Magi belongs to Ohtaka Shinobu. Not me. :(

Chapter 9 Balbadd Kingdom


Intense waves constantly brushed themselves upon the bottom of the large transport headed for Balbadd. As the morning passed with seagulls flying overhead the helm and below the clouds, there was still an ominous feeling on the Kou ship. With maids and attendants running around the ship all morning it seemed quite lively. The engaged princess was now heading to the land of the king she will soon be wedded to. She should at least have her own last bit of freedom the princess thought. Kougyoku was in her cabin with attendants and her main attendant Ka Koubun by her side pressing her to put more jewelry on along with a change of dresses.

"Kougyoku-hime wouldn't it be better to place this dress along with this ornament?" Ka Koubun suggested to the princess holding a beautiful hair pin. Kougyoku took a glance at it and shook her head, confusing her 'loyal' attendant. To Kougyoku the current hair pin she received from Ka Koubun was her favorite, he gave it to her when she had gained her self awareness as an imperial princess of Kou. Although it was Mei who suggested he give it to her, with no indication it was all because of her. The 2nd princess liked to stay behind the scenes; it was more enjoyable to see her warm kind family under the shining sun of Kou. A place she could never touch once she had stepped into darkness.

"Onee-sama are you really okay with this? We can have the ship turn back and still make it to Balbadd on time if me and Judal-chan both cooperate." The youngest princess asked her sister who had been sitting in the corner of the room. Mei-Li had been watching over her little adorable sister grow up into a splendid woman. She only shook her head in denial then walked over and held the hair pin in her hand for a few minutes while whispering something. She then placed the metal vessel hair pin back into her hair.

"Kougyoku, you and I both know how stubborn I am, and I refuse to leave until I know that country is safe enough for you to remain there. But to be honest I've always desired to explore the country he once claimed to be the Great Oceanic Nation. The way he spoke about it fascinated me in many ways. The former king was described to be such a kind hearted ruler. Unfortunately he had passed on awhile ago and now his son has succeeded the throne." Mei continuously wandered her mind off topic. Kougyoku leaned down to look into her sisters eyes from the sitting position she was in while Mei had tilted her head down towards the ground giving the wooden floor her full attention.

"Onee-sama? Who might this gentlemen you are referring to be?" Kougyoku pondered.

"Ah, well occasionally he is a gentlemen, however more so he is someone dedicated to serving and protecting his country. Although if you ever meet him you should beware Kougyoku, he can be very vulgar and immodest towards women." Mei warned.

Vulgar AND immodest!? How can onee-sama be acquainted with such a barbarian!? He must have tricked onee-sama! If I ever meet him I swear on my life I will save Mei-onee-sama from his hands! "O-Onee-sama what would be this gentlemen's name?" Kougyoku asked hoping to gain information about this evil man.

"You'll know when you meet him, if you do. It's hard to miss. When you find the one for you I'm sure you'll be able to say the same about them." With that the elder princess walked out of the room.

Hard to miss? Very well, when I find you whoever you may be, be prepared to personally get pummeled! You are in for a world of pain.


"Achoo!" The one and only womanizer of the Seven Seas sneezed loudly.

"Are you alright Sinbad-san?" The blonde prince asked him then returning his gaze back to the large groups of people standing outside the palace waiting. "But still I can't believe there are this many people..."

"It just shows how bad the current king's reign is compared to the previous kings', and the amount of hope they have in you. Let their voice be your strength." Sinbad wisely said giving advice to the young prince. "Now, let us go. To the future."


"Balbadd." This is different from what Sin had described it to be, but I suppose this is what happens when Al Thamen is the one pulling the strings behind this country. Everything will change. How unfortunate. "Kougyoku, I'll go along with Judal to the palace first and give my greetings to their king. You should make yourself comfortable here, after all this will be your home." Though I have no intention of letting that happen.

"I understand, onee-sama. Judal-chan if something happens to onee-sama I won't forgive you." Kougyoku warned the dark priest while giving him a dark glare. The youngest princess was always protective of her kind and slightly reckless sister. The second princess placed her hand on Kougyoku's head patting it, making her glare towards Judal die down. And with that Mei left along with Judal to the palace.

Previously Judal had been ordered by some of the Al Thamen priests to go to Balbadd for a reason Judal didn't care for, but nonetheless he went. He knew if he disobeyed everything the organisation asked him to do he would surely inflict the wrath of the witch. And that was something Judal didn't want.

With the two walking down the roads of Balbadd they continued to pass by large groups of people that were heading towards the palace like them. Although this didn't bother Mei it did bother Judal. A lot. True he did like crowds, but that was only if they were crowds of people eager to fight. This most certainly wasn't that.

Mei was intently thinking of what to declare to the king, although most of it she had already thought of. 'I want you to cancel your engagement to Princess Kougyoku.' That was her plan at stopping their engagement. Anyone knew that small statement wasn't going to change their engagement nonetheless however she had something else to offer in exchange. If Mei was to marry the king instead of Kougyoku then she would be spared, but how exactly was Mei going to convince the king to do something as big as that? This stumped Mei completely meaning she had to go back to square one.

"What's with this swarm of people?" Judal whispered still angry about the crowd of people. He had bumped into a child with blue hair and a girl with pink red hair which reminded Mei of Kougyoku.

"I'm sorry he's always a little grumpy when there's a crowd of people. Are you two alright?" Mei asked Aladdin and Morgiana. Morgiana had been listening to the princess' apology, but Aladdin had kept his attention of the dark magi surrounded with a large amount of black rukh.

"Aladdin?" Morgiana asked the dazed magi causing him to snap back to what was in front of him. Mei looked back into the crowd only to see Judal gone.

"MEI! What are you doing? Come on!" Judal shouted at the crowd which everyone had heard including Mei herself.

"I'm sorry you two. I'll properly apologize once I come back would you two wait for me? I have an impatient friend waiting for me." The Kou princess asked them. They didn't really even remember what she had been apologizing for anymore, and stated it was alright. But Mei had insisted on a proper apology, so they promised they would wait for her.

"Oi Mei! I'm leaving you behind!" Judal shouted again only louder and more impatient. Mei sighed at his impatience and began walking into the crowd right in front of the palace where she had regrouped with Judal. "What were you doing? Come on. The old hag would get angry if something happened to you, not that anything would. Your strong enough to protect yourself. Hey why don't you ask Kouen and have him make you a general? I'm sure if you asked he would or even the emperor! Even in the palace, everyone knows your his favorite daughter though I don't have any idea why." Judal continued rambling on.

"You know I don't want to be a general. Even more so if I was using favoritism to my advantage. I'm sure you didn't completely forget that I am the only child of his sister. That's the only reason he's taking a liking to me, apparently I look a lot like her. I just don't remember any memories." Mei explained as they neared the throne room.

The interior of the Balbadd palace was very different than that of Kou's. The atmosphere, the pillars, the decorations. Everything was different. Everything except the feeling of Al Thamen lurking in the shadows.


Happy New Year! And a late Christmas! I'm sorry I didn't update earlier, I was planning on updating on Christmas day, but I was kinda busy...sorry. A big thanks to EVERYONE that stuck with me so far, and to the new people who liked, alerted, and reviewed! Arigato Minna!