Withered Guardian

Chapter 13

"Plan? What plan?"Winter asked and the two men looked at each other
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"We heard his plans, when you guys came he was looking for an opportunity to get Karina....... He wanted to manipulate her into killing the rest of the world"Hades started
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"So my friends and I decided to put a halt from his plans and make our own, distract him a little before he could poison his own daughter's mind. The wolf clan decided to join in as well because the Princess is precious to us"Levacio continued
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"I've been with the Princess since birth, she never knew of it because I was still human back then. Jaewon was tasked to take care of her in this world and I was left behind to serve Kristoffer........ But he found out that I had been in touch with the Princess, disguising myself as a dog that plays with her and so...... He permanently turned me into one and sent me here, my whole clan was turned along with my actions"Hades explained
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"I've been with her since then too, I've always delivered messages from the castle to Jaewon, from time to time I would play with the Princess in my Bird form and sometimes in Human form too"Levacio chimed in
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"You guys are the coolest dudes, No wonder Karina doesn't like other dudes"Giselle joked and they all chuckled
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"But why did you come here?"NingNing asked
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"We're here to help the Princess....... Kristoffer will be out of power and Control, if......"Hades stopped and looked at Levacio once more
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"If what?"Winter asked and He looked at them
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"If she took the crown, Taking his place......... Becoming The Queen, but there's a catch....."Hades hesitated and nudged Levacio to say it
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"She has to......... Get rid of you"Levacio said and the girls furrowed their eyebrows
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"Get rid of us?"Giselle asked and the two men shook their heads
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"She must get rid of you....... Minjeong Kim"Hades answered
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"But why? And what's the point of getting married?"Winter asked fuming
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"That's the thing, If the child of the ruler gets married and have their own child they'll have a choice. Either they kill their beloved for the power to rule the Kingdom or Stay with their lover, once the old ruler or their parent dies that's when they can rule the Kingdom without losing a loved one"Levacio stated
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"Then I'm staying, I'm taking his head and I'll be taking that crown along"Karina chimed in as she landed right behind Hades and Levacio
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"Princess....."The two greeted as they turned around

