Royal Secret: I'm a Princess!

NEOMA placed her hand on the Tarot Card that had a drawing of a wolf with two tails on it.

Actually, the Tarot Card reminded her of the cards in C*rdcaptor S*kura.

[If only I had a pretty wand, too. Should I ask Skewer to turn into a wand?]

"Princess Neoma," Lewis called her gently. "You're getting distracted again."

Neoma cleared her throat to hide her embarrassment. "I'm sorry," she whispered, then she focused her gaze in the image drawn on the Tarot Card. The image of the wolf resembled Sev– Nero's Soul Beast. "The ice wolf with two tails is my twin brother's Soul Beast."

Delwyn, who looked disinterested, nodded. "Uh-huh. The image drawn on the Soul Parchment is the "shell" of your twin brother's Soul Beast."

"Yes, that's what Lord Manu said, too," she said. "This Tarot Card, with the shell of the real ice wolf, will be your entrance to my soul, Delwyn. After all, this Soul Parchment is made from the soul of the de Moonasterios."

"Alright," the Ice Spirit said. "Then what should I do after that?"

"Once you're inside the space where my Soul Beast is supposed to be, you just have to tie your soul somewhere in there," she explained vaguely. Argh, she was just repeating what Manu said to her. "Sorry, I didn't get a full explanation either. Lord Manu just told me you'd know what to do once you get there."

"If Manu said that, then it will be fine," Delwyn said lazily, then he stretched his arms. "All I need is to enter the Soul Parchment, right?"

"Uh-huh," she said, then she placed her other hand on the hand that she put over the back of the Tarot Card. She put a Wall in front of her to brace for the impact. "I'm ready, Delwyn."

The Ice Spirit nodded, then he stepped backwards.

After that, Delwyn crouched low while running full-speed towards her direction. When he was only a few steps away from her, he jumped and dived into the glowing Tarot Card. The Ice Spirit's body hit the Wall that she created, and then his body fell to the ground limply.

"He's unconscious," Lewis said, then he squatted down beside the unconscious Delwyn. He also put a finger under the Ice Spirit's nose. "He's not breathing." Her "son" looked up at her. "Did he die when he hit your Wall, Princess Neoma?"

"Of course not," Neoma said while laughing softly. "Delwyn is just unconscious because his soul left his body," she explained, then she put a hand over her chest. "I can feel his presence inside my soul now."

***

[THIS IS ridiculous.]

Delwyn wasn't surprised by the small tree in front of him. He had already seen the tree with purple leaves, and a black trunk and branches.

[That's how Little Neoma looked when she turned into a tree before.]

Thus, he wasn't surprised to find a similar tree inside her soul.

But this time, the purple tree only reached his hip. Moreover, the garden where the tree was planted was practically empty. The only thing that made the scenery pretty was the beautiful purple tree itself.

Ah, no.

The best thing in that place wasn't the tree, but the air.

[To be precise, the air that the purple tree breathes.]

"It's too pure," Delwyn whispered to himself, then he closed his eyes as he inhaled the purple tree's "breath." As a Spirit, he didn't really need this kind of air to survive. But it was tempting even for him. "The gods will go crazy if they get a whiff of this."

Aether.

That was the first thing that entered his mind.

[Aether is the pure air that the gods in the Upper World need to breathe. And apparently, the current Aether was a de Moonasterio.]

"It's always the de Moonasterios," he said as he opened his eyes. "Lord Yule, the bloodline that came from you and Lady Roxana, is far too great that everyone, the gods included, wants a piece of your descendants."

If he remembered it right, Lord Yule and Lady Roxana were the reasons why the higher gods were forbidden from making children together– especially if the children would be sent and raised to the Middle World just like the de Moonasterios as humans.

"The de Moonasterios are the gods among humans," he whispered to himself, then he gently touched a purple leaf. "Little Neoma, out of all the de Moonasterios I've met so far, you're the one who has the highest potential to be as powerful as Lady Roxana…"

He was forced to stop talking when the roots of the purple tree emerged from the ground, then they wrapped themselves around his wrist.

[Ah, is this why Lord Manu said I'd know what I have to do once I get here?]

He actually didn't have to do anything.

The sharp end of one root stabbed him in the arm, then it began to suck his Essence.

