“Today, the Vain Dominion Kingdom will be blessed again.” King Zulniex started his speech.Everyone present in the palace ballroom sat down in their seats. No one dared to make a little sound. This was an important and tense moment. Some of them glanced at queen Venes. They wanted to see the Queen’s expression on the total end of King Destian’s reign.Queen Venes sat majestically on her throne. She didn’t look sad or agitated at all. Everyone thought the Queen of Venes must have resigned herself to her situation. Prince Greraver’s death had spelled the end of the Queen’s reign.“The Vain Dominion Kingdom is still in a state of mourning over the passing of Prince Greraver. However, we must not sink into that grief. After all, the Vain Dominion Kingdom and all its people must return to normal lives.” King Zulniex continued his speech.“So, we cannot leave the candidate’s position for an heir to the throne vacant. Thus, today I will appoint my son from concubine Sandrina to replace Princ
Darius, the loyal follower of King Destian, stood up from his seat.“What do you mean, King Zulniex? Are you saying General Vigolous’s family is still alive?”King Zulniex was silent. He realized the wrong word he had spoken. Unfortunately, everyone present in the palace ballroom had heard about it.“Yes, my wife and son are still alive. They are here, now.” Vigolous spoke loudly, quietly, and deeply.The boisterous atmosphere of the ballroom suddenly fell silent. Everyone heard several people’s footsteps stepping towards the palace ballroom door. A few seconds later, they saw two people in black clothes. The hood covered part of their face. The two of them stood behind Vigolous.Without warning, the two of them simultaneously opened their hoods. Seen a fifty-year-old middle-aged woman. The other one was a thirty-year-old youth. The two of them looked straight ahead.They fixed their gazes on King Zulniex. He stands in front of his throne. The King widened his eyes in disbelief. Every
Everyone in the palace ballroom turned to the door. Two young men were standing there. They recognized one of them as Dielh.“Dielh? Are you still alive?” Asked a knight, King Zulniex’s supporter.“Didn’t General Vigolous say that you died at the hands of Prince Greraver?” said another knight.General Vigolous smiled sinisterly. He shifted to the side of the young man who was with Dielh.“Then, because Dielh died at the hands of the Prince, I was forced to kill the Prince. So? That’s the story you heard from me yesterday, right?” said General Vigolous.King Zulniex looked at the young man. His face turned as white as cotton. He could see that destruction was before his eyes. The anger on the knights’ faces suddenly disappeared, replaced by confusion.“General, what exactly happened?” asked Darius.General Vigolous pointed a hand at the young man next to Dielh.“People of the Vain Dominion Kingdom, welcome your royal heir. Crown Prince of King Destian, Prince Greraver!”The eyes of eve
“Finally, you’ve appeared, detestable monster! Look, that’s the Prince you’re proud of!” King Zulniex shouted happily.The people who were in the palace ballroom screamed in fear. A knight pulled Queen Venes away from Greraver. The Wendigo roared and revealed its beastly side. He picked up one of the dead bodyguards and threw it at King Zulniex. Zulniex dodged quickly and jumped into the chair.Wendigo chased Zulniex and tried to catch him. Several soldiers and knights supporting Zulniex tried to block the Wendigo. The Wendigo attacked them instead. He injured them, and some were killed.The Wendigo attacked those who attacked him. He didn’t attack anyone who didn’t attack him.“Dielh, you said Greraver had gotten some control over himself,” Vigolous whispered to Dielh.“He can hold himself from changing. But he couldn’t stop himself from anger yet. He still needs a lot of practice.”Wendigo jumped up and ran after Zulniex. The palace ballroom was full of screams; people tried to get
People in the palace ballroom turned towards the door. More and more people were coming. Some of them had entered the palace ballroom. Dielh looked at them with bulging eyes. The Wendigo slowly lowered the corpse he had lifted and placed it back on the floor.“How did you guys get in?” asked Dielh.“Why Dielh? Are you scared? You’re afraid that the people will see the true form of the crown prince of the Vain Dominion kingdom?”“You ordered them in!” Dielh guessed right away.“Yes, let the people see Greraver’s cruelty. Let them see the Wendigo in The Prince. Let all those rumors come true before their eyes!”Some of the men from the commoner crowd started shouting.“How can a monster be our king?”“He will kill us like this!”“If knights and warriors can die so easily at his hands, how much less are we commoners?”“We won’t want Prince Greraver to become king!”“Yes! We won’t let him!” The people in the palace ballroom shouted in the same voice.“No! You guys are wrong! Greraver beca
People became panicked and confused. They screamed and tried to get out of the palace ballroom. Outside the palace, the ballroom was the same. The sunny morning in the Vain Dominion kingdom turned pitch black. Fear gripped not only the people but even the royal soldiers. They ran aimlessly and bumped into each other.A few seconds later, everything was back to normal. Light replaces darkness as before. Zulniex looked at where Greraver and Dielh were standing. Both disappeared!Greraver and Dielh’s bodies were thrown onto the grass in the middle of the forest. Both were still conscious, with many injuries all over their bodies.“Where are we, Dielh?” asked Greraver, muttering. Slowly, he opened his eyes and looked around.“I heard the sound of running water. Are we in heaven already? Some time ago, I felt like I was flying.”Greraver tried to sit up. His eyes scanned the surroundings. They lay on the grass that grew on the banks of the river. He and Dielh had walked through this forest
