. She put out the stuffs from the bag and put them on the kitchen table. She prepared for them a kind of drink from fruits she bought at the farmers mark
Chirping birds on some branches woke Celestine and Ersa. The day had shifted, the night with horrific tranquility and voices from the woods nearby had gone.The sun penetrated among the shady trees and warm the day from a chilling night before. Celestine and Ersa were taking a walk into the woods. They brought Storm with them to let the horse finding some green fresh grass.Ersa picked up some wild flowers, she also searched for some edible mushrooms or bulbs.Celestine went to river, getting a bucket of fresh water and some fish.“We got enough stocks of food for couple days ahead.” Celestine showed Ersa some fish she had caught.“I also got some bulbs and mushrooms. We can eat soup for our lunch.” Ersa showed her the basket she put on the ground.They saw an apple tree not too far. Ersa was helped by Celestine were picking up some falling apples on the ground. Storm stamped closer and nudged his head to shake the tree. He made some apples falling on the ground. He munche
Knight Liam scurried his steps, the tension looked on his face. He rushed coming into the mansion where King Dragon was staying.“She’s gone?” King Dragon arched his two eyebrows. He frowned his lips. “You mean gone…she’s gone like that??” He swayed his hand in front of himself. The movement of his hand seemed to show something just disappeared like ashes were blown by the wind. His eyes were gazing at the young man standing in front of him Knight Liam sighed before he nodded. “People in the castle also look chaotic, they just be cautious that their princess has gone.”King Dragon curled up his lip. “With that little girl as her female attendant?” he asked in deep curiosity.Knight Liam nodded. He took a seat in front of King Dragon.They had an attendant coming into to serve them some drinks. Some kind of herbal drinks were served on the table.Knight Liam halted his tongue from talking and stared at the back of the female attendant walking away from the room.“May I…?” he to
Celestine stopped riding the horse in the front of Moustache’s mansion. She peeked through the hole and found the man was in a ragged costume as usual. She smirked to find him there was busy acting as simply a gardener.“Psssttt…” Celestine tried to get his attention. She stopped and looked around before continuing to speak her password. “I see the ocean is crying and sand is kissing their sadness…” she paused, she smiled widely to see her password attracted the man’s attention.He curled his eyebrows and stared at the hole. He pulled up his black ragged old hat from hiding his face.Celestine continued, “a mermaid’s tail was stuck …” she covered her mouth with hand from laughing.The man got up, speaking to the other men to open the gate. He was waiting on his place.He cleared his throat seeing Celestine entering the gate.“Another considered password, my princess.” His heavy tone of voice commented on Celestine’s password.“Are you leaving your hidden place?” he asked he
Valentino was scrutinizing the tax notification letter.“They’re charging you two millions and half…” he changed his sight direction to Celestine.“It’s quite expensive. You think you can collect that amount of money?” He bridged his eyebrows.Celestine shook her head. “We are lucky enough since several days ago there were donations from a kindhearted person. So, we can survive from starvation.”She paused, “We have living stocks. How if we breed them, then sell their products to the market? But, it will take time to do it…” she turned up her face.Valentino sighed. “You should try to negotiate.”She shrugged. “I think I should go there today…” she looked up to Madam Heather. “Start from now, please produce those diaries and not for our own consumption but we release them to the market…”Heather nodded. “I think we can do it.”Valentino nodded and beamed a smug. “Good point to start.”Celestine rose from her seat and went down to the room to get some pieces of paper with
Moments were running, eaten up by time clicking.Celestine looked down, the floor of the castle where she put her bare feet on appeared so shining. She could see her own reflection. She exhaled heavily.“If I say ‘No’ to him….I am afraid of losing my father in his isolation for good…” she paused, gulped and stared at Valentino helplessly. “It means I lost my kingdom forever, the people of the Sapphire Island Kingdom will lost their beloved king…I don’t want that happens.” She scoffed softly and looked away for seconds.Valentino sighed.“If I agree to take his offering to marry me, I should be ready to lose my dignity as a princess and I become his sixth mistress and…I …” her voice was choked in her throat, she gazed at Jacques and bit her lower lip before turning down her face. She inhaled.Jacques took a deep long inhale. He stared at his lover, the princess who was in dilemmatic situation.“I will embarrassed my people. I am a princess from this majestic kingdom who never b
