The Freezing Game(Preview Only)

Chapter 4 Ice Prince

Chapter 4 Ice Prince

I'd never get used to the temporary blindness that comes with going through a portal. I believe this is because I am a winter fairy, and I inherently dislike light. The fact that I don't perceive anything wrong with Rose every time she jumps through a portal is somehow proof of that.

"You guys are late." An impatient voice waited for us. Though my eyes were still adjusting to my surroundings, I could already guess who it was.

"Sorry, Ace." My sister apologized. "I just cashed in the jewel that you told me to use in case of emergency. The currency in my world is different compared to this realm."

I blinked and rubbed my eyes until my vision finally cleared up. We were in the hallway of the Kingdom of Thalia, which is ruled by the vampire King Nathaniel Denver. He's a really cool guy who likes to spoil me a lot and treats me like his sister. He says that since he and Rose are friends, it is only natural that I become his little sister.

My eyes flickered to my sister and her elf husband. As usual, her husband has always fancied dark suits with golden embroidered details. Ace's hair was cut a little short in order to expose his sharp-angled ears. My sister says that you can tell how powerful an elf is judging from the shape of their ears. And with Ace having royal blood and powerful magic, his ears were perfect.

Resting on one of Ace's shoulders is the white spirit fox named Viex - the guardian of every generation of royal tamers. On the other side of Ace is my sister's spiritual contract partner named Custard- a white wolf with a black highlight at the tip of his ears and tail. He yipped happily and stood up on the back of his legs as my sister came closer to them.

Rose laughed in delight and petted the wolf. "I know, Custard. I miss you too. I brought threats for you, Viex, and the kids." She says. And that earned a happy howl from the wolf.

I could not help but reminiscence the fact that Custard used to be a smaller pup when I first met him. He was about as small as Viex, but as time passed by, Custard grew up into a an adult-size wolf.

King Ace suddenly cleared his throat as he watched his wife playing with Custard. When my sister raised her head to him, Ace raised a brow at her. "Your husband is here, you know." He gave her a disapproving look with a cross of his arms over his chest.

My sister smiled sheepishly at him and set Custard down on the floor before moving closer to Ace with a laugh. "Sorry. How's your day?"

Ace leaned down and planted a quick kiss on her lips that made me wrinkle my nose in disgust. "It's good. Nathaniel is watching over the kids." Some parents would be happy that they were getting a little bit of free time away from their children, but not this guy. Ace is very protective of their children and would spend as much time as he can with them. "Apparently, they like him more than their dad." He grumbled. And just by the tone of his voice, I could almost picture him brutally murdering the King of Thalia in his head.

My sister just laughed at his childish behavior. "He is their uncle. And they rarely see him. Let them bond for a bit."

"Fine." The Elf KING agreed before turning his gaze towards me with a raised brow.
"You're late." He stated.

"I'm late?" I repeated. It took me a while to realize, but I was brought back to reality at his reminder. "I'm late!" I screamed this time, horrified as I looked at my watch. I began to turn around to run until I heard the couple calling out for me.

"You're not going to class looking like that, are you?" My sister looked at me with concern as her eyes flitted to my school uniform - or, more specifically, the skirt that was about an inch above the knee. Usually, I would change into a more proper attire suitable for the royal and noble family of this kingdom before I attend classes. But now, there was barely any time for that.