49 Chapter 47: Were Done Here (1/2)
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[ Violence warning ] [ Gore warning ] [ Death ]
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After a few hours of resting beside an oak tree, Luther had to wake Ivery up because the sky was turning dark.
”Ivery..” Luther lightly shook her
”Hm..?” Ivery opened her eyes
”It's time to go now.” He gently said to her
”Already...?” Ivery rubbed her eyes
”I don't want to go back yet....” Ivery snuggled closer to him
”I know.” He smiled
”Luther...” Ivery looked up him
”Yes..?” He looked down at her
”I truly accept the way you are and the last thing I'd want to do was change anything about you.” She said
”But as advice...I think...it's best that you should only kill your enemies or people that wrong you severely in some way...you don't have to make everyone your enemy..” She told him
”That's easier said than done, I've tried to hold back the bloodlust that's been created for years due to being ordered to kill countless people by my father and the Vandell family curse.” He said
”Family curse?” Ivery was confused
”I found out from my father a few months ago that a curse is passed down through my father's bloodline, but only to certain descendants...so it could skip a lot of descendants...but I'm not one of them.” Luther said
” The Vandell's and Castiell's have a long history together, our two family bloodlines were family friends for thousands of generations.” He explained
”A demon placed a curse on both of our family bloodlines because both Emperor's of our countries of that time gravely angered it.”
”The Vandell curse takes root once a Vandell takes a life for the first time..” Luther said
”The Castiell curse takes root once a Castiell experience's deep sorrow...”
”The Vandell curse makes us easily angered...more merciless than normal and..brutal when our patience is tested...it's almost impossible to fight the urge to kill because it heightens my anger as well as my satisfactory...and both can only be satiated by killing.”
”I've thought about sparing some people in the past but, something in me just snaps and it's like something else takes over me completely, and it's hard to it hold back...especially when I'm pissed.” Luther painfully smiled
”I'll help you then.” Ivery grabbed both of his hands
”Help me?” Luther looked at her
”To try to control your cursed temperament....so you can choose for yourself what you want to do instead of having it act for you..” Ivery said
”If I could take control over my demon...then you can too..” Ivery smiled
”Alright, thank you” Luther smiled back and rubbed her head
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Luther and Ivery eventually made it back to the Hollow's Castle.
Luther entered through the window right after her.
”I'm...so tired.” Ivery stretched and walked to the bed
”You slept all of that time and you're still tired?” Luther lightly laughed
”It felt like a long day today...I feel like I deserve some rest.” Ivery laid down face first on the bed
”Alright...sleep well..” He rubbed her back
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Ivery sat up and yawned as she rubbed her closed eyes.
She opened her eyes and her sensitive eyes felt like they were blinded by the sunlight. She shifted her legs over and got out of the bed covers.
She slid her feet into her slippers and stretched her back out. She noticed Luther was still fast asleep and didn't want to wake him yet.
She groggily walked to the door and opened it.
As soon as she stepped out of the room, a sudden scent of food entered her nose.
But it smelled...almost...delicious?
As Ivery walked down the stairs, she could hear the chatter and excitement of children.
She saw the children gathered at the long dining table, with several plates of well-prepared breakfast meals in front of them.
She saw that the maid she injured was serving the food....
Ivery sits down at the table, everyone looking clueless as to who she is...
”Children, this is the previous crown princess of the Lilith Kingdom...the one who was kicked out by the Emperor..” A maid told them
”Her!? Wasn't she younger?” A girl asked out loud
”I appeared younger because I was affected by the flower of youth...I'm actually seventeen years of age.” Ivery told the children at the table
”Oh..” All of the children said almost simultaneously
”Here, my apologies for our last encounter, I hope you can eat this as compensation.” The injured maid tried to smile
”Sure...I guess..” Ivery faked a smile back
Ivery took a fork and began eating like everyone else..
Suddenly..Ivery felt drowsy, very drowsy..it looked like everything was spinning...
Ivery's head laid on the table and she closed her eyes, not able to bear the strong feeling of the lethargy...
The injured maid slowly took Ivery from the table and sat her in a conveniently placed rusty wheelchair.
The maid pushed Ivery down the halls and took her down another flight of stairs.
Soon enough they reached the first floor and headed even further down. The maid pushed Ivery into the basement entrance.
After walking further into the basement the maid opened an empty cell.
She kicked the wheelchair over and Ivery fell on the ground with it. Ivery groaned once she hit the cold floor inside of the cell.
”I'll make you experience the pain I felt...once...I return…” The maid smirked as she walked away
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Luther opened his eyes and reached over to touch Ivery.
”?” He turned his head and didn't see Ivery next to him
”Ivery?” Luther got out of bed
He walked to the door and opened it.
The hallway was empty…no signs of anyone at all.
He walked outside of the room and headed downstairs.
As he walked down the stairs he saw the children sitting down at the long dining table ravishing plates of food.
His eyes quickly searched for Ivery and didn't see her anywhere downstairs.
”Hey, kids,” Luther said
They all stopped eating and looked at him…having a strong sense of danger as soon as he spoke.