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Behind the Story

NINETEENTH

Skye

A young prince was sent to a foreign land far from his kingdom to meet other royal representatives from other lands and the prince happened to be named Eli. Princes and Princesses come every year to meet and be taught how to handle their people. Prince Eli was known to have his distance from other people until he met Princess Vana.

The two were friends until the prince confessed his love for the princess and the other accepted it. They were happy for a while until they have to part ways and go back to their respective kingdoms. They exchanged letters and gifts and stayed connected until the prince decided to end the relationship between them.

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he prince was crowned king at a young age of 15 when his parents died in a battle with the kingdom of Princess Vana. The newly crowned King Eli handled his kingdom so well that he surpassed the greatness of leadership of his ancestors. But one thing he was handling wasn't as good as his kingdom and that was his feelings. King Eli convinced himself that what he had with the princess was just a mere feeling that will eventually fade away.

Years passed and the king was stressed more than ever. He was handling his kingdom and his sister's suitors. The princess, which was the only sibling of King Eli was known as the most beautiful lady across the great vast sea and kings and princes from different lands come to ask for her hand. Every time King Eli rejects kings who asks for his sister's hand, he fears that one might declare war with his kingdom.

One day, his fear came to reality. King Eli fought in a battle and won but lost a lot of his people. Because of that lost, King Eli's kingdom became weaker and decided to wed his sister for alliance.

As soon as his father died and he was crowned king, King Theo traveled to King Eli's kingdom to ask for the princess' hand. King Theo was almost the same age as King Eli and King Eli was convinced that since the king's age was close enough to the princess' they'll have a good relationship. King Theo was one of the kings who were close enough to the princess' age and has a powerful kingdom under his leadership. He promised to take good care of the princess and to make her his queen right at their wedding.

King Eli was convinced and accepted King Theo as his soon-to-be brother-in-law and ally. As soon as the news that the princess was getting married spread across different lands, one of King Eli's closest knights who was named John approached him and asked for the princess' hand. The king rejected him for he didn't want his sister to be married to a mere knight.

Knight John introduced himself as a prince, the crown prince of the kingdom where Princess Vana lives. King Eli thought that he could use his sister and Prince John's wedding as an excuse to see Princess Vana so he asked Prince John to wait for 3 days. King Eli asked King Theo to cancel the wedding but King Theo became furious and told him he would declare war between their kingdoms if he calls off the wedding. Thinking about his people, King Eli told King Theo that the wedding shall take place. King Theo ordered death to anyone who will ask for the princess' hand knowing she was already engaged to him.

King Eli threw away his greed to see the princess one last time for his people. He kept his loneliness and grieve inside and tried to bury his avid to see the princess along with his feelings for the safety and peace of his kingdom.

3 days passed and Crown Prince John came back to King Eli's place to know his answer. The king acted furious and acted like he just found out that the kingdom of the crown prince was the reason why his parents died. He ordered the crown prince to return to his kingdom or he will sentence him to death. The crown prince didn't leave the kingdom and was sentenced to death by King Eli.

King Eli's sister ordered—

Napalingon ako sa nakabagsak ng mga libro at napatayo nang makita kung sino 'yun.

"Anong ginagawa mo dito??" takang-takang pabulong na tanong ko.

"N-Nagbabasa... h-hindi mo ba alam na intellectual akong tao, ha?"

Kinurot ko naman siya.

"Ang ingay mo!" bulong ko at nagpaumanhin sa mga taong tumingin sa amin at umupo na ulit at nagbasa. Ang gwapo-gwapo, ang ingay,-ingay eh.

King Eli's sister or—

"Ano 'tong binabasa mo? Fairytale? Ang tanda-tanda mo na para riyan!" tawa niya at nakita kong tumayo sa upuan niya yung librarian.

Patay.

"Excuse me but can you just talk outside? This is a library and people are reading and studying, do you understand?" mahinang saway sa amin ng librarian.

"Mianhamnida." Bow ko at binalik yung libro atsaka hinila palabas si Icarus.

"Uhm... ice cream?" Pagpapacute niya na may pakamot-kamot pa sa ulo niya. Ang gwapo 'di ko keri, myghad. Kung hindi lang talaga 'to cute, nako!

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