Chapter 117- 62 years ago

(PRINCE LINCOLN'S P.O.V)

“Lincoln, If you refuse again, I'll send you to the battlefield!” my father shouted as he slammed his hand onto the desk in frustration. I was standing in front of the desk in my father's office, after refusing to get married for the third time this month.

“I refuse”, I said once again, without hesitation as I stood before my father.

I watched as he slammed his hand onto the desk once again.

“Got damn it, Lincoln, why must you cause me so much trouble!” My father shouted.

“Father, calm down”, Lance said as he stood beside our father. I watched as my father placed his hand over his forehead and sighed in frustration again.

“Just how would he be able to get married when he always has that cold expression on his face and that damn personality of his” my father sighed again.

“Lincoln, why must you be so selfish? Lady Lily Haverhill comes from one of the most prominent families in the kingdom.” Bethani said, as she walked over to the desk.

Why am I being so selfish you say, because I already chose my future wife. Plus why would I wedd a woman of your choosing, sister, I thought.

“Shouldn't Lance get married before me? I'm only 16 and Lance is 25 already,”I replied.

I watched as my father frowned and Lance averted his eyes.

“Lance already has an arranged marriage partner from the Livens County. It's been three years since the incident involving his previous fiancé” my father replied.

“The Livens County, those greedy bastards,” I said.

“Lincoln!” My father shouted again and I placed both of my hands over my ears.

I turned around and started to walk towards the door.

“Where do you think you're going!” My father shouted.

I slightly turned my head towards them.

“Just send me to the battlefield”, I responded and proceeded to leave the room. I could hear shouting and the sound of glass breaking as I walked away from the door.

(CROWN PRINCESS MALAYSIA'S P.O.V)

“Come on Daisy, we're almost there” I said as I rode on my horse through the vast forest.

“Princess, please slow down, the weather is going to get worse soon!,” one of the knights riding behind me shouted.

“That's why we need to hurry before it does!” I shouted back.

We continued to ride through the forest for an hour or so through the sudden rainstorm, until we reached our military campsite. After putting our horses in the temporary stables nearby, the other knights and I entered our main military tent.

“Commander!” The rest of the knights shouted as they bowed their heads. I continued to walk further into the tent.

“There's no sign of the Vanuatu military for miles. Do you think they retreated?”, young Duke Pordigase asked as I approached them.

“No, I believe they're waiting on reinforcements”, I replied.

It's been six months since we've been at war with the Vanuatu kingdom over a piece of land that connects the two kingdoms. The land was a vast field surrounded by grassland with various minerals until the Vanuatu kingdom started to mine their portions of the land causing our side to wither and become a barren valley.

The Vanuatu kingdom started to attack the Winter Kingdom after we refused to come to an agreement with them.

“Commander, it's getting late, you should rest for a while.“, young Duke Pordigase said.

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I nodded my head, “Maybe I should rest before leaving again.” I said.

I was about the walk away when suddenly I heard someone say, “Commander, is there a reason you still carry those frozen petals around your neck?” One of the knights asked.

I placed my hand over the necklace I made a few years ago.

“Ah, it's from a flower I received during the Winter festival. The flower started to withered a few days afterwards, so I used my aura to freeze the remaining petals and made a necklace out of it”, I replied.

Something about that flower completely had me drawn to it, I thought as I tried to remember that night.

I suddenly heard a ringing sound.

Oh right, I should get some rest, I said as I left the tent.

(PRINCE LINCOLN'S P.O.V)

“Lincoln, are you really going to the battlefield?”, my brother asked as he entered my room unannounced.

I placed the book that I was holding onto the bed as I looked over towards my brother who was standing a couple meters away.

“Yes, I am,” I replied, without a second thought.

“Why are you so against getting married, father might force you next time without asking your opinion.” Lance said, as he walked towards the bed.

“I would rather die than marry a woman of Bethani and father's choosing” I responded.

I watched as Lance placed his hand over his forehead.

“Lincoln, I know father and Bethani can seem a little forceful but just try to reason with them”, Lance suggested.

“When are you meeting your new bride?” I asked, in order to change the topic.

I watched as Lance sat on the edge of my bed.

“I'll be meeting her tomorrow, her name is Lady Macy Livens”, Lance said, with a warm expression.

“Are you really going to marry someone from that shit of a household. Father is only interested in them because they own the largest diamond mine in the kingdom.” I said.

“I'm sure Lady Macy is a wonderful woman even if she comes from that greedy household.” Lance replied. “But enough of that, since you will be going to the battlefield, would you like to spar for a bit? You'll be fighting against some powerful aura users, I wouldn't want you to be yourself killed.”, Lance said.

I wouldn't mind dying on the battlefield, if it means I can finally leave this palace.

A second later, I watched as Lance got up from the bed and started to walk towards the door.

“Come to the training grounds after you change into some comfortable clothes” Lance said before leaving the room.

A few minutes later, I heard a knock on the door.

“Come in”, I said, as I looked at the door.

I watched as my personal maid walked into the room with a tray in her hand.

