[Jade Kingdom]

As soon as Shirika saw her cousin Shizu, she immediately attacked her with a hug.

“Shizuna! How are you! It has been a while! And look! You still have your teddy bear with you?!” She all said in a fast pace. Of all her cousins, she was particularly close to her. Their first meeting was during a grand reunion of their family and there Shirika saw Shizuna alone at the garden and was quite curious about her teddy bear and decided to talk to her only to be surprised by how Shizuna responded. At that time, Shizuna was also amazed at her cousin’s hair color (which was silver since it was winter at that time) and they immediately get along well. Since then, they usually meet each other at least once a year to check things out.

“Your maid, I suppose, is new. A bit careless as well.” Shizuna said and this made Shirika laugh.

“I see, pardon me for that. Well, yes, she is a new one and yes, she is a clumsy one. I heard that you were sick these past few days. Good thing your father allowed you to visit me here.” Shirika asked. She knows how strict Shizu’s father is if it is anything that concerns his daughter.

“Well,Keito visited me and he asked my father’s permission to accompany me on a stroll on the forest. Well, to cut the story short, we were both busy about certain things and parted ways and I ended up going here.” Shizuna explained and made Shirika laugh again. She always finds her amusing.

“Poor Keito and knowing him, he will scowl the forest just to find you.” Shirika said while still giggling in thought. She knew Keito very well.

“That is why I will be sending my pet to the castle to inform them about my whereabouts and to tell Keito that I am here.” Shizu said as she patted on her pet.

“Well, regarding that, I will be going to the Human Kingdom to meet you-know-who and maybe you can tell Keito to just proceed to his castle as well. Would you like to go with me?” Shirika asked while holding on to Shizu’s hands as if trying to convince her.

“I see. That is why you are wearing something extra grandiose today. I would love to but I haven’t packed my things yet.” Shizu said as she bowed her head down.

“Hmm… let’s see… then maybe as soon as you send your pet to the kingdom, you can also request for your maids to pack some clothes for you, clothes for a week!” Shirika proudly exclaimed.

“I see. Then maybe they can just bring it to the human kingdom.” Shizu said with a smile on her face.

“Or maybe, you can let Keito bring them all. Oh well, I was just kidding. Let us proceed to the dining hall. I asked them to prepare something for us to eat and also to let your pet enjoy some milk as well. We will go after we eat. Will that be ok?” Shirika asked as she felt her stomach rumbling. Shizu only gave her a nod as a response.

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[Demon Kingdom]

As Yuya entered the room, together with a servant to serve some breakfast for Yuto, Yuya cannot help but to smile on the scene he saw.

Yuto was hugging Rina and as soon as he let go he was shaking her vigorously and this only made Rina smile. It is a good thing that finally, she is awake and hopefully, she will not lose consciousness anymore like she did the last time.

Yuto realized that Yuya is already there and immediately acknowledged his presence.

“Yuya!! Rina is already awake!” Yuto excitingly said. Well, more off stating the obvious.

“I see. Well, that’s good.” Yuya said as he gave a signal to the servant and pushed the tray beside Rina’s bed while Yuya is making his way at the left side of Rina’s bed.

“I think our princess is not fund of eating her breakfast but considering that it has been days since you last ate, you must eat what we have for you. Don’t worry; what we prepared is a special soup so that you can regain your energy.” Yuya explained while looking to the twins, especially Rina who seemed to be alarmed.

“Thank you Yuya! But, how did you know that Rina is already awake?” Yuto confusedly asked? He is thinking about why Yuya also prepared food for Rina when they are not certain when she will wake up.

“I didn’t know that she was awake. I was just told by Sir Kato to serve this to the princess. I guess it was because of the Oracle.” Yuya explained. He was also confused by the sudden order from Sir Shige.

‘Please excuse me your highness. I will be taking my leave. Is there anything you would like to ask?” The servant asked as she bows in front of the three.

“I guess you should inform the others about the news. But tell them after 30 minutes I guess.” Yuya answered.

“Very well then, please excuse me.” The servant made her way out.

“Why only after 30 minutes?” Yuto asked.

“You seemed to be in a very good mood to ask today. Well, I want you and your sister to have more time for yourselves first. Besides, it will be awkward to eat when someone is staring at you right?” Yuya said and earned a nod from Yuto.

“Well then, shall we eat?! Yuya, why don’t you join us?” Yuto offered.

