"SEARCH FOR PRINCESS IRIS!"

"You look busy today, Nerisa, Dear," Enigma said, and when Nerisa saw her, she immediately vowed her head to the mistress of darkness.

"Mistress of Darkness, what makes you~" Nerisa said but she didn't finish what she was about to say when Enigma showed her the lamp.

"Did you know the story of Alladin?" Enigma said.

"Yes," Nerisa replied while she was staring at the golden lamp that Enigma was holding.

"The Queen of Ayden was here inside of this lamp; I want you to do is to replace her but you have to be her so that no one will notice and I am sure the fourth holder of the piece scepter from Novaria will show up soon. We have to trick her and bring to me the heart of Gaia." Enigma said then she left the lamp to Nerisa before she left.

"This is great," Nerisa said and she immediately went to the mirror then she started to cast a spell until she copied the appearance of the Queen of Ayden.

"Greetings people of Ayden, I, Queen Esmeralda want to give all your revenue which should all be mine," Nerisa said while waving in front of the mirror.

Meanwhile on Earth, where Cristy was busy in her small sari-sari store when suddenly a visitor came.

"You look like busy today?" a man said. When she checks the voice where it came from, she is suddenly stunned by what she saw.

"Leo? You again? Where have you been these past few months? You always missing in action." Cristy said.

"Let me help you to carry that," Leo said as he saw Cristy take a sack of rice and give it to the buyer.

"Thank you, so that you can make up for your absence of a few months, what are you doing with your life?" Cristy asks while Leo carries a sack of rice and gives it to the buyer.

"Thank you, young man." The old man said.

"Mang Mario, you don't have to pay your balance, okay? Since it's Christmas I'll just give it to you." Cristy said and when the old man heard it. He immediately thanked the young woman and the old man teased her to Leo then he said.

"Is this your husband? You have a good taste huh." Mang Mario said.

"No!! eww!!" Cristy said as she reacted immediately to what Mang Mario said.

"But, why? He's a good-looking man," Mang Mario said.

"Mang Mario was right, why not Cris?" Leo said while smiling at Cristy and the girl was clearly blushing at what the young man did. But their banter was interrupted when suddenly there was a commotion in the market and people were shouting inside.

"Mang Mario, you have to leave now and Leo please help him to carry his things," Cristy said and immediately Leo helped the old man to leave the place while they saw the others running.

"What is it at this time?" Cristy said and she used her necklace at the same time she summoned the power of the heart of GAIA, after she transformed, she immediately went to the place where the others were terrified about what they saw.

"Who are they?" Chrysanthemum said when they saw a strange creature that did not come from the human realm. Her question was answered when suddenly Leo answered her question.

"Aydenian Orcs, they are good for searching for something," Leo said. While Cristy immediately turned around when she heard the young man. And she immediately asked the young man a question.

"How did you know and what are you doing here? this place is very dangerous for a human like you." Cristy said. Leo just gave her a meaningful smile and then took off his top clothes, which immediately exposed Leo's muscular body in front of her.

"What are you doing?" Chrysanthemum asks.

"Helping you Cristy, I mean Princess Iris," Leo replied.

"How did you know?" Cristy said.

"I was tasked by your mom to protect you, and since we were kids, I knew that you are not ordinary and you are the heiress of Ajax. And looks like these orcs have been tasked to find you," Leo said and he immediately transformed into a beast. While, Roxanne, Josh, and Alvin arrive to help the Princess.

"Sir Leo, you're finally here," Roxanne said.

"You guys know each other?" Cristy asks.

"Yes, Your Highness," Roxanne replied but they were interrupted in their conversation when the orcs attacked them.

"Watch out!" Josh said as he blocked the monster's claws with his sword and pushed it away from them. While Alvin, on the other hand, helped Leo fight the enemies. They didn't know, Georgina saw this commotion in the market where she was supposed to see Cristy for a talk.

"What is happening here, and who are those folks helping Chrysanthemum?" She said and immediately Black Dahlia answered.

