"Welcome back, young master. Once again you succeed in finding one of the most hidden treasure in Maple World." Said Gaston the moment Phantom returns to Lumiere.

"It was quite easy actually. The booby traps were too old to function. All I had to do is gave a little push and the gateway to Skaia has already opened." He walked stylishly back inside the ship and sat on a luxurious sofa.

"Renault, what is our next destination?" He reached his pocket and took out the glimmering and exquisite jewel, The Skaia, and looked closely at it.

"Ereve." He answered.

"A suitable reason for us to travel the city of high grounds, Colette?" Phantom didn't even took his eyes off from the jewel for even one second.

"According to legend, the Skaia can unlock a seal that is put on an islet, which has an abandoned marriage church on it."

"And what treasure can be found there?"

"It was said that there were once a couple live there. They loved each other more than anyone in this world but sadly one of them passed away. The other that stays spent his or her entire life creating the Skaia. A spell was cast on that islet stating that whoever manage to bring the Skaia back to that islet on a full moon, he or she will meet his or her destined love and will last until the end of time. It was also said that there is a precious treasure hidden somewhere in that floating islet."

"...Until the end of time huh?" Phantom murmured.

"We have reach our destination, young master." Said Renault.

Marianne walk out from the intelligence deck holding an ancient looking piece of scroll. She walked towards Phantom and hand the scroll to Phantom.

"Christiane said you will be able to release the seal by following the steps on this scroll. Luckily today is the full moon or we will have to wait even longer."

Phantom didn't say anything and took the scroll. He walked out from the waist deck and stood on the front deck. He opened the scroll and did exactly what the scroll said. When he was finished, he looked down on the islet and saw the seal covering the entire islet disappeared into mid-air.

"I'll be back real quick." He said to his crew. He teleported from the Lumiere to the side of the fountain. He looked at the full moon when he reach there and thought, "I wonder if the legend was really true."

Suddenly, he felt someone was looking at him and he turned to see who it is. He was stunned the moment he saw a white figure standing afar. He saw the white figure kept walking towards him. When the white figure stopped walking, he could see it clearly. It was a pure and beautiful lady in a white dress. Even though Phantom saw many lovely woman that are more beautiful than her, he was attracted by her. He couldn't believe he fell in love with a ghost under the moonlight.

He walked closer to the lady and tried to hold her hands and held her close. Surprisingly he could touch her. For a moment, he felt alright. He chased after treasure because he didn't know what is precious to him. Now he wished this moment could last forever.

Before he realized, he was in the Lumiere. He looked around and eventually look at the Skaia he left on the deck. The Skaia became dull. He picked it up and looked at the scroll beside the jewel. It says that the seal will be released when he did exactly what was written on the scroll with the full moon shining down the islet. He raised his head up and looked at the moon. It was covered by a cloud.

He patiently waited the cloud to go away and perform the ritual once again. When we went back, the ghost of a lady was no longer there.

He went back to the Lumiere and told his crew that they will wait for the next full moon to come.

"But the full moon is still there." Said Marianne.

"You don't suppose I'll waste my time finding that treasure today with so many clouds passing the moon every five minutes, do you?"

"…"She didn't know what to say.

"Just treat this trip as your one month holiday. Spend your time wisely." He said to his crew.

"Thank you, young master." Replied them.

He walked out to the front deck and looked at the moon that would be covered at the next few minutes.

A drop of tear fell from his eyes. Then, his tears came down like a waterfall. He was shocked. He hasn't cry for the last twenty-two years, not even when his mother was bury under the ground.

He once asked his mother when he was still a child.

"When will I cry?"

"Maybe when you were touched the moment you found your precious treasure." She smiled kindly to him.

"Does that mean, she is my precious treasure?" He thought. He hoped he would have an answer.

He looked at his hands. He swore that he could fell the lady in his arms, but there was no one there at all when we went back. He looked at the moon again. The moon was covered by the cloud. He twisted back and walked straight towards his room.

X

This is the first time he had a daydream. He could clearly see her, like there was magic in the air and she was just beside him.

"She looks like an angel held down with no wings. Maybe she could fly again when she met her lost husband."

He just couldn't get her off his mind. Every time he wants to think other things, his mind just pull him back to her.

"Phantom!" He so shocked that he fell off from his chair. He looked at the person that shouted at him. It was his brother.

"The famous treasure hunter, The Brave Phantom, fell down from his chair when I shouted him beside his ears?! If I told this to the others they will laugh-"

Phantom point his sharp-end cane at his brother's throat with furious eyes.

"—Like they never heard this incident before. Nope, they will never know. Haha. (Gulp)" Sweat slowly came down from his head.

Phantom stood up and looked at him.

"What did you want?"

"Just updating you. Had another meeting with Queen Aria. You sure you are not interested in her? Not even how she looks?"

"You want to reconsider your 'update'?" He put his cane even closer to his brother's throat.

"Could you put the cane down? It's scaring me."

Phantom looked at his brother with disdain and retreat his cane from its initial position.

"Father is getting tired with the financial transaction between Ereve and Ariant. He wants you to pick something from Ereve and get it over with since he is rich because of your founded ancient artifacts. He just couldn't bear to see Ereve still working hard to repay Ariant kindness while needing more money."

"He wants me to pick something?" Phantom lift his eyebrow up and looked at him.

"Yeah. After that, I will tell that to Queen Aria two days before the next full moon the thing you want. We still need Queen Aria to help us finish the latest city planning of Ariant. I guess one month will be enough."

"I want that floating islet below this ship."

"You mean, the one with an abandoned church?"

"Yes and don't even think about asking stupid questions." Phantom glanced at him.

