289 Anchor (1/2)

”I don't know how but I ended up inside the sigil. I didn't even know that such a thing was possible to happen.”

”I am getting pieces of memories from time to time. I know that there is someone who's borrowing my body to do abominable things. And from the memories I received from you earlier, I am now aware just how terrible the state of my body is.”

”Even if I go out of this place, it won't take long before…”

”Hold it right there, Your Majesty.” Raven interrupted. ”Please refrain from saying anything that's negative. I made a promise. I am getting you out of here and you will be reunited with your family. Just, give me some time and trust me. I can do this.”

Queen Elizabeth was stunned by his words. She could feel Raven's sincerity and confidence brimming all over his body. For some reason, she was starting to believe that he could do anything so long as he put his mind onto it.

”I appreciate it.” She replied, tears falling down her face as she felt immense guilt and regret.

Elizabeth couldn't help but to blame her own selfishness once more. She often thought about all of the things she did that led up to this point. Often wondering about what she could've done differently. What if's and what could've been's always visit her thoughts.

Maybe if she'd done this, or maybe if she'd done that, maybe things are different from now. Unfortunately, no matter how much she wished to have that second chance, it never happened. She became stuck here, imprisoned and missing her family so bad.

She even have to rely on a child to get her out of this mess.

All of this makes her thing that she's just the worst human being ever.

Nevertheless, Elizabeth was desperate too. She wanted to see her children so bad. She wanted to return to her husbands embrace once more. She wanted to experience their warmth and to stay to them until she pass away from old age.

She wants to go home.

Raven could more or less understand what the Queen was feeling right now.

He knows desperation when he sees it. Wasn't he like this during his past life? If anything, the Queen's desperation is no way near the level of what he once had.

Raven wasn't innocent.

He did questionable things in his search for a way to bring them back. Even in his failure to achieve his goals, he still often look back to his memories just to ease up his lonely heart.

Nevertheless, wallowing about the past won't do him any good. He has to work fast since he can't stay out of his body for too long.

Raven went into a deep thought. He studied the structure of the sigil from the inside and dissected it to trace it's origins. This is the first time that he encountered such a sigil so he didn't know where to start. Fortunately, he managed to grasp a single point and start from there.

The Queen saw him in deep thought. He kept on staring at the sky while rainbow colored lights reflected on his pupils. She would often see him draw something that she cannot see, but from what she could tell those must he inscriptions.

At first she was a bit dejected. She did everything possible to escape this place but nothing worked. She even thought for once if escaping this place was a wise choice since if she went back, it would be Alastair's face who would welcome her, not her family's.

She misses her family, but she's also helpless against Alastair. She couldn't possibly allow him to know the location of the Fountain of Youth since the Oath Alastair made had expired already. Though she might've been absent on her position for a while, she's still the Queen of the Kingdom. She couldn't bear to allow her enemies to grow stronger just for her personal interests.

Elizabeth was in such a deep thought that she didn't even notice that Raven was already beginning to move.

'This Sigil of Fate Love is really mysterious.' He thought. 'I guess it has some sort of a protective measure just in case the bearer of the sigil experienced an accident.'

'I'm guessing that it acted on it's own when the Queen was in danger. It's keeping her here ever since. Although she didn't say anything, I'm guessing that she tried to escape. But knowing that she's will just end up in hands of the enemy, she's placed in a tough spot.'

'She's right. Even though I could return her to her body, it won't take before her body gives up from the stress. It needs to recuperate for a very long time. But if I brought her out of here, she needs a place to stay.'