Chapter 5: Welcome back

"Welcome back, my Queen."

These words...these voices...

Familiar yet unknown.

Calming yet scary.

I am questioning reality now. Is this really happening? Is this real? Am I real?

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???: ..yra! Myra!! Honey!! Wake up!! Please!

I heard the cry of someone. It was my mother.

I snapped back to reality.

I gasped as loud as possible.

Myra: Holy sh*t!

All of them came closer expecting almost that I have remembered everything.

I shook my head.

Myra: I am sorry, I don't remember.

I looked down to avoid eye contact.

Lylin was the first to reply to me ".. it's fine your highness!" with her doe eyes.

Ioannis was the next to say something.

Ioannis: Does.. your highness feel different at least?

He asked hesitantly.

Matter of fact. I do feel different.

I feel calm. Why? I don't know.

I scrunched my brows at the thought of feeling calm after months.

Myra: Why do I feel calm?

Their faces lit up like a firework.

Lycus: Your highness, this means you have control of your powers now!

Huh. Yes. Powers cause Atlantians are basically angels.

Myra: What are my powers?

Lycus: That is a mystery. Your highness is reborn with different powers each time. Sometimes your highness does have the older powers, but they are random as well.

I see. I need to figure them out myself.

Myra: But.. I don't remember anything.

The one that looked the most concerned was my mother. Everyone else kind of knew it won't work.

What I said was a lie, actually. Why did I lie? I don't know. I just did. Maybe to not concern them? But it isn't completely a lie. I don't remember everything. Just a glimpse.

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As Ioannis was my first hand man, he knew more about my powers. One power I wielded on all my previous lives.

Glow Of The Stars.

He told me about this power in private. Because, apperantly this power is visible to him only.

As I mentioned, I was glowing after the formation of the trident just like Ioannis's eyes.

It's the work of Glow Of The Stars.

At first glance, the glow of my body is influenced by my mood which can also seen by my subjects.

But, the hidden thing about this attribute is, it doesn't just get influenced by emotions.

Ioannis told me that The Queens before me also had this attribute.

One of The Queens lost her mind as her mind was corrupted by demons, so she didn't remember anything. So, that time, the glow of her body signified how she was forgetting who she was.

At first, the light was kind of dim, but as she lost sanity with time and lost most of the memories, the glow only became brighter.

I was confused as to why Ioannis was telling me this. So I asked the question bluntly.

Myra: Does that mean I lost my sanity?

Ioannis: No, I didn't speak of this incident for the losing of sanity, rather the fact that Her Highness had lost her memories.

I sort of grasped the reason he mentioned it. As I gave a small nod.

Ioannis: Your highness, it means, the brighter you glow the less you are aware of your memories. Which means, if your highness does remember anything the glow will lessen.

I listened to him carefully and kept nodding in response.

Ioannis: I will say it bluntly, your highness does remember something, doesn't she? Your highness. If you let me know, I can help you.

As expected of the right hand man of the Queen Of Atlantis.

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Myra: So, Ioannis, I am just curious. Are you older than me?

Ioannis: As in?

Myra: Like, the way you know about the incidents of the previous queens, does that mean you were alive before me?

Ioannis: No your highness. I was created from the Mana of my ancestors. Queens are also born that way, from the Mana of the late Queens.

I stared in confusion.

Myra: But, you said that Atlantians don't... die?

Ioannis: That is true. But, as mentioned we are fragments of angels created to protect humanity. If the angels thinks one of the Atlantians are acting sort of faulty, they will not hesitate to create another Atlantian out of the Mana of a faulty Atlantian.

Ioannis: In most cases, if the Queen is faulty, most probably so is the right hand man as well. To put it simply, we are the same age.

I nodded in response because I really can't reply to that.

Myra: So... Am I not faulty?

Ioannis: Your highness' mind hasn't been corrupted. So, you aren't faulty.

Myra: If Queens are so prestigious and pure, how can their minds be corrupted despite being made of angel fragments?

Ioannis: As your highness knows, God's best creation are the humans, while the angels' best creation are the Atlantians. Of course naturally, the demons want to put a hold of that.

Huh. Makes sense. Sad if anything actually. Whether you are a human or Atlantian, you cannot stand a demon after all. Demons are the worst enemies of humanity.

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Myra: Ioannis.

Ioannis: Yes, your highness?

Myra: I want to see The City Of Atlantis myself.