A few weeks passed in the world. The city of Crocus has most of the damage residential area rebuilt and reinforced with the help of the kingdom's knights.
The uproar by the citizens regarding destruction caused by Natsu's rampage which was a set up by Silverspark has mostly died down as many continued their daily lives which has been restored.
In Mercurius and upon the throne room, Toma is found on the throne while looking through some papers.
"Not a single one…" Toma spoke before he sighs tiredly while rubbing his forehead with his right hand. "Not a single sighting whatsoever-kabo."
The King had done his fair share of work to manage his kingdom in order to prevent any more chaos growing, but even though he completed his work as a king, he failed his work as a father to his daughter.
"My King." Darton came as he frowns a bit to the king. "I apologize in advance, but the reports from our scouts are…"
"Nothing, is it?" Toma asks and Darton nodded apologetically, the short king sighs and nodded in understanding. "Very well. Thank you, Darton. You may leave now."
"yes, your majesty." Darton nodded before he walks away but stops to glance at the King. "My King, this may sound rather harsh but if we do not focus on the stability of our Kingdom's defenses…"
"I know, Darton. I know." Toma said with a few head nods before he sighed and then looks up to the ceiling. "I am the King and I know what I must do. However.." he looks down and frowns while closing his eyes. "I am also a father who wishes to care for his daughter."
Darton let out a small sigh before he nodded and then left.
Toma sighs softly while slowly opening his eyes filled with sadness and guilt.
"if only I had done the right choice with Silverspark…" Toma whispers before sighing again.
In the hallway of Mercurius, there is Arcadios carrying a meal served upon a covered metal food tray in hand. The knight making his way around a corner before he stops at the door leading right into Princess Hisui's bedroom.
"excuse me, Princess." Arcadios spoke as he gently knocked on the door a few times before slowly reaching for the doorknob and gently pushing the door open. "I have brought you your meal."
Arcadios pushes the door open and finds the bedroom to be dark because of the window's covers blocking the sunlight from entering. The knight finds the princess sleeping on the bed with the blanket covering her face.
"Princess, your meal." Arcadios spoke out but heard no reply which made him sigh softly before turning to the side and see that on a table nearby a covered metal food tray which has Hisui's breakfast inside. The knight checks the content and finds the meal cold and untouched. "Is the meal not to your liking, princess? If you'd like, I can inform the head chef to prepare a dish to your liking."
Hisui didn't reply once again as the princess just laid on the bed and covered from anyone's sight.
Arcadios looks at Hisui before he frowns a bit and then proceeds to take the cold breakfast and exchange it with the lunch meal he had brought.
"Princess. Your father, the king will be going on a diplomatic meeting with the neighboring kingdoms for a few weeks." Arcadios stated. "he will be visiting Bosco, Caelum kingdom, Seven kingdom, and Stella Kingdom. If you desire a souvenir or etc, I may forward your request to him."
Again, Hisui didn't reply but this time she shifted her body to the side and pulls the blanket to cover herself even more.
"Please leave me be, Arcadios.." Hisui's voice softly spoke out under the blanket. "…I wish to be alone today…"
Arcadios frowns before softly sighing, the knight understanding the princess' feelings, but he couldn't help at all.
"yes, as you wish." Arcadios spoke before bowing his head. "if you ever need assistance, know that this Arcadios will come in an instant."
Afterwards, Arcadios left the room while gently closing the door behind him.
Now that Hisui is left alone in her room once again, the princess slowly reveals her head from under her blanket. Her complexion a bit unhealthy and her eyes are rather red and puffy looking.
"Natsu.." Hisui whispers as she shed some tears while hugging to her chest, the scale that Natsu had given to her. The princess is sad to lose her first friend who had left her. She hugged the scale closer and began to cry. "Natsu!"
After the incident of Natsu going on a total rampage in the city and leaving, Hisui has been very sad as she tried her best to ease the citizen's fear of him but that just resulted in his departure and total disappearance. The princess tried to find him with the help of the kingdom's knights or any mages who accepted her request but no one came back with any good lead.
As Hisui softly cries on her bed, Arcadios stood outside in silence. The knight hearing the princess' cries with a frowning face.
"was this really the best way to ensure peace between humans and dragons?" Arcadios whispers before closing his eyes. "was this really what you needed to do to keep the princess as herself?"
Meanwhile, somewhere far from Crocus.
At an island that has a small harbor village by the beach, there are people living there as fishermen who would go out to sea on their fishing boats to catch food for their friends and families.
The people living there in peace and harmony before it was abruptly interrupted with an eruption of the island's active volcano that causes a tremor to briefly shake the land and the village. Lava pours out of the active volcano as the molten fire just causing geysers of itself to erupt around the mountain's edge.
All watch the volcano continues to erupt lava before it slowly calms down and went silent.
"I wonder what was that all about?" a villager asks another. "for the mountain's lava to erupt after so long."
"been a while since the volcano erupted right?" the other villager replied.
"it is caused by the Dragon that lives within it." an elderly woman with a staff came to the two villagers who turned to face her. the old woman being the elder of the village who gazes at the volcano. "Let it slumber and peace will remain, awaken it and its rage will destroy all. it is best if we leave the dragon to slumber in peace."
The elder walks away while the two villagers look at her and then to the volcano.
"really? The elder is really getting old, huh?" "yeah, I mean. A dragon? They're just fairy tales, right?" the two villagers walk away while chatting about how the elder's warning is nothing more than a bogus story that they didn't realize is actually true.
Within the volcano and in the burning lava, Natsu in his human form is found sitting by the edge of the lava. The Dragon in disguise simply looks at the red hot burning liquid that had bubbles coming from within.
Natsu stares at the lava before he closes his eyes and thought back to his time at Crocus but more to his time with Hisui.
'Hisui….' Natsu thought of the jade haired princess whose beautiful smile came flashing into his mind and made his lips form a small smile. 'be well, alright?'
Natsu slowly opens his eyes and his entire body glows a red light that soon illuminates the entire domain of the volcano that had a small eruption because of the Dragon returning to his original form and sinking into the hot liquid.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye