The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
Eighty Three (83)

Those pair of purple eyes were observing his surroundings.

King Shavir had no idea what brought him into this room and why he could not just ignore this room. Something feels strange. His memory seemed to be bounded by a barrier wall so sturdy that he himself did not know what he had forgotten.

Before coming here, he accidentally passed through a park in the backyard of this palace. Back then, this palace was very quiet. There was no one in sight, making him think that this place was an abandoned palace. However, compared to being abandoned, this palace is very clean and neat. It showed that there were several maids who cleaned this palace at all times, even though the owner of this palace did not exist.

'But what palace is this? I remember that Dhemiel doesn't live here.'

King Shavir, curious, stepped inside the palace and explored the place, until he arrived at the door of someone's room and entered the room. Inside the room, some cute and brightly colored furry dolls were neatly arranged near the bed, which was decorated with plain pink sheets.

Without even thinking, he knew that this place was the room of a girl.

'Since when have I had a daughter?'

There was nothing in his memory of a princess living in this palace. And that made him feel empty.

'Why do I .. feel empty like this?'

It felt like something very precious to him was being forcefully snatched away by someone. 

With staggered steps, King Shavir sat on the edge of the bed. His purple eyes stared at the bed without blinking.

If it is true that she has a daughter, then where is the child now? He didn't see anyone in this palace.

Tak.

Just then, his fingers that were wiping the bed involuntarily collided with something.

King Shavir glanced, finding a box object emerging from under the pillow. He picked it up and found out it was a book.

"Books? Is this a diary belonging to .. girls who live in this room?" the question to himself, then the gold-colored writing printed on the front cover of the book proved that the pink book was not someone's diary. "[The Poor Princess]?"

The meaning of the title of the book was very simple: Poor Princess.

"The title of this book uses ancient language. Is this a book for kids?"

As quickly as he thought so, King Shavir quickly denied his thoughts. Judging from the title alone, he already knew that the book did not end happily, which meant that it was not suitable for children's reading.

"Hm."

The black-haired man opened the book and flipped a few pages, then his brows furrowed in astonishment upon learning that the book was empty; without a single sentence. Then, King Shavir turned back a few pages, until he arrived in the middle of the book. There, a line of sentences appears, using ancient language.

"[Can I call you father, even if I'm not your daughter?]"

His lips spoke involuntarily, reading the contents of that sentence. Not long after, his purple eyes trembled along with a pile of memories that suddenly struck his head.

"Aarrrgh!"

The grayish-black energy, which stuck on his body for quite a long time, slowly disappeared. The pain was as if being hit by a hard object hitting his head. The invisible barrier wall that restricted his memory was already shattered.

"Hhhhhh .. hahh! S-Stella...."

Breathing violently dominated the atmosphere of the room around the ruler of the kingdom. His knees were shaking and he could not control the balance of his body.

Brucks.

As soon as he fell, a sweet memory from the distant past suddenly approached him. A woman's soft voice rang out in her ear, as if the woman was beside her and was whispering to her.

"Please don't just open this book."

"Why indeed? Should there be a secret between us?"

"*It's not like that. Because this book is about everything that happens in my life. Reading this book is the same as looking in detail at the content of my life that only I know."

"Is there such a book?"

"Yes. Because this is the Book of Destiny*."

Vaguely, the light blue book Alexa had shown her in the past looked similar to the pink-coated book in her hands at the moment.

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"It's so quiet here."

Stella expressed her thoughts, sighed briefly, then leaned on the transparent chest behind her. Thev, the black dragon, was hunting prey to serve as their dinner.

At that time, Stella knew how to get out of the lower dimension. However, he did not do that and chose to stay by his mother's side for a while. Suppose he was treating his longing for his family in his previous life. That was because her mother's facial features, which despite being covered in blue due to poisoning, bore similarities to her older sister's first facial features. It makes Stella so do not have the heart to leave her mother.

While waiting for Thev, Stella learns to control a giant black hand that appears whenever she feels emotional.

"It turned out to be quite difficult to control it" Stella muttered as she raised her index finger.

After which, a gigantic black hand, which only appeared behind him, now appeared in front of him and swayed, as if it had just greeted him.

Stella flicked her finger, then the giant black hand disappeared without a trace. He flicked his finger again, then the giant black hand reappeared. Stella continued to do that until she got used to controlling the power from her Death Goddess aura.

"Then, from now on your name is Nigreos. I call you Niggy" said Stella to the giant black hand, now called Nigreos.

Stella spoke to Niggy as if he were a living being. That's because Stella wasn't entirely wrong. Niggy is alive, but he's not a living being.

"Hm. I thought I was wrong, but it seems right. You're some kind of demon, aren't you?"

The conclusion that Niggy was a kind of demon was obtained by Stella because she felt an unusual dark air from the giant black hand.

"Well, but it's okay if you don't answer."

Stella flicked her finger, a moment later Niggy disappeared from her sight.

Swoooshes!

After which, a small fireball appeared above Stella's index finger, seemingly blazing and spitting out heat around her finger.

"I'm not used to attacking using this fire."

Stella pondered, then heard the sound of wings flapping from above. He looked up, staring at the hole formed by the fall of himself and Thev while about to fight. Above, the black little dragon seemed to flap its wings while carrying two small deer in its paws.

"Well, Thev. That deer? Uh, is there a deer in the snowy mountains?"

"I stole this on a farm near the mountains" Thev replied with a sinless face.

'Not too surprising. I also don't think you're gonna get those two reindeer in a good way.'

"By the way, your magic ability is pretty good."

Stella noticed the dragon's direction and nodded, but then she pouted slightly and said, "But I'm not used to attacking with this fire. After all, a fire like this doesn't have much of an effect."

"Hm."

Thev followed Stella's gaze and nodded in agreement. It was just an ordinary flame that did not bring too great an effect if used in a fight, unless it was supplemented with oil. In his eyes, such a small child needed greater strength if it was to survive.

"Oh, yeah."

Thev remembered something and looked behind Stella.

"If you're not mistaken, you have a shadowy ability, right?"

"Shadow ability?"

"Yes. Isn't the big black guy who shows up when you're angry that includes the ability of the shadow?"

'The big black one?'

Stella seemed to think about the dragon's unique call seriously, then the words "black" and "big" reminded her of Nigreous, something alive and a species with demons.

"You mean Niggy?"

"Yes. That .... What's?"

"This. Niggy," said Stella, flicking her finger, and Niggy, who was waving towards Thev. "Niggy, say hello."

Thev looked at Stella in disbelief while his whole body was goosebumps. His eyes seemed to ask "Are you crazy?" that made Stella giggle.

"I'm kidding. Where could Niggy possibly talk."

"Thank God you're still sane" Thev said as he approached Niggy and looked at the large black hand from various directions. "Seeing from any direction, he was indeed a shadow demon."

"Devil shadow? Is there something like that?"

"Yes. If the power of your Death Goddess aura increases, she can have a form."

"Then, how to increase it how?"

"That's...."

Thev's gaze pointed at something inside Stella's cloak. He seemed to say with his eyes that what was inside Stella's robe could increase the power of the Death Goddess' aura. Stella who was quick to respond to the situation immediately understood the meaning of that gaze. He reached into the inside of his robe and took out something the size of an apple.

"You mean this?" he asked while showing the Red Crystal Fruit he had obtained with great difficulty. "Would the power of my Death Goddess aura be enhanced by eating this fruit?"

"Yes. Right."." Right."

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TBCS!