Chapter 5: Intruding

UNSURE with what he was supposed to do, he threw his beloved book into the air to catch the reckless woman who got herself in such a tall tree yet didn't even know how to climb down.

"Miss, you're safe now," he said in a reassuring tone as he took all that hair that was covering her face behind as he thought it was uncomfortable.

Cyclone was dumbfounded upon seeing the face of the woman closely. Her face is definitely mesmerizing and out of this world. Her face is too perfect as if she literally came out of a fairytale book.

But wait... What is this? She is asleep? She was sleeping on such a high tree?!

Cyclone's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.

The girl clearly fell from a high place before landing safely into his arms, but she is still very sound asleep like baby! What the heck? How could she not wake up at all?

Anyway, because of his adrenaline rush, he forgot that he could have just uttered a spell to make the girl float instead of catching her body like a fool. Now, his body is aching so bad from catching the weight of the sleepyhead stranger.

"Damn. It's not obvious that she is this heavy," he pointed out as he laid her body on the grassy land.

Then, he placed the estranged girl's head on his legs so that she could sleep comfortably, making them her pillows. After arranging her place, the young man realized that he was no longer holding his beloved book. Using the tree where he was leaning on earlier, Cyclone ordered its root to bring back the book to him. The roots did what they were commanded to do so. And as soon as the young man had his beloved book back, he started reading the page where he stopped earlier when he was disturbed.

The estranged girl was asleep all the time Cyclone was reading his book. Though, since a person is laying on his lap, he didn't manage to read normally because of his body's position. Because of that, he had to use his magic again and commanded the tree once more to hold the book for him and turn its pages.

When the man got tired of reading, he kept his book at the garden's table before deciding to watch over the girl instead since he found her face a scenery that he felt he would never get tired of watching. Seeing her straight eyebrows that are slightly narrowing in her sleep, her thick and long eyelashes that are fluttering every time the wind blows her face as if trying to remove her frown, her small upturned nose that has a little reddish color at the peak and her small, round lips, Cyclone could not help but be awed at the beautiful creature he was observing. Aside from that, he couldn't also stop himself from thinking; how could her face look so majestic to the point that it felt to him as if she does not belong in their world? This is probably the most beautiful person he has ever seen in his lifetime.

"[Stop staring too much.] You wouldn't like it once I suddenly starting melting," the girl said suddenly before laughing that made the guy's cheeks reddened.

"Just kidding!" she added.

Because of shock, Cyclone stood up immediately that made the estranged girl's head hit the ground. And with that, the girl grunted in pain while massaging the part of her head that was hurt. When she opened her eyes, they immediately darted to Cyclone's sight. And then... It felt to the guy as though they also pierced through his soul.

"Why did you suddenly stand up? My head hurts!" the girl complained.

Upon hearing the girl's voice, Cyclone awoken from his trance of thoughts. He blinked for a few times before gulping hard upon meeting the woman's gaze again. This time, it is still piercing like a knife but her appearance is so distracting that he didn't know if he should feel scared and sorry because of her angry look or should he focus on admiring her gaze? Doing the three at the same time confuses him especially now the person he was just admiring earlier came to life and started talking to him after a long time of sleeping.

Cyclone messed with his hair while trying to figure out what to reply.

"Thank you for letting me sleep without complaining," the woman said to Cyclone upon remembering what happened earlier.

The girl's fiery gaze is gone, but it was replaced by an embarrassed look.

"Is your head still hurting?" Cyclone asked with concern.

In an instant, he was next to the girl again, holding the part of her head that hit the ground.

The girl flinched when she felt his large hand landed on her head. She moved on reflex while grunting in pain.

Then suddenly, Cyclone whispered a spell in the wind to remove the pain that the woman felt.

"Oh, wow! You're amazing!" Zeiden exclaimed with surprise while staring at him with a bright pair of eyes that made her look like a kid first time seeing magic.

Hearing the praise of the maiden while she was smiling widely made the usually sour-looking face of Cyclone red. How could she blatantly praise a guy with her child-like face that is beaming with happiness? The guy wanted to cover his face in both disbelief and embarrassment but he forced to stop himself.

