|Ch.92

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Seokjin slammed a diary on the table infront of everyone.

"A diary?",Jimin asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It's father's diary. And I think it was especially written for us. He left this diary for us",Seokjin said.

Yoongi,"What do you mean?"

Karla,Luca's mother took the diary to her hands with a perplexed expression. "You said there were things about your uncle in this diary?"

Luca glanced at her for a bit before looking away not showing any interest.

Karla smiled bitterly. "It seems like there were things even I didn't know". She looked hurt,after all she grew up with Kalisto and his twin brother Herrace.

"Aunt,what do you know about our uncle?",Taehyung asked.

Karla,"Now that I think,I really know nothing about him. He and Kalisto never appeared in public together. As we grew up,Herrace gradually started disappearing from our lives because of his role as the commander of the shadow guards"

Luca bit his lips remembering the current shadow guard commander,Jaykar.

"He lived in shadows most of the times. And one day,he stopped coming home too. When I asked Kalisto,he told me it was because he was doing his duty as a Pendragon. He was keeping the kingdom safe as a guardian",Karla said bitterly. "And after so many years,I got to know he died. And Kalisto brought Hazel saying she was Herrace's daughter"

Seokjin sighed. "That.....I think the diary already has that part"

Karla gritted her teeth feeling a sudden pain in her heart. Sighing heavily,she tried to open the diary but she couldn't.

"....only I can open the book",Seokjin said. "It's a diary passed down only to the head of the Pendragon house. Thus,only I can open it",Seokjin's expression reminded of a person who had come to the utter serenity though in deep down,emotions were swirling around his head like a storm.

Karla sighed and handed the diary to Seokjin. Luna was beside him giving him an encouraging squeeze on the shoulder. Seokjin took a deep breath and heaved softly. Opening the book,he narrated the story of his father's generation.

"I am Kalisto Pendragon,a regressor from the past"

Seokjin stopped but didn't look up to see their reaction. He already knew what they were feeling.

"And I'm writing this diary for my children in case something happens to me. First,let me tell you about your sister's real parents. Her father was my younger twin brother Herrace Pendragon. The shadow guard commander of the Pendragon shadow guards who only work in secret. If I was the day,then he was the midnight. Not many people had seen my brother but some might have met him if he was acting as me in my heed. It was a safety measure we took in order to keep our family and kingdom safe.

When we were young,we never appeared in public together. Only our cousin Karla Pendragon had seen us together since she was like our own sister. Our childhood was fine and I wished it stayed as same as we grew up. But it didn't. Once Herrace became the shadow guard commander,he had to leave home many times for secret missions. At first,he disappeared for weeks,and then months,then we never saw him until I got married. He appeared infront of him with a smile saying 'how could I miss my only brother's wedding'. I was so angry at him but I couldn't stay mad at him seeing his innocent smile. Yes,he was innocent like a cinnamon roll. But his bloodlust as a Pendragon was far greater than mine. Thus,he would suffer more than me if he was angered. The boiling blood would make him go insane.

But after my marriage,again he disappeared because of his duties. However,it didn't take long to receive a message from him. He informed me about a secret ambush against our Kingdom from one of the Eastern kingdoms. A kingdom that priorized sorcery over the swordsmanship.It would be a hard to avoid casualties if we were to go on for a war. Thus,my brother took a decision that seemed to be the smartest at that time. It really was the best choice. But who could have guessed that it would be the turning point of his life.

He kidnapped the mage Kingdom's precious princess Amani. She was a great sorcerer in that kingdom,so how did he manage to kidnap her? He wrote me about it. He had seduced the princess Amani. Because of this stunt of his,he managed to temporarily stop the ambush and the upcoming war between the kingdoms. The princess became a hostage in our kingdom until her kingdom decided to come to terms with us.

Herrace's plan was to kill the princess if things didn't go as planned. He said he would execute the woman infront of her own kingdom if they dare harm our Kingdom.

The two kingdoms had to spend two years with the paused war situation to come to terms. And the other kingdom decided to back away and never to touch our Kingdom if we give back their princess. It was fortunate that things went according to our will but at that time,my wife died giving birth to my son Jungkook. I became depressed as I lost the love of my life. As a result,I ignored the child who lost his mother as soon as he was born. It was one of my regrets. I couldn't be there for him. Not only him,my other children too.

