Old Legend

Cassey cooped up in the library again. She had thought of reading more about that demon general, hoping she could be prepared till she found a chance to meet him.

But when she searched, half of the library was filled with books about demons. Now she did not know how to start.

She had picked some books that seemed easier to read.

It was about the type of demons and their strength and weakness.

The other book is about the wars between humans and demons.

The last one is a mythological one. She started with this one.

"Ah! You are reading more abou your kins." The head maid mocked her as she noticed the books on the table.

"Why don't you go live with them? After all, you are more loyal to them." she continued when Cassey did not reply.

I heard that you are hiding from your highness. Then why did you come back?

"It was not my choice to come back." Cassey did not want to reply.

But she knew the woman was not going to leave her alone if she kept her silence.

"Then I will give you a choice. A choice to leave. I will help you leave the palace but the condition is that you will never come back." Cassey paused.

She knew that maids hated her. But they did not hold the power to go against Tyrone. Even if they did, they were loyal to go abusing him.

"What.. you did not want to leave anymore?" she asked, as she took the seat in front of Cassey and stared deep into her eyes.

"How will you do that? And what if Tyrone found out?"

The face of the maid twisted and her eyes sharpened.

"You do not need to worry about it. You want to leave, I am giving you a chance. Or you do not want to leave anymore? After all, you are getting all the luxuries without bearing the cost of your actions." yes! Cassey was a freeloader who was plundering wealth for her enjoyment.

She was a rotten egg.

"I will wait for Tyrone to decide. I do not want to deceive him." the woman started to laugh as if she had heard a joke.

"You have already deceived everyone. But if you care about the lord, you should leave. Do you know where the lord is?" When Casssey raised her head confused, the maid continued, "he has gone to the royal palace to meet his fiance. You should leave Cassandra. You should let him be happy." Many maids followed and stood with the head maid nodding their heads.

When she finally understood, it was planned. They want her to leave so that Tyrone could marry again.

"I have already asked for divorce." she gulped the lump forming on her throat and held her dress tightly as she stared back at them, "he can marry anyone. But if I left, he would be in trouble. They think I ran again."

"Are you ready for the divorce?" the maids asked again, they could not believe her words easily but Cassey still nodded.

They exchanged glances and stared at the head maid.

"For now, we are going to trust you. But if it is a lie, you are going to regret it."

They left after threatening her when Cassey sighed.

She opened the book again,

"Are you reading the old myth about your highness?" Cassey sighed! They were never going to leave her again.

But she was surprised to see Wendy. She was not snickering.

"You have heard about that story haven't you?" she said and took the book from the hands of Cassey.

"Many used to laugh at this story when your highness is taken as the reincarnate of the evil, Tonkarn from the legend.

It is believed that the world is made by four gods of nature, Terra, goddess of earth, Anemoi, god of winds, salacia, goddess of water, and Vesta goddess of fire. However the presence of Samca and Mortella changed the peace they had."

"Samca, who was a witch with the power of changing appearances, lured the gods and curroped them.

Mortella, who was thirsty for blood, corrupted the goddess and took over the power of fire. Making Vesta vanish. But Vesta cursed that the beasts would take revenge on earth for what happened to her.

Since then the fallen goddess blamed all human race and rest of the gods for not helping her. She even blamed Samca for taking the gods away."

"It is believed that she is the one who created demons and ruled the demon region. Mortella is with her to support her taking revenge since he grows in blood."

"Many believe that.. You are Vesta and your highness is Mortella. Though it is a foolish belief…

There is no one in the continent of Nayfire who has shed more blood than the lord. But there is one twist.

Mortella shed the blood of humans while the lord had killed more demons than humans.

Haha! There is no way that he is a devil. It must be because of the incident with the princess." Wendy laughed nervously and shook her head.

But the guilt and fear in her eyes could not be hidden.

"What happened to the princess?" cassey asked intrigued. Though she was sure that Tyrone was a human. If any, he was a god that only cared about others.

"Ah! When the princess found the lord, he was on the verge of dying. She tried to save him with her powers, but… but her powers did not work on the lord.

In fact, she felt the darkness corrupting her and she lost consciousness.

She was in pain for days. It took her a long meditation and cleaning of her body to gain her strength back. But it was believed that the princess saw Mortella in her dreams when she was unconscious."

"Who said that? Did the princess herself?" Wendy shook her head. She stood up and left.

"I have some work in the kitchen. I will see you later."