3 WHY WORRIED?

“This throne was given to me by my father, and we have been at peace since then. No mortal man can destroy this great kingdom, nor can any man touch my beloved princess without my consent. We don't call for war, but if the enemies come, we tear them apart. We triumph over any kingdom that rises against us”. King Guozhi furrowed his brow as he mumbled on his throne.

Peace of mind was far away from him. He was so confused and worried.

He wasn't worried because his enemies were coming for him, he was worried about his daughter, princess Chu Hua.

To protect her was his top priority.

Thank the Good Lord that commander Lucifer was ever ready to fight anyone for his people.

“If there were ten men like commander Lucifer in the Cyprus kingdom, then no one would be able to threaten us,” King Guozhi will always say.

Commander Lucifer was like his personal advisor because he easily understood the pain someone is going through with just a sight of one's face. He knows how to advise and tackle an issue.

“Father! Father! Father!!” Princess Chu Hua called out.

A pretty fair skin princess with long brown hair stood in front of the king. She appeared in her royal dress. She is quite tall with a pointed nose.

A princess with an ordinary person's personality. A beautiful princess like a standing rose flower in the garden. Princess Chu Hua.

Maybe we can say princess Chu Hua and commander Lucifer are godly-minded souls.

“Yes! Yes, princess.” King Guozhi answered with a wide smile on his face as he woke up from his deep thoughts.

“Father, you look worried. Though you're forcing yourself to smile at me just to hide it from me, I still notice it. What's the problem?”

Princess Chu Hua asked her father.

“You don't have to worry about me, my princess. I'm fine.”

“No. Father, you are not fine. If I don't worry about you, who will I be worried about? You are everything that matters to me in this world. You are my mother, father, and everything. Likewise, you are the only person I have. Tell me anything that is bothering you. I may have solutions to it.” Princess Chu Hua was at the stage of freeing the gate of her eyes for the ready tears to come out.

King Guozhi gazed at her as he saw the affection in her eyes. So many thoughts were running through his mind. “How am I going to tell her this? What will be her reaction after hearing this?

“How I wish someone could tell her and not me”. King Guozhi mumbled as he was deeply thinking.

“Father! Father! Father!” Princess Chu Hua screamed his name.

“Yes!” King Guozhi sharply answered as he jumped off from his thoughts like someone who was in a horror dream.

“Please, father, don't do this to me. Tell me your problem. I beg of you.

I have been calling your name for the past few seconds, but you couldn't hear me, and you are lying to me that nothing is happening? No! This is not how my father behaves.” She spoke as tears began to flow in her yellowish cheeks.

Fear gripped king Guozhi as he saw his beautiful princess sobbing, but how can he tell her? After telling her this, it will lead to many questions that he wasn't ready to answer.

“Now I know that you don't care about me. Because if you do, you would share your pain with me.” She scrambled some words out.

“I will answer all your questions”. A voice came from the entrance.

A figure of a well-gallant man stood at the door. It was commander Lucifer.

“What! Were you spying on us?” Princess Chu Hua angrily asked.

“Why should I be spying on you, my princess?”

“How come you were hearing us from outside?” Princess Chu Hua asked.

“Well, I will answer all those questions later.” Commander Lucifer replied, bowing down as he stretched his right hand indicating “let's go and talk outside”.

“But….” Princess Chu Hua was about to utter a word but commander Lucifer cut in, “My princess you know, you're an egg, an apple, and a rose flower that need to be pampered. Cinderella's beauty can't be compared to yours. Even if there is no moonlight at night, we won't have a problem because you are already light. Never can a standing mirror show your true beauty because it is beyond imagination that worldly things can't show them. Please permit me to lead you to a wonderland that you would like to spend the rest of your day in.”

Commander Lucifer always knows the strategies to capture her attention even when she is angry, and it seems like he was the only good man on earth that she has ever come across.

