Chapter 255 - 3.12 The Life of Chronos (2)

"Please send a report to the queen, we have a human shapeshifter representing Elven Royalty approaching with another Elf. They look like identical twins, so we should also assume they are human traitors." One of the elf’s said to a higher ranking official, who began sprinting toward the castle to notify the Queen.

Back in the forest, Mina had reverted her transformation to elf and asked the system to leave her human hair.

To both of their surprises, the system obliged.

"You look amazing as an elf!"

"Thanks brother, it’s strange seeing you so... dorky!" Mina teased.

"Ha. Ha. You’re so funny. I do love these clothes though. They’re very comfortable." Sora said

As they walked out of the forest and walked up to the Kingdom’s entrance, they couldn’t help but shake the feeling everyone was ready to kill them at any second.

"Papers please."

"Apologies, we do not have any papers. We were sent by the god of Nature to assist the Elves and bring them back to prosperity!" Mina said excitedly.

"Sent by the gods, you say?"

The elf who had sprinted to the Queen had returned.

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"You are nothing more than shapeshifting traitors. Guards, lock them up and take them to the dungeon. Their trial is in one hour." The Elf said.

"This has to be some."

Sora was cut off by the Elf.

"The name is Prince Xavier Fang. Save your words for your trial. We saw the woman shapeshift into a human. We know you’re simply traitors."

As they walked down to the dungeon, they were thrown in two separate cells, right next to each other. They only noticed one other prisoner, a human, as they walked down.

"Your trial is in one hour. The King and Queen will hear your appeal. That is all." Prince Xavier said as he walked away.

"You two done and messed up bad if yall got a trial in one hour," the human said.

"What do you mean and what’s your name sir?" Sora asked.

"Name’s Gil but you can call me G. I’ve been down here for two years. I got caught snoopin’ in some eleven treasures and they sentenced me to 15 years down here."

"Snoopin’ or stealing G?" Mina asked while shaking her head.

"Little bit of both, but nothin’ major. You two will be lucky to see tomorrow with outfits like that and a trial in an hour."

"What do you mean?"

"Well I’d reckon they consider you both spies of humanity impersonating royal elf’s and we’ll, they don’t take kindly to those types of folks."

"This is a huge misunderstanding, we really are here to help the elves!" Mina couldn’t hold back her tears.

"Well, I wish ya luck but your fate is walking your way now."

"Thanks Gil. We will see you soon, don’t worry." Sora said confidently.

"Well, least they’re brave but they won’t be seeing me any time soon. Those two are cooked geese." Gil thought as Mina and Sora were led upstairs.

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The entire courtroom was stunning and beautiful. It reminded both of them of an enchanted meeting room, where the magic was endless and the decorum was beautiful.

The King and Queen sat at the top, behind what looked like a Judge’s stand in the human world, just with two spots instead of one.

Prince Xavier was the one doing the interrogating and no defense had been given to Mina and Sora.

"Please state your names and reasons for being here," Xavier demanded.

"I am Mina and this is my twin brother Sora. We were sent by the god of Time, Chronos, on behalf of the God of nature, to aid the elven race and bring them back to prosperity." Mina said.

"Then how is it that a human has our royal bloodline’s clothes, yet none of us know who you are?" Xavier asked.

"We have the ability to shapeshift, it’s true. We will not deny that but like my sister said, we are here to aid you in any way you see fit! Please believe us! We’re here to help," Sora said.

"Lies. For impersonating Royal Elders in attempts to infiltrate our Kingdom, the recommended punishment is execution," Xavier stated to the crowd.

The crowd began cheering, and Mina and Sora couldn’t see where the cheering was coming from.

"Where is this cheering even coming from, and how is that a fair punishment?" Mina pleaded, with tears forming in her eyes.

"Even more proof they are not Royal Elders. They know not of our enchantments or spells, Mother, Father, your verdict please?" Xavier asked with a smug smile.

The King and Queen simply stuck their thumbs in the air and proceeded to leave the room.

"You have been sentenced to immediate death. You will die by the guillotine now."

"That’s so unfair!" Sora complained.

No other words were spoken as Mina and Sora walked, now with chains around their ankles as well, to what looked like an execution stage. A crowd of around 7,000 people appeared, cheering:

"Kill the traitors! Kill the Traitors!"

"Under the authority of the Fang Family, I hereby execute Sora and Mina Hart as traitors to our great Kingdom." Prince Xavier said, as the crowd erupted.

"Chronos is gonna be so pissed at us." Sora said to his sister.

"I won’t transform next time I’m so sorry, this is my fault." Mina said with tears flowing from her eyes.

"Don’t be sorry, we made rookie mistakes. It’s not like they’ll remember this, but we will!"

These were the last words uttered, as the guillotine made clean cuts.

"Ding! Quest failed. Teleporting you to Worlds Edge.

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Mina and Sora found themselves back at Worlds Edge, and to their surprise, Chronos wasn’t angry at all.

"Remember when I gave you two that amulet to verify yourselves... maybe try using that instead of fixing your hair!" Chronos said with a quiet chuckle.

"Death hurts!" Mina said.

"Yes it does. At least they made it quick. These elves don’t seem to waste time on idle chat and are all about business," Sora said.

"There are much more to the elves than you know now, but fortunately for you, the god of Nature is calm and understanding. He, nor I, expected you to succeed on your first try," Chronos said.

"The amulet sis. Remember the amulet. Prince Xavier was at the front gate as they saw us coming so this time, we will simply walk up, wait for them to state ’papers,’ we will state our name and show the amulet."

"Sounds good brother. Chronos. Can you please change my elven hair to my human hair for me? I can’t stand the bangs."

"Certainly, I’ve added it to your system. I also recommend you two don’t show any weapons until after you receive the blessing of the King and Queen."

"Thanks," Mina and Sora stated.

The next moment, they were in the exact same spot in the forest they were the day before.

"Round two. Let’s not fail!" Sora exclaimed and they began walking through the forest.

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"Do you ever get that feeling of Deja-vu?"

"I’d say it’s Deja-vu but it’s so real, brother."

The two of them wasted no time, as they quickly walked through the forest, brimming with confidence.

Mina had taken the amulet out of the system and had Sora tie it around her neck.

"Ding! You are wearing an ancient amulet of the god of Nature, Eden. This amulet will grow when someone is lying to you or you are in imminent danger!"

"That’s really cool and it looks better on you anyway. I miss being good looking!" Sora complained.

"Yeah, well, maybe one day we’ll achieve your dream and become dragons."

"That would be so cool!"

They walked up to the same Elf that was there before, and noticed Prince Xavier idly standing in the background, keeping command over his men.

"Papers, please." The elf asked.

"This is so weird," Sora thought.

"Apologies, we do not have papers. My name is Mina Hart and this is my identical twin brother, Sora. We were sent here by Eden, the god of nature, to help elvenkind restore its glory and to make peace with humans. We offer this amulet as a token of our respect to your King and Queen," Mina said confidently

"That is quite the gift. May I please have a look?"

"With such a precious amulet, you must understand that we are under order from the gods to get this Amulet to the King and Queen. I mean no disrespect, but only if you were a Prince to this Kingdom, and the amulet were to verify that, would we allow for you to hold the amulet," Sora said with a polite bow, knowing he was indeed talking to Prince Xavier.

"Oh, what a wise pair our gods have selected! I am indeed the Prince of the Kingdom, Xavier Fang, son of Luther and Ella Fang, the last remaining holy family of the elven race. I see you are dressed in our Elder clothing, oh how the gods have finally answered our prayers!"