The Beau Royal Family, is one of the families blessed with the greatest strength in the Land of the Dawn. This royal family is known for its legendary ancestors who fought with honor and sacrifices. The Beau's family has a very private nature and seldom talk about their golden days let alone about their success. Because all of this time they have kept many secrets about their achievements.
During the Terraria War, Beau made many blood sacrifices over the Land of Dawn. They will eliminate anyone who has a different view from them. They did this solely to show how much they wanted to defeat the Tyran Kingdom who ruled as they pleased at that moment.
But the Land of Dawn didn't want so much bloodshed from its inhabitants. If that what happens then what's the difference between Beau and Tyran who are both dared to kill anyone with a different view towars their campaign?
By all means, The Land that suffer sfrom the bloodshed took it's stand in the battle. Not with the Tyran, nor the Beau. The Land responded to Beau calling with a curse. A curse to Beau's generation who will experience the awakening of their blood. Allowing the forces of darkness to stay within them and stain their blood with forbidden forces.
The Beau's family has their hard time with this curse, since they were the ones leading the Light Revolution. They then create self-barricades with their strength so that they seem to stay on the bright side.
Their status as royal family makes it easy for them to keep that secret behind their high walls.
Everything come to an end for them when the Blood Moon Festival is held and the Prodigy was born, the Beau Family can no longer keep their secrets well-kept because Irandra, the highest princess, had to feel her blood awaken.
Irandra is known as the highest princess, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Beau. She is known as a figure of temper and full of fear to those who were closest to her. As the Blood Moon progressed, Lo, Princess of Renum who is finally awakened and freed from the seal, came to Irandra's wedding and brought a curse with her, killing every raven and destroying the buildings all the way to the ceremony. Seeing the chaos caused by this uninvited guest Irandra's strength grew bigger along with her anger. The princess felt a great flow of power in her veins, as the woman's appearance changed. Lo herself was terrified by Irandra's transformation and disappeared after seeing what she had done to Irandra.
Beau has a unique vow that the royal princes and princesses have had to take since they were little. This is to keep Beau's name untouched by dark forces; voluntarily holding back their power and teaching it to their future children. This oath is what kept Beau generations from awakening their blood.
Irandra cannot keep her vows because of what happened at her wedding. Seeing that, the Beau Family then threw Irandra and her husband away and removed her from the position of the first successor to the throne. Making Aden, Irandra's younger brother, the first in line to succeed the throne.
This is what burdened Aden since that terrifying night. He was still three years old, but everyone has turned to him and has put a pile of hope on the boy's tiny shoulders. Seeing her child burdened, Aden's mother, Queen of the Beau Kingdom, proposes transferring Aden to Nayra Academy and to take his formal education there. A prince like Aden eventually can have a formal education in the palace where he lives, but Aden's mother insisted that Aden lived away from the family tension while preparing to be the king.
Aden is now eating in the room with his mother. He asked for breakfast to be brought to his mother's room so they could chat freely without fearing that the servants would overhear. Aden frowned at the food that was served to his mother. A regular bowl of porridge. Without any toppings. Not even a single berry.
"Are you sick, mother?" He asked. His mother realized what Aden saw and smiled.
"After your sister left the palace, I couldn't eat properly." Her mother said as she spooned out her porridge. "I have gotten sick so many times. My stomach got really weak."
Aden seemed to have taken the bitterest pill in his life. His house has been in poor state all this time. He was so blind in this condition since he lived so far from the palace. His sister was exiled, his father fell ill, her mother suffered because of her guilt of allowing her big family to decide the exile of her own daughter, not to mention that she had no right to say a word since the family saw her as a failed mother. Even more painful, she was forced to sign the decree. Making her looked like a bad person in her own son's eyes.
"Irandra's exile is not your fault." Aden said after a long pause.
His mother was feeling that way again. The same feeling when signing an exile warrant. The same feeling when she saw a horse-drawn carriage carrying Irandra and Verri away from the palace. The same feeling when she locked herself up for days, thinking about whether her decision that wasn't based on her will was a good decision. Thinking that what could possibly be changed to make Irandra drawn back to the palace.
"If only then I had the power to stop them." She said while closing her termbling mouth with her skinny hand. She had no one to turn to all this time. Her own husband ignored her after the incident as if they had been just two strangers on the same roof.
"It's not your fault." Said Aden while kneeling on the floor, cupping his hands in his mother's lap. Staring into her mother's hazel eyes. "I wish the land let us be happy just for a moment. I wished your sister had a bit mercy in her heart," she exclaim with a shaken voice. ".. I wish the Prodigy didn't come." His mother sobbed even more.
