The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
Twenty-nine (29)

In the spacious study, King Shavir sat in his chair reviewing the state documents he had signed, a sign of approval. There's no one around him. His personal bodyguard, Creed, has been evicted by him ever since he entered his study. Despite his expulsion, Creed stood to the right of King Shavir's door, guarding his master.

Meanwhile, the sound of paper flipping was heard in every corner of the room.

However, moments later, King Shavir suddenly stopped his activities. His mind was focused on someone. A few questions flashed through his mind.

"Why could that be?" muttered King Shavir, asking himself.

She's confused. At that moment, he clearly saw with his own eyes that his daughter's hair had changed color. But then, when he visited her again, her hair color changed as before. That confused him.

"What the hell is going on?"

However, how hard he tried, there was still no answer to his questions.

"This means, all this time there's been someone tricking me. But, who?"

King Shavir's voice changed, sounding terrifying.

"If I find that man, I will tear his body apart, and I will hang him in front of the royal gate. Just watch out."

Along with his words, his hands clenched.

"But, before that, I have to find out who that person is," he said with determination.

Then, King Shavir closed his eyes, trying to find a clue, after which his eyes opened.

Then, his bright purple eyes stared blankly at the documents of his work that were on his desk, while his mind wandered, and finally stopped at a painful memory for him.

At that time, winter struck the Evergard Kingdom region. Extremely cold snow covered houses and streets in the capital and in the countryside.

It was February, the day King Shavir and his army went to war against the neighboring kingdom of Risteard. The war was triggered by the nobles of the Kingdom of Risteard who monopolized the trading market of the Kingdom of Evergard, resulting in some villages in the territory of the Kingdom of Evergard experiencing poverty, half the people who were there died of starvation.

While King Shavir was away at war, Dhemiel, then 2 years old, was left in the palace with his mother.

The conditions in the queen's palace are not in good shape. In that snowy winter, Queen Alexa was in labor. The baby she had been carrying for nine months was about to come out, causing the servants to pacing the queen's palace, the female royal doctor was assigned to handle the delivery.

When King Shavir returned to the kingdom, it was already night. His mood at the time was not good. He was very depressed because he could not accompany his wife in critical moments. From then on, his grudge against the Risteard Kingdom appeared.

As he stepped foot towards Everlexa― Palace the name of the queen's palace―a gripping silence became the atmosphere in that place. Slender. There was no one wandering there, not even the servants were in sight. Anxiety and fear suddenly struck King Shavir's heart, he sped up his pace, followed by Creed who was behind him.

When the two men arrived at the queen's room, the pungent smell of blood filled her sense of smell. The sound of a baby crying is heard, taking over the attention of King Shavir and Creed.

On the floor of the room, Dhemiel's figure was lying there with his eyes closed, in his arms was a crying baby, their bodies were both tainted with a deep red blood.

That horrifying sight made King Shavir's expression turn dark. Eve killed the strong one out of her body.

Undoubtedly, when he and his army were at war, the Kingdom of Evergard was being attacked by a group of unknown people. It could be concluded that the incident was a massacre against the royal family. Fortunately, Dhemiel and the newborn survived. However, what was painful, the queen was not there with the royal servants and doctors. They can't be found anywhere.

Afterwards, a spy force is deployed by King Shavir in every corner of the country, hoping to find traces of his wife. But unfortunately, that hope never materialized, until now.

"Bright...."

Breathing out of King Shavir's lips. When he recalled that memory, his heart was filled with deep sadness.

"The child's true form .. was never imagined by me. Should I change the plan I made back then?"

The reason why King Shavir never loved his youngest son, it was because he did not want the events that happened five years ago to reoccur. His love for his wife caused him to lose his life partner. If he loves his son the way he loves his wife, then most likely it will happen again.

King Shavir doesn't talk to Dhemiel very often either. He would chat with the child at dinner together, or when Xylia asked him to chat with Dhemiel, then he would chat with the child.

So far, there has been no sneak assault on the palace involving members of the royal family, giving her gratitude. However, the longer the feeling of loneliness entered his heart and grew there.

His desire was only to protect his children, yet it also made him despised by his own son. At least, Dhemiel does not hate him, because the boy knows and still remembers the terrible tragedy that happened five years ago. But it was different with his daughter, Stella. At the time, she was still a baby, so she still had no memory of the incident, and ironically it made her despised by her own daughter.

"I have to change my plan" he said firmly.

He was tired of this loneliness. Now, she has to change her plans, she has to give attention and affection to her children. If the events of five years ago happened again, then all he had to do was protect his children. This time, he would not lose his loved ones again.

After setting his new life goal, King Shavir gazed at the door of his study, then called someone, "Creed."

The door of his study was opened, revealing the figure of a man with light blue hair standing there.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Creed replied.

King Shavir gave the order.

"Rediscover the tragedy that occurred five years ago at Everlexa Palace. This time, the investigation plan will change. Investigate the activities that the nobles did when the incident happened."

King Shavir's instincts say that the events of five years ago were related to the nobles living under his watch.

It was impossible that his enemies would only hurt his wife and not the heir to the throne or his newborn son. Moreover, King Shavir knew his enemies well, they had high self-esteem, so it was impossible if they harmed a woman.

If so, then the people who should be suspected are the nobles who are in the territory of his kingdom. It would make sense if a noble hurt his wife and left a bloody impression on the atmosphere around his children back then, it could be considered as an ambition to obtain the royal throne.

Hearing his master's orders, Creed nodded obediently.

"Okay, Your Majesty," he replied firmly.

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Ever since Stella gave Xylia permission to visit her palace whenever the girl wanted, Xylia became more frequent to her palace, even almost every day.

Now, the scene where Stella, Xylia, and Zhio were all in the same room was no longer unfamiliar.

When Xylia and Zhio come to visit, then Suzy will prepare some plates of snacks, after which leave them.

"So, why are you coming back?" stella asked straight to the point.

He stared flatly at the two people, irritated. Again, again, and again, the time to read the book again was interrupted due to the presence of the two people.

"We just want to visit the Princess!"

Xylia answered cheerfully, not caring about Stella's flat gaze directed at her. The little girl turned her head towards Zhio, then smiled.

"Right, isn't it, Zhio?"

"... Yes," replied Zhio reluctantly.

Obviously, he's lying. How could he possibly answer that Xylia dragged him here by force? It would make his pride as a magician drop to the lowest point.

'The same reason again,' Inner Stella, was fed up with that reason.

When Stella was about to say that she would not allow Xylia and Zhio to come to her palace again, someone came with wide strides, as well as her sweet smile.

"Stella, Stella!"

The person called out to Stella in an excited tone. Again, Stella stared flatly at the man.

"Come on, we're going around again!!" continue with enthusiasm.

By the way, in addition to Xylia and Zhio who often come to his palace, his brother, Dhemiel, also so often visit him....

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TBCS!