Chapter 38: Past Secret 2

"Everyone has their own secrets inside the closet"

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" Do you remember Cynthia? Head of the frost legion?"

[Yeah, I do]

"Do you also remember that she gave birth to a boy while she was six- months pregnant?"

[So? Does her pregnancy concern us?]

"Well yeah. It does. Tell me why the king ordered mass killed for Resen land?"

[Didn't you tell me earlier that Cynthia plotted against the ex-empress, so the king gave her the death sentence and wiped the entire clan?] Noworry frowned.

"Do you believe that rubbish?"

[Huh...what do you mean by believe? Since you told me then I would believe. You had the identity of shadow knight and the ex-general so of course, you had the first-hand knowledge of many things so there isn't anything to doubt]

Severus"...."

"Noworry I am not talking about doubting me.... reeee...I am talking about doubting the reason. Do you think the king Marquis loved the late empress to death? Do you also believe in this theory?"

[Well....it's a bit hard to believe but since I don't know the entire matter personally, I can't comment. After considering his nature and personality I highly doubt he killed Resen for the late empress]

"Nice...so can you guess the reason why he massacred a whole land?"

[There can be several reasons for it. Maybe he loved another woman, but this theory doesn't hold its ground since the king didn't remarry and on top of it, he has a harem, so love is cheap for him. As far as I know, the late empress died due to sickness but I highly doubt this too. We all know how the royal family behaves so murder is very common. To be honest I smell a big conspiracy]

"Good, for the first time you are on point. It's true that the king Marquis didn't massacre Resen for the late empress. Even if I don't know the reason, I can't believe that the king is someone who believes in Love. His remarrying always remained a mystery to me. Since the Crown prince was only six- months old when his mother died, so for the sake of the crown prince he should have remarried but he didn't. A kingdom without an empress is considered to be barren since the empress represents happiness, fertility, and joy but Rivera remained devoid. There is surely some connection between Cynthia, king, and the late empress."

[What? Hey, lad give a break to your horses. I don't think there is such a huge conspiracy]

"Yeah...the conspiracy isn't huge for outsiders, but it is of utmost importance for Cynthia, late empress, king and for me and crown prince too"

Noworry

The game is starting to become interesting

[Now we have a monk to track, solve the mystery of massacre, deal with spells of death book, and to keep us safe. Such a burden]

Severus"..."

Such a lazy bird.

[So Severus how shall we move forward with our plan?]

"For the time being let's forget about a monk and the book. I really hope no ghost comes to find me but even if it will come then we will see about it later. Oh...yeah, I totally forgot to tell you about the book. Since you wanted to know I think I should let you know that all the defense and spells that I performed are present in the book, Spells of death. I haven't read it fully, but I applied whatever I read that day and for the second book, it actually is an autobiography of Jane's father"

[WHAT THE HELL. an autobiography. Dammit, she had the book, and she didn't even know about it. Oooof she had a book for her answers and still, she remained clueless. What a fate. I pity her]

"There is no need to pity a corrupt soul. No matter what, she never intended to find out about her father's secret. I don't doubt that she loved him, but she surely didn't love him to that extent"

[What do you mean by that extent?]

"It means that she didn't have the will. She wanted to find solutions, but she didn't make efforts. Even if she did, efforts without a true will are futile. No matter how much hard you try, if you don't do it with all your heart then it's all futile. Nevertheless, she is of no importance to us. I still don't get it, why did she never find out about it? She was the daughter of Aris Cheya. Do you believe he didn't intend to share his knowledge with his daughter?" It's not about intentions rather it's all about will. Even for necromancy, you need to have a strong will so if she didn't possess that it was futile and there were chances of her going astray too. No father wants that for his daughter"

[Still, she went astray. Oh...Severus since you said that she didn't know what was that book about so why did she get hyper when you asked about that book? Even after you pointed out she should have seen the title, don't tell me that she didn't even see the title?]

"HAHAHAHAH....She did. She saw the title but she wasn't able to read it"

[She wasn't uneducated then why? ]

"I told you it's all about will. Actually, Aris had actually put a spell on his own autobiography?"

[Spell? What type of spell? Why?]

"Hmm....a spell. It was for encrypting the book. Only the one who has a strong desire, or you can say a strong will, can read it and see the title and content of that book. Rest others will probably see that book as some type of documentary "

[How did you know that?]

"That spell of the death book told me, and I even tried it on, Jane. When I asked her about the book, she told me that it was a storybook that was highly cherished by his father. Such a dumb girl. His father never told her any folklore instead he tried giving her hints but that small brain of hers couldn't understand it. "

[That book surely saved us]

"Yeah. It did"

[Are we going somewhere?]

"Yeah. We are going on a trip"

[Where?]

"Where else to the palace of course"

Noworry [...]

Was the Rivera palace garden where anyone can come and go as they please?