Ascension of the Monster Queen

The prince looked at the rest of the guild members then the box that Nessa brought to him from the castle appeared in his hand and Nessa and the others looked at it as he sat down, then Nessa smiled as he opened it and his eyes widened when he saw their family picture within it.

While going through the box, he saw a lot of familiar things and he exhaled deeply as his lips trembled.

Nessa saw that he was staring at a bracelet within the box and she realized it was the very one he was wearing when he was a child in the photo he took with his parents and she sighed.

"Thank you again for this, Nessa," He said.

"You don't have to thank me for anything, you have been through enough already," She replied as scroll appeared out of nowhere within the box and his eyes narrowed then he picked it up and she looked at it.

"Did you see this before, Nessa?" He asked as he handed it to her and she looked at it.

"No, I have not seen this before, when I first opened the box, this was not there, maybe they left it specifically for you that's why it only appeared before you," She responded.

"She is right, it could be that," Ian said and the others nodded.

"Here, you open it, it's for you, not for me," Nessa added as she handed him the scroll and he collected it then smiled and she showed him to open it.

"All right, here I go," He said as he opened the scroll and his eyes widened when he saw that it was about the diamond and he placed it flat on the table and they all peeked and it and left staring before looking at each other.

"It's the diamond that they were talking about," Cortan mumbled and the others nodded as Nessa sighed and the prince looked at her then at the markings on the scroll.

"They left us a bit of information about it, let's see what it says," The prince said as he began reading the scroll and Nessa looked at him as he read through how dangerous it was and how it could harm a host if it's not the chosen one to wield it.

The diamond will only merge with its chosen owner's body and that's when Nessa realized that she was the one it choose, but at the same time, a strong enemy can make his or her body perfect to wield it and manipulate the diamond.

"Well, now we know why they won't care if it was already in someone," Sophia said as the prince looked at Nessa and she gnashed her teeth while clenching her fists.

"This is dangerous, but has it merged with anyone as yet?" Ian asked and Nessa looked at him.

"I don't know, maybe it had or maybe it has not, I don't know, but one thing for sure, evil people are not supposed to have it," The prince responded as Nessa looked at the scroll and the diamond's picture on it.

"Nessa, do you want to say something?" The prince asked and she looked at him, then he smiled at her and she lowered her head and Isamu patted her on her feet and she looked at the prince then smiled.

"Yeah, I want to talk to all of you about something, but I don't want to do it right about now," She said and they looked at each other then at her and they smiled.

"It's about the diamond, isn't it?" The prince asked.

"Yes, it is about that and how I first met your parents," She responded and his eyes shook as he stared at her, wondering what she was talking about and the others looked at her as well.

"What do you mean?" The prince asked and Nessa looked at Isamu then he sighed and she lowered her head.

"I saw your parents on the day they died," She responded and they all left staring at her.

The prince didn't know what to say, he was even struggling to ask the right question and she looked at him as his eyes trembled as well as his lips.

"Can you explain a bit here, Nessa?" Yonja asked and Ian nodded then she smiled at them.

"Yeah, I can explain a little, you see, when I was just passing by one day, I was a bit lost to be honest, and I saw his parents, they were attacked by a guy in black, I was there before they died, I saw who it was that killed them in a slight way, I was there when they took their last breath," She responded and the prince gasped before lowering his head and Nessa looked at him.

"Are you sure you want me to go on with this?" She asked and the prince looked at her then nodded.

"Fine, after the guy left, I went to the carriage and I thought they were both dead, but then your father grabbed onto me and I couldn't leave after that, I crouched down and he smiled at me, I looked at your mother, but she was already gone, I would have helped if I could but your father was critical, there was no way that he would survive after that," She responded and the prince sighed.

Tears welled up in his eyes and he closed them, then took a deep breath as Ian placed his hand on Nessa's shoulder and she lowered her head because she didn't want to talk anymore about it and she still didn't know whether she should say anything about the diamond or not.

"Your highness," Sophia said as a bit of tears ran down his cheek and he lowered his head then wiped his eyes.

"Nessa, do you think they died in peace?" He asked and her eyes widened as she looked at him and he stared right into her eyes and she pulled back a little.

"I saw no pain or regret, so yes," She responded and he smiled brightly before reaching over and hugging her and she jumped as the others smiled, then she patted him on the back and the other sighed in a bit of relief.