In days of yore, a tragedy held fast,
A tale of sorrow, a pain that would long last.
Through time's cruel embrace,
The wound's would never be faded.
Once upon a time, in a land so fair,
A love so pure, in the sweetened air.
Two souls entwined, their hearts ablaze,
A future envisioned, full of hopeful rays.
But fate, it dances to its wicked tune,
And shattered dreams laid waste, far too soon.
A tragic twist, a cruel destiny's call,
The end of the lovers embrace, the beginning of the empire fall.
This story was about a little beautiful naive princess who tought everything could be saved, a story that last in millenium. Hopeful, and yet uncertain about everything.
Once, there stood an empire that dazzled the world with its beauty. Its soaring towers kissed the skies, adorned with intricate carvings and glistening jewels. Its gardens bloomed with exotic flowers, perfuming the air with their sweet fragrance. Art and culture flourished, and its people basked in prosperity.
But within the kingdoms walls, a dark storm brewed. Corruption seeped through its veins, infecting hearts with greed and power-hungry desires.
Rosetta Edna Ivrees, the sole princess who being loved by its netizen who couldnt escaped from that nightmare. The nightmare grew, Thus causing war broke hell into her beautiful land, claiming millions of lives under revenge.
"Why this is happening? " Thats the only word she could mutter for the last years. Not only her beautiful land was destroyed, her loving family was also brutally killed. And yet, as if the god give her another nightmare she was being held as a wife from a man who always abused her.
"Its you! Its you all of this happening oh my dear wife. You know why, don't talk like you are the victims here" He said while starting to abuse her again.
Hearing this she couldnt mutter a single word, she know no matter how she depend herself its absolutely useless. Day by day she got abused, and the only thing she know very well she must stay silent if she doesnt want to get beat half dead.
"Who said everything would be alright!?" He said while slapping her cheek without any second tought.
"Who said everything about a bright future!?" Once again slap her with more powerful one.
"Its you!!! Because of you war broke into your land!"
Yes, what he said was absolutely not false entirely. Even though she doesnt know why war broke destroying everything, she know very well how sweet her husband once before all that tragedy happening.
Thats why, all the thing she could do was to accept everything he did to her, say no more to just stay silent untill everything over. And hopefully, she could die alongside those abuse leaving everything behind and head straight to the heaven.
"Why you stay silent? Doesnt even think about saying sorry? "
Hearing this, the tears suddenly burst out from her beautiful eye. Everyday she said how sorry she was to him, and yet not a single time he listen how deep that word is.
Because of that, she realizes how useless that word to him, no matter how much she said 'sorry' it just fueled up his hatred toward her.
"Silent treatment again? alright, Come into my chamber tonight, do your job as a wife"
This is how he treats her for years after the war, she abused her and then caresess her gently as if nothing ever happend.
Even after severly beat her, he just casually tent her wound as if nothing ever happend between them.
Maybe after all this is her punishment, she could just accept everything the god give her. But, after several tragedy and violences, her heart was starting to breaking down with no hope for living anymore.
Many times she tought about suicide, but never once she tried that because she still have a glimpse of hope. Believing everything would be alright someday, and then she could have a normal life moving on from that cruel past.
After a while.
Night fell upon the beautiful endless sky, filling the spacious king chamber with its radiance. The husband she hated waited for her, with his imposing figure casting a heavy shadow between the luminous night.
"I'm waiting for you"
This man, the wicked human, a being who had committed a numerous of unforgivable atrocities throughout his life, sat before her in the bedroom. Looking at her in a disgusting stares.
"What a wicked human, after the constan abuse you gave me. You still want to be served in the bed, does he not rememberd how cruel he is?" She thought to herself.
"Ah, those eyes... They still possess a faint glimmer of hope, don't they?" The wicked man spoke with an enigmatic smile, his lips curling upwards in a disgusting manner.
"I like it... If I gave you one wish, what would you do with it? Tell me, oh, my pathetic wife."
"The unforgiven thing you had been done, all of those l-lives... T-they all still haunt me... Please... Please just kill me." She said with her voice filled with sorrow, regrets,fear and anger.
"Salvation? So you wish for salvation? "
"Yes...."
"Ku- KUHAHAHAHAHAHA! "
"DO YOU THINK IM A FOOL?"
"HOW MANY LIVES DO I HAD TO KILLS BEFORE I SIT HERE!? "
"HOW MANY KIDS? HOW MANY WOMAN WAITING FOR THEIR MAN THAT WILL NEVER COME BACK!?"
"ALL OF THAT SHIT!! JUST FROM ONE SINGLE SPELL FROM ME!!"
