Chapter 8 Revelations

Rico opened his eyes as he hear some murmurs around him, he look around and to his surprise he was in his child-like form around 4-5 years old alone in an empty room. He saw a shadow through the room’s door half-opened. He walk slowly and take a peek outside, he was shock to see a queen fighting someone as she pulled a sword from a gilded scabbard. Rico heard the queen shouted her husband’s name in a shrieking way. Rico could feel the horror in the atmosphere and he wanted to look at the enemy’s face. He slowly opened the door and saw the king’s head cut off and lifted by a huge man with his face covered in a red cape. The strange man’s evil laugh was heard all over the castle, Rico was so terrified to see a head as blood ooze from the neck.

“No! King Ferru! What have you done to him! You evil king of Veroma! I assure you that you will not be called the greatest king that you wanted because someone will kill you Seres! Someone will!” the queen shouted while she was crying and shouting on her knees. Rico widened his eyes when he heard Seres’ name.

“Well, I see you got a little boy there Queen Sara,” a husky and cold voice said as Rico look up to see Seres approaching him.

“No! Don’t even touch my son!” Queen Sara said as she stands up and blocked Seres on the way.

“Son?” Seres ask as he look around the room and saw a huge painting of the royalties with a baby on the middle, he then realized that the royalties of Samari has a son.

“I see, that’s why you’ve gone too weak because the blue flame is already in him right?” Seres said as he look at Rico with a creepy grin smile on his face.

“Step back son! Close the door!” Queen Sara said as she grasp the sword on her hand. Rico froze in fear as he tried to move his little body but seems like he can’t, he wanted to fight.

“Rico! Close the door now!” his mother repeated but he can’t move even his fingers.

When suddenly Seres flamed up and struck the queen’s body with his red fire, the queen spits blood as she kneeled down, she manage to stand up and run towards Seres avoiding his flames. Queen Sara saw an opening to struck Seres, but when she go through her way she felt a burning sensation that slides past through her waist. She felt an unending pain on her waist as her flesh tears apart, she manage to enter the opening and slide the sword on Seres’ chest making a huge slit on his skin as blood splattered on the wall. Seres shouts in pain, but Queen Sara kneeled down slowly as Rico saw blood soaking up on her mother’s cloth. Queen Sara look back at him with tears on her eyes and a smile on her lips.

“No!” Rico shouted as he tried to move.

“Rico, avenge the kingdom.” That’s her mother’s last words. Rico watched his mother’s body slowly detached and Seres continued to burn her.

“No!” Rico shouted again as tears run from his cheek. He look up and see Seres’ face still covered in red cape.

“Rico huh? I see. You should supposed to be the future king of Samari,” Seres said as Rico give him a glare.

“I want to kill you. But I can sense your wondrous power into your tiny body, so what if I’ll just take you and make you an advantage to be one of my sorcerers huh? What do you think?” Seres asked as his deep cold voice makes Rico annoyed and fear him at the same time.

“Damn. This boy is still weak,” Seres said when he heard Rico cried.

“I hate that sound! You need to take a nap,” he said as he covered the young boy’s face by his huge palm then Rico suddenly passed out.

Rico quickly opened his eyes as he heard a knock on the door. He was sweating and catching his breath.

“It’s a memory from a dream,” he said as he hold his chest and keeps on panting. He slowly seats in the huge bed, he look around and was amazed by how wide the room was. The room was painted white and clean. He tried to recall what happened after he passed out during his fight with Seres in Samari, Niffa being grasp in the neck.

“Niffa? Where is Niffa?” he gasp as he run towards the door and quickly opened it but then to his surprise Niffa was standing in front of the door.

“Rico? You’re awake I should suppose to-” Rico suddenly hugged her once again, she felt the burn on her cheek as she hugged him back.

“Are you okay?” she asked as she closed her eyes while Rico caress her head.

“Yes, how about you?” he asked with a shaky voice.

“I’m fine now.”

“I dream about my past, how Seres killed my parents. I saw everything.” Niffa let go of the hugged as she look at Rico’s teary eyes and wiped them.

“Rico, I want you to meet someone.”

They go downstairs, then Rico saw an old man seating in front of a huge and long wooden table with a vacant 10 seats on it.

“Who is he?” Rico ask as they walk downstairs.

“He is Merfoy, the white sorcerer and the ruler of the 5 kingdoms distributed powers.”

“Sit and I will explain everything,” Merfoy said with a straight face as they approach him and took their seats facing him.

“I’m the white-eyed sorcerer Merfoy who lived for almost 1000 years. My father Farghan was the one who created the divisions between 5 kingdoms and gave the royalties each of his flames to rule a peaceful and magical surroundings. My younger brother Seres wanted to become a royalty so he betrayed our father and killed the royalties of Veroma whom my father enthroned the red flame.”

