Celestia's POV:
Theo clutched my hand and made me touch the Saber of Venom. "My Sweetness, you are bound to me for all your eternity! So you are mine. And you are obliged to do everything I tell you."
My heart wasn't accepting this reality. This is not true! Theo can't be on the side of darkness.
He began to giggle as I thought that in my mind. It would be good if he doesn't read my thoughts every time.
"Celestia, my love. Now you are going to take another oath," he announced.
I got aggravated by what he said. I turned around and faced him. " I am not going to take another oath! You already tricked me and made me your slave by the Oath of Eternity. And you took away my celibacy from me."
Tears started to roll down my eyes as I said that. I was an innocent warrior girl, but he turned me into this sinful young lady. Theo caught my tears with his palm, and my teardrops turned into pearls as usual. " Calm down, my love. My heart can't withstand it if you are unhappy."
His words made me laugh. " You just took away my Virginity and offered it as a sacrifice to a Demon. And you say that you don't want me to be unhappy?"
Theo just gave me a dimpled smile. " As long as you are not crying, I can live with that," he whispered.
Why doesn't Theo give me a straight answer to my questions? He always twists his words around like a weapon. Now I am so confused! His dimpled smile and his alluring gaze completely collapsed my sanity.
What was I even arguing about? I closed my eyes and tried hard to clear my mind. " Theo, you can't do this to me. I am Angel! I must protect my people from the shadow forces. If I go to the dark side, then who is there to protect them?"
I had my eyes shut. I can't fall for his charms now. He has to give me a reasonable answer on what he is doing. Until then, I am never going to look at him.
" My Sweetness, You say that you want to protect your people. That is very good! But tell me who your people are?"
His question made me shudder because I had no answer for that. I no longer belong to the Celestial Realm! My father banished me from there! So does this mean that I belong nowhere?
" Exactly, my love. You have no people now, and you don't belong anywhere."
I got gloomy from the realization. A few days ago, I was a deity to the people of the Celestial realm. Now I am a nobody! Theo is right. What is the use in staying on the side of light anymore? I opened my eyes and looked at Theo.
He was still smiling at me. " Celestia, my love. Don't give up hope. We are going to take what belongs to us. You and I are meant to rule the Celestial realm. Once we ascend entirely to the dark side, we can outrun the lame King Oberon's forces in a second. And after that, the people of the Celestial realm will begin to worship you like a deity again."
So I still have a chance to get back the love I lost from my people? I am ready to do anything to gain my people's affection. But is this the right way to do it? Turning to the dark side still doesn't seem to me like a good idea.
And my father's light forces include Darius and my Fathomless warrior friends. I can never battle against them. This is all so messed up!
" Celestia. I forgot to mention one thing," Theo went on. " Once we complete these seven stages, our powers would be infinite. Your warrior friends and all the Fae and Mage Lords will eventually surrender to us after seeing our capabilities. So you don't have to worry about hurting your friends or your people."
Theo's justification convinced me as long as I don't hurt my friends and I regain my people's trust. I think that everything will be fine. Finally, I regained my sanity. But still, I had a lot of questions in my mind.
"Theo, does the next stage involve summoning the demons or making me a sacrifice? Is it possible if you don't give me tasks like that?"
His smile disappeared from his face, and his gaze got intense. " Each stage involves different tasks, my love. We don't have to do stage two again. But we will be doing stage one repeatedly."
It took me a while to understand what he said. He meant that we would be making love more often from now on. I started to blush in shyness.
Theo bent down a little and kissed my lips gently. " Please promise me that you will never cry. You are mine, and I am there for you. So you never have to cry. Just have faith in me, Celestia."
" I have faith in you, Theo," I replied immediately. He is there for me! I don't have to worry about anything else.
Theo patted my blonde hair and said, " Since you trust me now, will you take another oath with me?"
I nodded. " I am willing to do anything for you, Theo."
Theo's eyes gleamed in happiness with my answer. He then gave the Saber to me. I have taken enough Oaths in my life to know that I should kneel on the ground while performing it. I knelt on the ground and glanced up at Theo.
" Celestia, pledge to me that you will use this Saber only on my orders," Theo said.
"I will use this Saber only on your orders," I repeated after him.
" If I tell you to kill someone with this Saber, then you will obey me."
" Master, I will listen to your instructions, and when you tell me to kill someone, I will do it," I declared.
"Excellent," Theo complimented me. " You can get up now. You have completed the Oath and made me happy. Now you will keep this Saber in your sheath and throw away that rusty old dagger of yours."
But Darius gave me that dagger. I can't just throw it away. Then I realized that my past doesn't matter anymore. I have to focus on the present and future if I need to get my lost glory back!