HEAVEN REALM
Dylan was busy practicing with his sword when Jimmy appeared in the training ground "your highness, I have brought word from our spies" Jimmy said and Dylan simply nodded not stopping hat he was doing, meaning that Jimmy should keep talking "the men said they spotted Princess Stephanie in the mortal realm earlier in the day" Jimmy said and Dylan stopped swinging his sword and it vanished into thin air then he walked up to Jimmy who had his head bowed before his lord "are you sure, Jimmy?" Dylan asked him "yes, your highness" Jimmy replied "good, you can leave now" Dylan said and Jimmy bowed then left. "What is warrior princess up to now?" he asked himself then teleported to his bedchamber to take a bath and change clothes.
Dylan changed his training clothes into his normal clothes which were a pair of white pants, an inner top and an outer blue robe. He picked in sheathed sword and hung it on his waist, tied his raven black hair up in a ponytail and put on his boots. He then ordered a maid to inform the Heavenly Emperor that he was going to the mortal realm to deal with some things. "Yes your highness, I would convey your message to the Emperor immediately" the maid said then walked to door of the bedchamber before teleporting to the Emperor's place. "I have to see for myself what that demon princess is planning" Dylan said to himself after the maid left then disappeared to the mortal realm leaving only blue smoke that soon dissipated into thin air.
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MORTAL REALM
Stephanie reappeared on a hill on the outskirt of Selona and simply decided to teleport to the bedchamber of the King of Silvia once and for all, she didn't want to go through the stress of walking through the streets and talking to guards before she can accomplish her goal. She took a deep breath and teleported directly to the bedchamber of the Silvian king even though she doesn't know what the place looked like.
"Who are you?" the middle aged man who was sitting on his rock chair asked standing up from the chair and getting ready to take his sword "I'm not here to harm you, you don't need to take out your sword because even if you do, it wouldn't help you" Stephanie said with a smile befitting a witch and she saw fear evident in the King's eye "I'm here to tell you that the Kingdom of Selona would wage war on your Kingdom. The King of Selona already allied with other Kingdoms and he plans to take over your kingdom once he wins the war" she explained "he is certain he would win because he plans on catching you unaware" she added.
"How do you know this and why should I believe you" the king asked not sure if he should believe what Stephanie just said "do I look like a mere human to you? I entered your bedchamber without using the door or windows, you yelled but your guards didn't come in because I have put up a sound barrier and they can't hear us" she said with an intimidating tone and the king subconsciously moved two steps back "I am a witch" she added emphasizing on the word witch making sure he gets the message "I'm sorry for doubting you, thank you for the heads up" the king said and Stephanie nodded then teleported back to the hill in Selona where she teleported from.
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Riley arrived in his cabin with Maya in his arms and he slowly let her go in the dark cabin "ah, why is it so dark" Maya said and quickly held on back to him as if clinging for dear life and Riley lit up the fire lamps with magic "sorry about that, I always put off the lamps anytime I leave here" he said apologetically "are we in the mortal realm and is this your place" she asked him "yes, we're in the mortal ream and this is my place" he answered her "I built this cabin in a forest, so right now we're in the middle of a forest in the mortal realm" he added "oh" she simply said admiring the small cabin which had no hint of magic in it "but why are we in a forest" she asked confused "it's because we have to walk to the streets we can just appear out of thin air, it would scare the mortals who aren't used to such" he explained "that's why I brought us here so we can go to the city like mortals and we wouldn't be scaring off anyone" he added "okay, so let's go" Maya said and they left the cabin and the forest entirely.
Walking along the streets in the mortal realm was a new kind of experience for Maya and she looked around while asking Riley a few questions from time to time. A while later, she saw a girl who was pleading with her mom to get her a sunflower from a stall but her mother declined "Mia, I don't have money for flowers" the woman said to her daughter and the girl masked a sad expression. Maya felt for the girl and pulled Riley to a corner where no one would see them and she summoned a few sunflowers from the peace garden and made them into a bouquet then went to give it to the girl "you can have this bouquet little girl, it's all for you" she said kneeling in front of the girl whose face was already brightened up but still had to look at her mother for permission and the woman nodded. "Thank you miss" the little girl said smiling "you're welcome" Maya said and stood up to meet Riley.
The moment she stood up and turned towards the direction she came from, her head hit a rock hard something she didn't see approaching and she inhaled a nice male scent, she took a step back and realized she had hit the chest of a man wearing a blue robe she raised her head only to be met with a pair of familiar brown orbs staring back at her coldly "oh, I didn't see you. When did you change your clothes and why are you staring at me so coldly" she asked but got only the cold stare in return "Riley, I'm talking to you, you're scaring me" she said snapping her fingers in front of his face but the man held her wrist tightly and she tried to free herself in vain.
"How dare you hit me and still talk so casually to me woman" the man who happened to be Dylan said coldly mesmerized by the beauty standing in front of him whose hands he held in his tight grip, something in him didn't want to let her go forever "you're hurting me" Maya said whimpering in pain and clearly intimidated by Dylan's aura, she was about to speak again when another strong hands whose touch felt familiar yanked her hands away from the tight grip of the man in blue robe. She looked up and saw the Riley's face again; she looked at the man in blue robe then at the man who just freed her hurting wrist then called out his name "Riley" she said sure that the man who just joined them was Riley because he still had on the cloth he was wearing before "are you okay" he asked her calmly looking closely at her bruised wrist and her tensed temples calmed down "yes, I'm okay" she said and he was going to pull her away from there but Dylan held her back causing him to stop in his tracks.
"How dare you just come and interrupt me" Dylan said with his intimidating tone and Riley raised his head to look at the man who had hurt the woman he loved, who now had the guts to hold her back and question him. The moment their eyes met, he was taken aback, he felt like he was looking into the mirror and was seeing a reflection of himself but in another outfit, Dylan was also shocked to see Riley's face but they both masked their expressions real well, and the only thing onlookers, including Maya could see was a pair of identical men staring at themselves.
"Riley, do you know him; he is wearing the other half of the pendant you wear around your neck. Is he by any chance your twin brother?" Maya asked breaking the duo out of their reverie causing them both to look at the other one's neck "where did you get that from" they simultaneously said with the same deep voice, but one was calm and the other, cold. Maya stared at them both in disbelief; how can two identical men with the same voice, wearing the other half of each one's pendant not know the other? "Let's go Maya" Riley said and shoved Dylan's hands off Maya's grip and Dylan tried to pull her back with magic, using a spell that mortals wouldn't notice. Riley, who was equally fast and strong, countered the attack by using the same spell and successfully took Maya away from there.
When they got to the cabin, Riley added ointment to Maya's wrist and teleported them back to the flower garden where he bid farewell to Maya and watched her teleport back to where she came from. He was sad they were already separating but at the same time glad he could return her before her curfew was over and she wouldn't be getting in trouble. He remembered the man from earlier and frowned a bit 'could that be the heavenly crown prince Stephanie said looks like me, I didn't expect him to look this way' he thought before teleporting back home.