Ensnaring his Dark Moon-Chapter 306: An old priest

’’When Adeline left, she took Leo with her. But Leo was a heavenly creature so she kept him hidden so as to not attract any trouble. The beast clan was loyal to her because of her favor and they also knew that their Goddess had entrusted their heir to Adeline. So with the help of the experts of the beast clan, Adeline placed a restriction on Leo to hide his heavenly breath," It was something that Cardan found surprising.

If someone else had a powerful creature like Leo within their grasp, they would do anything to turn him into a tool and use him to the full extent. But what Adeline did showed that she had no greed or expectations from Leo. All she wanted was for him to stay healthy and grow up safely.

"After she passed away, the King of Visteria resented my brother just as much as he loved him. Aleister was his nephew but in the King’s eyes, he was also the cause of death of his sister, wife, and his child. My mother, who had intended to only kill Aleister could not control her rage when she saw Adeline. She killed everyone in the bedchamber but she did not realize that the child she had easily killed was not Aleister, he was King Alexander’s son."

As Cardan was speaking, Luciana quietly listened to him.

Duke Maverick was motionless as he sat with his eyes closed. His back was supported by Cardan’s grip. Nobody saw the drop of tears that escaped from the corner of his closed eyes.

"When my brother was sent to Enchantment Forest, I believe Leo showed up to protect him but he was weak at that time because of the restrictions on him.’’

Leo made a small noise as if he was agreeing with it.

Luciana sighed softly, ’’Back when the Beast Goddess made that blood pact with Lady Adeline, what do you think she wanted to tell her?"

At that time, Adeline still hated Atlas. But when the beast goddess passed away, Adeline and Atlas were close to each other so she seemed to have revealed it to him, ’’It is rumored... The beast goddess told Adeline that she did not have much time left. She would endure her pain until she gave birth. After her child was born, she wanted Adeline to raise him and never let him pursue revenge because their deaths would be in vain then. Her child must grow up safely. The reason she left her memories to Leo was that she wanted him to be unconditionally loyal to Adeline,’’ Cardan paused for a moment before adding, ’’This is hearsay. I am not certain if these were her exact words.’’

Leo made a grunting noise as if he was validating it.

’’It seems like it’s the truth,’’ Luciana whispered.

Cardan nodded, ’’A year ago, Leo used all his remaining powers to send my brother to heaven and alert my father. Although he was not as powerful in the mortal realm, but he retained his mother’s memories so he knew about the things that had happened in the past.’’

’’Did Aleister know about it?"

’’He discovered a few things after he went to heaven. Before that, he was clueless as well,’’ It was only natural that Leo did not tell him such things lest it caused him harm.

’’Lady Adeline was a good person...’’ Luciana mumbled as she looked at the passing clouds. Unfortunately, good people do not live long.

Nobody noticed Duke Maverick’s gentle face was now filled with tears as he cried silently.

Years passed... before he discovered the truth behind his sister’s death.

He had long regained his consciousness but he had been wary of these people so he pretended to be unconscious.

Little did he know that he would come to know the truth behind his sister’s death. He was young when all of it was happening.

His elder sister was the future queen of Visteria. But growing up, she often had nightmares and she often called out to someone named Atlas in her dreams. The previous King doted on his daughter so he invited renowned priests to the Castle to help her escape from her pain and suffering even though they, as her family, were clueless what was the cause of her pain. Why she would wake up crying when she was happy just before she went to bed?

One day, the young Maverick was playing in the courtroom when the guard announced that the King was there. To avoid being scolded, he hid behind the throne. But he never expected that he would up eavesdropping on his father’s conversation with an old priest.

’This is her fate. The shadow of her past life would never leave her. That person gave her this new life by going against the rules of heaven. He is the reason she is breathing today. He will be the cause when she loses her breath. He is her blessing. But he will also become the bane of her existence.’

The King was frightened when he heard such words about his daughter. With his temper, he would have beheaded the priest if not for how worried he was. Over the years, he never got an answer to his daughter’s condition. She was a bright person at one moment but at the other moment, she would lose all her cheerfulness.

It was as if she was possessed and haunted by something. Nobody could explain to the King simply what went wrong with his beloved daughter. So, he could not afford to offend the priest who gave him a ray of hope, ’How can I cease her sufferings?’ he asked the Priest in a panic.

But the Priest sneered and said, ’How can you stop fate? Her destiny cannot be stopped by anyone but herself. If she can resist the darkness, she would not be swallowed by it. She is the only person who can make a decision for herself. If the old love in her heart is awakened once again, it would lead to her ultimate doom. History would repeat itself. History would repeat itself,’ the old man walked away while shaking his head.