Chapter 64

I can't understand the mixed emotions I feel this time. My chest is tight, I'm having trouble breathing, my eyes are constantly watering, and my whole body itches. The joy, excitement, nervousness, and unceasing amazement are overwhelming.

Who would have thought that a former human could outrun the mighty queen of this kingdom? Who would have thought that the blood of a pregnant woman would not open the magical door?

Who would have thought that the one currently drying my tears is the queen of Parsua Sartorias? the queen, who has not seen the kingdom for several hundred years.

"Your beauty is as beautiful as your mood, Cordelia." The queen gently wiped the tears that fell from my eyes.

I can barely speak. I've seen her before; I've glimpsed her gentle beauty before, but it still had a different effect when she was close and held by her soft hands.

Her every touch is so gentle. His caresses are like my heart.

"You are more beautiful, my dear queen." My chest almost heaved from my difficulty in speaking and breathing. I still can't believe this is happening.

He shook his head strongly at what I said while he continued to wipe my tears.

"The world of people doesn't know the value of what they lost the moment this world claimed you, Cordelia." I don't understand anymore.

the queen says.

I am just a plain mountain girl from another world. Even if I disappear from the world of people, it will not be a big shortcoming.

"I'm the one thanking you, dear queen. Thank you for listening to me. Thank you very much." He shook his head again at what I said, and he lightly covered my lips with his finger.

"No amount of magic, power, or curse can defeat this Cordelia." The queen's hand gently stopped on my chest. I couldn't find any words to say to him. I just want to be mesmerized by her beauty.

While I was staring at his gentle face, I just noticed that the nervousness in my chest was gone; it was calm and gently throbbing. Is it because of the queen's touch?

"Cordelia..." I was stunned when the queen kissed me. He slowly lowered himself until he was faithful to my chest, as if he were listening to my heartbeat.

I don't know what pushed me to hug the queen back. Her hugs were very warm, the hugs of a mother who misses her child.

I couldn't help but cry again. Since I've been alive, I've never felt a warm hug from a mother. I have never been given the opportunity to calm down in my mother's arms. I never thought that in this world I would feel such a warm hug for the first time.

"It's nice to hear your heart beat, Cordelia. Every heart beat is good."

I could not answer the queen. I just tightened my grip on him.

"Heart that loves my son..." When he pulled away from me, he gently kissed my cheeks. I was once again staring into the gentle eyes of the queen.

"Don't get tired of loving a Gazellian Cordelia; don't get tired of Zen; don't get tired of my son." I smiled softly at the queen.

"I will never get tired of your daughter, dear queen. It's beating for him." This time I was the one holding my chest.

The queen smiled at me before she started to stand up, extending her right hand to me.

"Let me support you, appointed woman," I said, reaching for the queen's hand to support me as I stood.

"Now my children and I will do the math. Lumps, let my presence die." The big rabbit quickly nodded while constantly fanning the queen with a huge black fan with magic. It seems that this is why his children still do not feel for him.

The queen and I both looked up when we felt a tremor from above the palace. In that case, the Gazellians would still be in trouble.

I saw the rabbit step onto the floating carpet first, followed quickly by the queen. They both looked at me when they saw me just staring at them.

"Get in Cordelia."

I just nodded to the queen before I hurriedly stepped onto the floating carpet.

I almost fell when it started moving out from under the palace. I chose not to speak as the floating carpet continued to approach where the Gazellians were. I was nervous about their reaction.

The carpet stopped in front of the closed door, but despite it being closed, the loud voices of the Gazellian brothers could still be heard.

"Now! Where is she?! You scared her! You made her walk away from me! What kind of brothers are you? You! Dastan! I respect you! I apologize to you, Dastan! I asked for your forgiveness, brother, why? What the hell is this?" I listened to Zen scolding Dastan.

"Dastan, what are you doing? You are hurting Rosemary; can you please stop this? Elizabeth is gone; forget her majesty. If you hate Zen, why don't you end it now? Brothers! Let them go!" Lily shouted loudly.

