XXXI. Prophecy

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Chapter Thirty-one:

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Prophecy

He leads me out of the maze after that brief kiss and made me sit in a chair on the lawn.

I do so without talking to him.

I have so many thoughts running inside my mind that I want an immediate answer and I know he can't give me those.

"I need to go back to Ghrym. I need to help in confining the disease," he said before leaving me there staring at him.

I want to be selfish and make him stay, but I can't. He is needed there, and I felt like he is giving much of his time there too because of another reason. I have felt his pain earlier and guilt.

Then I remember his words.

I stood up and ran up to the minister's office. The guard outside immediately bowed and opened the door.

I only saw Ministress Floir in the office. Her desk is filled with parchment and books but as she saw me, she stood and bowed.

"Princess," she said with a surprised tone. "Is something wrong? You seemed in a hurry."

"I-I just need to... to ask something," I am still catching my breath when I said those words. She waited for my next words patiently as I tried to stabilize my breathing.

"Is a modified def-of talent really a threat?" She seems stunned with my question but she sighs later on.

"I knew that you'll be asking me that question someday, but I never thought that it'll be this soon," she smiles lightly. She went up to me and held my hands.

"I know your special connection with Albrecht, the knight." Now, I am the one stunned with her words. How did she know?

"Everyone somewhat knows because of the way you look at each other. One with respect and admiration but you can see his feelings are beyond just that. While the other one," she stares straight into my eyes. "She saw him for his heart."

"Modified def-of talent is one of our fears because of two reasons. One, they are a ticking time bomb," my eyes widen. That's how kind of destructive it is?

"Only royalties have a modified type of talent. They will be partnered with an Intellectual talent for the purpose of expanding their offspring's talent into modified intellectual talent. This kind of talent can help strengthen the kingdom. But there was once a king who had a secret affair with a female knight, his private knight..."

I listen intently to her story. I want to know what happened.

"What happened?" I felt my throat choked in anticipation. Then I saw her sad smile.

"The knight died with the baby inside her womb. The baby is too strong that the mother can't match with the baby's talent surge that is developing inside."

***

After hearing her story, I felt my heart sank.

Days go on with me feeling down and unhappy.

I may laugh or smile but I felt incomplete.

I tried to forget my feelings but every night my mind always wonder about him.

For a year, our distance went on.

He stayed but he is never mine.

The school I proposed is almost done. The Nokt law is soon to be implemented. People have various views about it but they can't change what me and the ministers had settled.

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