“Younger brother?” asked Niffa as Merfoy nodded.

“Seres is your brother?” Rico asked still couldn’t believe.

“Yes, it was only me and Seres who was left when our father died by passing his flames to the 5 kingdoms he made.” Merfoy seemed to be the strict lecturer without emotions on his face.

“But why Seres wants to become a royalty despite that he is already a powerful sorcerer?” Niffa ask this time.

“He was not contented being a sorcerer and wanted a kingdom on his own, he was also jealous because I’m wiser than him. But sometimes, I blame father from what happened to Seres because he thought Seres was weak while father always compliments me. He became cold hearted so he run away and left, he choosed to ruined Veroma first to get the red flame but he failed and killed the royalties.”

Niffa and Rico was surprise to hear Seres’ past life.

“The black flame was given to the kingdom of Jihilya which is the second kingdom conquered by Seres, he failed to stole the black flame from the royalties but he killed them and made the town people his own. Then my father gave the blue flame to the kingdom of Samari who was once ruled by the ancestor of Queen Sara but Seres killed them again and as the kingdom was abandoned for many years. He failed to get the blue flame again instead, he kidnapped their one and only son who should supposed to be the next king.”

Niffa and Rico look at each other as Rico remembered his dream, he knew it was him.

“The green flame was the strongest flame for it signifies nature and supremacy of all the living things. The parents of Queen Luize ruled the kingdom until their last breath. When Queen Luize married the strongest mortal warrior Morphis, Aldon becomes more powerful and secured but their powers suddenly vanished when their daughter was born and all was passed to her. Again my evil brother declared a bloody war between Aldon and Veroma 10 years ago but he failed to get the green flame upon killing the royalties. The daughter who has the green flame escaped and was not traced by my magic book so I don’t know what happened to her.”

“Magic book? What do you mean by that?” Niffa asked.

“All things that was happening in the 5 kingdoms are all written there, it is being written by itself. My father Farghan entrusted it to me so that I will be aware of what was happening.”

Niffa and Rico look at each other as they felt a little hope to know more about the history of the kingdoms.

“The white flame was given to the kingdom of Thamali, it is the only kingdom that was left untouched by Seres. The royalties lost their powers too as it was passed to their only son but to their grief, their son was lost 40 years ago and they reached me for help. We look for information in the magic book but nothing was written. I promised King Devion and Queen Rui to protect the kingdom until we will find their son.”

“You mean there is a possibility that he is alive?” Rico asked.

“Yes, and I already knew who kidnap him.” Merfoy said sharpening his eyes.

“Who?” Rico asked.

“Seres,” Merfoy said.

“Then why don’t you tell the royalties of Thamali about it?” Niffa asked.

“I’m not sure despite that he is the only enemy that I knew so far,” Merfoy answered.

“But why is that Seres can’t get the flames from the royalties?” Niffa asked again.

“Royalties can only pass their powers to those who have royalty blood. Too sad for Seres we don’t belong to royalties, we are just sorcerers.” Merfoy suddenly stare on the two and sharpen his look as he tried to scan them.

“Your eyes are different young man. I can see a blue soul in you but was covered by flames that does not belong to you,” Merfoy said as Rico widened his eyes from his words.

“What do you mean by that?” he asked.

“The violet flame doesn’t belong to you,” Merfoy said as he keeps on staring on his eyes.

Niffa and Rico gasp as Niffa turned to Rico in confusion. Merfoy approach Rico from his seat and slowly put his right palm in Rico’s forehead as Merfoy close his eyes. Rico was confuse from the sorcerer’s action as he felt the warmness from his palm. This technique was the same from his technique whenever he wants to see someone’s memory like what he did to Eris.

“I see,” Merfoy keeps on repeating as he seek from Rico’s memories. He remove his palm and smiled.

“Rico, so you are once turned by Seres’ into a red eyed-sorcerer. I’m sorry that my brother pass some of red flames to you but thanks to the parents of Queen Luize for passing some of their green flames to you. It was all mixed up, that’s how the red-eyes of yours turned into a violet one. How about you young lady?” Merfoy said as he approach her and place his right palm in her forehead like what he did to Rico.

It took longer for him to see her memories when suddenly Merfoy saw the bright powerful light that she and Rico created which burned the forest. Merfoy quickly remove his palm looking so shocked.

“What’s wrong Merfoy?” Niffa asked.

“The powerful bright light, how did you do it?” he suddenly ask as Rico and Niffa look at each other with frown and confusion on their faces.