In the darkened hue Chelsea laid Ron against a gnarled trunk of an old tree . Juniper's magic have created a sort of close my congested canopy barring even the slightest amount of light that was filtering through the flickering leaves earlier and navigating through such a dark forest proved rather difficult for her . Chelsea hoped that they were somewhere deep in the forest's heart away from the deviuture .
She knelt down before Ron , examining his injury - from upclose it looked even more horrible . The poison from the deviuture 's tail have melted off a good amount of flesh from his right shoulder down to his abdomen . The vertical gash have sprouted small bulbous boils , blood was still dripping down his front but the worst part of his injury was his shoulder - the flesh have completely melted down leaving his shoulder blades completely bare. It was a horrible sight .
Chelsea felt a violent urge to get sick , n
Rogue believed that hearing Chelsea's voice would ease up his unnerving sense of feelings but the call did nothing but to only further heighten his desire to rush up to her side . He didn't even want to imagine what kind of sufferings Chelsea was going through while dealing with the demonic beast , even though she told him about the ongoing situation , Rogue was certain that she filtered a lot and hid the scary parts . Rogue wished she didn't because it only made him worry even more - as per Chelsea's report , None of the knights except Ron was helping her which meant either all the knights were killed or they were engaged in a battle of their own . neither of these thoughts eased the raising sense of foreboding in his heart .He wished he could abandon everything and rush up to Chelsea's side , he wanted to see her with his own eyes and make sure that she was alright . But , as the Crown Prince he was bounded by duty to protect his subjects . Even
Chelsea and Ron dashed straight towards the fourth block but the thing was that the distance between the two blocks was more than hundred miles , which meant that by the time they finished even half of it Chelsea and Ron started panting , Chelsea believed that if she ran any futher her lungs might collapse and as for Ron , poor guy was still healing thus , he was clutching on his bandaged cover right side , wheezing ." We are never gonna make it " said Ron finally after another mile or so , resting his hands on his knees , he huffed and puffed " Its another fifty miles and I can't even run five miles "Chelsea thought the same , she was leaning against a tree with her hands against its rough trunk . The booms and bams were getting louder and louder , she knew they have to make it - Malcolm was most likely alone as she couldn't sense any another mana except Malcolm's and it was a matter
The monster rushing in their directions was one of the most horrible things Chelsea have ever seen , infact a single look at him made Chelsea carve for the deviuture . The monster was tall, taller than a modern skyscraper but that alone wasn't enough to make it dreadful - the monster seemed to be a rather bad combinations of a horse and a minotaur , below its waist ,it had a Seal browncolour which seemed nearly as - black color, with blackpoints on the mane, tail and legs everything .Above it waist started the body of a minotaur , except its skin was blood red instead of brown , its horrible misshapen bull face looked cruel and evil . Its eyes were completeky devoid of any whites and was totally black and above those eyes were a pair of two more eyes - all of them glittering with cruelty .Its hooves were so big and heavy that which each gallop , Chelsea felt the ground tremble under her . Infac
Chelsea finally realized how wrong she has been about her luck, having walked through half of the forest fighting and fending off men eating slugs, brambles that chokes one to death and decapitating atleast a hundred of goblins that wanted to put her in some sort of trance , Chelsea realized that her luck didn't reach the lowest point when she faced the deviuture , no it was going down with every second .As she rolled out from under the giant Tortortantula that was residing in the forest and going to grab his daily meal , Chelsea was covered with scratches, filth , leaves and mud and more filth . Her fuchsia hair was tangled with so many leaves that it appeared green instead of pink and seeing her state in one of the pond as she rush past it , Chelsea was certain that if somebody saw her in this state , they will definitely revoke her most beautiful woman of the Empire tag and keep revoking it again and again just for the heck of it . 
