Princess Seraphina
CHAPTRE 39

Ariel seemed hesitant about answering the difficult question, but she tried to explain, "Seraphina, I don't mean to hide anything from you. But if you want an explanation, I'll tell you when we're home."

After hearing Ariel's reply, Seraphina dampened her anger. Then, he touched Safy's forehead with his index finger. Magic streams slowly gushed into the mind, towards Safy's subconscious. This process took quite a long time, until the original nature of Safy reappeared. Seeing Seraphina standing in front of him, still wearing a battle suit, Safy immediately prostrated.

"Mr Princess, I'm sorry. I will bear all the blame because 22 people have been executed, and the culprit is myself." Then Safy put his sword in front of Seraphina's feet. "In the name of King Zorg and Queen Sera, I am ready to be put to death" he said, prostrating himself.

While Safy was still prostrating, Seraphina knelt in front of him. A few drops of water from above fell onto the sword blade located right in front of his head. When Safy tried to look at her, it turned out that Seraphina was crying with sadness emanating on her face, tears rushing down her cheeks. Gently, Safy pushed the sword forward, but this action instead made him even more sad.

"Impossible! Punishing you alone never, how could I possibly carry out the death sentence against my own loyal servant."

Safy could not bear to see Seraphina so sad, so he got up and hugged her. Guilt tore Safy's heart apart, this was the first time in his life that he made Seraphina cry like that.

Seraphina's cries invited the spirits from all over to gather around the two of them, the clouds in the sky gathered together until the entire island where they lived was filled with cloudy clouds. Suddenly, from behind Seraphina, Aldi put his suit on her and wiped Seraphina's tears with a tissue.

"Phina, shall we go home? The cloud is so dark, it may soon rain" Aldi said while covering Seraphina in his coat.

Finally Seraphina started to calm down, her crying stopped. He looked towards Aldi. Her eyes were still teary and her face was flushed from crying for quite a long time.

"Hmm?" seraphina replied, still in a heavy mood to speak.

Aldi smiled to see his reaction, then he knelt in front of Seraphina while sticking out his little finger. "There's nothing to worry about anymore, this whole thing is over. Nor will I spread anything about today's events, about how you protected me and healed my hand. I swear."

Seraphina began to think for a moment, considering all the risks that would arise if the event was spread to the public. However, his hand moved by itself. Feelings from the heart move the body to give an answer to the oath, and they both hold each other's little promise. Of course, it made Seraphina feel strange, as she did not feel any awkwardness. It was only the sincerity of heart that he felt impeccably.

That way, they all together headed home. Jacob was arrested helplessly and taken to a hospital, then tried in a trial.

When Jacob was given the opportunity to plead, he argued that he had not done what he had been charged with. Jacob also shows his agreement with Seraphina, along with their signatures. However, the judge did not believe it just like that, and the paper of the agreement was instantly torn into small pieces. Then the judge asked Arvin's opinion to determine the appropriate punishment.

Arvin, with all the evidence he had gathered with great difficulty, suggested that the punishment given was the death penalty. Eventually, during that trial, Jacob was sentenced to death.

The drive home in Aldi's car, where they all, including Ariel and Safy, share one car. Many conversations took place during the trip, until they finally arrived at their destination.

Aldi deftly parked his car in the yard of Seraphina's house, while the others entered the house first. Safy swiftly arranged the sofa in the living room, creating a comfortable atmosphere. After all had gathered, Aldi returned the Seraphina bag and then decided to go home.

Inside the house, the three of them sat together without saying much. Almost 2 hours passed in silence, before Seraphina finally decided to start the conversation.

"Explain to me, Ariel. You promised to give us an explanation when we got home. Now, give me your explanation," Seraphina asked firmly.

"Okay" Ariel replied, and she began to explain.

(Ariel recounts the beginning of everything, which began before the reign of King Zorg. The leader of the kingdom at that time was King Vinn, a man of respected strength and war strategy and considered capable of dealing with dozens of attacks from several allied kingdoms. King Vinn's war power and wisdom is not a mere myth; he is even willing to sacrifice his own conscience in order to protect his people from suffering. King Vinn took decisive and unreasonable measures, forcing every soldier in his kingdom to train their mental and physical to the utmost extent.

After all these strenuous exercises proved successful and his kingdom was almost entirely protected from enemy attacks, King Vinn began issuing various new orders, especially those that were secret inside the palace.

During King Vinn's 60-year reign, he was eventually succeeded by King Zorg. King Zorg's reign was different, not using cruel strategies against his troops. This made the kingdom's defenses weaker, and when war broke out, his kingdom began to be threatened. With the enemy alliance numbering over 500 thousand, while King Zorg only had 50 thousand troops, his kingdom was on the verge of collapse. Tens of thousands of people were killed in attacks from various directions, but the secret rule from the reign of King Vinn still prevailed, and this prevented the enemy from achieving its goal. In fact, the war generals of the four enemy alliances were killed in a surprise attack from the palace servants, so the enemies were forced to retreat.

The Zorg King then found out about this secret rule. It was written that all the servants of the palace, including the servants, were obliged to undergo training as special forces. The training was extreme, involving their mental and physical development.

There are two aspects of mental training that must be mastered by the servants. First, they had to withstand the harsh words and harsh treatment of the butler, and second, the harsh treatment of the butler, they must be able to deal with extremely harsh pressures as well as remain steadfast without being affected by any influence.