They arrived at Teraus’ house at night. After dinner, everyone sat around a large wooden table. The candles burning in front of them reflected the light on their faces. Greraver and Queen Venes’ faces looked so sad.“We not strength enough to fight Zulniex. Do not be sad, Prince. The purpose of your coming to the kingdom of Vain Dominion has been accomplished. You showed that you are still alive.” Teraus said everything with a calm and dignified face.“What does it mean? I couldn’t get Teraus to leave my kingdom.” Greraver felt hopeless.“That meant, now the entire kingdom knows that you are still alive.”“But, they hate Greraver. The people would agree and support it if Reagan replaced Greraver. They have seen the figure of Greraver, so far has only been a rumor.” The Queen of Venes’ low voice illustrated sorrow.“No problem, as long as Greraver is alive, Reagan will not be able to ascend to become crown prince. Those were Vain Dominion’s working rules. If they persist, disaster and
“You know her?” Dielh asked Greraver.“She is Zesa,” Greraver answered.He walked away, leaving Dielh, who stood stunned in the doorway. Greraver approached Zesa. Under the moonlight, Zesa’s beauty looked even more sparkling. Heaven’s beauty that no one has ever seen.“My father wants to meet you,” Zesa said.“Why? Anything important?” asked Greraver.Zesa’s beautiful eyes stared straight at Greraver as they stood face to face. Zesa’s heart shook. After all this time, she finally got close to her future husband. Greraver looked very different from the Greraver she met a few moments ago.Zesa imagined they were a very compatible couple. A princess from a heaven kingdom unites with a king from the most enormous empire in Europe. They just need to take the throne from Zulniex and make the love story perfect.Seeing Seza stay silent and keep looking at him, Greraver frowned.“Zesa.”“Oh yes. My dad wants to talk about something. He has already got news of your failed invasion of the Vain
“I will accompany you!” said Silvia.“You mean by becoming a fire phoenix?” asked Dielh.“I can become an ordinary phoenix too, Dielh. Flames appeared when I fought. Other than that, I’m still an ordinary phoenix.”“That’s not an excellent idea, Silvia. The king of the Heaven will see you, if you stay in the sky for too long. They will hunt you.”“If Greraver can make the sacrifice of a lifetime, then for once I would like to sacrifice myself for your kingdom. For the sake of the people who want to live in peace. I’m not making an offer. Come on! We must leave quickly.”Then Silvia stepped towards the exit. Dielh and Greraver exchanged glances. The two nodded in unison and followed Silvia’s lead. So did Sid Fortaine.Arriving outside the cave, Silvia transformed herself into a Phoenix. It looked different from the fire phoenix they had ever seen. This time Silvia became a phoenix with excellent rainbow colors.She bent down to allow Greraver, Dielh, and Sid Fortaine to climb onto her
“Zulniex’s troops are not ordinary troops. The power of the Vain Dominion won’t be able to deal with it.”Sid Fortaine spoke while looking at Greraver. Amidst the darkness, Greraver’s body glowed golden. The light was centered on the golden mark on the back of his neck. He looked brave, dignified, and strong.“Only with your inner power you can defeat Zulniex. You can allow the Wendigo within you to merge forever and become the king of all the wendigos in the world. You will control all these monsters on your hands. They will follow your orders and help your troops win the battle.”Greraver looked down. Thousands of Wendigos fell silent with their mouths gaping and watering. It was the same creature form that had been controlling Greraver all along. He was unafraid to look at them, even though they all looked disgusting.“Other options?” asked Greraver.“You can leave the rock you stand on. Then the curse and the wendigo soul will leave your body. You don’t need to reach second or thi
“Whose voice is it?” asked Greraver.“Alice!” Sid Fortaine said as he ran.Greraver, Dielh, and Silvia followed behind him. They ran towards where the sound came from. It’s in another room. Sid Fortaine’s mansion tended to be empty, so the slightest movement could cause an echo.Her scream was as well. It must have made the entire wall vibrate. Likewise, with their footsteps when running. In a few seconds, they arrived at a room. It was a spacious and neat bedroom.They saw a woman sitting on the bed. The woman looked pale and frightened. He looked at the four people standing at the door.“Alice!” Sid Fortaine rushed at the woman.“Dad! What happened? I… I… why did I change?”“Ah, Alice…” Sid Fortaine hugged the woman.She was a young girl the same age as Greraver. She looked so nervous and confused as Sid Fortaine hugged him in a terrible cry. Sid Fortaine’s body trembled as he held back the emotions in his heart.After suppressing the tears, Sid Fortaine sat on the same level as Ali
