"I don't allow you to go out of this palace, you can't.""Idris, didn't you hear me? Are you disobeying your mother now?""If you disobey your mother, she will be gone forever and only you will be blamed for it. Do you want to see her dead?""Mother, no. Please don't go." Suddenly opening his eyes, Idris found himself seated on the chair. He took in a deep breath and let his clenched fists loose up slowly.A month has passed since the day of his mother's death, but it all felt like everything happened just yesterday. His wound didn't heal, it was still new."Sir Idris." "Come in."One of his men walked to him, and putting down a piece of paper on the table in front of him he added, "This document needs your signature."Grabbing a pen as he went on signing it with a cold look on his face, he asked, "Any news on the Ice Palace case?""No, there's no news so far."Since the day the murder was done, Idris ordered his men to find out the murderer. His men were out to collect every single

"Fa-ther..."In the field where green grasses grew barely long enough to be felt under the feet, the different colour flowers made a mess around and the birds were heard to be chirping so melodiously a toddler was running after a 28 year old man. "Catch me, son. Come." The man smiled gleefully looking at his son, those two looked so happy while playing around. "W-wait..." The toddler voiced, walking seemed to be such a hard thing to him when he continued walking on his small cute legs. "I am here, son. Haha!" The man was running slowly, keeping a watch on his son when suddenly the toddler fell down and cried out, touching his knees with his small hands, "Ahhh! Fa-ther...""Your Majesty, what happened?" Seeing the man rushing to the toddler, a woman around 16 years old quickly ran to the scene. Her pretty and innocent face was full of worry as she looked at the two of them.The man was tall, handsome and well built though he was from a noble family he dressed up like a commoner when

Walking after the butler of the palace, Crypto kept himself aware of the situation he was in as he took the steps very slowly, clearly showing that he didn't want to follow the order of his father, the Duke of Montana."Young master, please continue walking. My Lord is waiting for you.""Yeah, I know it. I'm not walking like this deliberately anyway... " Crypto uttered, bitterly.Knock!When the butler was busy asking for permission from Adrek, Crypto looked so terrified. Entering the room, the butler left the father and son alone as he took his leave quickly."I heard you have been going to the local brothels quite a lot for the past few days." Adrek added, taking a seat opposite of where Crypto was standing at. He didn't look sympathetic at all nor did he look angry, it bothered Crypto. "Father, actually I... I just...""You sure know how busy I am, so don't even think of making an excuse."Hearing him, Crypto took a step back. He was leisurely spending time with some courtesans in

"I thought I would never meet you again in this life, it's really a miracle that I met you again." Idris hugged her tight, he felt like crying. The feeling of meeting an old acquaintance got him."Let go!""Are you mad at me? I'm so sorry, I couldn't do anything to save you. I...""I said let go of me!"As the woman tried to push him away, he let her go. Idris stared at her face and their eyes met, just then he noticed her hair color. Though her hair was tied and she was wearing a mask on her face, she couldn't hide her eye color.'Purple ombre hair... And this eye colour... Kurkao people...'"It's you." Idris uttered, looking at her with soft eyes.The woman spared him a cold glare and as she turned to leave, he touched her hand. "Wait... This..."'She knows how to fight... 'But surprisingly she grabbed his hand instead and hit him on his abdomen, making him move some inches away from her."If you dare speak nonsense one more time, I will not care to teach you a lesson." She added,

Kurkaos were popular in the kingdom and mostly they were feared by the people because rumours had it that the kurkaos were very ruthless, they were hot-headed and they were associated with dark magic. Some said that they could do anything in order to achieve what they wished for, it didn't mean if they would have to even kill people for that purpose. Some said that marrying a Kurkao woman would benefit only the kurkao men, if it was a man from any royal family he would be hated by the people of the kingdom because people looked down upon the kurkaos and specially anyone connected to them. There were many more rumours about them, it was quite a long list but it was true as well that the Kurkaos be it a man or a woman, they were really beautiful. "If you have any questions to ask me, please feel free to do so." Cathy, the woman sitting right in front of him asserted so, as he looked at her. "We have met twice before this. Am I right?" Idris questioned though he was almost sure of it.