"Lily!" I listened to the simultaneous voices of Evan, Caleb, and Finn protesting what their brother said.

"Stop it, Zen! Dastan!" Caleb said emphatically.

"How can I stop Caleb? It's easy for you to say what you're saying because you're not in my situation. You're going to go crazy, Caleb, when you find out your brother kissed the girl you love!" Zen shouted loudly at Caleb.

"Why didn't you think of that?

Zen, when are you going to play with Elizabeth? "I could only walk away as I remembered the image of Zen and Elizabeth kissing under a beautiful tree. Even though I know that Zen did this to fence me off from Dastan, who was supposed to be the appointed prince at this time, I still can't get rid of the fact that another ten approached the lips of my prince.

"I apologize to you Dastan! How many times have I apologized to you, Your Highness? I know I made a mistake, it's all my fault. I've been selfish, I made a way just to get you away from Claret when you were the recognized destined vampire. Everyone knows my situation brother. i've been a bastard, useless and irresponsible prince. No one would believe me when I tried to tell the whole kingdom that I was the destined vampire. I can't think of any other way to get Claret away from you. yes, I kept Elizabeth away from you to stop her power to take Claret's attention from the other world. I know you already love Elizabeth but I know you love your responsibility in the kingdom more, you won't hesitate to make good with Claret who I tried to protect.." Lily explained all this to me before.

I couldn't get close to the queen, who was currently shaking her shoulders due to weak crying. The rabbit shook its head vigorously because of my attempt to approach the queen.

"I apologize again, Dastan. I love Claret so much."

those times. I couldn't think straight anymore. I am just a foolish vampire prince who's damn in love with a human girl." My heart beat faster because of Zen's words.

"Zen." I softly called his name. If I had the right to enter the door, I would have done it, but this time only the queen has the right to open the door containing her children.

"And I'm not promising that I won't do this thing again if things happen again." Zen's words widened my eyes.

"Zen!" I heard Lily's loud cry. Again, we heard crashes and felt shaking.

"Do you think I will accept your forgiveness, Zen? You were always this selfish! And I will not give in to your bad conscience forever!" I was silent at the long words of his majesty. Never once did I hear him speak at length, let alone hear a loud voice from him. Majesty is at its limit.

"You won't ever understand me, Dastan! Out of our eight siblings, only me and Lily have found a partner. Have you ever heard Lily comfort me? No! Because he understands how I feel! You know nothing!" Zen shouted loudly.

"No, Zen, there are always boundaries and sacrifices, but you don't know that; you see nothing but your love for Claret. You don't notice anymore."

that you are running into something. You don't hear me contradicting you, not because I'm in your favor but because I don't want to argue with you either. Brothers and sisters, you are both wrong. You both have twisted beliefs; nothing will happen to us if you stand up for what you think is wrong. Stop this, please." Instead of hearing an answer from Dastan and Zen, I heard loud noises from clashing swords.

"Oh fuck!" I heard Evan's loud moan.

"We can't stop them," Finn said weakly.

I was just surprised when someone came through the door. Rosemary was in tears as she hurriedly ran away, not even noticing the queen's presence at the front door. When I followed him with my eyes, he suddenly disappeared like a bubble. What the-?

I immediately held my ears when I heard Harper's voice screaming, but it stopped immediately.

"Zen! Release her!" Caleb shouted loudly.

"Just stay inside that ice, Harper," Zen said coldly. The non-stop noise of the clashing sword was still constant, but it stopped after a few minutes.

"Let me go, Evan, Finn." I listened to his majesty's voice.

"Let go of me!" Zen said angrily. I stared at the queen again. How long are we going to listen to her children arguing? Have we not acted yet?

"Why are you making it difficult?

Evan, Caleb, Finn, or Casper? Release them! Let them kill each other! After all, they can't be stopped! Let's give in to their wishes! " Lily's voice was furious.

"It's Lily," Caleb said with difficulty.