"When did you learn to use spells?" the maiden added in a curious tone.

"When I was thirteen. My name is Cyclone Worcestershire, what's yours?" he asked back.

The girl scratched her head as she wondered where she had heard the man's weird, long last name. She creased her forehead and narrowed her eyes while thinking hard. Seriously, where did she hear it again?

Then, a few minutes passed by without anyone talking. The sound of the cool air hitting the branches and leaves of the tree near them was the only sound that resonated during that couple of minutes.

While Zeiden was absorbed in her inner thoughts, Cyclone was already in trance while staring at her intently.

A few dead leaves that shared the same color as the sky whenever the sun is going down, gently fell from the huge tree while the wind keeps on blowing them. Some of those leaves flew and fell near the woman while her long hair is also swaying at the rhythm of the wind. The gentle ray of the afternoon sun that managed to penetrate the thick leaves of the tree where they took shelter is reflecting on her face that is showing how hard she is thinking—making her look more like a total celestial being to him.

He thought, whatever her expression was, she still looks so beautiful that he started asking himself, is she really a human? How could the gods have such favoritism?

As if a light bulb lit up in her brain, Zeiden remembered what she had forgotten.

"In that case, are you a prince here?"

She looked around as she noticed that no one was watching the young man. She never met him before but his surname sounded familiar as if one of those she heard from her parents' lecture before that she came into a guess, could he be a part of the royal family of the current place where she is staying?

"Damn. You don't even know me ..." Cyclone whispered in the air as he couldn't believe at the girl's reaction.

Almost every person in the world knew him, together with the other royalties of different kingdoms, how could she not know him at all?

"My name is Zeiden. Anyway, where are your guards?"

She looked around as if she was looking for something or maybe... Someone?

Seeing the big question mark pasted on Cyclone's face, she spoke again.

"Doesn't a prince always have a someone around? Guards wherever he goes?"

Cyclone was immediately enlightened.

"We own this place. One more thing, I don't need guards. I have enough strength to protect myself."

Zeiden gasped and quickly stood up upon remembering something important.

"I'll have to go now, Cyclone. I slept too much. I need to reach my destination before that day happens," she said with a smile.

"Where are you going?"

He didn't want the girl to know that he didn't want to let her go but he couldn't help his curiosity that is why he ended up holding her wrist before she could even walk away.

"I want to enter the famous Mystique University. See you soon, Your Highness!"

And in a blink of an eye, the girl disappeared from Cyclone's sight that the man's hand didn't even manage to take a grasp on her anymore.

It was too late for him to realize two things; first, the maiden spoke Orphes that only nobles, high-ranking officials, few wealthy commoners and the students of Mystique University knew or understood; second, she disappeared like a bubble. Did the girl just teleport?

SEBASTIAN Hechanova, the prince of the underwater kingdom, Bellis, took a stroll outside their place for the twentieth time in the whole month already. Sebastian resurfacing is not that big deal to every people under their influence and rulings as the prince always seemed to like the land better than the water ever since he understood things.

The prince of the mermaids and mermen suddenly grew feet again just because of one reason, and that was because he was so sick of seeing the same faces of the mermaids he used to flirt with whenever he was bored. After all, the merman did not also want a mermaid for a wife. The merman has a higher liking to the people who lived on the ground rather than the people who lived underwater. It is not like the mermaids in their kingdom were ugly. In fact, all the mermaids in their place possessed a natural ability called hypnotism because of their unrivaled beauty. They just looked too enticing that is why they had this ability that only affected people with feet, which were the only ones that Sebastian liked.

While he was on his way to his favorite coffee shop in Plumeria, he saw a girl with a long red hair and eyes, walking from afar and about to walk on the direction where he came from earlier.

Sebastian's smile immediately appeared on his lips while thinking that another girl has fallen into his charms as he kept on praising himself. His eye was already ready to wink and was about to wave a hand to receive another extra reaction from the girl when he saw that she was getting nearer when suddenly, the girl straightly passed by his direction without even bothering to look at him at all. He was treated as if he was invisible!