CHAPTER SEVEN:DOUBTS AND TRUSTS
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What kind of person is she to be the carrier of the ethereal powers?
How can she be the one?
Does gods and powerful people comes from poor and common family?
Tsk! I have always thought that all of these are just myths and nothing real.
These are the comments Cassy gets after the news about her retrieving something so important in history came out like a wildfire.
"Who could have done that? Now, the astronomers that I have been avoiding all my life knows about it! ", Cassy rages in anger.
" Calm down, dear. We will solve this out", her father tried to calm her down.
"No, papa. How can I calm down when my most personal life has been out to the world?This is why I have wished all my life to be invincible", she sobs and ran into her room.
" Hayyy... Her temper rose again", her father could only sigh.
"Don't worry, uncle. I'll have someone look into it. There's no way people could spy into us", Josh pat Cassy's father's back to calm him.
" I think we should call sir Duncan. He might be the only one that could help us", a twin came up to them.
"Wait! How did... You get inside our house? ", they were shocked of getting presence of the two people.
" Oh, sorry. We came inside because the door is open and we heard your daughter cried in anger so we don't want to bother. I think we know who could help", Lemord and Lendon bowed.
"We already got help from someone. The only thing left is.... ", Josh said but suddenly stopped. He just realized that Cassy had told him not to tell anyone about her journey. "Sorry, I've got to go", he added and hurriedly left before he could tell them more about the journey.
Josh called Cassy before he left and asks to meet up in the afternoon. Cassy didn't agreed, she must when been too angry with what happened.
The mysterious man smiled up to his ears as he read the article about the reincarnation of the queen Cassiopeia and the reason of all the chaos that happened.
" Yes, it's still me, dear Cassy. I have an offer for you", he smirked on the phone.
Not long after, they meet up in a coffee shop.
"Who are you and what do you want from me? ", she asked him suspiciously.
" Not so fast, dearrie. I said I have an offer for you. It will also benefits you for you will be free from all of this commotion and be the girl you've always wanted", the man said.
"And what is it? ", interested, she agreed.
" I will help you overcome the trial of awakening. But in return, you must have hand me the powers of the universe. And in that way, you'll be free".
"That's creepy. How would I know that you're not tricking me? ", she asked.
" Ohhohohhh, you'll know", the man replied.
Cassy suddenly felt breath shortening.Her heart aches much more than before and then she fainted and woke up in a hospital bed.
"Good thing you're awake. What are you doing alone in that café. I thought you're mad", Josh scolded her.
" Alone? ", she was still on a verge of fear, " how do you find me?".
"A waiter called me. So I came and saw you leaning on the table, unconscious. And no one was with you, so I thought that it was a little bit creepy", he replied without looking at her. Josh was mad for what happened. He don't want anything to happened to his only best friend and sister figure.
" Someone came to offer me help. He said that after he helped me, I will hand him the powers of Cassiopeia then I'll be free. I find it suspicious but he only smirked and then that's when I fainted. I don't know what happened after that", she confessed.
It's fine. I know it's hard for you, but I wanted to remind you that I'm here with your dad. Together, we can overcome all of this. Just be strong, please", he hugged her and she cried in his arms for almost an hour.
Josh then offered her food. They joked the whole time and Cassy told him not to tell her father about it. Though she's still mad, Cassy knew what she did and that cannot solve her problem. Family support is what she needs in this situation, and maybe, someone else's, who knows exactly what to do.
And then, in her deep sleep, she dreamt. Not the usual dream she had but a dream of her past life. Her life as Cassiopeia, the queen.
Waiting for a sign, Queen Cassiopeia waited along the dried up river bank. She has been waiting doe almost an hour for Weedon to come, but he never came. Brokenhearted, she went back to the palace.
“Your majesty, the council has been waiting for you”, her attendant told her.
That time, she had no choice but to face the council who has been making all the moves to take her down. Walking up to the council Hall, Cassiopeia had an idea.
“Councilor Dawn, report to me everything about the shrine”, queen Cassiopeia commanded.
“Your majesty, the shrine has been finishes a week ago. It was beautiful and a great praying place for our people. But I would like to ask, why would you built a shrine in a deserted place? Especially in a dried up river? ”, the councilor asked curiously.
“Do you have any idea that curiosity could kill? I have it built there for a reason, councilor. And that is not for you to question”, she said and ended the meeting.
Mixed opinions travels around the council men. Everyone was happy for the Queen's goodness to her people but still can't understand why she would build the shrine in the ugly and barren land, outside the kingdom and way from the temple of the gods.
Standing on her balcony, Queen Cassiopeia can see the shrine from afar. It was gilded with gold and silver. So beautiful, the only beautiful thing that was standing in the worst place in the world. The place were no one dares to go. The place that many think of as inauspicious. But to her, it was the greatest decision she had ever made since she became a queen. A decision no one dares to come in between and provoke her. Staring at it, she feels lighthearted.
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