Chapter 250: He is a righteous man
Celestia’s POV:
After a moment, the redness got away from his face as his anger diminished. I struggled to understand why he even got mad at me in the first place.
"I am sorry, Celestia! I just couldn’t accept that you were even thinking about reuniting with the man who has tormented you so much," Edwin said.
"Me surrendering to him is for the betterment of everyone," I said to him again.
"No," he clenched his fists as if trying to control his anger. "He can’t have you in his trap again—"
It was so strange to see him this way. Usually, he is very sweet to me!
"Please don’t even think about reuniting with him again, Celestia! Erase that thought off your mind," he said and breathed out.
"I am sorry, Edwin! But I can’t sit still and do nothing while people around me are suffering because of me. I am the Dawn, and protecting my people is always my first priority," I said out in anger and stepped away from him.
I should probably meet up with Father Oberon now and make him understand this. Now he would have known that I should surrender myself to rescue Darius. So he might let me do this deed!
"But Celestia... please listen to me," Edwin shouted from behind me.
I stopped in my tracks and turned to him. "What now?"
"You don’t deserve this, Celestia! You are a noble warrior and a kind-hearted Angel. The fates can’t be this much cruel to you—"
I just smiled at him without giving him a reply.
"I have made my decision," he said firmly. "Even if you surrender yourself to him, I will find a way to rescue you. I promise you that I will never let him have you—"
Edwin found a way again to melt my heart again with his courageousness.
"You didn’t have to make such a promise to me," I said. "You know that it is impossible to defeat him!"
"It might be! But I swear that I will find a way to defeat him. I will not let you suffer, Celestia! I will even battle with the fates for your sake—"
I raised my eyebrows at him in awe. I should probably leave this place before Edwin makes a third impossible promise and sabotages himself as Vivian did!
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Father Oberon was not lying on his bed anymore. He was pacing around his chamber actively, and he was suited up in his shiny armor and cape. Still, he seemed dull to me.
"Father," I said and paced towards him. "I told you that our troops can’t defeat Silver Shadow. But you didn’t listen to me!"
The mighty Fae King didn’t look at me even though I was standing right next to him. His eyes were watching the giant oak tree that was outside the window.
"I know, My child. I know that my troops can’t win the quest. Still, I had to send them to save Darius. What other choice do I have to rescue my son?"
I was saddened by his tone. It is never easy to see a mighty man break down. I held my father’s hand and said, "Father, you know that I can fix everything. Why don’t you just give me the permission to do my deed?"
"No," he shouted and finally turned to me. "I know that you want to rescue Darius, but I forbid you from doing it!"
"But if I don’t do this, then Darius will be imprisoned forever—"
"I.... don’t..... care.....," he shouted and surprised me. "I don’t care if Darius is imprisoned there forever or not. But I will not let that trickster have you again—"
For a moment, I doubted if he was really my father or not. The Fae King, I know, will never give up on the people around him. Now he says that he doesn’t care about his own son!
Father Oberon placed his one hand on my shoulder, and with his other hand, he patted my head.
"I know what you must be thinking now, my child! You must be surprised to know that I don’t care about Darius."
"Yes, he is your son! How can you even say something like that?!
Then he moved away from me and turned his gaze back to the window. "Because I want you to be pure more than anything else—even if it means that I would have to let Darius suffer—"
"Father," I let out a gasp and fell silent as I didn’t actually understand what he meant by ``I should be pure.
"Celestia, do you have any idea how much I suffered when you ran away with him? The thought of you being his prey again torments me so much more than anything else."
"Father....." I blurted out while my eyes filled with tears.
"Just don’t come to me again and tell me that you want to be his prey again. I don’t want him to even lay his finger on you!"
"I won’t, father," I said and wiped off the drop of tear that was rolling down my cheek. "I don’t want to be his prey again either—but Darius—"
"Forget about him, Celestia," he yelled out. "Just don’t worry about him! The worst that can happen to him is nothing compared to your case—"
He then clutched the window pane and continued to talk. "You have gotten a new life, and all your previous sins are forgiven. You can’t lose yourself again! Do you understand what I am trying to say?"
"Yes, father. I do!"
"And don’t fool yourself that he is in love with you," he added. "All he wants is to get back at me for trapping him in the abyss of torment for all these years. He knows that I get hurt the most when something happens to you. He knows that every time he touches you—he also stabs my heart. And that is why he wants you so badly."
I wasn’t able to believe what he finally said. Silver Shadow loves me! I have seen it in his eyes. But my father can’t be wrong either; he is a righteous man.
