DRUCLESS [AS PUBLISHED]

Queen Elleanor's Mother

~The only woman who doesn't want to see you fail is mom.~

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On the border of the drucless world and the human world, Raefal lay weakly on the grass. There was Geross with some healers guarding him.

"Why don't you go back to the palace? Daeriel didn't upset you, did he?" Ask Geross.

Raefal turned to the old man, "It sounds like Grandpa Geross is the one who's upset with me."

"It's not. If you stay in the palace, you can recover because the royal physician can be better than me."

"Grandfather is also a royal physician."

"That was. Now there are more professional young healers."

Raefal laughed at Geross's words. The old man turned to Raefal, "Why are you laughing?"

"Grandfather really learned a lot of new languages, huh?" Ask Raefal. Geross pouted, "The language of the human race is pretty cool."

Silent.

Raefal stared at the clear sky, "I need human energy from him."

"It's strange, you should be able to recover in a drucless world without having to get energy from other creatures" Geross said.

"I don't know either."

"Maybe you two are indeed fate" Geross said as he stroked his white beard. Raefal frowned, "Destiny?"

"This is rare. But, the drucless will feel the dependence on different creatures as their source of energy. Maybe you're the same Trissya is fate."

"No way."

"That's possible. Count, how many times have you been in contact with a woman of the human kind?"

There's no answer.

"After you don't get in touch with them, you're fine, right? And now you're weak for not being with Trissya."

Raefal digested Geross's conjecture. He seemed to think.

"I will bring Trissya here" said Geross and called one of the female healers.

"Eh, if he's here, do you want me to do something?"

Unwilling to respond to Raefal's question, Geross spoke to the healer. When he finished, the old man sat back down on the green grass.

"The girl is coming soon."

"He won't even look at my face." Raefal let out a heavy sigh.

"You should treat him well."

Raefal seemed to think, "Yes, usually other girls are willing."

"Ah, whatever."

"He won't come here, I'll bet" Raefal said. Geross laughed, "I think so."

Geross saw animals jumping in the distance. They're playing around. Geross recalled something, he said, "Some time ago, Daeriel came here."

Hearing that name, Raefal immediately got up to sit down. He looked at Geross seriously.

"Why is he here?" Ask Raefal quickly. Geross looked at Raefal seriously, "He asked about how to remove the drucless seal."

Raefal turns his back, "Ngapain? She wants to remove her seal from Qwella's body?"

"Maybe it is."

"Geross' grandfather told you how?" Raefal asked in full search. Geross shook his head, "I don't know how either."

Raefal heaved a sigh of relief.

"Removing the drucless seal is very risky and it is strictly off limits" Geross said. Raefal seemed to be thinking, "Risking?"

"The drucless woman who removes her seal will be barren, or even dead."

Raefal nodded in understanding.

"Oh yeah, Qwella is pregnant right now."

Raefal was surprised, "Certainly? If Qwella was pregnant, why would Daeriel remove the seal? She should have had a son from Qwella."

"I don't understand your brother's way of thinking either. Maybe he's planning something else" Geross said.

"The people of the kingdom of Zeroun are very afraid of the power of Daeriel. Especially now that Qwella is pregnant with their child. You can definitely imagine what their child's power will be like." Geross stared straight at him with a glaring look.

"One by one the people are looking for an opportunity to flee to another kingdom. But Daeriel moved faster. He's watching them all. Daeriel and king Baltazar were not much different. They were both cruel and did as they pleased." Geross did not hesitate to vilify the father and brother of Raefal.

Raefal was also used to hearing that. He was not angry at all, because Geross's remark was nothing wrong.

"Why aren't you the king?" Ask Geross. Raefal shook his head, "Lazy. I'm tired of meetings, wars, friendships, what else? Ah, anyway I'd rather live in the human world, everything's more fun."

Geross shook his head softly to hear the grievance of the handsome prince.

"Why wasn't I born human? If I were human, I could be with Trissya."

"You need to reincarnate and wait 100 years later to be reborn. It won't guarantee, either, whether you'll become human, or be drucless again."

Raefal let out a rough breath.

The female physician has returned. Raefal and Geross looked at him.

"Where's Trissya?" Ask Geross.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa, Trissya doesn't want to come here."

Geross looked at Raefal who looked calm. He was sure his heart was sad. Raefal rarely showed his expression to anyone.

He's a cold drucless. And just show her warmth to Trissya.

~

Qwella looked at her reflection in the mirror. He was picking a nice outfit for the meeting in an hour. His stomach was already slightly protruding, signaling the baby drucless in his stomach was starting to grow. The woman had found clothes that were beautiful and suitable for her.

