꧁Chapter 6꧂

꧁𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖚𝖘꧂

Two nights had already passed. Nothing has changed. His fever did not go down. Though I manage to make our area safe, I am still restless.

I am hugging my knees and wishing that I could repay his kindness to me.

My heart is full of guilty and misery.

He really had a tragic fate back then. Back then, when he was living his life as a king, he lost his wife. He wasn't even given a chance to hold their wedding properly. His marriage only happened because it was arranged for him, for their kingdom's wealth and prosperity.

He was never given a chance to love his wife.

When he decided to fall in love with someone...

He was even destined to kill that person. That person is also destined to kill him.

Why is life unfair to him?

I don't know the answer.

We were both victims of the fate's biased cruelty.

My eyes began to lose its control. And now, I am in my own projection again. The so-called-deity appeared before me.

"Surely you are weaker after you used my powers. A mortal like you cannot even handle a divine power. How come it just stays on your spiritual core?" she said.

"How come a deity like you knows that a mortal like me cannot even handle her magic, but she had given it to me with all her heart?" I replied sarcastically.

"Haha. Even I, myself, cannot handle your question. I wanted to revive you back then but it ended up that I had given all my powers just to save you." she replied.

"Aren't you mad at me?" I asked. She sat beside me as we were both watching the unconscious young man in front of us.

"Why should I?"

"You gave me your powers. Your life became meaningless as a deity."

She began laughing immensely as if I made out a terrible joke.

"Even if I had my powers, my life is meaningless as a deity." she replied.

My curiosity began to hit my mind intensely. I know it is not my business to ask, but I happened to be so curious.

"If you are a deity, why are you even here wandering? Don't you have your own land? They say, a deity who owns a land and a temple on the mortal realm, grows stronger."

I am not in the position either to ask a deity like her. In fact, I should be grateful.

But I have this feeling within me that I should ask her. I cannot let my curiosity just stay for me in a week. I'm dying to ask her. Maybe, this is how a 10 year old kid craves for a knowledge.

I have read tons of books in this world and the deities in Mystica usually enjoy their lives in the Skiaria. That is the realm of the deities. Their roles are to guide the mortals, create a better world for Mystica. However, like the humanity, deities are full of lust and greed in power.

The deities were terrible and merciless that made most people here in Mystica lose their faith from them. They gave people some quests or missions, like making temples for them. As they began to worship these deities, these deities grew stronger than they used to be. Since then, they decided to let the humanity worship them more and more so they would be filled with powers. They created several difficulties and trials for them so that there would be reason for them to worship them.

That's why, If there's a deity of harvest, then why is there a drought? Why are kings and some sort of rulers in this world are eager to pray for rain? If mortals had access to magic and alchemy, why can't they solve these kind of problematic situations?

Why is life still challenging?

"My name is Casiela, have you heard anything about me?" the deity replied.

So, her name is Casiela.

I immediately shook my head as I recall the names of the deities. Even the minor deities doesn't have a name called "Casiela".

I tried looking and searching beyond my memories if there is really Casiela in the book of deities. But it seems that there are none. I do remember all the major and minor deities, but why can't I remember her?

How could she become a deity without having her name on the book?

She began to laugh again. But this time, I can sense that her laugh is hiding a terrible reaction. It's like she was lonely or sad.

"The reason why I didn't choose to live in Skiaria because I am unwanted. The nobles who wrote the novels and books never included me. I am no one. My magic is so powerful for a mortal being but in the deties' realm, I am so weak. I have no temples, shrines, or even my own believers." she smiled faintly.

"I apologize for asking that question, but thank you for answering anyway." I replied.

"It's alright. I was banned from Skiaria anyway in the first place. There are no reasons for me to be there. My existence was something they all hated. So, even if I don't choose to live there, I will still not be part of it."

That was horrible!

She must have felt lonely just like me.

