Chapter 251: [Bonus Chapter]Cursed Her To Make Her Suffer
"Who was she? From what I can understand, she was not an ordinary human being," Cian asked.
"Sierra! Her na was Sierra," King Arn inford. "Even after one month of returning back to the palace, I couldn't forget her. I went back to the forest where I had spent a week with her while she was taking care of with the help of Physician Erich Winfield and Celia."
"That's how father knows him," Cian concluded.
King Arn nodded, "And the Celia I ntioned is the one who looked after Seren."
"Martha?" Cian asked, surprised.
King Arn nodded again, "She is one more person who had to sacrifice her life because of my recklessness."
Cian had nothing to say about it as he stood there silently to hear further.
"When I went to that hut, no one was there as if no one ever lived there after I left. I didn't wish to give up and kept going there once a week. I searched for Erich and found him but he too didn't know who that woman was and where she had gone. He said she disappeared after I returned to the Palace. As if my wish was granted, during one of my visits, I saw her standing outside of the hut and looking around as if just like she was also there to see that place. After that, I didn't allow her to disappear and kept visiting her once a week. I didn't know who she was or from where she ca but she used to be there every ti as per the schedule we had decided to et."
"Those frequent etings slowly converted into love and affection for each other. I liked to be with her and the sa was the case with her. Though she never told who she was, I didn't care and ended up falling for her. When I thought we would always be together, everything changed. She disappeared suddenly, never to return again. I kept visiting that place for months but she never appeared and never did she say that she would never co back. The last ti I saw her was when she ca to the palace that night and handed our daughter, Seren."
"She left after telling what had happened and disappeared never to return again. All I had in my hand was the baby whose face was covered with a veil and I was not allowed to see her face."
Cian thought about sothing and asked, "Then the rumored woman who ca to the palace that night carrying Seren, was really her mother?"
King Arn nodded.
"Then was she really the way they had described?" Cian asked, referring to everyone calling her ugly and scary witch.
"When she ca to hand over Seren to , she was changed. She was not the one I used to et but I could recognize her. Through the warmth in her eyes and her soul, I knew it was her," King Arn replied.
"Where is she now? Who are the people chasing Seren?" Cian asked.
"Even I don't know where she went. And about the ones who are chasing Seren, it's better for us to not ntion them," King Arn replied.
Cian didn't insist and asked, "Didn't you search for her, father?"
"I had to break all the connections with her for the sake of Seren's safety. Before leaving Seren to , she had instructed to never search for her or it will put Seren in grave danger."
Cian exhaled as this all seed so ssed up to him and knowing it all at once, was surreal and a lot to take.
"Father, I wish to know sothing."
King Arn gave him an approving nod.
"Last ti father said Seren holds a power that soone is after and can bring disaster if they get their hold on it. Then why didn't you train or have soone train her to use those powers properly to protect herself? If the power she holds is that strong and Seren could have learned to use it, she wouldn't have to live like this."
"She can not use those powers," King Arn replied.
It surprised Cian as he had seen what Seren could do when there are drastic changes in her emotions. Little did he know it was the power of curses she bears and not the actual power residing inside her which King Arn was talking about.
"And why is it like this?" Cian asked, curiously.
"Seren is nothing but an empty vessel to carry that main, dangerous power. She can never use it. That's why we needed to protect her. If she had fallen into their hands, she would have only suffered. Keeping her locked inside the tower was far better than what she must have suffered."
"But that power where she could burn sothing, creating rainfall and that flower blooming, what is it?" Cian asked.
"Those are not the powers I ntioned, those are curses which are ant to put her to suffering. Flowers are blooming everywhere with her happiness, she has inherited it from her mother."
"Father, I don't understand all of this. Why is it like this?" Cian asked, feeling sad for his little sister.
King Arn explained, "Her mother was not supposed to fall for and let alone have a child with . She was being punished for this sin and therefore they were ant to kill her child. Sierra wanted to protect her daughter at all costs and she had therefore passed the power she holds to her daughter. The one who possesses that power, cannot be hard by them. So all they did was put curses on Seren to let her suffer. They can kill Seren only if she uses this power but Seren being a child, how could she use it and they, therefore, had no chance or the ans to kill her."
"As a child, she couldn't use it but now she is an adult…"
"Her mother herself locked those powers inside Seren to protect her and to not let her use them. Because the day Seren would use it, they will be able to find her and it will give them a reason to kill her. That's why currently she is nothing but a vessel who is carrying that power inside to save her own life. Her mother never intended anyone to be a master of such strong power and she was not sure if her daughter could ever handle it being a half-human. By this ans of locking the power and hiding Seren, who holds it, Sierra is protecting her daughter as well as this world by not letting them get hold of that power."
