217 Vivian meets the king (1/2)
After walking around the kingdom for some time, Vivian and Nikalas sat under a tree as Nikalas laid his head on her shoulder.
”Did you see my parents?”
Vivian asked while brushing his hair
”They”
Nikalas didn't have the strength to tell that her Kingdom Yven was conquered by the Zenith kingdom a long time ago and no one knew what happened to Vivian's parents or any of her relatives.
”What happened to them?”
Her voice broke in alarm
”Yven is no more mother, it's now a part of Zenith”
Nikalas felt her gentle grip around his shoulder tightening
”That's why told you this is the safest place for us mother”
”What of my parents? Are they living in Zenith now?”
”They left the kingdom, mother, I don't know what happened to them”
Nikalas already asked Joel to find some information about his grandparents but even Joel couldn't locate or find a shred of information about them.
”No mother, I've already searched for them, no one knows where they are”
Looking at her face, Nikalas knew that she had decided to search for them by herself and he wouldn't allow her to leave alone.
”Mother, you must not leave this place”
”Why?”
Nikalas sighed and decided to tell her how he faked their death and escaped Korrinth.
”Why'd you do that?”
Although Vivian had woken up from seventeen years of coma, she could tell someone's whether lying or not by their reaction, and Nikalas was not a good liar, so she was able to guess that he was lying or hiding something.
”Nikalas”
Just as she was about to ask him, they heard a little girl's voice from behind as they turned back to see Catalie.
”Catalie”
”I'm glad you have woken up, welcome to Everlight”
The little girl enthusiastically floated around Vivian with a joyous grin.
”Who are you?”
Vivian frowned noticing the little girl was poking her and looking at her with widened eyes.
”Oh silly me, I'm Catalie Lise Leavitt, don't worry you can call me Catalie”
”Are you a ghost?”
Vivian tilted her head and asked as the little girl giggled
”No, I'm the guardian of this realm”
She said and looked at Nikalas
”You two should come and meet brother, he is waiting for you”
”Mother, come, let's go, it's time you meet the ones who saved you”
Vivian helped Nikalas sit in the wheelchair as Catalie gestured at them to follow her.
”And mother”
”Nikalas?”
”Hmm how could I say”
Nikalas rubbed his chin
”His Majesty won't show his emotion well, thought you should know”
The two of them followed Catalie to meet Don while Vivian gawked around the place.
After a few minutes, they reached the block where the houses were built as she saw a crowd of people working and strolling.
”Nikalas, are these goblins working here?”
Nikalas chuckled hearing his mother
”No mother, those houses belongs to the goblins, they are too the citizens of Everlight”
”What?”
The goblins were considered to be the low lives in the continent and no king would treat them as their citizens let alone gigging them a house.
”Don't be surprised mother, not only the goblins, in a couple of weeks, everyone will have their own house, after the dwarves and the elves finished these houses, we will get ours”
”There they are”
Vivian looked at the direction the little girl was pointing and saw a group of dwarves, demihumans, and elves working. Among this group, Vivian saw a woman who had a layer of thin golden light around her.
”You're awake” Vivian heard the woman and felt like her gaze was searching her soul itself.
Nikalas looked around the place for Don but he couldn't find him as Reghys walked towards them.
”Give me your hand”