Chapter 191 - We Will Show You Something (1/2)

(Jane's PoV)

I really couldn't stand the texture of the creese. Was it the same creese that I saw in that man's memory? The one that had both offense and defense skill in it? Why was it looking so dull in my eyes? Even though the aura that I felt was somehow mysterious, but I couldn't feel the sinister and terrifying aura that I felt when I peeked into that man's memory.

Was it really the right creese?

”P-Princess, please, put it back.”

I raised my eyebrows at them and put the creese back into its scabbard. Only after I did so, they could finally let out their breath that had temporarily stopped in their throats and their heart beat started to return to normal.

”Princess, are you okay?” Sir Ahmad hastily came near me and inspected me with his eyes.

”I'm fine.” I answered calmly. ”What? Was something supposed to happen to me when I pulled it out?”

”Usually, some people are allowed to open the box but not allowed to pull it out from its scabbard. Those are lucky people. Those who are allowed to pull it out from its scabbard are considered unfortunate. Other than Lord Rama Satya and the previous Kings before, people who were allowed to pull it out would end up as its nourishment. It was either their soul would be drawn into it to be its slaves or their blood would be its bathing water.” Sir Ahmad stopped for a moment, but I felt my eyes widened as I heard his explanation.

That bad? No wonder my father asked me that question that day and they had such a strong reaction just now. My curiosity really nearly killed me! How close to death was I actually?

”There was a King back then who had a son. For us, the son was a good person. He was so kind with above average power that we were almost sure this young man would probably the first successor of the position. For your information, we have never had a King from the same bloodline. But at that time, we thought that he would inherit his father position as the King. It was fine for us, seeing that he had already 'met' the creese when he accompanied his father. But, after he pulled out the creese, the creese swallowed his soul.” Sir Ahmad's voice turned grim, even his expression changed.

It was not only Sir Ahmad, but also all the Elders in the room. It was as if they were forced to remember an unsightly memory that they had been trying so hard to forget.

Well, seeing a living human was being swallowed by a 'thing' could really be considered a nightmare. I knew what it felt to have such a memory.

But, the creese swallowed him? I stared at the creese in my hands.

Are you really that dangerous? Why did you do it? I believe you have some explanation, right?

I had those thoughts in my mind, asking that creese and ignored the fact that it couldn't hear me.

Or maybe it could, who knew?

After I said those, the creese in my hand trembled and let out its warm glow. Before I could react, the creese went out from its scabbard by itself and presented itself in front of me.

The others jumped back hastily when they saw the creese was moving. I was the only one left in the middle of the room, staring at the creese that was floating in front of me. It looked like it was scrutinizing me from head to bottom, judging me.

[We won't hurt human with pure heart]

I was stunned when I heard the voice in my head. I was sure the voice belonged to two creatures or whatever it was. The voices were overlapping, sounding like a bad quality speaker. However, I couldn't see the origin of the voice.

Also, what did he mean by 'pure heart'? Did it mean the reason it harmed that King's son was because he harbored ill-intention inside his heart? Well, I bet these Elders and Sir Ahmad didn't know about that.

My eyes were still being fixated on the creese. No matter what, I couldn't turn my head or look at the others. For the others, I might look like I was being hypnotized or possessed, but in reality, I just couldn't move. A big force was holding me back to my place.

”Pardon my ignorance, but why aren't you guys with my father right now?” I asked to them inside my mind.

[He purposely left us here. No matter what, we can't go to him]

I frowned. Why?

[Human, are you going to take us with you?]

The voice changed. This time, it was only one entity that was talking to me.

”Yes.” I nodded. ”My father asked me to bring you along to the South Sea.”

[South Sea? The Queen needs us to do something?]

The voiced changed again. It was the other guy who had higher pitch of voice.

”Do you know the Queen? Have you met her before?”

[Rather than saying we have met her, it was more précised to say that we saw her once]

”Last question.” I said to the creese. ”What are you?”

[You'll know it one day, human.]

With that, the creese went back to its scabbard and the invisible force that made me unable to move disappeared. I shook my head slightly as my hands caressed the creese.

[Human, we'll show you something before you bring us out.] The voice came back.

I arched my eyebrows in confusion and my vision went white. In a second, it came back but my surrounding had changed. I was brought to a place that felt familiar but also unfamiliar for me. Then, I saw the man that I had crippled just a day before.

What the creese showed me was more like fragments of memory that came and went in a smoke. Sometimes, I couldn't even hear the sound or voice in the fragments of memory. Even so, I realized what it had been showing me.