Chapter 21

[3690 I.C.]

There was once an ancient king who fell in love with a being completely opposite to him and as the romance between them developed, a curious phoenix watched them.

"What a fool" she once said as she snuggled into her nest "isn’t it obvious they won’t be able to be together? Look at them... they’re too different, they’re natural enemies."

The mermaid, who has always been by the side of the phoenix since the day she was born, smiled. A weak, friendly smile.

"If you think they’re so silly, why do you keep watching? Isn’t this the 16th time you’ve been here? Looking at them? What? Fell in love with her? Or maybe for him?" The mermaid provoked "no... did... fall in love with both?"

The phoenix has snitched.

"What the hell are you talking about? I’m a phoenix! I don’t fall in love unless I want to! And everyone knows that love is something questionable and made only for mortals to think that there is something beyond the basic motif of reprod