o The past King once said, "You need to protect your people, and not them protecting you,"
Prince Darius was recalling this passage he once read in a book and seeing himself wielding the mighty power of the Sun, and giving a peaceful and a country to citizens thst is continouosly prospering.
When suddenly, a blue haired woman appeared and started abusing him. She has done everything she could to harass him, like throwing things at him, humiliating him, and sending him off the border.
Blood. Blood everywhere.
He was just a little boy in the middle of the battlefield.
Next is when he is a teenager. He was now standing in top of a pile of corpse and mercilessly killing anyone in his way.
"No..." he groaned. He feared losing his way. When suddenly, his enemy, Hadean, a man with dark blue hair took the only woman that truly cares about him, and they killed them.
"No!!!" he suddenly rose from the sofa and see the worried face of Laria. She really did not leave him.
"Are you okay?" Laria asked and is calming him down. He noticed the books in the table that he assumed Laria is reading, and a map where there are markings.'Military books' now huh?
He gulped down the water Laria gave him. He was relieved to see her by his side. She was astonished by what his beauty and is somehow relieved that he is fine.
"I see now that you are fine, I shall leave your Majesty," Laria bows her head and start picking up her things. She wanted to avoid any rumors as possible.
Prince Darius nodded and wanted to make her stay but he could not. It was night.
"Very well, I shall escort you," Laria was shocked and is refusing the offer but in the end she could not fend him off.
That maid rumor from all over the palace scattered. It was late at night when an unmarried woman like Lady Laria is going off from the palace.
Laria was amazed by how beautiful the night is while Darius is looking at how beautiful she is. If only she would agree.
"If you need help in anything, you should ask me," Laria grinned at what the Prince said. Surely, she has a lot in her mind. Her jewelry company is on the brink of destruction.
"Well, will you give me the Imperial Mine?" she ask, giddily.
"Why not? Isn't it one of the Empress job?" he asked then Laria smiled faintly.
"You know I cannot," that made the two of them silent. She cannot be an empress. They knew both why.
The tomb of Goddess Rosana.
In the garden of Fordenn Manor lies a small hill that is chocolate colored when it is dry season, but is covered of green grass when it rains. From here, you can see the town of Centinel, the territory th Fordenn is managing.
During the festival held once a year, people tend to wear their most colorful and sparkling jewelry, no matter how cheap it is, for the Goddess. The jewelry are from the mines of Fordenn Family.
A young man with blue hair and eyes that is as deep as the ocean, sneakily entered the Manor. His face is covered with mask, and he is wearing a dark robe.
The gate opened in the middle of the night, and a royal carriage entered. The young man's forehead twitch and his eyes widen when Prince Darius came out and he offered his hand to a lady with green hair, Laria Margarita Fordenn.
"Laria..." he murmured. The night is getting deeper, so is the agony in his heart. Prince Darius looks very happy, and a strong wind envelope his and Laria's body causing the two to hug. The young mans eye twitched with what he saw. And Prince Darius feel a bloodthirst directed to him, so he immediately look at the tree 50m away.
Their eyes meet in the middle. The young man glared and the Prince smirked. He hug Laria tightly. This makes Laria blushed.
The young man immediately goes away with heavy heart.
'It couldn't be.' he murmured. 'Why are they together?'
***
Finally, the day of the execution arrived. She remembered how cruel the Queen has been to Darius as his childhood friend. And eversince she was crowned as Queen, she does not let Laria enter the palace.
The fear in the face of the King and Queen is the evident that their death is inevitable. The Queen is glaring at her as she stands on the platform and is the one going to read the verdict. Prince Darius is wearing a very extravagant clothe, as he wish to be crowned after their execution.
Many people mostly the commoners prepared a feast, because finally, a tyrant king will be executed.
"I did not commit anything! Why would I get executed?!" the Queen shouted. The high ranking noble women fan themselves using fans then cover their faces as if the Queen was a big embarassment because of how she acted. So undignified.
"You, Darius, I should've killed you a long time ago!" the King shouted while marching towards the guillotine.
Many supporters are protesting and is questioning the verdict.
"They are royals! Why would you execute them for something absurd and accuse them of assassinating you, when you would be really the next King?!" Marquis Ariel Fordenn shouted and Laria's mouth was left in awe. "You could just lock them in the tower!"
Her sisters also was very shocked at how stupid their father is. Is this really their father? Or are they orphans? But no. They look very similar to their mother. How could that be?
"He is really an idiot," Laria said and made the Queen grinned.
"What he said is right! Why don't you just lock them in the tower?" the other supporters shouted and second the motion of what has been said. The wise nobles and some neutral power was having a panic decision because they need a side to choose on.
Duke Winterialle and Duke Tierrien was here because this is a very important event. Besides, they know that Prince Darius bear hatred towards them because they support the King and Queen.
It was very noisy. Laria summoned Baron Michael to shut her father up who is causing such a huge uproar.
"What are you going to do? The Fordenn family clearly supports us,"the Queen spoke that made Laria boiled in anger.
Her angelic face turned into a very fierce one and she could not help it. They are using her father to commit the suicidal act because they knew that will not be killed because Prince Darius favors her.
Tiara could not help it. She releases an icy sensation and it was felt by the Winterialle family. Tiara could not help it. She could not control her emotions well so her magic is leaking. It's as if someone wanted this to happen.
"Icetierre!" the Duke Winterialle shouted, "Knights! The legendary Icetierre has been reborn!"
Winterialle Knights enveloped the four sisters. Arianne, Fierre, and Sierra hugged Tiara tightly as she continue to emit the white aura up to the heaven.
Laria run as fast as she could to Tiara but the Winterialle Knights stopped her. Prince Darius is fast to react and now they royal knights is encircling the Winterialle Knights.
This causes a huge uproar. The people around the stadium are now busy talking to each other. The horror is seen in Laria's stoic face and Prince Darius worried expression. He did know that Tiara possesses it even though Laria wanted to keep it secret because of the spy he planted to protect Laria.
The Queen laughed and it sounded horribly to Laria.
"HAHAHAHA!" Laria could not focus. She needed to read the verdict but she is so anxious about her sisters. She knew that she needed to kill the Queen when she suddenly feel weak too.
The sky turned dark and emitted strong thunders. A huge mana dome covered the whole stadium. Then suddenly, five dragons came out and the people started to panic.
"What could be the legendary dragons of the West Empire doing here?!" Prince Darius stand up and Laria feel immensely weak.
The five dragons have five people in black robe in their back. Then a large magic circle enveloped the stadium.
Laria looked up the sky and see the holy artifact one of the people is holding. Probably that is the reason why people like her without magic is weakened while those with magic has been buffed.
Prince Darius grinned at seeing the man with blue hair and eyes in the robe. Laria was shocked and in awe upon seeing him.
"Hadean..." Laria said and suddenly the magic circle open and was going to attack everyone when Aeolus shouted,
"They are going to attack!" he said and activated his magic but he was too late to assemble everyone.
It was so bright that almost blinding. A figure with gold and white suit jump in the middle and prepare his fist, he smiled at Aeolus, and Aeolus despite hating him, did the air shield in the blink of an eye.
"Sun Restoration!" Prince Darius smiled at Laria before gazing straigh through the magic circle.
A large explosion happened at the stadium, and Laria felt despair.
"Darius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"