Chapter 195 Saisha Ellsworth - The Future Queen of Elves
"Your highness, did you find a technique suitable for you? I can go and look for it." A boy came out from behind the shelves, holding a little booklet in his hand. He had short styled gray hair and emerald eyes. Short pointy ears that showed his lineage to elven race. His face bore the proud look that seemed to look down on others, yet in front of the girl even his gaze was cast downward.
"No need, I've found it. Let's leave." The girl replied and started walking towards the staff to register the technique she chose. With each step her rich white hair flew around her shoulders. Her sharp pointy ears, the charming smile and the flawless skin she had could enchant anyone and they dare not look away. Elegant, delicate features that could bewitch even the most stoic of hearts.
Even the students who were busy looking through books stopped everything and looked at her, her looks enough to make people forget even to breathe. And yet when her light black eyes turned to their direction, none dared to meet her eyes. Some looked away in fear and some looked down in respect and admiration, she was the next ruler of the kingdom of elves, princess of Elfring - Saisha Ellsworth.
Undeterred by the gazes of everyone, she kept walking, while seeing her indifference to the admiring gazes of everyone, a smirk came to the face of the elven boy who walked behind her. The one assigned to protect the princess and follow her for life. Her guardian and the successor of the clan of wood elves, Jaesin Ferglen.
The people around couldn't help but wonder, what this guy was so proud of, was he arrogant like other elves, who considered themselves superior, or was he proud that he was following the goddess in the gazes of everyone. But they couldn't do anything, but just curse this guy in their hearts.
Rio, on the other hand was looking everywhere, trying to find the one who picked the technique of protagonist, but to no avail. Frustration grew within him, as he looked at the students and the time on his watch. Even the doubt that the technique wasn't in the academy came to his mind, but he decided not to think about that for now. That technique was connected to one other plotline of future events, and if protagonist didn't get that, then that even would be ruined too. Rio didn't care about even that event, as it was just another cliche trope, but he needed to find out the anomaly.
After searching up entire section of archery arts twice and looking at every student in the vicinity of that section, Rio decided to move towards the ground floor. He had just reached the stairs when he found a stepping stone, whose proud face literally screamed 'Come and slap me.'
"Your highness, do you want to get something to eat, the others wanted to meet you." Jaesin respectfully suggested, and the princess just nodded her head without saying anything.
Unlike the fractured human factions, who boasted about their families and guilds, Elves remained united, bound by their allegiance to the Royal family and the empress. Saisha's status as the sole successor to the throne garnered her respect from all elves, regardless of their clan or faction.
They were walking ahead, when a sudden shout from behind stopped their advance. "Stop"
Jaesin turned around angrily to see who it was that dared to stop him, but stopped his words when he saw the white haired boy, who's been in limelight for the past whole month. Even though elves didn't meddle in the affairs of human territory, they did keep track of everything happening around the world. And being the successor of wood elves, who were named the protector of elven domain, Jaesin knew all about this boy.
The human whose reputation is bordering on that of a saint or an angel, due to all his work and the image he presented to the world. The recent resurrection only solidified common people's beliefs in him more.
Yet in Jaesin's eyes, even he was just like other humans, a pest on the planet. He looked at him and asked "What is it?"
The students near them, turned their attention to him, as the thoughts that something interesting might happen.
Rio, on the other hand, didn't look at anything. His eyes were fixed on the girl standing behind that angry elf. He knew her, that face, that resemblance, the familiar feeling that she gave him. It was her…
The memories, the dreams, the nightmares - everything and everywhere he had seen her till now came crashing in his mind, as the scenes of everywhere started playing in his mind.
'Is this your way of saying hi?'
'Why're you looking at me like that?'
'Do you want to say something?'
'We are really not a good match.'
'I'm starting to like you more and more Shiva. It's almost scary.'
'You're gonna die without me stupid.'
'Do you think she'd like me?'
'I'm your queen remember.'
