The king, wearing his plain black suit and pants partnered with his white shirt and trademark cravat, sits irritably in his throne as he listens to the words of his advisers and his sibling. He has his legs crossed , one of his arms is in the armrest of the chair while the other arms has its hand form into a ball to support his head. He has been listening to the almost five hours lecture of those three people horizontally lined in front of him, and all he could do is to listen to them like a statue.

His four eyed brunette adviser carefully moves her hands as she tries to explain her side. "Having a queen is something essential for the kingdom. I am sure that it is not hard to find one. All you have to do is to make sure that she is smart, intelligent, understanding for your harsh words, patient for your overly compulsive cleaning habits and a big heart for all the citizens of kingdom Maria."

"Four eyes, just what are you trying to say? Huh!" The king twitches one of his eyebrows and gives a deathly glare to the brunette.

"Besides, I have no intention in taking over your place in case that something happens to you. I have my own plans in life so hurry up and produce an heir." Wearing her black knee-length kimono with a red scarf tied on her waist, the king's younger sibling quickly crosses her arms and look at her brother authoritatively.

"Oi. Oi. Brat! You should do your responsibilities..." He tries to lecture his sister but is cut off.

"What we are trying to say is that you are already in the right age to marry someone. You have to choose someone who may support you and produce an heir." His blonde adviser smilingly looks at him.

He stands up and angrily glares at the them. "How many times do I have to tell you? I do not have any intention to marry. Marriage is just something stupid!"

However, they completely ignore the king's statement. They are already used with his stubbornness when it comes to the issue of marriage. They do not want to lose this time. Even if their king does not tell them how he feels, they know that he is completely and truly in love with his childhood friend from another kingdom. Now that their 21 years old king and his 18 years old childhood friend are in the right age to marry, they are determined to make love blossom between the two of them.

The brunette sarcastically smiles as she touches the middle of his eye glasses. "Oh! How about princess Petra of kingdom Rose? She is already 18, a rightful age to be married."

"No...she rejected me a very long time ago!" He quickly replies and the rest comes out just like a whisper. His irritated and angry look suddenly changes into a gloomy one.

(flashback)

Petra has been his friend ever since he could remember. She is the kindest and most loving person that he ever met. Levi enjoys her company, even though his face, action and words speak of the contrary most of the time. They would engage in fight either by words or by physical means but by the end of the day, they would miraculously reconcile with each other. As days and years pass by, the young heir grows fonder and fonder with his friend. As they grow older, he finds his feeling for her as more than friends. His heart would beat faster than usual, whenever she is around. The young boy tries his best to hide the reddening of his cheeks and to calm himself whenever his palms turn ice cold due to her presence. Now is truly different. He is very in love with the Rose's princess, Petra Ral.

The 13 years old heir of kingdom Maria and the 10 years old princess of kingdom Rose are reading their books under the huge tree of Rose's palace garden. The auburn haired princess wears her red skirt with pleats that extends until her thigh partnered by a white blouse with puffy sleeves, covered by a red vest, then matched by a white boots. She happily flips the pages of her book while the young prince secretly glimpses at the princess as he tries to focus to what he is reading.

His eyes moves from the sentences of the book then back to the innocent face of the young princess. However, the girl catches the glimpse of the boy and worriedly asks him. " Is there something wrong, Levi?"

He is caught off guard by the question which causes a sudden rush of blood on his cheeks. He then blurts the first words that comes to his mind. He feels stupid because he knows that his answer is very lame and the way he delivers it is even way lamer. "What ...ar...are...yo..u... reading?"

"Oh!" She chuckles and warmly smiles at him. "This is actually a fairy tale."

"A fairy tale exists only within the illusionary mind of the people. They are all the same. There is a prince and princess that fell in love with each other, kissed and lived happily ever after. Such a waste of time!" He proudly tells the princess, thinking that this may recover the coolness that he lost from the first question.

However, this creates a contrary reaction to the princess. She curls her eyebrows and eyes him irritably. "Hmph. You can say that because you have never felt any romantic attraction with another person before."

"So princess Petra already has a romantic attraction towards another person? You are such a flirt. You are no different than those whores in town who clings into any man. " He glares at her, mockingly questions and insults her. He really does not want to tell this to the princess for he is afraid to hear and see her response, but he is offended by the little girl's statement so he has no choice.

