After that, Ariel splashed the water at Liam while muttering a spell that sounded like a song.Ariel repeated this two more times with her eyes closed and afterward she looked at Liam, and said. "How do you feel, Your Highness?" he asked.Liam did not expect that the procession would be so simple and said what he felt. "I feel nothing," he answered honestly.Ariel smiled. "Then there's nothing to worry about. You never came into contact with the powder."Then, after seeing that Liam was fine and that nothing had happened to him, the nobles seemed more relaxed and willing to be tested.It took less than half an hour for all the nobles to go through the procession, and none of them indicated that they had ever come into contact with the blinding powder.After all the nobles were done trying it, Ariel started with the elders.Elder Rang took the initiative to try it first, followed by the other five elders, leaving Elena as the last elder to be tested.During this fairly rapid process, E
"So what's with you?" Liam couldn't wait to ask the question as soon as they were alone and the madness in the main hall had passed.The two of them were now in the backyard with Andreas and a few bodyguards following behind them. But they maintained a decent distance to give their king and future queen some privacy, not allowing themselves to overhear their conversation."What is wrong with me?" Mila asked, her forehead furrowed. She looked at Liam confusedly at his incomplete question."You are different Mila, I felt you were a different person when you were in the hall earlier," Liam said, he slowed down and they both walked under the large tree that shaded above them, in the soft moonlight. "Did you plan all that long ago?""No, of course not. I couldn't have planned it all. I repeatedly refused you to attend the hall, remember?” Mila reminded Liam. "Who knows…"Mila pondered for a moment to feel the urge inside her, the strange urge that allowed her to stand on the throne and so
Mila did not know what possessed her and pushed her to go to the great hall, where the royal thrones were.A strong desire, which prompted Mila to get out of bed and walk down the corridors which seemed almost deserted, except for the guards who were standing at their posts. They seem confused to find Mila coming out of her room so early.They didn't stop Mila as she walked into the great hall, but the questioning looks in their eyes, of course, couldn't be ignored.It's just that Mila didn’t want to pay attention to any of that right now, because her focus was only on what she wanted.Mila wanted to be on the throne again, sit in the high chair and experience the emotional surge that made her feel capable of doing or solving any difficult problem.The feeling was like a very strong opium.Slowly, Mila entered the large, absolutely deserted hall and walked across the black marble floor, to the throne before her, which was embellished with gold and gemstones.Mila climbed three steps a
Mila couldn't understand why only she was able to see Cosmo. Was it because she was a descendant of the previous king? But, then Elena should be able to see this spiritual being too, right? But, why couldn't she see it? Isn't that strange and a little unreasonable? However, Mila was reminded once again that she was living in a world full of mysteries where almost anything could be said to be absurd… magic, dark magic and all that…Mila then stared at Cosmo a little longer, the girl looked pale, when she smiled back at her.It was very strange to see herself with black hair and smiling kindly like that, Mila never paid much attention to how she smiled. Therefore, she thought that was what she looked like when she looked friendly.Not bad…Then Mila turned her attention away from Cosmo, she didn't want Liam to suspect or find her strange, and moreover Mila couldn't explain this anyway.They walked through the dark alleys of this dungeon to the room where they held Elena. The air i
"Stop Elena," Liam finally spoke up. He looked at Elena coldly and warned the woman not to continue her sentence."No," said Mila. "Talk. Tell me what really happened in this palace.” Mila ignored Cosmo's protests asking her to kill Elena straight away and didn't need to listen to the woman's cheap explanation.“Mila, it is not something you need to understand. It is not about a curse,” Liam said, trying to keep his voice from sounding like he was trying desperately to hide the truth from Mila.Mila then turned around to face Liam, her arms folded across her chest and she stared at the man with demanding eyes."Then tell me what happened." Mila shrugged nonchalantly, then looked at Liam with defiant eyes. "Looks like you're hiding a lot of secrets from me.""It's not a secret. It's just a rumour." Liam clenched his jaw tightly as he said this.“Okay, then I want to hear what the rumors are,” Mila said calmly then added. “Because yes, I saw the creature. The creature's name is Cosmo an
"Why didn't you tell me?" Mila asked, her focus now on Liam, who was still standing quietly beside her.“Because he doesn't believe that you will end up like the previous kings and queens. He wants to protect you by not telling you this, as if not saying it would have a different effect,” Elena answered Mila's question for Liam.Meanwhile, the king could only stare at Elena with a look full of hostility, as if he was ready to sentence her to death right then and there."I didn't tell you because I didn't think you needed to know about it," Liam said. He then turned his attention to Mila. "Mila, not everything you see is true and not everything you hear can help you."“Then you think, by keeping this a secret, is for best? And my ignorance can help with this matter?” Mila mocked him. "No kidding…"Mila then walked to Cosmo and stood in front of her. This felt strange and Mila still wasn't used to seeing her own figure staring at her and giving her such a look."I see it clearly," Mila