"So it was never about Seren or her mother but it was always about that power inside Seren?" Cian concluded.
"Yes, they wanted to covet that power which Sierra was protecting. Acquiring it from her when she was at her lowest and had sothing to lose, was the best opportunity for them."
"Now what will happen, father?" Cian asked, feeling worried for Seren.
"Everything went opposite to what her mother had decided. No one thought she would end up getting married," King Arn comnted.
"But father you said you don't know what her mother is…."
"Martha knew and she was the only way of communication. Martha once told that they planned to take Seren away to so other place before she cos of age and before they will track the powers inside her. I could not object to any decision made by her mother and followed what was needed for Seren's safety. Hiding her inside the tower was not enough. She was needed to be hidden in a more secured place"
"I hope now that she is with King Drayce, as per what we have decided and what he had promised, he would protect her being her husband," Cian comnted. "I hope she will get all the happiness and love she could never get here. She will be loved and will learn to love."
"She cannot," King Arn said, which startled Cian.
"What do you an, father?"
"She is cursed to never fall in love. She would never understand such emotions."
"This is ridiculous," Cian exclaid and then realized he had behaved inappropriately in front of his father. "Apologies, father."
King Arn didn't mind it and said, "It is indeed ridiculous."
"Why did they have to do this. Were all those curses she had not enough to add this another cruel curse?"
"It is to stop her from using those powers and be a master of it," King Arn replied.
It was getting so confusing for Cian. "What does it have to do with her feeling those emotions?"
"She can use those powers only to protect soone whom she truly loves. If that day ever cos, she will beco the master of that power. That curse is to stop it from happening as they don't wish her to master it. They want it for themselves."
Cian was so upset with it. "But she is married now and what about King Drayce? Does he even know that she can never love him?"
King Arn shook his head, "He was the one to insist on marrying her despite knowing lots of things about her. I couldn't co up to tell him about what I just told you. I can only hope he will be understanding of her. I needed to protect her and I did what I am supposed to do. You can call selfish but I won't mind it."
For the first ti, Cian saw the image of a father of one daughter inside King Arn, where one father wouldn't hesitate to be selfish for his daughter's sake.
Cian could do nothing about it and asked, "But why did father keep her away from himself and never showed that he loved and cared for her? It had nothing to do with protecting her secretly."
"When she arrived in the palace and her mother left, I wanted to keep Seren with , but…."
"But what father?"
"Your mother, Queen Niobe's approval was necessary to let it happen without any hurdles. Afterall she was the Queen but moreover, she was my wife, who must have been gravely hurt after seeing I have a daughter with another woman when she was being patient with for all those years and in spite of having two daughters with , I didn't show her any affection. When I talked to her, though she and her pride were hurt, she said nothing but requested sothing that I had to obey."
"What was it, father?" Cian asked.
"I should never show any fatherly love to Seren and should never treat her like my daughter. She should be no one but only the third princess of this kingdom in the na. She allowed Seren to stay here only till she beca an adult."
"And father easily agreed to it?" Cian asked in disbelief.
"I did?" King Arn replied, "It was not just because she asked to but I did it as we all, this entire kingdom, owes her a lot. I did it considering the sacrifices she had made and the pain she had to go through because of . I could do at least this much for her sake. Moreover, it was not a good idea to let Seren mingle with others so agreeing to it was not a big deal. She was ant to be hidden inside the tower under the protective spell."
Cian sighed and said after a long pause, "I only know that between all the actions of adults, one child has suffered."
King Arn could say nothing but be quiet as what his son said was the truth.
"But I am glad that despite all of this, you never treated her like others and always cared for her like a true elder brother. You are kind like your mother."
"How can I not? She is my sister," Cian comnted. He rembered what he was there for. "Father, I had heard we got a wedding invitation from garis."
King Arn nodded, "You have to go there to attend the wedding."
"And father?"
"It's not the right ti to face her," King Arn comnted and returned to his chair as he instructed, "Make all the preparations to leave for garis."
"Yes, father."
After discussing attending the wedding in garis, Cian left while King Arn continued to sit in his chair as he rembered Seren writing her na on each page of her books. He closed his eyes in pain and mumbled.
"Seren. Such a beautiful na my daughter has."
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