CHAPTER 61-SO SOON III

LUNA ZIEGLER

We both silently loiter the place, gazing on the unfamiliar faces on the streets while chewing the sugar coated apple together with the Baroness. Despite being a woman already in her 30's, she looks younger than her age. Dinudungawan kolang siya. And aside from that she's still single! Single in 30?

I had no choice but to follow her command. I had to say, women are scary most likely the shorter one has the loudest mouth and tempered.

We turn to the alley, checking the place and I do a side eye to the women beside me "What are looking at?!"

"Nothing"

"Don't give me that look it's irritating"

Geez woman. She knew that I'm a lunarian. She can tell it by my features and towering their height, Pandak nga talaga ng mga tao, pandak na yung prinsesa pero mas maliit pa ito. As her eyes laid on me, she got me already. Noticing that I wasn't even a human but a half blooded pixies serving her princess. She's good, her eyes read mo like a book.

I saw her a mark of scars on her nape and on her left arms and she lost two fingers on her right. Despite having so many scars she embraced it, it turns into power. She's like my big sister but this one is twice in power. Tame looking but deadly as she moves her tiny little hands to lead.

"Where did you get those scars?" I started a conversation and she glanced up to me and she's glaring! Why is she looking at like that?! Maybe those questions are sensitive for her I should have let those topic go or maybe shut my mouth. My throat dried up, she didn't talked to me, she's serious and maybe this woman had a man issues. I saw her with the princess and she's loud but when we partnered together she treat me like a ghost.  "Sorry if I asked something that triggers your entire ecosystem"

"Ecosystem?"

".... ecosystem is that it is a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment." Haha, I got her attention. I don't even know what word slips out from my mouth. Yun na yun siya na mag adjust. Tsaka matama naman niya yun e babae siya. Babae naman kase laging tama. Hay ewan

"Your winding me up"

"Sorry"

She roll her eyeballs "I was once joined as the forces of Estheria, defending my home. Many of the kingdom wants to conquer this land because this place has been known to blessed with golds and any other mineral that any of them lacking, and the land is rich, very suitable in planting crops, which helps this kingdom arises. But greed wants everything for them, the king declared war. But the Queen, my dear friend, don't want any blood shed she wants to make peace and wants to make an alliance, she'd agreed and promise to help the other kingdom. And she leave them a word, simple word  Don't hurt my people these words became a power that made the other nation respect that. Duon ko napatunayan ko na napakagaling niyang reyna. She's like a lioness standing on her pride rock. While the sheep is making noise swarming her land but one roar  they scram away back to once they came. They said she was like the previous Queen, her majesty the Queen Flindelle, who fought against the coup. She fought alone despite having illness, she don't want to loose any of her men, each lives are important to her, each blood is priceless and till today her reign continues"

"So that's explained it back home, that Flindelle are known to be the greatest women alive in her time but she died on an unexpected illness"

"You know her majesty?"

"Of course I do" I swallowed the food and ended choking. I tried to hold it but later on she gave me a glass of water. I didn't hesitate and drink it without breathing. "Thank you" sabay bigay ko ng baso at nagkasalamuha naman kami ng ibang aristocrats sa Daan.

"May nakita ba kayong kakaiba sa Lugar?" Tanong niya at umiling ang mga ito at nagpatuloy nang naglakad.

We heard a panting voices and I turn to look back and saw Luna Quartz catching her breath "Have they already escaped?"

"I don't know, we were assigned to patrol the place"

"Oh shit, it's been hours already and we haven't heard anything from them!"

"Ang kasama niya diba ang Chancellor?"

"Oo pero hindi ko rin siya nakita"

"Let's tell the others, I have a bad feeling about this" nakaramdam na ako ng kakaiba. The princess told me that they won't be long. But how come it's been past hours and they are no sign of them. I turn my back and the baroness stop. And she knows I suspected her

"Is this a trick!"

"Oh, wag mo sabihin na tatraydurin ko ang mahal prinsesa. I never had the intention of betraying the throne. Don't you dare speak such words!"

"Tama na this is no time to argue the royal family is in danger!"

"I'm sorry"

"You should be!"

We heard a call, gathering the people in the center and we rushed to see the commotions. I saw the Queen and the Grand duchess standing on the stage. And what we witnessed shocked us.

Her highness is been captured. Their hands are tied behind their back. I tried to stop but her words keeps me glued. Of all this time Luna crest, why now!

No matter what happen, don't save me, I know what I'm doing. Just promise me to keep yourselves in control and most of all,

Even how difficult the situation is,

I won't bow to no one.

I will rise again and take back what is mine... Chariz

"The king is dead!"she was proudly shouted it in front of his own people "His heir was killed by this imposter calling herself the princess, she's disrespect the death of her highness and such audacity for sneaking inside the palace to assassinate the royal family...." She stop when her highness chuckles

"Aww, galing ah bigyan ng jacket yan! You are indeed powerless because you are afraid of me, you tried to scare my people by calling me an imposter.." she almost slap her but Esthelian didn't move a muscle but chuckles. I never seen this expression in her, even shes in the midst of defeat but she still calm. Her ladies were crying and I saw the Juneau lowering their heads

"You are an imposter"

"And you are a witch, d'you want me to tell my people about the bomb"

"Bow to me or one of your people will be lies dead in front of you!" She stormed

The princess sighed and looked at them nonchalantly " I already told you don't hurt my people bitch are you deaf or something?!" she bellowed. The Grand duchess was insulted and she pulled her hair and I stop the baroness, I can hear her growl, trembling fist.

"Respect the Queen!"

"Shut up! Thou is quite significantly displeasing to look at"

"Bow to me!!"

"Why me? Don't you know how to bow?"

Mas lalong nagalit ang reyna at tinutukan nila ang ibang mga tao ng espada  at nabigla ako ng may anim na bumagsak at nakita ko ang bakas ng dugo sa mga espada. The soldiers surrounded the townspeople. We tried to stay low. My fingers scratched the bark of the tree.

"STOP!! Stop!" she beg her and the soldiers release the people and she slowly bowed to her knees. The aristocrats cried, bowing is a sign of her defeat.

I bow to no one

I bow to no one.

No one...

Those words ring into my ears and my worries eased.  "The new era will arised soon. On the day of there execution. In four days time, whomever rebels against the monarchy will be beheaded by according to the law that were granted by the prime minister..bow to your new Queen"

"We would rather die than bowing our heads!" Sigaw ng mga civilian.

"Seize them!" Without any words they people who protested against her died on their very spot. "I already told you, this is the new era, a rebel will be killed instantly. Now bow to me! If you don't want to end up like them!"

I stop the Aristocrats and they look at me puzzled. "That's not our princess. She already escaped will be heading to Ester she is awaiting for us"

"What do you mean! She is right there, the king is dea..."

"Baroness!" I shook her out of her misery 

"The princess told me, she won't bow to no one, that person is only a clone of her highness, don't underestimate your own princess, you told me once that she was like the previous Queen and why believe those" I said, pointing the captived and there's no words came out from their mouth

"She told us, to gather the civilian away from here. The city will be flooded by soldiers" said Vanessa

"You can count on us please " said the aristocrats and we rushed to the woods before the soldiers notices us.