Mila returned with two guards and immediately ordered them to open the chains that bound Elena's body.However, the two of them did not immediately do what Mila ordered, but looked at Liam, asking permission from the king to do what Mila wanted.Of course this infuriated Mila and she glared at Liam angrily, challenging him to say the opposite of what she said.For a while, they stared at each other like that, until finally Liam nodded and allowed them to do as Mila said.Immediately, the chains wrapped around Elena's body were released and she quickly stood up straight, despite the pain she still felt.Because her pride would not allow her to kneel in front of the two guards for long. Elena grimaced and groaned, and cast a hostile look at Mila and Liam."Get out of my sight," Elena growled at the two guards, because she didn't want them to see her in her current state any longer. The elder really felt humiliated in this way."Now tell me what do you know about this curse?" Mila asked
"You want to kill me, Liam?" Mila asked, she tilted her head looking at Liam, then refocused on Elena. “He promised to protect me because I was the last descendant of the king who had raised him like his own.”Liam frowned faintly, but his eyes still stared intently at Mila."You promised me that, didn't you Liam?" Mila asked, she then got up from her seat on the stone bed and walked over to Liam who was still pensive. “You said it yourself that you promised to protect me.”Liam still didn't answer the question or respond to Mila."How about we kill her now?" asked Mila, she then glanced at Elena. “You wanted to kill her a moment ago, and now I will allow you to kill her.”"Allow?" Elena snorted when she heard those words. "I didn't know you had fallen so far that you needed permission from a woman like her to do something."Elena's sneer made Mila frown in disgust, now a murderous aura radiated from within her body, or maybe this was because Cosmo was near Mila, so close that anyone
“I know that eyes…” Cosmo said in low voice, as she chuckled brightly. “I know that determination to not want to trust me. But I don’t lie when I told you that Mila is in the dungeon. She went to see her lover. What do you think about that?” she taunted the king, but this time, she indeed didn’t lie. “I don’t believe you…” Liam growled dangerously at her, but this creature seemed to not afraid of him at all. “You don’t need to do that,” Cosmo said firmly. “You will never scare me.” The only thing that Cosmo wanted from Liam was for him to bring her here, because even though she looked like Cosmo, but she was not her and whatever she did and no matter what she had done, she would never be able to open this damn door, therefore, she needed to lure him to this place. “So, you fool me because you want to know the knowledge of this place?” Liam asked, the corner of his lips tugged upward when he spoke, but he could only chuckle when Cosmo was smiling at him, which made the dark witch co
“Maybe you are right,” Aaric finally spoke and that was the first thing that he mentioned.“About?” Mila couldn’t understand about what was right about her. “Do you have some idea?” Mila asked expectanly.“I think I have, but I don’t know if this will work or not.” Aaric was hesitated to try this and he didn’t think that it would work, but they needed to try this, right? They needed to make it worked, right?Aaric gritted his teeth, as he tried to cheered himself up because this was very devastating and he didn’t know whether it was right or not to do this. The only thing that he could say was for them to try this.“Whatever it is, it will be better than we don’t do anything and wait for me to disappear like dust,” Mila said, determination in her eyes when she said that. she looked very stunning with her black hair and black eyes.Actually, Aaric loved the way she looked right now, this made her looked more mysterious and beautiful.It was not that she was not beautiful in her white h
“Let’s go.” Liam looked at Mila sternly, but when he tried to take her hand again, she avoided him.“No, let’s see first. They are inside the room.” Mila didn’t want to back down, she insisted for the king to open the door and take a look inside. “This is only for a while, it will not take a minute if they are not here. You are already here, so why don’t you take a look inside the room?”“Why are you so insisting for me to take a look inside?” Liam narrowed his eyes because he couldn’t understand this. “You are so sure that they were inside. How do you know that?”Liam narrowed his eyes to look at her closely because he didn’t believe at all what she was saying right now. How could she know ant insist that they were inside when she didn’t even have any clue about it?“I am sure that they are inside,” Mila insisted, she looked at him with pleading eyes, as she tried to make him understand the situation. “You are already here, why don’t you just humor me and walk into that door to see w
