Chapter 22 How to Summon your Spirit

2 hours ago.

Princess Karin was still locked inside her room. looking outside the window, she could saw that the soldiers and the workers keep working on the Fort's defenses. the day was so hot but they were working tirelessly.

She sighs before the negative feelings that she tried to hide start to resurface. the first moment where her father, the King's of Kavalon kingdom, entrusted the pendant to her with a complicated expression. She still remembers the warmth of her father's last hugs. Even when she tried to ask him to let her stay with him. but the King still insists to make the princess escape.

the way escapes from the capital was no more than a nightmare for her. Just how many people reached to her to ask for help?

Because of her fear, she was frozen and unable to say anything and just let Natasha rush out. The elder, the kids... She could hear the scream and the shout of people asking for help when she was alone.

The dead soldiers that they abandoned when they escaped from the dark knight's attack was also haunting her. their dead eyes was like it was looking straight at her and asking why were they deserve death.

Each time she closed her eyes, the people she abandoned started to appears from the darkness. at first, she could only saw terrifying shadows moving at her, but from the time the refugees appear, the shadows started to takes shapes into a person with bloody, hollow eyes.

they all have wounds and each of their limbs was lost. they would start to blame her and badmouthing her as they tried to reach her, to engulf her with the darkness, the pain, the sadness, and death.

the negative feelings she tried to ignore started to fill her heart, makes her body shaking and she feel a little faint.

her hands unconsciously clasped the pendant. That was when she could feel the warmth emitted from the pendant, easing her worry a little.

This was the only time when she feels grateful as to not let the negative feelings engulf her. Her leg give out and she slid down to sit on the floor. her gaze turned at the blue pendant on her hands.

What was this pendant truly was, that her father entrusted it to her. She remembers how precious this pendant was as her father always brags at her as the precious artifacts from the first generation of the Kavalon's king.

She remembers that this pendant should never leave me or be taken by others except to the chosen person that the wearer trust.

With the necklace grasped in her hand, Princess Karin glanced beyond the window, "Is there something that I could help with?"

Her eyes started to show melancholy, "Natasha also forbids me to learn offensive magic, but I cannot train healing magic without Mary's here or I have a target practice."

locked here alone, make her so useless. Was she only here only to make the others suffer?

Wasn't her Uncle just aiming at her, so was it better for her to leave?

she sighs, as she knows that if she escapes again it would only worry Natasha and the others. At the corner of her eyes, she noticed that the two lights inside the necklace start to spin again, make her smile at this interesting situation, "Really, what are you? how could you are so active inside?"

Princess Karin then started to stands, then jumped into the bed. the spring inside the bed started to tighten with her weight then launched her up into the air.

She landed faster as she floats, and a giggle escaped from her mouth. If people know that she acting so childish it would be so embarrassing.

"Ouch!"

Princess Karin holds her forehead, as it was hit by something heavy. wiping the tears on her eyes, she noticed a book on her bed, "Book of Summoning", this title already make the Princess attracted.

" What is this book, anyway." she reached out and hold the book above her head as she plopped to the bed.

flipping to the side, she plopped her head on her hand as she started to open the book.

"Hmm... This is a book about how to call upon the spirit from different times and space?"

she blinked, "A spirit? Is it like the Superior Elemental Spirit that governing the Elements?"

Just the opening sentence from the book has already taken her interest. As far as she knows, The spirit ability could only be used by the elves and the beastman. Even the study of humanity using spirit ability was still a dream.

Humanity magic was different from the spirit ability. Humanity's magic was restricted on their elemental affinity and based on how much Magic power inside their bodies.

However thanks to the magic research, Humanity now wasn't restricted with low magic power. If a person starts to learn and trains hard work, the magic output could rival or surpass the person with high magic power. that was why the interest in spirit ability was started to decrease.

Speaking of Spirit ability she didn't know much except for basic knowledge that humans should not bother about spirit ability anymore. That was why this new knowledge interests her in this boring time.

Princess Karin only planning to take a little read, but she started to get into reading and she found that the book also includes the spells and even the magic circle for summoning.

Her eyes start to shine and she not going to wait any longer, was it time to try it into practice?

using the book how to step by step, she started to clean an area in her room. she using the magic brush that she got from Mary and starts to draws.

Thanks to her dedication to learning the magic circle, she manages to finish a big magic circle in no more than 15 minutes.

Wiping the sweats on her forehead, she glanced at the book, "The next step was to read the magic spell right? Umm..."

raising her hand to face the magic circle, she holds the book in her other hand and starts to chants.

"~|~`~•~°~`~~|~"

The chants sound more than a song, which she likes. She started to close her eyes and opened her mouth to continue the next chants.

