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Chapter 27 - Time to reveal the mystery ; part 1

"Do you remember that fire accident?" ( Well, he referred to the bloody massacre, where her entire species was hunted and killed)

While she thought about the fire accident, that happened in her house. So, she nodded back. And he felt a little relieved. At least, she remembers this much. 

"What do you know, exactly?" He asked next. After all, it isn't her nature to sit straight, not doing anything, especially after remembering the hunt of her species. 

"I was upset, tired, and broken. I went back to our farmhouse, The Kim Garden. I was just resting. Then, I don't know. I just remember being surrounded by fire here and there. And then the fire becomes uncontrollable. That's all. As for what happened after that, I don't know. And all. I don't remember anything. Now tell me. What do you mean by, I am not a human? What am I? Where am I? What about my family? " She explained while asking tons of questions at the same time. 

And he couldn't help but sigh a little, while a frown appeared on his handsome face.  What on the name of heavens does she mean, she doesn't know what happened? Didn't she only have treehouses, till now, since she dislikes staying on land? 

Since when did she have a farmhouse? 

" Aelin, if you don't mind, then can you tell me everything? I mean about your life, before meeting me. As, only then I can know, the easiest way to tell you 'the truth.'" Prithvi added a bait so that he can first understand what happened, himself, before letting her know about her existence and true potential. 

To which she naively nodded. 

" I am a citizen of Country Soul, City Heart. My grandfather, Mr. Gavriel Kim is the current monarch of The high and mighty, but secretive and powerful Kim family. 

My father, Aedion Kim is the royal heirloom, who will ascend the throne after my grandfather. My mother, Sarah Kim is the most loving personality in the entire Soul. 

I am Aelin Kim, the princess of the Kim family, who is betrothed to Ashoka Rajput; The founder and CEO of The Raj. 

For others, my life is full of happiness, joy, and luxury. But only I know how miserable, how depressed, how caged my life is.. Or maybe .. was. 

I was betrayed by my friend and my fiance`, that day. So, I went to the farmhouse, to get a hold of myself and my emotions. In order to pretend like everything is okay, everything is fine, as usual. 

But then, I don't really know what happened, why happened, how it happened, I smelled something burning and when I raised my head, I found… I found…  the house was on fire. 

Or more accurately to say, there was a sea of fire surrounding me. Since I didn't want to die. I pleaded. Again and again, till I faint away. 

When I woke up, I found myself here, next to you." Aelin explained each to everything, without missing any single detail. While Prithvi felt like a headache creeping in, after listening to Aelin's story. 

Did she really lose her memories? But, why doesn't it sound like an amnesiac person's talk? Or is it.. what he is thinking… it is? No way, Aelin is the most heartless creature in the entire Universe. 

She would rather bring the water drops alive, than bring a creature alive. Even if, by 0.0001% chance, she brought a human back to life, then why would this human be in heaven, while she herself went missing. 

Now, what exactly is that firebird up to?  Hadn't she had enough of destruction and revenge? Ah!!! Aelin! You will surely drive me crazy one day. 

" Um... Aelin, if you don't mind, then can you pass your wrist to me? You see… I am a bit confused. So, I need to use my vision, for both of us to know what exactly happened."  Prithvi said, while automatically maintaining the distance in between them. 

After all, he loves Aelin, his firebird. Not just anyone to everyone. Ah, call him stupid to love a heartless creature, but that's what he is. 

Aelin watched how the fellow distanced himself and then did as she was told. Prithvi closed his eyes, released a deep breath, as he was dreading the truth he might be thinking about. So, he opened his eyes, then wrapped his fingers against her wrist, and just like a 3d projector,  A screen appeared in front of the duo, in which the video was playing. 

In the video; they saw a tired, injured, wounded girl crawling on her way, in a desert, sandy, chilly, cold, area, with nothing around, except for the dying, dried-up trees. [ Most probably after getting rejected and attacked by Akshura . Prithvi thought ] 

They saw the girl, who was struggling hard to maintain her posture, to walk, to drag her body, to crawl her way back, despite several injuries, some of which were even bleeding. 

Red blood. Most common in Earthlings, but highly rare in Heaveners, was painting the ground. After some moments, the girl stopped struggling altogether. Leading to her fall, head-first.

Then, with some amount of strength, she shifted her fallen body and lay on the dirty, dusty ground. When her head touches the ground, her eyes fall on the countless stars in The Universe. The scene was breathtaking before her. 

They saw the little flashback flash, in which the same girl was leaning on the roof part of the pine tree of Earth. The girl, who was playing with the strand of grass, despite being at enormous heights. Her eyes fixed at the galaxy in front of her.

And she couldn't help but close her eyes, remembering that carefree, stupid, idiotic yet normal life. How cool it was! How happy she was! With a tiny smile on her face.

She opened her eyes, then again the sky came into her view. 

They saw, in the deserted place, she was asking herself; '' Can she ever go back to that carefree life and self of her? Can she ever feel satisfied in her life? Can she ever live happily again? Can she ever smile again?'' 

There were only questions and no answer, she knew one thing, it wasn't the end for her. The girl knows she might be wounded, she might be hurt, she might be injured, but at the end of the day, she was absolute, alright. 

Within the night, she will be back to her original energized self. So, it would be cool if she spent the time and night while gazing at those stars at night. 

When she was completely blank-minded. No query. No thought. No idea. No blink. Nothing. At that time, she heard that… 

That weakling's heart-wrenching cries. Alerting Aelin, because the weakling this girl was referring to was none other than her. Human, Aelin Kim. 

Cries of help. Cries of saving her and her life. Cries of her desperation. 

The cries of her will to survive, her will to live, her will to just live a bit longer. 

At that time, the girl in the video knows that the person has to be really very kind, considerate, innocent, away from all the crimes, all the sins… because only then The Heavens and Heaveners can hear the Earthling's cry. 

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Only if a human is completely pure and sacred not just externally but internally too, from the heart, mind, and soul. Only then can he/she be on his/her way to ascend to heaven. And if any calamity lands on that person, then even Heavens and its creatures, can hear the cries of help of that person and help it by each and every means. 

After all, it's the first and foremost duty of the heaveners, to help the Earthlings in their dire states. As they might be many things, but the reason they got worshiped by Earthlings is because the heaveners never let the cries of Earthling down. 

The deities always help them and give them a way out. That's the age-old 'Universal Law' of the Universe, created by the Three Divinities, themselves. 

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