Chapter One Hundred Fifty-Six:
Merwa Mountain
"Surprised, isn't it?" Rishna asked me as soon as we entered the cave where she came out.
When I saw the whole of the cave, I immediately noticed the cracked crystals scattered on the floor.
"Wh-what happened here?" I asked after I lowered Shu Tokino on the stone bed.
"We slept there." Rishna answered.
"What?! We?"
"Yes, we." Suddenly someone answered and when I turned around to see who it was, I saw… "Princess Navina?" She's alive too? I silently asked myself while intently looking at her.
"This isn't the right time to ask how we survived. The important thing is to save Shu Tokino before it's too late." Navina answered as she walks closer to my wife.
"Alright, I'll ask about it later." I answered. "What is going on with my wife or is it about the prophecy because to my recollection that prophecy changed when I married her, so what is this right now?"
"Yes, the prophecy changed when you married her but the thing was Netro has not been able to see another prophecy. By the time the Manu Clans find out who possesses the 'Maiden's Grail', the one we have been trying to suppress will wake up again."
"What you are saying cannot happen because Siara herself said that it was there that her connection with her twin was severed after she defeated him."
"She was right and wrong." Rishna answered that puzzled me. "I'll explain, because the brother she thought the reincarnation of her brother known as Kieran is just a decoy."
"How did that happen?!"
"Siara only found out about that thing after you killed her."
"What?! How is that possible?"
"When she imprisoned Kieran, she really thought he was the reincarnation of her brother but he wasn't the original. Even before Siara could cross the light she discovered that the thread that connected them was attached to a decoy made by Manu. Which Manu did on purpose because he knew very well, that was also what Edelweiss had wanted to do for a long time to finally cut the thread that connected them," Rishna explained.
"Then, that thread was already cut off so, who was 'The Curse One'?" I seriously asked. "And how did you survive when the whole palace of the Cabot Tribe was finally overthrown by the dark waves?"
"It wasn't the dark waves that overthrew the whole palace, Haimon." Suddenly a man's voice speaks up.
"You?"
"Yes, I'm alive too." Truman Kier's father of Wafi Kier, because they were the only ones left inside the palace when suddenly the dark waves attacked in but now, what they were saying is that it wasn't the dark waves who attacked them.
"Alright, since I still have lots of questions wanted to ask so go ahead, tell me who really attacked you because I'm already confused about the truth. Add up to that is my wife, I don't know and no idea why things happening unexpected. So, please tell me or explain everything, what is going on?!" I eagerly asked.
"The one that attacked us is no other than," it was Navina. "Kanik."
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Into Paradise
"Kanik?" I surprisingly asked. "What has Kanik got to do with my death?"
"Because he gave you that poison that slowly devour you." I couldn't answer or react from what Siara said. "You don't remember but he bit you to poison you. And right now, my chosen people are working their way to save you from disaster."
I don't know what to feel right but fear is the first thing I sense. "My husband!" suddenly I remember Haimon, the last person that I saw before I lose my consciousness and I am afraid that he might know what is going on with me.
"He's with you right at this time." Siara answered that surprised me.
"Really?!"
"Yes, yet he can do nothing he just watches while you are in danger."
"I don't want that."
"Me too." she honestly answered and I can see how sincere Siara is, no doubt they loved each other so much. "But anyway, right now. It is important that you know the truth. Kanik is the reincarnation of Manu. And he still remains the destroyer of all. If only everyone hadn't lost all their memories of my twin after his death, I'm sure everyone would be able to remember who 'The Curse One'."
"Then, if you were telling the truth. That Kanik was the one that they were looking for, why does Kanik seem to know nothing about that?" I curiously asked. "Even when he approached me as if he had no intention of killing me, he just wanted to tell me the truth of what Haimon was trying to hide from me. Then, you're telling me that he was the one who gave me this poison?"
"Well, he has no memories of his past too that is the reason why all he wanted is to take your trust before he drinks your blood. Because his primary reason for him to gain your full trust is your blood. Because your blood will give him more strength and power once he drinks it."
"No…"
"Yes." Siara answered. "That is why you need to remember who bit you, so that you may able to counter Kanik's poison before it kills you and your spirit."
"How?" I have no clue how to remember.
"Per altissimas animae tuae. Memoriae occultae prodire praecipio. Memor sit temporis Kanik pro visitation venisse."
…
Merwa Mountain
"Kanik?"
"Yes," Navina answered. "And he also killed Atlas and others presents in the palace. Together with your father," she said and that really surprised me. "Everyone knows most died because of the dark waves but no, it's all because of Kanik. After Siara's death, he came unannounced and attacked the whole palace but because the event just happened because of the dark waves many were on the recovery stage including your Uncle. Then, we thought we're dead but suddenly Siara's spirit came and saves us three the reason why we're still alive."
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