I hope you will like this chapter. It took me little over 1 hour to write it with only two lines in a notebook as a guideline.

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A twelve-year-old boy ran down the wide hallway towards the chamber on the very end. He didn't have much time left before she was send away. Only an hour or so to talk to his older sister.

Mamoru was more then shocked when his mother informed him Hitomi will be send to live with their aunt, their mother's older sister. She lived in a small cut-off village on the border with Fanelia for years now. There were some rumors as to why she had chosen that life but no one except the royal family knew the truth.

The obnoxious truth.

Hitomi was almost finished packing, all she needed to do is close two bags she will be carrying with her, when a knock was heard. She smiled widely.

"Come on in Mamoru." She called knowing it was her brother who knocked. She expected him sooner but wasn't much surprised that he didn't arrive to say goodbye or to talk.

"Tomi, I'm so glad they finally allowed me to see you." Her younger brother said trying to regain his breath.

And then he did something quite unusual for him. He approached is sister and hugged her tightly. Hitomi was very touched with his expression of affection, not only because they were generally quite rare, but because it meant at least one member of her family didn't judge her.

"I figured dad wouldn't let you to see me. It's his way of punishment." Hitomi said before coldly adding "Together with whipping."

"You got whipped?!" Mamoru's green eyes grew wide "Seriously?! What did you do that pissed dad so much?"

Hitomi sat on the edge of her soft bed she will probably never sleep in again and Mamoru sat next to her silently waiting for a response. It took a moment or two till Hitomi sighed and admitted "When I ran away… I met a man that helped me and I… it was the first thing that came to my mind, a perfect plan to break the engagement I do not want…"

"Tomi?"

"I seduced him. Got him drunk and slept with him." She muttered so her brother barely heard her. But he did hear every word she said and couldn't really believe it.

"Why didn't you just go along with the plan father made for you? Maybe this king isn't all that bad." He asked honestly interested.

Hitomi, who had the same thought in mind a thousand times since she returned to Nazakkija, just sighed "Do you even know who the king is? Cause I don't. Father doesn't know, Mamoru. All he knows is that his kingdom is very wealthy and an alliance through marriage would bring more money to him."

"He never did care about anything else but fortune." Mamoru muttered completely agreeing with his older sister.

The siblings were very similar; both had their mother's light hair and green eyes that were famous all over Gaea. No one had such green eyes except those born in the royal family of Nazakkija.

And while Mamoru was a bit wilder, enjoyed riding and hunting, Hitomi was often spending time alone in the palace library reading about ancient times. She was fascinated with the history of the world and wanted to know as much as possible of it. But the knowledge she could get in Nazakkija was limited and her father wasn't willing to get more books for her to read. Apparently books were a waste of funds.

And not only that. The Nazakkijan king was one of those men who believed a woman didn't need to know anything else then how to give birth to heirs, male heirs to be more specific. Which is why he didn't love Hitomi as much as a father should.

He believed that a firstborn child should always be a son that would continue the ruling bloodline, and even though he had a son he wasn't pleased. He feared that Hitomi might marry someone else then a king that already had a kingdom and demand the throne of Nazakkija. It was her right as a firstborn after all.

Little did the king know his daughter just wanted freedom.

"I'm surprised mom didn't said anything against you being send away." Mamoru finaly said after a bit longer break.

Hitomi just snorted "Mom does everything dad tells her to do. How do you think they got on the throne?"

The young prince blinked confused "Hm? What do you mean Tomi?"

"Come on, don't tell me you don't know." Hitomi mocked her little brother but the puzzled expression on his face made her realize "You don't know."

"No one tells me anything Tomi. Only you do." He said seriously.

The princess sighed. Her parents were really letting their son living in ignorance "You know that mom is the younger daughter of out grandparents. Aunt Yuri is four years older and as such should inherit the throne."

"But she isn't married." Mamoru pointed out the obvious and his sister nodded.

"True, but there is a reason for it. You see aunt Yuri was betrothed… for our dad." When Hitomi said that Mamoru's eyes grew wide in shock "But aunt Yuri has this gift… she is a seer… she can see what could happen and she apparently saw something that didn't sat right with her so she refused to marry him. You can guess how enraged father was cause of it. He wanted the throne more then he wanted aunt Yuri. That's why he approached the only person who would help him."

"Mom." Mamoru said realizing in which way the story was leading.

"Yeah, grandparent's liked dad and agreed for him to marry their younger daughter even though aunt Yuri was repeating he wouldn't bring nothing good to Nazakkija. He hater her for that so when grandparents died mom did something she would never do if there weren't for dad's influence. She summoned the royal advisers and requested for aunt Yuri to be pronounced unfit to rule because of her gift. She said her sister wasn't a real seer she just wanted to have things her way so she acted like having visions. The advisers as advisers bought the story cause that also meant they would keep their positions."

"Huh?" that Mamoru didn't really understand.

"An actual seer doesn't need advisers. She could foresee the future events and so know which decision to make. With aunt Yuri on the throne the royal advisers would be unnecessary." Hitomi explained.

"Oh, so that's why mom had her own sister pronounced crazy and unfit to rule."

"Cause father told her."

Mamoru looked at his sister "Hitomi why do you keep doing that?"

"Doing what?" his sister really didn't know what he meant.

"You keep mixing. First you say dad and then you say father. And then again you call him dad." The question was good and it took Hitomi several moments to came up with a good answer.

"Because I'm having a hard time calling a man that done such a thing and also had me whipped dad because it sounds affectionate. But then again I can't call him father either because that is a way to show respect and he really doesn't deserve that."

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. It was a maid that informed Hitomi the carriage was ready and waiting. The young princess sighed. The time has come to leave.

She took one bag and Mamoru right away took the second. The maid didn't even offered to help due to the order she received from the king. No one was to help Hitomi in anything.

Most of the court waited patiently in front of the palace. Some of the daughters of different noblemen and advisers were observing Hitomi with hatred in their eyes. They despised her for ruining their opportunity to follow her to her husband's kingdom as her ladies-in-waiting and find rich husbands there.

But the green-eyed girl ignored their gazes. She walked to the carriage and placed her bags inside. She didn't even acknowledge her father or mother.

The driver was on his position as were two solders the king was sending to follow Hitomi and ensure her safety.

Mamoru was the only one standing close to his sister and the only one she hugged and whispered in ear "I'll miss you little brother. Stay safe and don't let them drive you insane."

The young prince nodded smiling widely although tears gathered in his eyes.

Hitomi turned to enter the carriage when a serious voice stopped her "This is your last chance." Turning around she faced her angry looking father. King Kanzaki didn't appreciate when someone ruin his plans, no matter who that someone is.

"For what?" Hitomi asked acting interested. But only acting.

"To tell the truth. If you only said those lies to get out of the engagement then I am willing to forgive you your foolishness."

"There is nothing to forgive. I am not a liar father. I said nothing but truth. Although I said it so someone I believed was a friend I could trust." She added on the end.

"So you have really dishonored the family name when you dishonored yourself?" king Muliz asked not caring who would hear. Everyone probably already knew everything.

"I did much more then that father." Hitomi figured this would as good as ever to tell her family the 'happy' news "I also got pregnant."