Princess Chu Hua blushed that she didn't realize that she was already smiling. But she was surprised that Lucifer would say such things in the presence of her father.

On the other hand, king Guozhi was relieved because he wouldn't want to open his mouth to tell the princess what was coming ahead of them. His priority is to save her from those demons that call themselves human beings.

“Sorry, father. I will soon be back. Princess Chu Hua said as wiped her tears off. She awakened her father from his deep thoughts.

“No problem, my princess. You can follow him, we will talk later.” King Guozhi sharply answered.

“Okay, father.”

“Wait, princes!” King Guozhi called for her attention.

“Father, any problem?” Princess Chu Hua turned and asked.

“Just give me an assurance smile that you will be fine.” King Guozhi said as he gave her a wide smile, and princess Chu Hua smiled back and waved him a 'goodbye'.

“Welcome to your favorite place in the world, my princess.” Commander Lucifer said with a pleasant voice as he bowed his head.

Princess Chu Hua gazed at Lucifer, who was uniformly dressed in his full armor.

A sword was tied at one side of his waist belt, and a knife was shining like a diamond on the right-hand side of his waist.

"What are you staring at?” Lucifer called for her attention as he noticed the way she fixed her eyes on him.

“Nothing. Forget it.” Princess Chu Hua replied as she walked past him to take a perfect look at the garden, as she hadn't come to the garden that morning.

She loves flowers, and she always spends her time in the garden, especially when she wants to be left alone. But what surprised her was, “how did Lucifer know that it was her favorite place in the world”

World? Yes, of course the world.

Her father never allows her to go out because of his so-called belief in bad people outside. Nevertheless, she still feels comfortable and secure at home, and thanks God for her personal maiden, 'Nuo' who sometimes keeps her company.

“But how was it possible for you to figure out that I love this garden more than any place?” Princess Chu Hua turned around and faced commander Lucifer.

“Well, I have been the commander of this great kingdom for ten years, and we grew up together. I will be stupid if I don't know anything about you.” Commander Lucifer explained.

“Hmm,” Princess Chu Hua sighed a relief.

“Sometimes you talk as if you know everything and everyone in the kingdom.” She added.

“Oh yeah. I know everything about everyone around me. Including you.”

Commander Lucifer reluctantly spoke as he stared at her to see her reaction.

“Everything, including me, you said?” Princess Chu Hua asked.

“Of course, yes.” Commander Lucifer responded.

“Alright. What do you know about me?” She asked him as she stood with her hands in akimbo.

“You want to know, princess?” Commander Lucifer jokingly asked.

“Yes!” Princess Chu Hua sharply answered.

“Like seriously?”

“Yes. Go on.” Princess Chu Hua answered.

Lucifer saw the doubt on her face, but he never minded it. Instead, he carried on with what she asked him to do.

“Here we go then.”

Lucifer said as he directed her to sit.

Princess Chu Hua sat down quietly to listen to him.

“Once upon a time, there was a certain beautiful princess, who sometimes doesn't consider herself as a princess because she believes that human beings are equal in the eyes of God. She was a philanthropist who considered everyone as a brother and sister, including the palace servants. She never wants to be praised by people as some kind of a goddess. She loves nature so much that,every blessed morning,she will bless her eyes by sighting the beautiful gardens, trees,birds and other creatures of the earth through her Pinky window. One day a stranger who has only heard of her but had no idea of how she is, neither did she know who he is, he then sent a message to her father to marry her without her knowledge. But her father was very worried because the message contained an order. Her beloved father was never ready to let his fear bring destruction by giving his daughter out neither can her guiding angel fold his arms to watch the demons taking her away from them. The princess' name is 'Chu Hua' the adorable daughter of king Guozhi of Cyprus kingdom.

Commander Lucifer was pacing up and down as he narrated the story to princess Chu Hua.

Princess Chu Hua sat speechless, staring at commander Lucifer.

"Are you done?" She asked.