The Last of the Miras

XXIX | Ni-Jū Kyū

Inside Helen's chambers, the girl herself could not wait any longer and opened the old journal given to her by Avian. While scanning the pages, she walked slowly towards her study table to read in a more comfortable position.

Which part of the journal did I last read again? The youngest child wonders. Ah, the part where Prince Consort Anton was sneakily attacked by the black being within Elta City.

The evil being failed to do so, for the prince was on high alert for any suspicious activity around him. As he confronted and counterattacked the creature while the prince himself was under attack by a humongous being, all the more he did not anticipate another round coming from the same being.

This caused him to lose balance and prevented him from gaining equilibrium on his side.

What a sly creature it is. Helen reacted while reading with her eyebrows all scrunched up.

Slowly, the black entity gained its crafty equilibrium with a great chance of defeating Anton. The monster itself threw a large amount of power for the crowned consort to be apprehended. It was a large quantity of mini-carbon copies of himself.

A trained fighter the crowned consort is, he applied all of the techniques learned as a warrior. He jumped from each small being to being, consort Anton used his specialized spear to slay almost all of his mini-enemies. However, not all of them were slain. One small evil being held a shot that contained a tranquilizer that would help the opposing side accomplish their primary goal.

Crowned Prince Consort Anton was busy on both sides as he could not take down all the nuisance-of-a-creature around him. Little did he know, it was all too late. The minuscule creature managed to implant the shot near the crane of his neck. Gradually, the warrior lost his balance as he grits his teeth out of annoyance and passed out.

Back at Altia, Crowned Queen Laura took the matters of the country all by herself inside the throne room. Unknowingly, the wooden doors that led to the room where the queen was opened and there presented her husband and other half of the country's monarch, Crowned Prince Consort Anton all in his perfect state.

What happened to the Prince Consort? Isn't he under an influence or something? The youngest monarch mused to herself.

Within the span of almost a whole day, the shot that was given to the queen's betrothed came into effect. The queen herself did not notice something is off with her fiancée and let her guard down around the co-head monarch.

Little did she knew, the prince consort formed a sudden plan to drag the current queen down into chaos. The little creature who injected the shot formulated some of its contents that came from the soul of the great L'aci King, Chrome.

The L'aci race were greatly known as the energy eaters. Most of the energy they consume came from the life forces of nature. Which means: the whole lifespan of earth above and including beneath the ground. Their only goal is to make the 'Nature Guardian's soul disappear' for that's the only obstacle left they have in order to rule the world.

The subconscious mind of Anton was already in control by Chrome's soul, thus he sneakily closed the doors of their private quarters when they were going to sleep. With Laura's body in a steady state of sleep, he grabbed two different vials which contained separately: a dark emerald colored potion and a silver-golden dust from his pocket.

He drank all of the potion's contents and sprinkled dust on the forehead of the sleeping monarch. This caused her to shift from her back towards the chest of Anton. Being a man that he is, he lifted his calloused knuckle and caressed her cheeks with gentleness and a glint of malice swimming in his eyes.

Wasting no more than a millisecond, he captured his lips with her soft ones. At first, he moved against her gently as if asking her to part her lips for him. Both monarchs shift from their previous position in a more comfortable one. The sleeping queen complied to his gesture without second thoughts. While on his side, he became more inhumane as he passed the liquid and made the queen feel that she was needed so—so bad.

That night became a history, for the good and bad fought for dominance and power. From then on, that is where the L'aci's became more known in the past millennium. Each and every descendants of the legendary queen or the so-called nature guardian became more attentive and being studied further for they have been waiting for the next 'legendary' nature guardian to appear once again. Thus, they have decided to call her "Mother Nature".

Helen's reading came to a stop when she heard a knock from her bedroom door.

Oh well, I'd better see to it myself. The youngest child inserts a red ribbon with a dangling metal including her birthstone between the pages as she closed the journal and kept the book inside her personalized bookshelf.

She stood up from her study table and pats her dress neatly before she turned the locked door open.

Your Highness, you must take your daily nap now. It's by the orders of your mother.

A familiar voice told upon the beige haired princess. Almost at once, her face lit up in recognition once she saw the face of the owner's voice.

You're mother's nanny when she was young!