196 “Give Him A Chance”
Eleanora’s POV~
“I am also sorry, Father... But i never blad you...”
“I’ve always loved you...”
I sobbed hard as i hugged my father tightly.
In my past life, there was a mont where i didn’t even considered about him.
He was just the Duke of Dalton to , because i blad him for not giving attention and the love i wanted from him.
I distanced myself from him as i grow more older and specially after i beca the empress.
He called ‘Her Majesty’, where i called him ‘Duke of Dalton’.
I only understood his feelings for during my last monts.
.....
“I have always love you, princess. You was and will remain my lovely little Elee forever... Either good or bad, nothing can change my love for you,”
Father spoke as he kissed my forehead and tucked under the blanket.
“Sweet dreams, sleep well. Father will take care of everything...”
His voice tempted into sleeping as vaguely sensed soone standing at the door, but before i could think more... I found myself falling asleep.
…
The next day~
I couldn’t believe that all of them colluded together to plot against Duke Raven.
And this all happened during the funeral of the late emperor!
I comforted him, thinking he was feeling low but there he was plotting with my father and brother.
All of the events was pre-planned by them.
They acted like they was moving as duke Raven wanted, where they just deceived him like that.
The emperor ordered my father to not participate in the war against Rua, because he had to keep an eye on Duke Raven’s movents for rebellion.
Basically, everyone knew about this except .
And because I didn’t knew it, their plans succeeded smoothly.
Am i that terrible in acting, that they excluded from their act?
Or i was just a realistic no-paid actor for them?
I continued to wonder as i kept walking towards the last prison cell.
Where Jennifer is, where i was once…
I paused on my steps as i saw Brother Dominic, who was probably coming back after eting her.
“Elee... Are you alright now?”
“Yes, Thank you for concern... Brother;”
Both of us felt awkward, specially brother Dom.
The girl he loves is probably going to die and he can’t even go against the empire rules, against to save her.
“I have works to do... See you later, Elee...”
Brother Dom awkwardly left without looking back, his back felt so lonely and helpless.
I averted my gaze as i continued to head towards the cell where she was.
Wearing a white shabby dress, her light blonde hair was ssy and her caral brown eyes looked tired.
She was sitting at the sa place, where i was once sitting exactly in the sa position.
I should be happy, shouldn’t i?
“...Why did you saved ?”
Without even calling her or anything, the first thing which ca out of my mouth was the thing i was curious about the most.
If it wasn’t for her, i would never be declared as the saintess that early.
At that ti, i thought it was unfair, people would target for and i would be chained down with the crown prince.
But now i know, that it saved ...
No one dared to do anything to because i was the saintess, no one dared to gossip or talk about disrespectfully.
Because i was the holy saintess.
The first step i took to change my fate by saving those slave girls, was also because of her.
She made realize that i can change my fate and taught how to express my feelings.
How i shouldn’t keep bottling up and share my concerns with my father, she taught that communication is the key of everything.
I was no longer mistaken by anyone.
She was the one, who created the antidote for the crown prince, who was being poisoned by her father.
If she didn’t did that, probably the current emperor would be the sa as the past and i might have end up doing sothing which i would’ve regretted later.
Her father thought his plan was getting successful when he sent his man and saw the emperor losing his calm with .
And my natural reaction, who was afraid of the past helped them to succeed into deceiving the duke.
Jennifer kept making antidotes for the emperor with her revival healing magic, which she inherited from the forr duke of Raven; her grandfather.
So, no matter how strong poison was given to the emperor; her antidote would help him to clear it all.
Jennifer inherited rare twin magical attribute, Dark powers from her mother and Healing powers from her family linage.
When she was with as the priestess, i would feel comfortable whenever she was with .
Because she used her dark abilities to control my mind and calm it down.
As my over thinkings would stop, i would feel light and happy because my negative concerns used to get away.
She concealed her dark powers from duke Raven and played dumb, useless; so that her father won’t target her.
Where at the sa ti, she continued to collect evidence against her father’s conspiracy to help the emperor.
Brother Dom used to give my father those antidotes from Jennifer and Sir Brayden would get them from my father.
As too many people was involved, it was hard for Duke Raven to detect a thing or suspect anyone.
He thougth as soone who loved herbs, it was normal for Jennifer to make dicines.
He didn’t suspected her much as he made soone investigate her dicines and nothing ca out.
She was the one, who convinced lieutenant Zachary to go against ndel and saved us in ti.
Why?
Why did you go that far for ?