When the woman wore it, it turned out that the clothes did not fit on her body. Her protruding stomach made the outfit unable to be properly tied to her waist.

Qwella snorted in annoyance. He slightly pressed down on his stomach, yet the burly hand pulled his hand violently. Qwella turned, it was Daeriel.

"You want to kill our son?!" Jerk Daeriel. Qwella pulled her hand back, "This is your son. You're just nitip doang in my stomach!"

The man clenched his hands, "My son is dead because of you, you can't get away from me!"

Qwella interjected, "For this child, I can't wear my nice clothes again for today's meeting."

"Clothes that fit your body, right, there are!"

"Wouldn't! The meeting's in an hour. I don't want to get any other clothes!" Qwella.

Daeriel threw away his face in annoyance, "The meeting was for the king, not the queen."

"Queen Gwenda, queen Clarissa, queen Armala will also come, why can't I?!" Qwella grunts.

"You really are, remember Qwella, you are just a lucky female dancer who married me. You should have followed my orders!" Jerk Daeriel. The man's words hurt Qwella's feelings.

The woman looked at Daeriel with her eyes that had turned white. Water emerged from the corner of the room ready to attack Daeriel at any time. The man did not look scared at all.

"You only have an extraordinary beauty that no other woman has. That's why I picked you up," Daeriel's words were really brazen to Qwella.

Daeriel grinned harshly, "I already know, why do you really want to live with Raefal." Qwella knitted her brows. Daeriel continued, "That's because Raefal has healing powers and you have the power of water. If you are together, then you and he will remain young and immortal. Are you afraid of death?"

"Stop talking!" Shouted Qwella.

"You're really a woman. ah, my mouth can get dirty when you talk to her." Daeriel turned his eyes.

"Whatever I do, it has nothing to lose to you. So, just do what you want, then I'll do what I want." Qwella spoke with great emphasis.

Daeriel moved his head, "You can't keep the child in your stomach, I'm sure you're dead" Daeriel threatened to pass.

Qwella shouted furiously.

~

Raefal's condition is getting worse. He lay weakly inside the old hut, where the healers and border guards of the world were.

Geross let out a heavy sigh, "Why does the recovery power in his body not work?"

A male healer approached Geross with a panicked expression, "Sir, there is king Daeriel Zeroun."

Geross was surprised, "You are here to take care of Prince Raefal, all hide. Don't let king Daeriel see it."

The man nodded.

Geross comes out of the hut room to meet Daeriel. The old man saw Daeriel coming without his red robe.

"Your majesty." Geross bowed respectfully. Daeriel nodded, "I want to talk to you."

Geross nodded as he invited Daeriel to enter. They both sat facing.

Daeriel looked at Geross seriously, "Qwella needs a potion to strengthen her fetus. I don't want my son to do anything."

The old man nodded his head while looking for the potion from the closet. Daeriel turned his gaze around.

"Raefal's here?"

Hearing Daeriel's question, Geross stopped his activities. He swallowed the salivary.

"Hem?" Daeriel asked again for not getting an answer. The man stood up from his seat and stepped into the room where Raefal was.

The physician guarding Raefal was shocked and turned to Daeriel. Geross immediately entered the room.

"Ra-king, I-I can explain it," said a panicked-looking Geross.

"He why?" Ask Daeriel.

There's no answer. The two doctors chose silence.

Good chance, if I kill him now, Daeriel's inner self with a cynical smile. However, the man's smile faded as he recalled his promise to Qwella. That woman would've hurt the baby if she had killed Raefal.

Remember Daeriel, you don't just want Trissya. You want your son to survive, too, right?  Daeriel seemed to be talking to his own mind.

"Why not bring it to the palace? There he will get maximum treatment" asked Daeriel. Geross and the young healer looked at each other.

The young physician replied, "We are also prepared to deliver Prince Raefal to the palace, but the prince always refuses."

"I'll take him," Daeriel said in a position to lift Raefal's body. However, Raefal held Daeriel's shoulder.

Raefal opened his eyes as he said, "The cave doesn't need your help. Better, you go there."

"Lu wants to die? Trissya's not here to heal you."

"Stone head," Daeriel said as he passed out. Geross caught up with Daeriel while giving the potion that the man asked for.

"Queen Qwella will definitely be healthy and strong, as well as the baby."

"Hem, thank you."

Daeriel.

Geross went back to see Raefal, "It looks like king Daeriel is worried about you, Raef."

Hearing Geross's words, Raefal changed his sleeping position to turn his back to Geross.

