of events:
Return to the Forbidden Land
On the other side of "The Land of Peace," where gloom entwines itself around the houses, the Forbidden Land lay heavy under the weight of oblivion. Roro and Sawad slowly made their way through the village, which appeared like a ghost town abandoned by time. Passersby, in their tattered clothes and faces clouded by pallor and grime, emerged from dark corners, eyeing them with looks of wonder and suspicion.
A whisper spread among the people: "What has happened to them?" Their appearance was far from ordinary; Sawad's hair had turned entirely white despite her youth, while Roro limped, clutching Sawad's left hand, with signs of utter exhaustion etched onto their features. The two girls ignored the curious gazes and continued toward their home, located on the far outskirts of the village.
The Stormy Confrontation
The girls entered the house, greeted by the dust of silence accumulated in the corners and a melancholy that thickened with every inch. A woman stood by the stove preparing food; she did not raise her head immediately, and a heavy silence endured for a few moments. Roro and Sawad sat with their heads bowed, as if the weight of the world rested upon their shoulders.
Suddenly, the silence shattered when a glass was hurled toward Sawad. She skillfully evaded it, letting it shatter against the wall behind her. The mother struck the table with both hands, then lowered her head and spoke in a sharp voice dripping with anger:
— "What do you intend to do, Sawad? Do you want to kill your sister? Why did you go there?"
The mother raised her eyes bitterly and continued:
— "Look at your hair, what it has become! Look at your sister's condition! Why don't you listen? Why was I cursed with you? Why do you always put our lives in danger? Do you always have to be like this? You are a mistake that came here... stop committing errors!"
The Cry of Defiance
Sawad could no longer suppress the volcano raging in her chest. She stood up and screamed with a voice that shook the pillars of the crumbling house:
— "You don't understand, Mother! You don't understand! Why are we mistakes? Why are we here? Why do we live in the worst place on Earth?"
She approached her mother with features full of defiance and pain:
— "Do you have answers? If you want to stay like this, I cannot! I want to know the reason for my existence here... I want to know where I came from. I cannot stay in this hated house!"
Sawad rushed out of the house, running aimlessly. Roro tried to follow her despite her injury, but the mother's decisive voice stopped her:
— "Leave her!"
Chapter: Echoes of Memories and the Alliance of Thrones
Sawad finally stopped running. Her breath raced like the drums of war, and exhaustion had consumed every atom of her body. She stood before a massive tree that looked like a decrepit giant—its branches brittle and dry, devoid of any leaf to cover its wooden nakedness.
Sawad collapsed under its desolate shade and looked at the sky with eyes full of weariness before her eyelids succumbed to closing. In that moment, sleep did not visit her; instead, voices did. Sharp, anonymous screams echoed in the corridors of her memory—voices without faces, like echoes of a past that refused to manifest. She tried desperately to visualize a single image amidst the noise, but to no avail.
Suddenly, her hand moved instinctively toward her neck to feel for that familiar texture, but she found nothing! She sat up in shock, her eyes widening as she realized the bitter truth: The necklace was gone. It had fallen there, in the heat of the fierce battle against Aiden.
In the Corridors of the Royal Palace
On the other side, in the heart of the palace, silence reigned supreme. Aiden (son of King Hanto), Akina (daughter of Queen Rima), and Silver (son of King Sheth) sat immersed in a sea of dark thoughts.
Suddenly, the sober silence was pierced by the sound of firm, approaching footsteps. Three heirs to the thrones entered the hall, advancing with royal prestige:
* Taiju: Son of Queen Shiko.
* Taila: Daughter of King Rahi.
* William: Son of King Shahin.
The footsteps stopped, and the six heirs gathered in a single circle to begin a deep and fateful discussion. The focus of the talk was "The Crystal" and the secret behind the frantic pursuit of it by Pencil, Sawad, and Roro.
After exchanging information and searching through ancient legends, a shocking truth was revealed: there is not just one crystal, but seven sacred crystals. Six of them are distributed precisely across the six kingdoms they represent, while the seventh crystal remains a mysterious enigma; no one knows in which land it is hidden.
Aiden now possesses one crystal, but the path ahead remains long and difficult, for six crystals are still missing, and the future hides secrets that may tip the scales of power forever.
To be continued...