Third Person's POV
"Your majesty, Lady Elena is dead." Palace healer Anisto reveals after Elena's fall, the first time Elijah sees it.Regret washed over Elijah's face as he looked at Elena's lifeless body. The woman he never wanted to marry and never tried to talk to and win over.He feels so much remorse now. At that time he was not interested in meeting Elena. All he knows is that it has a beauty that stands out from everyone else. Although he is not interested no matter how beautiful a creature looks. He has never been liked by anyone. External appearance is not important to him, because Valeria's welfare is always his priority.His whole plan was to marry Natalia, to further extend the peace of Wysteria. Even high officials want that too. To marry Natalia. Only the war general did not agree to marry Natalia. It is necessary, whoever is destined is the one who should be married. Not another creature.But now, the first time his eyes landed on the girl, his world seemed to stop for the first time. His heart was pounding, beating more than he had ever felt before.But before he knew that the girl in front of him, was the girl he was supposed to marry, it was too late. He lost his life, in an instant. He didn't even do anything to stop it.King Elijah's jaw dropped and he closed his eyes tightly. Elijah stood up and picked up Elena's lifeless body. He felt that his heart was being beaten with so much pain.King Elijah walked and he did not realize that his tears were falling. All the sentinels and maidservants bowed their heads in sorrow. Everything was quiet and Elijah entered a room, and he laid Elena on a bed made of a soft fabric and colored black and gold.It was not a room, but a room where Elijah would be laid to rest if he were to be taken alive. He had never used it, and it was the first time he had been in there.A room in black and gold. A wide bed and Elena was lying there. It was just like sleeping in his sight. It cannot be said that it no longer has life."I-I'm sorry..." He whispered into the air and knelt by Elena's side. "This is all my fault. If only I could take it all back." Elijah sobbed full of remorse and regret. For the first time, Elijah felt a pang of remorse. The kind of regret that eats away at his will.Elijah just knelt there, tears falling and not knowing when he would be able to get out of the remorse and sadness he felt. Elijah didn't notice how long he had been in there. He just looked at Elena's lifeless body and wished it was just a dream. Hopefully, he'll wake up soon because it was just a dream and the first thing he'll do is not go through with the original plan.Elijah turned around when the door suddenly opened and the girl he knew spat out. Natalia, the queen of Mythion."I heard she's finally dead. You're free now." Natalia initially promised but Elijah ignored her. His full attention was on the woman now lying in front of him. "Why do you look so sullen all of a sudden?""Not today, Natalia. Please, give me peace." Elijah's request. He didn't want to insult the queen but he was losing patience now. The situation only made him look worse and worse."Why? Isn't this what you want? You want her to be gone, I just—"Everything Natalia said was swallowed again when she suddenly grabbed the queen's neck and Elijah threw her against the wall. The queen moaned loudly because of that."Shut your mouth, Natalia. If you are smart enough to see, I am not a bit happy, not at all." Elijah threatens Natalia. If Natalia had been a girl, she might have punched him.Natalia was not afraid, instead of being silent, she spoke again."What's wrong? You're the one who asked to kill her, now it was done successfully. Are you not satisfied with how she was killed?" the queen's throat suddenly lost her breath and the horror on her face showed that she could die at the hands of Elijah."Yes. I killed her, I killed the one I love!" Elijah screamed that almost breaking Natalia's ears. "Our agreement is canceled. I will never marry you, Natalia." And he let go of Natalia who now turned purple from lack of air.Natalia seemed to be in a frenzy when Elijah released her. Her jaw dropped in tears because of what Elijah had done to her."Don't heap your anger on me. You're the one who hired a sorcerer to kill her. Don't pretend that you're regretting all of this. This is what you want, Elijah. You wanted this. Whoever is at fault here, it's not me. You killed Elena for your greed—""Get out!" Elijah's voice thundered and suddenly the door opened even though no one opened it Natalia suddenly appeared in the air and was thrown out of that room.Elijah leaned against the wall and slowly slid down. Feeling remorse, regret, and self-loathing. He's been too cruel for thousands of years. He doesn't care who he runs into, as long as all his wishes come true.Now his desire to get off his path has been fulfilled, but now he seems to be drowning in regret. He was very angry with himself and he could never forgive the sins he had committed against Elena. He doesn't deserve to be happy because of what he did.He stayed like that for a long time. He didn't feel hungry until Stefano entered, his right hand now worried about Elijah."Your Majesty, Lady Elena must be buried," Stefano told Elijah that now he was just sitting on the floor, crying and unable to talk.Elijah didn't answer. He just stared at Elena's lifeless body. When Stefano didn't get an answer, he sent the sentinels closer to lift Elena, but Elijah stood up quickly and stopped the sentinels from doing what they were doing."Don't touch her!" Elijah's voice boomed and the sentinels felt fear."Your majesty, we have to take him away—" Stefano was about to say was cut short when someone suddenly entered with a burning anger."You killed my daughter!" Shouted Elena's mother who was now crying and lamenting. "My daughter died, you didn't let me see her. You didn't want to marry her, so you paid to kill my daughter." Elena's mother said angrily."Lady Felicidad, calm down—" Felicidad suddenly slapped Stefano."I don't want to hear