The Prince's Beloved Servant

Aire's Story

Yuri stared in amazement at the palace that was before her. The shape is so magnificent as the dream house of everyone who expects heaven. The white-colored palace with giant pillars on the rise above the huge lake seemed to shine though from a distance. A place devoted as the residence of the royal family and the elected nobility. Ordinary elves couldn't stay there unless they got the grace of being a warrior or a palace servant. The selection process is also very strict.

Grafin accidentally stopped his train on the edge of a lake near the palace. He had heard that his daughter wanted to see him. For a moment his heart felt sad and guilt arose. It was he who had erased Yuri's right to be in that place.

"Dad ...."

"Yes?"

"Can you tell me about my mother? And how did you meet?"

Discussing about his dead wife is the same as opening old wounds. "What do you want to know? Your mother was a very beautiful noble elf. Because he fell in love with a midget, he had to get out of the palace and give birth to a child who had no right to bear his noble status." Grafin told it with a sad face.

Yuri walked over to her father. He sat next to her, hugging his father. He forgets that stories about the past will also stifle his father's feelings.

"I love Dad no matter what. I also have no regrets about being born a mixtus" Yuri said.

Grafin smile. "Your tenderness and kindness are very similar to your mother." He was back to remembering the past. "Whether it was a gift or a disaster because of his great kindness that made him have to sacrifice many things." Grafin sighed, trying hard with his dark past.

"Your mother was a very beautiful and shining elf. Her body was tall with her beautiful hair that had the same color as you."

"His beauty cannot be described by her so beautiful words. Even my own daughter is less beautiful than her mother, Aire," ledek Grafin.

Yuri was singing lips. "False Dad too, why so ugly midget. I'm being ugly like Dad" he mocked.

"Hahaha ... he said earlier did not regret being born as a mixtus?" Grafin did not feel offended by his daughter's remarks. He enjoys being a father and son with a bit of a joke. The relationship is not as I used to be.

"Seeing you dress up like this is becoming more and more like Aire" Grafin said. "That strange thing you wear to color your face, but you look even more beautiful." He gently rubbed his daughter's head.

"That means you admit I'm ugly, right?" Yuri returned a manyun.

"When did you say that?" katilah.

Staring at the elf palace made Grafin re-remember his past. "Aire, your mother, was the daughter of the Beatrick nobility who lived in the palace taking care of the food in the palace."

"We, midgets are very comfortable living in areas of the foot of the mountains that tend to have cold air temperatures. Full meals are also available for survival. Unfortunately, the ogres often ravage the settlements of the midgets and carry out massacres. Some still survive, others choose to avoid by entering the territory of the elves."

"The elves are the best people ever. They open their hands wide to accept our presence as long as they are willing to submit to the rules that apply. The elves, who initially had no idea about weaponry, began to learn from our people in creating good weapons."

"Then, when do you and your mom meet?" Yuri cuts the story of the father.

Grafin's gaze stared straight ahead at the palace while re-imagining Aire, his lover. "The first time to see the figure of Aire when the father's village was attacked by midgets. It was the first time father had seen a gallant-looking female elf riding on his horse while holding an arrow bow. The aura of the elves emanating from him was so bright that it was like the walking sun. Every arrow that is glued is always right on the target. To be able to kill the ogres, must shoot it right on the neck so that it is cut off the veins of life."

"So, have you ever met an ogre?" ask Yuri curiously.

Grafin laughed. "Since childhood, fathers have moved around a lot because of their existence. Father had memorized their stench which was very foul and disgusting. If later you smell like rotten meat, immediately hide or run as far as possible. Don't deal with them, Yuri."

Grafin still spends time by the lake while sharing his story with Yuri. The first thing they did after all these years. Yuri who since childhood has had to work in people's place, has her own hatred for her father. He never wanted to be close to the person who had deliberately given it to the nobility to be a servant.

Grafin had his own reasons for removing Yuri from his side. He doesn't want Yuri to daily live with the mockery of society as the son of a midget. Nor does she want Yuri to know who her real mother really is and why she could be born as a despicable mixtus.

Grafin once saved Aire who was wounded during the war. Aire gets a sword cut while fighting the ogres. The graphene that treated Aire for months until it healed. Grafin also gave him a sword as a weapon during battle. From that meeting, the two fell in love. Of course, Aire's decision to marry Grafin was met with great opposition from the Beatrick noble family as well as the royal family.

Prince Emerson, who is currently king, has expressed his intention to marry Aire. The Beatrick nobility has also agreed to it. However, Aire refused to marry the prince. He prefers the Grafin that saved his life.

As a result of Aire's decision, the kingdom had declared war on the midgets. They attacked the midget settlements occupied by Grafin. The government wants to destroy their homes. Nanyn, Aire came to prevent it. He threatened to kill himself if the kingdom dared to attack the guilty. According to him, their problems are only personal matters, not the opposition of two different races. He asked the prince to be pleased because he could not accept his love.

Suicide is the most forbidden thing in the elf kingdom. Eventually, the kingdom surrendered and lifted hostilities with the midgets. As a consequence, Aire was expelled from the kingdom.

Aire lived in seclusion with Grafin received various scorn from the surrounding community due to their decisions that were considered selfish. Grafin, a selfless midget marries a noble elf who becomes a royal pride. Meanwhile, Aire is too naive to fight for her life just for love.

They both try to ignore everyone's words. They were happy enough with the decision to live together. Until finally, a mixtus was born among those who were named Yuri. Their happiness felt more and more complete with the presence of the tiny angel.

Shortly after Yuri's birth, there was a war between the elves and the ogres. Aire, despite having been expelled from the palace, felt her soul summoned as one of the elven knights. He asked Grafin to come down to the battlefield. Aire died trying to defend her people on the battlefield.