“Ella” I said as she approached the bed.

Ella bowed her head, “Your highness, I've done as you ordered.”, she said as she reached the teacup to me, and I grabbed ahold of the teacup.

I took a sip of the tea and it tasted bitter.

“Your highness, how long will you continue to test different poisons on yourself?” Ella asked, with a serious expression.

I turned my head towards Ella, “As long as my sister continues to put poison in everything I eat and drink” I said.

“Your highness”, Ella said as she looked at me with a concerned expression.

“Ella, I'll be leaving in the morning to head to the battlefield.”, I said, while looking directly at her.

“So, it's true you're going to participate in the war in order to avoid the marriage between the royal family and the Haverhill Dukedom”, Ella said.

“Ella, while I'm gone, don't forget your sole duty”, I said.

I watched as Ella bowed her head, “Yes, my lord, I'll continue to watch over Prince Lance in your absence” she replied.

Twenty minutes later, I left my quarters and headed towards the training grounds. On my way to the training grounds, I heard my name being called and slightly turned my head in their direction.

“Lincoln!” I heard Timothy's voice. My nephew and I were only a year or so apart but he was a constant headache, as he always followed me around.

I could hear him running towards me as I turned away from him and continued to walk towards the training grounds.

“Is it true, you're going to the battlefield?” He asked as he began walking beside me.

“Yes, it's true”, I replied in my usual cold tone.

“Then you'll be going to the battlefield with my older brother," Timothy said, “My father has been at the military base for the last six months, mother is constantly bickering with His Majesty about the war.” He added.

It's been over two years since my sister's husband took over as the General of the army and my other nephew became the Captain of the royal army. I swear I feel like they are purposely trying to cause wars with the neighboring kingdoms.

Tsk, I thought. Why does Lance have to be so naive, why doesn't he step up to Bethani and father. Father lets Bethani and her family do as they please, forget it, I thought as I started to feel a little annoyed.

For the rest of the way, I ignored Timothy as he continued his useless chattering.

Upon entering the training ground, I noticed my brother was training with some of the knights.

Tsk, if only he wasn't so naive.

“Lincoln!” I heard my brother shout as he looked over at me. I noticed the huge smile on his face.

Forget it, he seems to be excited that we have a chance to spar without father's interference.

“I'm coming” I shouted as I ran towards him.

(CROWN PRINCESS MALAYSIA'S P.O.V)

When it became morning, I was awakened by one of the knights.

“Commander, Sir Abram and Young Duke Pordigase are calling for you.” One of the knights announced as I put on my uniform.

A few minutes later, I left out of my personal tent and headed towards the main area of our military camp.

“Commander, there's still no sign of movements from the Vanuatu kingdom's army” one of the knights said as I entered the tent. I noticed young Duke Pordigase, Sir Abram, and Sir Siegal as I approached them.

I noticed they were looking down at the maps and Sir Abram was circling a certain area.

“I think we should check this area and send out a patrol team”, Sir Abram said as he circled another section on the map.

“This area” I said, as I studied the section that was circled. “I'll take a couple of knights with me and head to this area. Maybe we will get lucky and find their camp site” I said.

“I'll go with you”, Sir Siegal said.

I nodded my head and began to walk out of the tent. It looks like it's going to rain again soon ” One of the knights said as we exited out of the tent.

“Then we should hurry,” I said.

A few minutes later, I climbed onto Daisy, my war horse and the knights and I proceeded to travel out of the camp's premises. We began traveling through the forest towards the Cavalli mountains.

(PRINCE LINCOLN'S P.O.V)

After leaving the palace earlier this morning, with my royal knights. I rode beside Pierre, my sister's eldest son, as we traveled towards the northern gate of the kingdom.

We traveled for about six hours on horseback until we reached the entrance of the Cavalli mountains. I looked up at the sky and noticed the dark clouds forming over us.

“Looks like it's going to rain soon, so we should hurry to the camp,”Pierre said.

We started to charge ahead for another hour or so until we reached the premise of the camp that was located deep within the Cavalli mountains.

Upon entering the camp, I noticed General Radisson was climbing onto his horse.

“Pierre, I'm glad you made it”, General Radisson said to Pierre as we approached him on our horses.

I noticed the annoyed look on General Radisson's face as he looked over at me.

“Father, are you going on patrol?” Pierre asked his father.

I began to ride past them towards the knights' tents when I heard something that caught my attention.

“We need to find the Winter Kingdom's campsite. I received word that King Einar's daughter is the Commander of the Winter Kingdom's army” I heard General Radisson say.

“What? The Crown Princess of the Winter Kingdom is the Commander?” I heard Pierre ask his father.

I turned my head towards their direction after stopping my horse.

“Yes, I was told she's the most powerful aura user in their kingdom. I heard she is quite the beauty, maybe if we capture her we can use her as leverage against King Einar” General Radisson said.

I turned my head back in the direction of the knight's tents and continued to ride towards it.

I started to smile a bit as I continued to ride through the campsite.

“So, you became the Commander”, I mumbled, “I didn't think I'd get to meet her again so soon”.