The Kingdom of Forest Fairy

Siera and Dan Oh just looked at each other with a confused expression. They hesitantly and carefully followed Gwi's words and entered through the waterfall. Seeing that their three comrades had disappeared into the waterfall, Woon, Ryu and Key also entered it following them all.

The six groups of Hwon kingdoms were immediately caught in awe when they saw the scenery that appeared before their eyes. Behind the waterfall there are some high green slopes which look so fresh. On the highest slope is built a magnificent palace that looks really bright. The palace is dominated by the white colour and reflects the blue light sourced from lights in the form of long dewdrops that hang between large trees and tower around it.

At that moment, there are two men wearing all-white clothes appeared from the palace all of sudden. They walked towards Hwon's royal entourage slowly. Both men have a tall posture with long hair in light brown and neatly tied back. Their appearance looks so clean and handsome.

"Fairy?" asked Ryu confusedly.

"Welcome to the heroes entourage, is your journey felt pleasant?" said one of them asking the group in a polite language and soft words.

"Is this the Sung's kingdom?" asked Prince Woon later. He recalled Elmo's explanation of the kingdom at the center of the equator and it was not easy for other humans to find it. The kingdom of the land of the hidden fairies forest.

"That's right the son of Hwon kingdom" replied the man politely.

"Our king has been waiting for your arrival. He wants to meet this heroes entourage soon," said one of the other fairies.

"So are you guys the ones who kept an eye on us in the forest earlier?" asked Ryu, make a speculation. The two fairies smiled kindly while nodding softly.

"We will take you all to the king Sung's palace," said the two fairies who appeared to be the kingdom's royal guards.

Without saying much more, Prince Woon and the rest of the entourage obeyed the fairy's words. They followed Sung's two royal guards who showed them the way to meet the king of the peaceful country. Along the way to the palace, they encounter many of the Sung kingdom's fairy nations who seem to be prospering in peace.

There are many of the citizens from the fairy nation who deliberately stopped their activities to see the arrival of Dan Oh and the rest of Hwon's royal entourage. They all looked very friendly and smiled to greet the group. All fairy peoples have the same physical characteristics, which are a face that looks clean and shiny with bright brown hair in their possession.

The circumstances within this kingdom seemed contrasted with most other areas of the Mirac that had suffered much destruction due to the attack of Cheol's forces. No wonder, this kingdom is indeed safe from the onslaught of monsters because of its hidden location and not all other creatures are able to find it. Only certain people who were allowed to enter were able to find this kingdom behind the waterfall earlier.

From a distance in front of the palace gate, appeared the king of Sung kingdom who was standing and waiting for the arrival of Hwon's entourage who had been accompanied by several fairy guards behind them. King Sung smiled kindly to welcome the entourage. His smile left a line of moon arches on his eyes that looked beautiful and charming. The king was wearing all white clothes but looked more authoritative than his people. The man had long blonde hair neatly tied back.

When Dan Oh saw king Sung's face, the girl was instantly shocked. The face of King Sung whose standing tall before her was a very familiar face in Dan Oh's eyes. The same face she had always seen and accompanied her since she was a child.

"Dan Oh, isn't that your lover?" whispered Key with a low voice who looked equally surprised to see the King Sung in front of her.

"So your lover is also a king of the Sung kingdom? Has he ever lived on Earth like you too?" asked Ryu curiously. It seemed that all the members of the entourage had absolutely no thought of seeing a familiar face appear as the face of the mysterious king from Sung kingdom.

" Kyung-ah.... " called Dan Oh soundly to the wise king.

The king was a little surprised by the way the Earth girl's address him. The girl was obviously calling him, but he wasn't sure who the person Dan Oh was calling by that name was. Even so the man still showed his friendly and calm smile. He looked towards Dan Oh with a warm look in his eyes.

Woon who stood not so far from Dan Oh was able to clearly hear the girl's voice when she called the king. The prince was also surprised to hear Dan Oh's call to the king. He recalled a photo of the man with Dan Oh who he had seen at a glance before. The face of the man in the photo was indeed very similar to the face of the king in front of him now. Prince Woon looked silently at Dan Oh with an inexplicable feeling. His chest felt heavy as if all the enormous weights had been bestowed over his shoulders. He had almost trouble breathing the air around him.

"Who are you calling with that name, lady?" asked the curious king to the little girl standing before him.

Dan Oh tilted her head in confusion when she heard the man's question to her. Indeed, the king has a face similar to her lover Baek Kyung on Earth, but they have different hair and a very opposite aura. Kyung always exudes a bad boy aura while this king exudes an aura of justice and wisdom of a noble king.

"ah... I'm sorry, you're just looked so similar to my lover on Earth, Baek Kyung," Dan Oh said, feeling awkward and a little hesitant for treating a king disrespectfully. The girl put a stiff smile on her face.

