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5,000 years later {Astral Era; current}

The breeze flew by the lovely, evergreen fields by the edge of the kingdom, gently. Sunflowers faced the luminescent sun as the Roses, Daisies, and Lilies danced with the wind.

By the edge of the large island kingdom, a blond pre-teen laid down on the colorful flowers, silently. His sky blue eyes looked up at the vast, clear blue sky in wonder.

"It's so peaceful." Despite what he'd said, a scowl came out in annoyance. "I hate it."

Slowly standing up, he dusted off his blue jeans and red hoodie jacket.

"It's a good thing though. There's no tainted demons or artificial humans here today." A teenage male calmly said, looking at the blond beside him.

The blonde sighed a bit and looked down at his familiar, iffy. "You're kidding, right? No demons at this cursed kingdom? Have you lost your demon senses, Nerhu?"

Nerhu death glared at him, a bit irritated. "Have you lost your actual sense---wait, you never had any, Axel." He said back as Axel walked closer to the shore and kicked water at Nerhu, also irritated.

"You're not supposed to be talking back to your controller, familiar," Axel frowned and walked away from the edge of the kingdom, towards a tree.

Right when Axel leaned on the tall Oak tree, a huge chunk of dirt fell on top of him.

"You deserved that." Nerhu stood up also and kept an emotionless face. He started to squeeze the water out of his long, silky straight black hair and his gray mackintosh coat.

"I really hate you." Axel shook off the dirt off of him like an angry dog. Then looked at the beautiful, huge white castle. A salty expression grew on his face.

Nerhu's dark purple eyes glanced at him then the charming castle also. "You know--"

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"Nerhu! Axel! Where are y'all?!" A high pitched female voice ranged loudly in the two boys' mind. Unlike the blank-faced Nerhu, Axel clenched on his own hair, aggravated.

"We are at the East Shore of the Corinxida Kingdom," Nerhu answered as he tied his hair in a high ponytail.

"I know you're in the kingdom, stupid!" She yelled then sighed heavily while Axel was close to his breaking point.

"Anyways, Jessica wants y'all butts over here before she kills y'all in your sleep." The girl cheerfully said.

Axel had enough and balled his hands up into a tight fist. "You little--"

"Bye~!" With that, she left.

"Why is everyone pissing me off lately?!" He growled angrily, yet he takes a deep breath, trying to calm down.

Nerhu stares at his irked "controller" then started walking away from the shore. "We better go anyway. You can't miss Queen Exila's birthday."

Axel huffed and followed Nerhu, who was going to the beautiful Thousand-Flower Forest. Palm, Oak, Cherry Blossom, and many other trees danced slowly with the wind. And thanks to the colorful and high trees, the light in the forest shined a rainbow light that was too alluring.

"If we are in such a rush, why aren't we teleporting?" Axel walked through the forest, secretly hating the beauty.

"The forest isn't that long, so we will make it in around 18 minutes or so," Nerhu answered, enjoying the short-lasting peace before going to the rowdy ceremony.

"If you say so."

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"Celeste, isn't it weird that there's no evil spirits today?" The dark brown haired preteen with a very long french braid asked the brunette teenager beside her.

Celeste's innocent-looking black eyes looked at her. "No...? I mean, it's not weird, but it's strange."

The brown haired girl swept her long bangs to the side then clips it with a multi-colored blue snowflake clip. Her hazel, almond shaped eyes slowly looked at her outfit. A white t-shirt that was a bit too long, old jean shorts, black knee-length stockings, and faded white tennis shoes. "If you say so."

Her familiar sighed, looking right then left the crowded street. "At this rate, we won't see the Queen for at least 10 minutes if this crowd doesn't stop growing, Aiyana..." She leaned on a wooden shop while adjusting her simple, black dress.

Aiyana frowned a bit, looking at the barely visible sidewalk. "I have to ask her something in person."

"Ugh! I will not stay under this heat just for you to get in trouble!" Celeste groaned, running her fingers through her wavy hair. Aiyana stepped away from the growing crowd and leaned beside her lifelong familiar.

"I thought demons like the heat?" She asked, yet Celeste's face already answered it.

"No. Only heat-based users don't get hot, unlike other users," Celeste points to herself when she said 'other'. "I thought you already knew this?!"

"Not really." Aiyana laughs a bit as the rainbow confetti unexpectedly flew up to the sky. When the confetti glimmer brightly, a loud and gentle sound of the flute filled the whole kingdom with the soft melody.

"It's starting!!"