For , whom you once pushed into abyss?
Jennifer’s caral brown eyes stayed glued on the floor and a self mocking smile appeared on her face.
“...Because i regretted,”
“I shouldn’t have trusted the newly found warmth from my father, who has been an orphan all her life.”
“I shouldn’t have tried to please him so that he doesn’t becos disappointed at for being useless...”
“At the age of 16, i wanted to rescue my sworn sister- The real Jena. So i escaped from the place i used to work and look for her but on my way, i et the dying prince Dominic.”
“I saved him when he wanted help but then, i et that man; who had the sa blonde hair as . Who had ca to make sure that Prince Dominic was dead. But found his lost daughter, who seem to have the dark powers he wanted.”
“My first request was to save my sister, but later i found out that she has been killed... By Duke of Dalton, because of the crown prince’s orders and the new law proposed by the crown princess to stop slavery.”
She paused on her words, every words she uttered was coming from the bottom of her heart with heavy pain.
I rembered this rule before.
I proposed to stop the slavery, so that the people’s opinions changes a little towards the imperial family during the conflict at the borders.
We stopped illegal human trafficking, slave auction but then, we found a hidden dungeon.
Where hundreds of slave girls was rumoured to be massacre and then burn down that place.
.....
People started to point out at us and demanded explanation, to save from the criticism; the crown prince told to prove my worth.
Which i only understood now.
He coldly sent to the war, to achieve my dreams and faced all the criticism alone.
“Then you disguised as Jena to enter the palace?”
I asked her as finally things started to made sense to .
In the past, she suddenly beco the lady Raven from a re palace maid.
Now i understand why it went so smoothly.
She blad and the crown prince for those girls and Jena’s death.
She helped her father to covet the throne, take down our duchy which was the biggest obstacle for his plan.
Because as long as i, my father and the imperial fiction existed to help the emperor; Duke Raven would never succeed.
He even used his own daughter.
Jennifer kept on explaining the situation about the past, what happened after my death, how he went crazy and their sacrificial to turn back the ti.
The story i heard from her seed like a fantasy to , like it wasn’t my story.
But even if she was taken advantage off... What was my unborn children’s fault?
“Then why did you killed my babies?”
“What was there fault?”
“Why did you got closer to this ti, despite knowing about your sins?!”
I roared at her, who seed to be not affected by anything and lazily looked up at the ceilings.
“...I didn’t knew about that, it was Rena... Your maid, who was arranged by my father...”
She spoke and paused on her words for a mont, before she started to speak again.
“I was always curious about you... Before i entered the palace as a maid, i heard a lot about you..”
Curious about ? Her words made surprised.
“I was a country bumpkin, didn’t knew how to act like a proper noble and this is why my father kept at ho in the na of concern about my safety.”
“Every teacher, who ca to teach would show you as an example. The perfect example of good scores, elegance, beauty, etiquette and a monarch...”
“I got even more curious when i learnt that you are much younger then . Your shiny silver hair is still rare in this whole continent.”
“I wanted to befriend you, as both of us was duchy’s princess. But compared to you, i was nothing.”
“I wanted to learn more from you, follow your examples... It hurted everyti i had to hold his hands and act like i loved him to show you.”
“I felt disgusted and questioned myself, about my shalessness to act like so mistress.”
Act like love him? I was again surprised by her words. Does it an she never liked him?
“But your pregnancy...”
“That was fake... He never even touched , neither did i, atleast i was never that low or wanted to lower myself more to please my father. I still had my own pride.”
Never touched her... A part of felt relieved for so reason, it felt happy suddenly.
Was i happy because he didn’t touched anyother woman beside ?
That i was the only woman for him?
“So, when i got another chance in this life... I wanted to get to know you truly, get close to you, befriend you. I couldn’t help it, you are such a great person that you make everyone around you wish to protect you...”
“We know you don’t need our protection, but we still want to protect your smile... We didn’t wanted you to lose yourself again, we wanted to give you so happy mories.”
Jennifer confessed as she finally look at my eyes with a painful smile on her face.
Maybe we could be friends in our past life if all those things didn’t happened, but there is no ‘if’.
“Am sorry for making you two suffer so much, am sorry for separating you from your love and all the sufferings you went through because of ...”
“I also know that my sorry can’t fix anything and i don’t have any complaints with this ending of my life... But i want you to know this...”
“He really loved you a lot... Either it was in the past or in this present life, you was the only one in his heart.”
“Please, give him a chance;”
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