|Ch.94

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I know you must surprised to hear something you had never experienced but that was your past. You all died because of my stupidity.

I kept regretting about my past while creating more things to regret later on. We shouldn't trap ourselves in our past if we want a better future. Thus I wanted to create a better world for you all.

But the chaos still came on my way. Pendragons were supposed to end in the era of my children. As the curse began from a sin of our ancestor,we should go down by paying for that sin. That was decided ages ago when Lucian placed the curse upon us.

But if I could find a way to postpone the destruction of our family,then maybe you could all live while keeping your respectful lives without getting shamed by the society. I thought so. But things still kept happening just like the way before. Lucian's future guardian Eva Bulbrook still came to our lives and to my displeasure,she got involved with Nabi.

Nabi,the little butterfly I caught,I thought I could keep her in my garden in order to protect her from the world,but I was wrong. You can never keep a butterfly at one place even if you begged. Only the wind could stay by her side forever,carrying her to where her heart goes.

When I felt like I was failing to change the past,she did it. At first I didn't know if she knew about our past,but she kept saying she would protect us no matter what. She came to us from another world where her mother kept her hidden in order to protect her from this world and protect this world from her. But I always wondered what could this adorable little girl could even do? Was she really serious when she said she'd protect us?

Later I understood that she was dead serious. She knew about our past. She didn't tell me but I could feel it as I observed her. But how? Did she have a vision of our past? I confronted Orpheus about it. He said that it might be because of her mother. She might have planted a future vision in her since she was a sorcerer. And he also guessed that she might have died soon enough after exhausting mana to travel to another world.

I can't say everything in a diary but I'll try to only say the important things. The first hell attack on Nabi,it was probably related to Lucian. Nabi was not meant to live. That's why he sent the oracle when she was born. He wanted her dead. But if this world could do nothing to kill her,then he must have taken things to his hands. Since he was a god, he wouldn't dirty his hands by killing Nabi by his own hands. Thus he must have made a contract with the current hell King,Orpheus' step brother Nyx. That was what me and Orpheus thought.

The day Nabi snapped,I'll talk about it now. That's when Nabi changed. She found mana in her body. Also Taehyung got to know about her identity. Nabi erased his memories saying he will interrupt her plans so for a short time,she erased them. I didn't know what she was planning but I could feel that she was not fine. When she returned from the Winter camp,the shine in her eyes had lost. She looked so terrible as she told me to stop doing anything to protect my children. She said she'd do it. I asked several times what happened but she wouldn't tell me.

When someone suffered more than they could handle,they would be emotionally numb and that's what I saw from Nabi after the Winter camp.

I didn't know what she was planning to do but I had to trust her. She even showed good results like how she stopped Jungkook from killing Eva's brother. It would have gone terrible if he did that. And Eva was awfully silent unlike her previous life. It seemed like Nabi had put a choke holder on her neck. Even Leo was getting silent.

So I wanted to trust my little girl on this.

But soon,I started having strange dreams. A kingdom burning infront of Nabi while I was watching from above her. It scares me. Nabi,my baby,if she is going to do something that risks her life,then I'm going to stop you. I don't want to save my boys while losing the only daughter i have. You all are my children.

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Seokjin stopped reading as there were no more pages.

Everyone was silent as they tried to comprehend everything they heard.

Jimin heaved a shaky breath as his trembling hand touched his forehead,"We died"

Namjoon gulped as his eyes were wide in horror. Cold sweat was dripping down from his temples,"Just what....we....father....uh no Nabi..",he found it hard to speak. Rather,he didn't know what to talk.

Hoseok,"All this time....we were supposed to die? And..."

Yoongi,"Father and Nabi,they protected us"

Taehyung,"And she is from another world"

Jungkook gritted his teeth as his red eyes turned dark. All this time,he refused to talk but right now,his heart was pounding so hard that he had to voice out what he always thought,"Cut all this bullshit,she is in a grave danger!",he looked at everyone with wide terrified eyes,"She betrayed out kingdom for whatever fucked up reason! Do you know what that means?! The curse! Herrace was burnt to death because of the curse! What do you think happening to her now?!"

"We need to save her",Jimin said.

Luna looked at both Jungkook and Jimin. They were not in their right minds. "Are you two not worried about the rest of the results?"

Taehyung,"Father said not to dwell on the past. We gotta do what we have to do in order to save her",he took his brothers' side.