"~••~`|~•|`~|~~•`~||•~"

As she closed her eyes to concentrate, her necklace was unknowingly started to shine. the last two lights started to dances around and by the chants reach the final word, surprisingly, one of the lights manage to jump out and landed at the magic circle.

the previous silvery light emitted by the magic circle started to change into gold, surprising Princess Karin as she starts to panic. If the lights getting brighter, Natasha would rush here!!

Ignoring Princess Karin's worry, the lights getting brighter and forced her to close her eyes. the sudden flash of light quite painful for her eyes, she needed a few minutes before she opens her eyes.

"What?"

Princess Karina started to hang her mouth wide as she suddenly saw a person appears inside the magic circle.

weren't we supposed to call upon a spirit? why was a human summoned here? but weren't there a rumor about the superior the spirit grades were the more they resembled as a human?

She blinked and noticed that the person was also staring at her. She blushes and bowed at him, "F-Forgive me, Lord Spirit! I-I never know that I would summon you here!"

When the princess glanced up, she noticed that the Spirit was rushed at her and helped her stand. That's when she noticed that the spirit was looking as young as her. 'He looks like a 15-year-old boy.' she thought.

She smiled wryly and stands up and noticed that their height only has around clenched hand different. the young-looking spirit started to smile at her and opening his mouth, "P-permisi, I-ini di mana ya?"

"What?"

It seems that the young-looking spirit wasn't speaking in the language that she knows of. Princess Karin's eyes started to swim around as she was confused about what she would do. She doesn't think that the first problem she would face was a Language barrier.

for a few minutes, both of them started to exchange words, she also noticed that the young-looking spirit also speaking in more different languages which was surprising for her.

"Please forgive me for my shallow knowledge in the language of spirits!"

when the princess starts to bow again, the young-looking spirit started to help her stand again. both of them were embarrassed that they failed to understand each other.

As the princess still falls into thought about how to handle this situation, she was late to react that the young-looking spirit already moving to the entrance door.

"Wait!"

She was late as the spirit already opened the door, just as his foot moved past the door, a spearhead already thrusts on his face, makes the spirit froze.

"Who are you! how could you appear inside the Princess's room!"

"Intruder!"

the soldiers guarding the door already seething in anger. and one of the spearheads was launched forward and scratched the spirit's cheeks.

surprisingly, the blood of the spirit was also red like a human would. This new knowledge makes princess Karin froze for a moment.

"T-tunggu, Damai! Damai!" the spirit raised his hand and keeps speaking a foreign language which only confuse the guards.

Princess Karin snapped back into reality and walked to stop them before they attack the spirit again, but she was interrupted.

"What's going on here! what were the lights a moment ago!"

beyond the corridor, Natasha along with a group of soldiers approaching with their weapons unsheathed.

"Commander Natasha!" the two-guard stiffened and saluted at her. Seeing Natasha's arrival, Princess Karin's face started to turn pale.

Natasha then noticed that an unknown person was standing between them and frowned. This time, Princess Karin manages to walks forwards as she clenching her hands to increase her courage.

"Natasha, wait I can explain!"

"What is there to explain-Wait! the necklace light!!"

Hearing Natasha's word, the others along with the princess herself looked at the necklace and saw that the lights only has one shine inside the gem.

As far as they know, there could only one way to reduce the light inside the necklace. An attack dangerous enough to kill the wearer!

Just as princess Karin raised her head to open her mouth, she only feels a wind rushed past her. Natasha's movement was so fast that when they finish blinking their eyes, Natasha already smashed her sword handle into the spirit's head, knocking him out.

"Stop! Natasha, don't kill him!"

princess Karina shouted in horror just as Natasha raised her sword. Natasha still has her sword above her head and it looks like she would swing down her sword at any moment.

When she heard princess Karin's word, she only glanced at her without changing her posture to kill the person below her, "Princess, you're too kind. But what it would give you? How many times that the attacker staying close because of your kindness!?"

The intense glare forced princess Karin and the other into silence. However, princess Karin has a feeling that she wasn't wrong. It wasn't about kindness, but this person was really innocent!

and she was sure that attacking the spirit that she summoned was wrong.

"Natas-"

"I know, the others were useless."

the cold stare that Natasha gives to the surrounding soldiers scares them a lot.

seeing that the surroundings got lectured by this misunderstanding, Princess Karina opened her mouth to complain, only to receive a cold glare from Natasha.

"Aah, yes. this is not the time to kill him."

hearing the cold voice of Natasha, makes the others choked because of the pressure. She then continued, "It's useless to ask help from the people who never listened to people 'requests', huh."

"N-Natasha..."

Princess Karin was shocked to see that the person close to her showing a scary expression that she never saw all this time they were together.

Ignoring her mistress, she starts to unsheathe her swords, with the scared eyes from the surrounding she grabbed the spirit by his collar and starts to drag him away, "I should just do this on my own. By my myself."