Chapter 259 - A Tearful Reunion (2) (1/2)

(Regaleons' POV)

My men and I galloped at a fast pace towards the Jennovian palace. The twenty minutes travel time by horse was shortened to between ten to fifteen minutes. The palace walls were seen by a distance.

'I am nearly there Alicia.' I said inwardly.

My eyes were surveying the palace walls for an entrance. William had told us about a hidden passage way in the palace walls hidden with thick bushes. He has told me that the indicator was cypress trees lined in one side of the palace walls. I started to search for the cypress trees but what I caught was a collapsed portion of the wall.

”Your majesty, right there…” Dimitri pointed out the collapsed side.

”Yes I see it.” I said.

From where we are right now, we can see a very huge collapsed side of the palace wall. Judging by the size, there must have been a huge explosion that could have destroyed such a tall and thick wall.

By that time I had a flashback from two years ago. It was the time when Alicia and I were to embark from the kingdom of Alvannia to the Grandcrest Empire. It was the time of our engagement parade when Prince Gladiolus and his men attacked us out of nowhere and endangered the residents of the Alvannian capital.

Fire was raging everywhere and I was fighting Gladiolus one on one when I was nearly defeated by him. That was the time when Alicia saw me about to be struck. She lost her control with her magical powers and it blew out, obliterating a part of the capital.

I came back to the present and thought that the damage to the wall is without a doubt Alicia's doing. That light from a while ago was exactly similar that of from two years ago.

'Something might have happened to Alicia.' I thought to myself.

Alicia won't lose control of her magic power if there are no outside factors that could trigger a huge emotional reaction.

”Let's head to that location in haste.” I ordered my men.

”Yes.” They all answered in unison.

We head towards the direction of the damaged palace walls. When we got nearer and nearer, we saw people in the vicinity. I saw Jack who was hunched on a broken statue looking injured. But then my eyes were drawn to a dome of light like a force field. At the center of the dome of light was Alicia whose back was facing me. I knew it was her in just one glance because of her long silver swaying. Arrows were raining down on her location. Luckily the force field was protecting her from the arrows that bombard her.

”Hyah!” I kicked Midnight to hasten the pace. I was afraid that my love would be in danger if I don't get there in time.

By then, I saw from a distance Queen Patricia and Prince Gladiolus. The queen holding a bow and aiming an arrow embedded with magic. I can hear Gladiolus faint pleas for his mother to stop but to no avail. The queen let go of the arrow and was heading right for Alicia.

”NO!” I yelled with fright. I tried to use my fire magic to burn the flying arrow but it missed by a second.

I see the arrow hit Alicia's shoulder, Red blood started to stain her white shirt. The force field that was surrounding her was disappeared in an instant.

*throb throb*

Seeing her hurt felt like my heart was in so much pain. I held my chest but still persisted to advance. Time seemed slow even when I quickened the pace towards her. By the time I got to her, I jumped from Midnight and held Alicia in my arms before she fell.

*swoosh*

The sound of another arrow flying was heard. I saw it immediately and was flying towards us. Now, all of my focus was on the arrow and burned it in mid flight. I had my guard still up for upcoming attacks when a black shadow surrounded us like a shield. It was Dimitri's black magic at work.

Together with Dimitri, I saw Alicia's familiar Snow. She was in her white tiger form. Tempest also flew down from the sky and transformed into his red phoenix form. They guarded us from the enemy right in front of us.

”Alicia, my love.” I looked at her with worry and fright.

”L-Leon, is that you?” Alicia looked at me lazily. ”Is this a dream?”

”No, this is not a dream.” I said, trying to hold back my tears from falling. ”I am here to get you.”