Nathania was stunned in place, her body completely immovable. In fact, the fire that burned the flowers around her was getting bigger and bigger.
The boy didn't say anything. His face looked very cold, as if he wasn't human. He jumped from the tree and walked slowly leaving the terrified Nathania and as he left, the fire suddenly disappear magically.
"How come?" she thought. Nathania sat limply, her tears were flowing.
"Prince Nathan? Is the prince all right?" the three bodyguards who were looking for Princess Nathania were surprised to see a fire from a distance.
Princess Nathania was unable to answer, that terrible gaze was still vivid. How could that fire come and just disappear? This is really weird. What happened to the boy? did he do it?"
"Thank God, Prince Nathan is fine. Then, we better take the Prince to the palace and check on his condition, to see if anyone is injured!"
"You are right! I will report this incident to His Majesty!"
***
"Excuse me, Your Majesty! we want to report an important incident!" said one of the bodyguards in the middle of an important meeting that was taking place.
"What is wrong ?" King Roderick stared coldly. While the guests who were present in the room were forced to listen.
"There was someone who set fire to the garden and the fire almost injured Prince Nathan, Your Majesty!"
"What do you mean? where's Nathan?" hearing the shocking news, Queen Alexander was immediately hysterical. Making the meeting atmosphere chaotic. On the one hand, King Ellios and the representatives of the kingdom of Fotia looked panicked, hearing the 'fire' burning the garden. They had guessed who the culprit was, but what did the culprit do to almost injure Prince Nathan?
"Where's Aiden? have you found him?" King Ellios took the opportunity to confer with 'his men' considering Prince Aiden had not yet been found.
"I told you not to include Aiden in this meeting. Fotia has waited 100 years to be able to negotiate with Lithonia. Even though we have Aiden, we don't know what great power they are hiding,"
"You don't have to teach me, Felix!"
"You too reckless, Aiden is not easy to control. His strength is so great, don't let them find out that the Crown Prince of Fotia received the Seal of Diavolos," Count Felix tried to influence King Ellios. He knew exactly how afraid the King was to think about the future of Fotia and his Crown Son who had accepted this terrible fate. Given many victims have died at the hands of the Prince.
***
Princess Nathania opened her eyes slowly, her body was still shaking. The fear hasn't gone away.
"Princess is aware?" Helena stood beside the bed, since Nathania almost fainted and was brought into her room.
"Helen? why am I in the room?"
"Jacksen and Noel who brought you. The Princess fainted earlier,"
"Really? I've never passed out before,"
"Nathania..." the panicked Queen Alexandra just walked in just to see the condition of her daughter.
"Mother?"
"Is Nathania injured? the doctor checked her?"
"Princess Nathania is fine. Just a little shock," replied Helena.
"Oh My God, I'm so scared. Nathania, what really happened? tell me, if anyone tries to hurt you, i will tell the king. Whoever did it, he must be punished!"
Nathania did not answer right away, nor did she really understand what really happened.
"If I said that the fire just appeared, would you believe it? even though the boy was in the garden, I didn't see him doing anything. Is it true that he did it?" thought Nathania, she was completely confused. If she accuses the boy as the culprit and is not proven? this will be a big problem.
"Nathania, what's wrong? what do you think? tell me, who did it?"
"I don't know, there was no one in the garden. Suddenly, the fire just appeared!"
"Are you sure? you're not hiding something from me, right?"
"No Mother, I really don't know. I'm fine anyway, don't worry!"
"How can not worry hearing my child almost burnt. Thank God, you are fine, dear..." Queen Alexandra embraced Princess Nathania. She was really afraid that something bad would happen to her daughter. Nathania is the only hope she has to survive in this palace.
"I want to meet Nathan,"
"No, better get some rest!"
"I'm okay Mother. I want to go to Nathan's room, please Mother?" asked Nathania, today she really missed Nathan.
"Fine, but don't ask him out. Nathan must rest, do you understand?"
"Understood!" she replied. Princess Nathania jumped out of bed and ran out. She thought, if she couldn't tell Mother, at least she could tell Nathan what happened today.
"Knock ... knock ..."
"Come in!" exclaimed Nathan who was sitting on a chair reading a book. Nathania shuffled over to Nathan who seemed calm.
"Nathan ..."
"Why are you walking like that? your leg hurts?"
"No! that, uhm ... well, I'm sorry!"
"Sorry for what?"
"Sorry for not delivering the book you asked for, I was forced by Grandma,"
"I already know, Jia said it. It's okay, you don't need to apologize like that!" Nathania didn't understand, every time they met, Nathan looked more mature and very calm.
Nathania looked at her twin. It has been almost four years since they changed positions, even Nathan even grew out his hair so that he didn't have to wear a wig anymore. Of course, it was all because of the request of their mother, Queen Alexandra.
Nathan's condition did not improve, he could not be tired, it forced him to stay in his room studying and reading books. His heart condition got worse and he spent more time lying down and enduring pain almost every day.
"Why are you looking at me like that ?" asked Nathan. He could feel that something happened to Nathania, maybe it was because of his instincts as twins.
"It's okay, I just miss you!"
"Yesterday we just met,"
"I wish we could meet every day, I want you to be healthy again," Nathania smiled sadly, she did not understand what worries she felt right now.
"I wish we could always be together like before. But, now things are different. Everyone has seen you as Prince Nathan who is healthy and full of spirit. Meanwhile I am the weak and helpless Princess Nathania,"
"Why are you talking like that?"
"As we get older, we will see less and less. I heard, soon your teachers will increase and your learning hours will be too. Besides, you also have to follow the King whenever there is an important meeting. You also start learning archery, horse riding, swords and other things you have to do,"
"As you?" the two of them fell silent, thinking of two different things.
Nathania thought about Nathan's feelings, where it should be, Nathan was the one who did all that as the Crown Prince of Lithonia. Meanwhile, Nathan was worried about Nathania, who seemed very burdened with her obligations and heavy duties as heir to the throne.
"I'm sorry Nathania. Because of me, you became ..."
"I just want Nathan to be healthy, not because I feel burdened. I just don't want to lose Nathan, I will do anything as long as Nathan can be healthy and can always be by my side!" Nathania was crying, she forgot her main purpose in coming to this room to tell him what she experienced today.
Nathan stood up and immediately grabbed Nathania while hugging her tightly. The fate of being a descendant of a king was not as beautiful as others knew. Children of the King not always happy. Their life has been arranged by their predecessors and it is an absolute thing that they have to live.
***
Nathania and Keith were silent for a moment, trying to guess what really happened to Aiden. They knew, just because Aiden didn't seem to be chasing them anymore didn't mean they were completely safe. Who will know what will happen next?"Alright, we have no choice but to go in and find out what's really going on!" Keith said. His eyes glanced into the cave which looked very dark from the outside. Yet he had a hunch that they would find answers to the questions that were running through their heads.Seeing Keith's earnestness, Nathania realized that she had to be strong. Even though her little heart still couldn't accept that the sacred treasure had disappeared, she had no choice but to examine it herself."Okay, come on!" She said confidently.They stepped cautiously into the cave, through the eerie darkness. The cave was completely dark as they had expected, but as they stepped further in, a bright blue light began to clearly fill the cave which looked l
"Is it true?" Keith smiled. Seeing Nathania who was so worried about him. Somehow it made him very grateful that he survived.Keith gripped Nathania's hand tightly, the pounding in his chest made him believe that there was still hope for his love to be reciprocated. However, compared to his passionate love, the desire to save the world was much greater, seeing the earnestness in Nathania's eyes.They had been running for 30 minutes and there was no sign of Aiden chasing them. Seeing Nathania's very pale and exhausted face, Keith thought that they should rest, especially since the sky was getting dark."Are you okay?" Keith asked. He stopped in his tracks. Beside him, Nathania was panting with cold sweat running down her body.Nathania nodded, she tried to force herself even though her body was pushing her to give up and rest."I... I'm fine! There's no need to worry!""You're not fine, we should rest now!" Keith pulled her hand towards the r
"Ugh... I can't walk anymore!" Nathania sat limply, after walking through the dense forest to find the cave.She knew from the start that it was impossible to catch up with Aiden, she was too timid to fight him. Although she had intended to use her power. However, considering the risk that would arise from her inability to control her powers, Nathania gave up.Keith had fought, fought with all her might and even sacrificed her own life to get her to this place and now, again she was taking on the role of a useless loser."Hiks ..." tears welled up in her eyes. She hated herself so much. Whenever bad luck happened to her, she would definitely blame herself for having to live by taking on such a huge role like this. Being a savior is not her dream, being a world hero should not be her responsibility. However, she was forced to do all of this."Nathan ... why? why?"Nathania was tight in her chest, the pain she was trying to endure. Nathan's face, Kei
Aiden arrived in front of a large cave. His eyes glanced at the holy scroll he had snatched from Keith and opened it to confirm that he was really in front of the cave where the shrine was."Right, this is the place!" he thought. Aiden stepped slowly into the mouth of the dark cave.When his feet just set foot into the cave, he was greeted by small glowing creatures flying in the cave. The light from their bodies brightened the dark cavern and the blue crystals that filled the walls and ceiling of the cave looked extremely sparkling.Aiden was sure that he was one step away from the divine treasure. Freeing himself from Diavolos' curse, that was his goal. Aiden knew that his mind and soul had been controlled, therefore it was impossible for him to resist Diavolos' wishes."You see? just a step away, that way you can be as free as you want!" he said."Aiden, you are truly amazing! I've been waiting for this moment for so long and only you can make i
Nathania jumped down the cliff by relying on the vines as a handle to keep her from falling."Sraaakkk...""Aaagh..." Her feet slipped on the damp ground. Nathania fell several meters before her feet landed on the ground."Ugh..." She winced as she fell to the ground. This is really bad, her legs are too sore to move. If she didn't find the cave quickly, then Aiden would definitely catch up with her.Nathania got up slowly with pain all over her body. She could not believe that she would dare to jump from up there without a rope or preparation, just relying on the plants and trees around her."Damn, my leg hurts so bad! How is it? If I don't find the cave soon, Aiden will find it first!" She thought. Nathania looked up, trying to watch for any sign of Aiden's presence.She didn't know if Keith was currently still fighting against Aiden and was buying time like he said? however, the outburst made her unsure that Keith would be okay. Nathania
“Do you think I and the other ministers are allowed to hide or run away? You are wrong to think that we are that selfish. It's true, there are so many selfish people who will definitely save themselves, I think it's only natural. If I could, I also wanted to run away and get out of here, getting my family as far away as possible so we could be safe. I don't care if you all have to die to buy time until help arrives. Yes, that's if I become part of the selfish people. But unfortunately, the King asked me and all the ministers, state officials and nobles to stay in our house and not leave our people. The king does not want to sacrifice his people, if someone has to be sacrificed to buy time, then we are the ones! In fact, the king sacrificed the son he loved so much to find the divine treasure alone, all for the safety of everyone. Prince Nathan must be struggling, fighting against enemies who also want the sacred treasure. This morning, the soldiers had prepared with their swords and