Chapter 60 - Existence Of Such A Coincidence

"We have to meet the elders as soon as possible."

Alex was worried about Emmy's lapses but now he became more disturbed. If there was such a possibility, then the enemies of the dark clan would directly attack her without any doubt. 

" Emmy, if your suspicions are true, then there is a great possibility of those power directly involved in your parent's murder. Just think, your father, who was the more powerful shadow guard, was defeated in that attack. The Agnarticans are using embargoed drugs and the sword which was pierced into your father's chest might be revealing that they were secretly supporting the other dark force."

In contrast with Alex getting hysteric, Emmy was thinking about something else. In her mind, still, the portrait of the great lord was wandering around. She quickly stood up, pulling Alex she ran to the dark tower. Although her petite figure didn't have the strength to forcibly pull a built man like Alex, he himself had loosened his body and now he was following her like a kite whose string was in the woman's hands.

After reaching the third floor, Emmy found it difficult to catch the breaths while Alex was staring at her strange behaviour. She, while taking deep breaths, was looking intently at the portrait of the great lord.

" Alex, why do I think there are some features which are similar in both of you?"

All of Emmy's intuitions were right till now, this made Alex shiver in his heart. He looked at the portrait of the great lord and he too found out that once we look closely at the great lord, there are some faint resemblances between them. But the Salian clan had no relation with the Esbertrazian clan and he had never heard his mother having any connection with them either

" Emmy, this must be sheer coincidence, some faint similarities are common between people right! Don't overexert pressure upon yourself, come let us take rest for the day.".

Emmy accepted his decision and turned back after glancing at the picture once again. Alex also followed Emmy's steps but his eyes were locked on the picture on the wall. Even if he had simplified this as a coincidence, his mind started raising questions about his parentage.

If what his mind was saying was true, then the reason for the hatred in his father's heart for him will be clear. All these thoughts were putting his mind in turmoil. He needed to find the answers but first, his main priority was Emmy and her safety.

Getting into bed, Alex tucked in Emmy with a blanket and lay beside her with no wink of sleep at all. Emmy could sense the change in his behaviour and she knew he must have guessed the same tension that was inside her mind.

" We will find the required answers with the elders of the Esbertrazian clan. Do not let your thoughts run wild until we confront them. "

" Emmy, if that is true…. then who am I? What is my real identity? My mother, why did she marry the Salian king instead of the great lord?"

�� I don't have words to comfort you Alex, but believe me, there must have been some relationship between your mother and the great lord. No one knows from where both of them came, the time of him getting sick is within a short time of your mother's death? "

Emmy embraced Alex and heard his heart beating fast. She knew this kind of feeling, the feeling of hopelessness surrounded by lots of confusing facts. The fact that if their assumptions tend to be true, then it would be destroying the very foundation of Alex's parentage. Both of them didn't sleep the whole night and at the early dawn, went straight to meet the elders.

The three elders were quite surprised to see Alex and Emmy early in the morning.

" Child, what happened? Did you all find something important?" Elder Lathodore could not remain calm after seeing how dishevelled the children were looking just after one day.

Upon receiving complete silence from both of them, elders were sure that they might have come across some truths about the Esbertrazian clan. But for that, they must find the Ravenic first, as Ravenic was the book of the core power, later on, the great lord edited a few parts in it... It contained all his life secrets and strategies. Even the formation of the dark clan was recorded in it.

As the three elders were sweating thinking about that, Alex opened up his mouth to ask the question which was killing him inside.

" What is the relationship between the great lord and me ?"

Hearing the question from the Salian crown prince, the three elders suddenly had a change of expression. From this itself, Emmy and Alex could understand what they were afraid of, had some truth after all.

" What nonsense are you talking about? What relationship can the great lord have with you ?"

Elder Miandrake tried to divert the topic using his fake arrogance behaviour but sensing the adamant attitude of the two young people, he kept silent afterwards.

" Is he….is the great lord ...my..father ?"

" NO."

For Alex's question, all the three elders shouted unanimously. The elders might don't know, but this answer calmed down Alex and Emmy greatly. Alex went forward and bowed in front of the elder Lathodore, making the latter shocked greatly.

" I felt that this was all false, but now I feel that I'm not Salian blood. You all might be knowing my real identity, I promise to fulfil whatever conditions you might have, please let me know the truth."

Elder Rotrigues could not help it anymore, he rushed in front of Alex and pulled him up. Just as Emmy thought that master Rotrigues was going to hurt Alex like before, she saw their master was consoling Alex. 

" You were the pearl of our great lord's eyes. I clearly remember on that day, when he received the news of your birth, he was over the moon. But child, he is not your father but your uncle."

" My uncle???"

This time, it was elder Lathodore who did the explaining part.

" When we asked our lord, why he did choose neither the sorceress nor the enchantress, his reply was simple, that in one lifetime, a person can only truly love another one. He had already lost his real love and so could not replace it with anyone else. After a few years only, a woman appeared here and her entry made the great lord shocked to his core."

"We didn't know what they conversed but after the long conversation, the great lord asked to pass a decree to the Salian head to marry off his eldest son with that woman.. She also agreed without any problem."