The breakfast time was interrupted. Everybody jumped off from the seat in a shock when a big snake fell down from a tree and it was laid down on the table.The snake looked so fierce and kept hissing at every one around her.Valentino exhaled heavily and he swayed her with his hand.The snake fell down to the ground and it slithered away to disappear behind the bushes.“Stop! I don’t want you hiding there. Go disappear and back to your place…” Valentino gazed at the snake.The snake seemed understanding to what Valentino commanding to her. She stopped, stared at Valentino and hissed to him. Valentino opened his clenched fingers and there was a green light coming out from his palm. The light hit the snake. The snake screamed loudly after being hit by the light from Valentino’s palm. It hissed so loud before it really disappeared, eaten by some smokes.Celestine gasped. The pendant on her bracelet was shining brightly.At the same time, inside the Royal Palace of the Sapphire
“Jacques, wake up!” Celestine shook the man’s body, he rested on the same bed with her and inside her bedroom. She hooped off from the bed and ran to the window after trying to wake him up.“We are already in the Hermosa Catolina castle!” She shouted in a surprise to Jacques who just opened his eyes.He looked around and got up instantly from the bed. He wiped off his eyes as he yawned.“Where am I?” He revolved his eyes around the room before turning to Celestine. He found her was standing by the window, putting her big smile on the lips and leaning on her uplifting arms towards the window’s sills.She was taking a long inhale and closed her two eyes. She turned around and looked at him. “In my bedroom.”Jacques hauled his eyebrows. “Your bedroom?” he paused, looked deeply confused, his forehead was curled up and his squeezed eyes looked around.Celestine nodded. “How? Didn’t we spend night in the free land last night?” Jacques asked again.He saw she shrugged. “I don’t kn
Jacques tried to get up. He leaned on one of his arms. His breaths still ran after the horror captivated him.Valentino helped him and brought him a flask of water he got from Celestine. He helped Jacques to take some sips of water.“Thanks…” Jacques whispered as he wiped his lips. He turned his head to Celestine.“Princess Celestine?” He looked at her with his eyes full of surprise and curiosity. He squeezed his eyes and curled up his nose.Celestine nodded. She gulped hard. The silence thudded each mind…leaving some traces blowing into the air. Some questions remained inside the throat, wanted to come out.Valentino raised his two eyebrows and he gazed at the young woman taking a seat next to him with his questioningly stare. “Are you a princess?” he asked in doubtful voice.He saw the young woman hesitantly nodded and her stare turned back to the man who leaning towards him.“How did you come here?” Celestine asked with her curious eyes towards Jacques.Jacques got up and
Celestine stepped forward and she sheathed her swords. Some creaking sounds as if something was walking on some scattered dried twigs and branches on the ground. She kept waiting for something to come approach. It held tension, she felt her blood streaming faster in her vessels, her heartbeats thudded so faster than they were before. She bit her lips and gripped her sword tightly. A shadow of a man sneaked out from the hedges in front of her. Celestine gasped. She kept waiting. “You again?!” she hissed as a young man came out behind the hedges. His face was quite familiar…and his unfamiliar scent too. Valentino sneered and brushed off the prickets of bushes. “Good evening…” he tried to be nice with a greeting smirk. He stood in front of her eyes. He looked around and found out some crumbles and apple remains on the ground. “Any food?” He curled up his lip. He stared at her with his gloomy begging eyes. He scoffed and raised his one of eyebrows. Celestine s
Morning reached at the boundaries of the Wallachian and the Kernelithium kingdom. Under the laws between two kingdoms, inside the forbidden woods where Celestine and Ersa were hiding themselves from either king Dragon’s men or King Othello’s men.Storm was waiting outside the house, they prepared to go to the near village for getting some errands.They stopped at the village where people welcomed them warmly as they did some days ago.“This is a favorite dish for breakfast in this village.” A man in his around forties served them the dishes, some berries with some boiled eggs, served with fermented pickles and cheese bread. He brought also two glasses of cold goat milk. He introduced himself as Edgar, the owner of the restaurant where Ersa and Celestine were taking their breakfast.Ersa widened her eyes as she took a spoon of breakfast meal into her mouth. “Good combination. Thank you, Sir.”The man beamed at them, leaving the two for enjoying their breakfast while Storm got his
Fog started to fall, strolling down the valley and wrapping the land underneath.Hermosa Catolina was sunk in its silent smoky night. The chilling air began to take control into the building and people living inside the castle. Making to shiver human bodies, causing people with some bones failed to move under its uneasy coldness.All the people were resting on their beds, sinking their mindful thinking heads into the thick blankets. Only some men were being in charge of guarding the castle’s front gate from the balcony, they could spread their sights as like the eagles observing the surroundings.“You have any ideas where Princess Celestine and Ersa are hiding?” A young soldier man asked to his more mature man with beard. He sucked a deep breath and at the time, he breathed out and opened his mouth, some breathing air coming out.His friend turned his head and grabbed a flask of fermented drink to warm his body from the cold night. “You think they’re hiding?” he handed the young m