The Legend Of Diavolos
"I forgot!" Xavier's hug made her remember her goal again.
"Forget what?"
"I have something to tell you, this is so terrible!"
"What's so terrible?" Xavier looked at her who looked very enthusiastic.
"Earlier in the garden, I saw flowers burning and there was a boy sitting on a tree and-" because she was too excited, her breathing became irregular. This is one of her bad habits, which is panicking too much.
"And what? Try to calm yourself down! Your face is so red. Let's sit down!" Xavier asked his twin sister to calm down because she was not being chased by anything.
"I've calmed down,"
"All right, then tell me!" These two twins really have very different personalities, even though Seraphina is a little older than Xavier, but she looks like a younger sister.
"Earlier, when I joined the meeting with Father, Mother and Grandmother. It seemed like there was a little commotion-"
"The commotion over what?"
"I don't understand, what I heard is the King of the State what is the name, hmm...What fo-" she said thoughtfully.
"Fotia?"
"Ah yes, Fotia! I heard that the meeting was to discuss the issue of the peace agreement. Then, because of the small commotion I asked permission to go to the toilet, I couldn't stand it, I almost peed on my pants, hahaha..." she laughed innocently. Prince Xavier was forced to be patient waiting for the essence of the story that Seraphina wanted to tell.
"Sera, you are-" he thought. He became worried thinking about how the teachers who taught her to study, it would take extra patience to deal with it.
"I ran, Mother almost told Noel and Rony to accompany me. I immediately refused. You know why?"
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to escape from that boring meeting, hahaha..." Seraphina laughed out loud, she really enjoyed jokes like that. Unlike other noble descendants, she loves freedom and wants to live as an ordinary person without being bound by the rules of the palace.
"So, you got away?" Asked Xavier who had always been a loyal listener.
"Yes, but when I passed the lavender garden. You know what I saw?"
"She's doing it again!" Xavier thought.
"Oh yes? What did you see?"
"The fire, the fire that burns the lavender flowers,"
"Really? Who burned it?"
“That's the problem, I'm so confused,” her cheerful face turned gloomy, each remembering the murderous gaze of the black-haired boy with very striking eye color.
Seraphina was silent for a moment, thinking about how she would explain what happened to Xavier. The flames that suddenly appeared and disappeared miraculously were completely beyond her imagination. She does not know what the real world is like.
"Why are you silent? What happened?"
"I met a strange boy, he was sitting in a tree, looking at me with a creepy gaze. I feel, I'm so scared,"
"Boy? what's he doing up in the tree?"
"I don't know what he was doing, when he looked at me, suddenly a fire appeared burning the flowers around me. The longer the fire got bigger. The more I was scared, the more threatening his eyes became,"
"Did he say something?"
"No, he didn't say anything."
"What happened next? He attacked you?"
"No, when I was limp and sat down, I thought maybe at that time I would burn to death. But, the boy jumped from the tree, actually I'm not sure whether he jumped or flew,"
"What? You mean he flew, did you?"
"I can't remember, what is clear he looked at me for a while and then just walked away," just by telling what happened, made cold sweat pouring down. For her, it is the most terrifying thing she has ever experienced in your nearly 9 years of life.
"Who put out the fire?"
"The fire goes out by itself,"
"Really? How come?" Apparently, not only Seraphina felt the oddity, Xavier did too.
"I'm not sure, but when that boy left me, the fire just suddenly disappear."
"So, you mean that boy did it? He seemed to have the power to control fire, didn't he?"
"Can you guess? I'm not even really sure he did it. But looking at the weirdness that's going on, I can only guess,"
"I don't think your guess is wrong. I've read a book about the legend of diavolos,"
"Diavolos, what is it?"
"The king of demons or fiery demon inhabiting the largest volcano in the world inhabiting the land of Fotia,"
"So, there is such a thing?"
"I don't know, whether it is real or just folklore. But in that book it tells about how the ancestors of The Fotia conquered the king diavolos whose power was so terrible,"
"How terrible?"
"Its power can control all volcanoes in the world. It can certainly cause terrible destruction,"
"Impossible " Seraphina swallowed hard, she couldn't imagine what if all the volcanoes in the world erupted simultaneously.
"That means diavolos is cruel, right?"
"The devil is definitely cruel, but the more violent ones are humans who are willing to make a pact with them,"
"Why do humans make a pact with the devil?"
"Of course to get many things, such as vast and fertile land, strength, wealth and power,"
"They gave it away for free?"
"I don't think there is such a thing as unconditional gift in this world. If you make an agreement, of course there is a risk that must be borne,"
"For example?"
"By surrendering their souls to the demons,"
"Is the story real?" She asked, the more she knew, the more fear she felt. She did not know that there are humans who actually sell their souls to demons.
"I don't know, but it might be true, if what you experienced this morning was really the boy's doing. Given that the guests who came to Evangelia were members of the kingdom of Fotia who according to the story were people who had made a pact with diavolos."
"If the story is true, I don't know what will happen. But, can all the people from the Kingdom of Fotia be able to control the fire?"
"No, according to the books I have read, diavolos only sealed one person who came from the descendants of the first king who led Fotia or the king who made a treaty with diavolos. The seal as a sign that the king diavolos inhabited the human body also gave him terrible strength,"
Seraphina was silent, even though she did not really understand the essence of what Xavier had said. However, one thing she was sure of that the mysterious boy, of course received the diavolos seal if the story written in the book was really true.
"Don't worry, because it's still a legend. Whether it's true or not, it is the adults who know it,"
"But, why did Evangelia make a peace treaty with Fotia? Have we ever fought with them?"
"Yes, we have had several wars with Fotia and Edafos,"
"Edafos? I never heard of it?"
"Edafos is one of the three great nations currently leading the civilization, apart from Evangelia and Fotia. They are also a strong and dangerous country,"
"I don't understand, why do we have to fight with them?"
"Of course to prove who is the strongest and has the right to lead civilization,"
"Just because of that?"
"There may be other reasons we don't know."
They looked at each other and thought the same about what was happening in the outside world that they didn't know. War and power, maybe just a few of the thousands of realities they have to live with in this cruel world.
"We have never even seen the world outside the palace," said Seraphina. She was aware that her current scope was only around the palaces in Evangelia, even she had never mingled with people outside the palace.
"You're right, we never got a chance to see the outside world,"
"I want to try it,"
"What are you trying?"
"Go out of the palace and meet a lot of people. I'll do it!"
"Are you sure? You know we are not allowed out of the palace without the knowledge of the King and Mother,"
"But, why aren't we allowed? What's the problem?"
"Because it would be dangerous to meet a bad person, because the King's children could potentially be kidnapped. We can't go outside the palace without an escort."
"Xavier,"
"What ?"
"You don't want to go? We can go together for a while to see what the world outside the palace is like. I also want to have friends," Seraphina lay on the bed staring at the ceiling. Her mind was filled with the desire to see the outside world and meet many people.
Xavier was silent and watched his twin sister's face for a moment, Seraphina looks very lively and radiant. Xavier was grateful that he was the one with this disease, not Seraphina.
"I think we can, ugh-" as soon as he finished his sentence, the painful attack was felt again, pressing very hard into his veins.
"Xavier? are you sick?" Seraphina who saw Xavier reaction suddenly grabbed his chest began to worry, it always happened every time his illness recurred and made Xavier go back to undergoing treatment for days.
"Ugh-" Xavier groaned in pain, the pain was very difficult to endure.
"Xavier, please hang on! I'll get Doctor Franz, wait a minute!" She said as he ran outside and sought help.
"Xavier, hold on please! I beg you."