When the time came to send the princess off to her home kingdom,Herrace came to find me. And he said something that changed our whole lives. He said he didn't want to send the princess away. He had this sorrowful expression and I failed to notice it as a result of my own sorrow of losing my wife. I should have understood what he meant but I was too blinded that time. Or rather,I didn't try to understand him. I wish I could take back time and change what I said.

'Don't be a fool. We are nothing but slaves of this kingdom. Our wishes mean nothing. Send her away. And don't come back if you have nothing important to say. I'm busy'

I regret it! I regret it so much! I shouldn't have said that. I only understood the gravity of words the next day. The king had released an order to kill Herrace for betraying the kingdom. He had run away with the princess Amani risking the whole kingdom. The terms and conditions we had come up to keep the peace between the kingdoms had been torn apart as a result of Herrace's actions.

Thus,in order to restore the peace,the other kingdom had asked the head of Herrace and the mission of murdering my own brother landed on me. It wasn't only me who were ordered to kill him. The other kingdom mages also had sent a secret team to find him. And like that,Herrace became a traitor to the whole kingdom.

I fell into a despair. If only I had spoken to him with a clear mind,if only I had listened to him,maybe....maybe things wouldn't have gone terrible like that.

I tried my best to find him before the other kingdom. I wanted to save him. I didn't know how but I was determined to do anything to save my brother. But deep within somewhere in myself,I knew I wouldn't be able to save him. Not because of any other reason but because of the Pendragon curse. Pendragons absolutely cannot betray the kingdom they serve. It would backfire us if we go against the law of the heaven.

Years went by but I still couldn't find him.

But one day,the temple of the imperial Palace announced an oracle.

'A baby will be born to the slaves of the kingdom. Bloody eyes of the monster will see the destruction of the world. The sins will belong to the hands of the monster born from the crime'

Crimson eyes and slaves,then it was clearly about Pendragons. But I didn't have a wife to give birth to another baby. And it couldn't Karla too. Her son was born few months ago. A Pendragon baby yet to be born.

The next day,we got to know that the same oracle was born in the mage Kingdom too. That meant only one thing. A connection between a mage and a Pendragon. That could only meant one thing......

I sent my knights to search for my brother again before going to the imperial Palace. I begged the king to keep the oracle a secret because giving the excuse of not wanting to alert the nobles and cause a ruckus. I swore to kill the baby infront of the King and asked to spare my brother's life. My brother would die either way so the king agreed. Thus,no one knew about the oracle or the baby.

With my knights,I went to search for him. After searching for months,I finally found him. No,he found me. Who was I kidding. My brother was the best shadow guard commander. If he didn't want to show up,no one would be able to find him. So,it was because he wanted to meet me that I could find him.

But I was too late. He showed himself to me when I was alone at night in the middle of a dark forest. His skin was burnt from everywhere. It was very hard to find flesh on his body with all the burnt up skin. It traumatised me. He was in great pain. I could feel it. My body was frozen as I could not move in shock. My mind stopped working.

'Brother,I'm so sorry', he said.

What was there for him to apologise? What did he do wrong? Why? Just why?

He looked so sad as he smiled. But I couldn't speak that time.

'I love her so much,I'm so sorry',he said.

I still didn't speak.

'Please don't cry'

I was crying? I didn't know.

I clenched my fists as I went mad in my head all over again. My blood boiled in a way that I wanted to kill everyone. I wanted to destroy the whole world and kill myself. I wanted to ask him so many things but it shocked me when I asked something else.

'Where is the baby?'

He knew I was coming to kill his baby. He knelt down infront of me with so much pain and begged, 'She will not harm anyone anymore. Please brother,let my child live'

'Where is the baby?',I asked again.

'Somewhere she cannot come back. My wife took our child to somewhere to never return. They will not come back'

I started chuckling as if I couldn't believe what I waw doing. Was I really intending to kill his child? And soon enough,I was crying and laughing not knowing what to do. I couldn't protect my brother. Not even his beloved ones. What a garbage brother was I.

I also fell on my knees infront of my brother and cried. 'I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry'

I didn't know what I was apologising for but I did.

'Brother',he called me. He still looked at me with his sincere smile. How could you smile at me Herrace? You should hate me!!

'I'm tired. Can you....hold me?'

I did as he asked.

I felt his last breath against my chest.

I stayed still with him in my arms.

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