"They were coming from Ajax and those orcs are my pet but how did the sacred beast of Ajax come up here?" Black Dahlia said as she was referring to Leo.

"Help me Dahlia, I want to take my revenge on that woman," Georgina said as her blood boiled when she saw Chrysanthemum.

"Sure thing, Let's go." Black Dahlia said and immediately Georgina's entire body was covered with Black vines and then Black Dahlia came to life because of Georgina's body. They were all shocked when vines came out and immediately bound themselves to all of their bodies, but surprisingly Cristy was not involved.

"Hi Chrysanthemum, nice to meet you again." Black Dahlia said and surprisingly the orcs vow to the Black Dahlia they recognize the evil queen who ruled the entire Kingdom of Ajax.

"These ugly creatures, did you send them to cause trouble?" Chrysanthemum said.

"No, I'm not but it looks like someone from our kingdom wanted to kill you just like I wanted to do to you. But don't worry boys, I'll help you to kill this Princess so that I will finally come home to the place where I should be." Black Dahlia said.

"Your Highness, leave us and save yourself," Roxanne said as they were trying to be free from the vines but the more they moved, the more the vines became even tighter around their bodies.

"So, what is your decision, Princess?" The Black Dahlia said but suddenly a melody started to bother on the enemy side. At the same time, Cristy remembered the melody as she already heard this before. Black Dahlia is terrified when the orcs suddenly fall asleep because of the melody that they hear which is only not for the orcs but also with the humans who are around the place when they hear the melody they suddenly fall asleep.

"What is happening? Why are you guys sleeping?" The Black Dahlia said and Georgina also feels dizzy and sleepy.

"Gina, don't sleep. Everyone will know if we will be retransformed." Black Dahlia said.

"I can't help it, let's leave please," Gina said.

"This is your lucky day Chrysanthemum and I will make sure that I will get what I want." Black Dahlia said and suddenly they disappeared together with the orcs.

Meanwhile, Cristy remembers where she heard that melody when she saw a woman who was wearing an aquatic suit and slowly approached her.

"It could be?" Cristy said while in her mind she was unsure if the mysterious woman in front of them was the famous judge in the city.

"I knew it, you are the Chrysanthemum." The mysterious woman said.

At the same time, Leo returns to his human form and the others are now free from Black Dahlia's vines.

"What are you talking about? And who are you?" Cristy asks and then the mysterious woman smiles while she is holding the necklace that she wears.

"I am just like you; I am the Third of the holders of the piece of the scepter of Novaria. You can call me, The Siren but you know me personally," The mysterious woman said and winked at her Cristy immediately recognized how the woman and the famous judge in town were one person, not just on its signature wink why she was famous but because she was really good for her job as the judge in the city.

"Thank you, Siren, for helping me, I will see this as a great debt of gratitude," Cristy said.

"Be careful, see you, next time." The Siren said at the same time she disappeared.

"We have to go back and let's talk about Ajax, looks like they were looking for me. and this is not good!" Cristy said which her friends agreed.

On the other side of the story, in Ayden. Nerisa starts to pretend to be Esmeralda as the Queen of Ayden while she leaves Ajax to her mother for her disappearance.

"The palace is really beautiful," Nerisa said as her gaze wandered around the palace. Until someone called her attention to the chaos that had occurred in the human world.

"It's good that you're here, and Esmeralda, I need to talk to you about the chaos that happened in the human world. The priestess of Novaria also wants to talk to us about the guardians of the five parts of the scepter." The woman said. Nerisa stared at the woman for a moment and immediately she recognized it as this was Esmeralda's advisor, Selena.

"Selena," Nerisa said.

"Yes, I am why? Are you okay?" Selena asks.

"Yes, I am just having sleepless nights these past few nights. I always had a hard time with the kingdom of Ajax, especially with Queen Nerisa." Nerisa said and made an excuse to the person she was talking to.

"Don't worry your team will discover the truth soon but let's go to the council as our visitor is waiting for us in our receiving area," Selena said and Nerisa just smiled as she smile because she survived her pretense.

TO BE CONTINUED...