Maxim finally nodded. He would do anything for Emlyn and his intention was clear from the mont he revealed his true identity to her.
He was in love with her and wanted to protect her. So, of course, he would do anything to help break the curse that had made her suffer so much. Even if he had to make a big sacrifice, he would.
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The man actually felt bad that he had to make his intention known at this unfortunate mont. He wanted his confession of love to be a private mont between just him and Emlyn.
However, now that the cat was out of the bag, with Margueritte asking if he was in love with Emlyn, and his response - even though he didn't say yes - had confird it, Maxim had no choice but to admit that he was in fact in love with Emlyn.
"I am grateful that you are willing to grant one wish," Emlyn said. "Please give Kira back to us, and we will not bother you again. That's all I want from you."
She looked at the witch and smiled. She looked very tired.? All the efforts to go up this mountain didn't give her anything.
Instead of getting help in breaking her curse, or proving her innocence, she had to use this one request to free Kira from the witch's curse.
However, she tried not to think about it that way. Things could always get worse. She should just be grateful that they could continue their journey to Castilse and then Myreen. Maxim's mother knew Myreen and could give her direction. That was enough for her.
Emlyn could think about ways to deal with the Leoraleis later. She also thought that her luck started to change in Atlantea. So, maybe she would get lucky and everything else would end well too.
"Are you sure? Do you only want your friend? You can either get your curse broken.. or prove your innocence," Margueritte asked again. "The choice is yours. Rember, it's okay to be selfish sotis."
She wanted to be sure Emlyn didn't make the wrong decision. She had read the letter earlier. In it, Mrs. Adler said many good things about Emlyn. So, Margueritte wanted to see for herself the kind of woman being praised so much in that letter.
"I am sure," Emlyn said firmly. She looked at Kira who was now standing frozen, looking so pitiful. Were those tears in the corners of her eyes? Emlyn narrowed her eyes in confusion.
Her eyes must have played tricks on her. A statue couldn't possibly cry, she thought.
"Very well..." the witch finally nodded.
Margueritte smiled and turned to Kira. With a wave of her hand, a small gust of wind swirled around Kira and suddenly the statue broke into many little pieces in such a beautiful sight.
The ice shards made clanking sounds as they touched the ground.
Emlyn and Maxim both gasped when they witness what happened and were about to scream, thinking Kira's body was destroyed, when suddenly the pirate princess appeared from the white mist after the ice broke.
"Emlyn!!" She ran toward Emlyn and quickly hugged her. Kira's eyes were filled with tears. And she cried on Emlyn's shoulder.
She had been a captive in the snow queen's castle for two days and thought she could never see the ocean and her father's ships again. All because she was so foolish and wanted to see the eternal snow.
Kira was so surprised to see Emlyn and Maxim ca to the ice castle to get her and more surprised when she heard Emlyn chose to save her, over getting her curse broken.
"Thank you...." she cried. "Thank you so much... I owe you my life. My father will be so grateful to you."
Emlyn didn't know Kira heard their conversation with the witch earlier. She could only pat the pirate princess on the back and calm her down. "No need to thank . I was the one who asked you to co with . Of course, I have to make sure you are safe."
"I will not act rashly again," said Kira in between her sobs. She was a tough woman, but what she experienced in Mount Tempest was very different from what she had ever seen or even imagined.
This place was scary. It looked beautiful and srizing, but it held so much darkness and she just wanted to get out of here imdiately.
"That's good. Please, don't ever leave without telling us. We were very worried about you," said Emlyn.
Maxim rolled his eyes at her words. Emlyn was very worried about Kira, he wasn't. He only ca here because of Emlyn. He couldn't care less about the pirate princess.
"Yes, I promise," said Kira. She finally let go of Emlyn and wiped her tears with her sleeves. Gosh... it felt so good to be able to move her hands and arms again.
"What a heartfelt reunion," said Margueritte. She crossed her arms on her chest and smiled mockingly. "Don't you want to know how I can help you prove your innocence, by the way? I am sure you will regret your decision earlier once you know what you could have gotten instead."
Emlyn's heart pounded. She was really curious to know how Margueritte could help her in this regard. Did she really have veritaserum?
If so... maybe Emlyn could work for it? Maybe buy it with a lot of money or...
"I will not regret my decision," said Emlyn firmly. "I am responsible for Kira's safety since I asked her to travel with ."
"Oh... in that case, forget it then," Margueritte waved her hand nonchalantly. "I thought you liked your mother-in-law and wanted to see her be brought to life. If you are really innocent, she could prove your claim."
She turned around to sit back on her 'throne' and smiled sweetly at Emlyn. It was obvious that this beautiful witch felt satisfaction from toying with Emlyn's feelings.
She could see the effect her words had on Emlyn imdiately. The girl's eyes widened and she pressed her lips in shock.
This was not what Emlyn had expected.
There was no veritaserum but... Margueritte could bring back Queen Elara to life?
Tears stread hard from Emlyn's eyes when she rembered her sweet mother-in-law. She really, really missed her queen mother.
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