Chapter 28 (1/2)

”Are you going to help us in this war?”

Shin could sense hope in Irene's voice and he could understand it.​​

He had only met Irene for a few minutes and yet he felt like he knew her by heart.

”Of course,” Shin replied.

Even if he said yes, Shin knew that he would surely not prevent the destruction of the kingdom.

It would change far too much and as he had already said, he might be able to fight Acnologia with equality but not defeat it.

And their fight would result in the destruction of the kingdom.

But he would do his best to make Irene suffer less compared to what she suffered in the anime.

He could not bear to know that she would be in the same state as in the anime.

He could see Irene's face super happy and he couldn't help but smile sadly.

He already knew that he was falling in love with her so he would do his best to always be there for her and give her enough love to heal the future wound.

Then they continued talking about everything and nothing all day long.

This little talk went great and had built a relationship based on friendship for the time being even though he knew that his budding feelings were mutual.

He doesn't want to rush things so he will let their relationship grow with time.

Irene no longer spoke to Shin in the same way she used to, she spoke to him as a friend in a familiar way even though she was still a little shy.

She was discovering her feelings that she was not used to so she was not yet very comfortable with them.

”We've been talking for a little while now, it's already dark,” Irene says, noticing that the sky is getting darker and the moon is replacing the sun.

”It's true,” said Shin, noting the same thing.

”I apologize again for the story of the feather, it's just that it gave hope to the citizens and it gave off a calm and gentle aura that soothed the citizens and made them think of something else than war,” Irene said softly, thinking of her people.

Then she got up from the couch and walked to the door.

”Follow me, I'll show you your room”.

Shin looked at her as he thought about what she had said earlier.

”I'd like to go do something before that,” Shin said as he got up from the couch and walked towards a confused Irene.

They left the office and Irene followed Shin as he headed out of the palace.

They arrived at the exit to see the square as Shin spoke, still walking towards the center of the square.

”You know, I don't blame you at all for the feather, in fact I didn't even take it back because I wanted to, it's just that when one of my feathers is plucked out against my will, it will try to come back to me”.

While speaking, Shin drew the attention of the citizens who had recognized him with the Queen.

”It's the Celestial Phoenix.”

”He's really beautiful”

”He doesn't seem angry or a bad person.”

”He is accompanied by the Queen”