Capítulo 21: The Gift!

The environment got quite suddenly. Theodore was holding onto the envelope with wide eyes. It had been many years since he received any gift from his mother, after her death his father also stopped talking much about her. It was known to many that his mother was quite secretive about her life, thus everyone in the room was looking at him curiously. After a brief moment, he opened up the envelope. To his surprise the envelope was empty. Everyone was confused to see this, but a moment later the letter got engulfed in fire and burned up. Theodore felt a sudden pain on the back of his palm. After what happened everyone closed on him to see what happened. They could see a faint mark on his palm. No one was sure about what it was clearly as no one had ever seen such a mark, but it wasn't normal. After thinking and thinking they finally gave up. "That is strange, maybe it was some protection charm or something. Why don't you try opening up the box and see what's inside." Diana asked him to which others nodded in agreement. "He opened the box slowly and peeked into it. Everyone's eyes were on the box. It was small and thus it shouldn't be containing anything bigger than a small object. But knowing his mother, who knew what could have been fitted inside of this relatively small box. As he opened it everyone could see what was inside of it. It was a very delicate looking pendant with a very beautiful Teal-Blue crystal. "What is this? It is so adorable." Vivian's eyes sparkled by the view of the crystal. It was really beautiful. It has a deep Teal color at the bottom while a little lighter shade at the top, it has a very fine snowflake-shaped lining at the very bottom of the pendant. Everything was beautiful but, there was a small crack at the bottom. Even with the crack, its beauty was unmatched. Theodore took it out and put it on. "There must be something to it that we can't see. She would never give anything useless like just a stone." Hearing this coming from Evan no one could argue. After wearing it Theodore felt a bit relaxed and calm.

After this, everyone got back to celebrating Theodore's birthday. "Tonight shall be a grand feast for everyone. Let's celebrate this one good thing before this war begins. Diana, tell our troops to prepare for the fest, everyone in the shelters shall be joining as well. Let's celebrate it as a party." Athena announced while standing up. Hearing this, everyone felt a wave of joy. It was indeed no time to celebrate, but if all people could relieve for a while, it wouldn't be a bad idea. Everyone now stormed out of his room leaving him, Merida and Nicholas behind. Vivian also joined the preparations along with others after throwing a glance at him. "Quite lively people they are," Nicholas said with a heavy tone. "Yeah, they are the last hope of the southern region, they have to stand with a smiling face. But enough with that, today is your birthday. Do you want something from us dear brother? It's not as if I'm willing to do it but, it's your birthday so…" Merida asked Theodore with a little flustered. "Ha, you never gift anything to me do you?" Nic asked Merida with a questioned look. "Hya! You don't need any, you should be the one giving us gifts. You are the older brother to us." Merida replied angrily. Hearing all this Theodore couldn't help but burst out of laughter. "You both haven't changed a bit in these years have you?" Hearing this they all started laughing. After a long time, these free siblings were having a good time together.

"They had never been like that ever since that day Jason. I hope they stay just as happy as they are now forever." Evan said so while looking at his kids through the gap of the door. "Youth these days need to know the world, Evan. They want to explore, love, and understand this world more than we do. They have the right to think so, you know why?" He turned around and started walking down the hallway. As they were walking they could see a very beautiful view of the gardens of the castle that were unaffected by the snow. Griffin's magic helped it to happen. They both stopped at the door to the garden. "They are children, our children Evan. If we are unable to lessen up their worries, we are a failure as parents. Sometimes this means greater sacrifices for us. I know you understand the true meaning of sacrifice, you've lost your companion. Look at the dome here, it's protecting the garden from the snow, it's keeping it warm and fuzzy. But the moment we let go of it, everything will be covered in snow again, it'll wither these plants. If these are never allowed to experience what the outer world of the shell is, they won't survive in a long time." Just as he said the dome that was protecting the garden weakened a bit allowing snow to enter at a slow pace. "You see, we are like these domes, if you allow them to explore the world and do what they need to and what they must, they'll get better at this than all of us. After-all we never had anyone who could wipe our mistakes but, for these kids, we are here Evan. Don't think that they need to be sheltered forever." Saying this he turned around and started walking. "And let me tell you, your daughter might even surpass her, mark my words." He said to Evan before walking out.

Evan stood there looking at the scenery, "What should I do Lira?" he asked himself looking at it. "For starters, join the celebration and become a father that you were not all this time", Chloe answered him while walking in. "She wasn't just any wizard, she was my sister as well. She would have wanted you to do this one thing for your kids." "And what is it?" Evan asked. "Stop punishing yourself. You were not the reason she died. You are keeping yourself away from your kids to save them from that curse, I know it. But don't you see, you are missing all of their love. That curse was an accident…" Before she could continue Evan spoke, "NO it wasn't, I knew and I warned her about my bloodline curse of demons, yet she didn't listen. If only I have been away from her, she would have lived." Hearing this Chloe slapped him, it was so loud the sound almost resonated throughout the hall. She then pulled him by his collar and said, "Listen to me, don't you dare regret it all. She never" She had a drop of tear in her eyes. "She loved you and kind more than anything, she died taking the curse with her for your sake, don't you dare say you regret being with her. If you say that again…I'll kill you." A shadow was secretly watching all this from the corner of the room, "Bloodline curse! Demons!"

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