[Essence is the 'Core' of the Spirits like me. Ah, I get it now. The one I need to "tie" in Little Neoma's soul is my Essence since I'm not a male Roseheart.]

Roseheart was an amazing bloodline, too.

It was a shame that most of the higher nobles in the empire was too dumb to see the real value of the Rosehearts.

[Just like Lord Yule and Lady Roxana, Nikolai de Moonasterio and Mona Roseheart is also a dangerous combination. Their children carry both the Moonglow and the Roseheart Blood. Of course, their children would be this powerful.]

Strong people should stop making babies together.

"Little Neoma, if you desire to get married and build a family of your own in the future, let me give you a piece of advice– don't fall in love with a powerful man," Delwyn said firmly. "Just choose an average guy for the sake of world peace."

***

NEOMA smiled when the image of the wolf with two tails disappeared on the Tarot Card.

[It means Delwyn has successfully taken the form of the ice wolf.]

Of course, to completely deceive the public, her fake Soul Beast must resemble Nero's Soul Beast. Manu arranged everything for that to happen.

[The Moon Priest wouldn't be called the 'King of Soul Beasts' if he couldn't do that much.]

"Oh," Lewis, who was standing beside her, said while looking at the second Tarot Card– the one that was blank earlier– vibrating while suspending in the air. "Something is appearing on the blank Soul Parchment."

Uh-huh.

The first Tarot Card, the one that Delwyn used as an entrance, had faded away once the image of the ice wolf disappeared.

Then the second Tarot Card glowed brightly.

[Ah, it's time.]

"Delwyn," Neoma said loud and clear. "Come out."

The second Tarot Card suddenly shot up to the sky and spat out a huge ball of energy.

Then the Tarot Card was shredded into several pieces while the ball of energy burst– releasing a blinding light. She had to squint to protect her pretty eyes. Closing them was an option, but she wanted to see what was happening.

[Argh, I wish I had sunglasses here.]

Thankfully, the blinding light soon disappeared.

Delwyn came out of the ball of energy. But this time, Delwyn was in the form of a wolf. But his size was bigger than normal wolves. He looked enormous in that form. No wonder the ground was decorated with long cracks when he landed.

[He has a beautiful coat.]

"This feels weird," Delwyn said. He still could talk normally even in his wolf form. "But I enjoy doing new stuff, so this is fun."

"I'm glad you're having fun," Neoma said, then she smiled at him. "Now let's play."

***

BRIGITTE was nervous when the ground started to shake hard.

She was standing on the balcony of the tower near the gate of the palace where she could clearly see the snowy mountain shaking as if it was about to erupt.

The knights and the other servants watching with her also looked nervous.

[But I trust Prince Nero. His Royal Highness said only the areas corrupted by Darkness would get buried in snow. And even if it happens, no one would get hurt.]

Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a big and warm hand cover hers.

Oh.

She turned and saw Glenn giving her a warm smile.

Ah, her worries were instantly washed away.

[I really love his smile.]

"Everything will be fine, Princess Brigitte," Glenn assured her, then he gently squeezed her hand. "You and Prince Nero worked really hard for this moment."

Hearing those comforting words from the man she loved put her heart at ease.

"I love you, Glenn," Brigitte said softly, surprising Glenn. "I really, really do."

As a princess, she shouldn't be saying stuff like that in public– especially not now when an avalanche was about to fall on the Royal Capital and a snowstorm was threatening to happen. But at the moment, while she was looking deep into Glenn's eyes, she knew the right moment was always the time she spent with him.

"I love you, too, Princess Brigitte," Glenn said shyly. His whole face was red, but the love in his eyes was clear. And when he smiled at her, she fell in love with him all over again. "My princess, will you marry me?"

She let out a gasp, but it was swallowed by the loud sound of the avalanche hitting the Dome that Prince Nero created in advance. It was followed by the explosions courtesy of the Mana bombs that His Royal Highness installed in the areas needed to be purified.

But despite all of that, she still gave her response to Glenn's question.

She knew her lover would hear her voice loud and clear.

"Yes," Brigitte said while holding back her tears. "I will marry you, Glenn."

And Glenn put a beautiful diamond ring on her finger as the chaos around them intensified.

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