Awakening from a Phoenix ( Love and Sacrifice)

4- Arcan

Arcan narrating:

My name is Arcan, in my world

The one of magic I am considered the most powerful king of all ages. I am already 300 years old, I have lived 3 centuries in this land, it is not an easy mission to have to control the world of magic, where the fight for light and darkness is always in battle.

In all my years of reign, I never had a love, just passions, I wonder when my heart will give itself to someone, or something, since I am from the magical kingdom, I have to think about the possibilities of the species.

While my heart remains empty, I have gone through battles, between kingdoms, deaths of extraordinary beings, and despicable beings, in the last great battle I saw almost the world end and be destroyed by two fantastic species, but with the blood and the head it gets too hot.

Wolves and vampires, waged the greatest war ever seen, they destroyed their kingdoms, and one almost wiped out humans, the magical kingdom has always remained neutral in history, but when I saw vampires crossing the line, and fighting for something that didn't belong to them, I decided to help the wolves.

The battle ended in a few days, the vampires returned to the caves from which they should never have left, since it was always their kingdom.

Vampires never forgave us, they hate magic, and in war they promised that one day they would fight back. The king of vampires is older than me, they are 7 centuries old, and he remains preserved, feeding on human blood, something I do not agree with.

But humans have an agreement with vampires, they provide blood bags, preventing the death of their population, and also gaining wealth from it, but human policy is simply incomplete, I already talked to them about it, but they believe they are right. One part of the people, I received money, while the other, dies in extreme poverty. The precious stones, and the gold that the vampire gives in return, only blood remains with the indoctrinated, the rest that turns around.

Wolves are ungrateful beings, after they won the battle, they expelled us from their lands, saying that we had already helped a lot. And just to think that if it weren't for me, everyone would be dead, and only my kingdom would exist in magic.

Sometimes they wonder, should I have let them destroy themselves? They are all unable to thank, or instead of living together.

My kingdom of magic, for example, I divide it there half, literally speaking, there is a part of the light where I stay, and the part of the darkness, where the option always tries to bring me down, but that's not why I set everyone on fire and sent them away.

Everything in this world has to be balanced, and when it comes out of the balance, the destruction of everything is certain. The last war only showed how vulnerable they are all.

After all the events, I promised myself that if I have another war, I will not interfere again, whatever the elements want.

I was sitting on my throne, solving the same old affairs, when I received a human, defender of the kingdom, he handed me a letter, where a couple of friends asked for my presence, to help with a family and political issue.

I know that when I am called, there is always something bad, someone who is dying, or sick, and as the person in their society is important, they want my help.

I told my assistants that I was going out for a while, went to my room and changed my clothes, took the things I knew I was going to need, and teleport to the realm of humans.

I arrived at the mansion of the indoctrinated doctors, took a deep breath for some reason, felt something different at the entrance to that place.

I entered the mansion, my friends asked to wait in the office, it was dark, only the moonlight was lighting the room, when I saw a girl running into the room, I found her cute attitude of trying to get a book, I was going to approach to help, when a woman found it, my heart accelerated when I saw her, her skin was with a unique shine, it seemed until it was blessed by mother moon.

I watched her attitude with the girl, approached her, and talked to her, when I took her hands, something happened, I felt a shock go through my body.

The woman was scared, I was surprised that she put the girl behind her body, and faced me. I gave her a gift, but soon refused.

I was feeling bad for the refusal, so I told him who I was...

She opened her eyes wide, and soon knelt in front of me, holding the book with both hands and raising her arms.

" Lord, king, I am not worthy of magic, well under the talk of you, please take the book, I cannot accept it, and let me go with the girl, I promise we won't bother."

Well, it wasn't that reaction I wanted when I told him that I wanted to be the king.

" Stay calm, and if you get up, you are not one of half subjects to kneel in front of me. What's your name? "

I asked intrigued and delighted by this woman. I helped her to get up, while she was doing that her look found mine, I saw it inside her eyes, and I was mesmerized, it was flames in her eyes, were they on fire?

" My name is Alice, king..."

She said shyly, and in a soft voice, she was calmer, but after what I saw in her eyes, I was nervous, I wanted to take her face, and put it close to mine, and look at her eyes again, see what she calls meant!

When I was approaching her again, the little girl called, said she wanted to go to bed, she handed the book over to me, thanked me, but he said he really couldn't keep a gift, took the girl on his lap, and left the room.

At that moment I felt the energy again, this is what is different in this mansion, it is Alice's energy.

I watched her on the stairs with the girl on her lap, I wanted to go up behind her, ask some questions, but I know it would be inconvenient.

You need to know more about Alice, where she comes from, And as she was raised, she has something that attracts me, something unique special.

When the indoctrinated returned, he was looking at me suspiciously, as if he had decided whether to talk to me or not.

" Well, you called me here, don't waste magic, what is so important that I needed to come in person?"

They asked me to sit down, so they put an old box on my lap, I observed that artifact, I realized I had an old writing, language that had been dead for two centuries, even I understood a little while ago, I didn't get to study her entire story. I know that language was Rare, spoken by a single species on earth.

The species of Real Lare, they have a unique gift, that of seeing the future, prophecies and events. No matter the date, the year, centuries they always got everything right.

Legend has it that at the time a very powerful king attacked him while the night covered the Castle, everyone was killed in their sleep, and the book with the prophecies disappeared, over the decades, parts of the book's prophecies were fulfilled, and when it happened, the person with the book published the page. After many centuries, a statement was made, saying that the book only had one sheet now, the last Prophecy was about the last war, and the birth of a new species, in which she would dominate all kingdoms, or burn them.

I looked at the box carefully, does the last Prophecy have here?

" What's up? You know what's in the box". _ The couple asked curious, I know that their greed is enormous, as well as ego, so for the first time I will omit the artifact.

"It is nothing, just an old box, it can be said that it is a few centuries old, it is old, it was used by simple people to store leaves, books, or something that would help you write".

They made a face of disappointment, thinking that they would make millions from it, and as soon as they know, that it is priceless.

" Well, I suppose you owe me an apology, they took me out of my kingdom for nothing, just an old box. Here's your box".

I handed the box back to them, if I know it well, they will want to get rid of it.

" Do not go to my kingdom without invitations, especially for nothing, next time just send me an objective that I analyze, leave".

I started to open the portal in front of him.

" Wait, king, it's late, stay with us tonight, and that box is a gift for you, for our mistake."

They entered my plan, accepted the invitation, took me to my room, said that another gift would arrive soon, I did not understand what they were talking about.

As soon as they left my room, I went to the box they left on the table, I need to open it and see what's inside it.