Chapter 218: Zhi

"Follow mw" He spat and left.

Both Desella and Vlass were stupefied when they saw Severus in this manner. Before Desella could utter something, he was already out of her sight. In fear on incurring his wrath, they both quietly followed him. 

Vlass internally grumbled about Severus moody temperament while Desella, she was just sad. 

Soon, the trio reached the dungeon where Moon was held captive. Needless to say, she looked haggard. Without a doubt it was Desella who tortured her to this extent, not like he was against of this idea. Under different circumstances, he would have enjoyed in idle chit-chats, but now wasn't the time for it.

The guards simultaneously bowed their heads when he walked past through them.

"Moon, didn't you seek for power always?" Severus said gravely.

Moon chuckled. Given the circumstances, there was np point in hiding anything from him. Her chains rustled with each other as she tried standing up.  Coming close to bars, she grabbed the iron handles, smiling coquettishly, which made her look highly repulsive in eyes of Desella.

"I did, always had and now when I have it, I am going to relish in it" She declared.

Expressions shifted from Desella and Vlass face. 

What did she mean by relishing in power?

Did she had any to begin with?

However, Severus was unfazed. 

"Sure, you do have power and I will personally do a favor on you so you can relish it, till you last breath." He said evilly.

Moon was skeptical.

"What do you mean?"

"You shouldn't try anything funny Severus. You should remember that this body is now immortal because I have the divine power of guardian. She will forever protect, until the end of time."

"Once, I recovered my strength, I will exact my vengeance on all of you, however…." She stopped in mid.

Her lecherous smile gave shivers to everyone.

"Severus, I wont lie. I have taken quiet a fancy to you. No doubt, you are the most handsome as well as gentle man I have ever met. Aside from that, you do have a pure heart that I lack."

"Oh! How I wish I had a pure heart like you, but then I wouldn't be me, if I had it. So, Severus. Let's have a deal"

"Shall we?"

However, Severus didn't say a word. She took yes for his silence.

"I will spare your life and all Rivera people's life, but I want this woman" …She pointed towards Desella.

"I want this woman to go down on her knees and beg for forgiveness. Later, you had to kill her in front of mases. In straight words, be my accomplice. We will run this kingdom together, relish in this newfound power and will do whatever you have ever dreamt about" As she said this. Her eyes were glistening with excitement.

Severus saw the blood lust in her eyes. He knew her heart was corrupt and there was no turning back from here on.

He sighed and spoke. "You didn't lie."

The three words immediately brought the sinister moon back as she turned vulnerable, and shock reflected in her eyes.

"You believe it?" Her voice trembled.

"I did"

"You had a pathetic life and were bullied. I believe everything, you said that night but then again. Didn't you befriend me, just because I was powerful?"

"Weren't you just trying to use me as others did with you? You were falsely turned into a cursed spirit in pretense of harming you. I feel sorry for you because you didn't even know a single thing about you"

"Shut up"

"What do you know that I don't. I was orphaned when I was born, left at doorsteps of a temple. I was raised by a lecherous priest, who was a jerk. I somehow was lucky as one day, royal guard came and asked priest to hand me over. Since it was a royal order, he couldn't refuse. But eh still glared at me like a food. I was hell creeped out but felt safe when I got to know I would be living in royal palace"

"It was a dream come true, but my hopes shattered. I was only 11 years old that time, but I was forced to learn all sort of things. Seduction, poisoning and assassination. I was made into an exotic weapon which was fused with perfume that will lure as well as kill its prey. From the on, I had lived in a hell, until one of the enemies of Minya told me about his weakness, his sister as well as guardians' spirit"

"It was that night, that I vowed to be powerful and here I am" She looked all smug but was deflated when she saw Severus pitiful expression.

"You are wrong"

"Thoroughly wrong"

"Did it never occurred to you, why did that priest didn't dare to touch you but did every sort of things to other girls oof your age? Or perhaps, were you naïve enough that you are a long-lost princess of kingdom? Why did royal guard come for you? Did the though never occurred to you?"

"Because I am beautiful" She retorted to which Desella laughed out loud.

"You are beautiful? Sure. But were you beautiful when you were 11-year-old? Znye didn't lack girls who are exquisite so why you? Out of everyone, why you?" He forced on latter part.

Moon was speechless because it really never occurred to her.

Why was she the ones facing all this? What could be the reason?

Uh…

No words came from her mouth, and she fell on the floor because her head stated turning dizzy with slight pain.

Severus flowed her to crouch and stared straight in her eyes.

"It was always you, because you were special. You were the last descendent from the family of guardian spirit, so only you were capable enough to inherit its powers. The powers always belonged to you, but you just failed to harness it and that is why, you were taken advantage of."

"Minya knew about all this, so he kept you under tight leash. You weren't allowed to meet anyone or go in daylight so that he can keep you as a secret. He couldn't allow his enemies to know about his real plan. So, he turned you into a weapon."

"His ultimate goal, to bring his dead sister back. He knew it had an only 0.012 percent chance for it to be possible. But he had hope, as well as you. His initial plan was to transfer her soul into yours because then the guardian spirit would protect the body not the soul, but it was a loophole. He quickly understood that it was the very essence of soul that the guardian spirit would protect so he abandoned his idea of killing. He had research for years to find alternative but every time, he met with a failure."