king augustus knew the commander shiva's disciples and heir were faes and sky but who was lady aster? was it faes? and did nia not recognize her own sister?
king augustus couldn't wrap his brain around that his two daughters cant recognize each other.
"from what i heard commander shiva took in two girls as his disciples." prince alexander began speaking while frowning
"but they were making their way towards the capital. how would they know that you were captured before others knew? and they even managed to rescue you in time" alexander couldn't understand how someone who was travelling would end up in a place where his sister was captured and even manage to rescue her just in time. that too from two elemental strengthening stage cultivators!
one had to know that his father had only recently reached that cultivation realm other than that only few in whole kingdom altai were equal in strength.
"that i do not know but aside from commander shiva there were few more people around lady aster who were also in elemental strengthening stage of cultivation. when they defeated the bandits leader he summoned a vital refining stage cultivator using a tool. i thought we were doomed but that vital refining stage cultivator was actually lady aster's aide hence didn't help the bandits." nia spoke about what happened.
after listening to the whole story king augustus was sure that this lady aster was his daughter faes and was thankful to her for saving nia in time. but queen alicia and prince alexander didn't know this fact and thought the girl was some lady aster. none the less they too were thankful to her for saving princess nia.
"you should rest for now. i will be there soon baby!" queen alicia decided to go to city eduki. while prince alexander decided to take care of the matter with the duke and commander.
with everything settled the royal family began their work like usual.
....
somewhere in city eduki..
a boy with black hair and black eyes was walking aimlessly on the sidewalk wearing a cloak that covered his whole body. as it was normal for many to hide their identity the boy didn't attract much attention.
this boy was the first and sole prince of devil kingdom- alison cullen.
after all these years after that girl's death alison had finally decided to go on his normal journey to other kingdoms and gather allies. but this time he was here to find that girl's family.
he had only arrived in the city eduki in the morning when he heard the incident involving the bandits. he had been shocked to know that and wondered if that girl was also one of the kids who suffered from those bandits and somehow managed to run away. his cold heart which had been frozen had only melted for the girl and once again he felt that that girl was really interesting to capture his mind even after dying.
alison didn't bother much about the bandits as he decided to go to the auction occurring in the evening. that's because the auction was rumored to have some interesting thing.
while on the way alison paused making his attendant who was following behind him give him a curious glance. after all the prince was rarely interested in anything.
while alison had paused because of a girl who was busy buying lollypops and candies nearby. alison felt that he had met the girl before but couldn't recall her, a strange connection was present between him and that girl; a connection he only felt once before but that girl is already dead!
alison continued to observe the girl in front of him. black hair shining and flowing lightly with the wind, gray eyes that shined brightly as she popped a candy in her mouth. though a mask covered her face alison can point out the similarities between the girl in front of him and the girl who died in the forest few years ago.
'could this girl be her twin?' alison suddenly thought of a possibility before he decided to approach faes who was busy buying candies for sky.
faes had already sensed alison's gaze and wasn't surprized when he approached her. she had also scanned him and knew who he was.
"greetings sir, how can i help you?" eli stopped ali before he can get close to faes and politely greeted
ali was irritated but thinking about the girl he calmed himself down. he didn't want this girl to hate him or have any negative view of him. alison didn't want to loose another hope!
"i want to talk with the young miss there, its urgent and important" alison replied nodding towards faes.
faes nodded at eli and others to let alison through and smiled at him
"i might be lucky today to have caught attention of the first prince of devil kingdom. good evening your highness prince alison cullen" faes spoke lightly and playfully but her words were enough to shock those who heard them. specially alison who still had himself covered with the cloak. but knowing that the girl clearly know who he was from her confident tone he took off his hood showing his face.
black hair, black eyes while having a face that can have any girl faint just after a glance. alison was truly a devil who can bewitch anyone.
"who are you? have we met before?" alison asked directly ignoring the bows others around them gave him.
as for faes- she was stunned her smile falling as she observed alison's face. a face that she have seen before or it was better to say that the original princess faes saw right before dying. he was the boy aiden told her about and the boy who was there when the original faes died.
he clearly recognized her and was probably having an internal mayhem currently.
faes knew that she have to clear this fast or it might cause her lots of trouble in the future. after all the boy she thought of as a normal passerby had turned out to be a crown prince and had already recognized her.
"its better if we talk in private your highness, this matter isn't something others should know of" faes spoke seriously making even eli and others give her second glances. this was the first time they saw her this serious and couldn't understand what caused it.