The Unknown Princess

The Crown Prince's Intervention

Tonight is the full moon. It will be the best time for the girl to take a bath at the stream. The magical water will heal her magic ability which she has to restore after consuming it from shape-shifting. Once the full moon has risen and shone its light on the stream water in the woods. Thousands of slime particle appears like bubbles, floating in the sky. A white fox comes out from the nearby bushes before it transforms into the same girl. She giggles softly when there are even water animals like fish, beavers, and snakes waiting for her in the stream water "Be patient you guys...I need time to do this.." she gently slips down her dress from her shoulder, once the dress has slipped down from her body which is completely naked in the woods. She thought no one would be there so it's normal for her to do so. She gently walks into the water before her body is completely deep in. Only leaving her shoulder and head outside from the water. She giggles when the fish start to swim around her and spray water from their mouth "Hey stop that! Ehehe ok ok but first let me tie my hair" She grabbed a long grass to use as a rubber band so she could tie her hair into a messy bun.

Kiyan snuck out of the castle once the night was still, leaving behind his horse so he could travel to the woods on foot. He had memorized the path he took toward the water stream from earlier, and he figured it was an excellent place to start his investigation.

"Magic around here is much more noticeable to me.." He muttered to himself as he walked along, taking note of the animals that had come out at this time of night, compared to the silence during the day. "Interesting.."

After walking for some time, he neared the water stream. He could hear some water splashes and some sounds coming from the stream and it got his curiosity going. And so he silently proceeded, taking care not to step on any twigs as he investigated the source of the noise.

And there he saw it. From behind some bushes, he peeked out to see the same woman he saw from earlier, bathing with the animals in the stream. He narrowed his eyes but couldn't see her face from his position, but so far he noticed that she did look beautiful even at this angle. "It is not right to peek at a lady like this though.." With a sigh, he got up and purposely walked forward and created noise to announce his presence.

The sudden noise makes all the animals suddenly fly away. The woman only thought that the same man just stepped into her territory again because she could feel the same aura from his magic appearance. She covers her breast with her arms getting so panicky. It would be chaos if a human is going to interrupt her moon bath.

"S..stop! Don't come any closer!" The woman screams in quite a frightening voice. She didn't turn around to look at him because she was not ready to show her face just yet "I .it's not nice to peek on a lady..when she took a bath...you know the basic human being..you are a human yourself...why bothering to come here while I already warn you just one time..."

Kiyan blushed a bit and shielded his eyes for a moment as he realized the situation they were in. "Ah. Pardon me, my curiosity got the better of me. But to be fair, you were quite cryptic earlier. And even now you still are." He defended before calming down. "And I am not a mere human. I am a half-elf, and more importantly, I am the crown prince of Rosemeyer. And this forest is still a part of my kingdom, therefore you are technically one of my citizens."

Somehow what he said was merely just a fact that is true. But that's not the question for now. How is she going to get out from the water naked with a half elf half human going to peek at her anyway? Not to mention he is a man with the full potential of desire for intercourse. The girl turns around just a little bit to see whether he is still looking or not "So what? I'm under arrest for trespassing? This is not your place anyway...even though you are half-elf the magical beings in this forest couldn't forgive what your people just have done..killing our animals for meats and such...don't you have dairy animals in your kingdom?"

Kiyan slowly nodded in understanding, though he could barely see her features that night. "Yes, I know what our hunters had done in prior times. That shouldn't be a problem now due to the new laws we put in place." He explained. "But as for you..you're different. I have never heard of someone living in these woods. At least, one so highly attuned to magic. Are you a witch? A druid?" He questioned. "But ah, I should properly wait until later.." He blushed as he realized she was naked and immediately turned away.

The girl let out a soft sigh. This is her first time meeting someone so curious to know what her true identity is. But the way he speaks almost sounds like he is a higher-ranking type of person. She swims to the land when he is not looking at her, she climbs out of the water and blows away her body from wet, once she is dry she wears back her clothes and there she is again, continuing to glow in light after her energy manifests. "I don't know why would a human like you want to be so curious about me...my appearance has been proven that I'm not safe to be around humans...I'm sorry but I have to leave..." The girl shapeshifts into a white fox and it hops on the nearest tree and moves from one branch to another. Animals started to follow her and they went just through his body, under his legs, and right through his hair.

Kiyan gasped and he immediately turned to face her again but she had already transformed and begun leaving, and so did the animals with her. "Wait! I do not wish to harm you. I just wanted to talk." He called out.

"Magic of this type...I wonder how long she has lived here.." He muttered to himself as he tried to follow the traces of magic to chase her down.

As the white fox is running, some of the birds are giving her a warning about what they saw upfront. She didn't manage to stop until she accidentally stepped on a trap that was placed on the branch. It was so fast that her body got caught up with a shooting net and it wrapped her whole body. Causing her to fall to the ground with a hard thud. The fox squealed in pain because its head hit right on the nearest big rock. Slowly she fainted and she couldn't turn back to human unless she was awake.

A few merchant men laugh excitedly when their traps are hit, and it's not just any animal but a white fox. "Hey look what we got here!" One of the men steps forward to see the unconscious white fox. "Boys we got white fox dude! The price will be at the highest of rank and we can trade it with gold!"

A few more men follow to see the animal. They smirk at each other knowing that is gonna be a great chance for them to have more wealthy thoughts "Take the fox and let's get out of here before someone sees us"

A man with a long beard walked to the fox and he tied the net with a rope, just to make sure the fox wouldn't get away or escape. He carries the net over his shoulder and they move together. Heading towards the shore which is quite far from there but with their big size body, they will reach there somehow

Kiyan leaped into view and cut off the hunter and merchants, one hand on the hilt of his sheathed blade and his serious face showing. "Pardon me, gentlemen. But I will have to ask you to release that white fox." He said.