Chelsea was tired of her life .If she said that aloud maybe Etah might end up kicking her right out of Etah's favourites group , right then and there but Chelsea didn't care .After she had dragged Lilian a few paces ahead , she realized that she have left many important clues like foot prints behind and in case if they were being followed - this was quite similar to raising a flag that said ' I'm here ! Please come and kill me ' , having realized her mistake , Chelsea had to leave an unconscious Lilian leaning against a tree trunk and retreat her steps to where they started and instill her mana into the grass and weeds , so as to hide and wipe all traces of them being here .After barely surviving Chelsea wanted to take a wonderful rest with completely dry clothes , a long relaxed bath preferably with a cup of a chilled orange juice - being pampered by Cici
Lilian blinked .Her heart was burning with grief , she wanted to shout ' Don't look at me like that ' , but she knew it won't do any good . Every where she went after her rebirth , nature spirits would look at her like she was their only mortal enemy . She wanted to tell them that she meant no harm , she was infact as innocent as Chelsea but nobody listened . They treated her like they would treat some unforgivable sinner and that too because of such a stupid reason - she just wanted to be loved , she just wanted her family back , she just wanted her Rogue back , it was Chelsea who took them away but yet it was she who was punished .Lilian caught the nymph staring at the little imprint of lily on her right wrist with alluring red droplets , at first glance the imprint looked really fascinating and dazzling . However , as beautiful as it was the story behind it was nothing but of sheer torture , grief and regret
Sounds of hooves and people calling their names reverberated through the completely silent forest and Lilian's ears perked up . Her heart that had gone cold after noticing Chelsea's dropping temperature finally took an uplift - they were saved !" Oh they are here !" even though this was what Maple ( she told her that this was her name while they were finalizing the contract ) , she looked rather gloomy as if not at all happy at the thought of Lilian and Chelsea getting rescued ." Don't be like this " chided Lilian as she started to climb towards the exit opening of their cave " Chelsea needs medical attention , or else she will be in trouble "" Medical ? " said Maple leaning her head on her hand " Your sister don't need medical attention what she needs is someone who knows any magic spell that can counter this curse "
" Master Zain , what do you mean by this ?Lord Kaisen believed that it was a small matter of getting attacked by a curse , as long as they had the high priest by their side , Chelsea would be up and about in no time but then Zain came to see them in the living room , bringing the warning of mentally preparing themselves for the worst . How was he supposed to react to it ? Wasn't it just a curse ? Why was it becoming such a hassle ? And why was his daughter's life always on stake ? Lord Kaisen wanted to have a ' good chat ' with Etah regarding this matter ." Lord Kaisen , please keep faith in Etah " said Zain as he turned to leave , from the moment he told them about Chelsea's less than favourable condition , he had received a lot of internet glares from the Kaisen family and the crown prince . Infact he was quite sure that if he didn't leave soon , The Crown Prince who seemed to be nursing hi
Chelsea walked out of the Kaisen mansion, beside her was a young knight who was humming a funny tune . Listening to that annoying tune , Chelsea nearly lost her mind " Have you played enough, Wilson Clodis?"The young knight laughed and snapped his fingers , the apperance of Brown hair and emerald eyes morphed and was replaced by Wilson's true apperance , he shrugged innocently and clicked his fingers once again , so as the handcuffs on her wrist loosened and fell on the ground ." You sure were having your fun " said Chelsea rubbing her wrist as she looked at Wilson who somehow have gone through incredible changes, before he was a gloomy sort of man , whose expression was brooding but ever since he surrendered in front of the high priest , who secretly returned back to the Empire .Wilson has changed greatly , his eyes were twinkling and he looked refreshing and sunny ." O
" See ! Lord Kaisen now what do you have to say?" seeing that the golden string was tied to Chelsea's wrist , Count Clodis forgot his previous fear and jumped up , pointing his finger at her , while he looked at her father with a maddening gleam " I always said that half bloods like these should never be allowed to have the right to be brought in the noble household, yet you were the one who opposed me , now see what this dirty mutt did to your own daughter , to her own sister ! She attempted to murder her !"" Hah , so I attempted to murder my own sister ?" Chelsea let go of Rogue's hand and stepped forward , her eyes cold and icy . ' Dirty mutt ' , ' rotten bastard ' , ' slut ', ' whore of a mother ' , when she was in the prison , these nobles made it their daily habit to come to Abarcus and insult her on a daily basis , for months she had listened to the nobles insulting her and she has always been patient regarding them but now , she can
Unbeknownst to both Lilian and Chelsea, Felix heart had taken a turn for the worst . However, neither of them had the power to peek into someone's mind and had no idea about what was going in Felix's mind as he let his hand fell down limply by his side .Chelsea gazed at the pair of rings that now tied Lilian and Felix together for all eternity and looked away , she couldn't watch it anymore . It was done and yet she could only watch as a passive onlooker , however , this wasn't the end .Lilian has played her part now it was her turn , her eyes grew cold as her gaze lightly drifted over to Agnis , who was already looking at her . Agnis 's gaze was soft yet the contempt and jeer hidden in them could no longer be masked .She was looking at her as if she was looking at someone who was already dead , Chelsea arched a brow and smiled comtemptously at Agnis , whose brows furrowed as her gaze darkened .
