Chapter Twenty Three

"That's a flower, right?" I asked the Crown Prince after I pointed out to him the bracelet that my father was wearing in that photograph. "The shape of that bracelet on my father's wrist..."

Prince Kao nodded. "I think so. And I also think that its shape is very oddly familiar."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember what Mitaur told us about that flower that she was talking about?"

"The one that your mother brought to her? The Phoenix Petals?"

"That's right. That's the one," he answered. "The one that was said to be the main ingredient of that potion that saved me, but killed my mother."

"Oh, that! Is that how that flower looks?"

Prince Kao nodded. "I think so. A flower-shaped like a bird engulfed in flames? That bracelet is shaped just like that."

"Oh wow. So you could tell how flames look like? A……