Crystal fantasy
Psychical power

Part 5
(3 chapters)

Castle town of Mangana

'Cities ..
Most of them have a history stretching back thousands of years ...
Mangana, back then it was still a worthless piece of land .. but when man came from all sides and still believed in himself, he irrigated this small piece of land and planted seeds in it, hoping to have a rich harvest one day ...
Man also built houses in order not to have to travel the long way from his homeland to his field of grain ... and so Mangana was born, one of the four great empires on the Crystalcontinent ...
Isn't it wonderful what man can achieve ...
... if he still believes in himself ...? '

"We'll be arriving in my homeland in a minute," said the princess to Kana and Raiji as she approached them.
The blond-haired boy turned and looked at Aya.
"Tell me ..," he started and when she looked at him questioningly, he continued, ".. how did you know that Lilyvillage was destroyed?I mean, Mangana seems a long way from the ruined village ... "
At this question, Kana turned around as well. She looked at Raiji in amazement, because she thought this question was unimportant, but the more she thought about it, she saw that it was not entirely unimportant.
"Well ..." the princess hesitated. "Tell me!" He said seriously.
When she wanted to answer, Kana interrupted her: "So Raiji! If Aya doesn't want to say it then she doesn't want to say it !!"
Kana didn't know why she was saying that now, although she would like to hear the answer herself, but something in her told her to keep Aya from saying the answer.
Raiji looked at Kana in surprise, but then said casually: "All right. I'm going to look for my little sister!"
Because Shina had been exploring the ship for quite some time, so he said it would be better to find her before the ~ Navy Blue ~ would land.Aya looked at Kana, bowed slightly, and mumbled thank you.
Kaito, who had noticed, looked visibly surprised at the two girls, because he had never seen the princess bow before someone who was lower than her.
Kana smiled and said somewhat flattered: "You don't have to thank me. It was a matter of course."
Aya smiled at her, said goodbye, passed Kaito, whispered something to him on the way, whereupon he looked after her rather puzzled.
Well, after a short time the ~ Navy Blue ~ landed in a harbor.
"Why can this airship land here?", Shina asked when they came to Kana and Kaito with Raiji and asked Raiji: "And what is he doing here?" He pointed to the red-haired boy.
Kaito said: "All of our airships can also move forward in the water, besides, do you mind if I talk to this young lady?"
When Raiji was about to answer he felt looks, he looked around and noticed that Kana and Shina were looking at him expectantly. He actually wanted to say 'yes', but now he couldn't get a word out of his mouth. Kaito grinned and asked the three passengers to get out.
He led them from the port through the whole city until they came to a large castle.
"Wow! Is that huge," Kana marveled, ".. and we can go in there now .. ??!"
Kaito nodded and smiled at her: "If you want, I'll show you the city from above. You can overlook it wonderfully from our cemetery." "From a cemetery?" Kana looked at him questioningly, whereupon he had to smile and said that it would soon find out what was meant by that.
When they were led into a large ballroom by the captain of the Mangana troops, a long table stretched in front of them that went to the end of the room and was covered with delicious smelling food.The three were so amazed that they looked at them for a while. "I ask you, sit down and serve yourself. The food is for you," said the princess to them as she stood behind them in a beautiful evening dress, "I would also be very happy if you could stay to the ball tonight."
They looked puzzled at Aya and hesitated, but nodded anyway.
After this short conversation, they sat down on each of the three chairs and began to eat.
Aya and Kaito also sat down and began to eat the food.
From the faces of the three you could tell that they tasted it, whereupon Aya smiled.

The ball

,To dance..
It doesn't matter if you are good at it or bad, ..
.. because dancing is always a gesture that shows people's feelings ... '

"I don't know. Do you think that suits me?", Kana said shyly to Aya and stood in front of her in a long, blue and white ball gown.She just nodded and smiled at her: "I believe everything suits you."
Why did Kana try on a ball gown?
Well, when the five of them finished eating, Aya offered Kana and Shina to try on clothes, while Kaito Raiji gave something to wear for the ball. Men and women each among themselves.
"Well, I'm not wearing this !!"
The two girls looked at a bright red Shina who was probably ashamed in the dark blue dress.
"Ah where!", Said Kana, "Looks great on you ..!"
Shina looked at her and said softly: "... but only for tonight. The fiddling is uncomfortable!"
The addressed nodded and looked at Aya who giggled softly.
She then took off her tiara, put it on Kana’s head and winked at her. But Kana just wondered:
'I'm curious how Raiji and Kaito look ...'

