Book 12.1: Chapter 12
What Lucia went through in the Shadow Squad was a mystery. In any case, Lucia successfully completed the training with excellent results and became one of their best warriors. After all, compared to other elves, Lucia was stronger with her Wind Elves buff. Vyvyan didn’t believe the Wind Elves would provide an ordinary girl with buffs. She was unaware of their reason. Regardless, she could only watch the grown up young boy and girl passionately embrace.
The young boy was no longer in the body of a child. He grew up in the last few years. His face changed. His slightly chubby face was refined and exuded the aura of a man. His physique was somewhat slim, but he didn’t look fragile. He had gentle eyes and the Galadriel Tribe’s unique handsome characteristics. That led to word of the handsome appearance of the Prince spreading beyond the palace. There were even young girls who were willing to work as maids to see the Prince.
Lucia was no longer an ignorant young girl. She carried herself as a soldier after undergoing the training in the Shadow Squad. Additionally, her slender body was more enchanting; after all, the Shadow Squad often required members to be able to take on all sorts of strange postures. For convenience sake, she didn’t keep her long hair. Still, her short hair look combined with her petite body made her look cuter and prettier. She maintained her habits as a young girl. Makeup was not encouraged in the Shadow Squad, but she’d still secretly prepare makeup. At the end of the day, she was a young girl outside of work. Nevertheless, her face was cute even without makeup in the first place. She was the most eye-catching member with the guys even during her normal days in the squad.
After that day, the two rarely met. It was hard for those in the Shadow Squad to interact with those from the outside world. Despite missing each other, they only got to see each other every now and then. Not even the Prince could interrupt her training plan. Similarly, Lucia couldn’t have special privileges just because she had connections.
Lucia trained diligently after that day. She spent more time and effort than others. Troy also began to get serious. He studied various things pertaining to how the Galadriel Tribe managed the elves. His request to learn swordplay was denied. Nonetheless, he went and desperately learned it, too.
Vyvyan was extremely against Troy learning swordplay. She hoped he’d be able to remain by her side as a pure child who didn’t have to worry about nothing as he did in the past. She knew he’d discover that the world wasn’t as blissful as he thought once he interacted with it. She knew the cage of bliss she built for him would shatter. She never expected a clumsy girl, who entered her flower garden by accident, would take her bird from her cage. Her heart painfully throbbed, but she also knew it was too late for her to kill the girl, as her son had engraved the young girl in his heart. He was bound to be in despair and pain if he didn’t see his Lucia.
Vyvyan never let her son down before, and she definitely didn’t want for him to be in despair and pain. She once experienced the despair of losing a loved one. She was adamant on never letting her son experience the same tragedy. Vyvyan couldn’t kill Lucia, and she couldn’t go back on her word, either, in consideration of her dignity. As a result, all that she could do was blankly watch the two tightly embrace.
The two childhood friends, who’d been apart for several years, were finally reunited. They both wanted to show the version of themselves upon reuniting. Lucia could finally protect her Prince Troy, while Troy was no longer a kid in his mom’s shelter. The two tightly embraced as they felt each other’s familiar, yet distant, warmth. Lucia leaned onto Troy’s chest and looked at the crowd applauding them with a shy, yet blissful, smile. She tightly hugged her lover. She didn’t know what love was in the past, but she finally learnt what it was. She wanted to be in Troy’s embrace, smiling blissfully.
Her love was finally successful. She had loved Troy for almost ten years. Her love for him never changed ever since she was a child until, while Troy equally missed her. She was in the arms of the man she loved. She didn’t want to budge in his arms nor did she want to go anywhere. She just wanted to float in his gentleness forever.