Adonis stops crying and starts to look around the garden by moving his head. Everywhere all he can see is blood on the grass, the palace on fire, dead soldiers of the enemy wearing black armor made of magical silver ore, and decapitated bodies. There is so much blood that the color of grass has turned red. The injured royal soldiers are being treated while the enemy soldiers scream in agony because of their painful injuries. He becomes horrified at what sees.

King Feran glances at the child. He sees that the child is horrified by the scene in front of him. So he puts his hand on the child’s eyes.

“Don’t Look, My Nephew! I do not want you to remember this part of your life. Because right now, everywhere you will see, there will be agony and misery. Don’t let this haunt you for the rest of your life.”

Adonis sees a tall white man in his twenties with long hair wearing a Shining Mithril Armor from the afar coming his way. The man smiles as he sees a child in the King’s arms.

He suspects the child to be the heir of the House Drakos. But He tries not to get his hopes up. The man puts his right arm on his heart, then taking a bow in front of King Feran to show respect.

“Royal Knights Commander Perseus! Reporting for duty, Your Majesty!.”

“Royal Knights Commander Perseus! Whatever your assumption is, it is correct. The son of my brother lives!!! Now tell me, Have you found anyone else from the House Drakos that lives?”

Commander Perseus tries not to show his happiness and emotions in front of his King, but the King knows what the commander is feeling.

“Your Majesty! I have found one of the maids of Grand Duchess Elpis alive, but she is very injured. So I asked the Royal Physician Hippocrates to treat her injuries. Right now, she is at the physician tent near the Manion’s Gate.”

King Feran is surprised by the news, and he suddenly becomes anxious.

“Take me to her at once.”

Commander Perseus takes King Feran near the Drakos Palace’s gate, where the royal physician inside his tent is treating her.

Commander Perseus takes King Feran near the Drakos Palace’s gate, where the tent's royal physician is treating her.

She is a beautiful, light brown woman in her twenties. He also sees the person treating her wounds. He thinks that it must be the royal physician that the commander was talking about. The royal physician is an old white long-bearded man in his sixties.

The royal physician Hippocrates is treating the maid. When He sees King Feran, He stops treating the maid wounds to come to pay respect to his King by trying to bow. But King Feran orders him with a hand gesture to make him stop and to continue treating the maid without worrying about the courtesies.

The maid sees King Feran and tries to get up to show respect.

“Maid! Don’t worry about the courtesies. Right now, you should only worry about your health.”

“Thank you For This Kindness! Your Majesty!”

The maid sees the child in King Feran’s arms and starts crying while trying to speak. “Your Grace…… Is…. Is that really you?”

King Feran sees that the maid recognizes the child.

“Do you recognize this child?”

“Your Majesty! Of course, I do. He is the heir to the throne of Tyras. The son of late Grand Duke Hector Drakos and Late Grand Duchess Elpis Drakos. He is the hope of House Drakos. His name is Adonis Drakos..”

King Feran becomes happy after he hears that his brother named his nephew before his death. So He decides to reward the maid.

“Maid, What is your name?”

“It is Cynthia, Your Majesty.”

“Maid Cynthia, Today, you have pleased me with the gift of my nephew’s name. Because of that today, I shall grant your one wish, whatever it may be. Tell me, Cynthia, What do you want in exchange for this gift you have given me today. For the gift of telling me my nephew’s name, I make you my nephew’s personal maid. You will return to the Royal Castle after you have healed.”

Maid Cynthia has only one wish that she wants to be fulfilled.

“Your Majesty! My deepest wish is that you allow me to serve the heir of House Drakos.”

King Feran did not expect that the maid will wish for something like this even though she could have wished for anything she wanted.

“Maid Cynthia, I am astonished and surprised by the wish that you have made, but I must ask why? Why would you wish for something so simple? You could have wished for anything you wanted. If you had wished for nobility, I would have given you the rank of a duke and a reef for you to call your own. But you wished for something that I did not you would for.”

Maid Cynthia understands the reason why the King is amazed by her wish. So he explains to him.

“Your Highness! My family has been serving the House Drakos for many generations. They have done so much for our family that it would be a shame to my ancestors and me if I were to get greedy and let go of my loyalty. Because of that, I only wish to serve the House Drakos as my ancestors did before me.”

King Feran is amazed by the maid’s answer as it shows her honor and loyalty towards the House Drakos.

“Maid Cynthia, For your loyalty towards the House Drakos in its dark times, I not only allow you to serve the heir of House Drakos, but I make you his personal maid.”

Tears start falling from Maid Cynthia’s eyes, and she becomes thrilled that the King allowed her to continue to serve the House Drakos and allowed her to become the heir’s personal maid.

“I thank His Majesty for not only accepting my wish but giving me a greater honor by making me able to serve the heir as his personal maid. I shall go with him at once.”

King Feran sees Maid Cynthia tears, but he also knows that she wants to go with the heir. He can see that the maid is very severely injured, so he wants her to rest.

“Maid Cynthia, I order you to not come as the heir’s personal maid but rest until you are healed.”

Maid Cynthia accepts the King’s order as she knows that the King is also worried about her well-being because he is a kind ruler.

“I accepted the order of His Majesty, King Feran.”

King Feran realizes that he has been away from home for too long. He decides that the time has come for him to return to his wife and children.

“Commander Perseus, call the royal wagon. It is time for us to leave for the Royal Capital as we have found what remained.”

Commander Perseus hears the order, but something is worrying him. So He asks the King.

“My King, will the child be coming with us?”

King Feran smiles while giving him an answer.

“Of course! He will be. From now on, my nephew will stay at the royal capital with my family. It is what’s best for him.”

Commander Perseus bursts with his excitement, so he immediately calls the Royal Wagon. Adonis is surprised by the beauty and material by which it was made.

The wheels of the royal wagon were made of pure gold, the walls made of white silver coated by pure black color, the glass made of diamonds, and strong protection spells all over it. It was made to be fit for a king so many would know from afar that the King is coming.

King Feran sitting with Adonis Drakos in his arms on one side, and at the other side Commander Perseus happily watching the child Adonis fall to sleep in the King’s arms.

Adonis falls asleep shortly afterward, and when he wakes up, they had reached a Big Palace. Adonis sees a black man wearing a black and white uniform coming at the Royal Wagon in his fifties. Adonis thinks that it must be the royal butler. The royal butler opens the wagon door.

“Welcome Back, Your Majesty!”

- To Be Continued