Finding Stardust

He couldn't allow it!

Xion closed his eyes and exerted all his energy.

When he opened his eyes again, time had stopped.

Everyone in the chapel froze in their positions. Even a leaf floating in from the window seemed motionless in midair.

Nothing and no one could move, except the Time Master.

Xion walked over to Emma who was standing frozen near the exit. Her hands seemed to be preparing to receive the attacks from Joren and Lora. Her beautiful topaz eyes looked fearless.

Xion stood before her, and his eyes were glued to her face. For the first time, he could look at the girl's beautiful face to his heart's content.

Before, he had to watch what he was doing and avoid looking at her for too long. Not only because he knew his best friend was easily jealous, but Xion also didn't want her to know how he felt about her.

"Oh, Emma .. what should I do with you?" Xion muttered to himself.

His usually happy and nonchalant attitude was nowhere to be found. In fact, the man looked like he was carrying the world on his shoulders. Last night he was even crying on Aeron's shoulder while drinking wine until he was drunk.

Xion did not understand why he must fall in love with the same woman as his own best friend. Therius was like a brother to him. Xion was even willing to die for him.

But somehow... once Emma came between them, Xion sometimes hoped he and Therius were not friends.

How much better it would have been if he and Therius had never known each other. It was really hard for him to see the woman he loved marrying his own best friend.

Xion could not follow Aeron's advice and fled back to the mountain, avoiding this wedding ceremony, for he feared Therius would be suspicious of him. What would he say to Therius if his friend confronted him?

Their friendship would be broken because of a woman.

It's so embarrassing. He could not let that happen.

Xion closed his eyes and held back his own feelings. The man tried to pull himself together and made a decision.

This would be the last time he met Emma Stardust. Once all the commotion was over, he would go away. Only after he managed to forget the girl, would Xion return. He didn't know if that would ever happen.

Now ... he had to help Therius and Emma solve their problems.

Xion opened his eyes and looked at Emma lovingly. He raised his right hand and touched Emma's face gently. He was very tempted to kiss the beautiful red lips. She looked, oh.. especially beautiful today in her wedding attire.

Xion quickly raised his hand and created a very long and sharp ice needle. As a level-8 cryomancer, this was an easy thing to do for him. With all his might, the man stabbed the ice needle into King Cassius' heart and pulled it out. A drop of blood was seen at the end of the needle.

Xion cleaned the blood from the needle and destroyed it. No one could see the evidence and nobody would know that King Cassius' heart was bleeding inside.

Soon ... the king would become really sick, and after two days, he would die.

Xion never told anyone that telemancers were not the only people who could kill secretly.

Time Master too.

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The king's guards brought Emma into a big travs, parked in the courtyard. Joren and Lora went inside to guard her and make sure she would not wake up and make a fuss. The flying vehicle immediately darted to the sky and disappeared from view.

King Cassius boarded his magnificent pegasus carriage and he signaled for Therius to ride with him.

"Let me go!" Therius snapped at the two guards who were holding him down. "Where are you taking Emma?"

"Prince Licht. I advise you not to make a fuss here. Let us check what happened and confirm everything. If Emma is indeed pregnant with your child, then the punishment for her will be postponed. We must wait for the baby to be born," King Cassius said firmly. "We can't let my great-grandchild die with its mother."

"Grandpa, Emma is innocent. She is just a level-three mage, I am a level-ten mage. Even though she is a telemancer, she is very untrained. She is not a threat to anyone. She doesn't control me or anything. My feelings for her are sincere. I really love her." Therius repeatedly begged his grandfather.

King Cassius waved impatiently, and Ken immediately pushed Therius to get on the carriage. He then sat down next to the prince, with Sashi sat on Therius' other side.

Once they were all in, the six pegasuses that pulled the king's carriage flapped their beautiful wings together. Soon, the carriage flew into the sky, followed by several other carriages and many guards riding on pegasus back.

"It is impossible for you to love that girl so much ... you just met her. After all, which man does not want to have two wives? Just now, when you refused to marry Yldwyn, I can see all Emma Stardust's plans. Apparently, she wants to control Akkadia by controlling you. She is just as cunning as her mother ..." said King Cassius with regret. Again he became reminded of Arreya's betrayal, and his countenance changed into anger.

Why did he soften up and accepted Emma to marry his beloved grandson? It was dangerous to let the girl become the queen of Akkadia, given the history of her parents' betrayal.

Therius was silent when he heard his grandfather's words. He could not explain that his love for Emma was sincere, and it had grown for a long time. He was also not at all interested in having two wives because he did not love Yldwyn. 

He did not need many women just to satisfy his sexual needs. That's too superficial. However, it was useless for him to explain to his grandfather various reasons why they shouldn't suspect Emma of any crime, just because she was a telemancer.

Ahh ... Emma, ​​why are you lying and claiming to be pregnant? The royal doctor will soon find out that you are lying.

Therius realized they did not have much time at all. He must immediately kill his grandfather and put an end to all this.

He stared at his grandfather for a long time. Secretly, he apologized for loving Emma more than his grandfather. Therius would be an unfilial grandson by killing his own grandfather ... 

But, Therius realized, he had chosen Emma Stardust. The girl's grief was his grief. The girl's revenge, now also had become his revenge.

Therius tried to attack King Cassius' nerves secretly, but before he could do it, the man realized that the king was bleeding in his heart. The wound was small but it was very deep. As a sanomancer, he could see this wound that even doctors might miss.

The young man frowned in astonishment.

Who had hurt the king?

Slowly he looked back and saw the pegasus carriages following them. In one of the carriages, several king's guards were detaining his men and Xion.

Did ... Xion do that?

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From the author:

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