Her Name Was Sena

Chapter 7

The morning of their departure came and Sena regretted not doing anything. She didn't understand why Prince Abel wouldn't speak about it with his brother, and she didn't understand what went through Vincent's mind. Of course she was still upset about that. Sena hated having to sit and wait for what felt like an eternity. She hated when she felt powerless, because it reminded her of her past.

"Are you coming or what?" Sena heard Leon said as he stood on the small platform that entranced the ship. With a grin, Leon held out his hand. Sena grabbed it and hopped on the ship. It had been a while since she saw Leon. He was probably in his room with books that were stacks upon stacks.

"Leon.. You read a lot about Strylis' History, right?" Sena asked as they were leaning against the ship and watching the small trail of waves made from the ship into the distance.

"Why do you suddenly want to know?" He asked.

"I'm just.. curious about the time King Aviur reigned over Strylis.."

Leon thought for a while, he finally glanced at Sena. "He was a temporary King for Strylis for over 300 years ago. The King before him, King Aspen had died suddenly because of an illness and King Aviur led Strylis through a difficult warfare against a foreign country. After he led Strylis to victory, he became the permanent king."

"But how was it possible for him to become king?" Sena asked.

"He was the brother of King Aspen the first, who was the first-born and King Aviur was the second-born." Leon explained.

"Was there something strange in the castle?" Sena asked.

Leon frowned slightly in skeptic, "No..I'm not exactly sure-"

"They had a rumor about the rest place of King Aspen the first." Vincent interrupted. Sena turned to see Vincent beside her. "The servants were passing on the story of how the King's corpse was resting somewhere in the castle."

Sena's eyebrow raised and she glared at him. "That's completely absurd! He's a king.. Wouldn't they have a proper tomb for him?"

Vincent shrugged. "That's what I heard.. It happened 300 years ago..no one's really knows what happened back then."

Sena heaved a sigh and crouched down on the wooden floor of the ship. 'I need to see what happened..'

During the entire voyage back to Strylis, the princess had been sleeping and the others had been alerted as always.

"We're hooooommmmeeeee!!!!!!!!" Sena yelled with a thrilled voice as she happily got off the ship, startling people that were passing by.

"Stop yelling so much.." Vincent said.

"Vincent, you're always nagging so much... This is why you aren't going to get married!" Sena said as she ran off.

As Sena was running away from Vincent, she suddenly runs into a stranger. She stood up and gave the stranger a hand, Sena suddenly leapt back into a crouching position.

"You little idiot!!" Vincent shouted.

As the others headed towards Sena and the stranger, Vincent finds himself sent flying across the street from the kick by the stranger.

"Damn, I missed this time..." The stranger muttered. "You've gotten better..." He said as he tousled Sena's hair playfully.

"I thought you went on a mission, Gilbert" Leon mentioned.

" I just came back...What are ya doing with such a weakling?"

Sena laughed at Vincent as he made his way back, slightly limping. "Sir, I am Vincent Langston, one of the Elite Knights responsible for the protection of the Royal Family." Vincent said formally in the presence of a powerful figure. Gilbert Belins is an extremely well-known member of XOLA that even the knights heard of him.