“I-I can’t go like this… I-I can’t leave my ministers like that… Leave my hand,” Neridia shouted as she freed her hand from Seafern’s grasp.

“Lady Tidalia… I am not going anywhere; I am going to stay here,” Neridia shouted as she looked at Tidalia. 𝘪𝘦.𝘤𝑜

Crack-Crack

Suddenly, two more glasses broke, and more dark creatures rushed inside the Royal court from each side.

“Azura… Use everything you have. Everyone, get your best weapons and skills out of your pockets… We have a long way to go,” Drakon spoke as he pulled out his wand and started shooting water bullets towards the dark creatures.

Every single minister started fighting the dark creatures, and the Royal guards rushed into the Royal Court with their weapons.

Tidalia walked up to Neridia and touched her face with both of her hands.

“Your cheeks feel like my daughter’s cheeks. She would’ve looked just like you if she would’ve been alive today,” Tidalia spoke as she squeezed Neridia’s cheeks slightly and gave her a big smile.

“Please, please… Let me stay and help you guys. Sob-Sob Please… I-I can’t run away from this… Sob-Sob. If I ran away today, Father will say that I was a coward who ran away when her people needed her help. Sob-Sob,” Neridia spoke as she started crying.

Tidalia hugged Neridia and whispered something into her ears, “The one who runs away is not always a coward, darling. Run today and hide; you will have to wait for the perfect opportunity to strike again, just like a lion does. Do you understand?”

“Y-Yes Sob-Sob,” Neridia replied as she hugged Tidalia tightly.

“Now, go and listen to everything Seafern says, okay?” Tidalia spoke.

“Yes…” Neridia replied as she immediately left with Seafern.

“Now, now… What is going on here?” Tidalia asked as she turned around and noticed that out of 11 ministers, two were already dead.

“Madam Tidalia… We need your help,” Drakon spoke as he got surrounded by many dark creatures.

“You guys won’t let this old woman retire, will you?” Tidalia spoke as she flickered her hand slowly, and every single dark creature inside the room turned into ashes. But this took a heavy toll on her body.

As soon as Tidalia used this spell, she felt her knees getting weaker and weaker. After some time, blood started coming out of her mouth.

“Madam Tidalia.” Both Azura and Drakon rushed up to her and grabbed her body.

“I-I am alright… Just some old age problems,” Tidalia spoke.

“I know I shouldn’t be saying this, but that was **ing cool,” Drakon spoke.

“Yeah, I mean… That was **ing awesome, Madam Tidalia,” Azura spoke.

Suddenly, more dark creatures rushed inside the room. This time, they rushed towards Tidalia, as they noticed that she is a big threat to them right now.

“Well, well… If I am going to die, I better die with my glory,” Tidalia spoke as she picked her wand up from the ground, pointed it towards the ceiling, and started chanting.

“The mother of all, the creator of all, ‘Goddess Aqua’ bless your child with your powers to put up one last fight before death embraces me into its cold arms,” Tidalia spoke as her wand started shining, and she returned back to her peak condition once again for a short period.

“S-She looks beautiful…” Azura spoke.

“She really does… I wonder, why did the king marry our Queen’s mother instead of her,” Drakon spoke.

Boooom

Baaam

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

In between these loud noises of explosions, Neridia and Seafern are making their way towards the back of the castle.

Suddenly, some dark creatures noticed this and started following them silently.

“What was that promise that Lady Lidia was talking about?” Neridia asked as she looked at Seafern.

“There was a promise that I made to your father on the day you were born… Lady Lidia was there as well,” Seafern spoke.

“What was the promise?” Neridia asked.

“I will tell you when the right time comes. Move fast; we don’t have time,” Seafern replied as he continued to walk ahead.

Neridia followed Seafern without wasting any time and continued to cry.

After walking for about 12 minutes, both of them reached the back of her castle, where a carriage was waiting for them.

The carriage was covered with algae and black paint. It was an emergency carriage that was drawn by two giant seahorses.

Seafern went ahead and freed one of the seahorses from the carriage.

“Here. You know how to ride a seahorse, right?” Seafern asked.

“I-I have ridden a trained seahorse…” Neridia spoke.

“Good.”

“Only once…” Neridia added.

“No problem; that’s enough to get the basics. Just get on his back,” Seafer spoke.

“You are coming with me, right?” Neridia asked.

“Yes, I am com-” Before Seafern could’ve completed his sentence, he felt something.

Seafern stopped talking and started staring towards the hallway that they just came from.

“What happened, Seafern?” Neridia.

“I am not coming with you, my Queen… But, you have what it takes to survive, and I believe you,” Seafern spoke.

“N-No… Seafern, you can’t do this to me. I-I will not be able to do this without you,” Neridia spoke with a very stressed expression.

“My Queen, listen to me… You are a very brave girl. Here… AHHHHHHHHHH….” Seafern spoke as he gouged out both of his eyes from his eye sockets and pressed them together.

“S-Seafern… What are you doing?” Neridia asked with a scared expression.

As soon as Seafern pressed his eyes together, a metallic pendant was formed into his hand that looked just like a metallic eye.

“Here… My eyes will always keep an eye on you,” Seafer spoke as he smiled and pulled out a piece of black cloth from his pocket and covered his empty eye sockets with it.

“S-Seafern… P-Please don’t die,” Neridia spoke as she hugged Seafern.

“The promise was to keep you alive at any cost, no matter… What I lose. Go now… Ticth” Seafern spoke as he slapped the seahorse, and it started running away with Neridia.

Seafern then pulled out his blades once again and started walking towards the hallway.

Craawwwwwww

Suddenly, many dark creatures started coming out of the hall.

“Die, you filthy creatures,” Seafern spoke with a disgusted expression as he started running towards the dark creatures with his blades.

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