Kingdom of Vos Lunar.
Have you ever heard the story, that the stars are the sky warriors who protect the moon, the king of light in the night sky?
Of course not, and for Carissa he just found out that the story is part of the history of the kingdom of Vos Lunar, where a hero was born in this country.
The story begins when the entire land of the Eseperer Ieger lands is blanketed by fear because darkness has swallowed up the entire land and the endless night for a hundred years is blanketed. Not only that, they were also confronted by various dark monsters that appeared and attacked every land, spreading hatred and fear. Making humans kill each other.
All that happened because the Obscurite Regle the ruler of darkness had managed to swallow the moon of the king of light into darkness, where the stars were also swallowed up by darkness and were no longer able to protect the moon.
The night without light went on for a hundred years, and the morning never even appeared.
Until someone wearing a mask drew his glowing sword and slashed the Obscurite Regle along with the darkness that enveloped him, until the night had light again, where the moon and stars shone again, illuminating the night sky.
The ruler of darkness was lost, but he promised to return to swallow the whole land with darkness on the day of his second resurrection after a hundred years had passed.
For a moment everyone rejoiced, but after the masked hero had disappeared as well shortly after Obscurte Regle's death, everyone was again confronted with fear. Until a young man appears and declares that he is the right hand of the masked hero and orders everyone not to sink into fear because the next hero will appear, with the characteristics of him who is blessed with light and has great light magic.
And after almost a hundred years would pass, a baby was born filled with light.
"And that baby is me?" Carissa thought as she continued to read the Vos Lunar royal history book.
Carissa will also be officially crowned as the heir to the throne as well as the person who will defeat the Obscurite Regle who is expected to rise again in a year to fulfill his promise to swallow the whole country with darkness like a hundred years ago.
"Then yesterday's light blessing ritual... to prevent the ruler of darkness from rising early?," Carissa thought, wondering because the blessing of light that was carried out last night was so that the stars would not experience a stellar eclipse which people call it swallowed up by darkness, so that the the star can keep the moon shining is to prevent the lord of darkness from rising early. Where Carissa had to do that night was to spread the power of her light to be absorbed by the stars as well.
However, because something unexpected happened to Carissa, the ritual was canceled and today the ritual will be carried out again. Precisely at night right under the moonlight.
Guards have been tightened and protective magic has also been installed in layers to prevent something bad like yesterday from happening again, where the three robed people are believed to be subordinates of the lord of darkness who are impatiently waiting for their master's resurrection and choose to disrupt the ritual of blessing the light so that the stars and the moon is swallowed up in darkness and the night will be so dark that the lord of darkness will rise.
"Princess Carissa… you are here. Please get ready for the ceremony tonight, princess. Come on back to your room," said Lily the female waitress who served all of Carissa's needs.
Carissa closed her book and obeyed again. For now he chooses to follow whatever happens because he doesn't know much about his new life. After all, Carissa felt that the history she was reading was just a fairy tale and this ritual was just a tradition, so Carissa just followed it happily and hoped she could live a little peace this time.
After arriving in the dressing room, Carissa was immediately changed into a plain white dress with the addition of a white robe also decorated with beautiful gold embroidery in the shape of a constellation of stars and behind the robe there was a large silver embroidery in the shape of a moon phase. Don't forget the crown made of diamonds and platinum with dewdrops and the moon at its peak in the shape of a crescent moon, which surrounds the moon beautifully lined with star-shaped diamonds as if they are the guardians of the moon.
After finishing Carissa was immediately escorted to the altar of the light blessing ritual ceremony. Located in the center of the palace where the altar has been for a hundred years, it was built by a masked hero whose identity has never been identified, which everyone would appreciate and often call him the hero of light.
After arriving in the middle of the Altar, Carissa could see firsthand the huge moon shining above her head in the night sky, making Carissa mesmerized by its beauty that she had never seen before in her entire life.
"Knight Basten Lambert please perform a blessing with the sword of light," said the one who presided over the ceremony.
The person who was called Basten and even then approached Carissa gallantly carrying a white sword decorated with gold and sapphire stones.
"Princess, please have a seat of honor," said Basten politely and Carissa complied.
After that, Basten took out a sword of light which was said to truly belong to the masked hero and was passed down from generation to generation to the person who could guard and inherit it, and the Lambert noble family was the chosen one.
Basten also said words that were unfamiliar to Carissa and he didn't really understand what Basten was saying, but after Basten finished saying those words, the sword he was holding and he was blessing Carissa shone brightly and Carissa could somehow feel a warmth and a very deep sense of longing from the sword.
The sun that rules the morning...
The moon that illuminates the night…
The star of the guardian of the king of light…
Bless us with the three holy lights…
Swallow the darkness in an eternal embrace...
Auris…
After the sword shone, Carissa could feel something flowing in her body and then out, and Carissa's body was completely enveloped in light where the light continued to rise to form a ball of light where Basten pierced the ball of light with the sword of light so that the ball of light broke and spread all over. the light that splintered across the land and sky.
"There is always a light for those who want to see it, even in the dark."
When the ball of light broke, Carissa could hear someone saying to her faintly which she felt familiar with that voice, but she also didn't know who was speaking so softly to her, until Carissa felt warm in her heart and made Carissa shed tears. eyes because he felt so longing for the voice he did not know.
"There's always a light for those who want to see it, even in the dark," Carissa mumbled repeating the words as she looked up at the bright moon with herself surrounded by shards of light that spread like fireflies around her.
Carissa squeezed her robes with a feeling she couldn't explain, but she felt someone had told her that even though she had lived in darkness, she could still see the light. He was so touched because he felt that he could still have hope and touch the light after his life was shrouded in darkness.
"Do you want to see the light?"
"Yes. I want to see it!"
"Then smile with the light..."
Carissa fell down and was unconscious after answering those vague words.
***
"Good night Princess Carissa, and have a good rest. May the light protect you ..." someone said to Carissa who was half conscious to see that she was in her room and was lying on her bed. After being covered, Carissa fell back asleep because she felt so sleepy and weak as if all her energy was drained.
"Who is it?" thought Carissa who faintly saw someone who wrapped her in a maid's clothes and then she fell back asleep.
If when she woke up yesterday, Carissa saw a smile under the sun, now she who before falling asleep had seen a smile the same as when she woke up, but this time the faint smile was in the same warm moonlight.
Carissa fell asleep smiling after seeing a warm smile under the moonlight at night as her lullaby before she drowned in dreams that made her feel longing again for a figure she did not know, but she was so close to him.
Whoever it is, Carissa is very sure that this person is someone who loves Carissa so sincerely.
"I hope I can meet you soon, my light..."