In the previous chapter. . .

Now, her mind drifting back at the memory she recalled, she began pondering if her father's story was real at this point - whereas she met creatures that defy the laws of nature and a human whose powers are darker than the night shadows.

"An ancient priest, huh?"

Now we continue.

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As usual, Rai stood at the window, looking out at the passing clouds as Annalise put some flowers in a crystal clear vase.

"Hey, you." A voice came from the windowsill. "Are you the Noblesse?"

No answer.

"So I was right." The silver haired man concluded. "*sigh* It took so long finding you." He remarked in a tired voice.

"Who would have known you were stuck in here all by yourself for so long." His tone indicated that he was amused. "After going from place to place, I thought you might be here, so I decided to drop by."

Still, no response.

"My name is Muzaka. What's your name?"

"Cadis Etrama Di Raizel."

Looking at the stoic person in front of him, Muzaka smiled.

"I just came to see you here for myself. On my way here, I was worried that you might be mad because I came all of a sudden..." He looked up in their eyes, "...it's a relief that you're not mad."

"You know who I am, right?" He asked in a cocky voice, but his face fell when Raizel looked deep in thought. "Wait...even after hearing my name, you don't know who I am? Nothing comes to mind?"

Nod

With a disbelieving face, Muzaka hesitantly said, "Al...Alright. Who I am isn't important."

Noticing the confused look in Raizel's eyes, Annalise decided to come out from behind Muzaka, where she was the entire time.

Giggling, she informed the Noblesse, "He is the current ruler of the werewolves, Rai." She smiled as Muzaka flinched at her sudden appearance.

With a nod of understanding, Raizel resumed staring at the Werewolf Lord.

"My name is Annalise Nightingale, Muzaka." She kindly smiled at him.

Clearing his throat and making the awkwardness go away, the silver haired continued talking, "All we need to know is each other's names."

Walking closer to the window, he prepared to take his leave. "It seems you have a guest. It's a shame I have to leave so soon, but at least I saw you..."

Looking back as he jumped through the window, Muzaka smiled at the two raven heads. "Let's meet again next time. Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, Annalise Nightingale." And he was gone.

Knock knock...

Clank

From the doorstep emerged Raiskreia, her face as emotionless as always.

"Cadis Etrama Di Raizel. The Lord wants to see you."

Both nodding, they stopped themselves from taking another step as she continued to speak.

"Just a sec. The Lord said that we will stay here for a bit, then we will have to move to another location." She sat down on the couch. "I must do what he says first."

A bit confused, Raskreia stared at the two. "First, the Lord told me to sit in a chair and wait for a little...um...but I'm not too sure how long we have to stay like this."

At that, Annalise giggled. So this was what the Lord sent Raskreia here for almost no reason - to keep Rai company.

"As long as you want to, Raskreia."

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After a few minutes, Raizel and Raskreia were gone, leaving Annalise alone with her thoughts as they wondered back to the memory she remembered a few days past.

«Flashback«

"Many years ago, it was said that a priest lived in the ice caves of Ttan, the frozen land." Father said in a mysterious voice.

"Ttan? That's all the way across the kingdom!" I beamed.

Mother smiled at my excitement. "Of course, dear. Why do you think he lives there?"

Pondering on the question, I hummed. "Because...it's isolated?"

"Exactly." Father smiled. "It is said that he can answer any question given, but only one per person. That's why when you ask, you have to think hard about what you wish to know."

"I see..."

"The thing it," Mother continued, "no one has never seen him in centuries!"

I gaped. "No way!"

"Yes way." Father chuckled. "Now it's up to you," He 'boop'ed my nose, "to figure out where he is."

"Up to...me?" I pointed a finger at myself to emphasize my question.

"You're special, my dear daughter." Mother ran her fingers through my hair in a loving way.

"Special?"

»End of Flashback»

'You will soon find out.' Were her father's words as she came back to reality.

"A cursed princess and an ancient priest..." Annalise chuckled. "Quite the odd pairing."

Pondering on the course of action that she should take, the amber eyrd girl began aimlessly walking through the hallways of the mansion. Frankie has gone back to the human world to retrieve something and Rai was at the Lord, leaving her completely alone in the empty mansion.

Sighing, she entered her room and fell onto the dark red sheets, one of her hands clutching it in front of her face.

"What should I do...?" She asked no one in particular.

For the next hour, she didn't move, her mind coming up with every possible way that she could take, the bad ones outnumbering the good ones.

"I wish to find out why I have these cursed powers, yet I do not what to go back there..."

Her internal struggle continued to bother her to the point she began talking to herself.

"If I do go, that means I'm leaving Rai alone, but he has Frankie, so I don't think that's a problem. But if I actually leave, that means I have the slim, yet present possibility of finding out why I have these powers at the cost of going through my fallen kingdom."

After a few moments of silence, she decided.

"I'm going to go."

But there was another problem, How will she find the priest?

Surely, she remembered there was a riddle about it, she remembered the riddle, but she was horrible at solving them.

"In the mist of the night's eve, the white lily shall show you the way to the iced caves in the frozen realm." She quoted as her hand swiftly moved the quill on the paper in front of her.

With a grumble of incoherent words, she threw herself onto the bed.

"Now to actually solve this."

To be continued. . .

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Do you guys like the edits that I've been putting in the last chapters?

I honestly love making them and I just wanted to know your opinion on them.

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