Chapter 74 - 37
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nThe Elven Kingdom was located to the east of the Alba Mountain Range. The territory of the Kingdom is only a forest. An Elven forest is a beautiful place that is very different from other forests on the continent. Be it the atmosphere or the creatures that live there. The Elven Kingdom is currently ruled by a Queen, while the King only acts as her consort. The Elven royal family that has been the leader for generations has the rare bloodline of a High Elf.
nQueen currently has 3 children, 2 women who are the eldest and the third child is a man. The current Queen is named Dahlia Venetia. Her first daughter is Jasmine, her second daughter is Cattleya, and her third son is Zenoa.
nOf the three children, the most gifted person in spiritism is the second princess, Cattleya Venetia. Among the elf, a gifted child would be called a blessed child. They will easily learn spiritism with the blessings they have. Spiritism is a special power for the elf who lives mingling with nature.. Although they can still use mana or aura, spiritism is the hallmark of the elf's strength.
nCattleya was deeply loved by her family, proud by the people of the Elven Kingdom and her friends. Even people who came from other kingdoms were amazed at her talent. When she was 10 years old, she had even made a contract with the great spirit of wind which made the other elves, including her family, admire and envy.
nApart from having blessings, Cattleya was also a very beautiful girl. Although all elves, male or female were born beautiful and handsome from the start. But Cattleya's beauty could be said to be pure and close to transcendent. Almost all the men in her Kingdom fell in love with her. Even his childhood friend was the same. But Cattleya couldn't feel anything from them.
nSince childhood, she dreamed of a strong man who would always protect her. Because of the blessings she had, it could be said that Cattleya was one of the strongest people in the Elven Kingdom. Because of that, almost all the men in the Elven Kingdom are not her choice. Besides being strong, she wants a man who sees her as an ordinary woman without being charmed by her beauty, talent, and status. And most importantly, the man can make her comfortable and move her heart.
nThe Elven Kingdom is a Kingdom that is open for anyone to visit as long as they comply with the procedures. But one day, two white-silver-haired men came to their Kingdom. They claimed to be from the divine race. Even the elf who had lived for a very long time didn't know about it. They intended to learn the lifestyle of the elf in the Kingdom. And that's where the nightmare started.
nOne by one the residents of the Elven Kingdom disappeared without being noticed. But after they investigated deeper, they finally found a clue who was behind the kidnapping of the residents. The ones who did it were two divine race people who came to their Kingdom. The Queen immediately sent the Elven warriors to capture them in their hiding place. But none of them came back.
nOne day, one of the Divine races came to the castle and wanted to meet the Queen in person. They meet the queen to ask one of her descendants to help in their experiment and promised them to be a strong race. The queen was angry and refused. Finally, a fight with them was inevitable. Unfortunately, even with the strong warriors there, they couldn't beat him at all. That person gave the Queen time to think.
nWhen the Queen and the Elven elders had a meeting, they finally decided who they would sacrifice, it was Cattleya. From then on Cattleya knew the true heart of the people around her. Those whose love was rejected by her hold grudges, those who are defeated by her beauty harbor envy, those who have no blessings like her harbor hatred. Even her mother and sister secretly harbor hatred and envy for her. What they were talking about reached Kalya's ears through Silphy who was sneaking in secretly. She was suspicious because she was the only person not invited to the meeting.
nCattleya who found out about it immediately ran away while crying. All of her family that she thought loved her, turns out to have such evil feelings for her. She didn't think that she would be betrayed like that by her family and acquaintances who had always been kind to her.
nWhen she ran away, she meets her childhood friend who used to like her. He offers to help escape from the Elven forest. But, it's all a trap. Dozens of Elf warriors ambushed her on the way. It turns out that his childhood friend leaked the direction of her escape. She was forced to fight it out with them and was finally able to escape with her body injured and covered in blood from being hit by arrows and sword cuts.
nCattleya who was finally able to escape from the Elf forest settled temporarily in a nearby village. Unexpectedly the villagers also informed her whereabouts to the Elf warriors who were chasing her. Finally, she started to distrust other people. She eventually changed her name to Kalya. The current cheerful Cattleya never smiled. And that made Silphy who had been with her since childhood felt sad.
nTime flies fast and decades have passed. Cattleya is currently living in the human territory. She heard that the Elven Kingdom was currently isolating itself from the outside world. During the years she lived in human territory, several hunters came to her at the order of the elven royal family.