“I forgot that the world is so beautiful. The colors that I thought would forever die. It’s all just dark and gray.”Those were the words Sid Fortaine said when he first opened his eyes. Silvia smiled at the old man. It turned out that her memory of the black grape treatment was correct.Dielh’s gaze shifted to Silvia. He admired the girl even more. Silvia’s strength, knowledge, intelligence, and courage. It was the perfect combination of the girl Dielh had dreamed of. He was determined to stay with Silvia after Greraver ascended the throne to become king.Greraver approached Sid Fortaine. He looked closely at the man’s eyes. Feeling himself being stared at by Greraver, Sid Fortaine immediately knelt down. Then he crossed his right hand over his left chest. He bowed respectfully.“King Destian! Thank you for what you did to me. You brought back my lost world. I haven’t seen the world in too long. I even remember your face in another form.”“You mean?” asked Greraver.“The last time I
“This fruit makes me feel hot. I… I feel burnt!” Sid Fortaine was getting restless.His face was red, and his hands moved slightly to untie his clothes. Then a thin blue smoke appeared from Sid Fortaine’s eyes. The man sat down to calm himself.He thought what he felt was due to the effect of the fruit. Sid Fortaine hoped that the fruit’s reaction in his body would end soon. Because his body temperature was increasing, he tried to keep himself from screaming.Restraining his screams only tormented him, and he sounded growling. Greraver gets to look worried because of Sid Fortaine’s reaction.“Do something! We can’t let him die!” Greraver walked quickly over to support Sid Fortaine’s body.“Aaarrghhhh!!! Help me, I can’t take it anymore!” Sid Fortaine growled.The man floundered on the floor, enduring the pain and heat in his body. While Silvia stood, looking at the chaos in front of her. Greraver tried to support Sid Fortaine’s body.He took Sid Fortaine’s temperature by touching his
“You must help prince Greraver rise to his second-level power. He needed it to take back the kingdom of Vain Dominion. Instead, we will wake up your daughter from her deep sleep. And you will get your eyes back.” Silvia explained.“Can I trust you guys? I can trust Destian. He is a symbol of justice and wisdom. You two, I don’t know you at all.”Silvia and Dielh looked at each other. The people Sid Fortaine meant were, of course, Silvia and Dielh. They were both foreign and utterly invisible to the white witch man.The man could still recognize Greraver by the gold mark on his neck even though he recognized him as Destian. That man was clearly a loyal follower or at least a supporter of King Destian.Then Silvia nodded at Dielh and reached out a hand. She invited Dielh to introduce himself to Sid Fortaine. Dielh understood Silvia’s code, and he started to speak.“I am Dielh, son of the Vain Dominion kingdom’s war general, General Vigolous.”“Oh, so you are that guy? The man who is rum
“Snow?” Silvia muttered.“How can the snowy plains exist in this place?” asked Dielh.After the three reached the upper limit of the abyss, they fell silent in awe of what they saw. A puzzling surprise. At first, they thought they would arrive in hot, dry, sandy plains. The guess was because of the valley they had just crossed.Silvia looked back. She wanted to compare the valley they were walking through. She couldn’t see anything there anymore. The valley they had just passed around and fought there had disappeared.“The valley is gone. Look, in front of us and behind us is a sea of snow,” Silvia said.Greraver and Dielh turned their heads together. Silvia was right. The valley was gone. They were in the middle of a sea of snow. They were like three black ants trapped in the middle of a vast expanse of snow.“How could it be? It’s like a trap,” said Greraver.Hearing Greraver’s words, Silvia and Dielh immediately became alert. The three of them stood alert and pressed their backs ag
“I didn’t think about meeting the seventh heaven king. He is such a cruel person. He didn’t leave a single phoenix alive. Adult and little phoenix all were brutally slaughtered. Their screams of acceptance of death still ring clear in my ears today.” Silvia finished her sentence and stood up.Her heart trembled whenever she remembered the day she lost her clan and family. She prepared to climb up the valley wall and continue on their way. Dielh and Greraver watched as Silvia’s back started to move away. They were sure that the girl must be holding back her tears. Silvia didn’t want Greraver or Dielh to see her cry.She was a fire phoenix girl. Teraus also trained her to become a knight girl. Greraver’s and Dielh’s views of Silvia changed significantly. Silvia was no longer the sweet girl who was good at cooking. She was a fearless fighter and survivalist.Greraver felt both pity and anger at Silvia’s story.“Silvia! Until when are you going to hide? Today you have shown your fire Phoe
“I am not a child of Teraus. He has saved me from death,” Silvia replied.“Are you from this world or from another world? I have never seen such a beautiful fire Pheonix.” Praised Dielh.“Of course I come from this world. Hundreds of years ago, my people had their own plains to live on. Safe and peaceful life. That place was a lush green valley. Lots of fruits and flowers. The fish swam happily in the water. Then something happened.”Dielh and Greraver saw Silvia blush. She held back tears at the memory of that sadness. A fire phoenix as mighty as Silvia certainly didn’t want to appear weak from crying. Her quivering lips and distant eyes explained all of Silvia’s feelings.“The King of the seventh heaven wants us to be their army. Phoenix is actually a gentle bird. We have colorful fur and don’t like to fight. For us, the most important thing is beauty and speed. The arrival of the King of the seventh heaven has turned us all into fire phoenix.”“You don’t fight him?” asked Dielh.“T