"Your lover?" asked the king with a light laugh.

"Unfortunately my name is Zaltarish, King of Sung's kingdom. Nice to meet you, Lady ...?" asked the king to find out the name of the girl who said that he looked like the girl's lover.

"Dan Oh ... Just call me Dan Oh your majesty... You don't need to adress me as a lady... " Dan Oh replied smiling and introducing herself politely.

"All right Dan Oh...". The king agreed to call her by name intimately.

"it's nice to meet all of you, the residents of Hwon kingdom..." Welcome the king to the rest of the company. They all exchange their respects politely.

"Siera..." Suddenly, another man's voice appeared from behind the king.

The man has a tall posture with a muscular body shape but not too big. His hair was dark in color and slightly glowed bluish when exposed to the light of the lights from the water droplets on the ceiling. From his physical features it could be seen clearly that he was not a descendant of the forest fairies of Sung kingdom. He was an ordinary human being just like the entourage of the Hwon kingdom whose just arrived.

The man had a light brown skin tone and sharp eyes with dark gray pupils. He looked at Siera with an expression of disbelief, as if the man had never imagined that he would meet the princess in this place. But his happiness at seeing Siera also could not be hidden by his eyes.

"Eros...?" called Siera with the same incredulously when she saw the man there.

Prince Eros immediately smiled after Siera called his name like that. This proves that the prince is not only imagining her. Eros immediately walked quickly towards Siera and tightly grasped the woman's hands tightly. The man then gently rubbed the princess' cheek and held her arms with a huge tenderness. As if he is wanting to prove that the figure of the woman before him was really real and not a mere illusion.

"Siera... I'm so happy that you're alive..." Eros looked straight into Siera's eyes with an implied happiness while inteelocking the princess' hands tightly. Siera also looked at the man in front of her with a great warmth and smiled happily at him.

" Eros... I thought you were dead... I'm so happy to hear that you're still alive, and after seeing you in person like this... I am very grateful..." Siera expressed her gratitude.

Dan Oh who is not used to seeing Siera show her warm feminine side feels very astonished when she sees the two. The two of them seem so intimate, like a couple who have not met for a long time and finally able to reunite after a long separation. Dan Oh then turns her gaze to Key who is stand next to her, and asks the woman about Eros' identity and relationship with Siera without making a sound and just using the movements of her mouth.

" He is prince Eros... The future king of Dam kingdom, the fiancée of Princess Siera..." Key replied in a soft voice so as not to be heard by the future king of the Dam kingdom and also princess Siera.

"Eh?!" said Dan Oh in a surprised tone. She was so shocked, her gaze immediately looked towards Gwi in reflex.

Dan Oh never thought that Siera had become engaged to the prince of another kingdom. All this time she thought that something was going on between Siera and her personal bodyguard. Gwi always showed his feelings towards the princess. Although he never revealed it clearly, his gesture was visible enough for the rest of the group to feel that the werewolf loved the princess he served. Siera never showed the same interest in Gwi. Actually Dan Oh doesn't know if Siera has the same feelings or not towards the commander-in-chief. The princess was very difficult to be read about her feelings and thoughts.

Gwi appeared to be freeze on the spot with an agony face. His eyes implied a deep sadness. He silently sculpted in his place with a pitiful expression as if all the worlds around him had collapsed and fallen apart. The werewolf looked at Siera's facial expression with a fixed resemblance. He felt so sick when he saw the woman smiling at the other man in front of him. The woman he loved had returned together with her fiancée. Gwi can't do anything about it. In the end he decided to turn his face so he is no longer able to watch the interaction between the two lover.

"How could you possibly be here Eros?" asked Siera curiously. The smiling prince then turned his gaze to King Zaltarish.

" It was Zaltarish and his army who saved me... When the Cheols attacked the Dam kingdom, I tried to escape into this forest, then Zaltarish opened the door of his kingdom to me so that the monsters couldn't find me anymore... " The leader of the Dam kingdom thanked the fairy king of the forest who had gladly accepted him and his remaining bodyguards in their kingdom. Zaltarish just smiled and nodded his head.

" all right, Let's finish our conversation here, we have prepared delicious meal for all of you..." said the king to invite his guests to enter the palace.

Sung's royal palace is very magnificent and looks so green it blends with nature perfectly. The building has a very high and transparent ceilings so they can still enjoy the beauty of the sky even though they are indoors. Each wall of this building is made of large tree trunks and has beautiful and charming arches.

When they entered the dining room hall, there was a lot of delicious food that had been emblazoned on the wooden table that looked very aesthetic and natural. Ryu and Dan Oh's eyes seemed to sparkle happily when they saw the delicious and varied dishes before their eyes. The dish looks very luxurious and appetizing. It had been so long since the last time they enjoyed such a luxurious dish during their trip. Those two food lovers couldn't possibly afford to miss such a precious momen of their life.

