IF I ENDED UP ANSWERING THIS QUESTION wrong, I would anger the Gods' Temple, and that would definitely be terrible for me. "The oracles were once humans, but when the Gods bestowed them their power to see the future of anyone and of the world, they become Saints protected by the Gods Temple!" I'm sure this is right because it was the oracle back in the D'Arcy territory who told me this when I asked him what he was exactly.Rai let out a soft breath of relief behind me. And Daisuke seemed annoyed for me not falling into his trap. "To whom do they answer?" Only to the Gods.But that's not the answer they expect to hear. "To the Gods through the Gods' Temple, and to the rulers of the Kingdom!" Because they need the illusion that they aren't the ones who answer to the Gods' Temple."Last question, what is the Houses ranking in power in the Maximillian Kingdom?" So, he decided to end with an easy question, hm? Or doesn't he expect me to know basic politics?"From top to bottom, in powe
IT WAS HER 13TH BIRTHDAY, on the 2nd day of the 10th month of the year, when Avyanna asked me to take off the blindfold I usually use to cover my eyes so I don't accidentally use the power within them! She was my best friend, the sister I never had, even though she was two years older than me, we became inseparable and I loved her more than I ever loved myself. But I didn't want to do that. You must be curious about the reason why I have to always cover my eyes. It's simple, my eyes can see when and how someone will die. I just have to look at them in the eyes. Now you must understand why I never wanted to do it. But she was stubborn and told me that she would only accept that as a birthday gifted and that if I kept refusing it, she would stop talking to me. All the Royals I've met are quite persuasive, but Avy was the best out of them on that matter. And so, after she spent her party annoying me to do it, I gave in. I hadn't seen her face since I was 3 years old, when I awakened my
IN OUR WORLD, NAMES HAVE A EXTREMELY STRONG POWER OVER A PERSON. To the point where it's neither your parents nor anyone else but the Oracle who chooses it. When a woman gets pregnant, she goes to the Oracle and it tells her a phrase that will describe the kid, and from that phrase, the name of the child is chosen. Mine is 'The well-behaved child who comes to help you in the dark'! And from that, my name became Nsomi Eileithya D'Arcy. Nsomi means 'a well-behaved child'. Eileithya means 'she who comes to help you'. And D'Arcy means 'dark' and it's the surname of my family. All the phrases the Oracle gave to all of the members of my dad's bloodline end with that single word, and so, that's also proof of who is and who isn't from our bloodline. The same goes for every other family. On the other side, the Royal Family's phrase always ends with Greatest, and so, the Royal surname is Maximillian, which has that meaning. Avy's phrase was 'the strong, powerful, and beautiful Princess betwee
I THOUGHT I WAS PREPARED TO SEE THAT, BUT IT WASN'T THE CASE. I should have seen it coming. It wasn't as shocking as Avy's death, but still. Daisuke Maël Maximillian. The great Prince between the greatest. It was his dagger that killed me. I don't know exactly how it happened. How I got attacked, but it was his dagger and pretty much his doing. But the worst part is: I'll die in two years. Two years… I'll only have a year to do everything I want, once I'll have to waste 12 out of my 24 months left, on that stupid competition for the Crown Princess position. A year will go to waste because of him and my life will also end because of him. Daisuke will be, literally, the death of me. In the worst way possible.But until there I can do whatever I want. Although I'm going to follow Avy's example and not tell anyone about it. If they ask me, I can just- "What the fuck do you think you are doing?" I heard Rai's deep and angry voice coming from my doorstep, and then I turned to see him, i
I HAD A LIGHT-PINK BLINDFOLD ON, THIS TIME, AND MY DRESS MATCHED. Honestly, I don't like to wear dresses, probably because I'm used to spending time on the training grounds always dressed in sweat shirts, trousers, and boots. That's my style. But only my family and Avy knew that, and they never told any outsider saying that 'it can taint our image', and things like that. But it's not like I hate dressing up like this. I don't hate it, and I understand why I have to do it. It's just that I would gladly choose not to, at least not every single time I go out of our territory. It can be annoying. When I was getting on the carriage, my brothers and Rai's best friend, Elodie Aoife Branwen {the wealthy and radiant white crow}, the daughter of Duchess Branwen, stopped me and got into it before. "How childish!" I mumbled annoyed and they stared at me, unbothered. "Why are you staring at me for?" "How do you know we are staring at you?" The girl questioned, sitting on my right, in a condesce
"DON'T LOOK AT HER IN THE EYES, DAI, SHE'S NOT USING her blindfold." The Queen yelled, startling both her son and myself. Come on, it's not like I'm a dangerous person. I looked away from her and her husband, trying to hide my annoyance. "Pardon me?" Daisuke exclaimed, and by how his voice got even deeper than normal, I knew he must be dying to kill me right now. "How dare you do this to the Queen and the King of the Kingdom, you little whore," he exploded, catching me with all his strength by my forearm, and I managed to avoid his gaze. If I hadn't spent all those years training my body as I did, he would probably have broken my arm on the spot. "You weren't satisfied with causing my sister's death and then you came after my parents?" His grip got even harder and I bit my lips, using all of my strength to hide my feelings from him and dressing a poker face on. "Do you have a death wish?" "Why are bringing me closer, Crown Prince? Do you want me to look at you in the eyes, Y
Daisuke's point of view • • •IT WAS STRANGE.The last time I saw that girl so shaken was when my sister died. I got speechless when I heard what Rai said. Shouldn't I be happy that she saw her own death and was disturbed like that? Then why do I feel so uncomfortable? When you tell others about their deaths is one thing, but when you saw your own death happening with your own eyes, it's a totally different story. It's not surprising that she seemed to have lost her mind. That's probably what passed through all of our minds. She's right, we all hate her, but deep inside of us, I believe all of us know that she isn't the one who caused all those peoples' deaths. That's why we all froze when her brothers said that. She was so oblivious to her surroundings that she didn't even realize it when her brothers, my sisters, and Princess Elodie joined us. And when she got out, the look on her eyes was frightening… it didn't seem like her. I turned my attention to her brothers, and f
Thya's point of view • • • WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE D'ARCY MANOR THAT DAY, after losing my mind in the palace and losing track of the time I spend on their training grounds without their knowledge, I had a very bad argument with my father and my stepmother. Especially because Rai and Aeneas made everything difficult for me, telling them about what I asked the King and the Queen. They got mad at me saying I was an ungrateful daughter for wanting to have my title taken away from me when I'm a child of House D'Arcy and some shit like that. But I got tired of it, feeling like all of my energy had been dried up, and let them keep talking until they let me off and got me on three-day-long probation. Probably because they were afraid that I could run away. Or because the King and the Queen advised them that I would certainly run away if they stopped paying attention to me for even a second. And so, they ordered a load of Knight to stay around me, as if I was a Gods-damn criminal. It wa