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Chapter 46 - Start of Change

Axia’s birthday celebration ended three hours ago after Zane, Stella, and Metalion had left the city. Axia is sitting on his bed while reading a book after packing up his things after Daisuke visited him on his birthday, thirty minutes after everyone left. He is quietly reading the book until someone knocks. He goes up and goes to the door and sees that it is Floryn. “Floryn…” He greets her with an awkward smile, he already knew what happened between the two since he found the letter and read it. “Come on in.” He opens the door widely and Floryn enters the room. Axia closes the door and gets the chair beside the table and places it beside the bed. “Have a seat.” He said and Floryn sits on it while Axia goes back to his bed.

“Uhm… Happy birthday, Axia.” Floryn hands him a present and Axia receives it. “Thank you so much! I want to give you some food but there isn’t any more.” He nervously laughs. Floryn shakes her head and says, “It’s okay, I ate already earlier.” 

Axia scratches his head and asks her, “Where did you go? You and Zane were not here earlier. Are you two together?” Floryn lowers her head and speaks, “No… Zane and I had an argument a few days ago. I think I said a lot of insensitive things to him.”

    “I know what happened between the two of you actually.” Axia said and Floryn raised her head and looked at him, “You know?..” 

    “Yes.” Axia grabs the letter under his pillow and hands it to Floryn and she receives it. Floryn reads through it and smiles a bit, “That idiot…” she whispers to herself. She finishes reading and hands it back to Axia, “Thank you… I think I am feeling better…” she gently smiles at him. 

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Daisuke goes to Ushiro rooms and knocks on the door. Ushiro, who is writing something, goes to the door and opens it. “Oh, Daisuke. You came to visit. Come on in.” Daisuke enters the room of Ushiro. Ushiro’s room is not as elegant as others might think of him since he is from a royal family. He is just a simple man and thinks of himself as an ordinary citizen.

    “Do you want to drink or eat something?” Ushiro asks him. “No, thank you though.” The two sit at the chair beside the table, facing each other on opposite sides.

    “It’s been a while since the last time you visited me. You replaced your brother as the captain because of my request to him. I am so sorry.”

    “Do not say that. I am the one who should say sorry. You carry a lot of burden to yourself and I barely even help you now. Especially the king, your brother, is still in a deep sleep and you need to check on him from time to time.”

    “Don’t worry about me. Vince and his teammates are helping me out. I am just afraid that the people and other government officials might abuse the time when he’s frail and weak. It’s a shame that I am part of this family.” Because of his statement, Daisuke gets mad and unconsciously raises his voice. “Do not say that! You are part of your family regardless of what you think of yourself! Your brother will be really sad if he hears you saying that to yourself!” Daisuke realizes his tone and gets troubled, “I-I’m so sorry… I shouldn’t raise my voice to you…”

Ushiro shakes his head and says, “Don’t worry about it. You’re correct. The sense of being useless and hopeless slowly devours me into the pit of the abyss.” Ushiro stands up and looks outside through the mirror. “Sento and I were born with the same magic, Light Magic. His type of Light Magic is for combat, while my Light Magic is for support. I guess that’s why I am the second son and didn’t become the king because I was born to support him with all my light and let him shine in the spotlight, a proud king of this kingdom.” Ushiro looks at Daisuke’s eyes and asks him, “Sorry, am I being such a downer?” Daisuke just closes his eyes and shakes his head. “I’m sorry, I am just emotional about what is currently happening in our surroundings, in our kingdom.”