The Guardian: Heart Of Magic

The Feast

Tomorrow, the King of Culum Province will be hosting a feast mainly for only the family who is from the linage of Culum Kingdoms one true legend King Arman. None of these families have an idea of why the king is hosting them at his palace but they all hope it would be something good, the last time they were gathered at the palace was for the coronation of the King of Culum Kingdom which was not successful due to disputes among the people; they did not want a King from the linage of late King Arman anymore. Lyculn who happens to be the chief visioneer of Culum Province went back to seek guardians from the gods after they revealed to him the birth of a female warrior who would carry the burden of the people on her back and fight for them till they regain their freedom, peace and maintain harmony.

"Your Majesty, you summoned me," General Ruvick said. General Ruvick happens to be the chief army general of the Culum Kingdom. He leads their troops in times of war and guards the palace in times of defense.

"Yes, I did," King Eudokia said.

"As you must have known, tomorrow there will be a feast at the palace strictly for only those who are from the linage of our Great King Arman, so I want you to make sure this place has maximum security, I don't want anything or anyone to disturb our peaceful gathering from the beginning to the end" he added.

"You don't have to worry about that your majesty, all is under control, the feast will be as peaceful as a dove" General Ruvick said.

"By the way, where is Lyculn, I have not seen him since morning," King Eudokia asked.

"I also have not seen him today but I will pass by his chambers to inform him that you will like to see him" General Ruvick replied.

"Okay, you may take your leave now," King Eudokia said.

General Ruvick did as he told the king, he branched the chambers of the head visioneer of the province, the other visioneers who were with him told the general that Lyculn was in trance and would not like to be disturbed. Trance is a method by which god-chosen visioneers communicate with the gods and also get solutions to whatever problem or situation they might be passing through. General Ruvick reported to the King what he was told on arriving at the head visioneers chambers.

While they were planning on having a peaceful feast at Culum Province, Idahali was there laughing at them because he was planning on attending the feast and anywhere he goes is not always peaceful because he would commit one or more atrocities. After his informant returned to Culum Province, he made up his mind that he would attend the feast and show his true self with the aim of instilling fear in the mind of everyone that comes for the feast.

King Eudokia was seated on the throne when all the elders and his advisers alongside his right-hand man and his left-hand man entered the palace, they all honored him with praises and greetings before going to the reason why they all came in numbers without notice.

"Long live the King, your majesty, we got to hear about the feast that would take place at the palace from the messenger and not from you, this is why we all decided to pay you a visit today" Nukass the lefthand man of the King said.

"Yes, It all happened so fast but I assure you all that all things are under control, I just want you to have a talk with the family that the blood of Great King Arman runs through their veins," King Eudokia said.

"But your majesty, we were meant to conclude about that together" Knebap the right-hand man of the King said.

"Yes, but as I said earlier, it all happened so fast, I apologize for not letting you all know beforehand" King Eudokia replied.

"Okay, your majesty, can you let us know the purpose of this feast," Knebap asked.

"You will all know when the day comes" King Eudokia replied.

"How are we going to know when you did not invite us to the feast," one of the chiefs said.

"Oh, that true, the feast is only for the linage of our great King Arman, only those who are from this linage and are among the chief will know the purpose of the feast, after the feast you can ask them, they will surely tell you" King Eudokia replied.

"Which King does things behind the back of his advisers and chiefs, don't forget you were crown King of the province out of pity, if not for the separation, people like you will never smell the throne" another chief voiced out with anger.

"What insolence!, how dare you talk to me in such manner," King Eudokia said.

"Guards! Guards!!, take these people away from my sight, I want to be left alone" he added.

"Oh! now you are chasing us from the palace like dogs" that same chief said. All the chiefs and advisers then left the palace in less than three minutes from the time King Eudokia ordered his guards to kick them out.

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Lyculn was deeply in trance that his body in reality was gradually floating. He saw himself in a vision, he was in a field where different types of delicious fruits were planted, the fruits looked too juicy for him to not have a taste of one of them. He decided to move closer to the tree that was closer to him which was an apple tree, he noticed that immediately he plucked an apple from the tree another grew out and became ripe and juicy from the same spot he plucked the one in his hand. He ignored it because he knew he was not on earth anymore, he then decided to take a bite of the juicy red apple he plucked from the tree, he then noticed that the more bites he take the apple kept growing, and returned whole back. He could not stand it anymore then he dropped the apple, immediately he heard a voice from behind asking him why he dropped an apple as sweet and juicy as the apple on the floor in whole. He then turned back to see who was talking to him, to his greatest surprise it was King Arman.

"King Arman, indeed the fruit is sweet and juicy but it is weird, it grows back instantly after I tell a bite," Lyculn said.

