after faes agreed to let aiden's body to be present for the funeral they began eating. faes had proper etiquette skill so she didn't had any problem using the various spoons for different things. as everyone began eating their breakfast they didn't spoke and were busy with their own thoughts. the silence wasn't disturbing but pleasant for faes who was getting used to too much noise of the city.
once the breakfast was over they went for the funeral together. it was held in front of the palace and there was a big platform where aiden's body should have been present but wasn't, with the other ceremonial objests. the citizen's were not allowed to come in till now and only nobles and their families were present along with the servants that worked for them.
ladon led the royal family with nuri by his side followed by blake adrian and faes. faes was walking in between blake and adrian with sky sitting over her shoulder now awake and looking around at everyone.
once they were in front of the platform ladon glanced at faes to which faes nodded stepping forward and taking a deep breath.
'system let papa's body out!' faes said
[but host it will begin to decompose if brought outside now] the system argued
'then cover it with a barrier that will stop its decomposition' faes glared at the system which shivered from her gaze.
the system did as it was told and soon a huge red phionix body was on the platform in front of everyone. it was covered in a transparent barrier but no one can see it.
once aiden was out faes went back to stand between blake and adrian. faes hanged her head low not to let others see the tears in her eyes but others were not paying attention to her. everyone was focused on aiden's dead body and had tears flowing from their eyes.
faes heard many people sniff and wail in sorrow but she didn't react to that. soon the doors of the palace were opened for commoners who came running after knowing that they can see aiden one last time. in the whole place there were lots of dragons most of them crying and wailing throughout the whole ceremony.
once the ceremony was over ladon told faes to take aiden's body back and then he faced the crowd.
"as you all have been informed our kingdom's pride, his majesty former king aiden shadowdragon de reptiliance is not with us anymore. he didnt died naturally but was killed by the enemies which are now dead. king aiden was cursed which caused him to leave us alone, in the fight two of his children also lost their lives even before they can see the light of the day.
but god's didn't take everything from us, his majesty's last child princess sky mani shadowdragon de reptiliance was born two months ago and is now with us. it was all thanks to princess faes who was his majesty king aiden's disciple and adopted daughter. she saved our princess and now both of them are here with us today mourning their father. i just hope that you all accept his majesty king aiden's last wishes and accept both his daughters as your princesses"
kind ladon said just as everyone's focus shifted on faes and sky. they saw that both had tears in their eyes and were looking at them with expectation and hope wanting to be accepted. though they can clearly see sky in her dragon form on faes shoulder the citizens realised that they cant sense which race their older princess was of, how her face look uncovered but her eyes that were red and tears that flew from her eyes told them that she was close to king aiden. if she was close to king aiden then she was a nice person as not anyone can get accepted by king aiden as his disciple much less get adopted.
"hail her highness princess faes, hail her highness princess sky! welcome to your home" the crowd shouted just as faes relaxed.
faes saw that ladon wanted her to say something to the crowd so she stepped forward glancing at blake who nodded at her in assurance.
taking a deep breath faes turned to the crowd which was now silent
"we all are missing his majesty king aiden in one way or other and he will always stay with us deep in our hearts. though i am not his blood and flesh but the time i was with him was the best time in my life. we trained, played, studied and ate together. he was my father not by blood but from deep within heart. i thank you all for accepting me even without knowing much about me and my background but i vow that i will do my best to be the child his majesty wanted me to be"
faes said as she bowed her head. though she was a princess and bowing to the people below her level was not allowed she still bowed to the crowd in front of her. it was from her heart.
the crowd again began chanting aiden's and faes names along with sky.
ladon nuri blake and adrian watched faes bowing and felt proud of her. she knows what to do and when to do! but they were mostly relieved that their first princess was not the one from the rumors. they didn't announced that faes was the same faes from kingdom altai as they didn't wanted faes to get in any kind of problem. even if in the future others come to know who faes really is, until then she would have made herself a new identity.
others also said some words and then the ceremony was over.
the mourning would continue for one week and after that faes and sky would be welcomed properly in the kingdom and become its princess.
after the ceremony was over everyone left but the royal family was gathered in the meeting room again because there are many things about faes that her new family would want to know.