Chapter 11: The Moon Goddess

Bender had been doubting his eyes.

Today it was his turn to be on duty in person, and as usual, he was very calm. The top of this tall Tianfeng Castle is impossible to come up at all except with large flying beasts like dragon eagles and flying horses. Therefore, most of the guards who were responsible for guarding the upper floors of Tianfeng Castle were archers, while those patrolling outside were all dragon eagle knights or Pegasus knights.

But he is different, he is the captain of the air guard of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he only needs to protect the branch castle where the princess's dormitory is located. However, this kind of work has always been very easy, because it is unlikely that a slightly normal person will invade this heavily guarded city of kings, and the number of times Tianfeng Castle has been invaded is really very small.

The night breeze was still a little cool, and Bender rubbed his hands, ready to stop the dragon eagle on top of the castle to rest. But just then, he noticed something. He saw the princess come out of her chamber and stand on the balcony.

What did she want to do at such a late hour? While Bender was wondering, something strange happened! He saw that the princess had a pair of white wings growing from her body!

Bender nearly fell off the dragon's back. The evening breeze was cool, and his mind was clear. It must be magic, a magical magic! Magic is indeed a wonderful thing, and Bender can only explain it to himself now. He knew that the princess was barely a magician—just a very reluctant, unruly magician, of course. She didn't have much strength, and she had to learn some magic, but no one really expected her to achieve much, after all, people like her were born without doing anything.

But now this unruly magician has actually formed a pair of magic wings, this is really incredible, has she been hiding her strength?

Bender quietly hid his figure, and the princess never noticed him. And now she had actually taken up with those wings! She flew out of the balcony and flew freely in the sky outside the castle, and it was as beautiful as the angel of legend descended.

After a while, the princess flew back to the castle, but as she was about to go around the castle, there was a sudden sound of alarm bells, followed by the princess's screams, and white wings began to spin and fall in the night sky. "Something has happened to the princess!" Bender hurriedly patted the dragon eagle on the neck, and the dragon eagle screamed and rushed down like an arrow off the string.

But Bender slowed down, and the princess's body fell like a feather to the surface of the river, and then in an instant it was swallowed up by the black water. Bender jumped down desperately, but unfortunately he still didn't catch the princess, it was so dark in the water that he couldn't see anything, and he hurriedly got out of the water again.

After several years of military service, he has developed the habit of keeping a cool head in any environment, which is also where he is most confident. He searched the princess downstream, but the white wings were evident in the black current, and he finally found the princess again, and caught her before the current swept her down again.

"Open the door! Open the door!" Bender roared and kicked at the gate of Maple Castle. The janissary officer on guard opened the small window and saw Bender, who was drenched. Of course he knew Bender, the big man who sat on the flying beast, and was much higher than his class.

The heavy door finally opened, and Bender, who was already impatient, burst in with the unconscious princess in his arms, and roared like an almost beast, "Magician, go and open the teleportation array! Quick, quick, quick! Immediately inform the emperor and empress that something has happened to the princess!"

Bender's roar caused a small commotion in Tianfeng Castle, and Emperor Herman, who was woken up from his sweet dream, said very unhappily: "What's the matter? Why did you wake me up?" The maid said cautiously outside the door: "Your Majesty, something has happened to Her Royal Highness the Princess!" "What?" Emperor Herman and Empress Isabel almost jumped up, "Linya, what's wrong with her?"

Like everyone, Emperor Hermann and Empress Isabel froze as they hurried into the princess's bedchamber. At this moment, Linya had already changed her clothes by the maid, and was lying calmly on the bed, a pair of wings as white as snow hung weakly beside her, and a black arrow feather was inserted on the left wing, which was so conspicuous.

That's definitely wings, and the eye can't be mistaken. "Oh my God, Lynn ...... What's going on?" Emperor Herman and Emperor Isabel gathered around their daughter, looking at the wings in disbelief. The feathers are slightly cool, while the fleshy wings under the fine fluff can feel a slightly warm pulsation. It is impossible for an object condensed by magic to have a substantial feeling like this, which is clearly a real wing of flesh and blood!

Priest Kalisa and Priest Namia also hurried up, and after a moment of scrambling, the feathered arrow was cut and removed, and the wound was dressed and bandaged, and Priest Carissa sealed the bleeding wound with holy healing.

After listening to Bender's narration, Emperor Hermann, who had been stunned on the sidelines, suddenly asked, "She...... Is it our daughter?" Queen Isabel unbuttoned Linya's chest, revealing a bright red maple leaf mark on her left chest. "She's our daughter, of course. Empress Isabel affirmed.

