Prophecy

After Queen Seria received the message, she instantly remembered the jewellery she gave to her sons, Ignis and Corvus.

Even though she bestowed many jewellery pieces to her sons, everything had its meaning and use, including the jewellery.

Moon Lady once bestowed her many gifts, many pieces of jewellery for her descendants. The jewellery, including the earring, bracelet, ring, necklace, and many more. All of them had magical traits that would only react to the princes' true loves.

Queen Seria wouldn't be surprised if the image vermillion bird dancing with a woman or the raven dancing with a woman.

Because that would mean her sons had fallen in love with a girl. But this…

"How could the vermillion bird and the raven dance with the same black swan? How could it be…" Queen Seria started having a negative thought about the possibility. The worst possibility might be her sons being played by an evil woman trying to get their attention and take the throne for themselves.

Because she knew well the blood of the Lunaris royal family. Just like her late husband, all Lunaris royal men could be crazy for their loved ones. They usually became so devoted to their loved ones, which make them unable to think clearly.

Queen Seria didn't want the kingdom to be thrown into chaos because of one evil woman.

Queen Seria hurriedly opened the book that she always placed beneath the statue of Moon Lady. The book was always empty until Moon Lady decided to send her a message or advice.

Queen Seria opened the middle of the page. There was a writing in the middle page, like a prophecy that would come true, a determinant factor of the kingdom's fate in the future.

*Two swans, The White Swan and The Black Swan, one with a beautiful heart, one with loathsome heart, one will cause the downfall of Solaris and Lunaris Kingdom, the other will restore everything back to normal.

The Black Swan has two lovers, but only one will stay true. The White Swan has no lover but will try to snatch her sister's lover. Careful, because the white swan will fool everyone.*

Queen Seria's face paled as she read the prophecy from the Moon Lady. She thought it wouldn't be this dire. This prophecy meant the fate of the Lunaris Kingdom and Solaris, the neighbouring kingdom, were at stake.

However, Queen Seria couldn't get any information about these two swans solely from this prophecy. She needed to get more information. Thus, she prayed for the Moon Lady.

'Oh my generous Goddess, this servant of yours begs for more information about these two swans and their identity, please give me…'

Slowly, another sentence was written inside the book. This was the last piece of evidence before all the writings were erased.

'Only the Princes know their true love.'

Queen Seria tried to remember everything before the writings were erased by the moon lady. At least, everything was clearer now. Her sons fell in love with the same woman, but she didn't know if this was the true black swan or not for now.

Because the Moon Lady said to be careful, the white swan could fool you.

The prophecy could be viewed in many approaches.

Either his sons, Ignis and Corvus, were now falling in love with the real black swan, or they fell in love with the white swan that could disguise herself as the black swan.

One thing for sure, though, this woman was a shapeshifter and should be from a noble family. Because except the royal family, only the selected and talented aristocrats could shapeshift, and the witches, of course.

'The real black swan must be from an aristocrats family then, I don't think a good-hearted lady could come from the witches, since they sold themselves to the devil for a contract. So they also had the same power and ability to shapeshift as the aristocrats.

Their heart had been tainted the moment they signed a contract with the devil, 'And I remember there is almost zero chance of a witch to be fertile. So the real black swan must be from the aristocrat family. And the fake one is a witch.'

Queen Seria was considering a way to get more information about this. She wanted to ask Ignis tomorrow, whether he was close to any woman right now, or whether he had given his bracelet to a woman.

Although, she was sure that Prince Ignis, her son, would definitely deny everything, at least that was all she could do right now.

Meanwhile, for Prince Corvus, her second son…

'Did he give his bracelet to a woman? But… he has been stuck inside his room for more than ten years! There is no way he could roam around freely after I fortified all the light seals around Corvus' room.'

'Unless… Corvus has grown a lot stronger than me… that he could ignore the highest light seals from me…'

Queen Seria's face paled even more. She was a priestess of the moon before she married her late husband and became a queen. So it could be said that she was one of the strongest holy magic users in this kingdom.

'If Corvus could ignore my seal at such young age of twenty-two…'

Queen Seria started imagining the doom that would befall her kingdom if Corvus fell in love with the wrong woman. Corvus might be able to exterminate the whole kingdom or even the whole world.

'I really need to talk to him. I can't let my son to get influenced by an evil woman and killed everyone.'