nUntil finally she met her mother's old friend, Merlick Donovan. He was an adventurer and his strength was on par with an Elf Queen. Cattleya told him everything hoping he could help her. Cattleya still thought that they were all doing it because of the pressure from the Divine Race. But sadly, even Merlick wouldn't be able to defeat an enemy that even the entire Elven Kingdom couldn't afford to face.
nMerlick offers Cattleya to become a teacher in the academy that the 5 human Kingdoms will create. He offered it to protect her from the hunters who were after her. Because the academy would be a safe place for her to hide.
nCattleya agreed after hearing that. And there, she met the boy. A boy with a poker face. At first, she didn't care at all. Besides his ordinary face, he doesn't look strong either. But her judgment was refuted by Silphy's words. She had never seen Silphy in such a panic even when she met the Divine Race in the Elven Kingdom. Silphy couldn't determine how strong that person was, but how dangerous is his power. And what caught her attention was that he had no interest in her beauty. Unlike other students and teachers who sometimes look at her with perverted eyes. Because in the human region elf are considered objects of lust, not to mention the ones as beautiful as Cattleya.
nFor some reason, Cattleya kept thinking about the boy. Although according to Silphy there were other strong people there. But she could confirm that the man, Ken Nijisaki, was the most dangerous of the people she met. She didn't want an incident like the one in the Elven Kingdom to repeat itself. So she decided to keep an eye on him. She chose to be his homeroom teacher during a pre-ceremony meeting with the other teachers.
nWhen the ceremony was over she and the teachers saw a fight between students. And how shocked she was that the victim was the boy. Cattleya knew he was faking it. What is the real purpose? Cattleya became more and more curious about him and decided to take him to her mansion under the pretext of being a homeroom teacher.
nIn that mansion it all started, Cattleya attacked him in anger because of the boy's words that opened her old wounds. She felt a complicated feeling in her heart at that time. Because a boy his age could know about the Elven kingdom that had been isolated for decades and he could guess that Cattleya was a member of the royal family as if he had met one of them before.
nCattleya fought with all her might with Silphy, she could be as strong as the academy's Principal even more. But in front of the boy, she was overwhelmed. Her strength seemed to mean nothing in front of him. At that time it was not fear that she felt, but ecstasy.
nFinally, she lost and was in his stranglehold. She thought she would surely die. And that was the end of her escape all this time. But again, she was betrayed but in another way. Not only did she not die, but even all the battle wounds were healed and she covered her half-naked body from the previous battle. He treated her like a woman without being fascinated by her beauty, status, and blessings. She remembered when he spoke and brought his face close to hers. It was the first time she had gotten that close to a boy. But I can see from his eyes that he is different from anyone else I've ever met. Her dream decades ago when she was still in the Elven Kingdom, has now come true. Right now, her heart has moved.
nShe still wasn't sure about that feeling, she couldn't express it. Because she had never felt it before. But she was allowed to know her feelings. The boy, Ken. He asked her to practice spiritism. Cattleya knew it was nearly impossible for humans. She had doubts but because of her ego that wanted to convince her feelings, she finally accepted it. From then on, she started to dress up as pretty as she could to get his attention but it didn't even catch her eye.
nBecause of that, she started to doubt her charm as a woman, so she dressed more boldly to charm him. But the result is the same. She was depressed because of it.
nWhile they were practicing spiritism, they were interrupted by the golden-haired princess, and what the boy said brought her old wounds back. Divine race, the creature is in the academy. It instantly ruined her mood. When she returned to the mansion, that was when Silphy told him of her past. She wondered how he would respond after hearing the story. But unexpectedly he realized her and called her there.
nThat's where it happened. With the power of spiritism that he had only trained for two days, he created an extraordinarily beautiful scene that Cattleya had never even seen in an elven forest. All of that immediately took away her longing for her hometown. She knew the boy didn't do it for her. But...right now, Cattleya felt like the happiest woman in the world. All her sorrows for years vanished in an instant.
nRight now, she was sure of her feelings. Cattleya Venetia has fallen in love with the man in front of her. She subconsciously hugged him, and when the boy hugged her back. She felt that her happiness was complete. She can even smile more beautiful than when she was in the Elven Kingdom. In her heart she vowed, she would surrender her body and soul to her and always stand by his side no matter what happened. Cattleya woke up when she heard a noise coming towards her
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"What are you doing here?
" Cattleya returned to her cold face and asked the guest who had come.
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