"so... You are going to fight Binju?" asked Zaltarish to his guests. He had heard the news of Hwon's royal entourage through the birds that always sent the update of the outside world to the king.

"That's right... And we need the help of you and Sung's kingdom to fight that wicked man," Woon said on behalf of his entourage later.

"What can we do to help the noble prince king Woon?" asked Zaltarish attentively showing his hospitality.

"According to Elmo, we had to make the five elemental crystals come together and then destroy them in once, that's the way to eliminate Binju's gluttony against eternal power forever..." Woon's said to the king of the fairy kingdom.

The handsome young king slightly raised his body and reclined his body on the back of the chair after hearing Woon's words. The look on his friendly face instantly turned serious.

"We didn't expect to meet the fairies of Sung Kingdom like this, but I think it's a good fortune for us to be able to find green crystals at once..." The prince continued without being aware to the change in the face of the king.

" wait a minute! So you mean we have to hand over our royal guard crystals and let you guys destroy them?" Zaltarish asked a little hesitantly as he folded his fingers in front of him while propping his hand on the table.

"That's right, your majesty," Woon replied carefully. The king of Sung kingdom looked at the leader of Hwon kingdom doubtfully while considering his words.

"What would have happened if all the crystals had been destroyed?" asked king Zaltarish later.

"All the forces of the elements will return to the nature, Elmo argues that this is a better thing than if it was used by an evil creature like Binju, and I agree with that..." Woon said as he nodded his head after rethinking Elmo's words about the power of the crystal elemen.

"Can you give us some time to think over this more wisely?" asked the king to prince Woon.

"Of course... But we hope you will give an answer quickly, the sustainability of our planet depends heavily on that answer," Woon said later. Zaltarish nodded understandingly then smiled.

Woon then recounts all of their conversations about how to defeat Binju with Elmo to the two kings of different kingdon. They also revealed about the attacks they had to carry out before the red lunar eclipse occurred.

"So we have to defeat Binju before the lunar eclipse that will happen in one week from now?" asked Zaltarish after learning of Woon and his entourage's plans. The prince nodded steadily in response to the question.

"According to the sky calculations, the eclipse will occur around eleven o'clock at night, an hour before midnight, we must arrive at Yung kingdom just after the sun sets at least. I think we had enough time to do that" Zaltarish said then.

"I will fight with you and bring my remaining troops, our numbers are no longer as many as before, but at least we would be able to increase the amount of our strength to fight the Binju forces," prince Eros joined in planning the war strategy with the other two kingdom leaders. The man turned his face to Siera and the woman nodded in agreement with her fiancé's advice.

" I may not be able to leave my kingdom, but I will send our royal army in this war, no one can deny the almost infinite strength of Binju's army" Zaltarish felt guilty that he was unable to take his join in to the battlefield, but his presence in the kingdom was a guarantee of the survival of his people.

"We must make sure that the Cheol troops are not going to be aware of the presence of our royal troops in order to ensure our attack to be succeed" Gwi the best commander in the kingdom of Hwon and also a war strategist joined the chat. Everyone involved in the dinner discussion nodded and agreed to Gwi's remarks.

"Therefore we must attack clandestinely, we must attack Yung's palace from three different spots and surround it together from the three directions," Siera said in response to her commander's words. Although she was a woman, since childhood Siera had learned a lot about leading the kingdom including several books on war strategy.

The three kingdom leaders agreed that their armies would be divided into three groups. Woon will lead the first troops and take a path through the blue forest. Eros will lead a second army through the path of the rain valley, while the forest fairy army will be led by his best commander Alvero to take the path through the mountains. They agreed to appear at Yung's palace when the sun went down.

"ah right, so you're the owner of the second crystal? Descendants of Yeon's kingdom?" asked Zaltarish to Dan Oh as he finished discussing their attack strategy. The king was able to clearly sense the blue crystal aura emitted from Dan Oh.

"It seems so. "Dan Oh replied briefly with a smile.

"A long time ago our ancestors had a good relationship with Yeon's kingdom. They had planned an engagement between our two kingdoms. I don't think it's wrong when you refer to me as your lover, maybe we'll both actually get involved and meet in the marriage," Zaltarish said smiling when recalling Dan Oh's remarks some time ago.

The high school girl was only able to smile awkwardly at the king's words while Woon honestly felt a little disturbed by the conversation between the two of them. The prince was unable to concentrate on his food even though the dish before him was very delicious.

"After we finish our dinner, please rest comfortably, we have prepared a room for all of you" said the king showing his hospitality in welcoming his special guests.