Fifth Prince

Lila enjoyed her time in the water, it not just helped her body clean but also helped her revitalize.

'It seems that the water in this waterfall is enchanted. Just by swimming here it gives nourishment into my body.

I will cultivate for a while here, I guess that man is still in his dreams and will not see me here.

Alright! I should start now so I can finish it before he notices I am gone.'

She sat up into shallow surface cross-legged, the water was on her neck so she can be sure that she will be fine.

She closed her eyes and can feel that the spirit essence in the water slowly seeping into her pores, circling to every meridians and to her dantian.

She feels so delighted that her body is getting stronger and stronger. Even if the water was so cold that it could freeze a normal human if they dipped into it but for her it helps to strengthen her body more.

With the help of spirit power circling around her body it helps neutralize the freezing coldness of the water.

While she's so focused on what she's doing, the young man, not too away from her laughed in a low voice to avoid the young maiden hearing him.

He could not explain what he felt right now, shock, happiness, glee, longing, sadness...

It feels so complicated that he doesn't know what to do. He wanted to go to her and hug her, give her a deep kiss and let her feel his longing for her.

It has been so long and he kept on finding her. He had never thought that in this life he finally found her.

When he was born, he already had his old memories from his past life. That's why growing up, he worked hard to be stronger in this lifetime not because of the dangers around him especially when he has been cursed but to search for her and to protect her.

He was reborn as the Fifth Prince Mikael of the Empire, the cursed Prince, the very strange Prince that Lila has been fantasizing about in her previous world.

The man that Layla fell in love with and supposed to be her husband but was hypnotized and died in her arms.

But as of this moment the current Lila was not aware of his existence as she was not able to remember her old memories and also the Prince was also in disguise.

This time, to look for that treasure he had to leave the palace and disguised himself so that his enemies would not find him.

Using the excuse of going on an adventure, he had to get that item to enhance his power and to get more evidence to those people who want him dead.

After he left the palace together with his butler, he's already aware that some people were tailing him and wanted to kill him.

He finds ways to get out of their sight so he can safely go to the forest.

That was why he let his strongest guards to intercept them as he was going to his destination.

Those guards were his secret army guarding him out of anyone's sight. Lurking around the shadows, keeping him safe.

Most of them are already at the peak stage of Blue Spirit Power level and even the Emperor doesn't know their faces.

They are the most loyal to the Fifth Prince, especially his butler who's already at the Initial stage of Indigo Spirit Power.

But unfortunately, one of the strongest pursuers caught up and identified him in the forest. Left with no choice, he had to fight and kill him to make sure that his enemies would not know his disguise.

But due to his enemy that was more powerful than him he was dragged into the corner and almost lost his life. Good thing his butler came to his aid and pursued the killer who almost harmed his majesty.

That's why Lila saw him in that situation.

He really wanted to follow Lila and jumped into the water to hug her but he stopped himself.

For whatever reasons as to why this young girl had to disguise herself as a man, he knew that one of the reasons she had done it was for her protection as what he did to himself.

He doesn't want to attach her to his circumstances as he has so many enemies in the palace. He knew that sooner or later Naji and the rest would be able to know Layla's existence so he had to get stronger before that happened.

In this lifetime, he will not let Naji hurt Layla again as he will protect her and keep her safe.

Mikael clenched his fist and suppressed his brewing emotions as Lila was slowly coming out of the water and changed herself back to a young man's look.

He returned to his place and acted sleeping, after Lila was done with her quick cultivation she changed her clothes and put back her mask.

She never noticed any changes so after she dried up her hair she decided to take her rest.

It has been a while since she felt so sleepy as she was cultivating when they had to stop for a night in the past few days.

Though she doesn't feel tired after cultivating, it's really different when she has a good night's sleep. That's why when she closed her eyes she easily fell into a deep sleep.