Chapter 26

Running towards the exit, Irene took only a few minutes to cross the immense palace.

With her dragon-slayer magic, she was stronger than before.​​

She was confident in her strength and magic, yet she was showing a face of fear and apprehension at the moment.

Given the power of the feather alone, if her power were to be unleashed, then the kingdom would surely suffer great damage.

And the question she had been asking herself ever since he had the feather was running through his head.

Will the Celestial Phoenix want to destroy the kingdom for taking one of her feathers?

According to the soldiers, the feather fell out of the Phoenix's body, so in itself it is not considered theft.

But she now knew that the Phoenix was a mythical and ancient creature never seen before.

So she didn't know the behavior of the creature, but knowing that it is very powerful and that it is a creature as old as the world, she thought the Phoenix must have a minimum of pride.

She also felt the outpouring of Life Energy from the feather.

Feeling this energy, her confused mind cleared up and her negative feelings subsided.

All her bad thoughts like the destruction of the kingdom were swept away to be replaced by thoughts buried deep in her heart.

Thoughts of finding himself falling in love with a man and getting married so that he would never be separated again, from life to death. Becoming pregnant with their child and living a happy and peaceful life.

It was a dream that Irene had buried deep in her heart because of her status as Queen and the ongoing war.

She had very little time for herself or to make her dreams come true. But it was a dream that she cherished the most in the world.

She wanted a man who would free her from all the constant stress, to see her as a woman and not a queen, to feel that warmth she had never experienced before.

All her thoughts, dėsɨrės and dreams resurfaced, but she focused on the present situation and was finally able to see the faces of the people.

She was able to notice and see the faces of the citizens and soldiers already there.

Confused to see these facial expressions instead of fear or anything else, she noticed that their faces were all pointing towards the same place.

Moving closer to the square, she was able to see the scene which obscured all the people in the place.

A young man of about 19-20 years of age with a line and celestial beauty was standing in the center of the citizens, wearing a large dress with the hood that had now come off because of the wind caused by the power of the Energy of Life and his floating hair.

Irene was hypnotized by the young man and her heart began to beat at a speed and rhythm different from usual and unusual for her.

Shin's reflection was reflected in his glassy eyes and was engraved in her memory forever.

An image worthy of a painting from the greatest artist, no, a divine painting.

Still hypnotized, a flying object entered her field of vision.

Shifting her gaze slightly to have Shin and the object in her vision, Irene could see that the object was the feather.

She was first surprised to see the feather as it was locked in a barrier created by Belserion and reinforced with its magic which was very powerful.

Then the feather continued to move towards Shin until it stopped right in front of him.

Suddenly, in the young man's back, large green wings of fire emerged.

The wings radiated a pleasant warmth and were sturdy looking very powerful.

It released small flames dancing all around Shin adding even more charms to the image of Shin.

Added this to Shin's serious eyes and the aura of his magical power, Shin's charisma and charm became fatal for all women.

At that time, Irene had begun to make the connection between all that had just happened.

'A celestial appearance, an overwhelming magical power, wings of fire, and the Energy of the feather that seems to react...Could it be?!'

When Irene had found the answer, the feather did something that made Irene 100% sure of the reliability of her answer.

The feather threw itself towards Shin's wings to merge there and return to its place.

After asking the system and getting his answer, Shin remembered that he was in a public place among all the citizens.

Looking around him, Shin saw everyone's eyes on him.

Shocked looks, love, ŀust, admiration, all kinds of emotions and dėsɨrės were released.

A drop of sweat ran down on Shin's forehead as he saw everyone looking at him like that.

Then his gaze was drawn to the side to see a woman.

(Irene's description already made)

"Irene Belserion" gently mumbled Shin so that no one could hear her.

She was beautiful and when Shin saw her, his heart leapt.

It was the first time he felt this and his heart beat at this rhythm and speed.

He understood that he had surely had what was called "love at first sight".

In the anime, he already thought Irene was very beautiful, but in real life, it was something else entirely.

For him, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

But if he was interested in her, it wasn't just a question of beauty.

Irene's character was tragic for him, basically she was just a queen who loved dragons and wanted the best for them and her people.

She fought for coexistence to be ultimately destroyed, betrayed and changed. It is because of all this that her personality has changed over 400 years of solitude, without all this she would have been a woman with a child and perhaps living happily.

Proof of this is that when she commits suicide in the final season of Fairy Tail, she cannot bring herself to kill Erza, showing that her maternal love is still present despite everything that has happened to her. What's more, she managed to fight against her will to take her daughter's body and abandoned her so as not to regret it later.

For him, despite what Irene said, it was a maternal act of pure love and it moved him.

It was from that moment on that he began to love the character of Irene.

Continuing to think about it, he heard a sweet and enchanting little voice that took him out of his mind.

"Are you the Celestial Phoenix?"

Looking straight into Irene's eyes, he could see anxiety and reluctance.

The worry was that she was afraid that Shin would destroy Dragnof's kingdom because of the presence of the feather in the kingdom.

"Yes" Shin decided not to hide it anymore since he could no longer.

"Waah"

"Mom, it's the Celestial Phoenix."

"It's really him."

Some of the citizens were impressed to see Shin, the children looked at him as an idol, an icon, others as a God.

They all whispered to each other.

Shin smiled with amusement due to the children's reaction.

"We are sorry!" Shin heard Irene's loud voice and looked at her.

Irene was bowing forward to apologize.

He was confused, he was sure that they had nothing to blame themselves for and then Shin understood why but he didn't have the time to answer.

"We took one of your feathers without asking permission and displayed it as an artifact."

All the whispering citizens looked at their queen with big eyes when they saw her in that position.

Then they remembered that before them was the Celestial Phoenix, a being who could surely destroy their kingdom if he wanted to.

Seeing the queen prostrate herself, all the citizens and soldiers followed, even the children.

"We are at fault!"

"It is we who have taken your pen"

"Take our lives but please leave the queen."

All the citizens pleaded with Shin to let their queen live against their own.

Irene raised her head full of surprises at the words of the citizens and was moved.

Her eyes were wet and tears began to form in front of the kindness and honesty of her citizens.

She was proud of it.

Seeing this, Shin said nothing, making the citizens and Irene even more stressed and terrified of his response.

Shin smiled a little smile that no one had noticed because he was prostrate.

"Ahah, don't worry, I won't do anything" Shin came out with a warm little laugh that relaxed the atmosphere.

Hearing this, the citizens and Irene were surprised beyond words and shouted all together.

"Thank you!"

The children left their parent's side and ventured to Shin.

"Thank you big brother"

"You're really handsome big brother"

"Big brother you're super strong, teach me."

The parents were about to scold and call out to their child but were prevented from doing so by Shin's next words.

"Ahah, thank you that's nice and don't worry, I'll teach you to be strong" said Shin as he squatted down to get up to the children's waist and chat with them.

Seeing this scene, the atmosphere became warm and the citizens smiled.

Shin's aura put them at ease and made the atmosphere jovial and comfortable.

Seeing Shin interact with the children, seeing his kindness, Irene's heart beat even stronger, her cheeks blushed and a beautiful smile formed.

"Would you like to go inside the palace to talk, Phoenix Celeste?" Irene asked respectfully, gently and with what seemed to be loving affection.

Shin stood up and pushed the children to return to their parent.

"Of course with pŀėȧsurė, call me Shin," Shin smiled as he walked towards Irene.