"Can't be. He's a heart of stone."

~

Qwella looked at her reflection in the mirror. He touched her face, which was still beautiful, unchanged. She does not want to lose her beauty. He didn't want to lose his youth, didn't want to die.

Daeriel entered the room, he saw his wife still sitting in front of the mirror. Before he went to Geross' place, the woman was already sitting there.

"Aren't you sitting around?" Ask Daeriel. Qwella turned to the mirror looking at her husband's reflection. The woman nodded quickly.

"Here," Daeriel ordered while sitting on the edge of the bed. Lazily, the woman moved from her seat as she approached Daeriel. Qwella stood by Daeriel. The man gently rubbed Qwella's protruding stomach. If the size of a human, it is 5 months of age.

The man smiled as he kissed Qwella's stomach.

"Do you want a baby girl or a baby boy?" Ask Daeriel. Qwella spread her shoulders, "I want to spit out the flow."

"I want a baby boy, he'll be the greatest ruler after me. But, if she's a girl, yeah. I will spoil the beautiful Putriiki," Daeriel said with a laughing expression.

"Why aren't you Trissya's samperin? Take a look at her body," grumbled Qwella. Daeriel sighed lazily, "He again needs solitude. If I am Trissya's nyamperin, at most she retreats in fear look at me."

The man recalled the sweet memories that had happened between him and Trissya back then.

The man smiled wryly.

Daeriel gave up her kiss. Blood dripped from his bite wound on Trissya's lips. Now the girl is in his control. Daeriel wiped the blood. Trissya brought her face closer and kissed the man's lips. Of course it was because of Daeriel's control.

The man held Trissya's nape and deepened his kiss. His hand moved to tear off the back of Trissya's clothes.

Daeriel let go of her kiss while looking at Trissya passionately. The man rubbed Trissya's face, "Do well, pretty girl."

When their bodies fused, Trissya cried stifled despite being in Daeriel's control. The man could read Trissya's mind through his touch. The man knew everything that was inside the girl's head. Trissya's red eyes did not stop shedding tears.

"Trissya, I love you." I don't know why the man expressed his feelings all of a sudden. Knowing Trissya with just a direct touch, the man fell in love suddenly.

Trissya fell limp over Daeriel's body. The girl was unconscious. The man gently rubbed Trissya's plain back.

"I'll get you, Trissya."

Qwella watched the dreamy Daeriel. The woman rolled her eyes, "You think of him? Sana datengin, anyways he would want to sleep with you, really. As long as you control her mind."

"It's time to eat, you have to eat" Daeriel said.

Qwella let out a rough breath.

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In a beautiful flower garden, there is a simple, yet beautiful house. Made of reddish-brown wood.

On the wooden staircase was a beautiful woman who was no longer young. It was Elleanor, wife of king Baltazar.

There were many things that disturbed his head. He was very worried about the situation of his two sons. The woman had heard from the soldiers loyal to Baltazar.

Neither Daeriel nor Raefal came to the place to meet his parents. Elleanor knew her two children could not get along. It may never even get along.

The woman let out a heavy sigh if she remembered the many things that happened hundreds of years ago.

Baltazar was watching the healers examining their queen's belly. One of the healers approached while bowing.

"Her Majesty King Zeroun, queen Elleanor is pregnant."

Baltazar surprised. He was very happy to hear the news. She will have another child after Daeriel.

Unknowingly, the young Daeriel eavesdropped on their conversation. The boy was unhappy with the new members of his family. He did not want his parents' love to be divided.

When Elleanor's stomach grew, she had food poisoning. He vomited and fresh blood flowed from his groin. The woman panicked and cried incessantly.

King Baltazar was panicking. He seeks out the best healers from all over the world to save the queen and her future baby.

An old fortune teller came. He advised the king that the queen of Elleanor lay under the tree of life in the middle of the forest near the holy river. However, the king did not trust the old fortune teller. King Baltazar even accused the fortune teller of total madness. Disrespectfully, the king Baltazar drove out the soothsayer.

Elleanor, desperate to feel her baby's presence in her stomach, orders the soldiers to search for the old fortune teller without Baltazar's knowledge.

Finally with great difficulty, the soldiers found the place where the old man was. Queen Elleanor gave the old fortune teller a letter to help him.

The old fortune teller helped Elleanor. The soldiers along with the servants took their queen to the sacred tree near the river of life of the drucless.

The fortune teller told his female disciples to examine the queen's belly. One of them turned his head to the old fortune tellers while shaking weakly.

Elleanor looked up, "What does that mean?!"

The old fortuneteller rubbed his long beard while shaking his head, "Your baby is gone."

Elleanor nodded in disbelief. Her tears were flowing, "No! The astrologer! Please save my son!"

The old fortune teller, wounded by Baltazar's attitude, must choose between his ego and the poor baby's safety.

Sincerely, the old fortune teller helped the queen Elleanor. He swapped the life of the tree of life into the body of the baby in the belly of Elleanor. The large tree died, marked by the leaves turning black and the trunk shrinking.

When the forbidden ceremony was carried out, king Baltazar with his troops came to the place.

Anger overran the king of Baltazar. He was angry that Elleanor had left without his knowledge. The old fortune teller with his disciples in the law of beheaded. Their bodies were buried under the dead tree.

Before dying, the old fortune teller shouted his curse, "The kingdom of Zeroun will be destroyed and die. There will be no people who love a cruel king like you. Your kingdom will be forsaken and become a dead kingdom."

No one cares about the curse.

King Baltazar brought the queen back to Zeroun's court. Queen Elleanor felt the baby in her stomach move. He ordered the doctors to examine him.

Miraculously, the baby in her stomach came back to life. The queen felt guilty to the old fortune teller. He asked the king to do something. However, the king felt completely innocent. He still blamed the Elleanor queen who dared to leave without permission. Queen Elleanor was sad.

Meanwhile, who would have thought, the dead tree of life grew fresh as before. The ground beneath him moved. The buried body came back to life and came out of the ground.

The old fortuneteller held his neck which was still fused with his body. His students are still alive. They felt a miracle in their bodies because of the tree.

"We're still alive?"

"Thank God."

"Ah, I think I'm dreaming."

"I even thought that we had reached the realm of the dead."

The old fortuneteller stood up with the rest of his anger, "Zeroun's kingdom will not be eternal."

~

The kingdom of Zeroun has had a new family member with the birth of prince Raefal. Even happier, Prince Raefal was born with lightning control. What a rare power.

Seeing the happiness on his parents' faces, Daeriel felt jealous. The boy did not want anything that was rightfully taken by the little baby. He's very angry.

Once it is big enough, there is always competition between them. Even Daeriel intentionally injured Raefal.

Daeriel once tried to kill Raefal with a dagger to the point that Raefal was absolutely critical. Even the best healers like Geross can't help Raefal.

The king threatened to kill the entire royal physician, if the healers could not save Raefal. The healers did not understand the mind of king Baltazar. Obviously Prince Daeriel is guilty here. However, there did not appear to be the king's anger for his son. 

When panic strikes the entire kingdom of Zeroun, the magic of the life tree continues to flow and make Raefal not die. Daeriel really could not get rid of Raefal easily.

One day, Daeriel steals some of Raefal's power, a speed that only lightning controllers possess.

Hence, their teleportation speed was balanced.

Daeriel trained hard. He controlled the fire well. He also improved his ability to read other drucless minds. In fact, he was able to control the minds of the drucless.

After Raefal grew up, he also practiced. His abilities were quite good, yet he was a gentle-hearted drucless who could not bear to hurt anyone. When confronted with an enemy, he did not kill him. His enemy moved to hurt him.

Unlike Daeriel who is cold-hearted and can kill anyone. The king's love changed. He was more proud of his eldest son, Daeriel.

Elleanor loved Raefal. Daeriel did not accept her mother's unfair attitude.

Daeriel's hatred was piling up and mounting.

Is this the beginning of the destruction of the kingdom of Zeroun, as the old fortune-teller said?

~

"Qwella, you were born a beautiful girl. If you can conquer the heart of Prince Raefal, then your beauty will not fade. You will be immortal too."

The young girl looked at the white-bearded fortune teller in front of her, "Why should prince Raefal?"

The old astrologer rubbed his white beard, "He was born with a healing power that matches your water power. But remember, he can also control lightning. You know, water and lightning don't really match."

Qwella nodded in understanding.

"You have mind control that controls his heart to love you. That way, you will be immortal in the drucless world."

Qwella. The young girl was the son of one of the old fortune-teller disciples. Qwella was already considered as her own granddaughter.

The beautiful girl practiced dancing in order to become a great dancer who could enter the kingdom of Zeroun to get Raefal for his immortality.

~

Elleanor's reverie faded, when she saw her husband's arrival. The woman stood up. Baltazar looked at his wife for a moment.

"Emm, I miss the kids" Elleanor said carefully. Baltazar turned to him, "Would you like to see them?"

Elleanor nodded quickly.

"I'll get the soldiers to say this to Daeriel and Raefal."

The woman smiled happily.

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09.38: 25 September 2019

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