'Why're you doing this? This isn't you.'
'I would never leave you, Shiva. And we'll have our happy ending.'
'By the time you see this, I'll be gone.'
The memories of her, the memories of their time together, the feelings of love that he thought he had buried and forgotten for a while, everything was in front of him. A tear fell from his eyes unknowingly, as his eyes locked with hers.
A slight smile adorned his face as he looked at her confused expression, which reminded him of their first meeting. It was all so fresh in his mind, like it hasn't been a day even though it had been more than a decade since then.
"Do you want to say something?" Saisha said, as she looked at the boy staring at her.
She had received the all kinds of looks from people her whole life. The eyes of envy, respect, fear, pride, admiration - she had seen it all, and yet something about the way he looked at her was different. And the more she looked at him, the more she started to lose herself.
A small chuckle escaped his mouth, as he heard the exact words from her. She was her, he didn't even need to confirm it, or ask for any confirmation from any gods or the system, just one look at her was enough to quell all his doubts and answer all his questions.. She was his Queency.
And when that realization drew in his heart, a wave of coldness started to seep deep within him. This time instead of the happy memories of their relationship, came the pain he had to live through after she left him. The desperation he felt after waiting for her, the betrayal he felt that broke his heart in pieces. The final blow that shattered his old life and left it in shambles.
'Why did she leave him?
Why did she never came back?
And most of all why was she here? Why now? When he was finally about to move on. When he was finally about to start anew with his new family and leave everything behind. Why did she had to appear here in front of him and ruin it all again. Whyyyyy???'
As those thoughts crossed his mind, his eyes which held the gentle side for her, changed into a cold expression. All kinds of emotions startes chirning inside of him, as everything he hid deep within him, was standing in front of him.
His mana started to leak out of him, as his techniques started to function on their own. In just a mere moments the temperature around him dropped to down zero, as the ground began to freeze beneath everyone's feet.
The students near them scattered, as the sudden cold started to affect them. Jaesin who was standing nearest to him was frozen still in shock unable to understand what was happening? He looked behind him and saw Saisha still lost just looking at that human. That expression on her face, he had never seen it in all the years he had followed her, and it bothered him.
Saisha was unaware of everything around her, as her eyes were just locked with the boy, her whole focus was on just trying to understand why he was looking at her like that? Even now when he was looking at her coldly, with eyes dripping in anger, she didn't feel any malice or any danger. The only thing she felt was that she didn't like it. She didn't like the look he was giving her. She wanted to see the eyes and emotions he showed before, not this. It made her feel lost and sad, yet she herself didn't know the reason why. They met for the first time today, so why was he looking at her like he had known her all his life. And why was his anger making her feel sad.
"Stop staring at the princess, you bastard?" Jaesin said in anger, as he channeled his mana to break the ice, that was starting to form around his feet. "Or else _ "
He was saying something, when Rio finally turned his eyes away from Saisha and looked at him. Just like his mana, his blessings lost his control too. Subtle smoke started emanating from his eyes and they shone in a silvery light.
And just a glance was enough to make Jaesin feel the horror of that blessing. His eyes started bleeding suddenly. He bent down on the floor and started screaming in agony. He tried to cover his eyes, trying to erase the sight of that look from his mind, yet the more he tried, the more painful he felt. Panic overcame him as he writhed on the floor, attempting to escape the searing pain. The golden necklace around his chest shone in green light, as a cocoon made of wood appeared on the floor, covering him whole. Yet the very next instant, the wood started rotting and in seconds it disappeared into nothingness.
"St_stop it. S save me someone." Jaesin pleaded, his screams echoing through the library.
Rio ignored Jaesin and his painful penance, his eyes turned towards the girl, who was still unable to look away from him. "What do you want?" He spoke, his tone chilling to the bone.
"Who _ ?"
Before she could say anything, he finished his words while saying her name for the first time in nearly a decade. " What do you want, Shweta?"
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S/N - so she appears. And now you know her name.
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