But among the deities I have encountered, only her, knows how to answer someone's prayer. Only her, helped a mortal being without desiring to worship her.

"Thank you for your pity, but I don't need worship. My powers are quite boring though. I wish you to use them well." she replied.

"But, if you had given me your powers, what will happen to you then?" I asked.

"If a deity loses her divine power which is her own identity, what will happen to her?" she asked back.

If a deity loses her identity... then...

"You will vanish?" I asked.

She didn't give me a response this time. She only let out a smile.

"If my existence means vanishing as a deity, then I must entrust my power to someone else who can use it for good. However, you must hurry, Elliana. As I vanish in Mystica, my powers will be gone too." she replied.

I don't understand. Just like me, or James, we were both victims of a cruel fate. My tears suddenly fell from my eyes.

Even if I am only a projection, this body hugged her.

"Can I return your powers back? I don't need them in the first place. I am only a mortal being. There's a huge difference between us." I cried.

"Hahaha! Silly you. Even if I want my powers back, I won't desire for it. There's something more special than power. And I want to have it rather than my divine powers."

"What is it?"

"I want to become a human, a mortal being." I immediately stood up after hearing what she had heard.

"Are you serious?!" I asked in a high tone of my voice.

"You know how cruel deities are, right? They will just torment you and give you suffering!"

She smiled with sadness again.

"The deities may be powerful but love is more than that. I wanted to be loved. I want to love someone also. I wanted to be cherished, desired and taken care of. These are something that even the deities from above are not capable of, but only mortals can."

If that is what she wishes for, then, so be it. I will support her like what she did to me.

However, if she will vanish before me, and may not live again, then her wishes won't come true.

"How long are you going to stay here?" I asked.

"That's something a mortal should not worry. You might even vanish earlier than me." she replied.

"I am serious!" I nagged her.

"Before you regain your consciousness again, I would like to take you somewhere again." she stood up as well.

She raised her hand and a light was found through it. The wind blew us hard. I began to look back for James but Casiela held my hands instead.

"Don't worry. He will be unharmed. Now, come with me." her words assured me.

We walked in a beam of light where stars are constantly moving beside us.

"We are travelling into someone's memories." she smiled.

"Who?"

"Someone you must know, and something that may change your own fate."

The light began to lose its power and we were immediately teleported into unfamiliar ground. It was a royalty's room. Someone is screaming so loud as if she was in between of converging walls. She was in a labor.

Her face is full of sweat, her pain from giving birth is echoing all over the palace. The king is also by her side. I began to raise my head to see his face.

"The former king of Harmonia?!" I covered my mouth in surprise. But then, I realize, it was no use because we are only a projection so they won't hear us.

Then... If... it was the former King of Harmonia... then...

The Queen already gave birth to a son. It was crying out loud. Everyone in the room was filled with delight. The Royal Physician casted a spell on the Queen so she can take a rest after being in so much pain.

The King held his own son with his delight.

"My Queen Monica, you did a great job. Surely this is the son that will help us prosper our bloodline throughout the kingdom." he whispered.

He began to show the baby on the Great Oracle and the Ancient Sorcerer Supreme in Mystica. The Great Oracle was wearing gold sparkling robes and holding a huge crystal ball before him while the Ancient Sorcerer Supreme has his dark amethyst robe and holding his staff filled with different stones.

"Your Majesty. May I?" the Great Oracle said as he wanted to let the baby touch his crystal ball.

The baby touched the crystal ball. In the ball, it had shown two different fates before him. One is his own success to the kingdom, the second, is his own success either but full of challenges and twists.

"Your Majesty. Your son's life is surely destined to be a king. Therefore, you must give him a name that will surely be remembered. However, if this person's name is declined, then, he will have another fate." the Great Oracle said.

He began to vanish into sparkles. The King was the most joyous person after hearing that his son will become the success of their kingdom. The Ancient Sorcerer Supreme also gave his staff to be touched by the baby.