This mark is a unique blood mark of the Lantis royal family, which was engraved by the three magisters with the blood of the emperor and queen with a special magical mark after Linya's birth. If there is any discrepancy between the caster's bloodline and the caster's blood, the caster's body will strongly reject the mark - it is clear that Linya's royal blood is in doubt. And this mark will be with her, and it will never disappear or be removed.

"So...... Isabel, do you have the blood of the legendary Feather Clan?" Emperor Hermann was a little whimsical. "No way, my family lineage is fully documented, that's impossible. Isabel retorted.

"How could that be? Why did Linya grow wings?-- Bender saw them grow out of her body......

"I'm afraid we won't know the answer until Linya wakes up......"

"Your Majesty, do you remember that rumor?" Priest Karissa suddenly interjected.

"What rumors?" asked Empress Isabel hurriedly.

"It was when Her Royal Highness the Princess was born that rumor about the moon goddess Gaisha ......"

Hearing her say this, Emperor Hermann and Emperor Isabel immediately remembered.

Princess Linya's birthday was fifteen years ago on September 15, the night of the full moon, and that day also happened to be the birthday of the moon goddess Gaisha.

For a hundred years, the Momiji Empire has been religiously dedicated to the god of light, Ylan, and the goddess of the moon, Gaisha, the daughter of the god of light.

On the night of Princess Linya's birth, the moon was rounder, bigger, and brighter than ever.

And that very night, countless meteors streaked across the sky and landed on the land of the Momiji Empire.

So all kinds of rumors came one after another. Some say it's a symbol of disaster, while others say it's a blessing from God.

And in the southern part of the Red Leaf Empire, there is a rumor that it is a very famous divination wizard, an old witch who is more than a hundred years old, and her divination skills are extremely effective. She even said that Princess Linya was the incarnation of the moon goddess Gaisha. Because the Momiji Empire has devoutly worshiped the goddess of the moon for a hundred years, the goddess Gaisha was very moved, and finally incarnated as a princess and came to this country.

Many people believed her words, and their reasons and bases were not only the coincidence of birthdays, the devout beliefs of the Empire, and the strange phenomenon of that night, but also a very important basis, that is......

Since the founding of the Red Leaf Empire, the Lantis royal family has never given birth to a princess, never. For this, the Landis royal family and the people of the Momiji Empire were very confused. And the birth of Princess Linya finally made the country finally have its first princess.

Emperor Hermann and Empress Isabel were not entirely unjustified in their extreme affection for their daughters, and it was believed that the birth of a princess would bring blessings from the gods.

But the Herman Emperor was not carried away by the joy of his daughter's birth, after all, such a thing could not be said nonsense. However, it turned out that this little princess did not have the wisdom and strength of ordinary people, and was not much different from an ordinary little girl in all aspects, and did not have the character of a god. As time passed, rumors about the relationship between the moon goddess and the princess were gradually forgotten.

And now, the princess has grown wings, and it is impossible for humans to have wings. And the legendary Yu Clan, that is only in the legend, no one has really seen the Yu Clan.

It seems that God can once again explain this qiē phenomenon. However, this also seems a little too bizarre......

"Your Majesty, I actually believed that rumor originally. I later made a special trip to visit the soothsayer, and she told me that the darkness of the earth was growing, and that a god would come to help mankind through this calamity. It's the same hunch I had. Priest Kalisa continued, "I believe that the princess's divine powers have not been brought into full use because she has not yet grown up. Now she's grown up! You should know Erinka little Phoenix, the most supernatural creature in the world, the messenger of the god of fire - and it now considers Her Highness the princess to be its master, which is impossible for ordinary people!"

Emperor Hermann fell into deep thought, and Empress Isabel said excitedly: "Yes, this time Linya came back from outside, and she actually brought back an auspicious divine bird, Phoenix, we have not paid attention to this matter all along!"

Namia thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I thought about it, and I think there are many unusual coincidences. You must remember the construction of the canal in the Imoa Peninsula that Her Royal Highness gave you during the day, isn't that the blessing that the wisdom of the gods brought to the Momiji Empire?"

Emperor Herman was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't help but nod his head. Namia continued: "And Her Royal Highness the Princess's request is to hope that Her Majesty Xià will stop the war against Cessnia, doesn't Your Majesty think it's very strange? As far as I know, the war that Her Majesty is about to launch against Cessnia is the first war that the Red Leaf Empire is about to launch against the Bright Sect country since the birth of the Princess! Now I think we have the answer, because the moon goddess Gaisha is the goddess of peace and love!"

After hearing these words, Emperor Hermann couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my God, could it be that my daughter, Linya, is really the incarnation of the moon goddess Gaisha, and she is actually the daughter of the creator god?"