I stood in front of the door where the royals and nobles were probably discussing mine and my sister’s future. I raised my hand to knock, but I hesitated. Even from here, I could hear inaudible yellings and growls from a certain beast-men. I was pretty sure that it was Ren and Dan. “Are you sure you want to go inside?” Ace was stood beside me. His eyes were looking at me with worry, not because of my decision, but whether or not I can take the pressure that I would be put through. “Not gonna lie. I want to run away from here as fast as possible, but that would cause more trouble instead. And how can they respect a princess who just hides under the shadows of others?” I said it after a sigh. “I’ll go with you then.” He offered.

As Queen Siera tried to see what was wrong with the king, I pulled my aunt to the side. She fought me at first, but later on, she must have realized that there was nothing that she could have done to help her husband.According to Queen Siera, the king was placed under a comma. Our guess is that it must have been because of one of the potions that he was working on.The greenhouse was a mess. Most of the vials and potions were scattered all over the floor. Papers were thrown everywhere and even tables were flipped. There clearly was a sign of struggle that led us to the conclusion that someone must have made the king purposely poisoned the king with his own creations.No one knows who or why they did it, but the security in the palace certainly became strict after that. Every visiting royal shall now be accompanied

I went into my bedroom and grabbed the chalice that was hidden under my bed. As soon as it was in my hands, I breathed out a sigh of relief and hugged it close to my chest.“Really? Your best hiding place for the most powerful and ancient relic is under your bed? Wow, lady, I feel so safe and assured that no one would ever find it. You are such a great keeper, princess!” Serena said sarcastically as she kept on jumping on my bed.“Hey.” I frowned and pointed a finger at her. “Don’t judge me. Sometimes people don’t think about looking twice to more obvious hiding places!” Then I whirled around and glared at Kellar and Stella, who were both talking and laughing together as if they were in their own world.And I didn’t like it.

The return of Ace’s memories has been kept as a secret. Only a handful of us knows that his memories have returned. It was all for the sake of keeping the chalice a secret to everyone as we still have no idea who’s the traitor just yet.Therefore, Ace has to pretend that he still doesn’t have his memories. And I have to say. I was dying inside whenever he pretended to smile and wave at the people greeting him. It was killing him on the inside that we actually have to give him some sort of stress ball just so his fuse won’t suddenly blow up.“Stop laughing at me!” Ace hissed as we both made our way out of the meeting room the next day.“Prince Ace.” It was Prince Gregory, who suddenly appeared behind us and grasped his

All of us rushed to the King’s chambers where we found my aunt with her head laying down on the bed, crying. King Luke was already sitting up and trying to console her wife when we all barged in.King Luke raised his head at us and laughed. “I hope everyone is this lively when I have my funeral.” My aunt immediately slapped him at his joke.Stella began to run and hug him while Nate, Ace, and I went inside before closing the door behind us.“Hi there, dear uncle. Your favorite niece is here.” I grinned happily.“I know. She’s in my arms already.” He joked. But even though it was a joke, I still pouted.I mean, was that really a joke?