Yubin woke up from her deep slumber, she gripped her hands on the ground and balance herself. Her eyes spark, it's like she keeps waking up in a nightmare over and over again.
Beside where she woke up was Cortez's face, the kid who didn't sleep since yesterday can't even make a single wink. He's tired and exhausted and both of them, Cortez and Yubin were hungry.
Yubin moan as pain took over her small muscles, she was used to these things but of course, she misses the bed she woke up to as the Queen's Guests.
"Those scums haven't made a move since yesterday, I don't know what reason are they trying to keep us here for," Cortez mumbles to himself while Yubin looked at him.
"I don't know why they wanted to abduct me, so sorry if you were caught with my affairs." She felt sadden because to her Cortez seem to be complaining and he might also be regretful of saving her.
Cortez looked at her and he smirked. "It's not like I didn't want to do it, to begin with, do you think I'm a coward to leave a frail girl like yourself to be abducted under my watch, I'm no coward." He started messing with her hair and he smile, this changed Yubin's way of understanding him.
"Okey... "
"So, tell me more about you, to where you came from." Cortez change the topic as soon as Yubin fell deeply in silence, he thought maybe changing the topic should change the mood a little bit.
"I can't remember but what I remember is that I have no family, my father was killed by the friends I mentioned yesterday. I was left to take the blame for his death, and the people assume me for that murder and decided to sell me off." Cortez's face went into silence as he fake his chuckle and regretted asking her homeland.
He thought... She must have had a rough life... And decided to end the conversation when he rather talks about himself than this girl's life who seems to be very tragic.
"You know in East, in the kingdom where I live, I meant. A small cottage on the deep forest of that kingdom a lonely old men lives, his one of my pe--- he's a friend, and I remember him saying that the words speak sharper than a knife and that he taught me how to wield a sword as I was a kid." When Cortez was a small kid, a little age of 6 to 7-years-old, around the same time when he was a run-away prince, he meet a man former to a name 'Shiga' in their language it means 'Foe of Owl' that man taught him how to fight and survive the land he possesses.
Yubin was fascinated by his story and decided to ask. "What kind of place is your homeland? " She asked.
"A place of majestic treasures but full of pain and tragic events. A land-only battle was intended and land always been targeted by mere bandits, that is the land I came from, a country where I was born." He spoke while tightly gripping his fingers hand, imitating the words he spoke as if he were a soldier with flows.
The author who made this novel 'Lost Queen' has not designed such deep history that does not conclude the events happening of that pov of the 'Lost Queen'. However, the author has also include histories of other continents that are priced based on the continent 'Asia' concluded only the East Continents which was a targeted war of the West.
The author came out of a third view to showcase this history so it will be surprising to know-how based the language of the East has been using. One cannot tell which country was aspired for the author to create such a masterpiece.
Yubin who found the book fascinating always escaped the events acquiring the information of the history, lost books of tales, and an ancient civilization that happens a while ago. Yubin hated studying and hated lines that is not concerning the main story she had read.
Yubin smirked but she smile. "The East must have lots of cherry blooming trees. " That's right, just like in Asia there should be blooming sakura tree's because this East that was mentioned is just like Asia.
"What's that? -- ah you mean, those blooded trees?"
Blooded Trees is the name given to the tree that the author came up with, not just because the tree is just like a sakura tree but the petals it bloom is made of blooded colors. Yubin looked awkward for asking that, she didn't realize the name must be different (it's just a based after all) Yubin suddenly chuckled, laughing at her misunderstanding.
"Blooded trees are many in my kingdom, those trees have a lot of history to be called by that so they also usually bloom, only within summer that it blooms and winter that it grows." Yubin was speechless at what he told and then she suddenly thought what!? Before glaring at him once more to ensure he is not playing with fire on her.
"However, despite the unnatural blooming of that tree, within the night it blooms and within the shadow, it arises. It is a beautiful tree at night, so I am pleased to see it that way." Cortez said trying to remove her confusing expression that she didn't realize that she put on.
"Ahh, okay, what about your sweets there? " Okey, that is definitely because she's hungry right? Yup, she's growling from even thinking about foods.
"Uhm, in my-- the kingdom I came, they have this very delicious sweet called 'Mocha' mixed with bread and cookies, thought normal sweets is I cannot call. Uhm, it's very different to this kingdom, that is the only thing I can say." What can Cortez say but that, it is true that those are only just the normal sweets that might also be in this kingdom's desert? or maybe not.
"Hmm, I see, it's a normal sweet. Never mind the question, I can't even relate." Once she was done talking, she and Cortez were startled when the only door in front of them opened appearing one man who dress casually like a commoner.
"Tsk looks like this assess has woken up, now it's time to get your butts up! You'll be meeting with the slave trader." The man spits on the ground before saying those making Yubin put on a shiver.