"Are you crazy !!?! I never wear something like that !!"
Raiji yelled at Kaito, because he was put into a fine suit that was black."Oh come on," said the yelled at and straightened his blue suit, "I prefer to wear more comfortable clothes, but I do it for Kana, Aya and Shina."
"But.. ! "
"Nothing but my dear thief!"
"Wa ...," Raiji looked puzzled.
"Kana has you covered earlier in the ~ Navy Blue ~, but you are being wanted. Not only you, also your sister Shina. You come from a poor village, is that the reason why you steal?", Kaito looked at him .
The blond-haired boy cleverly escaped his gaze and said seriously: "That is none of your business!"
"Listen," Kaito began, "I'm not going to arrest you, but you should know that you should face your problems and I think your friends, and especially Kana, would help you with that ..."
With these words he said goodbye and went out of the room where they had changed.Raiji watched him go, saw a man come into the room and let him lead him into another large room.
In this he looked around and discovered his sister next to the princess.
He was about to go to her when the drums sounded.
Light shone on a large staircase and Raiji looked up.
A person he knew very well went down from there.
He looked astonished at the sight of her. It was Kana.
She walked gracefully down the stairs to the end and the people in the room clapped.
She was now standing in the middle of the room and wonderful music was playing to dance to.
Some couples started to dance and Kaito, who was standing behind Raiji, grinning, pushed him to Kana, who was still wearing the princess' tiara.
Kaito first ran away and asked Shina if she would dance with him.
At first she hesitated, but finally accepted because she thought it was a ball and that a ball was there for dancing.When Raiji was about to start stammering, Kana put a finger to his mouth, that wasn't difficult because she was only a bit shorter than him and said: "Don't talk, better dance."
She took his hand, pulled him to a good place and started dancing with him.
The princess who was dancing with another nobleman looked at them and had to smile.
.. and without knowing why, Kana and Raiji, as well as Shina and Kaito became the stars of the evening, because they danced until late into the night with a smile on their faces ....

The majestic knight's graveyard

, Everything in life makes sense .. there is no such thing as coincidence, or as most people say, "lucky you!" There is only fate because it determines your future ... but if you believe in yourself, you can rewrite your story for the future ... '

Kana woke up yawning the next morning. She rubbed one eye and stroked her messy hair, then looked around.She saw Raiji and Shina who were sleeping and both still had their nice clothes on, which surprised her. After a brief moment of thought, she remembered! The ball was yesterday and because the 3 were so tired after dancing, Aya's employees dragged them to bed.
Stretching, she got up and went to a large closet. She opened it and saw her everyday clothes hanging in it, which she immediately took out, went with them into a large bathroom and put them on. Then she washed herself properly and dried herself off. Kana looked again at her crystal pendant and wanted to explore the castle.
After a while she came into a high tower on which a large statue stood. She walked up to it and noticed that something was written on it.
"For the sake of our hero ..," said a voice from behind Kana.
She was startled and turned around quickly. Kaito stood behind her.
She didn't quite understand what he had said."For the good of our hero .. the majestic knight ..."
Now she understood. The same thing was said about the great memorial.
"Why for the good ..? .. and who is this knight ..?", She asked Kaito.
He replied: "1000 years ago chaos and horror spread in this world. A magician with dark powers wanted to bring it to ruin because he had previously lost everything and was about to lose his soul to a crystal .."
He actually wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by Kana: "Does that mean the soul-capturing crystals already existed then ...?!"
The addressee nodded, but then continued: "Shortly before the end of the world .. Armageddon as we call it .. a knight came. He stabbed the magician with his golden lance: That saved the world. Unfortunately, this knight disappeared .. and many questions are asked today ... for example: Why didn't anyone know him?What was his name ..? .. and where did he come from ..? In any case you know that he saved us, because of this memorial that can be seen in each of the four great empires .. "
"...." Kana was silent then.
"What is ...?" Kaito looked at her