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were just
rich and extremely snobby.
    The
bookworm shook his head and chuckled. “You’re a smart boy Seth, but sometimes
faith is truer than fact. I hope one day you will understand that.” Seth opened
his mouth to argue but the bookworm gave him a stern look and he held his
tongue. “I think the rest of your family would like an explanation, since they
do not read old fables like you. Guardians are partners given by The Healer; everyone
has one. They only take on a spiritual form and defend their partners from
demons who do not take on a physical form. There are only a small amount of
Guardians, and most have been killed. These days, if a Guardian takes a
physical form it usually means that the human partner is extremely important or
powerful. The only other case would be if the human partner’s soul was at risk
of being erased from existence by a physical force, then the Guardian would
take a physical form to save their partner. In those cases the Guardian partner
ends up dying and merging with their human partner to make chances of surviving
without them better. A Guardian merging with a human seals their fate of death
because the Guardian gives their partner the last of their soul along with the
Guardian’s unique power. Only few Guardians have done so, and only if the bond
with their human partner is as strong as if they were their own child.”
    “So
would that make me super important or I was just in mortal danger as a baby?” I
asked very casually. I already knew I had a screwed up childhood, so why freak
out about it?
    “In
your case you could say you were both, although your partner did not merge with
you. You already have natural power inside you and if your Guardian had merged
with you the two powers would fight for dominance and tear your mind apart. But
when a Guardian dies and does not merge they subside to a weak form. The form
differs on what kind of power the Guardian had, and the fact that your Guardian
took the form of a crystal means she had the power of controlling something
without a defining form.”
    Al
and I exchanged looks of shock. That was some pretty brutal information. Someone
sacrificing their own life for another wasn’t the kind of thing you see every
day. It made me sad that I had never known her, and that she had to die for me.
But one thing was confusing. Who was the boy who had killed my Guardian and why
was he trying to do the same to Vaze?
    “I
think it’s time for our guest to tell his story, and shed some light on the
situation,” said the bookworm. Finally, everyone seemed to actually acknowledge
Vaze was in the room with more than just glances. All eyes were on him, waiting
for the missing pieces of information.
    “The
man who attacked us Scarlet, was Enzio. He was sent to assassinate me. As you
might have already guessed, he isn’t human. He is a demon who took a physical
form when Velkire first rose to power a hundred years ago. This wasn’t the first
time he had tried to kill me. He had tried before when I was young. That time
he had almost succeeded, if it weren’t for…” Vaze stopped as if he might choke
up. “If it weren’t for someone very close I would have died then.”
    I
realized that what Vaze was talking about was a sore subject so I held my
personal questions and skipped to relevant ones. “Why was Enzio trying to assassinate
you in the first place?”
    “It’s
because I’m a prince and I am my father’s only son.”
    I
scoffed. Just what we needed, another rich kid.
    “That’s
not a big reason to kill you. There are a lot of states and a lot of royal
families, and it’s starting to be cliché.”
    “That
is true, unless you are a prince from a really powerful state there wouldn’t be
any reason to kill you,” Seth cut in.
    “I
don’t really know for sure… but would you consider Moraj a powerful state?”
Vaze said it as if it were as plain as night and day. Five blank stares rested
on Vaze. We were all in shock except for the