"Why? What else do you think can stop these two? They'll ruin our palace! Why don't you go to the ruined colosseum? Dastan! Zen! Go there! If you want to hurt yourselves, we won't stop! You didn't even think about the blood that runs in your veins; the same blood runs in all eight of us, but what do you want to do, Dastan? Zen? You want to pour it with your own hands! We are brothers! We shouldn't get hurt like this! You didn't even respect what we have; you didn't even respect the palace that witnessed our growth. You'll only ruin it because of the mania of you two." Lily said for a long time that almost melted my heart. I always admire Lily for the way she speaks.

Silence enveloped the room as the queen remained outside the door, quietly listening to her children. But immediately after a while, it stopped the rabbit from fanning him.

"I heard enough lumps; open the door," the queen said seriously. The rabbit dropped the big fan and came to the door. He just knocked twice on the door, which knocked it down.

At the same time, the eyes turned Gazellians to the mighty woman at the doorway.

Harper and Lily almost held their mouths open at the same time with teary eyes as they stared at their queen mother.

"Mother," Caleb said in disbelief. Both Zen and Dastan dropped their swords as their queen mother was stunned.

The queen quickly stepped closer to her two children. And two strong slaps hit Zen and Dastan's cheeks from the palm of their queen mother.

"Is this what your father taught? Is this what I taught you to do while I'm not by your side? How will you be respected and honored by our subjects if you can't respect your own blood relatives? If your own blood is of no value to you, what value can you give to people who are lower and have no connection to you?" resounded the queen's loud cry that made the rioting Gazellians bow down.

"I heard everything! Zen! I know you're stubborn, but your father and I didn't raise you to be selfish! I don't have a narrow-minded child! Your ways are wrong, son! Really wrong! Love Zen, love without hurting anyone, even if it's hard try! because in this world, son, it's not just your love for Cordelia that's important; you also have siblings, responsibilities that you can't just throw away while you're drowning in love for the designated woman. Don't you know if What did you do to your brother's heart? You ruined him! Zen was speechless at what his mother said.

"As for you, Dastan. Revenge has never been good, son. Revenge will break your heart. If you can take revenge on your brother, will anything change? Without children, you will be forever ruined as is happening now. Do you think you and Zen are the only ones affected by this chaos? Dastan, I brought eight of you into this world. I brought eight of you in my womb. You eight are related. You and Zen are a problem. Your siblings are also a problem. Do you think that what you are doing will do any good? You and Zen aren't the only ones who will be greatly affected! Whole kingdom!" No one could speak to the brothers because of what their queen was saying.

I just chose to stay out of the room. I better stay quiet because this incident is between their families.

"I am sorry, mother." Dastan answered weakly. The whole atmosphere was quiet again after Dastan's words, but it wasn't long before we heard his voice again.

"Mother, I'm tired of pretending in this kingdom. I'm not a good prince, I'm not a wonderful first prince, I'm not as smart as everyone thinks, I'm not respectable, I'm not a perfect mother. I was able to take revenge on my own brother; I was a bad prince mother. I want them all to know that I'm not as good as they think I am. I did everything.

of this for them to know the real me. The real me is not perfect. I am not an ideal king. I am not pure-hearted like my father. I envied Zen, Caleb, Evan, Finn, and Casper. All my brothers can do everything they want, but I am a mother, and for the rest of my life, I have to hide in the crown that rests on my head. I am tired of pretending to be a mother." I was stunned by what Dastan said. I saw the queen hold her son's face and caress it gently.

"Who told you that we don't know you, son? I gave birth to you, Dastan; I know you well. My oldest likes to stroke his hair before he goes to sleep; you also have a mischievous attitude when it comes to girls; you talk when you sleep; you don't want to raise your eyebrows; you like Evan's hairstyle back then that you can't imitate; and you also have a grudge. I've never seen you as a perfect child." the queen explained to Dastan with a smile. I don't know why I'm just holding my chest.

I can't explain this scene anymore.

"You always want us to eat together," Lily continued.

"I'll teach you my hairstyle, your majesty," