Moon Princess

Chapter 6's

Emperor Zuko still hopes Tsukiko will remember him, he only needs to try harder to convince Tsukiko that he is really his grandfather.

"I'm your grandfather, Tsukiko... You don't remember me? Did you really forget me?"

"Umh. I'm sorry grandfather, my name is Mizu Ichigo. And I really don't recognize you. Maybe grandfather was the wrong person" Ichigo said convincingly.

"Master, let's talk about this later. Let Miss Ichigo rest first, she's still weak. Kichiro, you stay here and accompany Miss Ichigo in case she needs anything. Miss, rest in peace, we'll excuse you" Youri said. They all then left Ichigo's room and headed to the living room.

While walking in the corridor towards the middle room, they passed through the lotus pond. There was a distinctive scent of seven-colored lotus that Youri smelled, he immediately ran towards the lotus pond and followed by Emperor Zuko and Rikuo. The special lotus was starting to bloom, although it had not bloomed completely but the aroma had spread everywhere. The smell is sweet and soft. Not as usual.

"Do you feel it, Youri?" emperor Zuko asked Youri without taking his eyes off the seven-colored lotus.

"Yes, sir, but this is weird. Usually the scent of this lotus will come out as soon as it blooms perfectly and is exposed to dew, but this time the flower has not even fully bloomed. The middle petals are even still tightly closed, there is no way dew can get into it, let alone emit a scent like this." Youri said in astonishment.

"Now it's not even a full moon.. Uh.. His sun... " Rikuo was surprised to see the crescent sun that had a shadow and looked like a full moon, but the moon's shadow was red. Youri and Emperor Zuko were also surprised to see this strange sight.

"What happened to the Queen?" ask Emperor Zuko.

"That's.. Which.. Her Majesty the Queen fainted while in the snow lotus pond, Your Majesty" the maid replied stammeringly.

Emperor Zuko who felt shocked and panicked immediately left Youri and Rikuo in the lotus pond without saying goodbye and rushed back to the palace.

Elsewhere, precisely Island of Clouds, this event also made Susabi, the Lord of the Sea, feel confused. Not only did he feel strange about the sun at that time, the lotus that was in the lotus lake and had never grown flowers for too long, this time it began to flower and the flower buds were even larger with the leaves so wide. Seeming much more fertile even in a very short time, he faintly smelled the distinctive scent of a lotus. He recalled an old memory of a person and hoped to see his rare seven-colored lotus.

Meanwhile, the Queen who had suddenly fainted while in the lotus pond her condition was getting worse. His face was extremely pale and his body was trembling even in a cold sweat. Emperor Zuko, who had just arrived at the palace, immediately headed to the Queen's room and saw the Queen's condition, feeling strange because he had never seen his wife as weak as this except when Tsukiko disappeared.

It took a lot of fire spirit energy and soul to heal his wife, as well as the required medicinal ingredients were difficult to obtain as well as the process to go through was so heavy and very difficult to carry out. It is not easy to treat the current Queen because similar events in the past have consumed half of her life energy, if this is to be done again there is a possibility that the Queen's life will be threatened.