Elysian Tale: Flare of Frost

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People don't change. Their mask just falls off. That's a fact people refused to believe but just say they changed because of their experiences in life. Experiences reveals who you are, and once you realized it that's when your mask falls off. You became a different person than before. 

 Here the four elegant queens of the continents sat in a rounded table at the center of the Institute's private royal meeting hall. They've heard the truth coming from the Fire Continent's queen. They were left awfully flabbergasted upon hearing it like it was the most horrifying joke and ridiculous thing they've ever heard for once in their whole entire life.

They were not able to talk for a moment as they process the information she dropped like a massive bomb. It was all a lie, all conspiracy. What are they going to do about it now?

"All this time you hid it from us?" Queen Vernice from the Gravil Continent blurted out.

"Here we are thinking Faxara was the one who rebelled and go against us. But it was all a lie? What do you take us for?" Ariadnne, Queen of the Air Continent said as she gasped in disbelief. Hindi ito makapaniwalang tinago sa kaniya ang napakalaking bagay na 'yon.

"I felt you're hiding something from us but I din't know it was this big." Winter, Queen of the Water continent commented with a smug look on her face. If there's one thing she hated the most that is hiding big problems from her. She's mad and furious. How dare they?

"You are all dumb and cowards!" She lost her calm personality this time. Water maybe calm, but nobody knows what's going on in the shallows. They were silent, hearing what she said. 

The Water Continent's queen is known for being calm, graceful, and understanding out of all the queens. The last thing people would want her is being mad. 

"Does being the most powerful mage makes you someone so evil? How can you judge him when he did nothing but to love someone? He didn't even harm anyone nor bring calamity in our lands! How can you be so impulsive?" Hinampas ng reyna ang kamay sa mesa matapos niya itong sabihin.

Nagulat ang mga ito. She had a point. As a matter of fact, she's right. Paano mo magagawang hatulan na masama ang isang tao dahil lang sa kadahilanang siya ang pinakamakapangyarihan sa lahat. 

"How can we judge him? It's because he's an Omnilock! The power of Omnipotence is within him! Faxara is my elder sister! The princess of the Fire Tribe! The King of all Kings in an unknown continent and the princess of our land! What if he use her to spy  us and-" Queen Frinn was not able to finish his words when Queen Winter interrupted her. 

"How ironic! Natatakot kayong gamitin niya ang kapangyarihan niya upang sakupin tayo kaya inunahan niyo siya even if he had no intention to do that in the first place! As you said he is an Omnilock, he probably know Elysian Empire existed centuries ago! But he didn't do anything and let things be!" she then heaved a deep breath.

"Napaka-bobo niyo!" The Water Queen got no chill. 

"You made an enemy of your own. You used his love and his child against him, killed his people, annihilated thousand of lives, you ruined his land and yet he lived and survived. After all the things you did, you expect him to stay silent and just let things be? You must be some special kind of stupid people!" 

Nakayuko  ang dalawa pang reyna. They're listening to the queen's words. The words they want to speak but cannot fully address them with such an audacity. Only Queen Frinn was brave enough to chin up. Tanging ito lamang ang may kakayahang salubungin ang matalas na tingin at dila ng reyna.