“I already took my breakfast. You should eat more Yuto. I will be helping Rina to eat her soup since I don’t think she will be eating it by herself.” Yuya said while Rina only smiled widely like a child with plans were just revealed. Yuya sat beside her and took the bowl of soup and started feeding Rina. She was hesitant but she cannot deny the fact that she is hungry as well.

“Oy! Let me handle it please!” Yuto said as he went to Yuya’s side wanting to take the bowl from him.

“But you also need to eat Yuto. You cannot eat well while feeding her.” Yuya said.

“I can! Besides, I am not hungry.” Yuto said but unfortunately, his stomach grumbled loudly and now he cannot deny the fact that he is hungry. He has no point in arguing against Yuya this time.

“Very well then.” Yuya smiled and continued feeding Rina. She was quite uncomfortable at first but she slowly is getting used to it.

Suddenly, a knock was heard and someone came in.

“Oi!” Yuto said in surprise even with his mouth still full.

“Did I miss anything?” It was Yabu and he was looking intently at Yuya.

“I thought you will never come back. Well, good timing. We just started eating. Here, you should be the one doing this.” Yuya said as he sort of motioned his position while feeding the princess.

“What made you think that I will not come back! Aish… very well then.” Yabu irritatingly said while scratching his hair.

“It may not look like it but he is very good at taking care of us. He is usually the one who helps us and looks after us when we are sick. He is just shy.” Yuya whispered into the Rina’s ear and he gave her a wink. This made Rina gave her a very innocent and a “really?” look.

Kota saw this and was curious about what his brother just said.

“Oi Yuya!! What did you say?!” Kota asked.

“Nothing my dear brother… nothing.” Yuya said as he gave a playful smile on him like teasing him more.

Kota was about to feed Rina when Rina suddenly held his hand.

“Why?! Is there any problem?” Kota asked and this made Yuya and Yuto turn their attention on the two.

Rina just shook her head and just took the bowl from Kota’s hands and gave him a smile. Kota was surprised as he doesn’t know if he will feel insulted or at ease by what the princess just did.

“You sure?!” he asked and Rina just gave a nod and a smile.

“Very well then.” Kota said as he stood up.

“You seemed to be very weird. Why are you not speaking at all?!” Kota asked.

“She usually doesn’t speak at the first hour after waking up. But on very special occasions, well, if there really is no other choice, she will speak. Don’t worry, once she started, you will definitely miss this period.” Yuto explained and earned a glare from Rina.

“Well, I guess she is better that way.” Kota said and the glare was directed on him now.

Rina only let go of a sigh and then she was suddenly tapped by Yuto. As soon as she turned towards him, he immediately stuffed bread on to . This gave Rina no choice but to eat the bread.

“That will be nice. Soup alone will be boring.” Yuto said.

“Kyaaah!!! Finally you are awake!” It was Queen Mayuki who suddenly barged in to the room and attacked Rina with a hug. Good thing Kota was able to anticipate things and took the bowl of soup before the Queen was able to hug the princess.

“Mother, she is still eating. Please be gentle on her.” Yuya said and made the queen realized things.

“What brings you here, your highness?” Yuto spoke.

“Well, we are really worried about Rina’s condition and we are glad she is already awake.” The queen said and not long after that, Inoo, Yui, Shige and Yamapi entered the room as well.

“I am sorry if it is too sudden, I know that Rina is still under recovery but we have to discuss something to the two of you.” Queen Mayuki said in a serious tone.

“We are ready to listen, your highness.” Rina suddenly said after drinking a glass of water and fixed her posture.

“Shigeaki, would you mind discussing things?” the queen said as she looked into where Sir Shige is.

“Hai. You two must immediately start your training since it is a mandatory act for all Prince and Princesses of the kingdom. You will also be starting on your classes about the basics of this land in preparation for your ruling stay. This will also help you in further understanding everything about this land.” Sir Shige briefly explained.

“However, we have some minor issues here.” Inoo said and everyone turned their attention on him.

“Minor issues?” Yuto confusedly asked.

“You see, the training is usually in accordance to the weapon as well since you will be training with your weapon.” Kei explained which made the twins more confused.

“How did it become an issue? If the weapon is the problem, we can train with different weapons if needed.” Rina asked.

