CHAPTER TWELVE: "The Prince And His Guitar"

The ice on every tree had melted. As well as road ice can be seen. The flowers, on the other hand, are in full bloom.

The blazing sun was rising higher and higher. Whenever this sun rises, the evil forest seems to be alive. Where the creatures here wake up from sleep, just like the Red Fairies they face. After defeating it, they left it imprisoned and could no longer victimize those who passed through this forest.

They also saw a few in that forest, just like the Creeps that roamed here and seemed to get lost in search of food.

And when the scorching sunset in the sky, they finally reached the end of the forest. They will pass through a dry valley to the shore of the central sea. A dry valley in the middle of two rocky mountains.

"We'd better rest first." Karin said when she felt tired.

"It's even better ..." Haj agreed as he put down the big sword behind him and leaned on the rock. "Too many mantras are lost to us."

"Finally! Thank you ... I thought we don't rest anymore." Rico said while leaning on the big rock next to Alice and Alir.

Soleman also sat not far from them. He prefers to always keep an eye on his comrades in the distance.

Haj pulled the fruits out of his carrying bag in the back. "Here ... There's still some left yesterday. Maybe we'll just share it ..."

Karin reached for the fruits at the same time.

."Thank you very much Haj." The princess thanked,

"Do you want me to treat you? To improve the flow of your mantra again."

" "Maybe not Elion ... You also lost a lot of mantras so maybe you should just rest as well," Alice replied.

"Princess, if you want to just treat me." Rico groaned accompanied by a big smile.

Marcus immediately kicked Rico because he didn't like his joke.

"Oh my gosh !!! I'm just joking."

"You're so harsh with your joke. You forgot I was just standing behind you." Marcus said and then he turned his gaze to the princess.

"Elion, can I talk to you?"

"Ha.? All right ... I'd like to talk to you too."

They walked first and moved a little away from the others and Alice's eye just followed them.

"What are they going to talk about? Why do they have to stay away.?"

"Sister? Are you jealous of princess Elion ??" Alir also asked.

"What ?? Not so !!!"

"You're jealous ..." Rico replied and Alice punched him immediately.

"Oooouch !!! I've been hit twice in a day !!!"

Meanwhile, Marcus looked in the direction of the Wicked Forest's whereabouts and remembered what Elion had told him while he was under the hypnosis of the red fairies.

"I just wanted to ask if ... what do you mean by that you said.?" Marcus asked while looking out at the forest.

"Where?"

"When you said that ..."

"What is that?"

"That you need me.?" At once the prince looked at Elion.

The princess was silent and thinking then bowed when she heard what Marcus said. The wind blew as if time had stopped for a few seconds. Cold air coming from the interior of the forest is a sign of the melting of its ice in every part of it.

Then the princess looked at Marcus and smiled slightly.

"Is that so? ... I said that because I can't fight King Garam alone as a leader. That's why I need you."

"Ah ... Is that all?" Marcus asked again.

Elion, on the other hand, avoided her eyes from the prince and answered,

"Yes ..."

The wind blew again and there was a moment of silence. Elion asked the young man.

"I want to ask you too Marcus." When the princess's conversation changes, look at the person she is talking to.

"What's bothering you right now ?? Earlier I didn't get you out of the hypnosis of the red fairies right away because they said you were full of negative emotions."

Then Marcus's face became more serious.

"What are you jealous of?" Elion asked again.

"Is that so ... Your question is too personal ... But go ahead if you really want to know ... It's because of my dear king who is my older brother. I wish I will become better than him or even equal so that our father will proud of... So when you came and you needed the help of the power of my guitar, I took that opportunity to prove something to myself and my father ... But as time went on I became more and more aware of what we were going for ... I don't want to tell you this, especially you ... The other day, when we fought the wolves and the red fairies, I didn't do anything to fight back. I thought, if I was like that, what if the king of the south is the one I can fight ?? Honestly, I don't know how to defeat him or what I will do ... I'm sorry if I told you this ... But I just want to say that I'm not like my father. "

Elion stared at the Prince as if she could feel how it felt.

"I am the one who should apologize to you ... I am the one who brought you here. Even your town will be affected by the war that I am the only one who should face ... At this time you can still change your decision, dear prince. I don't see you will be forced to come and help us. "

"But, that's not what I want to say."

"But just in case you change your mind and you continue to be confused about joining us, I won't stop you."

The princess smiled with mixed sadness in her eyes. Then it turned back to Marcus and continued.

"And then I just want to say, I don't want to add on your mind what we feel for each other ... Because we feel contradictory."

And after the princess spoke, she continued to step away from the prince. Marcus couldn't speak anymore. He knew he had hurt Elion by what he had said. But despite that, he still wanted to continue even though he did not know his fate when he reached the west. He also felt saddened by what the princess had said about the conflict they felt. He thought it might be better for him to forget about it first and at the same time he remembered what Soleman had told him.

Marcus grabbed his guitar behind him and asked in his mind,

"What exactly can my music do ??"

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