Queen Alicia was devastated and hated her own son, but as ti went on, she began to accept the fact that her son had been cursed by the witch.
Then, when King Theodore heard the news that soone had found the witch’s whereabouts, Queen Alicia asked him to forget the past and focus on taking care of their son. However, King Theodore could not forget his grudge against the witch for turning his son into a wolf.
"I heard a foreign na. My grandmother said this had sothing to do with the God of Birwick. She said the witch worked together with a Guardian of Mount Birwick nad Amadea to put a curse on the king’s descendants. King Theodore went to find the woman and ca back with a body full of burns. There was no story we could get from King Thodore because he was just a breathing corpse. There was nothing he could do but breathe. Yet, Queen Alicia still took good care of him until his last breath."
Arielle nodded. She was able to connect so of the events with the stories written in Princess Cecillia’s moir. However, so details were different and adapted to what Queen Alicia felt and wanted to convey.
"That’s all I know. And the curse continues until the current king, who several years ago killed his own family," said Grandma Bertha, laughing ironically.
Ronan had warned Arielle not to correct all the things Grandmother Bertha had said because that was what she wanted to believe. Besides, Arthur’s whereabouts should never be revealed. The fact that the previous king was still alive was only known by a few trusted confidants that could keep their mouths shut. If Grandmother Bertha found out about it, they would most likely have to explain everything that couldn’t be linked to logic. What’s more, the related information was confidential and couldn’t be disclosed to the public.
Apart from that, several party factions from the noble families that Ronan had been suppressing so far would most likely urge Arthur to take the throne again because they struggled a bit under Ronan’s reign.
anwhile, under Arthur’s reign, the nobles could monopolize most of the important commodities that could make them wealthier and suffocate the poor with their poverty.
So Arielle couldn’t respond to Grandmother Bertha’s words.
"But... how can Irene still be alive? Isn’t it said that she was killed that night by Arthur?" asked Grandmother Bertha with a thin of confusion.
"No. Irene was still alive. She was in a safe place that night and no one touched her. However, because Princess Irene’s condition was a little weak and had often been sick since she was a baby, thus His Majesty the King decided to cover up Princess Irene’s whereabouts until yesterday on the coronation day, he allowed Princess Irene to show up in public," Arielle replied, which was well received by Grandmother Bertha.
"I’ve never been in contact with the Royal Family or the palace, so it’s only natural that I don’t know anything."
"I can understand it," replied Arielle, making Grandmother Bertha smile.
"So, I guess I’ve told you everything I know. Is there anything else you’d like to ask?"
Arielle held her chin briefly in contemplating. There was a lot she wanted to ask, but she knew that not all of her questions might have answers, so she tried to sort out so of the questions that Grandmother Bertha might know.
"The witch ... do you know her features or perhaps her na?" asked Arielle.
"There are no definite features of her. Queen Alicia only said that the witch was very beautiful and enchanting. Even when she was compared to the moon, her light would radiate far more than the moon itself. And as for the na... Queen Alicia never wanted to speak the witch’s na. She didn’t want the royal successors to feel sad when they rembered that the first King of Northendell who was a hero who unified Northendell’s many territories was associated with a witch."
Arielle nodded again.
"Then... what about Princess Leonor? Have you ever heard of that na?" Arielle asked again, but this ti, it made Grandmother Bertha crease her brows.
"Princess... Leonor? Just a mont... That na sounds familiar, but where did I hear it?"
A glimr of hope arose. Grandmother Bertha told Arielle to sit in her place because she had to look at the rows of books to ignite her mories.
"Leonor... Leonor... that na is like a forbidden na. I rember that my grandmother refused to tell about that na, but where did I find that na..."
A forbidden na? Arielle was increasingly convinced that what Princess Cecillia wrote was the truth. Leonor’s na certainly didn’t just appear for no reason. Moreover, considering that the palace was once again taken over by Queen Alicia, surely Princess Leonor never beca a queen and Queen Alicia manipulated historical records by writing down everything she wanted and erasing so facts so that all of them looked perfect according to what her descendants wanted to know.
"Ah! Leonor!"
Arielle stood up enthusiastically when she heard Princess Bertha call the na of King Theodore’s second concubine after Princess Cecillia.
Princess Bertha returned with a very worn out little book. The book reminded Arielle of Priest Louise’s ancient book, which was very fragile.
"This was a very famous story book in those days. About a female War Commander of Northendell who suddenly disappeared after Northendell’s war in Thebis, which resulted in King Theodore returning with a severely burnt body."
"A-a Female War Co-commander?" Arielle stamred.
She was a little afraid to touch the book for fear of damaging it. The book looked very fragile.
"Yes. She was King Theodore’s loyal War Commander. She was sent to Thebis to find the whereabouts of the witch who put a curse on Northendell, which caused the kingdom to snow forever. Her heroic story had to end because she was reported to have died on the battlefield in Thebis."
"Thebis?"
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