Aden swallowed his saliva silently. He closed his eyes; want to drown out his frustration that he doesn't know to who it is assigned to. To be honest he wasn't really sure who the Prodigy that these people were talking about. He wasn't really sure how he should feel if he even knew who it was. But ever since the Prodigy was born, it seems like everyone's life is so chaotic afterwards.
Aden's thoughts continued to rage even until he entered the room in his academy dormitory. After the incident that morning, he actually wanted to stay a little longer, accompanying her devastated mother. But he had to return to the academy to take care of his graduation later. He promised his mother he would come back at the end of the month and bring his fiancé with him. The mother seemed pleased to hear the good news and promised to wait patiently for her son to return home. Of course, his mother is more excited about the promise that Aden would bring fiancé with him.
"Hey." A voice that Aden knew greets him. The man turned his head to find Karina. The girl smiled as she fixed Aden's golden hair in the wind, "The wind is strong, isn't it?"
"What do you want?" Asked Aden. Aden got to know Karina recently. At first, the man didn't really pay attention to Karina's presence, until he found out about her true identity after a while.
The girl, along with her two sisters, are assassins who work under the Myran family. The family is well known for their successful businesses.
"Mr. Harley wants to speak to you." She said.
"Can not. I'm busy."
"Why?" Karina stared at Aden without changing her expression at all.
"You know I can't be seen walking into that midget's casino."
"I'm not a midget. How awful." Aden turned to the source of the sound and found Mister Harley appearing with two of his gigantic guards.
"You shouldn't be able to get into the academy." Aden said.
"You should be surprised." Mr. Harley smiled, "I just got news about your father. He was a good friend of mine for a long time." Aden could not argue with Mr. Harley's statement. His father was a young man who did whatever his heart desired. There are no doubts in Aden's heart if he hears his father involvement with a rat like Mister Harley.
"Thank you for your pity talk. But actually why do you want to talk to me?" Aden narrowed his eyes.
Harley smiled then chuckled for a moment. "I just wondered this morning what Nayra Academy and its hundred years long of bright graduates are like. Maybe I could invest a little in this academy, I thought to myself. But you know Madam Evangeline doesn't like people getting involved in her business."
"Yes, you're absolutely right."
"I also heard that this academy is where the Prodigy studies." Harley whispered as he spread his gaze.
Aden blinked several times, surprised to hear Mr. Harley's words, "What?"
"Yes. Don't you know? A member of mine saw a strange blue light from the academy. Even though the power of light was extinguished when the Two Sisters of the Renum family broke free from the seal."
"Then what the strange blue light has to do with the Prodigy?"
Harley is a little taken aback by Aden's question. He thought the boy should have known faster than him since he's the Beau. But Harley shrieked his shoulder. Might've been busy, he thought to himself. "Only the Prodigy would not be affected by the curse brought by Vexana and Alice. The Prodigy will be able to control the power of dark and light simultaneously even in this era of darkness."
"Oh." Aden thought for a moment. He wasn't really sure about that light. But he had seen it too. Once. One night when he was thirteen. It was a cold and foggy night too, so he thought the flare was a bit strange but he was not sure either.
"But of course, the Myran family is also not affected by this dark era."
Aden chuckled to himself. He blamed himself for forgetting for a moment how arrogant anyone who came from Mr. Harley's family was. Moreover, the man himself.
"My casino is getting more and more visitors!" He said with a laughter.
"I don't know which side you actually choose. But you should stay away from me and my family. We have nothing to do with your illegal business." Aden said as he turned around.
"Very well. See you later, Young Master Aden." Harley excuse himself then he turn around and walk in different directions with Aden.
Aden didn't really pay attention to Harley's arrogance. He is more focused on the existence of the Prodigy in his school. He had to find it out immediately.
***
Digu and Cyclops build their camp in the woods near the house where they find the child they were looking for. Digu hadn't slept all night thinking of strategies to approach the girl without startling her. He could have hypnotized the entire academy and make everyone believe that he's the Highest Teacher in the academy. This position will make it easier for him to meet Miya, who is in the superior class and is only taught by selected teachers. Digu and Cyclops are the new members of the Mountain Witch's Council. So maybe not many people have heard about them yet let alone knew how they look like.
But he was worried about sleeping Cyclops. The creature gets anxious about situations easily. Digu was afraid that the guise he had worked so hard on would only collapse on the first day because Cyclops had spoken wrong things. So he couldn't jeopardize his mission just because Cyclops says semething terribly wrong.
While he was busy thinking about his strategy, he got reminded by the conditions in the mansion where he, Cyclops and the other three councils were living in. How is the situation there now? Did Estra already know that he and Cyclops disappeared? Or has Kai complained about their departure? Ah, maybe Digu should think of a better strategy too if Estra suddenly appears and messes up all of his other strategies?