Tale of blue crystal

"The blue crystal is not an ordinary crystal. It was one of the blessings given by Lord Lucas to the ancestors of Taylor. It had immense power within it and the capability to turn the wheel of time for once. This was the blessing asked by a Taylor who wanted to bring back his dead wife and was successful in it. Unfortunately, he never found out that his wife's murder was planned by his best friend who was a necromancer by race. She never liked necromancers and thus she hid her secret very tightly and Taylor was oblivious to her schemes. She knew the secret that wizards cannot be with their love because of their magic and even if the wizards get together with their beloved, they will ultimately die, thus she being a necromancer conspired a plot and killed his wife and then pretended to be sad.

She tried every scheme in her bag to win over Taylor, but he was a loyal person, so he did not budge. He tried everything he could, traveled to every nook and corner of the empire, and at last met with an old saint who told him a way to revive his beloved. He asked him to prayed to Lucas and thus was blessed with his beloved again, but nobody knew what price he paid, he never told anyone, not even his wife.

His best friend was devastated when she saw the beloved of Taylor and thus, she again conspired a plan to kill his beloved".

Alas!

"She was again successful, she killed the innocent woman again but this time she left a clue. She used the same poison to kill her which she used earlier which evoked Taylor's suspicion. He did not tell anyone about his suspicion and vowed to find his wife's murderer. He would be a fool for sure if he did not realize that someone was hell-bent on killing his wife. He trailed on the clues and finally found the reason why his wife was killed by the same poison twice. It was shocking news, but the most shocking news was that the poison used to kill her beloved was a rare poison which can be only made by one person and that person was none other than his best friend".

"He was filled with rage but later he drowned in despair. He lost his will to live and thus he killed himself in front of his best friend by eating the same poison which she used on his wife to kill her. In his last moments, he kept muttering his wife's name and died with a peaceful expression. He died for love".

"Seeing his love die in front of her made the girl sad and sorrowful and so she tried to commit suicide by eating the same poison but before she can eat the poison a shadow of women entered in front of her. The shadow was of Taylor's wife. She smiled sweetly at him and then kissed Taylor on his forehead, took a turn, and stood in front of her.

She said to her, "Do you know what Taylor sacrificed for me?

"He sacrificed his soul for me. He asked Lord Lucas to bind our souls so that he can forever be with me" and with that, a blue crystal appeared on her hand which then broke into two symmetrical pieces.

"You will never be able to take him from me so dream on. Lucas asked him a question that if he dies one day then who will be the person he will give this crystal to safeguard it and to which he gave your name without a second thought, too bad you were never worthy of his trust. I should commend you for your great acting skills but let me remind you Taylor saw through your actions and he also found out about you being a necromancer so your plan of dying with him by swallowing the same poison is useless. He already swallowed the ingredients to get away from your curse."

"Take care, Taylor's best friend".

She again turned and moved toward Taylor's lifeless body, embracing it gently. She sweetly grinned, slowly muttering to her without even looking back "if you want to get rid of your sins and if you ever loved him then bring this shattered crystal to Lord Lucas temple and bury this in front of his temple under the sandalwood" tree and with that both her and Taylor vanished leaving blue lights with sparkles in it.

"Nobody knows if this story is true or not, but it is the only story that is passed down from generation to generation in our Rubin's family", Resel said with a straight face.

Rune was also quiet after hearing this story. Truth to be told he was a bit surprised about this backstory of his family.

"If this is the truth then why don't we know about this, aren't we Taylor's too?" he asked suspiciously. Although he had some clues, he needs to be sure about the truth.

"Only the head of Taylor's family and his official wife have the right to know about this story. Moreover, this story is cursed and if someone, someday leaks this information the curse will befall on them", Resel said with a low voice.

Rune's face became a bit pale as he questioned her, "Is this the reason you didn't tell me earlier?"

Resel nodded her head in acknowledgment with a sad face.

Rune was sad but there was nothing he could do to help her.

For some time, nobody spoke anything and the room sunk in silence.