Agnis sudden apperance took her by surprise , Chelsea for a while didn't know how to deal with this so suddenly , Why was Agnis here ? This woman was clearly someone who naturally dealt in the dark arts , why was she with Priest Rudolf ? and why was Priest Rudolf walking along side Agnis with so much ease ? Being the follower of Lord Etah priest Rudolf should have easily decipher her mana .If priest Rudolf was walking beside Agnis it could only mean that Agnis was really good at hiding her true essence which was almost impossible given that Priest Rudolf was a priest of high calibre then it only left one reason-Priest Rudolf was colluding with Agnis !Chelsea closed her eyes and clenched her teeth , in her past life even though she wasn't allowed to have any contact with the outside world . But she knew that without the church's agreement , no one could execute her . She trusted
" Its seriously annoying " growled Chelsea sounding like a cornered animal " will you just look at the way they are watching me. If I didn't knew myself better I swear I would have thought I am standing here in my night wear "" Mistress , please calm down and stop drinking " Cici took away the fifth glass of champagne from her but Chelsea simply rolled her eyes and took another one from the passing waiter making Cici hiss indignantly " Mi'lady "" Calm down " said Chelsea, her mind wandered to the magical floating tables that were revolving around the ball room with apparent ease , On the left , their father has magicked a vineyard and orchid where the nobles were clustered around joking and giggling , once in a while they would look at her way and Chelsea would raise her glass in a mock greeting to them .On the right were the fluttering jasmine bushes , that shimmered like tiny
" You still haven't given up , my dear " said a man in white silky robe that flickered with rainbow lights quite similar to the one that shimmered when oil and water mixed , he was sipping on his tea and , every time his robes moved a new living being was born first it was a canary then it was a rabbit , one by one small creatures kept forming and he was surrounded with a bunch of animals like snow white ." I will never give up, Never! " replied a voice in a snake like croon , he was standing a bit farther away from the man in robes, his body completely distorted with nothing left other than black mana that floated around like smoke . He tried to materialize in a human form and for a while he succeded , a man with light blue hair and golden eyes appeared but only for a second , the next minute he doubled over groaning and coughing slowly dissolving in the black mist once again ." You could have bee
" Wilson! Wilson!" Jezebel screamed at the top of her lungs , a sense of fear rising in her heart . She could deal with just anybody just not the high priest without Wilson and his contacts , there will be a huge mess left for her to clear up " If that happens , how will I become the Empress!" shouted Jezebel flinging everything off from the table near her , sounds or broken glass and china resonated inside her room .She was afraid and angry , she wanted to kill Wilson for abandoning her in between but she knew that without his help , she wouldn't be able to ascend as the Empress ." This - Wilson ! How dare you leave me !" she screeched at the open window hoping to see any signs of Wilson but nothing happened , he was gone and left her ..Abandoning her in the middle of everything .Jezebel bit on her thumb nail an extremely malevolent expression on her face as she muttered furiously under her breath . She knew that her actions
" Your majesty , be as it may ..the second lady Kaisen is rumoured to be the child of the devil , how can we let this rumour circulate?" demanded Count Clodis , his smarmy eyes flickered with disgust as he took Chelsea's name . In his eyes taking the name of a half blood was as bad as stepping on a pile of cow dung ! That too when the woman was born by a prostitute , to say that woman 's name was a huge blow at his pride ." Count Clodis , pay heed to your words who said that my daughter is a devil's child ? She is born and raised by me !" shouted Lord Kaisen though he had always behaved in a gentlemanly way but when he daughter's life was concerned he could no longer control himself . To be claimed as a devil's child , dear Lord, he would have to use the blessings of his seven generations to get Chelsea out of this predicament, if he failed , No ! There was no , way he could fail , there was no option other than to fight till death !
" Chelsea? Chelsea ? can you hear me ?" Rogue shook Chelsea by her shoulders but she seemed as if she couldn't hear him at all . Her body was shaking , and she was writhing in pain , the deadened look her eyes became even more profound as she clutched her neck and screamed ." Chelsea! speak to me ! " he wrapped his arms around her but Chelsea didn't respond , she turned silent all of a sudden , too silent as if she was dead staring at him with no emotions , no light in those dark blue eyes and that scared the shit out of him . His heart twisted in agony and if he wasn't worried about Chelsea so much , he too might have lost his head ." Chelsea ! Come back to me " cupping her face he made her look right in his eyes hoping to see some kind of flicker of recognition, but nothing ." I can't " she murmured sticky like a doll reciting its line " I don't want to die , not , aga