Forbidden Forest

"Be careful!" Said Seraphina while stretching out her hand. Judy tried to break through the thicket that almost covered the secret door, this girl lifted her skirt shyly.




"Are you okay?"




"Y-yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Judy smiled shyly, her cheeks flushed red as Seraphina took her hand.




"Do you think they'll come again today?"




"I don't know, but they do play around the hill a lot, don't they?"




"You're right, I hope to see Owen today. Do you think he knows where the foot of the volcano is?"




"I don't know, but I hope he can help us. Will the prince look for the plant when you finds a clue?"




"Yes, I'll look for it!" she said sure. Seraphina had no choice but to find the silver plant if it was true that it could help cure Xavier's illness.




Judy stared at the figure of the prince who was standing beside her. Her eyes began to move toward their clasping hands, Judy was nervous every time they accidentally touched.




Woof ... woof ... woof ...




There was the sound of Owen's dog, Seraphina and Judy who had recognized enough of the voice, immediately turned their heads to the end of the road where three boys were running behind the brown haired dog.




"Prince Xavier...!" Owen shouted for the prince with a big smile as he waved his hand.




Seeing Owen who was always excited like always made the two girls chuckle. Not to mention Joan, who was panting because he was forced to run up and down the hill which felt very tiring.




"What's the matter? Why are you running?" She asked.




"Prince Nathan, Owen said he will enlist as a royal soldier and become the prince's personal bodyguard!" Rupert said. Owen who is being talked about can only smile so widely that there is a wind coming out of his nostrils.




"Really? but, why suddenly ..."




"Not suddenly, look at this!" he said, pointing to the leaflet he got from a palace soldier this morning.




"What is this?" Nathania and Judy rushed over and stared at the flyer Owen had shown them.




"The Royal Soldier registration is opening soon, enroll yourself now. Show that you are a brave soldier!" that was the writing listed on the leaflets distributed by the palace guards around the market and residential areas.




"I just found out this news!"




"I will register, I heard that there will be a special selection to become the personal bodyguard of the Lithonia crown prince!"




"Really? but, why do you suddenly want to be a bodyguard?"




"This is not sudden, Your Majesty. I have wanted it for a long time, it is my dream to serve my beloved Lithonia and dedicate my soul and body to safeguarding the crown prince. This is pride!"




"Hahaha ... you're so excited!"




"He keeps telling everyone he meets about this plan. He even shows off his horse riding skills to everyone!" said Joan with her hands on her hips. This young man looked disdainful.




"Shut your mouth, are you taking me lightly?" Owen who was furious, grabbed Joan's shirt collar and got ready with his fist.




"Ahahaha ... I'm just kidding, don't hit me!"




"But by the way, what business do Prince Nathan and Judy have out of the palace today?" asked Rupert.




Nathania and Judy looked at each other, remembering Nathania's goal of wanting to find out about the togetherness of the forest at the foot of the mountain.




"Do you know where the forest is at the foot of the volcano?" asked the princess.




"A forest at the foot of a volcano? what's the need with a forest like that?"




"I want to find a medicinal plant that is said to cure a very severe disease,"




"Prince Nathan wants to find a silver leaf plant to heal Princess Nathania!" continued Judy.




The three youths were silent and stared at the figure of the crown prince who was standing with a sad face in front of them. Although Nathania was still trying to show her best smile, it could not completely cover what was in her heart.




"Forest like that is not you has found it, Your Majesty!" said Owen.




"Haaah? really? where?"




"Those tall trees over there are the doors to the forest at the foot of the volcano directly adjacent to the Fotia Kingdom!" Owen pointed out the area of ​​dense trees at the end of the hill. The forest that Nathania always saw every time her feet stepped out of the palace through the secret doors.




"Really? so that forest over there is ..."




"Yes, but the forest is known to be very dangerous and should not be entered for any reason!"




"Why is that?"




"The Gorevmenos Forest is at the foot of a volcano where the legendary demon king diavolos is hiding. It is a forbidden forest that contains many wild beasts and stealth, even the royal laws impose severe penalties for anyone who breaks the rules to approach and enter the forest! " just saying it scared Owen. The five teenagers swallowed hard at the sound of serious oerring that came out of Owen's mouth.




Including the cowardly Nathania who would definitely run scared to the point of peeing in her pants if she met a terrible creature like this, if the matter of punishment from the palace didn't seem to apply to her.




"Demon King Diavolos, looks like I've heard of it!" she said.




"Really? you also knows the legend, Your Majesty?"




"Is it true that it's just a legend?"




"Do you hesitate?"




"Because I met a boy who could control fire a few years ago!"




"Is it true?"




"I don't know if it has anything to do with it or not, but that person is really creepy. He looks like an ordinary human, but the look in his eyes is very cruel. I think he can kill anyone with his power!"




"If you have ever met someone like that, it is certain that he is not from Lithonia, Your Majesty!" said Joan. This young man put his finger under his chin and was in deep thought.




"No, he's from Fotia Kingdom!"




"What? Fotia? the cursed kingdom?" Joan was very surprised, his face looked more scared than before.




"Cursed kingdom? what do you mean!" asked Owen.




"Fotia is a cursed kingdom, their ancestors were the traitors of Lithonia who left the king and moved to the valley of hell to build a new kingdom in cooperation with the demon king diavolos!"




"Damn, you know a lot, don't you think you're eyeing a place as an advisor to Prince Nathan?" said Owen irritably.




"How could it be! I heard it with my grandfather and I've also read books about the legend of Lithonia. Everything is written in that book, but my father said the stories in the book are just legends,"




"It's just like what Nathan told me at that time. If Joan's Grandfather also knows the story, that means what the legend said might be true!" thought Nathania.




"Maybe that's true!" said Nathania.




"Really? you have also read the book too, Your Majesty?"




"Not me, but my twin sister, Nathania. Several years ago she read the book Legend of Lithonia and told me the contents of the book. At that time I thought that all of them are just legends, but the boy I saw that time made me think that Legend really real!"







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