CH 23 ~ Different

Cathain's Pov~

At that time, Eleanora misunderstood my leaving her alone in that room.

She probably had assumed I didn't like her or regretted it; probably did it in an drunken state.

It was only after a few moments that I felt guilty of my actions to leave her alone.

I tried to talk with her but failed as she acted like nothing had happen that night.

Which made me furious and guilty at the same time,thinking she didn't cared about it at all.

But she cared, and this is why she acted like that.

If only I didn't left and explained that I never regretted it, it was the most beautiful sin I had ever did.

In the amidst of her screams, I remembered how pleased she looked and pulled me towards her with shaking hands.

How her trembling lips clumsily moved against mine and how her touch kept sending sparks to everywhere she touched.

I never allowed her to call my name as because I remembered how it was capable of driving me insane.

She had called my name when I made her release for the time ever.

The way she called me made me think that maybe my name was created just for to utter it.

But the more I tried to supress this feeling, the stronger they grew without my knowledge.

And the more I hated her because of those unidentified feelings.

I was such a fool, I know.

I got to know about her holy powers after her death- No, after I had killed her.

From day she left for the battlefield again after my coming of age ceremony, she acted weird for a few days.

She was bothered by the nobles reaction towards her as the only female knight.

She felt insecure because of them and feared my rejection as I rarely expressed my emotions to her.

Then one day, she didn't even noticed when she had lost her focus and an enemy was about to attack her from behind.

But it was already late for her to stop the strike and to her surprise, a strong arms hugged her at that time to protect her from the slash.

It was her father, the duke had taken the strike for her back than too.

The only difference is time, she was 16 at that time and now she is only 12!

The incident is same except the time and place.

Even in the second timeline, that Eleanora had powers but she was able to use it from the age of 16.

And another thing crossed my mind, why was a prophecy there at that timelwere?

I mean, this didn't happened in my past and in this third life of mine either.

[A/N: First life - the past/ first timeline, Second life - modern timeline, Third life - the current life.]

No matter how deep i thought, I couldn't connect the dots of it.

That Eleanora had a goddess mark, that Cathain had a similar mark as he was the first person on whom she used her holy powers.

Then why my Eleanora doesn't have it?

But this remind me of the harsh truth of my past life again.

She went so far as to hide this news, which could even made her a criminal for hiding such a news.

It was all for me.

But what did I gave her in return?

Execution for a sin that she never did...

She knew if her having such powerful powers, which can help her to even compet against me as an heir of the throne was spread; it would definitely create trouble for me.

And I would have hated, no get jealous of her again because of the people around me again.

Why did I paid so much attention to those people, instead of her?

They was clearly provoked me against her all the time, only if I had noticed it earlier on.

Then I wouldn't be here, standing in front of her guiltily right now.

The situation between Imperial and Noble fractions was worse during our first life.

Especially because of the incident with duchess Dalton.

The duke of Dalton was sure that it was Duke Raven, who did it and he was right.

But all the clues he found reached an dead end, leaving no traces which can help him to prove Duke Raven guilty.

And I can't say for sure that me would even hesitate to support those bloody nobles to remove her from my path.

Because I had to be the most powerful one, prove my capability and worth as the heir.

All my life, I was only taught to be gain more power and keep everyone under my control.

As the future emperor, I had to keep my emotions in and conduct myself properly so that no one can read my thought or predict my move.

I considered everyone as my enemies and stayed wary of the people around me all the time.

I had to be careful too, so that I can protect the people.

This made me so numb to emotions that I watched my enemies to stab me in the back but failed to sense it.

I protected the people; and harm her in the process, who was the most innocent one.

Then, I became a tool for someone to destroy this empire to dust; which I was supposed to protect.

But this time will be different, I will protect my empire and... my empress.

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[A/N: Thanks everyone for all the support till now (^_^) For those who are reading Season 02 directly without reading the Season 01 can check out a few chapter's from that book to know about this story better.

Season 01: Saving The Abandoned Empress.

CH 1-13 (The story before her execution, mostly from Eleanora's pov)

CH- 58, 75, 76, 119, 120, 122, 124, 137-138, 169-170 (The story after her execution from different characters pov and vision or dream)

CH 188 - 192 (The story after her execution, mostly from Cathain's pov)

CH 210 - 211 (Reborn in Modern timeline)

Both timeline are same, except the main leads. So the starting is same but the development and ending will be different. This season won't have anything that involves the first season drastically either]