บท 12: A Double-Edged Sword

"Oh, Luna?" the majesty asked as a smile formed on her lips.

She placed her cup of coffee on the black side table as one arm was crossed onto her chest, her other elbow resting on her hand, and her long and sharp black nails played onto her cheek while thinking about who the woman Ellaine was talking to would be.

"Is it the woman with a slim face and white hair?" she asked, just to make sure that the woman Ellaine was pertaining to, and the woman she had at the back of her mind was the same.

Ellaine, although she was slightly hesitant as she didn't know how the majesty knew Louisanna's featured, nodded as she made her gaze glued to the floor.

This is what she always feels every time she's in this place. This place was even darker than Inferno, and that's the time she realized that evilness doesn't exist in one place. It's on the person who was carrying it.

'Did she name herself as Louisanna now? What an interesting name.'

Achyls, the majesty of hell, smiled as she heard about her existence again. It's been a while since she heard that name.

It wasn't even the name she was used to hearing, but knowing that she was alive and kicking after all these years made her sigh in relief, and tremble in fear at the same time.

She knew how useful or dangerous that woman may be since she had been with her for a long time before her power was prohibited by the higher-ups of the heavens in the whole universe.

It's because of how great her power she has, that's why those races had to seal it. She was even lucky to find a place where she can use her powers freely. Without them knowing, it wasn't her they should have been feared in the first place.

It was someone else.

"Your majesty… Did I mishear you?" Ellaine couldn't help but ask. Curiosity traveled onto her body. "Did you call her Luna?"

But instead of answering her question, a wide smirk showed on Achyls' lips as she leaned onto her throne and crossed her legs. She bit the nail on her index finger a bit as she was surrounded by a dark fog.

"Don't mind me, dear," the majesty told her as her thoughts were floating somewhere.

It was a long time since she last saw Luna. She knew her for a long time, and she didn't need to be here in her self-made castle to hide her identity, she would have gone to the human world herself and approached her.

Unfortunately, her power isn't working when it comes to her… as Luna was deemed special no one was able to notice.

Achyls tried to divert her thoughts somewhere, and that was the time she noticed how Ellaine was standing in front of her. She may look firm and strong, but she could feel her uneasiness, especially on how she played on her fingers while her gaze was on the floor.

She could feel an aura of sadness and fear for her entire existence, and her body expression made the majesty confirm that thought.

She knew what happened back in the inferno, not because she used her power of clairvoyance, but because she could still feel Domhall, her son's rage, on her body.

Achyls frowned as she felt that the kind of rage Domhall released was intense to the point that she could still feel it on Ellaine even though they parted ways for a while now.

"Did something unusual happen?" Achyls stared at Ellaine with intimidation in her eyes as she asked that question.

"Aside from his obsession, nothing strange happened except that I noticed how his powers increased when he felt rage," Ellaine answered directly. A hint of amusement was evident in her voice. "Anger and pride were the sources of his greatness."

"Just like how he was when he was human. He never changes." The majesty cackled lightly as she shook her head.

She suddenly remembered the time when she made Ellaine as Domhall's guide spirit and protector. She knew how rebellious her son may be since it was on their bloodline, and she never got wrong with that.

Domhall causes trouble in the last four lifetimes he had, and her clairvoyance power was so strong that she knew what to do at that time.

She predicted and calculated everything… except for one thing.

"It's because of their fate. It will be unchanged," Achyls whispered as she slightly waved her hand.

She made a black fog shape into a sword, and in a few seconds, it became a real one as it floated onto her right hand.

It was Luna.

It may feel like a punch in her stomach to admit that Luna's power was beyond ordinary, but she needs to acknowledge her skills and power this time.

She never thought she underestimated her to the point that she thought they won't be able to meet each other after the curse on the eclipse, but it seems like fate were with them.

Their forbidden love couldn't be separated, but she needs to do something to protect her child. Their undying love for each other would probably make one of them get killed.

"Ellaine?"

"Yes, your majesty?"

The majesty grinned wickedly as she ran her fingers onto the sharpness of the sword. She raised it a bit to make Ellaine, who tilted her head and had her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, see and understand what she was going to say.

"Louisanna Lohengrin is exactly just like this… A double-edged sword," she added as she snapped her fingers, and in the blink of an eye, she buried one of her fingers onto the sword, causing her black blood to flow on it.

Ellaine felt her body shaken as she saw how the sword pierce one of the majesty's fingers, and she was about to run in her direction, but using the index finger which was currently wounded, Achyls moved her finger back and forth, telling her not to make this scene a big deal as it shouldn't be.

She just wanted Ellaine to realize on how heavy the responsibility she was going to assign to him. When she properly executed the mission, it would make Inferno powerful... even more stronger than other races.

"She could make him… or break him," Achyls told her with authority. "So you better make sure that she would be someone who can make Domhall discover his real power, and not the one who'll ruin him."