The Ancient Sorcerer Supreme shouted in delight after he saw what the baby is capable of.

"He has powers that would lead your success. But, he also have his own sealed powers. Aside from me, being the Ancient Sorcerer who reached immortality, he can also have access to immortality. There are only few babies who are born in Mystica with sealed powers but these are dangerous if not taken care of." the Ancient Sorcerer Supreme said.

"What shall we do, My Lord?" the King replied.

"Hide him to this world. Dangers and troubles are approaching him."

"But the Oracle had just said, he would be the success of our bloodline!" the King replied back.

"But I did not say that he would not be your own success, Your Majesty. What I am pointing out here, is that your son, is so capable of anything. If someone envies him and wishes for his death, you cannot avoid it, so you must hide him." the King was about to ask for more details but the Ancient Sorcerer Supreme left him without any details.

The King was now full with mixed emotions. He was happy, he was sad, and he was also angry from what he had heard. It seems like he was taken a fool by these two great people.

"Then, after three days, the Queen woke up." Casiela, the deity beside me, snapped her fingers. The room changed immediately. It was now clean and only the King, the Queen and her baby are only in the room.

"What shall we name him?" the King asked.

The Queen replied, "I want to name him Livius. A combination of 'living in glorious'. Like what the oracle had said."

"So be it." the King replied.

"What about you? You should also decide something for him. We are both responsible for his name."

Right! The Queen and the King both have the right to name their son or daughter. Meaning, their child would have two names in her early years. It could be the desired name of the Queen or the King. When the child grows up and takes his coronation, he will have the right to choose his permanent name.

Until the child grows into his legal age, everyone must call him by his stage name, "Your Highness". If he has more siblings, then they would be, "The Second Prince, Your Highness" or the "Second Princess, Your Highness".

"I cannot think of a good name. I hope yours would be chosen. I can only think of my great ancestor, king James. But, that James is common around Mystica." the King laughed.

"Whatever we name him, he will always be our child, the future of Harmonia." the Queen replied.

James... So... this child... is James?

"How did he ended up having the name of James' rather than Livius?" I asked.

"Watch." Casiela snapped her fingers again.

Now, we are in a scenario where everyone before us is panicking. "Hurry!" everyone is in a hurry. Some are screaming for help, some are crying for their lives. What just happened?

"The Royal Physician is here!"

"Open the gates!"

The huge gate made out of strong metals and gold began to open. The Royal Physician ran and everyone gave way.

He went inside the Queen's room. The Queen's room is full of blood, as if the place was been assassinated.

But this couldn't happen.

Obviously, this won't happen!

The Kingdom is known for its warriors and knights. How is it possible that the Queen was been assassinated by a secured kingdom?

The king was out of his mind, his eyes are blazing in fire. He was ready to kill someone who goes in his way.

The Royal Physician checked the Queen's pulse. But it was nowhere to be heard. He can cure all the disease he may be, but he cannot make a dead person's life to return.

The Queen was holding her baby so tight as if she was covering him.

Fortunately, the child was alive.

But it was unconscious.

"Who made this?! WHO?!" the King yelled furiously.

No one answered him. His anger cannot be calmed. So he decided to kill all the attendants of the Queen because they did not take care of her well.

Since then, the King became ambitious to the power. He only cared for his kingdom's power and his wealth. He believed, that he could not take care of his own kingdom well because he had his first Queen died before him.

"But the Queen didn't die from assassination, did she?" I asked.

"That's right. It was a dark magic who possessed through her and killed her. Someone wants to manipulate the fate. Someone is eager to make James be James. So the King believed, that the death of her Queen is a sign of decline of using 'Livius' as his child's name. Since then, he did not let anyone know that Livius was the desired name of her mother. So when James' would grow up, he will choose 'James' as his desired name." Casiela replied.

I lowered my head. I've had enough from these prophecies and oracles!

