Royal Secret: I'm a Princess!

[PAIGE'S dome looks like a honeycomb.]

That was Neoma's observation while looking down at the honeycomb dome as it slowly crumbled after the roof collapsed. But no worries. She asked Lewis and Mochi to rescue everyone left in the temple.

Paige would purify the people corrupted by Darkness.

Thus, she only had to worry about purifying the Darkness that swallowed up the temple. She was hoping her purification ability didn't include breaking things. After all, Astello Temple was one of the West Continent's treasures.

Anyway…

[Lewis is amazing for destroying a dome as strong as that one.]

As a dome creator herself, she knew that a dome's weakness was being hit from the inside. But a dome filled with a Light attribute wasn't something one could easily destroy even if its weakness was attacked.

[In conclusion, my "son" is awesome.]

"Now it's my time to show my awesomeness," Neoma said, though she didn't really know what to do. She was just following her instincts. It was as if she had already done purification before, despite not having memories of it. "Darkness isn't inherently evil, but it stops being harmless once it becomes a threat to humans."

She was tempted to summon Skewer, but this was the Holy Land. Using a weapon with Darkness attribute wouldn't be wise.

Thus, she had to rely on her "muscle memory."

She flapped her wings until the purple petals began to fall, just like what would happen when a tree was shaken. Hundreds of purple petals fell in a short amount of time, but they didn't get carried by the wind.

Her Moonglow guided the roses to the Darkness that was trying to come out of the falling honeycomb dome.

[My Roseheart Blood and my Moonglow are working so well together.]

When the petals touched the Darkness, the clash created a loud sizzle that reminded her of the sizzle that came when grilling samgyeopsal– except this one was louder.

Plus, when you were grilling meat, the meat would turn brown or charcoal if you burnt it.

The opposite happened when her 'purifying roses' touched Darkness. It was as if her purification power turned into the detergent powder she would use back in her second life to wash her dirty clothes. The two had the same effect.

[Wow, it's beautiful.]

The parts of the Darkness being touched by her purifying roses would instantly turn white, with some bluish lights all over.

[It's working, but it's draining my energy fast.]

She clutched at her chest when she suddenly found it hard to breathe.

Her Moonglow was usually overflowing. But for the first time in her life, she was running out of Moonglow. Even her Mana was being exhausted. Even though she was just suspended in the air, she still felt worse than the time she was fighting in the Death Camp.

"Fuck," Neoma cursed while panting hard. "It's so fucking hard to be the main character."

***

"YOU'RE DOING well, Prince Nero," Bram whispered to himself excitedly while taking a video of Prince Nero who was busy purifying the Darkness that swallowed up the temple. "Your purple wings are beautiful."

He was using monocle glasses to record everything.

The spot where he was hiding was the perfect place to record the interesting things happening at the temple. Moreover, as the Crown Prince's people were busy saving everyone and everything they could save, none of them would notice him sitting on the railing of the balcony of a nearby establishment.

"Prince Nero, although we don't like the fact you have Roseheart Blood in you, we won't abandon you," he said. Yes, he liked talking to himself. But he was pretty sure that next time, he wouldn't be alone anymore. He would make sure he'd become the Crown Prince's best friend soon enough. "Your overflowing Moonglow is proof you're more of a de Moonasterio than a Roseheart, anyway."

But he had to say Prince Nero's Roseheart Blood was a thorn to his side.

He was trying to look into the Crown Prince's soul earlier, but he couldn't see anything. Not the midnight blue rose that was supposed to be embedded in his heart, and not his Soul Beast either. A powerful spell was blocking his vision.

[It seems like a spell created by a powerful Light mage since the spell is oozing with Light attribute.]

Then he remembered the mage that came with the Crown Prince.

[Ah, that mage is probably in charge of protecting Prince Nero's soul.]

After all, the Rosehearts were known for having different dimensions in their souls. But that also meant someone could easily trespass their souls since there were many 'doors' open, and they couldn't possibly guard all of those doors at once.

[Our dear prince is being smart, huh?]

But why did he feel like Prince Nero was hiding something else?

[I know the de Moonasterios are capable of hiding their Soul Beasts. But it doesn't seem like His Royal Highness is simply hiding his Soul Beast. It's as if…]

"The part of his soul where his Soul Beast should be is empty?" he wondered to himself, then he tilted his head to one side while touching his chin. It was a habit he developed every time he would use his brain to think hard. "Impossible. Every de Moonasterio is automatically born with a Soul Beast embedded in their soul."

Hmm.

He felt like Prince Nero was definitely hiding something important, and his hands were itching to uncover the Crown Prince's deepest secret.

<"What are you thinking so deeply about?">

It was the crow that His Excellency had sent, and it landed beside him.

"Prince Nero is hiding something," Bram said cheerfully. "His Soul Beast… it's not there."

<"A de Moonasterio without a Soul Beast? That's unheard of.">

"That only makes Prince Nero more interesting in my eyes," he said while grinning. "But if his secret happens to be annoying, it would be a shame."

Because if Prince Nero turned out to be boring, then he might as well just kill him.

Bram was the type of person who only lived to have fun, and he hated boring people the most.

<"You have the right to decide whether or not we continue supporting Prince Nero,"> the crow with the metallic voice said. <"After all, you're the Judge, Bram de Luca.">

He laughed when he heard the surname that he hadn't heard for a long time.

A de Luca, that was what he and his siblings were.

Just like Prince Nero, they were children that inherited the blood of Yule. Well, Yule's father, to be exact.

After all, Yule and Callisto de Luca were half-siblings.

<"You are the Judge of the family, and we will always trust your verdict in choosing the right de Moonasterio heir– just like how you chose to support Nikolai de Moonasterio over the previous emperor.">

Bram just smiled after hearing Nikolai de Moonasterio's name. "Speaking of His Majesty…" His smile grew wide. "I hope he likes my present."

***

"THESE DAMNED crows!" Nikolai slammed his hands against the railing of his office's balcony. The railing was destroyed, but he didn't give a damn. He couldn't take his eyes off of the hundreds of crows flying in the sky. "What the hell are they doing now?!"

Hundreds of crows were flying all over the Royal Capital.

And that didn't end there.

Several crows were gathered together, and each group carried a huge stone tablet where a video recording was currently playing for everyone to see. And the video playing showed Neoma purifying the Darkness that swallowed up Astello Temple.

He didn't even know Neoma had grown purple wings until he saw the video.

[But that's not what's important right now!]

"Your Majesty, this is bad," Geoffrey Kinsley, who was catching his breath when he arrived on the balcony, reported to him with an urgency in his voice. "A video tablet appeared in both the nobles and the commoners' plaza. Almost everyone in the Royal Capital has already seen the video!"

[Goddammit!]

The fact that Neoma was purifying the Darkness wasn't the problem. Moreover, his daughter was still perfectly disguised as Prince Nero so everything was fine.

Except for one thing.

"The Darkness has stopped threatening humans for a long time now," Nikolai said through gritted teeth. "But now that Darkness with malice has reappeared, the people of the continent will remember their fear of Darkness once again."

It would be bad, especially for Darkness attribute users.

"And it also doesn't help that it happened at Astello Church," Geoffrey Kinsley added worriedly. "Some people will definitely lose faith in the Moon God because of this."

His Paladin was correct.

"This is definitely the work of the damned crows," Nikolai said while frowning. "Are they doing this to build or break the Crown Prince's reputation?"

He didn't want to admit this, but it was probably the latter.

[Are the crows trying to turn the "Crown Prince" into a hero?]

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