My hand clasped at my wrist to get my whip when I noticed that King Luke’s focus wasn’t even directed at me. Instead, he pushed me to the side and hissed in pain. When I looked back, I saw that the liquid that was boiling over an alcohol lamp fell down and spilled over his arms.
Then it dawned on me that I must have knocked the breaker down when I hit the table. And King Luke pushed me so that I wouldn’t get burned.
With a pained look, my uncle winced while forcing a smile as he looked at me. “You’re not hurt, are you?”
“King Luke!” I gasped as I looked at the nasty burn on his arm and how the skin seemed to peel either from the chemical or from the temperature. “I’m sorry. What should I do?!” My first instinct was to call for Cust
******[KINGDOM OF TEREAU]********Viex and Ace finally reached the other end of the hidden passage. For Viex, it was a long and agonizing process because he could feel the elf prince glaring at his back to hurry. It wasn’t Viex’s fault. Kaya was taking his sweet time floating around them.As soon as they got out, Viex was more than happy to see a friendly face. Kellar helped them out by removing the covering of the wall. Ace was dusting his clothes and giving the younger prince a look. “First, you made me wear those cheap and obsolete armors. And then, you made me crawl into a very narrow secret passage. What’s next? You’re going to make me act polite?”Kellar was taken aback at his words. “Aren’t people suppose to be polite in the first place?” He asked. It wasn’t sarcastic. He
“Have you guys done your part?” I asked as soon as I met up with Ren and Nate. The both of them nodded.“Yeah. My father scolded me for saying it. And I think he wants to talk to you about your weird hiding locations.” Nate says and scratched his cheek in embarrassment.I tried not to react or panic about the fact that Terrence wants to have a chat with me. Instead, I focused my attention on Ren. “How’d it go with you? They didn’t suspect anything?”Ren smirked and crossed his arms. “I pretended to be Dan and spilled the beans. They didn’t react when I told them about it. But they did wonder what Dan was doing in Thalia.” He says. “What about you?”“My aunt seems busy and sh
****[KINGDOM OF TEREAU]****The elf prince is brutal and crazy. Viex badly wishes that he can morph right now. Because he would rather walk on his own than try to hitch a ride on the prince’s shoulder.Viex saw Ace glaring at him when noticed him burying his claws into his coat. It wasn’t his fault. The guy was all over the place as he sliced, parried, and stab the rogues coming at him. There was also a time when he balances on a rail just to climb up the stairs.It was a fighting style common to elves. They would never stay in one place for far too long. They were very agile and slick.Ace would often use the wall as leverage to bypass the rogues, then he would attack the ones at the back, where they least expected it. Viex almost felt sorry for them.
As I woke up, I saw and heard Ren and Nate whispering to each other. I squinted my eyes at them. They haven’t noticed that I have already woken up. “What are you guys talking about?” I was curious why they have such an expression on their faces.By the looks of it, Nate was grabbing Ren’s arm like he was stopping him from doing something. I rubbed my eyes awake and noticed how the sky was still dark. Dawn was still breaking.My brows furrowed as I switched my attention back to them. “What are you guys doing-” Then a thought suddenly occurred to me. Why was I asleep? How long was I asleep?Then I remembered the pain that I experienced and started to hug my stomach and clutch my eye. “Guys, it’s Ace. I think…” I trailed off as I looked at them.
“What’s wrong?” Ace came to my side and studied me. “I thought that you would be...happy?”I looked up at Ace, my lips tried moving and forming the right words out. “She’s...I…” I turned my attention back to Stella, who seemed uncomfortable whenever I looked at her. My heartache especially when she tried to hide behind the queen. “She’s different...she’s...older.” I muttered as I pictured what Stella looked like the last time I saw her.My legs began to move all on their own. Viex jumped onto my shoulder while Custard simply walked with me as I approached her.Queen Siera moved to the side so I would be able to see her. “Go on, child.” She gently pushed Stella towards me. Stella hesitated for a bit, but came to face me l
His name is…” Stella hesitated as she glanced at her friend Leo. When the little boy seemed nervous as he exchanged a look with my sister. Viex let out a sound that caught Stella’s attention. I saw Viex nodding at her in encouragement. Stella nodded back and looked at me. “His name is Kellar, and he’s the son of king Ferius.” My body tenses up at the name and I looked at the child. The boy, Leo or Kellar, seemed both ashamed and nervous under my scrutinizing gaze. “But he’s not bad! I swear.” Stella says and waved her hands to catch my attention. “He’s nothing like his brothers and father.” She insisted. My mouth opened and closed like a fish. I badly wanted to point out all the red flags about having the son of King Ferius here and the threat that it would bring. But I stopped myself because I didn’t want to see
As we were ushered into the safety of the castle, we could not help but notice all of the elven soldiers marching out in different directions and coming into multiple platoons. All of them were dressed in dark green outfits that would blend pretty well with the environment. “This way, highnesses.” The elves who escorted us ushered us to the same rehabilitation room. Once we got inside, we found Ace pushing Nora behind his back. On one of his hands has his bow ready and pointing the sharpened edge towards us. When he saw who we were, he immediately lowered his weapon. He frowned. “What? Do I have to babysit the rest of them? I only care about protecting Nora!” He protested. “Apologies, your highness. But it was Queen Sierra's orders to keep the guests as close as possible.” One of them said.
“Ace? I think you might have hit your head on something while you were in Tereau, because there’s no way that it’s possible.” I said as I pictured out the size of the bark surrounding Tordis. “There’s no way that you can manage that on your own!”“That’s the reason why I have this thing in the first place.” He says while gesturing at the orb inside the bag. “It will provide me the magic that I lack to fully restore the tree.”I placed my hand on my hips and breathed deeply. “Where the hell did you get this crazy idea? And how sure are you that this is going to work? Don’t tell me reading all those fantasy novels in my realm fueled this idea. Ace, I’m the one who should be coming up with crazy ideas! Not you.” I pointed at him. “You should be the guy who gives o