It is because of that 'Slave Trader' a place she was most afraid of without anything to talk to. She started shaking and then sweats overtook her body because fear has conquered her mind.
Cortez looked at her, he was suddenly surprised by the expression Yubin has to give, it was nothing but fear and she's shaking non-stop. He looked at the man and he suddenly stood up, despite his injuries, he was able to take a stand.
"You bastard! Let us out of here or I'll kick your ass again!" Cortez shouted but the man seems to have not heard him, instead he looked at him and he smirked before he spits again looking at Cortez with nothing but greed.
"Asshole, how dare you ignore me like this. I will teach you a lesson!" Cortez lost his cool and tried fighting this man heads on despite the lack of energy to use his kick again. However, as soon as Cortez took a few steps to punch him, he was sent flying with the man who kicked him off.
He went flying back to the wall, breaking the wall, and blood spill on Cortez's mouth. He started coughing trying to endure the pain, as he was about to take a look at the man, he already held a whip in his hand.
"Stupid kids, your going to be a damn slave yet your still resisting. I will punish you for attacking me, little shit." Yubin saw how tired Cortez was and he was coughing blood from hitting the wall, he can't stand but his trying.
Yubin remembers that he might die from doing those things. When the man was about to whip him, Yubin didn't hesitate to run towards him, grabbing Cortez's little hands, hugging him tightly under her soft chest and the whip hit her back non-stop.
Cortez didn't see that to come, Yubin's shout was echoing through the dark chambers, yet Cortez was numb to move and his system isn't functioning well. Yubin's dress was torn, blood spill on her back, and deep scars took over her body. It was horrible scars, one can tell, it has huge cuts and then small cuts.
She cried but was still able to take few more hits until of course, Cortez was able to look at her as her grips freed him. It was that moment, the last hit that the man took made Yubin looked at Cortez and she smile, it was the moment she lost her consciousness and fell on Cortez's hands.
"Hmph, punk, so you wanted to take the hit for yourself to save an ass huh, not fun anymore--"
Cortez lost his mind as soon as he heard Yubin's last word before losing consciousness. She said 'take care' before Cortez's aura become darker. His mind lost control and heavy wind slushes through the entire chamber forcing the man to hold on to something before he will be the impact of that wind.
"You! Dare to make fun of our suffering." Cortez mumbles and the wind become heavier than before, it was an overwhelming wind coming from a 'mere child' under his palm, he holds Yubin lifting her in a princess type and he looked at the man.
"You dare to insult me, I am Cortez Katsuki, prince of Katsuki Kingdom. You dare, you a mere abductor dare to lift your weapon into a prince's face! You've just taken your ticket to the hell!" He was angered, he was very angry that the wind suddenly started rampaging.
The man felt chill and he started being aware of the man he just messed with, he started knowing his not going to give his mercy looking at his burning eye's trying to send him to hell itself. It was that moment he felt he wanted to laugh but cannot find he breathe to laugh.
"Kira my wind spirit, bring my anger upon those who took me ungrateful, within the gods who bestowed the Wind Spirit Kira, bring me the honor and bring me the justice to those who fall under my grips, you are granted to berserk my spirit." He mumbled to himself, however, that mumbled is not as what the man thought, he was talking to the spirit rampaging in this chamber, a spirit made for war, and a spirit is given by the gods that the East has worshiped.
In this world, there are different ways to be able to use magic, but those methods are separated from traditions created by the ancestors of each country to know the difference between magic that is nurtured and magic that is been blessed and given to those who's needing it.
Cortez is one of those blessed mages, he is borrowing a spirit's magic and worship a God so he could continue using and borrowing their magic. Some people have nurtured with magic, but they have many limiters as a mage, and those are other people who are being given that kind of magic -give and not birthed- it's more complicated if it's not even being explained.
Cortez took Yubin in his grip while walking through the open door where the man left it open. When the man was about to approach them, stopping him from leaving, he give that man a losing hope of life as the man's body was surrounded with blades and shredding created by the wind, and that wind cut through every each of that man's skin until his blood losses from the berserks of those spirits.
Cortez continued walking, he passes through those other men but they were been killed by his winds. He just walk his way through the exit of that disgusting place until he reaches that exist.
Esmia looked at her husband, then he looked at the heavy rain that overtook the kingdom. It was so heavy that it stopped them from leaving the castles wall, Esmia looked at her knights before looking at Finn.
He seem horrible since yesterday, well she can't be as horrible as he is. Finn has done everything to find her, he used every informations and checked everything under the kingdom but that don't help them find her, he was looking down on his power as a Lord. Finn was trying to endure the pain of losing a person he cared about, it was like a torn on his neck trying to blame himself.
"The rain suddenly came out, this feels unnatural. Rain is rare in this kingdom, I'm very not pleased that it suddenly came out." The Queen, Esmia mumbled to herself trying to convince herself that she can find her alive.