Gifts

Chapter 12

"Do you think brother I have a choice not to?" Reina answered back.

Richard is speechless with her answer.

"So what are you going to do now?" asked Richard curiously.

"To be honest I want to take the Seventh Prince" Reina said casually.

Richard was stunned with her answer.

"Reina that man is not simple, are you sure you want him?" asked Richard while trying to warn her.

"Yes, in the Empire he is the most beautiful man that even the Emperor of other Kingdoms want to obtained him" Reina replied.

"Being with that kind of man is dangerous, you will attract trouble from that" said Richard.

"I don't care I can face them head on. Don't you forget brother I have the blessing of the spirit" Reina said confidently.

Richard became silent, he heard from his father that his sister manifest the blessing of the spirit. He almost forgot this important information.

"Is that really true? You really manifest the blessing of the spirit?" asked Richard with amazement.

"Yes, brother sir Alabaster saw it. Did you remember by the time I got attacked at the woods by the beast? I passed out at the crucial moment and the spirit blessing save me. Sir Alabaster saw it" Reina narrated to his brother.

"So that is the reason why the Emperor wants to extend his claws on to you" said Richard.

"I guess yes that old coot is really scheming" Reina said.

"By the way Reina if you want to test the blessing of the spirit you possess. Here is the key to the library in this mansion. All the books related to the blessings of the spirit in the family can be found there" Richard said and give her a golden key.

"Thank you brother" Reina said after she receives the golden key.

"Reina I hope this time your decision is wiser than the past. Getting involved in the Royal family is not a good thing. I hope the person you will choose is really the best for you. I have also another present this document is a deed title of the land Lisha this land is barren it's up to you to develop it" Richard said while giving her the stack of documents.

Lisha, in the novel it is mentioned as the place where the largest mining area of spirit stones in the Kingdom. It is discovered by his brother but because they don't know its real value they just give it away to the Royal family. Later it is revealed that it possessed a huge amount of spirit stones, enough to sustain a Kingdom for hundreds of years. When the other Kingdom knows about it they begin to negotiate with the Empire but the Empire refused their cooperation that led them to their destruction. The other Empire joined forces to destroy the Ecclaire Kingdom, they killed its citizen and royalty leaving only the Seventh Prince Hellery to suffer unending torture and humiliation.

Although Reina just read the synopsis and she don't know exactly the story is. But still it's enough for her to think of a way to prevent or delay the things that is supposed to happen.

"Thank you very much brother for your gift. I will treasure this gift of yours to me" said Reina happily. She hugged her brother tightly.

Richard blushed "Now now leave my office already I still have a lot of things to do" he added.

"Ok thank you again. Good luck with your work" Reina said before she leaves carrying the golden key and the deed of the land of Lisha.

On her way to her room she bumped with Leonor. She look at the things that Reina is holding.

"Hello there Reina, is that a gift from Brother Richard?" Leonor asked enviously.

Reina smiled "Hello sister, yes this is brother's gift to me" Reina replied "Excuse for I need an urgent matter to do" she added.

"Oh! You may sister" Leonor replied wearing a fake smile on her face.

Inside Reina's room she sit down on the sofa and put the golden key and the deed of the land at the top of the table.

"I'll have to study the blessing of the spirit first and trained with it first before I will visit the land of Lisha in the east part of the Kingdom" Reina said to herself.

She put the land deed in the drawer and locked it. She brought to her the golden key and asked the butler the way to the library. The butler guides her on the way to it.

"Miss this is the library of the Von Helsion Mansion, the biggest library in the Empire" said the butler.

In Reina's memory she wasn't even interested to read. All she did was to follow and pester the Crown Prince. "What a strange hobby this girl has!" Reina mumbled to herself.

The butler opened the door using the Golden key and left her.

When Reina entered she saw a large collection of books. The library is really spacious like the city library in her world. She looked for the book she needed about the blessings of the spirit. She found it at the most secluded part of the library.

According to the book, one hundred years ago before the Kingdom was founded by the first Emperor. The land is barren and the people living here were uncultured. Demons roam around the entire continent killing the people and eating their flesh cruelly. Because of the peoples despair they prayed to God to help them eliminate all the monsters. Then one day a mighty golden dragon ascends the earth with his companion the Wind Spirit King. They felt pity for the people and help them to subdue the Demons. The two won the battle between the Demons with the combination of their powers. Then the people decided to make them rule the entire continent.

The Golden Dragon declared to become the first Emperor of the said Kingdom and the Wind Spirit King choose the family who prayed for the safety of the entire land to receive his blessings and become the Emperor trusted servants in ruling the nation.

From then on the Wind Spirit king disappeared and the Emperor remain to rule. The Golden Dragon fell in love to an ordinary human girl and declared her to be her Empress no one go against his decision and the rest lives quietly up until now.

But others doesn't know the prophecy that the Wind Spirit King leave.

"Prophecy is there really such a thing. Where can I find the prophecy?" Reina mumbled on herself.

She reads all the books related to the founding of the country and related to the spirit's blessings but she can find any significant information she needed.

She is so focused on reading that she forgot the time until her maid Ericka knocks on the door.

"My lady it's lunch time already. Where do you want to eat your meal?" asked Ericka outside the door.

"Thank you for reminding, kindly bring the food here. I'm still not finished with my research yet" Reina replied.

"Ok my lady" said Ericka.

After a few minutes Ericka returned with the food for Reina.

"Thank you Ericka. Did you eat already?" asked Reina.

"Not yet my lady. I will eat after you finished your meal" Ericka replied.

Reina smiled "Why don't you join me it's sad to eat alone" she added.

"I'm sorry my lady but that is against the rules. If the Duke's heard about this he will surely punished me" Ericka said respectfully.

"Don't worry it's only the two of us here. You also bring a lot of food I can't finished them on my own. So I request you to eat with me. Is that reason find with you?" asked Reina with a smile.

"My lady if you insist how I can still refuse" Ericka said with invisible tears in her eyes. "Then excuse my rudeness my lady" she added. She sits in front of Reina and eat with her heartily.

After they finished eating Ericka leave with the plates and let Reina continues her study.

In the evening while the Duke is sitting in the table preparing to eat dinner he didn't see Reina.

"Butler, where is Reina?" asked the Duke.

"Sir I think she is still in the library'' the Butler replied.

Leonor and Liana are shocked on what they've heard. "The brainless woman actually spending her time in the library" Leonor mumbled to herself.

"Call her to eat and tell her to continue tomorrow on whatever she is doing" command the Duke to the Butler.

"Yes Duke" the Butler said respectfully.

Reina heard a knocked on her door.

"My lady the Duke is asking for you to have dinner with them and continue what you are doing tomorrow" said the Butler respectfully outside the door.

Reina was stunned "So it's dinner time already. I didn't know that it's already late" she mumbled to herself. She stand and stretch out her body.