Liam’s gaze hardened when he heard that. “You were attacked?” He looked at her deeply into her eyes when he said this.“Yes, I were attacked, she attacked me and I couldn’t avoid it and the next thing that I know, this is what happen to me.” Mila looked at strands of her hair, as Liam did the same thing.He took strands of her hair and looked at it closely, as he tried to see what kind of magic was there. “What curse that she used on you?” Liam asked in furious tone.He didn’t want anything happened to his wife, they had just married a few hours ago, but the problem had come bombarding them from all direction, how could they avoid this situation?This surely drove Liam crazy just to think about it alone. He really wanted to kill all of those bastards human.But then, this problem came up and he couldn’t ignore it.“We need to go to the forbidden room,” Mila demanded, snapped Liam back to reality because he didn’t respond to her words. “We need to go there before its too late,” she sai
“You know that I am right, right?” Aaric asked her. “You skipped your class.”Pouting, Mila looked at Aaric in disdain look. “I was not skipping class,” Mila said grimly. “I was not paid attention, that’s all.”After saying that, Mila grumbled something under her breath incoherently, meanwhile, Aaric just smiled softly to see her like this.But, his smile faded when he realized Mila’s current situation right now.It was clear to see that her hair and eyes had started to become darker and darker, she didn’t look like herself right now and this was really concerning. He didn’t know what was the right thing to do at this moment, but one thing for sure, this had to be stopped right away or else they would really lose Mila forever.The thought alone left Aaric speechless.For certain level, he could relate Mila’s condition to his own condition, because he didn’t have his own body, his own form, if they lost from this world, it would be only their soul that was left, but in that case, no on
“This is not you, Mila.” Aaric cupped her face and brushed away her tears. “Now, we need to go out from here, okay? If you don’t want to see it, you don’t need to, you can close your eyes and I will lead you out of this room.”Mila nodded, but she didn’t close her eyes just like what Aaric said. “Do you know how to face this curse?” Mila asked, as she was so afraid because her hair started to become even darker than before, she bit her lisp helplessly.If her time passed and there was nothing she could do, what would happen to her? Leaving like a ghost for another decades?Was this that had happened to Cosmo? Was this what happened to her before this? That soemoene had tricked her in this problem and made her lived in that way for another few decades?Mila gritted her teeth she didn’t think this was a nice idea for her to believe this, but then she couldn’t help it. She was afraid about what could happen to her right now.“Don’t be afraid, we can find a way to this problem.” Aaric kis
“Are you okay?” Mila asked, as she approached the cage and when she tried to touch it, she immediately retracted her hands and then watched in fear to the blazing steel.Yes, it didn’t burn Aaric, but the steel was very hot because of the fire beneath it.“This is so hot!” Mila complained she was stunned. She was shocked to realize that Aaric had been there for a long time.How could he endure all of that? was he crazy to be able to put up with that? Mila was not sure what she was thinking right now…“How can you be here?” Aaric started to ask her because there was no way she would be here without any help. “Why are you here?” that was the question that he wanted to ask the most.Actually, there were a few more question that he wanted to ask her, but those two were the most question that he wanted to the answer of.“I am here because I have to be here.” Mila furrowed her brows, this was not the time to ask this question, since they needed to get him out of there.Didn’t he want to go
Mila felt she was so tired, but then when she bent down and her hair slid from her shoulder, she could see her hair was not as white as before. It started to turn grey.The color had started to get darker than before and this made her scared to say the least, because she knew what would come to her after this. How could she do not scare when it came to this.Would she disappear? The thought of it alone made Mila had to grit her teeth and clench her jaw, just in order for her to keep her focus. She needed her focus now and didn’t disarray from her first intention.Yet, it was hard to shake her own worriness, since this was something that she couldn’t deny. Sooner or later, she would disappear, just like how Cosmo told her. Her hair became grey right now, which meant it would be dark black in a few hours again.And at that time, when all of that happened, there was nothing that Mila could do again. There was no turning back from that point.She would doom and if Mila was the only person
It was Cosmo all along, it was her, who wanted to sit on the throne and was crowned as the queen. This was all the curse about. She was the one, who wanted all of this.And Mila just realized it now. it was too late…It was too late for her right now to change anything. How could she be so stupid to just realize it now? but then, who would have thought that this kind of magic was existed and moreover, how could someone like Cosmo became like her?This simply didn’t make any sense and moreover, she had never heard this type of magic at all, not to mention that, even Liam didn’t believe about the existence of the curse. She didn’t believe her about Cosmo, he always thought that she was only her imagination, it was only hallucination.“What is it, Mila? I have not yet answer but the look on your face had told me that you already knew what is my ultimate goal is.” Cosmo tilted her head, she gave this look whenever she looked down on Mila. “Why don’t you say it to me about what is your bes