"What did you say? You are really heartless, Levi! Of course, I do like someone! He is kind, intelligent, strong, honest, loving and everything that I want for a man. He is not foul mouthed and nasty as you are. He even sends me gifts and letter every month just to ensure my well being." She blushes and looks away from the daggers of stares that Levi is giving her.

The raven haired prince feels that he is hurt somewhere. He is not sure where and why but he is certain that he wants to meet the person whom the princess is referring to and punch him in the face. He curls his hands into balls and hides his night-coloured eyes through his black hair. He tries his best to retain his coolness but his voice betrays him as it sounds like a whimper. " Who is this guy that you are telling me?"

Petra notices the change on the boy's tone but she still feels bad on the way that he mocked her. She looks at him and pouts. " That does not concern you!"

"Fine, it really does not concern me. Just be with your prince charming! I do not care." He runs away from the princess as he tries to wipe away the streaming of the tears from his eyes through his black sleeves. He really does not understand why he feels hurt, jealous and angry towards the stupid prince charming. Petty issues such as romance is usually nothing for him, but why is that when Petra told that to him, he feels like he is about to shatter.

"Did I do something wrong?" She asks herself as she is left half-surprised and half-irritated by the youth's outburst. She does not know how to react nor what she had done. In the first place, it is he who started this uncomfortable conversation so he is the one at fault.

After that incident, the two rarely have any conversation with each other. They would only talk when there was a need for them, and these rare conversations were completely lost after Levi was proclaimed king. They tried their best to resolve their issue but since their responsibilities for their kingdom increases as they grew older, they never had a chance to patch up their problem. He became very busy with kingdom matters so it would only be his little sister and his brunette adviser who would visit Petra and tell her of various news including those with regards to Levi. Despite of the strain between their relationship, both Levi and Petra hope that one day, they may be able to bring back their very close relationship.

(End of flashback)

"Nonsense! You are still thinking about your childhood argument with her. If you think that you were rejected, well it is your fau..." She is surprised and halted by his brother.

"Mikasa! This shitty discussion is over!" He angrily shouts. Remembering that incident always makes his blood boil in anger and his heart to shatter in pieces.

The three were dumb-founded by their king's reaction. They know that when Levi uses this tone, he is serious about what he is talking to.

"Commander Erwin, prepare the soldiers for battle! We need to eliminate the rebels in Shiganshina district. Mikasa, Hanji! Stay on standby. In case something happens, go there directly." He orders them as he leaves the throne room and prepares for battle.

Meanwhile in Shiganshina district of Kingdom Maria...

Everywhere you look at, there would be rebels destroying houses and anything that stands erect within their way. These rebels are those people who feel unsatisfied with how the rulers run their respective kingdom, so they group together and cause havoc on the country's territories. They heartlessly kill men and old folks while they abduct young ones either for their satisfaction or for trading. The buildings and houses are all devastated. Some are even blazed in fire.

Petra swiftly raises her sword as she defends herself against the strike of her enemy and she pulls her gun to shoot her opponent. The princess quickly moves around as she eliminates more of the enemies. The same goes for her most trusted servant who is very expert in using two guns at the same time.

"Really! Princess Petra, I am already hungry. I can devour a whole elephant!" Her trusted servant complains as she shots five opponents.

"Jean and Connie should have told this before we sneak out the palace! We may not return on time because of this" Petra replies as she continuously attacks the rebels.

The two are too focused that they do not notice that they are starting to move away from each other. Petra tries to look for her friend but she realizes that she is now surrounded by the rebels and the Marian soldiers. Although she cannot see her servant from the crowd, she is happy to say that kingdom Maria is now gaining the upper hand in the fight.

She shifts her gaze in an old ragged house that is quite far away from the center of the battle. The house is very old that it may actually breakdown anytime. There, she notices a heavily wounded soldier fighting against a much larger and wounded rebel who is near the house's window. The auburn haired princess hurriedly runs towards the old house to help the soldier but before she could do so, the undersized soldier shots the enemy in his head and heart which causes the rebel to fall outside the house. Petra runs faster towards the now weakening soldier and enters the broken house. By the time that she catches the falling soldier in her arms, the house starts to collapse which leaves the princess and the raven haired soldier trapped inside the old house.