|Ch.109

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Nabi used to believe that there was always a way out. She continued to hope so. She continued to dream so. She thought she could change the fate. But she was so damn wrong.

Orpheus saw it all. He saw how she went from dreaming too high to falling to the mud and getting crumbled under the feet of those who claimed to be her friends. Life after life,she had to bury her family's body parts by her own hands. After falling from grace,no one gave her a grave yard to bury them,so she had to drag their bodies to a forest and dug their graves by her hands. In her ninth life,she gave up. After burying her brothers,she kept sitting by their graves as a rainstorm engulfed her. The sky looked gloomy as if it were cursing her too. She wanted to sleep and never wake up.

And that's when Orpheus offered his hand to her. He was selfish. He did not help in her early lives because he wanted to meet her again and again,life after life without even knowing his true feelings. He was greedy. But when his chest started hurting in an agonising pain seeing her like that,he knew what he needed to do.

Orpheus sighed as he stared at his lover sleeping on the bed like she was tranquillised. He stroked her cheek ever so gently and moved closer to her face. A sinister aura covered his eyes when he kissed her lips slowly. "My lady,though I am 'helping' you,I am still the same selfish bastard",he mumbled against her lips. "Rest assured,I will let you see the ending you want but....do not think it would be the end. Because our story will never have an ending. You are mine. Even in death,you are mine. I promised you an eternity and I will give you an eternity. So be afraid nothing sweetheart. I will flip the world to bring you back to my arms"

Orpheus was truly obsessed with her. His obsession ran upto the roots of his bones that he would literally destroy thousands of universes for her. This world was still under his mercy because of his sweetheart,if not he would have destroyed this world a long time ago for giving such a pain to her.

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"So,you are a sword?",Taehyung asked the blindfolded girl.

It's been a week since he had been staying in the winter camp with Zeva. During this week,he observed her keenly and found no harm from her. She treated him with hospitality and stayed in her line without interfering in his business. She even gave up her bed for him so he could have a good rest.

When Taehyung confirmed she actually meant no harm,he decided to test the water. So,right now,he is watching her feeding her pet rabbit infront of their little cottage. The front yard of the cottage was simple with a wooden bench with enough space for atleast four people to sit. Both of them were sitting on the bench in peace when Taehyung asked about her true identity.

The woman did not hide it. And the answer she gave him confused him.

"How can you be a sword? Do you mean like you can swing a sword?"

Zeva shook her head as a melancholic look took over her face. "Literally. I used to be a sword"

Taehyung found his brain calculating every possibility a human could become a sword. And yes,he knew there was a certain possibility. He had read about it somewhere. But it was something forbidden related to dark magic. Though Taehyung had used  dark magic numerous times secretly,he had never wanted to try turning a human into a sword. He had no use of such a thing.

And it was taboo.

Taehyung was amused to see a living sword but not surprised.

"....what happened?",He asked carefully as he debated if he should pry more into her life more. But this woman was related to his sister thus he had to go forward.

Zeva stiffened for a mini second but it didn't go unnoticed by Taehyung. She continued feeding the rabbit as she answered,"Why do you want to know?"

"Just because",Taehyung replied shamelessly with a shrug.

Zeva smiled,"It wasn't much of a story"

Taehyung,"I'll be the judge of that"

Zeva,"I was five years old. My father sold me to the king. He used dark magic on me and transformed me into a living sword trapping my soul in it. I was used in battles by the king but he could not gain full potential of me because he was not from my blood. So,he married my sister to give birth to a heir with his and my family's blood. In the meantime,my family relatives who went to war used me to help the king until the heir was born"

Zeva remembered the people who claimed her using her to slay innocent people. Their souls also were trapped with her,torturing her soul to the extreme. She cried to every owner who claimed her,asking them to save her but no one heeded to her call. Until one day,her sister sold her away to a vender. Though she was still trapped with those vengeful souls,she no longer had to kill. And then one day,a girl from nowhere bought her from an auction. Her life changed after that. She gave the sword to another person who happened to be the former devil King. He forced her to speak her soul to him. Then he offered to avenge her soul to which she agreed. She let him use her to kill her own relatives and the royalty. She had to pledge her loyalty to Orpheus that moment but he did not need her loyalty. He wanted her to pledge her loyalty to someone else,lady Nabi Pendragon. Zeva thought she fell from hell to another hell when she knew she would be used again. Her world would forever be in the darkness,fighting with vengeful souls every second in her life. But she saw a light one day. A bright blinding light. A light of hope she had never dared to imagine .When she opened her eyes,she was infront of Nabi Pendragon on her knees. She was human. She was naked from head to toe but she never felt ashamed. The look in Nabi's eyes didn't feel insulting. At that moment,Zeva only saw her as a goddess. Her goddess reached her hand to her. Those bright scarlet eyes saved her from her misery. She was no longer in hell. She did not feel pain. She did not need to fight anymore.

"Lady Nabi and Lord Orpheus saved me",Zeva did not go into full details but said what was needed to be said.

Taehyung fell into a silence. There were people who had much more painful fates than him in this world. And she was one of them. To die was a peaceful dream for such a person and she did not even have the right to do so.

"It was not much of a story,right?",Zeva asked with an awkward smile.

Taehyung looked at her blindfolded eyes. He could now understand why covers her eyes. She used to be a murderous weapon thus her eyes must be filled with a murderous aura that could literally kill anyone who would look into her eyes.

Taehyung looked down at his lap,"...yeah"

Zeva let go of her pet rabbit and sighed,"Lord Taehyung,you don't have to hold your guard up against me. Naturally I would not hurt my benefactor's family. Even though my position in lady Nabi's army was to suppress the mages including you with my massive mana,I would dare not to harm you. Also,you could ask me anything and I will answer to you except for things regarding my lady Nabi. I do not know about her. It's pointless to stay beside me to you if that is what you are aiming for"

Taehyung stayed silent. Indeed,he stayed beside her to to know more about Nabi's plan.

So,should he leave now?

Taehyung stole a glance from her and bit his lip in deep thoughts. Finally,he heaved a deep sigh stroking his face with his hands,"Fuck this"

He stood up and faced Zeva straight on before pulling her blindfold down.

A pair of rosy coloured irises greeted him. The most beautiful pair of eyes he had ever seen. It gave him a fresh feeling to his wounded heart. He had never been a fan of the colour pink but he thought it would be fine to favour it today.

"You don't have to use this damn rag to cover your eyes. You can look straight into my eyes,I will not die"

True to his words,he was not affected by her murderous aura. After all,Pendragons were born to face death. They had their own murderous auras which could bring people down to their knees or if they intended,they could even kill. But the difference is Pendragons could control their auras unlike the lady here.

Taehyung sauntered inside the cottage leaving the shocked woman behind,"I'll cook tonight",he grumbled as if it took several years of his life to utter those words.

When Taehyung was inside,he looked at the bed. Zeva had been sleeping on the floor during the past week. He wondered why he was suddenly feeling guilty like a thief who stole someone's candy. No,he would not feel guilty for stealing candies. Never! He had stolen numerous things from his brothers and never had he felt guilty for that.

Cursing himself,he messed his hair. "It's not like I told her to sleep on the floor. Urg,maybe sharing a bed wouldn't be that bad?",He was still reluctant to let go ot his comfort zone. His cheeks turned pink at the image of sleeping on the bed with her. "I don't see a problem. I am a decent man after all"

Behind him stood Zeva with her head tilted to the side,"Alright,let's share the bed then"

Taehyung wanted the floor to open up the and swallow his entire being at the embarrassment.

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