Zahard's Wrath

"So what the purpose for you to meet me?" asked Khun while giving Hijau Zahard the sharpest stare ever.

Right now Khun did not sure either she is an enemy or just a guest but he sure that he can't trust her. Khun scanned Hijau from the tip of her hair until her toes, there nothing special about her. A beauty? Nah. Khun himself more beautiful than her but how she able to become a princess of Zahard?

"I'm here to challenge you on a duel, Prince of Zahard," she said calmly.

Khun knew it. If there any princesses that come to him, all of them just wanted to challenge him.

Khun grinned.

"What do you want as a reward if you win?" He asked.

"White February," answered Hijau shortly.

Hearing it makes the entire team shocked but not Hestia. She knows the rules of princesses. All of them will collect the 13 moons series to become stronger or marrying Zahard. Slowly she glanced at Khun how was sitting beside her and slowly her sight went to Hijau. Both of them were smirking. For some reason, Hestia really hates the smirk that covered up Hijau's face because it had a deeper meaning on it. But different for Khun's smirk, it more into strategy planning than fighting.

Hestia wonder- Did not Prince noticed Hijau's smirk?

"I did not approve it," interrupted Alan. He knows that Hijau may be planing about something else and he will never allow that to happen.

"This conversation only between The Princess and The Prince of Zahard. If you're not one of us, better back off," said Hijau.

"Unfortunately, he is my guide, and if I am involved in this conversation as a Prince of Zahard, so do him, as the guide of the Prince," said Khun. He makes sure every word that he said was relatable.

Alan stunned by Khun suddenly backing him up. Slowly he looks at Khun who was looking at his too. He smiled while moving his lips quietly but clear enough for Alan to read it. He said-

'Don't worry, I'll handle it.'

Knowing that makes Alan happy for some reason even his pain awhile ago after knowing that Clara was in love with Khun, suddenly disappeared. Not because of his word that he will handle Hijau, it because of his smile. Khun was smiling at him a while ago!

"A guide? I wonder how you get him. A Princess supposed to have a guide when they already become a ranker, but now you have one? Isn't it a little cheating?"

"I'm sorry, that a princess but not a prince so better minding your own business than mine. And also, I don't follow the rule because I'm the one who will be ruled. My teams were my business, not yours." said Khun.

That truly hits Hijau. She can't believe that Khun just humiliates her in front of his teammates. This really hurt her pride as a Princess.

"Ok fine, I'm here not to argue about your teammates, I'm here because I wanted to fight you. So yes or no?" said Hijau after a few seconds tried to keep herself calm.

"What did my guide said early?"

"He did not approve it?"

"That my answer so go home and never come again," said Khun and immediately stand up then walked away. The more he sits in front of the Princess, the annoyed he became.

"You don't want to fight me because you are scared!" said Hijau consciously raised her voice. Khun immediately stopped and turned to look at Hijau.

"Yes, I do scare," said Khun.

"See I-"

"I scared that I will end up killing a Princess."

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Lyborick slowly looks at the huge door in front of him. He gulped. Early, he has been informed that Zahard wanted to meet him to discuss something and of course, Lyborick knows what something is about.

Slowly he opened the door and saw Zahard was still on his throne, looking at him seriously.

"You called, My lord?" Lyborick said as he kneeled down on the ground didn't dare to face The King's face.

"I bet you know the reason why I call you here," he said.

"Yes, My Lord."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, My Lord but I didn't ask for your forgiveness since it was a mistake that I desperately do," told Lyborick. His knees still against the ground while his eyes looked straight to Zahard's face, showing zero fear as he was waiting for Zahard to kill him.

"You know that you already touch The Prince of mine and also asking him to lie to me?! Do you know that was a really big crime that deserves death?!"

"Yes, I aware of it."

"You're the person I trust the most to take care of Aguero but instead you take that opportunity to touch him! You just betrayed me, Commander Lyborick," stated Zahard.

Lyborick remains quiet. He knows that he will die today so that why he already prepared himself for it.

Without even looking at Zahard, he knows that Zahard already makes an orb shinsu to kill him.

'Goodbye Aguero,' he whispered wishing it will reach him. Then suddenly-

Ting Ting Ting

Zahard's pocket ringing and showed Aguero's name on it.

