A small figure appeared in the room. The figure seems to be flying and looking for someone. And when he saw the people in the room, it rushed over to them. He went straight behind one of the twins and grabbed whatever that was hiding.
"Hello, Celeste." Irving smiled warily at the man who had held him by the clothing at the back of his neck. The king looked like a kitten carried by the mother.
"Hello, my king." Celeste smiled sarcastically, with his forehead bulging veins. The king literally shrank in size under his gaze.
"Hi." Irving flapped his wings furiously to get away from his grip but, the grip was deadly and, no matter how much he tried, Celeste did not even budge.
"Stop trying to get away from me, my king." Celeste was unaffected by his king and raised his king to his eye level. "So this is where you have been hiding away from me, huh?"
"Not really..." Irving shrank even more and kept on doing things with his fingers.
"Umm, sorry to interrupt, but who are you?" Jin stepped out of where he was standing and asked the fairy who had his hands on Irving. The fairy had a greenish shade on his blue eyes and hair. His wings were separated into two sectors but, they had signs of veins on them. His wings were like transparent leaves.
"I am kings' personal guard, Celeste. And who may you be?" Celeste put his king behind him so that he was shielded from the shifters.
"We are from Mutsuki and Minazuki. We came here for information about the tribe of fairies who lives in Minazuki's territory." Jin explained, and he saw the fae's eyes widen.
Celeste immediately dropped to his knees when he heard that. He accidentally bumped his king's butt by mistake but, he couldn't apologise now. Other things were important than the king's butt.
"Ow." Irving rubbed his little bottom when it hit the ground hard.
"We pledge our royalty to you." Celeste spoke while he kept his head low. He should have known they were from leading clans from the appearance. He had also known that the next head of Mutsuki was one of the twins, while for Minazuki, the head was going to be a female who isn't a firstborn.
"Celeste, right? Would you please stop that? It was our grandparents who saved you and not us. You should thank them instead." Jin got down to talk to the fairies and, they raised their head.
"You may be right. It was Lord Johan and Lady Mikoto who swore to protect us but, you still protect us. So it does not matter in my eyes." The guard spoke.
"Okay. Anyway, did Irving have something he needed to do? Seems like you were searching for him when you came in." The future head of Mutsuki replied.
"Yes. I was looking for him because he is supposed to be in a meeting with the neighbouring nymph queen Pleione, pixie king and queen and the leader of elves. I have been looking for him since morning because he has been running away from me since morning." Celeste brought his king in front of his face and squinted his eyes. The king was half of his natural size and stopped rubbing his butt when he was brought in the face.
"Hi." He smiled. He no longer tried to escape.
"Don't 'hi' me, my king. Come with me to the meeting. Queen Paleine, king Jesper and queen Tinka, and sir Terance has been waiting for you in the great hall for hours, my king. It is time for you to go to them." The personal guard began flying with his king in his hand to the door.
"Ahh! But I have to talk to them!" Irving complained with his tiny body and, it successfully made his guard stop.
"Then all of you may join. I am sure they would love to meet them." Celeste turned back at the shifters and told them. The king had his arms around his chest and puffed his cheeks. He didn't want to go to the meeting and, that was the reason why he had been running away from Celeste and said yes to his niece about meeting the shapeshifters. He didn't expect to end up in the meeting anyway.
"Really? I would love to meet them!" Alek jumped from her place and came in front of Celeste with a flash.
"You are most welcome." Celeste was surprised but replied soon.
"Are you sure we are allowed to join?" Rin came over slowly and asked.
"Of course. You are from the two leading clans from the shapeshifting community. They are people who knew of what happened to us and know of Lord Johan and Lady Mikoto. I think they would be interested in seeing you." With that, Celeste bent the door open and ushered people to get out. He didn't need to use more energy than opening from the outside because the door was made that way and, the king was with him. Since Irving was the king of this castle, his influence on it was stronger than any other creature in this place. "May you please follow me."
The three of them nodded and followed the fairies flying ahead of them. Irving was still small and was grumpy.
After a walk for about five minutes, they came in front of a massive door. Celeste knocked before getting in when he heard a woman replying, he finally bent open the door.
"Have you found Irving?" The room was the size of an auditorium in the twins' university. It was located in the upper parts of the castle and, it absorbed all the light from the outside. And there, was a huge rectangle table surrounded by chairs were in the centre of the room. But there were only four people seated at the end of the table. And the woman who spoke now was seated on the left of the head of the table. She was wearing an all-white outfit with a crown on her head made of gold. Her hair was white but, they knew it wasn't because of her age or anything since she looked like she was in her mid-twenties. Her white hair seemed to have some yellow in it and made her look like a goddess.
"I have, queen Paleine." Celeste bowed before flying with his king in his hand and settling him on the table header. Irving shifted when he was let go with his appearance human but his posture, same.
"Hello, Irving. You are late. We have been waiting for hours." The woman called the queen Paleine spoke to the head of Sibhruion.
"Who are you?" Another woman at the table saw three shifters standing in the doorway and asked them. She had a short pixie haircut for her black hair and had pink eyes that suited her sweet appearance. She also had a flower crown of various colourful flowers on her head, indicating she was a queen. She was smiling at them like some kind of angel.
The three couldn't see what she was wearing since she was sitting behind a man with the same features apart from his hair reaching his waist. The man was wearing an all-black outfit that made him look like a god of darkness or underworld. He also had a flower crown on his head but, his flowers were black roses.
"Ahhhh..." Rin looking at Irving and his guard.
"Mmm?" The woman asked again?
"They are from the leading clans. My visitors and Pari's friends." Irving told the people at the table and, the way they looked at the three changed instantly.
"You are?" The first woman asked. Her eyes were wide open and revealed her eye colours. When they saw her at first, her irises were white, but now, it was black. It used to be all white apart from the pupils, which were black.
"We are. I am Rin. He is Jin and she is Alek." As soon as Rin said that, woman number two with pink eyes shifted and flew over to them. Her hair was black but, it reflected pink shades. Her wings were not like the ones of Irving or Pari. They were pink and did not have an exact shape. It was like heat that had been reflected off roads.
"Really?! I am so happy to meet you! I am Tinka, Queen of pixies!" She flapped her wings and, it left a pleasant scent in the air.
"Tinka, my dear, Calm down. You are scaring them." The man in black came to them and took her in his palm. She fit in his palm perfectly and looked at him while blushing. That was when they realised she had pointy ears, and so did he. "Sorry for my wife's behaviour. I am Jesper." The man spoke to them. He was taller than the twins, about the height of Robin.
"Hello." Alek stared intently at the creature in his palm. She was tinier than Irving or Pari. She was about the size of when Irving was grumpy.
"Hello. I am Paleine. Queen of nymphs." They didn't realise the goddess-like woman had come in front of them. She smiled elegantly. Her irises were back to white and it looked creepy but eyecatching.
"I am Terance." Another man they had not noticed that he had existed came to greet them. He was about the same height as the twins and had long light brown hair. He also had pointy ears like the two king and queen of pixies. His eyes were soft green and were like a pair of black holes that made people stare at them. His outfit was also greenish and looked like armour. On his head, there was a crown made of green crystals.
"So what have you come to do?" Queen of nymphs asked the three shifters.
"We are here to ask about the tribe of fairies that live in Minazuki's territory." Castor replied to the queen.
"Are you talking about the Himawari no Kaze?" The queen's eyes shifted into grey as she spoke.