The Girl Of The Abyss

When the girl bowed and said she knows him and also knows his full royal name that wasn't publicly announce to everyone, even those from the council, royal court and other nobility of their empire and even those his other family relatives, he constantly narrowed his eyes at the girl while making a glance at his friend who seem not that bothered.

'She knows how to cook and prepared things like these at her age?', questioned Chervil in his mind while staring at the girl, 'Does the other girl too?'

Unknown to him that Dion was smirking while listening to their conversations and even pushed his movements for a brief second and peeked.

Dion knew he had more than some explanation to do once Chervil went and ask him about the place he brought them in, and he could only sigh thinking about what would he answer if ever that time would come. He was known as the right hand of the Arch-Crown Prince, though he's a human his family was will known of the empire societies of elites, and his father was part of the council too, though not known. And so does he but his participation isn't disclose to anyone as only the head council, some elders and a few council members knew about it.

Chervil was about to ask another questions when he noticed the ground shook slightly and thought it just a normal movement of the ground, then he notice Dion stopped eating and didn't moved and Thashie having a shocked expression written in her face who took a glance at his friend.

"What's happening, Dion?", he asked Dion as he could feel the ground movements are increasing and saw Dion lowered his head while taking a deep loud sight. "Is there's something wrong?"

"Fanies, what did you do this time?", Dion whispered, however, Chervil didn't heard him whist felling the ground shook. Then he look up when he heard Chervil concerned tone, "I'm fine, Your Highness.", answered Dion and smile to assured Chervil not to worry. "But, I'm more worr...", then his words were interrupted when he heard a crashing sound and a loud tud as if something was being thrown away.

"Navet...", whispered Thashie wide eyes looking at both of them and rush to went out of the cottage without saying anything through the front door.

Chervil and Dion looked at each other after Thashie ran in a rushed and follow the trail of the girl who had a terrifying worried expression on her child-like-face.

They saw the elderly woman and the girl named Thashie looking at the distance with a worried expression when they were out, and Chervil eyes turned wide as he had didn't expected his aid to be lying on the metal table near the fountain side.

What he saw isn't what he expected to see when they got out, Fanies was lying while gruning in pain due to the impact of being thrown distance away, and his trying to sat up at the top of the metal table where his lying while looking infront of him with shocked mix with fear expression.

Dion expression on the other hand was unreadable, like as if he had expected it when he reached the others and saw what's happening at the distance.

"What does he done?", whispered the elderly woman to Thashie who was infront of her.

Thashie shook her head at the elderly woman question, "I have no idea...", she answered worriedly and continue to watch the scene trying to understand the situation, then narrowing her gazed at Fanies. "One thing's for sure, he does something to upset her."

The girl was having bloodlust in her eyes while looking at the aid whist holding a silver knife in her left hand that could reflect a reflection with it sharpness as blood dripping down on her right arm.

The herbs that she gather were on the ground, camouflaged by the night, and the lantern she carried to lighten up her path were on the far end while the plants that supposed to be there were being ripped off from the ground.

"What's going on over there?". asked Chervil shocked looking at the girl and then to Fanies whose in terrable pain whist he couldn't help but turn his head to Dion who was at his side.

Dion turned to the side after he heard his friend. "Well... Chervil, looks like your aid are in trouble.", he said nonchalant and scan the surrounding where the girl stood, while a smile was tugging on his lips. "An idiot upsetting a girl from the abyss."

He could feel the danger coming from the girl as she walk forward to where the man who provoked her in a slow pace as if she's luring her prey.

"Navetha, stop! Stop right there!", shouted Dion using a commanding voice and turn to his friend and nod lightly as if sending a silent message to Chervil to help control the situation.

While the girl named Navetha halted for a second after she heard the command without turning her head, and just continue her walked forward to where the aid is.

Prince Chervil was thinking about Dion's answered while still looking at him, he was stunned to see Dion was so calm who just said a nonchalant replied with a smile forming on his lips. Hence, what confused him was the following sentence which Dion uttered, he subconsciously gulped as he could feel a lump on his throat while thinking, 'What does he mean by girl from the abyss? That girl?'

