Golden Phoenix

"Greetings, Princess Rosalia? I hope you will feel at home in our palace. It will be time for dinner soon, you better get ready!"

"W-well, Your Majesty!"

"Then, excuse me. See you?" Said Seraphina as she left Princess Rosalia who was very nervous because she met her.

For her, today is a tiring day. All day long she had to sit beside her father in the meeting room. Discussing things she didn't understand, not to mention the noble daughters who kept stealing glances at her. Seraphina who realized it, could only smile and it seemed that was enough to stun the young girls.

Knock...knock...knock...

Due to daydreaming, she didn't notice that her feet were carrying her right in front of Xavier's door. Not without reason, she felt that her soul was already attached to her twin brother.

"Come in!" Said Xavier who seemed to already know who was standing at the door of his room.

Seraphina oened the door slowly and walked in with a tired face that made Xavier want to laugh. Xavier who had been reading the book on the sofa, immediately closed the book when he realized that he would hear another long story today.


"From your face, let me guess. You were forced to accompany the king all day? Isn't that right?"

"Wow...great, you guessed it very well!" she said as she took her place beside Nathan. Sit back and lean back against the sofa.

"Hard day, huh?"

"It's actually not that hard, it's just that today I am constantly being noticed and talked about by the girls. I really don't know what they are thinking!"

"Hahahaha ... really? are they trying to steal glances at you while smiling, is that so?"

"Shit, why did you know?"

"How about that? I think something like that is natural? they see you as a handsome, slender young man with a height of 168 cm, white skin with beautiful sapphire blue eyes. So, isn't that a natural thing?"

"Naturally? so, what do you think they're doing is natural? I'm a girl!"

"You are really stupid, huh? who knew you were a girl? ah ... you idiot!"

"If you were currently in my position, what would you do if lots of girls glanced at you?"

"I don't know either, but maybe I don't care!"

"It's true, this should be your place. You know? they even discussed your matchmaking with several candidates. Hearing it made my stomach churn!"

"Hahahaha ... is that so? do you think I'm still alive until then?"

"You must be alive, you will become king in place of father. You will also marry a beautiful and kind girl. You will become a great king and make everyone live in peace, I believe that. Therefore, you must recover! "

Nathan saw the great hope in his sister's eyes. All the hopes she dedicated only to him. It made Nathan sad, because Nathania had lost her goal.

"So, what will you do if I get better?"

"I will try to help you, since you have spent your life for many years in your room and rarely see the outside world. I will help you practice everything I learned when I took your place!"

"Tsk, you idiot! you should have thought about yourself too. Isn't there anything you want to do for yourself?"

"Uhm ... maybe I'll become an artist. Go explore all the nice places and draw all the beautiful things I find!"

"Oh, I see?"

"Yes, I want to experience freedom, away from the rules of the palace. I want to find myself!" Nathania says it with a sparkle in her eye. Nathan smiled sadly, seeing how his sister had imagined her dream.

Even though he and Nathania both have dreams, they will never know what tomorrow will bring.

"Nathan, what are you going to do when you are completely cured?"

"I don't know!"

"Why? are you worried if you can't fit in? Nathan, you are a genius. You must be able to learn everything easily. So, don't worry about that!"

"I'm not worried about that and I don't care about any of that either!"

"S ... so, why?"

"I'm just not sure if tomorrow is still there for me!"


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"Hiks ... hiks ..." her tears did not stop flowing, even though she had been crying for 30 minutes.

Nathania didn't understand, why did her heart hurt so much when she heard Nathan say something that sounded desperate like that?

For nearly 10 years, Nathania did everything for Nathan's sake. Whatever she did for the sake of healing the person she loved the most. Everything, even she faced her fear in order to still see that face and that smile again.

Thinking that that figure would no longer be with her was what Nathania avoided the most. As much as possible she believed that Nathan would recover and become a great king like his father.

The sky was dark and Nathania still felt at home sitting alone behind a pillar which was directly opposite the flower garden and fountain. This was the place where the inhabitants of the sapphire palace rarely traveled at night, therefore it was the perfect place for her to escape and hide her sadness.

Nathania sobbed, sitting on the cold floor with her knees bent so that she could hide her face behind her knees. Nathania had given her soul to a devil who could kill her at any time, so Nathania didn't want her efforts to be in vain if Nathan gave up on his illness.

On the tree, a phoenix with golden feathers perched while observing the sad figure. The bird was already in the tree before Nathania came and he continued to observe it.

"How long do you want to cry? you weak!"

"Who ... who is it?" Nathania surprised to hear someone talking to her, immediately raised her head and looked around.

"I'm here! can't you see me?"

Nathania got up and decided to find who was the person who had said such rude things to her. Her eyes continued to observe the garden, but there was no one in this place but her.

"Hahaha ... you can't find me, huh? you suck, it turns out that the Lithonia Crown Prince is nothing, huh?"

The wind blew from the tree where the phoenix was perched, a golden light flashed out and turned the phoenix into the form of a burly young man, with dark brown hair and golden glowing amber eyes.

The young man jumped from the top of the tree, stood three meters in front of Nathania who was stunned by what she had just witnessed before her eyes.

The young man was wearing casual clothes, a white shirt that was unbuttoned to reveal his stomach muscles and black trousers. He smiled contemptuously with an insulting look which irritated Nathania.

"Who ... who are you? a ... are you a witch?"

"Witch? don't talk carelessly, okay? does a handsome man like me deserve to be a witch?"


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