The Prince's Beloved Servant

Aire's Cemetery

Zenzen sat on the edge of the waterfall while occasionally throwing small stones into the water to produce waves. I don't know how long he's been there waiting for Yuri. So excited to meet the daughter of Grafin, Zenzen until it came before dawn. However, until the sun had risen perfectly, Yuri had not yet come. He was quite upset to feel he had been lied to.

At first, he did not like Yuri. According to him the mixtus were a people who were more despicable than ordinary elves. They exist because of the karma of the actions of parents who oppose destiny. Seeing Yuri's changed appearance, her heart instantly melted. A whole new age this time he saw an ordinary elf who was beautiful above average like Yuri. Because the aura of beauty was commonly possessed by elves of the nobility and kingdoms.

Although Yuri had lost her aura, the remains of a goddess-like beauty passed down from her mother were so radiated. No wonder many young villagers liked him, including him. Zenzen has the power to make his friends give up. When he said he was interested in Yuri, they immediately gave up and promised to become loyal supporters. Zenzen's martial ability was actually tolerable, it was just that he had indeed spent time on being a rogue elf, never seriously using his martial skills.

Zenzen listened to something coming through the wind. Something came closer to him.

Srews!

Zenzen pulled out his sword. It turned out that he had managed to resist the attack from Yuri who had emerged from the direction of the bushes using his sword.

"Your reflexes are good too" Yuri said, lowering her sword.

Zenzen was excited to see Yuri's presence. He jumped down from the rock. "I thought you were lying to me and it won't come" he said.

"I'm the one who keeps the promise. Are you going to do the same?"

"That's why I came to this place" Zenzen said.

There is a reason alone that makes Yuri want to hone his fighting skills. He realized, Yuri's life path in the future will be more difficult than before. Although it has been separated from the stranglehold of Asteria, but does not guarantee that Yuri will be reunited with his destiny, getting slander which eventually becomes a way of death for him.

It will make Yuri a mixtus in the best version. If the Yuri who used to be just a weak, oppressed, and helpless person, then he will turn him into a brave and determined figure to face the problem.

Zenzen began to swing his sword giving light movements that were easily overcome by Yuri. As the ability of the woman increases, she will increase the intensity of her attack speed. The silent morning was turned into noise by the friction of both of their weapons.

Yuri's ability was recognized by Zenzen quite decent. She thought she could do nothing but hide behind the fence. His father is famous as the best sword producer. However, Grafin himself could not fight properly.

Yuri dropped her body to the ground while trying to catch her breath. Training in war really made him tired. But, he was satisfied to compensate for the attack that Zenzen gave.

"Are we done now?" Zenzen smiled watching Yuri.

"Give me a moment to breathe" Yuri said as she continued to catch her breath.

"Your body stamina still sucks. You should practice more often so you don't get tired" Zenzen suggested. He will like it because then he can meet with Yuri more often.

"Hey! The chieftain's son!" call Yuri.

Zenzen. "Call me Zenzen. Why do you call me that?" He doesn't like that kind of call.

"Why indeed? You are indeed the son of the chief, right? People also like to call me his daughter Grafin."

"If everyone else is okay. As long as it's not you. Just call me Zenzen." He sat back on the rock throwing water with small stones.

Zenzen didn't want to answer that question. He prefers to continue his activities throwing stones into the water.

Yuri laughed a little. "We don't want to answer?"

"Sometimes people can hate or like someone for no reason. There are rumors that the presence of mixtus in a village can bring misfortune to the village" replied Zenzen.

"What rumors were eventually proved."

"Yes. This village used to be one of the targets of destruction by the ogres. Many people died. Until the kingdom intervened to fight to drive them back to the mountainous region. Your mother also died from that."

Zenzen rose from his seat to his horse. He set his feet up on it. "Do you want me to show you your mother's grave?" tanyakanya.

Yuri immediately woke up.

"Your father must have never taken you there, right? I know the place."

Without thinking any longer, Yuri went up on her horse and followed where Zenzen was going. While in the village, Yuri forgot to ask her mother's final resting place.

The journey that we took felt quite long. Yuri just followed the direction of the Zenzen horse's movements that seemed to have not stopped. They had to pass through a dense and moist forest filled with moss that was on the trunk of the tree. The place is pretty scary even though the sun is still high.

The longer they were the more they entered an area like a dead forest. The trees there had no leaves, only logs and branches. Occasionally seen wild animals that pass but return to hiding when they see their arrival.

Zenzen slowed his horse. Yuri could catch up and juxtapose the horse beside her.

"We are in the forest of Necros, the site of the great battle that was fought between the elves and the ogres. Many elves died here."

Yuri looked around. It was like a burning place until there was still smoke coming out of the ground. Even the smoke that appeared until it covered the sky above it, became a barrier to the sunlight that wanted to enter. If heard carefully, stung by faint screams. He himself had the creeps to imagine the no-no.

'There can't be ghosts here, right? Like the novel I read the genre is not horror, Yuri's inner self. He imagined there was a kind of zombie that appeared from the direction of darkness or kuntilanak that flew in the sky.

Zenzen continues to take Yuri through the forest, until they can finally get out of there. After passing through the dense trees, they reached the edge of a very steep gorge. Its depth cannot be measured because it is covered in thick clouds below.

"There!" Zenzen pointed towards the corner of the monument covered by shrubs and creeping plants. It's on the right right right at the edge of the gorge.

Yuri approached with her horse. He went down to see his mother's final resting place. He removed the shrubbery that covered the memorial until he found the writing there. The writing uses strange letters of the elves, but strangely Yuri can read the writing smoothly.

Here dwells the body of the elves of the heroic female knights who bravely defeated the ogres in a great battle in the forest of Necros

May your soul rest in peace

Raseye Aire