Thank You

Chapter 19

[7pm]

Luca delivered Hannah in the castle's garden and lay her down in the garden's bench. He then left as if nothing happened. An hour has past, Princess Hannah didn't wake up yet. Prince Nathan past by with the guests and suddenly saw her sleeping. He immediately stopped the guests from going further and then run just to wake her sister up.

**What the hell is my sister doing in a broad daylight?? Does she want to get rape by these monster guests??***

"Hey sister wake up! We have guests."

He then shakes Hannah but there is no response. The guests suddenly came out of curiosity and said

"Is there a problem Prince Nathan?"

"A..Ahh... No, it's nothing Minister Hunter. My sister just fell asleep here in the garden."

When Minister scanned Hannah, He notice that there are traces of Emperor Grantt Luca's magic power.

"Well, would you like me to heal her? It seems she has a little bit of psychological problems and is suffering from it right now."

"Eh? Really Great Sage? I mean, Minister Hunter?"

"Yep. It seems she is traumatized by something that's why you can't wake her up."

The King then saw the situation and immediately tried to wake the Princess but she really doesn't respond and its as if she is in a really bad dream.

"M..Minister Hunter... No, Great Sage. It will be an honor to witness your powers that will be granted to my daughter."

He then held Hannah's hands and immediately confirmed that it was really his Emperor's powers. He smiled widely.

**So, Is she the one? Older brother Luca?****

He then heals Hannah and she immediately woke up from a bad dream. She was shivering as if she saw a monster in front of her.

"Sister! Are you okay?"

Hannah just looked at the people around her with a confused look.

"It's fine sister. Minister Hunter from the Kingdom of Karg just healed you."

The King then hugged Hannah because he felt that she is suffering from such psychological problem because of letting her be wed with the Karg's Emperor.

"Everything will be fine my dear daughter."

Prince Nathan then bowed down toward Hunter and said

"Thank you so much Minister Hunter. I will never forget this."

Minister Hunter smiled and said

"It's not a big deal. She's one of the running to be my Emperor's bride anyway."

"Running? What do you mean?"

"She's not just the only one who will be running as a fiancée of my emperor. It includes, The Fairy Kingdom's first princess, Vladimir's daughter from the Vampire Clan, the first princess of the wealthiest kingdom in the human world, Grandeya Kingdom, first princess of the Ocean Kingdom and many more princesses that is much more powerful than your kingdom."

"What? That many?"

"Well, basically it's a competition that will be held next year. So, don't put pressure on that girl too much. We don't know if my picky emperor will pick her anyway or might as well, be lucky enough to be chosen as his concubine, if ever he wants one tho."

"Really? Then my sister can freely choose what she wants to do if she is not chosen, am I right??"

Hunter's butler then interfere and said

"Yes, of course. It's a shame that you're happy if she is not chosen, knowing the fact that all of the kingdoms sent their available daughters to compete, not just because of the wealth that they will get or the protection that they will receive, but because of how handsome and kind our emperor is. That's why we, his closest attendants will be judging the ladies next year."

Prince Nathan then rebut his actions and said

"Oh, I didn't mean to be rude sir. She just happened to love the Gold Merchant Luca in our country that's why I want her to chose what makes her happy after that."

When Minister Hunter heard the word Luca, he then used telepathy to communicate with his butler.

"Find the Gold Merchant Luca's whereabouts and see if it's really our Emperor."

"As you wish, Your Highness."

[Muriel's House]

[2am]

Muriel was patiently waiting for Luca to return. He's not home yet so she then decided to wait for him outside.

***Why am I waiting for him????!!****

She thinks so hard and convinced herself with a reason

***Yeah right! I'm waiting for him to clear things up. He might think that I'm jealous because I run away when I saw them. Right! Right! That's the reason why I'm here. ****

The gate suddenly opened and she saw Luca walking with a wound in his arms. She immediately stood up and run towards him.

"Whaat the hell happened????!! Why are you wounded????!!!"

She suddenly saw Luca smiling evily but his eyes look so sad deep inside. She then hugged him and said

"Stop that! Don't be sad! I hate it."

Luca suddenly came back to his senses when he felt the warmth of Muriel's embrace.

"Let's go inside. I'll heal your wounds in a human way this time."

Muriel then pulled Luca to get inside his room. Luca was surprised in what he heard.

***Is she going to lick my wounds like what I did to her???***

She then let him sat down in the bed.

"You don't have to do that Mui. I can heal myself."

"No. Just sit down. Emy said not to use magic inside the capital, right?"

"Ye..Yeah. You're right. But don't lick and suck my wounds like what I did to you okay?"