"You will understand very soon, come, let's go and have a walk," King Arman said.

"King Arman, your people are suffering, all your works have been destroyed, evil has taken over the land once again," Lyculn said.

"You came here for answers right," King Arman asked.

"Yes, King Arman" Lyculn replied.

"Keep walking," King Arman said.

They both then walked to the ending of the path they were following, at the ending of that road there was a flowing river in which the water was sparkling clean, they both then waited in front of the river.

"You have been chosen by the heavens as the protector of the guardian with a heart of magic, you shall protect her from her birth till she fulfills your destiny, you must be wise because this evil you fear has already surrounded you so be wise with the way you talk," King Arman said.

"But how will I know these evil people that have surrounded me, I know that Idahali has associates at the palace, they will never show their true faces," Lyculn said.

"Just know this, only one protector is assigned and only that one protects, you just do the work of a protector and forget the evil that surrounds you because you will overcome," King Arman said.

"As for the fruit, it signifies that if you fail in this task heavens has over a million replacement for you, even if you fall, by the way, another person will rise just for her to fulfill her destiny" he added.

"Thank you, I fully understand the task now," Lyculn said.

"Now you may go protector of the guardian, walk into the water towards that tree when you successfully get there pluck its fruit and eat," King Arman said.

"One last thing, Idahali does not have a power of his own meaning he is vulnerable, well it's not for you to understand, get going" he added.

Lyculn then started to walk through the river, when he was about to reach the middle of the river which is where the tree is, he began to sink, he cried for help indeed King Arman came to his rescue but that was his only way back home. Lyculn regained consciousness, by this time it was night already, he looked around, all the other visioneers around him were fast asleep. He went out of his chambers to check the time of the night, only patrol guards were moving about the palace, everyone else must have slept. he then went back inside his chambers and prepared his bed for sleep.

When it was morning, all the visioneers who were with Lyculn noticed he was out of trance and fast asleep so they went out to join in the preparation of the feast the King was hosting. Visitors began to enter the palace for about some minutes before the feast would kick off, It was the bell rang to signify that the beginning of the feast that woke Lyculn up, he quickly got up and took his bath before wearing new robes for the feast.

"I am so happy to host you all today at the palace, Its a great pleasure having you all back here, many of you must have been thinking why I decided to host you today, well I just needed to have a talk and also get some advice from the family which would produce the next King," King Eudokia said. Lyculn just entered the palace.

"Feel free to eat as much as you can, when the time is right the head visioneer will do the work the gods sent him, that is actually the main purpose of this gathering" King Eudokia added.

When the palace was filled and it did not look like anyone else would be coming again, King Eudokia ordered Lyculn to begin the check for the sign that the gods told him he would see in the woman which will bear the warrior woman. He began checking from the front, he was about to reach the middle when the palace door suddenly opened by itself, a huge breeze blew in after the door which was locked opened. Everyone inside the palace became quiet, they will looking outside the door to see what caused the door to open all of a sudden as it did. Seconds later they saw a goblin-like being walking majestically through the door of the palace, the person had long brown hair, Two long and sharp fingernails on his right hand, it was Idahali.

"Well, well, well, hope I did not miss the most interesting part of the ceremony," Idahali said from the door of the palace.

"How dare you come here, you have no business here, you must take your leave now," Lyculn said.

"So disrespectful, is that how you welcome your elder brother," Idahali said before he began to walk inside the palace.

All the guests at the palace were seriously panicking because they know how dangerous the man that entered the palace is. Idahali was trying to make his way to the front of the palace but Lyculn stopped him.

"I know you can remember what happened the last time you tried to stop me," Idahali said.

"Yes, but not this time, this time you will go back to where you are coming from without harming anyone" Lyculn replied. Idahali laughed and took a stance ready for a fight, Lyculn also did the same. In split seconds, they both began to fight.

They both fought for almost twenty minutes and it did not look like anyone of them was going to give up. Idahali was tired of the fight so he decided to use his magic, Lyculn is a good weaver so he was dodging all his attack, then he reached out to his pocket and drew out his wand, he said a spell and pointed the wand to idahali, a white light shined from the wand to Idahali's chest, after some more seconds, Idahali disappeared into thin air.

"Where did he go?" King Eudokia asked.

"He is gone for now but I am sure he would return so we must prepare for his return" Lyculn replied before walking closer to the King.

"You need to dismiss these people, the woman isn't here, I have a feeling the warrior was born today" he added.

"I am sorry for what you all experienced, the feast will come to an end now, I will assign my guards with you all to ensure your safety back home" King Eudokia addressed the people.

The feast ended in a very disappointing way, King Eudokia did not like it because he could not achieve what he thought of achieving. not stand it anymore then he dropped the apple