Zahard flicked his tongue. He looks sharply at Lyborick but before he picked the call, he said-

"Looks like destiny didn't want me to kill you so get out from here. Never show your face in front of me either Aguero. If you do, I do not hesitate to kill you."

Lyborick was shocked heard that Zahard will spare his life just because Aguero was calling him perfect on the time he was about to killing him.

Slowly he stands up and walked towards the exit. Right now, he has already become nothing.

Zahard waits until Lyborick gone before picking up Aguero's called. When Lyborick already 100% disappear from his sight, he immediately picked up the call.

"Agu-"

"MY KING ZAHARD!" Shouted someone behind his pocket.

"Who is this?! How did you able to have My prince's pocket with you!" shouted Zahard while clenched his fist. He feels like he really needs to kill someone right now.

"I'm Alan Edrok, Prince Aguero's guide, forgive me for my rudeness but now we're in trouble, "he said. Zahard able to heard the huff at the end of every word that he said. He knows that maybe something bad happens.

"Tell me," said Zahard tried to keep himself calm as possible.

"Prince Aguero in a critical condition! He injured so bad and we unable to stop the bleeding!!"

"WHAT?!!"

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Hidden Thorn in Rose

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Slowly Hwaryun looks up above the sky. She was sure that a second ago the sky was blue as Khun's hair but now it slowly turned into gray.

Slowly she closed her eyes. She knows something bad already happened, in which Khun was involved. She sighed.

"Is there anything wrong, Hwaryun?" asked Leesoo.

"Yes, it is," she replied.

"Is that so, I hope it's not about our plan."

"No."

"So?"

"Someone already triggered The King of this tower's wrath," she said. Slowly she breathes in and breath out. Looking back at the cloudy gray sky. The lighting was radiating continuously which makes it looks like someone was fighting at the up above the sky.

"..."

"Wow the lighting was pretty bad today," said Leesoo awkwardly as he tried to change the topic when the atmosphere was getting thicker just because Hwaryun mentioned someone who was hated by all of them here, The King of the tower, Zahard.

"Will he destroyed this tower?"

"..."

"When the loves of his life's life were like an egg at the tip of the horn."

"What exactly you wanted to tell us, Hwaryun?" asked Bam. He kinda pissed with it. All these past days, Hwaryun always said something that had a deeper meaning and really hard to understand. That why he needs to ask Hwaryun more than twice to repeated what had she just said until she revealing the meaning herself.

"The Prince was strong but unfortunately he was fighting with a snake."

"Hwaryun... Please, just tell us what it is?!"

" The snake just gave The King's lover the forbidden fruit from The King's garden even though he didn't want to."

"What the hell are you talking about, Hwaryun?!! The King's Lover?! Since when Zahard had one?!" Shouted Bam this time. Leesoo petrified with Bam's sudden action. He knows how much Bam hated Zahard and wanting to kill him. But he didn't expect Bam to yell at Hwaryun just because she mentioned it in front of him.

"Just let her finished her words, Bam and you need to calm down my son," said Leesoo while slowly patted Bam's back.

"Please continue, Hwaryun."

"Two Queen Candidates were fighting with each other. One fight with strength and justice and the other one was using a Snow White's apple as her main weapon," she continued while looking at Bam sharply.

Silences were filling the room for more than a minute.

"Wait! The Prince? Queen Candidate? The King's lover's life? Hwaryun, don't tell me-" shocked Leesoo, unable to continue his word as he began to realize all the meaning behind all the phrase that Hwaryun just said.

Hwaryun takes a deep breath and slowly released it. Hiding her invisible tears that making her face felt wet. Hiding her sorrow eyes that showed a thousand of pain.

Slowly looking directly at Bam who was looking at Leesoo for an explanation when he knew that Leesoo already knows the meaning behind it.

"My God, the words may be seen beautiful but it same like plucking a rose with your bare hand," she told.

"And it causes you an injury because the beautiful rose hidden its thorn," said Leesoo continuing Hwaryun sentence.

"What the hell? Why did you make it becomes more confusing?!"

"Bam..." sighed Leesoo slowly covered up his face. Enough with Leesoo, Bam immediately looks at Hwaryun. Seeing that eyes make Hwaryun began to think. If only an eye was a weapon, she totally dead already.

"Khun was on a Verge Of Death," said Hwaryun slowly but loud enough for Viole to hear it.