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"You two will help me in that plan, I have no intentions on getting rid of my wife so you guys and me are hunting that man's head down"Karina said and entered the manor carrying a box in her hands
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"What's that?"NingNing asked and peaked into the box
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"It's equipment, I can't use my blade since it's his so I'll be using this"Karina replied and took out several daggers from the box
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"But that's too small Princess, before you can stab him with that his blade already pierced through you....... No offense"Hades said and Karina chuckled
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"Offense taken, just kidding....... Who said I'm using these as melee weapons?"Karina asked and they all looked curiously at her
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She settled the box down and grabbed a dagger she pointed at the wall in the kitchen, she threw the dagger upwards and before it could pierce her hand it stopped mid air
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"What the fuck? So you're a psychic now too?"Giselle asked
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"No, it's called vortex, I learned it from the book Hades told me about"Karina said and Hades made an 'oh' sound
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"Right! Vortex........ It's that thing where you can manipulate your parasite through your fingertips making it like you have psychic powers or magic"Hades exclaimed and Karina gave him a thumbs up before extending her hand out and the dagger went dashing through
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It hit the wall and they all rushed to it, it was like one of those things where the sword was stabbed to the ground so deep that only the strong ones can pull it out
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"Wow......... That's some major strength....... You could've sent the dagger through the wall with just a little more power"Levacio said, tracing the dagger's dent on the wall
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"I can....... I just didn't want a hole in the house"Karina said and they all looked at her
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"What? I've cutted trees with these babies, one time I cutted 5 in half with one dagger"Karina said proudly and they all just blinked at her
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"I don't know if i should be proud or scared......"Winter said and they all nodded in agreement with her
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"Hey! You should be proud! And why would you be scared? I won't ever hurt you"Karina exclaimed and scrunched up her nose
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Karina pinched Winter's nose and kissed her right infront of everyone which caused protests from them
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"Get a room please"Hades said and they all chuckled
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"Hey no! No getting a room, that girl is pregnant remember?"NingNing said and Karina looked at her
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"And? Wouldn't that be great?"Karina asked and they all put their attention once again on Karina
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"What? What would be great?"Winter asked and Karina smirked playfully
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"Maybe we could make it twins?"Karina asked and they all groaned at her
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"Karina I love it that you're not so cold anymore but please keep your horniness within yourself or with winter only"Giselle said and putted her hands together as if pleading to Karina
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They all laughed as they look at Winter who was blushing so much, then they suddenly remembered that they were preparing for a fight
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"Oh...... Right..... The head"Karina said and their face grimaced
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"Are you actually serious when you say you'll get his head?"Levacio asked and Karina nodded instantly
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"Isn't he your father? No remorse?"NingNing asked and Karina just nodded again
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"He didn't raise me, he might be my father by blood but he was never there when i needed him....... He's not my father"Karina coldly said and started walking away with her daggers
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"Dang........ She's tough"Hades remarked and they all nodded their heads
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"When was she not?"Giselle asked and shook her head
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"Let's not worry about it for now........ We have 9 months to prepare"Winter said and they all looked at her
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"What will you do?........ How will you manage this? Specially knowing your....... survival rate"Levacio asked and Winter replied with just a smile
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"I'll know when it happens"Winter replied and went to her and Karina's room
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"Hey........ Are you fine? You don't need anything?"Karina asked as Winter opened the door
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Winter lowly chuckled and shook her head
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"You're so tough but you're also so soft, how can you be a tough........ Fluffball"Winter asked and pinched her cheeks, Karina smiled
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"I'm only a fluff ball when I'm with you, you changed me so much....... You and our baby"Karina said and held onto Winter's waist, pulling their bodies closer with each other
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"Thank you, for changing me and for being there for me....... For making me happy and for loving me"Karina whispered and Winter smiled before pulling her into a kiss
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"Excuse me, I don't mind what you two are doing in there but you guys need to come out for dinner"Hades yelled from outside and the two girls pulled away from each other, grins on their faces
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"Let's go have dinner...... We'll finish dessert later"Karina said and winked at Winter before pulling her out of the room
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"H-hey!"Winter yelled out embarrassed at her lover's words
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"What? You don't want to?"Karina asked and looked at Winter
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Winter looked down and fidgeted with her fingers before looking back up to Karina
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"I'll take that as you want it then?"Karina asked and chuckled as her lover just pouted at her
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"What want it? What do you want?"NingNing asked and Winter's face flushed into a bright red
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"Dessert........ I was asking if she wants dessert"Karina replied and NingNing just nodded
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"We're having dessert? What dessert?"Giselle asked and Karina facepalmed
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"It's for my WIFE aeri, not for you. If you want dessert get your own"Karina said and Giselle just pouted at her before rolling her eyes
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"Why don't you ask your lover?"Levacio chimed in and Giselle looked at him
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"What?"Giselle asked and her eyebrows knitted together
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"Are you not in a relationship with Lady Yizhou?"Levacio asked again and Giselle visibly gulped and didn't answer
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Karina held her laugh in, looking at her choked up bestfriend who was put on a hot seat. Winter looked at NingNing and the girl literally froze in place
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"Hey stop asking them questions and help me"Hades said sensing the awkward air
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"Right....... Okay"Levacio answered and helped him fix the table
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"Well isn't that interesting"Karina singingly said and Giselle immediately darted her eyes on her bestfriend
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Winter laughed as she saw Giselle frowning at Karina and NingNing looking nervous, She was in awe of how her friends and her lover are such serious people but also the dorkiest
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They finished their dinner altogether, they were hanging out near the lake at the backyard. Their feets dipping in the water as they look at the sunset in the distance
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"I'm glad it's turning back to normal"Karina whispered
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"Technically it's not yet sin---"Levacio got cut off when Karina shot an icy stare at him
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"I was having my moment dude, come on"Karina said and they all chuckled
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"I wish we could just stay like this...... Normal, having fun like there's no more problems"Hades said and sighed
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"Then life would be boring, there wouldn't be challenge"Winter replied and Karina nodded
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"We won't be able to say that we went through hard times if we're always just like this"Karina added
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They knew within themselves they all wanted it to be just like this, boring as it may seem...... Atleast they were happy and together. They were scared and nervous at the thought of having to go through a battle where they don't know what things their opponent is capable of, nor the things that he was weak against but as long as they were together........ Everything would be just fine
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"Let's go inside, it's getting cold out here"Karina broke the silence and they all nodded as they went inside
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Karina hugged Winter from behind and planted a small kiss on her cheek as they both made their way in
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"You guys should rest, you went through a lot today"Hades said and the girls all nodded their heads and went to their rooms
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"Why can't we just be normal?....... If i was normal this wouldn't have happened"Karina sighed and Winter looked at her, she slowly shook her head
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"If you became normal then maybe we wouldn't have met...... We wouldn't be with each other"Winter replied and Karina embraced her
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"You, Giselle, NingNing, Hades, Levacio, the whole camp and our baby is the only good things that happened to me in this life...... But I'm glad...... Even if things aren't normal atleast I met you amazing people"Karina whispered
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They looked at each other once more, smile across their faces as their lips touch, feeling each other's warmth through their lips and their touching bodies. They were happy........ They were happy together, with each other. Nothing will bring them down as long as they're together, they'll go through everything with each other
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"I love you Winter....... And I always will"Karina said as they pulled away from their shared kiss
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"I love you too Karina...... Always"Winter replied
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They looked out their window, the moon shining brightly right infront of them, they shared a stare and their lips touched once more. Karina holding onto Winter's nape and Winter holding onto Karina's waist as the night deepens along with their love

(A/N: I made an edit as well for this XD it's not that good though since I'm not an editor)