CHAPTER 38

Sounds of light footsteps echoed down the corridor as Elin went straight to the King’s office as soon as the deal was done. She lightly knocked on the door and entered when she was  allowed to proceed.

“Pops?”, Elin poked her head out to see if it was a good time to consult with the King. However, what the princess saw was not just the King but the whole family was present inside the office. It is as if they knew that they needed a family gathering.

“Why is everyone here?”, Elin sat down beside her mother.

“You’re going to leave soon, right? I think this calls for a meeting”,

Elin was dumbfounded by her brother’s statement. She was going to reveal her plan to her father first before telling the whole family but they seem to know already.

“Oh! Don’t be shocked, Eli. Knowing your personality, you won’t back down unless your plan succeeds. Seeing you here means that the negotiations with the crown prince was successful”, Ailana was proud of her little sister.

“Ehhh? Are you sure about that? What if I told you I wasn’t successful and that I came here to ask Pops for a second opinion?”, Elin smirked as she looked sideways at her sister.

“Well, we know for sure that you were definitely successful. As expected of our sister!”, Fynn was singing praises of her.

“Suuuuspicious”, she squinted her eyes trying to discern everything.

“Ahhhhh!!!! It was youuuuu!!! Did you just eavesdrop on us again?. I told you to leave”, Elin just realized when she saw Nero infront of her. She was more embarassed of her conversation with Edric. It was full of drama.

'However, knowing Nero, he might already know everything about what was happening around me', she thought to herself.

“It is my sole responsibility to make sure you are safe”, Nero didn’t even deny as he poured some tea.

“Ohh wow. What an indirect way of saying yes!”, her eyebrows creased.

“Oh! Forgive Nero, Eli. We were just excited of your plan”, Ailana patted Elin’s head.

“Huhhh? It seems that everyone’s excited more than me. A family that actually supports revenge. Neat!”

“More like we were already dying for it to actually happen. But since you will do it, we fully support your endeavors. I was supposed to go there and wipe everyone else but I guess your dream comes first”, Fynn remarked.

"Can you even actually do that? I bet you can't", Ailana tittered.

"Yes, I can. That's how strong I am", both of them started bickering.

“As everyone suspected, the deal was successful. I’m going to exact my revenge by personally going there as the princess of Caris and fiancee of the Crown Prince”

“You, What?!”, Fynn was flabbergasted by her statement.

“Okay, I take back what I said”, Ailana was beginning to worry.

“Did I say something wrong? I thought you will all support me as I walk down towards the flowery path of evil?”, Elin was sulking.

“BUT why do you need to be HIS fiancee? Just go there and squash them. That solves everything”, Fynn tried to reason out.

“Now, now, Fynn. Our baby sister is trying to do it in a civil way”, Lucian tried to calm him down.

“Just make sure that once you commence, make sure to do it as slowly as possible”, the Crown prince smirked.

“Ehhh! No. No. No. Do it with a BANG!”, Fynn did an air punch full of excitement.

“No matter how much I want her to make it flashy, I also wanted them to suffer. Slowly. You already know what our youngest went through because of them. Let them engrave it in their history. The moment they made an enemy with the Hellions, it's the moment where they already finished digging their graves, I guess. And I hope so. It's quite tiresome to dig a hole just for a wild animal's grave”, Lucian kept sipping his tea.

“Look at that! My Heir has grown so much!”, the king gestured as if his wiping tears at the side of his eye.

“Pops, I’m already 29!”

“That’s why you need to find a wife! I want to see my grandchildren!”

“Instead of forcing me to marry, you need to step down the throne and give it to me. Rest already and be with Ma always”

“I’m not that old! I still have the moves”, Callahan grinned.

“Oh, Honey! We’re with the children. Stop!”, Nera kept slapping her husband’s arm while blushing and giggling.

Uuuurrgghhhh

The three of them stared at their parents with a distorted face. They don’t want to imagine what they meant. Although both of them were already 50’s, no one can deny the fact that they look so youthful. Nero just shook his head.

“Now, moving on. When will you depart, muffin?”, the King cleared his throat out of embarrassment.

“But I still haven’t defeated Nero and Leo? I still haven’t met your condition, Pops”, Eli slumped her head.

“Muffin, you’re father only said that to make sure you can defend yourself when you ran out of mana but he knows how capable you are”, the Queen hugged her youngest.

“Besides, those two are monsters”, the King chuckled.

“Look who’s talking”, Nero mumbled but Callahan got wind of his words and squinted his eyes.

“As I was saying, you go there with your TEMPORARY fiance. Bring Nero and Leo along to make sure that your TEMPORARY fiance won’t ever touch you. Because if he do, I’ll be the one to clean up their kingdom”

“Awwww Pops!!!”, Elin stood up and gave him a big hug.

“I’ll be going with Edric a few days from now. He’s been away longer than expected”

“What would be your new name?”, Ailana would love to give her cute names.

“I’m sorry, sis. I want to keep my name as is. Because I want them to know that I came back from Hell”, Elin gave her an evil grin.

“Fine! But if you want a new name, let me be the one to give you”, Ailana pouted.

“Shouldn’t Ma be the one to name her? She’s the parent”, Fynn raised on of his brow.

“Shut up!”, Ailana casted magic on him to keep his mouth shut.

“How incompetent the crown prince!”, Lucian whispered lowkey disapprovement of Edric but Elin was able to hear his words.

“Brother! Edric is my friend. He’s doing a great job in keeping himself sane. If he wasn’t, he would definitely wiped out everyone easily”, Elin was defending her friend but at the same time, there was a slight frustration mixed on her voice. She knew the fact that the Fraus Kingdom was full of weeds but still lashed out on his friend.

“Pfffft. Frmsnd (Friendzoned)”, Fynn mumbled something to Ailana but wasn’t audible because his mouth was still shut.

“I see! You speak highly of him. It would have been nice if he actually did that in the first place. Then, I would have approved him”

“Approved him for what?”, Elin was confused of their conversation.

“Nothing. Nothing. Carry on”, her brother just smiled at her.

P. S

I'm sorry everyone. I have been very busy lately. I hope you still enjoy reading my novel. Thank you a bunch

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