ROYALTY: The Lord of the Glorious Water Element
ONE: REAL POWER

Slowly, the 15-year-old's eyes opened wide, revealing her beautiful light blue eyeballs. Waking up in the middle of the forest, next to the rushing river, he felt the peace from the gurgling sound of water and the wind that was blowing fiercely.

Confused by his circumstances, the young man circulated his gaze and tried to recognize his surroundings, but only the stranger he knew. One question came to his mind. 'Why am I in this place?'

No one can answer that question, only nature knows how it can be in the middle of the forest. Unfortunately, nature can't tell you what really happened to her. Nature is a silent witness for him.

He tried to stand up, but his whole body was stiff and helpless. Grasping the grass with great difficulty, he groaned as the pain assaulted his limbs. Something miraculous suddenly appeared, a light blue-colored magical energy enveloped his skin and transformed it magically into a brighter and white, from before he had a mature brown skin. The young man regained his senses, his skin changed, and only a wide cloth remained that enveloped the lower part of his body.

"I why!? Where's my clothes!?" the monologue was panicked.

"Aarrgghh, why am I so hard to stand!?" he tried to stand up, but it was very difficult.

The grass under his body seemed to grip him very tightly. The more he moved, the more stiff and hard his body became. The young man was resigned and his breath was breathless.

Something miraculous again enveloped the young man's body. The magical energy was blue in color, lifting his body into the air slowly. The young man was perplexed as he looked at his body which was shrouded in magical power. Floating in the air, he saw his body slowly being enveloped by a beautiful light blue robe with a white accent on the inside.

Between bewilderment and awe created something that rippled in his heart. "Wow, is this a miracle?" his monologue while watching the light blue robe that covered his body to the ankles.

Then he accidentally moved his right hand to coincide with the direction of the nearby river. A miracle appeared, the river water that was originally calm suddenly rippled following the movement of the young man's right hand.

"What's this!?" He was shocked to learn of the water ball floating above his palm. "Why is this water following the movement of my hand? So amazing!" she said with bright sparkling eyes.

Then an idea popped up in his brain, he wanted to try to make a move like a magician when doing a power trial. The teenager did a beautiful movement in the air, his body still floating in the air but he was not aware of it. It was like stepping on the ground.

Two water balls are now moving in the movement of his hand, from the right side, then to the left side. By closing the eyes and focusing the teenager can create a beautiful water pattern, forming a circle that surrounds his body. When his eyes opened, he was shocked to see that the water ball in his hand had already formed a circle on his body.

"Wow, this is magical. I can't imagine, how did this happen? Do I have the power of water?" his monologue while watching his two palms were faintly bright blue in color.

"But how is it possible?" he said he still couldn't believe what had just happened. He believed that this was not a dream, because he could feel the softness of the air that hit his face.

When the boy lowered his head down, he was surprised, only to realize that he was still floating in the air.

"God!! Aaaa." He fell down, when he was about to touch the grass, suddenly created a water bubble that became his body base so as not to collide directly with the hard ground. His heart was racing but also relieved. "Huuhh, congratulations."

"Do I have to try again? I still don't believe." Then the teenager rose from the grass. He ran towards the East, approaching the riverbank. To believe whether his strength was truly real, he had to prove it straight in plain sight.

"Well, I'll do a perfunctory move," the monologue. Then he moved his right hand towards the river then pointed upwards, and 'Boomm', the river water rippled and formed a wave of water that pointed upwards according to the movement of the young man's hand.

"It's magical" he was amazed to see his power.

"I'll try again!" he said with spirit. Then he did a dance move. Very miraculously, the river water again followed the movement of the two hands of the young man and danced in the air beautifully. Every now and then the young man's face splashed with water moving through the air.

"Hey, I can't believe this is real!!" he was very happy before the end...

"WAKE UP!! Get up!!" shouted a middle-aged woman dressed in her usual manner while pounding the feet of the young man sleeping on the weathered bed.

Instantly the fifteen-year-old young man who was still enjoying his dream woke up by force and his breathing was irregular. The middle-aged woman who saw this became angry.

"Yes, Mom. I just woke up. Wait a minute, I'll go to the bathroom first." The young man answered his mother's words with annoyance.

Such was his fate every day, his mother always spoke loudly and snapped at him every time she spoke to him. Very rarely did his mother be gentle with him. The young man and his mother lived in a state of deprivation. From a young teenage boy named Roni never felt the affection of a father. He's been orphaned since he was a baby.

Roni and her mother live in the suburb of Eldoria's Reach which is within the realm of the Kingdom of Eldoria. The kingdom led by King Aric Shadowcaster. A cruel and selfish leader, more self-centered and noble than a small people like Roni and his mother. Therefore, the center of Eldoria City was only inhabited by nobles, people with an upper-middle economy were still allowed to visit the city center but could not live there. While commoners and poor people were strictly prohibited from visiting let alone living in the city center, they were all exiled to the outskirts of Eldoria City and given restrictions, any territory that could be touched.

The Kingdom of Eldoria was divided into three regions where each region was inhabited by nobles, upper-middle-class economic people, and commoners. The nobles live in the center of the city, the middle-class people live in the middle of the border between the city center and the suburbs. Commoners and the poor lived in the suburbs.

Roni is not the only young man living in the outskirts of Eldoria. There were fifteen young men who were an average of fifteen years old, pitting fate in the suburbs that did little to make their fortunes change in terms of the economy.

Roni and his two other friends were forced daily to sell fruits in a market located in the middle-class people's territory. Luckily they still allowed the commoners to visit their place. Roni has a field of mango trees that are not as large, but enough to help her and her mother to buy necessities every day.

"I'm so sultry, can we go to the river for a second?" roni said to two friends named Evelyn and Elan.

Princess Evelyn is a fourteen-year-old girl, and Elan Airlangga is a fifteen-year-old boy, the same age as Roni. The three of them have been friends since childhood. Their friendship until now remains well established.

"Of course, I'm also very sultry" Evelyn said, curling her long hair.

"I'm ready to swim in the cold waters of the river. Ahahah," said Elan making a joke.

"Hahah, of course," Roni replied with a joke as well.

In the afternoon every day finished trading in the market, Roni, Evelyn and Elan always took their time to play together in the river that still entered the territory of the middle people. On the outskirts of the city there is no river, there is only a shabby place.

"Hey, do you believe me? Last night I dreamed I could control the water" Roni said, taking off her clothes and leaving behind a cloth covering her lower body. He was preparing to swim in the river water is quite clear.

"Well, I don't believe it at all" Evelyn replied laughing.

"If you dream, I believe it, but if it's the truth I don't believe it, hahahha..." Elan replied in jest. Then the teenage boy took off his clothes, just like Roni.

"Indeed, I was just dreaming. But what about reality?" Roni.

"No way" Evelyn answered, playing on the riverbank.

"Here you go, let's just go for a swim. I was impatient, " said Elan then jumped into the water, creating a surging water ripple.

"Look if you don't believe me. Look it!" Roni just playfully moved her hand towards the river and then pointed it upwards, just like she did in her dream. Unexpectedly, something miraculous appeared, the river water slightly surged upwards following the movements of his hands.

This elicited a stupendous reaction between Evelyn and Elan. "How can you do it!?"

Roni fainted from something unexpected. That was all beyond his expectations.

"RONI!!" Evelyn and Elan are panicking.

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