“You see, the weapon which you will yield, if I am not mistaken, is in accordance to your element and you will have to search for it. Yuto’s element is water but your element is still not clear. Healing is your power but it doesn’t count as an element.” Kei answered which made things a little blurred in the minds of the twins.

“So, I need to discover my element first before I can find which weapon will suit me and I will train with. Am I getting it right?” Rina asked and earned a nod from Kei.

“Well, yes. Exactly my point.” Kei proudly said like an accomplished teacher.

“But how will Rina know what her element is?” It was Yui who asked.

“That, I really don’t know. The powers usually come naturally for them. If we try to consider Yuto’s case then it was because of a trigger.” Kei answered.

“I know! I know! Maybe Rina needs a trigger as well!!! To make her extremely angry! Let us make her angry then!” Hikaru made a remark and this only made everyone in the room shook their heads in disagreement.

“Okay… okay… just… you know… trying things out. It was not such a bad idea right?!” He said as he rubbed his hair and sticks his tongue out.

“If she knows that you are only trying to make her angry, she will definitely not be angry.” Yuto said as he pertains to his sister. Well, whenever he wants to infuriate her or purposefully make her angry, she will only smile at him and have more patience as if trying to say that he just lost it.

“What will be the decision, My Queen?” Yamapi asked the queen herself.

“Because of the circumstances, I think it will be best if they will start embarking on their journey as soon as possible. This is to not waste any precious time. Tomorrow, you will start looking for Yuto’s weapon since his element is already classified. Meanwhile, Rina will stay here to have her lessons about the basics of the land.” The queen said.

“I am sorry your highness, but I beg to disagree with that just now.” Rina said and shocked everyone in the room.

“Pardon?” The Queen asked as she was surprised by it. Her decisions are not usually altered by someone. This is an unusual case.

“I don’t want to embark on a journey without my sister. I promised to stay by her side.” Yuto said.

“If it is regarding the value of time, I think it will be appropriate for Yuto to start looking for his weapon but me staying here in the castle. Please don’t get me wrong, I would love to learn and study but I don’t think being stuck in the castle will help me find my element, I mean, if there is one. Besides, I guess it will be better if I can see other places here. Another thing is, I can be of great help during the journey. If anything else happens, I can heal them. Please your highness; allow me to come with them.” Rina explained which made the queen think for a while.

“Please, your highness, besides, I will refuse to go without my sister.” Yuto added.

“Very well, then. Tomorrow, you shall take your leave. The rest of the details will be given tomorrow. I think I shall go now. Kota, please follow me. There is something we need to talk about ok!” The queen said in a more relaxed tone.

“Ciao!” She said as she walked out of the room and Kota followed her.

“We shall also take our leave now. Please continue eating.” Yamapi said and everyone followed leaving the twins alone in the room.

“Are you excited for tomorrow?!” Yuto asked as soon as they were alone.

“Yes… but, I wonder why I feel like something is not right here…” Rina said as she began to think.

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[Meanwhile while on the corridor]

“Yui, are you ok? You don’t seem to be feeling well.” Kei worriedly asked as he placed his hands on Yui’s forehead, checking her temperature.

“I am ok but, I have a bad feeling about this journey they are about to go to.” Yui said as she slowly takes Kei’s hand off her.

“There is nothing you need to worry about. I am sure He has a plan for this. We should also do our best ne. What do you think?” Kei said as he gave Yui a wink.

“I guess you are right. I mean, I hope you are right. Thanks for the concern but, STOP WINKING WILL YOU?!” she exclaimed as she walked in a faster pace leaving Kei behind.

“Really!!! Men these days!!! Aish!!” Yui mumbles to herself.

“Ehhhk?! She was nice and like a very innocent lady at first then she suddenly went wild?! What is wrong with me winking at her? Is she is still not used to it? I will never understand women, especially that one. Well, if she is one.” Kei mumbles to himself.

“I HEARD THAT BAKA!!! I AM A WOMAN! SHEESH!” Yui suddenly shouted as she was a bit far away from Kei.

“How in the world!! I am sorry, My Lady!” Kei said as he ran towards Yui.

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What will happen to Shirika and Shizuna’s visit?

Will Rina find out what her element is?

What will the queen and Kota talk about?

Why was Yui so worried?

How is Keito doing?

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Weee!!! Finally a continuation!! Well, it is a bit longer now ne ^_^ Hopefully I can continue this pace!

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(Did you know that: If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.)