IMMORTAL (IMMORTAL BOOK 1)

11

Izfar

"I see."

Izfar nodded his head after Serah finished her story of how she got inside the forest.

"And then, you were found by Raon and Horan and were bought here?"

Izfar asked for confirmation, Serah nodded at his question, even though she herself wasn't sure how she got to the palace in the first place. Suddenly, her stomach grumbled, begging to be filled. Izfar widened his eyes in surprise while Serah held her grumbling stomach.

"Are you hungry?"

"Oh, this? It's okay, I'm used to being hungry in the forest."

Serah childishly grinned. Izfar fell silent, his yellow eyes were cast down to inspect her features.

Her dark blonde hair was messy and her body is scrawny, not fitting for a child like her. Yet, she could still smile happily although she's suffering on the inside.

Izfar motioned his hand at the door. In an instant, two female elves appeared out of nowhere and paced near him.

"Bring some light dishes for this young miss."

He commanded.

Both the elves nodded their head and left the room. Serah looked at them in awe.

"What is it?"

Izfar asked, noticing her behavior. Serah abruptly turned to him and acted awkwardly.

"Ah, no, well, it's just..." She let out an awkward laughter. "Both of them, looked really beautiful, so I just can't stop staring at them."

Serah grinned and slowly scratched the back of her head. Izfar chuckled and inadvertently tousled her hair. After awhile, he excused himself and took off the blanket that was covering the girl's leg and held Serah's wounded feet.

"Do you feel any pain anywhere?"

Izfar said as he gently squeezed the wound, it seemed like the scar almost closed, thanks to the healing magic of the high priest. Serah shook her head and smiled.

"No, I'm all good."

She grinned. As she was feeling her body, she noticed a difference in fabric from the usual cloth that she wore. She looked down to see herself in a new dress, a cream colored one piece. Her eyes glimmered in excitement and she touched the dress on her body.

Izfar chuckled again at Serah's behavior.

Seeing the little human girl who got curious just for a single clothing made him think about many things, especially of what happened to the world.

When the great war that lasted for one thousand years happened, a lot of portals were forcefully opened, connecting the fairy kingdom with other world. These caused many otherworlders to accidentally enter the fairy kingdom without knowing how to return to their original world.

However, after a coup de tat by Oberon a couple of thousand years ago, his majesty and his trusted accomplices separately embarked on a journey to close all the portals of the other world so that any unwanted accidents, like the ones that happened with Serah, didn't happen.

Luckily, after many preventative measures throughout the span of many years, the otherworlder cases have declined greatly, all thanks to the effort that his majesty made.

Izfar suddenly smiled on his own.

His Majesty, I wonder what he's doing right now?

He monologued.