Chapter 685 I Want To Get Rid Of This Veil
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The next day, Seren and Drayce went to that same hidden glade in the forest where she trained the previous day. When they arrived, Sierra, Evanthe and Yorian were talking amongst themselves.
'Once I finish training for the day, I will ask them about this veil. I am sure they can tell me why I have to wear it and how I can get rid of it.'
"What are you thinking, Seren?" Drayce asked when he noticed her stop midstep.
"Nothing much. Just thinking about the training," she lightly replied, before walking towards the center of the circle marked for her.
Hours went by in a flash. With Drayce suppressing the power inside her, she became more proficient in handling earth magic. The duration between her revitalizing the wilted plants to their best state became shorter and shorter with each attempt.
"You did well today, Seren," Evanthe praised to which everyone agreed.
"Can I now use my power to save the land?"
"You can, but you have to wait."
"I understand you wish to protect me, that is why you keep secrets from me. I understand you must have a valid reason and it's probably to protect me. But if you keep me ignorant of everything, how can I know which things about me are dangerous and which are safe? Can ignorance be the answer to everything?'
Evanthe had a complicated expression, but still, she said nothing.
'I hope you understand it's really important to me," Seren continued. "My nanny told me it's to protect me. But how? Can't there be alternatives? Why does my mother want to keep my face hidden? I've heard before that removing my veil will incur a disaster. What kind of disaster? Why is it only to a man who will see my face? Does that mean for as long as I live, my face will remain a mystery to Drayce, my husband? Will I forever have to keep him blind to my appearance? I feel it's unfair to him. I have turned eighteen now and..."
She hesitated a little to say it.
Evanthe offered her a reassuring gaze, prompting her to continue.
"...and it can be a new page for both of our lives. I hope you understand what I mean...I-I want him to see my face when...we start that new page..." At this point, her voice was growing small. "Maybe if I understand the truth, I can find a way to let Drayce see my face without causing any harm to him..."
As there was still silence, a heavy ball of disappointment weighed the young queen's heart. She thought once again her questions would be unanswered but...
"I will tell you," Sierra said, causing Seren to let out an involuntary gasp. The hooded woman continued,? "But...I hope you won't hate your mother after that."
"I won't," Seren spurted out immediately. Answers! They were finally giving her answers! "What happened had happened. I...I just want to make things right for me and Dray."
"Alright!" Sierra said and started to explain. "That veil is enchanted to prevent a curse from affecting the men around you. If any man sees your face, he will go crazy for you and will harm you and himself. Both of your lives will end up as disasters."
"Crazy? Disaster?" Seren could not make sense of it. "What kind of disaster will happen?"
However, the hooded woman did not directly answer her. Instead, Sierra began to explain about a certain goddess. "In the heavenly realm, there exists a pantheon of gods, but their authorities are not only limited to the elements of nature or laws of the world. There is a certain goddess who was born from the human heart, the Deity of Desire, who gave you a gift—a gift of unparalleled beauty, or to be more precise, a corrupted blessing of 'beauty'. Females won't be affected but a single glance of your face has the ability to corrode the rationality of men, gradually turning them into nothing more than obsessive fanatics.n0velbIn