Luna sighed. She could see that everyone had the same thought. They actually does not care about the kingdom. All they care about is her life. "You all.....",she sighed again. "I understand that you don't really care about this earthshattering news you got but you guys need to take it easy now. Let everything sink in to you. Rest for few more days before continuing this conversation.

"She is right",Karla said. "You all are fucking crazy now. Let this news sink into your slowly. Let's talk about this after you all are in a clear mindset"

Luca scoffed loudly as he stood up. He glared at the diary before leaving the room first. He went out of the mansion. The environment was slowly getting chilly as the winter was coming. He huffed out a puff as he walked into the forest.

He pulled out a letter from his pockets. He read it again for the hundreds times.

Luca,

I'm leaving. I really don't want to. But I have to. It was really nice to hang out with you and lady Hazel. I was happy. I will miss your gold coins. Don't skip meals just because you are too damn lazy to eat. Good bye. Don't come looking for me. Also don't go looking for her either. It's for your own good.

Ruby.

He crushed the letter gritting his teeth. His eyes watered but he refused to cry. "Fucking hell"

He punched the nearest tree trunk resulting it to snap in two. "Was it only me who saw us as friends? You two.....I will kill you. I swear I am going to kill you"

His heart hurt. And when he remembered his sister,he felt outrageous. Just what in the world were they thinking? He didn't understand. And he didn't want to understand. He felt betrayed and abandoned. Specially for Hazel —no,it's Nabi. He chuckled bitterly. Atleast Ruby left him a note but what about Nabi? It was crystal clear that Ruby knew about Nabi and her plans. Or why else would she run away too?

Both of them hid things from him. Did they think he wasn't trustworthy? Or he would not help them? And what's with the name Nabi? He fucking hated that name.

Suddenly,he heard someone's footsteps and the sound of crushing the leaves. Slightly looking back,he saw his father. Though he wasn't a Pendragon,he was also taken to this land by the kidnappers. But what kind of kidnappers provide them with everything? They were free to roam around.

"What the fuck do you want old man?",Luca asked without looking back.

"Your mom said you left the mansion so I was worried about you"

Luca rolled his eyes,"Worry about yourself. I'm fucking fine"

"Son....you know I'm here for you. You can talk to me"

Luca gritted his teeth,"There is nothing to talk! Shouldn't you worry about your traitor daughter who left everything to join some fucking terrorists?!"

"I know you are worried about her —"

"I worry about shit!!",Luca yelled as he turned to look at his father. "I have always hated her. This....only helped me to intensify my hatred for her"

Duke Harrington looked at his son with a sympathetic look. He wanted to tell him that his sister never looked down on him and she always loved him but Luca wouldn't believe it. And he promised Lucy that he would never reveal the fact that her half of her life line is running inside Luca. It would only put Luca in a greater pain and turmoil.

But as a father,he knew that his son doesn't really hate his sister. His dislike towards his sister hadn't reached upto hatred. After all,this son of his once loved his sister so much to the point he looked upto her. But that was when he was a little boy. The society and the judgemental words changed him so much. And he misunderstood Lucy's worry and care as a hindrance to his path.

Duke Harrington sighed and pulled Luca into a hug. "You are such a dummy. But I hope you will not regret. And I understand that you are in pain. Hazel and Ruby,they are your best friends right?"

Luca didn't struggle but didn't hug him back,"They are no longer my friends. Fucking traitors",his voice cracked at the end. "And stop hugging me old man. I hate it"

Harrington didn't let him go yet. "Luca,please don't give up. They are your friends. You never wanted a friend because you thought no one would understand you. But you stayed with them. Wasn't it because they understood you? In my opinion,those two chose to stay with you. The more you pushed them away,the stronger they got attached to you"

"Friends don't fucking leave!",Luca cried out. "They don't....they don't!"

"My son,....maybe you were too precious to them that they didn't want to drag you down with them. Maybe they knew their paths are so difficult so they left you alone in order to protect you? Lady Hazel is doing something dangerous. She is destroying the kingdom for some unknown reasons but we all know what's happening to her. She is probably in pain right now because of the curse. Seokjin showed me the diary before you all so I know.....I think,she didn't want you to get hurt"

Luca hid his face in his father's shoulder. "I don't fucking care. I hate it. I want to kill them. I –I want to fucking kill them"

Harrington smiled sadly,"I know you do"

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