Ascension of the Monster Queen

A while after, when the girls had finished shopping, Nessa placed the things she bought within her dimensional pocket, then they returned to the inn where they saw the others were waiting for them.

When they saw that the girls had finished shopping, they smiled, then got up and approached them and Nessa smiled at the prince then he checked the time and showed her and she chuckled.

It was already afternoon, she patted him on the shoulder and he smiled, then they left the guild, heading to the castle.

While they were on their way there, they saw how busy and excited everyone and Nessa smiled.

'Everyone is so happy, I hope they can remain like this, smiling,' Nessa thought as they arrived at the castle, the prince exhaled deeply and the others looked at him.

"Come on, no time to stop here," Nessa said as she grabbed his hand and he flinched, then looked at her as she pulled him into the castle.

Upon entering, the prince's eyes widened and the others looked at each other then at Nessa and smiled, knowing she was doing the right thing and that was the only way to help him.

Nessa released his hand and the prince looked around, remembering his past and the wonderful time he had with his family in the castle and tears came to his eyes.

The prince lowered his head and gritted his teeth as he thought of them and the way they died, Nessa glanced at him and sighed, knowing that it will still be hard for him.

"Are you going to be okay?" Ian asked, the prince wiped his eyes and raised his head up then looked at Nessa and she smiled at him.

"Yes, I think I am going to be just fine, I just need to accept it all in order to move past it," He responded and Ian smiled.

"Well, that's good to hear," Nessa said and the prince smiled at her as they looked at how nice and simple the workers decorated the castle.

"I have to say, the workers did a good job decorating the place in such a short time," The prince added and Nessa nodded.

"It is your coronation, they wanted to do the best they can for you, they are all happy that they got their one and true king," Nessa said and the prince sighed.

"Well, I guess now I just have to make sure that I fulfill my responsibilities, to be honest, it's going to take a bit of adjusting, everything just increased overnight," He replied and Nessa chuckled.

"You can handle it, you can deal with tough times because you learned how to do all of that through the guild, we all believe in you, right guys?" Cortan asked.

"Yes," They responded and he chuckled as the servants within the castle approached him and just stared.

The prince smiled at them and Nessa glanced at how they were looking at him and wanted to laugh but didn't.

"Hello," He said and they all bowed their heads and he flinched.

"Your highness, welcome home," The head of the servants said and the prince smiled.

"Thank you, you can raise your heads now," He replied, then they looked at him and he continued looking around to get himself reacquainted with his old home.

After the prince finished touring half of the castle, he arrived at his parent's room, he was about to enter but held back, Nessa glanced at him, wondering whether he would enter and try to fully get over the past or hold himself back.

"You need to get it over with, I am sorry if that came off harsh but..." Nessa said and the prince glanced at her, knowing whatever Nessa was saying, was right and he had to move forward, leaving the past behind.

He smiled at Nessa then entered the room and Nessa closed the door behind him and he looked at it before looking around his parent's room. Continue reading at empire

The prince sat down on their bed and exhaled deeply.

"Was that a good idea? Leaving him in there alone?" Niva asked and Nessa looked at her.

"Yes, it was, people might not always be around him and since he would be living here from now on, he has to be able to do this on his own, sometimes that is the only way a person can grow," Nessa responded and Niva smiled at her.

"You are right, we will wait out here, so Nessa, when will you be leaving here?" Niva asked.

"Hopefully tomorrow afternoon," She responded and they looked at each other, then at her.

"So soon?" Ian asked and Nessa smiled at him.

"I have a lot of things to do, besides, I have been here for quite some time now, I have responsibilities as well, if I don't take care of things, things might fall apart and others might even take advantage," She responded and he smiled.

"Yes, you are a leader, that's understandable, how many are you leading at such a young age though?" Ian asked and a smirk appeared on Nessa's face.

"You guys will know later on," She responded and he chuckled.

"Yeah, we know you will say that don't worry, we will be giving an answer as well but until we know about you," Yonja said and Nessa chuckled then patted him on the shoulder and he glanced at her.

"I know that, well it's just a few more hours, not much longer, we can all wait until then," Nessa replied as the prince exited the room, they looked at him then he smiled.

"She is right, it's just a few more hours, we are all patient enough to wait until then, now since it's almost night and the guests will start arriving sooner than we think, we should all head back and start getting ready, how about that?" He asked and they nodded.

"You good?" Cortan asked and the prince looked at him and smiled.

"Yes, thanks to you guys, now I feel just fine, I feel more than ready, thank you again," He responded and they sighed in relief.

"You are welcome," They said and he chuckled then they left the castle, heading back to their places to get dressed for the coronation.