Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 246: I can’t increase his anxiety...

Celestia’s POV:

Father Oberon brightened up as soon as I got into the room. He tried to get up from the bed, but I made him rest back on the mattress.

"Father, please relax! Don’t stress too much," I said to him.

He beamed at me. But the smile on his face seemed unnatural. His eyes were clearly showing off all his pain and anxiousness.

"My child, how can I relax after knowing that the trickster is thriving to get you again?"

"Father," I screamed. "Please don’t think that I will go back to him again. I am not going to leave your side—"

Then I sat down on the bed beside him and held the hand of a mighty warrior that had killed over a countless number of shadow creatures.

"Father, I have finally regained the trust of my people and you. So I am not planning to lose it ever again even though-"

I stopped talking when I realized that I was about to blab out the truth. But my father caught my bluff.

"Even though what, my child?" he asked in a tone filled with pain. "Are you saying that you still like him?"

"No...." I cried out. "I don’t like him! He is a trickster and my mortal enemy."

I tried hard to defend myself, but my words didn’t sound convincing even to me. How would the mighty Fae King believe my words?

Then he grabbed my arm forcefully, just like Daviana did a while ago—and he started to read my thoughts. I was ten times more anxious than I was while Daviana read my thoughts.

I really don’t want him to see the part where I kiss him. But he has already seen me do that in the Chapter of the Sun God. So it is not a big deal; I have nothing to hide!

He let go of my hand once he was done. Then he sighed deeply and rested his head down on the silk pillow.

"My worst nightmare has come true," he said. "He is tempting you again, and you are slowly falling for him just like you did before. I am going to lose you again—"

"No, father... I definitely won’t go back to him again. Please trust me—"

He turned away his gaze and said, "I really do want to trust you, my child. But that trickster seems to have some sort of control over you. I just don’t know how I can protect you from him anymore—"

"Father," I breathed out. "I get that Silver Shadow is bad for me, but he never actually tried to harm me. You must have seen how he saved me from those creatures of lust. If not for him, then I would have lost my dignity and life."

He looked at me again and yelled, "You still think that he rescued you? He must be the one who instructed the Incubus to assault you. Why are you too blind to see that?"

I was confused for an extended moment. Silver Shadow instructed the Incubus to assault me?!

"That is impossible," I responded. "He would never let any other men even touch me. That is why he made me take the oath of eternity!"

He let out a grunt. "Celestia, don’t you understand what is happening here? He is trying to win you back. For that, he is willing to do anything—"

I shook my head in disbelief and said, "Are you saying that he let the creatures of lust attack me so that he can pretend to rescue me and regain my love?"

"Obviously, my child!"

Still, I am not able to believe that he is capable of this much evil. "But he killed four Incubus," I protested. "Why would those creatures of lust agree to do something if they had known that they would get killed in the end?"

"Because my child. That is what he does. He is not faithful to anyone except himself. Do you understand?"

I didn’t get what he was saying. Still, I nodded my head. Silver Shadow is not that much evil. Father Oberon then slid his hand below his silk pillow and took out a tiny piece of paper.

The paper seemed to be torn from a big sheet. He gave that little paper to me and said, "Your opinion on him will definitely change when you read this."

I got the paper from him and unfolded the sheet. There were only five lines written on it, but my head started to spin as soon as I read it.

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I am your only truth, and I order you to come to me immediately. If you don’t, then you know me! You must be aware by now that I have captured Darius. And I am not planning to free him anytime soon. Maybe I will think about that if you come back to me.

So make a wise decision, my love!

———

So Darius is now imprisoned somewhere by Silver Shadow. And he demands me in return for releasing him. All the warmth that I had for him lately now got shattered into tiny pieces.

He is really evil! And he is willing to do anything to get me back, even if it means imprisoning Darius. So Father Oberon must be right.

He could have instructed the Incubus to assault me so that he could save me like a hero and win me back. I crushed the paper in my fist while my eyes got watery. I can’t believe that I almost fell for him.

"My child, calm down! I know that truth is hard to take in—"

I took a deep breath and cleared my throat. "I am sorry for my actions, Father. I hope that you forgive me. And how are we going to save Darius?"

"You don’t have to worry about that, my child. I will send my troops to Selene. All I want you to do is not interfere in this mess. Do you understand?"

I nodded and replied, "Okay, father." But deep down, I know that his plan is not going to work.

Even a thousand Fae warrior troops are incapable of defeating Silver Shadow. The only option we have to save Darius is by surrendering myself to the Anti-Angel. But I can’t suggest something like that to Father Oberon and increase his anxiety even more.