He was about to say something. But he close up his mouth and exit Phantom's room.

The moment he went out, the image of the ghost lady returns to Phantom's brain.

"Guess I'm gonna up all night thinking about her." He said to himself.

X

It's tearing him up inside. He told himself not to go to that islet but he couldn't resist in meeting her again. He found out that every two days from the day of full moon until the next, the power of Skaia will be stronger because the day the seal was cast, the day Skaia was created and the full moon are all odd days.

When he went there, there was no one there. He stood beside the fountain and waited. Every time he heard something, he would immediately turn back thinking it was her, but there was no one there at all.

He came every time when the seal grow weaker, even when it's raining. Of course he won't be standing there like an idiot, he would preparations like bringing an exotic umbrella that he dug up two years ago. He searched every inch in this islet but he didn't found anything, not even the treasure he was supposed to find, he guessed it can only be found when it's really full moon.

Two days before the next full moon.

"Aren't you excited brother?! Queen Aria agrees to the deal!" Phantom's brother said excitedly.

"…Yes, that's great news."

"After two days, I will send someone to take that island to Ariant. It'll help Ariant restore the money that was given to Ereve."

Phantom didn't listen to him at all. He looked at the night sky and thinking what happened before his brother came. He couldn't dispel the seal. He was a little bit afraid that he couldn't unseal it at tomorrow. If it really can't, then he might not able to see that lady anymore.

"Brother, our Father has summoned you back to the palace of Ariant. You will follow the islet back to Ariant."

Phantom looked at him and shouted.

"What?!"

"That is the reason why he let you choose what to take from Ereve. He wants you back there and choose a princess or maybe a queen to marry."

"But-"

"And in case you didn't know Father has appointed you as the next king and as soon as you arrived Ariant, you will be the new king."

"Then I can just throw the throne to you."

"Father also stated that unless you get partner for life you can't back down from the throne. You did swore that you won't marry anyone in front of everyone when you left. Father just love to tease you."

"Or that is entirely your idea!" Phantom cry out his sentence.

"Whatever it is, you can't step away from this." He left after finishing the sentence.

Phantom made a hateful face and walked back to his room.

"Err…can you send back to the ground first?" His brother said sacredly.

Phantom stopped walking when he heard his brother asked that. He turned around and gave him a grim and evil smile. His brother knew he is definitely taking the hard way down.

Phantom forced him onto a parachute and pushed him down from the flying ship. His brother is 100 years too early to die from something like that, but he is afraid of height.

X

The day before the full moon.

Strange enough, the seal was dispelled and Phantom managed to step on the islet. He saw her the moment he land on his previous spot. He gave a smiled to her when she turned back. She smiled back to him and walked closer to him.

"Who are you?" She asked carefully.

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself first?" He chuckled.

"My name is Aria, Queen of Ereve."

Phantom was surprised. She is the Queen of Ereve? He couldn't stop his blood from boiling when he had thought something.

"My name is Phantom, nice to meet you." He didn't let his emotions showed up.

"So…are you a ghost?" She asked politely. You don't know who I am? Thought Phantom. But he remembered that she is busy with all the work from Ariant, it's not weird for her to not know who he is.

"Some say I am, but I'm not so sure myself."

"This place will be sold to Ariant tomorrow."

"Does that mean I can't meet you again?"

"…Probably" She lowered her head.

"That's a shame."

She raised up her head and looked at him. Phantom didn't react much when she suddenly hugged him because he wanted to hug her too. He bent down his body a little bit and whispered beside her ears. Aria whispered back when the seal slowly reject him back to his ship.

"I will always be your precious treasure, Phantom."

The moment she said that, he was back in the Lumiere.

He hasn't felt this good for his entire life.

"Renault!" He called his pilot when he walked into the waist deck.

"Yes, young master."

"We won't be going back to Ariant."

He turned and looked at Marianne.

"I need you to send something for me."

"Wh-what is it?" She never saw Phantom this happy before.

"A message to obtain the greatest treasure ever." He smiled.

X

Phantom's brother was confused when the king summoned him. He was supposed to be on his way to El Nath to see the snow but he was interrupted before his journey even begun.

"What is it, Father?" He kneeled down before the King of Ariant.

"You are now the king."

"Yes…WHAT?!" He abruptly said it out loud.

"Your brother miraculously found his one and only love and you have to fulfil your promise, which is took over the throne if your brother didn't."

"Then, then, who is his lover?"

"Queen of Ereve, Aria. He claimed that he only knew who was she after she told him her name, he said that he was already 'madly' in love with her before knowing who she is. I found this quite interesting. So, the legend about that islet is true." The king smiled happily for his elder son.

Phantom's brother raised up both of his fist and looked up while shouting one word.

"PHANTOM!" Well he isn't going for a vacation any time soon.

X

"Young master, the guards told me that the queen is on that floating islet." Said Gaston.

"I'll meet her there. Just tell whoever asks my whereabouts that I will be with the queen until I'm satisfied."

"Anything you wish, young master."

"Thank you." He teleported instantly to the islet.

"It's so good that promise made by the couple a century ago was fulfilled." Gaston said after Phantom left. He was happy for his master. He walked towards the main door of the palace and knocked.

X

Phantom never felt so excited when he saw her back.

"If he really exist, it would be perfect to marry to him here…"

"The why don't you, my Queen."

She turned back as soon as she heard what Phantom said. Initially she looked surprised when she saw him, but it immediately turn into a smile.

She walked towards him and stopped in front of him.

"So, are you still a ghost?"

"Not anymore."

And then they…

Well, you know how it ends.