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To Kill or Be Killed

Chaos reigns at Basilia Palace when power-hungry Christos seizes the throne and imposes tyranny on the realm after King Themis flees and hides to protect his daughter from Casimir, who is driven by a prophecy that states he will die at the hands of the king's child. While commoners suffer under Christos' tyranny, the king is faced with the tough decision of either fleeing with his vulnerable daughter or reclaiming his throne to save his people. As danger looms from all sides, the king must choose between duty and family, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance.

msso · Fantasia
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48 Chs

Death of the known

The king stops running when he hears the scream of the two and when he looks back, his eyes widen as he sees her highness on her knee. The queen had pierced directly into her heart. His heart stopped when he saw her queen on the edge of dying.

Alaunos immediately cured her highness, but his healing simply prevented the bleeding in her heart. While Dillion protected them from the oncoming attack of Casimir.

The heartbroken king suddenly starts walking in their direction, cradling the princess. He seemed to have seen a ghost; he looked pale and emotionless as he continued to walk towards them.

"Themis, protect our child!" Dera said as he noticed the king walking emotionless towards them.

"Your Highness!" Dillion and Alaunos exclaimed frantically.

Casimir smiles as he notices the king approaching in his direction as if he wishes death.

"Themis!" Dera shouted in distress as Casimir rushed toward his Majesty.

The king paused as the princess grasped his hand. Casimir then attacked, but Alaunos intervened by offering a shield to the king and princess.

"This annoying brat!" Casimir yelled, charging toward Alaunos. But Alaunos is too powerful to be touched.

The mage is skilled at both magic and combat. He is significantly stronger than the Knight because of his magic and fighting abilities. He can be untouchable and withstand Casimir's attack.

"As long as I am alive. You cannot touch the princess." Said Alaunos.

Casimir looked enraged and attempted another strike on Alaunos, but he dodged it. While Alaunos and Casimir are exchanging attacks. The king, who was out of his mind, began to cry.

"I almost killed you" he murmured, blaming himself.

The princess giggled at his highness, and the king fell into tears. His lovely child nearly died because of his emotional state.

"Ayira Maise," the queen stated, smiling in pain.

The king stared at his princess with both joy and despair.

"Ayira..." the king murmured. The queen cracked a smile one last time before releasing an attack on Casimir.

The Queen and the king didn't have a chance to name their child while in the palace. Due to the sudden disaster brought by Casimir.

They did not even have a chance to celebrate their child's birth.

The king flees the scene. Leaving all three behind.

Themis continues to stroll, holding his princess in his arms. Embracing it closely in the middle of a cold night. The king and princess arrived safely on Absalom's land. The most serene and secure land in the entire Basilia.

The king arrives unannounced at Ariadne's Tower, exhausted after a long journey. The magicians and priests notice His Highness' presence and rush towards His Highness before it collapses on the ground. Saving the toddler and the king from falling.

The priest glanced at the baby he was cradling, while the magicians rushed into his highness and lifted and assisted the exhausted king into one of their chambers.

"She was indeed royalty," the priest murmured, noticing the resemblance between the queen and the king in the princess's features.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝⭒˚。⋆

"I refused to d-die," Alaunos said, on the verge of death.

"My... Chi-child... is not... born yet," Alaunos struggled with his desire to live.

"You shouldn't have stopped me," the bruised Casimir muttered, tired.

The fight between the four ceased when the sun rose.

Casimir flees the scene, leaving the three dying.

The three known individuals—the queen, the knight, and the mage—died on May 25, which also happens to be the day that Ayira, the Princess of Basilia and a commoner girl, were born.