"WHAAAT??? I'm not gonna do that! Emy properly taught me how to heal wounds in a human way!!"

She then opened the first aid kit. She then casually removed Lucas polo shirt like a wife. Luca then was mesmerized by how cute and gentle Muriel was towards him. Her eyes looked so worried about the wound and yet he thought Muriel didn't love him at all. He then looked sad.

***Will she looked at me that way too once she saw my powers?****

Muriel then saw the wounds Luca got. It was a wound from bullets and looks so bad.It has a poison included enough to make Luca's flesh looks so severe. She suddenly went from a worried girl look into an evil girl look. Her murderous aura suddenly leeks and said

"Who the hell did this to you!? TELL ME!!"

Luca was surprised and smiled because Muriel's look is so scary, Much scarier than his looks.

"THOS HUMAN DESERVE TO DIE LUCA! Come on! Tell ME!"

"They are bandits."

"Good! Wait for a while! I'll just kill them!"

Muriel was about to left just to kill those bandits but Luca held her arms to stop her.

"Stop. I already killed them to save Hannah."

Muriel stopped in her tracks when she heard Hannah's name.

"Oh? Hannah? Y..Yeah right! You're in a date with her."

Luca suddenly saw that she looks jealous.

"She confessed that she loves me for real today."

Muriel's eyes became wide and look even more jealous. She suddenly cleaned Luca's wounds so hard and said

"O..Oh really? Then good for you. You love her too, right?"

Luca felt that Muriel is angry.

"No, I don't. We're just pretending just to lessen those people who wants to kill her."

Muriel suddenly stops and looked at him seriously.

"It's just kinda sad remembering her face fearing my powers. I just suddenly remembered all of the human friends I got that I have saved when I was a kid. They can't even look me in the eye."

Muriel finished bandaging Luca's wound then suddenly held Luca's face and said

"Well, in behalf of all of them, I'm going to look at your eyes and tell you."

She then looked Luca in his eyes lovingly and leans her forehead towards Luca's forehead and said.

"Thank you for saving them."

She smiled genuinely and tears suddenly fell in Luca's eyes because his efforts in saving all of them has been acknowledged by someone. He then hides his face in Muriel's shoulders while crying and said.

"You're Welcome."

***Is he this kind? ***

She then suddenly felt that Luca has fallen asleep in her shoulders. After a few minutes, she felt that she can't endure luca's weight in her shoulders anymore. So, she was about to let Luca lay down in the bed but she felt that he's not breathing again. She immediately checks his vitals but there's none.

"C..Could it be the poison of the bullets???!!!"

She immediately laid Luca down in the bed and shakes him like crazy.

"Hey! Luca wake up! Wake up!"

She slaps him so hard and yet there are still no vital signs. She then remembered the drowning incident of a drunk Luca, so she performed a CPR. But as soon as she was about to do it, someone suddenly grabs her arm and said.

"Stop what you're doing."

She then looked at who was speaking and was about to defend herself and Luca but her moves was lock-off because the opponent was too powerful for her.

"Who are you?!!"

The light of the moon suddenly reflected the man's face who's wearing a formal suit and said

"I'm his little brother."

He then grabs Muriel's neck and took her away from Luca and said

"Are you perhaps trying to kill him while he is on his re-healing mode?"

Muriel can't breathe and she can't even get away from his grip. Muriel suddenly cried. Hunter suddenly smiled so evil because he like the looks of those desperate people who cry in fear of death.

***Is this really it? Am I going to die without confessing my feelings to him???****

Muriel's powers was about to be drained by Hunter but before he could drain it, she suddenly let her legs turns into tails and slapped Hunter. Hunter didn't expect that she is a mermaid.

Muriel escaped from Hunter's grip but she has lost her powers and suddenly closed her eyes to embrace the impact of falling in the ground. Her eyes were still close and she felt that as If she didn't hit the ground at all.

When she opened her eyes, she notices that the time stops even her body too. Only her eyes can move enough to see Luca who slowly stood up while using a gravity magic towards his little brother who is severely laid down in the ground like a paper.

"What the hell are you doing to my Muriel, Hunter?"

Muriel was surprised and blushed when she heard Luca called her "My Muriel". And when Hunter heard it and saw how evil the aura that surrounds his older brother, he immediately felt scared and came to realize that the lady is important to him.

"I...I'm s...So...rry... brother "

Muriel saw Luca's evil face that looks scarier than before. Luca then walks towards her and yet she didn't even feared Luca at all. She felt relieved that he's alive and was able to save her. She was about to lose consciousness due to her drained magic and she suddenly muttered the words that she wanted to let him hear so bad.

"I love you....My Luca."