The human girl had finally decided to accept the sun prince's love. But the vicious queen was willing to do whatever it took to separate them.
At this moment, in the garden of the Bovias Empire, the queen was hosting the fairies of the great families.
"We heard that the third prince has finally lost his virginity. I want to know what kind of sacred bloodline he united with."
The fairies chattered among themselves, all believing that the queen surely knew the answer. But the queen only gave a cold smile. "Even if she is descended from the gods, so what? In the end, Orizio will only marry the woman we have chosen for him."
As she spoke, she glanced at the girl beside her. "Do you disagree?"
Tara, who had been singled out by the queen, was momentarily stunned. Then she said without betraying emotion, "Why not see for yourselves on the day of the new moon festival? What matters is what his highness himself thinks."
The queen raised the wine glass in her hand. "I hope every one of you present will join us. Let us bless Prince Orizio for truly having his first woman. The brightest treasure of the Bovias Empire has finally made his choice."
Soon the banquet ended, and the queen tapped the table unhappily, signaling for Tara to follow. She then brought Tara back to her own palace. The moment they entered the room, Tara violently hurled the crown from her head onto the marble floor.
"If his highness had chosen a fairy from the Pyros family, I would not have felt this bad. How could he give his chastity to a nobody?"
"Tara. Orizio will eventually marry you. You have nothing to worry about." The queen picked up a glass of wine and sat down on the sofa. In a tone of certainty, she said, "The current Orizio is nothing more than a loyal dog at Sol's side, and I will also do everything I can to make him belong to you."
After Luciana was held by Orizio all night as he slept, she unexpectedly developed a fever. The next day, Nicole was frantic. "Lord Gino, this is all your fault. She must have gotten sick because she carried you up the mountain the whole way."
Hearing this, Gino hurriedly shouted, "I never asked her to carry me."
At that moment, the mage, having heard the commotion, appeared. "What's wrong?"
Nicole hurriedly said, "Please help us."
Then the mage stepped forward and touched the girl's forehead. And just like that, the diagnosis was finished. "It's only fatigue. Give her some hibiscus tea with cinnamon in it, and she will recover soon."
Seeing this, Nicole looked somewhat bewildered. "Are you sure?"
The mage nodded. "I'll go prepare the tea. I should still have some herbs here."
With that, he turned and left. Unexpectedly, he caught sight of the bookshelf at the side and was instantly startled. What is going on? Looking at the neatly organized scrolls before him, the mage finally understood how Luciana had fallen ill. So he said to Nicole, "Once our clever little girl recovers, lessons can begin."
Very soon, Luciana woke up after drinking the flower tea. "Is it raining?"
Hearing movement, Nicole immediately brightened up. "How are you feeling? Your fever seems to have gone down."
The first thing Luciana said after waking up was, "Where is his highness?"
Nicole replied, "I think he should be in his own palace. We arrived at the mage's cave yesterday, remember?"
But Luciana had clearly felt Orizio's presence last night. So could it have only been a dream?
The girl suddenly sat up. "Where is Lord Gino?"
Hearing this, Nicole said with obvious disdain, "Who cares where that vicious old man is?"
As it happened, Gino heard that just as he came in. "What were you hoping? Something would happen to me?" Without even bothering to wipe the rainwater off himself, Gino walked straight toward Luciana. "Here."
The girl asked in confusion, "What is this?"
Gino looked smug. "I brought you your favorite papyrus. I remember you asked his highness for an entire mountain of papyrus."
Nicole looked speechless. "Why would you bring papyrus? Apples would have made more sense."
Just then, a voice came from outside the door. "Little ice fairy, has Miss Luciana woken up yet?"
Hearing this, Nicole froze for a moment, finally remembering that the mage had said Luciana's lessons were about to begin. So she quickly grabbed the girl's hand and led her to the mage. But the scene before her still left Luciana completely stunned. The mage merely switched his hands a few times and turned several silver threads into a silver bowl. It was simply amazing. Luciana stared in shock, her little mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg.
The mage turned to Luciana. "Would you like to try?"
But before the girl could answer, Gino, standing to the side, frowned and said angrily, "I asked you to turn her into a goddess, not into a blacksmith."
But the mage was not flustered in the slightest. "Let them say whatever they want. It does not matter, and the world will regard Miss Luciana as a descendant of the goddess Cersea. They will realize that she learned how to forge metal bowls from you."
Hearing this, Gino waved his hand helplessly. "First of all, I have no interest in any of this at all. Second, Cersea is the goddess of stone."
Nicole, puffing up her little cheeks at the side, was still seriously thinking about what could possibly be wrong with stone.
The mage completely ignored Gino's words and turned to Luciana, whose face clearly said, I want to learn.
"Little girl, follow me."
"All right."
"First, like this, then like this."
In less than a moment, a lifelike silver flower appeared in the girl's hand. The two fairies present were both dumbfounded and instantly became Luciana's number one fans. "It's so beautiful. Really."
Seeing this, the mage also showed his satisfaction with a bright white smile and patted the girl on the shoulder. "His highness visited me last night. I will do everything I can and not disappoint his expectations."
Hearing this, Luciana was startled for a moment, and her little face instantly turned red. His highness came here last night. So it was not a dream.
Today was the day for the three of them to set out on the journey back, but that man still had not appeared. At that moment, the rain outside the cave kept pouring down. The mage brought over a basket of dried amber so that they could keep warm while going down the mountain in the storm.