"So this is how it will end after all."
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"Was it the only choice I had in my life,I... Luciana Marieros.One of the greatest saintess of the Cledwyn empire and someone who spended all her life sweating blood for the empire sake without expecting anything in return."
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Luciana Marieros..The daughter of a fallen noble family who was exiled for treason.
'The Marieros family',only one person was spared of being punish and was not held guilty or accountable for her family mischief.
The sole young heir of that family.. A young and blissful four years old girl with a rabbit like appearance.
The little girl was clueless in every aspect of herself.Pink glossy lips and apple red cheeks with curly reddish ginger hair and honey Hazel eyes."A soft little angel that seemed to have accidentally fell from the heaven and incarnated herself into a supposedly tragic fated little girl."that's what's most people used to say.
Now... They call her a"Lucky child"born from a sun tears or given the blessing of the stars and moon. Why?because the girl had magical power!" The Divination prophetic of light."Allowing her to have vision and prophecy of the future, past and even present.
Such a gift was rare and couldn't easily be discarded.So the empire and the great church consided themselves in order to be able to keep her within their grip. They then in the end resolved themselves into making her a saintess.
Years passed and she was now no longer a little child but a youthful young woman of unparalleled beauty.
"The shiniest roses of these land" is what was then said...
"A mirage"Is what she thought.
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Here she was, drowning in her blood,slowly loosing consciousness as the light that was once admired by all was now fading into nothing.
"They really...used me as a sacrifice.... How did we get to this point,all because..-"
--"She's being sacrificed...why?"murmured a lady in red gown present among the crowd to the young men beside her.
"Because she was too greedy,who in their right mind would defy the imperial family orders..and betray them at that."replied the young men hesitantly.
"This is... A false accusation..they wanted me to do something inhumane." She thought while clenching her fist."
She bowed her eyes and looked straight toward the spears transpercing her stomach and chest.
Her whole body was getting colder.
The warmth of her body would slowly be no more.
She closed her eyes and thinking back on the event of her life as she slowly loosen her consciousness.
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"NO!,"She screamed as she woke up all in sweats in her bed, shivering from head to toes.
" what.."
She looked around herself in panic.Her throat was dried and she was like unable to utter a single sentence out of her mouth.
That's when someone suddenly budged into her rooms,interrupting her thoughts.
'My lady are you up?'yelled an old women with platinium blonde hair and green emerald eyes.
She seemed to be in her forty's with a really gentle personality.
'Miss ,you should really get up and prepare yourself,'the old women said while taking out some clothes out of a closet.
".. Sure.. "
-"Alright then get up."
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"Was this just a dream.. No it must have been.. A prophecy..but directly from a dream."
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I should trust my instinct but... What if it's wrong... If it's not real.."
-"My lady are you okay?"
"I'm okay.. There's truly nothing to worry about."
-"Alright then get ready fast... We have someone important visiting the church to today."
She raised an eyebrow
"Who?"
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"Did you really forget my lady...his grace Davon Cassis Dannecker of course, wait.. Did no one inform you of it."
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-" Davon Cassie Dannecker.. The Grand Duke..why is he..
Right."
Suddenly all of it came back to her. Why the Grand Duke was here..
He was here to get married...with a saint.
The Grand Duke wished to get married with a saint, so he could obtain more powers and influence, at least that's what the temple was told and told the saintesses.
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"Like in that vision.. I was kept in the silence.
Maybe this is my chance, I can avoid what I saw in that dream";she thought while clenching her fist enough to left traces on her palm.
" Is that so?"she exclaimed.
Without wasting time she hurried herself to her mirror,As she was now standing in front of it,she looked at herself before sighting.
"Gross.";she thought in disgust.
Her body was bathing in sweat and her hair was entangled like a bird nest.
After a minute of staring at herself in the reflection of herselfin the mirror,she went back toward the direction of her bed and sat herself on it while waiting for the old lady to come assist her.
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Hours passed.Time seemed to be running slowly for her.
She was here awaiting patiently with the other twelve saintesses the arrival of the Grand Duke.
That's when the big doors of the church main entrance oppened.
At that entrance, a tall man with dark black hair and blue azure eyes wearing a golden pendant adorned with a black gem around his neck was standing.
His posture straight like a statue.
A dignify and cold expression wrapped his face.
He walked slowly a bit limping..but for sure confidently..
approaching one by one all of the youngs saintesses who were admiring him in amazement.
They were full of virtues and lacked flaws-
Nonetheless...The Grand Duke seemed unsastify with them.
He's gazing was so fierce that it could make you feel as though you were turning into a stone.
"A diamond on the outside...but a rock under the surface."is the saying that socialite gave to the Grand Duke.
Seeing it now with her own bare eyes..it finally took all a sense for Luciana.
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"The only way for me to avoid the Tragic destiny awaiting me is...a marriage with the Grand duke!"