your explanations. It's enough for me to know that you killed my child! You heartless person! My child is the only family left!" Felicidad screamed and looked angrily at Elijah. "I hope the day comes when you pay for all this. I swear you won't be happy!" And suddenly Felicidad pulled out a black bottle and drank the contents. He immediately dropped the bottle and it was too late for them to know that it was a deadly poison for an immortal.Felicidad was quickly attended to when she suddenly collapsed and gasped. His mouth foamed until he stopped moving.Everyone was silent. Even Elijah was surprised. Anisto tried to restore Felicidad's life but failed. Felicidad committed suicide because she could not bear the death of her son, especially when she found out who ordered Elena to be killed. Elijah can't think of anything but Natalia who told Felicidad who killed Elena. No one else knows that, but Natalia and Stefano."Call the sorcerer," Elijah ordered and did not let them take Elena's body. He stood guard at the edge of the bed.Stefano understood what he meant so Stefano quickly went out to send the message through a phoenix that would be received in an instant by whoever the letter was sent to.What Elijah wants is to talk to the magician, if there is still a possibility to restore Elena's life. He prays that there is a way for that.He was left inside the room. The sentinels brought Felicidad's remains to be buried before Elena's.Thirty minutes later, the magician who was with Stefano arrived. Elijah immediately looked at it. He stared at the old magician Sicario. He was the very first magician and one of those who did not give in to evil. So he can trust her."I am glad to see you again, dear king." Sicario saluted and bowed.Elijah just nodded at this and continued to watch him. His white hair is long due to old age and his skin is wrinkled. Such creatures are rarely seen in Wysteria, as none of the immortal's age, except for mages who cross the mortal world."She is no longer alive," Sicario said calmly and seemed to immediately recognize who the woman was now lying on the bed."I'm not going to fidget anymore, Sicario. Is there any way to bring Elena back to life?" Elijah asked this seriously.Shock filled Sicario's eyes because of what he heard from the king. It did not expect Elijah to say this, because the ultimate death of the appointed was Elijah. He ordered to end Elena's life."I am sorry, dear king, but it is no longer within my power to bring the dead back to life." Sicario apologizes for this. The old man wondered more and more why the king was acting like this. But he didn't try to ask.Elijah sighed before speaking. "Really nothing? Anything? I regret all the decisions I've made. If there's a way, anything, I want to hold on to it." Elijah seems to be breaking down and begging for hope."There is a way, your majesty." Sicario's behavior immediately caught Elijah's attention. "You must wait for the rebirth of the appointed," Sicario said making Elijah frown even more."What do you mean?" Elijah, who now completely approaches Sicario."Destiny will be reborn, a hundred years from now." The old man's demeanor was as if he was reading a prophecy. He waved his hand in the air and a circular jade necklace with golden dragon designs appeared there and it lit up. "This will be the sign of destiny. She will be born with a new personality and identity. She will achieve this necklace, on her twentieth birthday. Only destiny will be able to illuminate this necklace when she is wearing it." Sicario made a long promise and Elijah stamped the necklace on his forehead and it disappeared from his sight."Are you saying she will appear, a hundred years from now?" Elijah clarified to Sicario."She will not appear, Your Highness. You will find her, in a scene you least expect." Sicario replied and it just disappeared in front of him. He got the answer he needed. A hundred years from now, Elena will be reborn with a different personality and identity. The necklace that has been imprinted on his mind will be the clue.He turned to Elena's lifeless body. "It's not goodbye yet, sweetheart. It's seeing you again, a hundred years from now."Alessia's POVEverything was not easy, especially since there was a huge scandal in the kingdom. Elijah's failed marriage to his sister spread throughout Valeria.My sister locked herself in her room and did not receive any guests. She was shutting us down and we all know the reason.I felt guilty for what happened. I know that I am part of the sin because I let Elijah go. My agreement to entertain his feelings was the root of this mess. If I didn't agree, if I was stubborn, maybe my sister would be happy now.I don't know if it's a great relief to feel that they don't know that I'm the reason. But for some reason, I know my sister is suspecting me. He just couldn't confront me because he was still recovering from the damage from that huge embarrassment.Everything went back to normal after that. Elijah acted as if nothing had happened. Rostov and Natalia returned to their respective kingdoms. Natalia's face shows satisfaction that Elijah and her sister broke the agreement. He's a pot
Alessia's POV"I have no time for this kind of talk, Stefano," I promised and I quickly stood up and took the books to put them back on the shelves.I felt heat on my cheeks because I felt ashamed for some unknown reason.I quickly walked away from the table but Stefano immediately followed me, he didn't seem to want to be held back."When will you have time? I don't know what's stopping you. You just have to go with the flow. Because life is like a flood, if you go against it, you'll have more trouble. So just go with it in the current, enjoy the flood instead, there might be some debris but at least, you won't be hurt badly." He promised me that he still followed. He's insisting that I should do it with Elijah. We already cheated, he just doesn't know and I don't intend to let anyone know that. What's so fun about cheating? That's not proud."You're right, life is like a flood, if you enjoy it, you'll get leptospirosis," I answered him and I know that he doesn't know what that means
