"His highness...!" Yang suddenly exclaimed while clutching his chest. His breathing seems to get strange too. It's as if he's having a hard time taking in some air. "I need to go to Prince Ling." The attendant hurriedly walks towards the doorway, planning to head out on the battlefield without a single weapon with him. It's almost like he has completely lost his mind and wants to be killed so bad.
"That wouldn't do." Princess Aloisa is quick to disagree. Even though she looks calm sitting on the wooden chair, she sternly forbids Yang to walk past through the door. "Ling told you to stay. He also asked me to have an eye on you." It's true that the crown prince personally asked Aloisa to look after Yang. For the first time, Ling is being polite to her and even begged her. How could her highness let him down?
That makes her wonder, why is it that it seems she's being too involved with his matters? Isn't she here to see for herself if Ling deserves to die or not? Why does it"What is that for?" Aloisa asked as she looks up. "I sense a heavy amount of spiritual energy." She narrows her eyes and his eyebrows almost meet in the middle. "A dark one."Even though she's just an outsider, she can sense that this spiritual energy is not the same as the ones that the other earth elemental shapeshifters."His highness the crown prince set that up himself." Yang paused, trying not to cough in the close presence of her highness but he couldn't contain it. He coughed again. He wipes the edge of his lip that's stained by his strange blood with the back of his hand before he talked again, "I thought I felt not good but I never thought its this bad.""A frog can do this much?" It's unbelievable that a creature as small as a frog could store this much spiritual energy. And with quite the heavy pressure too. She may be able to release similar incantation but she's... let's say a not-so-small creature. But definitely not a horned shark-like what Ling as
Eva, the appointed heir of the current High Priestess of the Fire Kingdom, exclaimed in a loud and proud tone, "Prince of the Eastern Lands, you have greatly offended the Reverend Master. I, the destined high priestess, shall put an end to your evil deeds and will bestow you the punishment you deserve - death."From the looks of it, Eva doesn't seem to be joking. She wears the same expression as the first time Aloisa and Yang saw her in the middle of the woods. She gives off this the same heavy aura and killing intent."Ah, Prince Ling, Prince Ling. You're quite good-looking. And fun to be with too. What a shame, I thought marrying you is a good idea. But you are a sinner beyond salvation." She sways her scepter, about to cast a powerful attack against his highness. The red crystal on it gradually glows the longer she waves it in the air. "Do not detest me for putting an end to your life. Just think of it as saving you from making more sins.""Hey, Aloisa..." Li
"Wait, who are you?"Ling doesn't put his guards upon this man. He seemed to be on their side but still, he can't find himself trusting this stranger so easily. However hard he tries to remember, his highness couldn't recall him. Is he an old acquaintance? One of his father's brothers? Or maybe a cousin? Ling is having difficulties in memorizing people's faces so he couldn't tell if it's the first time he sees him or not."For real? You really are asking me that?" The man can't believe what he's hearing. It's like a sign with the written word "disappointment" is attached to his forehead. He's literally torn between getting offended and getting sad."Yes. I am quite serious. I don't know you." Ling tilted his head, looking like he's gotten confused. "Have we met before?"His highness silently thinks, "Am I supposed to know him? And our people seem to have massive respect for him."Speaking of their people, the earth elementals all bowed down towards him
Yang gasps as he rises from the bed. He's still catching his breath but his eyes are already searching for someone. Just now, he was sleeping soundly, and when he woke up, his angelic face got replaced with anxiousness."Your highness...?" He uttered underneath his breath as his eyes wander around.He finds himself inside the crown prince's residential hall but the crown prince himself is nowhere to be found. He found someone else instead. He sees Aloisa sitting next to his bed, calmly sipping a cup of tea.Everything that happened before he passed out came rushing to his mind. There was chaos, hope is nowhere to be seen, and his highness has fallen into desperation."Don't worry about your master. Ling is fine." Aloisa put her cup on the nearby nightstand. "He's discussing some matters with his father and the Earth Deity.""The Earth Deity is-" Yang stopped midway. His headache got
A punch landed on Prince Ling's face which made him lose his balance and fall on the hard floor. He never tried to dodge nor block it. He accepted that punch because he thinks he deserves it. In fact, a punch is insufficient. He should be tortured and have his bines broken.Prince Jin, on the other hand, is gasping for air. His rage and resentment against his cousin are incomparable. He didn't hold back. He punched him as hard as he could. He wants to kill him right at this moment but he doesn't want to be like him - a murderer and honor degrader.Prince Ling and Prince Jin stand before the throne of his majesty the Earth Immortal together with the Earth Deity's presence. The main residential hall is still looking like a mess. Even so, it didn't bother them to meet here. Their presence is more important than the damage that the Fire Kingdom made to their properties.And no one ever remembered her majesty who's being cluelessly shut off on their bedroom. The queen,
He's after the throne. There's no doubt about it. Jin is after the throne so he wants to get rid of me." Prince Ling throws himself on one corner of his residential hall.He closes his eyes, wanting to let them rest for a minute or two. However, when he closes his eyes, instead of seeing a pitch-black void, he sees the last scenes of the battlefield. So much has happened in just a short time. He feels exhausted, drained, and disheartened at some point. He feels like sleeping all day today but how could he sleep soundly when the thoughts in his head keep on bothering him?His lashes slightly tremble as he slowly opens his eyes once more. His gaze meets the huge circular window that's situated in the eastern direction. He sees the sun rises again like usual. Warm rays touch the cold darkness, enlightening everything it reaches. Indeed, time stops for no one. After all that happened the sun will still shine as if the bloodbath in the land of life never happened.Th
Prince Jin silently sits on a branch of a tree, leaning on the trunk. His eyes are fixed in the rising sun's direction but he wasn't complimenting its beauty. He's silently thinking, trying to sink everything inside his head, and weighing things over. He never knew his cousin, Ling, can do incantations that originate from evil energy.What he knows is that the crown prince can't fly and that he has these strange metamorphic skills. Sure, shapeshifters can take any form of a living thing, except another's human form. When they're born, their human form goes with their real form. They can only have one human form and can't copy another's face. However, that one time when they were still kids, he clearly saw a part of Ling's real form. And it's definitely not like that of a floral fairy but more like of an amphibian or something similar to that. He's quite certain that it's Ling's true form too. He can simply feel it - a presence that doesn't conceal its overflowing energy.Since
Prince Ling silently stares at the fragile little flower in his hand. His mother would most probably scold him again for picking her beloved flowers in her garden in the courtyard. But he won't get reprimanded if she won't capture him on the act, right?Speaking of his mother, he didn't get the chance to see her majesty again since they left to go to the northern lands. And even if they see each other again, he doesn't know what to say. She should have heard the news and must be devastated and disappointed with her son now. But before he leaves again, he must meet the queen no matter what.Ling lets out a sigh which made the little flower on his hand sway a little. Now that he thinks about it, he also doesn't know why he suddenly felt the urge to pluck the flower and bring it with him. There are flowers that are more beautiful and unique than this but it simply draws his attention.A weak smile appears on his highness' lips without him noticing. For some reason, t