When Dion shouted to stop Navetha on her track to walk farther and got near to Fanies which brought Chervil back to his senses and he looked at the girl then back at Dion that was on his side.

Dion looked at him and saw his friend nodded slightly as if conveying a silent message while titling his head to the direction of the scene, thus Chervil understood right away and walk slowly to help and stop the situation before it will go to worse.

"How could that girl managed to hurt that idiot aid of mine?", while they walked, Chervil couldn't help but asked. He looked at his aid and the girl.

"Have you not try provoking your sister, Your Highness?", asked Dion back to which Chervil suddenly raise his brows and turn to him like saying are you really asking me that now, and it made Dion chuckled. "Have you ever tried to make your sister or others upset?"

"I do but I don't care about the others. However, I didn't try provoking nor make my sister upset.", hence he answered Dion while ignoring the chuckled.

"You should try it when we get back.". said Dion as he remembered something from the past and smile. "I'll help you."

"What?!", exclaimed Chervil while turning his head to the side looking at his friend. "Why would you want me to try it?!"

"For you to know what happen to Fanies here and find out why.", answered Dion and chuckled looking at Navetha who keep on walking forward towards Fanies direction. "You're like a ruthless beast to others but when it comes to your close ones, you're like a tamed lion.", he stated and sighs loudly.

Chervil just raised his brows as they get near. He couldn't denied it because it's genuine that when it comes to the ones closed to him, he would interact differently. And he knew Dion could see it as most of the time they were together, thus observing each other was way too easy for both of them. Nonetheless, he still don't know his human friend. A worthy mystery worth discovering.

"Help your aid.", said Dion as they were ten steps away and turned his head to the side, "Navetha is my responsibility.", then he looked at the girl as he walked normally.

Chervil just nodded and went to Fanies as he could heard a snapping sounds in the air which he just ignored.

As Dion walked closer to where the girl whose likely ready to kill Fanies as she's half meters away. "Navetha, stop right there and go back to your cottage now.", he said with a stirn voice and glanced at Thashie who quickly walk to the girl's side.

Thashie quickly grabbed the silver knife and threw it away while she stood at Navetha's back, however, when the knife was thrown, it just vanished into dark red flames and gone.

"Hey, Navet... Calm down, okay. ", he whispered while hugging the girl as her eyes was about to turn into slit indigo. "Relax."

"Control your emotions.", whispered Thashie calmly while holding Navetha's shoulder. "You will be just endangering everyone. Remember there's children in here."

Chervil looked at them while supporting his aid who got stabbed on his right chest and scratches allover his face and arms. He noticed how the wounds wasn't healing faster. Though Fanies was lower to fifth generations, he's still a vampire, so healing a wounds is much more faster than human but lest faster than a vampires with pure blood, thus he wondered what's going on with the wounds because it doesn't heal yet by itself.

"You alright? Just how did you got into this mess?", he asked with serious tune looking down at his aid whose like dying at any moment, "You're in bad shape."

Fanies didn't answer but instead said in a whisper pointing his finger at front indicating to Dion, "Your Highness, you should not trust a sun line-age, especially that man over there."

Chervil was confused by his aid's word and looked at the other side where Dion was talking to the girl whose name as he remembered was Navetha, and he saw the girl pointing her finger on them.

"He... He bit me...", said Navetha tears are flowing through her eyes and rolled down to her cheeks as she sobbed. "He biten on my neck... and he destroyed the plants..."

"I destroyed it because it's a poisonous plants for any creatures! Especially for humans! You BITCH!", Fanies snapped back and turn his head up at the Prince and pointed at Dion whose trying to calm the girl thus he just listened. "This is why I told you not to trust that man."

" And I didn't bit you to kill you!", he said to the girl while gritting his teeth.

Chervil looked down at his aid who he helped to stand by supporting him, and so does Dion after Fanies claimed that he had indeed biten the girl.

Dion stood up and look at the Prince who nodded at him then he look down at the girls on his side.

"Go to your cottage now and help her, Thashie. We'll be asking you when morning comes.", he commanded them with a serious voice, and the girls just lowered their head went to their cottage whist glaring at the aid.

Dion turned back to Chervil again and saw him just shrugged without a words and helped his aid to go back to their occupying cottage.