CHAPTER EIGHT: "The Unseen Feelings "

From behind Haj, Soleman and the others appeared.

"Haj.?"

"Soleman? It's you." Karin was carried by Haj who is still unconscious.

Elion approached Haj and then he put down the paladin next to the tree.

"What happened ?? Where are the Skin Walkers ??" The princess asked.

"Karin defeated the one werewolf but the other one escaped," Haj replied.

They put Rico next to Karin in the shade of a large tree that catches the light from the freezing sun. The weather is gradually warming up a sign of the approaching turn of the sun. The Princess used a healing spell for the two. It was one of the magic she could use.

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"Rima- Sintara ..."

The Princess uttered her magic in the language of an Elf. Her hand shone and she put it on Rico and when she saw that the young man's condition was okay, she put it once again on Karin.

"That so, you know healing magic.?" Marcus asked as he moved toward Elion.

"The truth is, it doesn't really heal the wound, the only thing I'm treating is their mantra. I'm just restoring it to its normal flow so that the pain goes away and their whole body feels better." Elion replied and at once looked at the Prince with a sweet smile.

Marcus turned his eyes in another direction because he could not look directly at the Princess every time he saw her smiling.

"I'm done. They're fine." Elion stood up and looked at Soleman who was sitting in another shade of a tree in the distance. "Soleman, you and Haj are next."

"Ha.? But dear Princess, I don't think you need to treat me anymore because I'm feeling fine."

"Be me, Dear Princess, I'm still fine." Haj grabbed his sword at the same time. "I'd better find something to eat first. Soleman, you take care of them." Then he left and go somewhere.

"All right."

Elion turned her sight to Marcus, "In that case, I'll just treat you."

"Ha.? Me. ??" Marcus's face blushed slightly, "I think I'm fine ... It's not that painful." Simultaneously, holding the shoulder opposite the wound on his back.

"But because ...." The princess bowed as if embarrassed. "I haven't been able to thank you for saving me before ... So please allow me to heal the wound you received before."

"Is it true that all the good things that are given to you, you always give in return.? " Marcus turned away at once," But go ahead if you insist. "

The Princess smiled while holding Marcus' hand which surprised him.

"Come on, come with me to find a river or stream." Elion invited.

"Ha, why.?" Marcus asked.

"Because the water mantra is better for deep wounds."

The Princess smiled again and Marcus couldn't help but stare at her, with her sweet smile.

And the two immediately walked away. While Alice only glanced at their departure while sitting in the shade of a tree and her brother Alir lying on her lap.

On the other hand, they saw a stream whose water was coming from a waterfall from the top of the mountain on the edge of the Wicked Forest. You can see the cleanliness of the water in its clarity that looks like a mirror up close.

"What are we going to do here.?" Marcus asked the princess as he scooped water into his hand as if refreshing the beauty of the stream.

"I'll show you something ..." The Princess replied with a sweet smile again and then she took off her robe and walked on the water.

The surroundings of the Princess shone like crystals floating the drops of water coming from the sparks in the waterfall. Marcus just stared and was amazed at what he saw. Aside from the shining drops of water, even Elion shines in the stream. While closing her eyes, she draws the mantra from around and in the water of his stand.

Meanwhile, Prince unnoticed his feet spontaneously stepped towards Elion. Until he realized that he was in front of Elion in the middle of the stream.

"How ...? What happened ??" Marcus was surprised and at that moment, he couldn't help but stare at the Princess in front of him. During those times he witnessed the beauty he had just seen, "How do I feel? Why every time I stare at her I can't stop my heart to beat fast....?"

And his heartbeat quickened, even more, when Elion hugged him that make him surprise. The shine was still on around the stream and the silence was the only sound that could be heard. Then Elion touched the wound on Marcus' back with his hand.

"How does it make me feel. ??" Marcus keeps questioning in his mind because everything is new to him. "Is it because of her magic or is it, I'm falling for her ...?"

Time seemed to stop at that moment. Marcus felt the mantra slowly flow through his body. Apart from that the prince also felt his real feelings for the princess. In that short time, he realized to himself that he admired the beauty of the princess that possessed on the outside and even on the inside of her.

"Your wound is in good condition now Marcus."

"Ha.?"

Marcus was surprised when the princess spoke. "What happened. ??"

"I'm sorry, I used my magic to hypnotize you earlier." The princess's apology.

"Ah, that's why."

"I'm sorry, I just had to do that so I could focus the whole mantra I gathered from the water onto your body."

"Is that so." Marcus looked around. "Thank you."

At the same time, the faces of the two turned red when their eyes met.

"Ah eh, we'd better go back to the others." Invited by the prince.

"It's even better ... Maybe they're already looking for us." The princess was about to take a step when Marcus suddenly grabbed her hand.

"Wait ..."

"Why.?"

Then Marcus put the robe on Elion from behind, which surprised the princess and her face turned again in red. Those moments marked the princess as if it were the first beating of her heart.

"Let's go ..." Then Marcus walked while holding Elion's hand.