"AND NOW YOU WISH FOR SALVATION!?"
"Y-yes..." She answered with her eyes that starting to grow wet as she glanced upwards at her husband, the fear and desperation could be seen in her blue eyes.
"YOU!!!"
"I TOLD YOU MILLIONS TIME! WHOSE FAULT I DID ALL OF THAT!? "
"WHOOO!? "
*CLAAAP
"Kyaaa!... I'm sorry..." She replied quietly, her tearful gaze directed at her wicked husband as he slapped her tiny face.
"WHOOOO!??"
*CLAAAP
"WHOOOO!? "
"m-me... "
He started to grab her hands forcefully toward the bed and pushing her down in a rough manner, he then trying to shut her mouth with his right hand that just slapped her a few moments ago.
"What happened to your vows that you always loved me no matter what happened? "
"What happened to our promises? "
"Isn't this empire our little garden? "
"Did you forgot our moments where we fall in love? "
Hearing his words brought tears to her eyes, tears of both love and pain. She loved him deeply, despite everything that had happened between them, and it hurt her deeply to know that he had never changed. It was a bittersweet and painful love they shared, and the reason for many things that occurred in the past.
"P-please... please stop..." she replied once again for many times, the desperation could be seen in her tearful eyes. She was starting to lose hope that he would never listen to her, she felt completely helpless and powerless.
"Yes.... I know, I loved you... But still.. I can't stop. I can't stop myself.. "
"I ask you one more time.. My wife, my precious rose.. What do you wish for? " He said with a serious eyes that she was never seen before during the past few years. He seemed have forgotten his usual cruel mannerisms for this one moment.
"Salvation," she whispered, her voice full of a bittersweet longing. She was ready to leave this cruel world behind, where everyone kept killing each other and where peace was never more than a distant dream. So many had died in the name of power, greed, fear, and revenge, it seemed that it would never end.
Hearing this he watched her silently, he couldn't bring himself to say anything, nor to decline her final wish, because this is a special day for them.
This 'Salvation' was her only wish to be free from all the pain and suffering, to find her peace at last. To return to mother of the Tree world where her family waiting for her patiently in the afterlife.
"Come stand up..." He instructed, his voice soft and gentle as he attempted to cast a spell that she had never seen before in her entire life. She was confuses by this unexpected turn of events, but at last the salvation she longed for would came toward her.
The final wish of death, the bittersweet of eternal sleep.
She then slowly rose to her feet, her body trembling with anticipation to met her family once more in the afterlife.
Numerous spells slowly appeared between them, covering their figures with a glimmering radiance of beautiful light. This magic seems so gentle and yet strangely lonely.
The air starting to vibrating with a gentle manner where she feel the softness and richness between the formula of the magics enveloping them.
"It's beautiful... " She whispered softly with her gentle smile, the things she always longed for, the things she always wished for, the bitterness of death, and the eternal sleep she always sought,we're now within her grasp.
Time passed by.
The magic began to vibrate more violently and yet with a gentle tenderness. She start to looked at her husband, who she hates and love at the same time.
As she gazed into his eyes, time seemed to freeze in its tracks. His eyes were as gentle and loving like they used before, and they seemed to hold a thousand unspoken emotions and a million silent of memories.
This was the man she had fallen in love with, the man she still loved despite everything that had happened between them. The one she vows to love eternally for the rest of her lives.
"Why.. why are you looking at me with those eyes?" She asked softly, her tearful eyes begging for an answer. She knew that the spell was almost complete, and that her time here was reaching its end. She couldn't explain exactly why those gentle eyes still held their power over her heart, and it overwhelmed her with so much sadness.
"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry," he whispered tearfully, as he hugged her tightly in his arms.
She could feel his tears soaking into her clothing as he begged for forgiveness for all that he had done. She remember all the thing he had done, but the love she still had for him was deeply rooted in her soul, and that tear her heart apart.
"Why now? Why?" she answered through her tears, clinging close and hugging him back tightly. She wanted to believe him and forgive him, but she couldn't help but wonder.
"Why now? Why do you apologizing? asking for forgiveness, when it was all too...too late?"
"I'm sorry, rose... I'm really sorry... please live happily and forgot about me." He begged, his words hitting her like daggers to her heart. She was about to die, and he was asking her to live on and forget about him?
"Wh-what do you mean? "
The magic suddenly erupted with immense power, covering their figures hugging each other with a glorious halo of light that illuminated the entire castle as well as the surrounding area for miles.
The pillar that rose up was so majestic and beautiful that it seemed to reach towards the heavens itself, making everyone who see this spectacular magic felt amazed with unbelievable eyes.
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