Chapter 119 - The Solemn

Cecelia and Lele was stunned to speak, there just stared at Helvi's disheartened face, 

"But how? Wasn't Monnet strong? And where was Helkaiser at that time-"

"Grandma! For now, the best I can tell you is that it was because of the Solemn!"

"Solemn?!"  Lele stood up in surprise and stumbled on her feet, 

"What happened, grandma?!" Cecelia ran to pick her up and found her shaking, "Grandma! Tell me what happened?!" 

"Solemn! It was the same that Ralkier witch was seeking for!" Lele couldn't stop trembling, 

"Solemn? Just what is Solemn?!" Cecelia was horrified looking at both of their expressions, 

"Helvi! Does that mean she killed your-" Lele interrupted her and glared at Helvi,

"I don't know! I don't know! I was just 5 years old! The only thing I remember was hidden under a cabinet and a voice seeking Solemn when I took a peek when the silence stretched.

My heart still wasn't able to calm down, and that horrifying image, my father's chest pierced and my mother, whose whole body was stabbed mercilessly."

Helvi broke into tears, Lele collected herself and walked to Helvi and hugged her, and let her cry her heart out.

After a while, both eyes swelled up because of tears, they just sat close to each other comforting each other, when they finally calmed down, Cecelia couldn't hold her curiously much longer.

"Helvi, I know you went through such hardships, but there is still one thing I don't understand, Grandma, Helvi, just what is this Solemn…" Cecelia was gently wiping both of their faces with a warm cloth.

Lele flinched and grabbed her shoulder trembling, Cecelia looked at Helvi who was also gazing at Lele eagerly, she also wanted to know about the Solemn.

"Grandma, I want to know too, just what is this Solemn?!"

Lele tried to calm down and collected herself, 

"Alright, guess it was time to pass it down to someone, I won't talk about it ever again, and neither will I repeat anything so listen carefully."

Lele drank a glass of water to quench her dried-up throat.

"Solemn, ages ago when the first Dark Elven tribes were born from the Serpheneope, were the first 12 sons and 12 daughters,  it was said Serpheneope died and reincarnated in every 3 years, to give birth to twin elves, one girl and boy."

"What?! How? How did she manage to do that?" Cecelia was lost, 

"She was gifted with the boon of Hellfire which she kept in a lantern, it had the power to destroy souls and recreate devils from its ashes, Serpheneope used her own ashes to create a new mature body for herself, it was like a snake shedding her skin but getting a whole new face each time.

She did that to stay in the mortal world longer without being noticed by the gods above, 

After that 12 sons and 12 daughters, passed down the dark elven blood for generations with cross marriages, but one day she was found out by Gods and was ordered to go back to Netherworld, otherwise, they would kill the entire race of Dark Elves, The Forest King didn't want her to let go, but Serpheneope, the purpose was completed in the world.

One night, she just disappeared from the castle of Forest King leaving the lantern behind. It was a wonder that she just disappeared. The king was saddened and went dismal and abandoned his children and kingdom, but took the only belongings of his wife.

For hundreds of years, he just wandered in the world to seek and find his beloved again and ended up reaching the end of the world, his state became so drive that it drove him to end his life, but the King was immortal, he didn't know what to do when the flame in the lantern spoke, 

" O' mighty king, 

As the shackles of your sovereignty have held you back, and the curse of my blood has taken your queen away from you, 

I feel your grieve, I am the one who is the thread that is still kept bound to your world, 

Do you seek to see your love again?"

The King didn't give a second thought and answered yes, 

"Then accept me, the part of the accursed world, and become one with me-"

He saw the face of Serpheneope in the flames, he realized how she disappeared, his heart couldn't bear the pain of separation anymore and embraced the flames and the Hellfire flames scorched his body and the eternal flames extinguished finally.

The spirit of the Forest King passed to the mortal world, his spirit passed down to the Netherworld, but his eternal body took a new form.

It was a dark elf, born from the flames of Serpheneope and ashes of the Forest King.

She lived there at the end of the world for a long time, detached from knowledge of everything, but she was actually guided by her mother's voice from inside, her powers were on par with the mightiest Gods and greatest Devils.

But she wasn't immortal like her father, but 12 years before dying she bore a daughter, the baby of hers didn't have any life at first, but she embraced her like a living child just sleeping.

Looking after a dead child with the hope that she will wake up one day, was too much for her maternal heart, 

Finally, one night she realized she will die soon and be freed from this misery but when she closed her eyes, 

She felt light stinging her as if it was morning and time to wake up, she was in the body of deads daughter, 

She was horrified and afraid, what kind of misery she was born with, she asked her mother but this time an answer never came.

Centuries went by, until a God who discovered her and took pity on her and decided to help her, so he stole and hid the new body of hers and gave her soul, so she couldn't be reborn in it, but instead her living body became immortal and she stopped giving birth.

Her misery graved, the God thought this was his fault and decided to kill her by his own hand.

Lele stopped talking and took a deep breath.

Helvi and Cecelia just stared at her, 

"Then?" 

"This is it…" 

"What?! How can this be the end? How did he kill her? Where is that new body of hers now? And list what the heck is this 'End of the World!' Cecelia was frustrated, 

"And you didn't even tell me what the fuck this his Solemn is!"

"Because I don't know that myself, the one who told me about this lore was Monnet, nobody but her in the world knows about this she told me, but she wanted me to know as if it was heart telling her, she ended this tale with just word, 

And finally, Solemn was created.

When I asked what Solemn said she didn't know. The only one who knows the answers is the last daughter of Serpheneope and the Forest King."

"What the hell! This is just stupid! I can't believe I wasted my time on this!"

Cecilia got up and went to the kitchen, Helvi was looking at Lele, with anxiousness and suddenly Lele spoke again under her breath, 

"She also said one thing, whatever happens in this world Solemn shouldn't be discovered again, or else nobody will know what chaos will be brought upon this world!" And Lele grabbed her chest as if she was in pain.

Helvi called Cecelia and they took her to bed, but she fainted, fortunately, she was fine, and Helvi and Cecelia decided not to talk about this ever again.

After taking care of her while, Helvi decided to check on Melvi also,

"Let me check on the Melvi…" she left Lele's room and went to Melvi, she was sitting on her bed swinging her legs.

"Sister!" Melvi smiled when she saw Helvi walking in, 

"Oh, you woke up?" Helvi was overjoyed looking at her smiling again, she snuggled her tightly, and they both stayed like that for a while.

"Are you fine now?"

"Hmm!" Melvi nodded and belly growled, 

"Great then! I guess you are hungry too, do you want some pie?" Helvi patted her head, Melvi brightened up.

"Will then lay and wait! I'll go and make it!" Helvi walked out of her room.

"Solemn huh?" Melvi whispered, she was up all long since Lele and Helvi were talking, she heard everything peeking and eavesdropping on them, and decided to keep this to herself.

Later Lele also woke up, and they had dinner as nothing happened.

Lele asked Melvi to join, she said that she realized Helvi and Melvi were the daughters of Helkaiser seeing a similar soul structure to Helkaiser.

Melvi dozed off again and Cecilia, Helvi, and Lele dag together again, this time Helvi was more anxious than before and Cecelia was afraid,

"Well, then grandma, what should we do now? We can't keep a human with us, if somebody finds out about her they will definitely-"

"Kill her!" A voice came from the door, 

They turned to the voice and saw the guardian chief staring at them with his troop.