What Abyss Feels Like

CHAPTER 2: DISCOVERY

Words fastly spread throughout the whole place they call Hell. Words about a pure soul being dumped there for unknown reason were taken into the palace of the Demon King by himself. They started to speculate of who she was; just this was reached into his deafen ears as he started to order his servants around to make sure that the murdered Sol will be as comfortable as possible.

"Maybe the king fancies her and plans to wed her?"

"Maybe she has sinned against the king and he wants to punish her?"

"I bet he wants to be pleasured by a pure soul?"

Words of nonsense and baseless rumors are spread continuously but no one has a concrete answer at all but the Demon King himself.

Blake gently placed Astrid on a comfortable sofa that he usually uses while resting from his stressful times being the Demon King. Before she can even utter a word or complain, he puts a spell on her and puts her to sleep. He then took a seat by her side and with his palm placed on either side of her head, he started to watch her memories while she's still living.

Astrid Arabella Luce also known as the 'Pure White Flower of the Sun Dragon Empire' is known for her benevolence, beauty, talent, and perfection. She is also known as the little Duchess of the Luce family where the clan took pride of. But everything has its turn around.

She fell in love.

With the wrong person.

He is Otzar Oriol Oro. A redhead bachelor from the Count Oro family. The family is a 6th ranked Count in terms of its power amongst the 10 Count families. They are only an average one compared to the other and the difference between them and the 5th is way too large. It made the family envious towards those who are above them.

Otzar is known for his coldness. He also has a bit of an inferiority complex. He wants to dominate those who are above him and the best example to test it out is none other than the pure white flower of the Luce Duchy.

He initially planned to use her to climb the ladder. But afterwards, he fell in love with her too. But because of the teasing of his peers, he was blinded with jealousy and greed when he realized that Astrid isn't using her family's fortune but instead, refusing. She is rich by herself but Otzar is greedy. Her family wants her to divorce him but she can't because unbeknownst to them, she is two weeks pregnant already.

Evanthe Vanessa Grande who knows it took advantage of her friendship with her and with her undying jealousy towards her and obsession with the young Count, she seduced him and shared steamy nights with him behind her back. And the very day she is sick with hiding, she purposely lets the two of them be caught by Astrid. That led to Otzar to kill her and their unborn child blindly.

After knowing all of that, Blake cannot help but to feel anger. Why? Because compared to every Sol he encountered, Astrid is the purest soul. But they said that 'benevolence isn't always being repaid with benevolence'. And it unfortunately applied with this lady beside him.

They may be demons or sinners but they aren't that evil to purposely betray, cheat, and kill two pure innocent souls at once without a care. Evanthe is pure evil. Otzar on the other hand is a fool. Evanthe didn't even bat an eye nor even pretend to care. Otzar grieved and regretted but because he is also a coward, he had no guts to show his regret in front of his dead wife and child.

Blake reached out a hand mirror. It shows the things in the human realm. He pointed it out to the place when and where Astrid was murdered. Blake decided to watch it to be his helping grace to know what to do with Astrid.

It's full of chaos. That's how Blake can describe the place. He couldn't help but to scoff when he saw Otzar, kneeling in front of his wife's corpse. The dagger was thrown at a very far place when he threw it after realizing what he had done.

"N-no! No!! A-Astrid! My love please... Please answer me!! I'm sorry!!! I didn't mean it! Please, wake up and come back to me!!" He cried hysterically.

Moments later, groups of rushed steps arrived. The next thing Otzar knows, he was thrown to the side, far away from his dead wife. Evanthe saw this and was about to lash out to whoever punched her lover when he saw the one and only Sun of the Empire, Lucian Chand Sol. He is with his siblings who are the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of the Empire Azhar Neriah Sol and Aurora Laelynn Sol.

"How dare you?! How dare a trash and a b***h like you do this to my sister?!" Azhar seethed while kneeling beside the dead Astrid.

"Who do you think you are to lay a finger on, you filthy thing?!" Lucian growled with a red face full of anger.

Everyone is stunned. Why do these three call Astrid their... sister?

And just like that, they were cut off by Aurora's cries.

"ASTRID!! Please! Wake up!! We're sorry we learned it too late!! ASTRID PLEASE WAKE UP!! DON'T DIE ON ME NOW PLEASE!!" The whole place was filled with cries of agony and grief. The next thing they knew, Otzar and Evanthe were sent to Royal Prison were those who have sinned to the royal family and those who have very heavy sins like murder were sent. And to tell you the truth, the prison seems to be desert. No one knows if there are prisoners but now... there's two.

Blake is satisfied. But he knows what Astrid deserves.

A second chance.

He waited for Astrid to wake up. And decided to let her decide what to do and also to let her know who she really is. And also... to let her know that he will help her.

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Blake's POV

Astrid is... beautiful, yet pitiful.

She is like a white rose that is glistening from the moonlight and even sunlight. She is like those white thin paper-like petals that in a very wrong move, will be broken, shredded to pieces. She looks so fragile but at the same time, dangerous. She is a white rose, of course it has thorns.

I found her after I sensed that a Sol was here. I even expected myself to find a wrinkled guy or lady that died due to old age. But after I saw her... I'm shocked.

She's so young.

Twenty-five if I am right.

She is like a wilting white rose in the middle of a hot rough road. Despite the place, she looks unfazed. She may be in a daze but she seems to be expecting that she will end up somewhere. Unlike others who are screaming that they are not done with their life yet while screaming in agony and regrets. She, on the other hand, is quiet while occasionally crying alone.

I noticed that she was holding her stomach. Was she...

I talked to her but didn't respond. She seems to be waiting for someone to respond. I asked her again and received nothing. I got irritated but after the third, she looked up and saw her red crimson eyes, dull and lifeless but deep inside, sadness and anger.

"I ain't Sol." She said.

She isn't? But she clearly is!

Then I finally learned her name and the fact that she knows nothing about her being a Sol. I also learned that she was pregnant and was... murdered.

Who the heck has the guts to kill a pure soul like her and an unborn child?!

Then here I am, learning that the one who killed her is none other than her ex-husband and ex-best friend who cheated and betrayed her.

She doesn't deserve such a life. She deserves better.

I somehow feel useless because I can't help her with the matter of her child. But maybe... 'another man's child will help her?'

Wait!! What am I thinking?! Whose child?!

'Mine?!'

WHAT?! WHAT AM I THINKING?!

But looking back... she is indeed a beauty. A gem that cannot be found somewhere. A rare beauty. A rare soul in a perfect body.

'I wonder how good of a mother she will be with my offspring.'

THE FU—

I'm going insane! She is indeed beautiful. But... she is still a human. She is someone who I cannot reach or maybe... forbidden to reach.

I felt a painful pang in my chest. I reached for it and then I clenched the cloth that covers it. I bit my lower lips as I kept on reminding myself that: this feeling is pointless.

I felt shuffling and I saw her slightly dull red crimson eyes behind her fluttering eyelids. She really looks ethereal.

She looked at me and then got up from the couch as she looked around the place.

She was about to speak when I decided to... end it here for me to not continuously suffer from these blooming feelings.

"What is your wish, Astrid Arabella Sol?"