Finding Stardust

Therius just nodded lightly at the singer.

"Aeron," he said in a calm voice. Even though he didn't show it on the surface, but actually

Therius was very amused to see Aeron looking as if he was speechless. He understood that his friend must be very confused. How could it be that the Therius Moria whom he had known for many years at the academy was the prince of Licht Wolfland who was now King Licht Wolfland?

Ahh ... if their schoolmates find out about this, there would be an uproar. Imagine ... the Akkadian king himself was someone they used to hang out with in the same school.

"Sir, I want to thank you for creating such a beautiful song about my parents," said Emma, ​​stirring up Aeron from his reverie. "I really like your song."

Aeron bowed gracefully to Emma and smiled broadly. "I am very happy, Your Majesty likes the song made by a lowly folk like me."

When he looked up and looked back at Therius, his astonished expression could no longer be hidden.

"Do you have anything to say?" asked Therius. He knew Aeron was very curious about him but felt reluctant to voice his questions because... they were no longer people from the same level. Aeron was a commoner, and he was the king.

"You ... are really Therius?" asked Aeron in a hesitant voice. "I apologize if Your Majesty finds me presumptuous."

Therius nodded. "I am indeed Therius. We met at the academy and study together for several years."

A shocked sigh came out from Aeron's lips. This knowledge was too shocking for him. He asked again, "But.. why?"

He wanted to ask why Therius hid his identity when he was at the academy, but the man couldn't finish his sentence. He was still too shocked.

"You mean, why did I use another identity?" asked Therius. The flamboyant man nodded. Therius shrugged. "Because, if I used my true identity, you would treat me differently. I don't like it. After all, you know for yourself that the royal family is very reclusive. I don't want my privacy to be violated if people find out I went to the academy."

Aeron finally nodded in understanding. He could understand Therius' position. Even without his identity as the crown prince back then, he was already very popular in the academy, especially among the female students.

'Wow, too bad Lady Aderra didn't know Therius was the crown prince of Akkadia. She really loved Therius.' thought Aeron to himself. "She was forced to cut ties because her parents only wanted her to marry a noble."

Emma frowned as she read Aeron's mind and heard another girl's name mentioned. She turned to Therius and narrowed her eyes.

'Who is Lady Aderra?' she asked in a flat voice. "How many lovers did you have in the academy?"

Lady Aderra, Lady Miriam, there was also the beautiful Lodina ... and a few other names. Therius was involved with them because he was a normal man, after all.

Even though he was not a playboy like Aeron and was not good at dealing with women, the girls love chasing him, and who would say no to a free ride?

But, really, no one filled his heart like Emma. He didn't even remember those girls at all after leaving the academy.

He was too busy with politics and how he could secure his position as the future king. Besides, before he met Emma, ​​he had thought about marrying Yldwyn of Terren for political reasons.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" asked Aeron, amazed when he heard Therius say 'eh'. He thought the king was talking to him.

"My husband is just wondering if you are still in touch with the friends from the academy," said Emma briskly. She pinched Therius' hand under the table. "Like ... um, Lady Adera and Lady Miriam. Do you know how they are now?"

Therius felt his heart drop to the ground when he heard Emma's words. Ouch, this is the downside of having a telemancer wife. She could easily find out all his secrets from other people.

The immediately regretted inviting Aeron to come to his birthday party. Emma could find out all about his past during his academy days. Although, he never had a serious lover, Therius was not a virgin who never slept with women. He, of course, had his own history with women in the past.

Ugh ... indeed Xion was the best friend he could ever have. Xion was such a powerful mage that it was impossible for Emma to invade his mind and read his heart. Really, this Aeron was useless. He could only seduce women.

'Those were in the past and happened before I met you,' said Therius in a tone of despair. Somehow, he was tempted to slam Aeron to the floor with aeromancy and make him get a concussion to lose his memory.

Aeron looked around him and spoke in a hushed voice. "Actually, I saw Lady Aderra coming to this party with her parents. Recently, their family got the honor and moved to the capital. That's why they were able to attend the king's birthday party."

"Oh, really?" asked Emma in a crisp voice. She glanced at Therius and almost laughed at her husband's expression. "I think we need to meet Lady Aderra's family."

She was just kidding. She wasn't really serious about making Therius uncomfortable. Since it was her husband's birthday, Emma just felt the need to prank him a little. His expression just now was priceless!

After all, if Therius confessed his identity to his former schoolmates at the academy, people would know that there was a royal family member who attended school there using another identity, just like what Princess Arreya did. It would be bad for Emma if she wanted to enter the academy in disguise, because people might suspect her too.

Therius sighed at Emma's words. 'That's a long time ago. I was young then.'

Emma nodded and finally smiled broadly. 'I know. I was just teasing you.'

Instantly, Therius became stunned by the broad smile on his wife's face. He could hardly believe his own eyesight. Was it true that Emma could joke like this? She even smiled broadly.

Therius recalled how sad Emma had been for months and she barely smiled. Now she looked so bright and was even smiling. 

Ah ... this made Therius very happy. Maybe this was a sign that Emma was slowly recovering from her sadness.

The king took Emma's hand and squeezed it gently.

"You startled me," he said honestly.

Emma just shrugged. "I know it was all in the past. The important thing is you are now with me."

Emma's words reminded Therius himself that Haoran was also a thing of the past. What mattered now was that Emma was with him. Didn't Emma's life with Haoran help shape Emma into who she was today?

Therius realized he had to stop being secretly jealous of Haoran and begin to relax about his relationship with Emma. Haoran was gone and he would never return.

Her topaz eyes gleamed as Therius flashed his rare, broad smile and revealed a pair of dimples on his face.

The sight in front of him made Aeron both amazed and envious. Ahh .. he really envied Therius, oh his name now was King Licht Wolfland. Aeron could see how much his schoolmate was now in love.

Aeron could get any girl he wanted, but he had never been in love. He didn't know how it felt.

Sometimes love made him curious. All this time, he could only admire other people's love stories and write them into touching songs. However, he had never felt what it was like to fall in love.

Therius turned to Aeron. "I hope you don't tell anyone about my identity. The reason I opened it to you is that I would often invite you to appear at the capital."

Aeron nodded quickly. "Of course not, Therius ... uh, Your Majesty."

"Good."

Aeron looked back at Emma and thought, maybe this girl was really a special woman to make Therius and Xion fall in love at the same time. He recalled the night of the last Three Moon Fire Festival when Xion drank with him until he got drunk and cried because of his heartbreak.

By the way, where was Xion now? Why wasn't he at his best friend's birthday?