He was told that he will live in success, then, why is tragedies are coming all in his way?

"Tell me, what do you wish me to do?" I asked Casiela. I know, she did not let me see these tragic things before me without a reason.

"Tell him, he must live as Livius." she replied.

I was frozen from where I am standing. I cannot let him have that name! It was horrible!

"But, that name was supposed to be his in the first place. His mother was forced to be killed. So, it wasn't prophecy who brought sufferings and torments to him. It was someone's greed and envy towards him." Casiela tried to calm me.

"But how am I supposed to do that? We are not even related. The King might have my head off if I do that!" I panicked.

"Fear not. James may not yet cross his paths with you but he believes in you, trusts you, the way he did before." this was Casiela's last words as I began to regain back my consciousness.

I stared at him. There was a sun, and a warm breeze brushed through my skin. It was morning. Yet, he's not still awake.

We both had tragedies. But, I won't let it happen again. I won't let him die. I won't let him suffer.

I've had enough. These are already enough!

Because of my memories as Nathalia and from what I've planned since the day I woke up, I am willing to change everything, from impossible to possible, tragedies to happy ending, and saving him in this lifetime.

Even if my feelings won't be reciprocated, even if I would not be cherished and be loved again, I will do my best.

And this time, I am certain, I won't fail.

My tears fell through my eyes. I walked towards him and kissed his forehead.

"I will do my best to save you. No matter what it takes!" I said confidently.

"On this day onwards, you are no longer James."

"Livius..."

"That should be you. Live in glorious and success, from now on!"

"You will live as Livius and you will not fail as a king. No matter what."

If that what it takes for him to live his life longer, then I will do it. Maybe, this is my redemption in killing him.

I moved away from him and slowly stood up. I took a deep sigh. There are a lot of obstacles and torments coming before us. But I will fight against them, so he will not suffer anymore.

"Livius, don't give up in this life, please..." I prayed earnestly.

꧁𝕰𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 6꧂

Words and Terms:

Elliana - God answered my prayer.

Deity - a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion).

Skiaria - A realm or land in Mystica where only the deities and their beloved Priestess or Priest can ever step on.

Livius - Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". The Queen did not know that Livius means to be envied, but also, creating a new meaning of this name as "Living in Glorious".

Royal Physician - Part of the Royal Household, the Medical Household includes physicians, who treat general conditions, and extra physicians, specialists who are brought in as required.

Ancient Sorcerer Supreme - title granted to the "practitioner of the mystic or magic arts who has greater skills than all others or commands a greater portion of the ambient magical energies than any other organism on a given world or "dimension".

The Great Oracle - A title given to "a practitioner of vision coming from the future" by the Kings and the Queens. He is also an immortal. Only the royalties can communicate with him.

Redemption - the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

Retribution - punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻❜𝓼 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓮: To avoid confusion, I will summarize today's chapter. Elliana lost her consciousness again and she met the deity once again. The deity's name is unknown to Mystica. She is Casiela, a deity banned from her own realm, Skiaria. She was unwanted and has no temples. She desires to become a human to feel how to be loved. She helped Elliana once again by showing her a vision. This vision is all about James/Livius' existence. Furthermore, a King and a Queen has their own rights to give their child a different kind of name. If the first one of them are chosen, then, the child would have a fate according to the prophecy, but if the last one was chosen, then it would change his own prophecy. Same on what happened to James' fate when he was believed to be James. Elliana tried her best naming him as Livius in order to change his fate and live according to the prophecy. Since James alone will be the one to choose his name when he gets into coronation, the King of Harmonia cannot do anything. I hope you understand anything in this chapter. Thank you for reading!

By the way, if some of you are curious, remember "Yeshua" who was the crowned Princess of Fiderecio? She's still young and did not make her own coronation yet however she had a name already because her mother, the former Queen, died at the same day of her birth, so she wasn't given a chance to pick her own name.

That's all, thank you for ready!