Alessia's POVElijah and I walked together but he followed me. Everyone we pass looks at us and bows. Elijah and I both didn't speak.Just a few more steps and we will reach my room. I immediately saw the door of my room so I sped up my steps and reached for the handle and turned it to open.When I opened it, the smell of flowers immediately hit me. No, it's my fragrant lingering in this room. I don't know but I smell like that, it smells like tulips I don't know why.Estrebelle immediately stood up and greeted Elijah and me."Estrebelle, can you go out first?" I asked him.I didn't see any reaction in his eyes and Estrebelle quickly obeyed as if she had to do it.Estrebelle quickly closed the door so Elijah and I were the only two in the room. I looked at the tree, I knew that it would not be noticed especially and that it was blocked by the curtain of my bed."Come on." I babysit Elijah and I lead him to walk.Elijah calmly followed me and I went to the tree and stopped in front of
Alessia's POVAnisto is now standing in front of me and he has placed a bottle of medicine made of crystal. That medicine became familiar to me and I remembered it. I saw it was one of the things that Elijah was drinking.What I do know is that he is taking this medicine to keep his powers from disappearing. There had already been an incident where Elijah's power was lost and almost wiped out the whole of Valeria, or it would be more correct to say the whole of Wysteria. But that was a long time ago and seems to have become a legend.There are times when Elijah can't control his power and he feels symptoms so he immediately takes medicine to calm him down and also his power.He is powerful, but it is also a struggle for him to control his power before it controls him."His medicine has run out, Ales. I'm afraid that this mission will be a ploy to reawaken his dormant power that can destroy the entire Wysteria. It must be delivered to the dear king as soon as possible." He promised me
Alessia's POVI can't speak anymore. I kept quiet and wondered if I was doing it right. Was it right that I made myself believe too much that we would catch up with Elijah? I knew from the start that there was a good chance we wouldn't catch up with them outside of Eleftheria. But I still hoped, hoped that they would catch up.But in this situation, there is a greater chance that they are already inside and we will not be able to catch them outside. My mind is arguing. Fear eats me, but my mind also pushes me that I need to give Elijah the medicine. I don't know if I can do it, Dustan and I, but I will try.Even though I was consumed by fear, if necessary I would let Eleftheria in, just to deliver the medicine to Elijah.I just keep watching what we are going through. With every meter the horse ran, I felt heavier. Sushi is now looking at me and I can see in his eyes that he is worried about me.I just smiled at Sushi and looked back at the road. Hopefully, we can catch up with them e
Alessia's POVI do not know how many minutes Sushi has been running. But I could feel that he was anxious and he sped up his pace as if he was chasing someone and avoiding them.I wanted to ask him if he was worried about something but I didn't. I remained silent and felt. In the minutes that passed, my feeling gradually eased and my fear decreased.Maybe, if Sushi wasn't by my side, the creatures here would have attacked me earlier. Somehow, the forest beast recognizes him as one of them that's why no one is attacking us.It was getting a little darker around and I felt tired. I can feel the pain in my back more but I can still bear it. We have to catch up with them before it gets dark because I don't know how I'll feel, if I'm caught here alone, with only Sushi.I was just surprised when Sushi suddenly jumped on the branches of the tree so I held on to him even more because I was afraid of falling. I looked down, where the road Sushi avoided. You have a lot of blood and arrows. Ther
Alessia's POVI was leaning against a large tree while the sentinels were busy lighting and roasting the animal they had caught. It was easy for them to catch the animal because the immortals did not take it away so the animals were not used to living here. It doesn't run every time we see people like us. They are even curious and moving closer to see us.Elijah was busy making the bed. He makes a bed out of the leaves he gets from the trees. I just looked at them. Sushi is back to being a puppy."Ales." Stefano greeted me with a smile that he was done with what he was doing. He also made a bed for him to sleep on.I didn't bother to make a bed, because I can sleep anywhere as long as I'm sleepy."Good thing the creatures didn't swallow you earlier." I even joked with him even though I know they can handle those things."You'd better not be the one eaten." He joked back to me and sat down not far away.My eyebrows went up. "Who's going to eat me? I'm not interested in monsters." I eve
Alessia's POVI also finished the reduction and I was careful because I might step on the crime I committed. I left there where I reduced even though I couldn't see anything."I-I'm done," I promised even though I don't know where Elijah is standing now."I know." Elijah suddenly promised that he was by my side. I was surprised by that but I wasn't annoyed or pissed off."Let's go," I promised him and he pulled me back to the group.Now I feel relaxed and my stomach doesn't hurt like before. Maybe, this will be my life in the next few days. I shouldn't be ashamed anymore because it doesn't seem like it's any of them.Unlike humans, when they find out that you have diarrhea, they will laugh at you. So it's embarrassing to say that. To them, it's natural and they don't find it funny so it's not embarrassing anymore.I just realized now, that something is only embarrassing if people around you laugh at you. Doing a thing has never been shameful, not until you're surrounded by judgmental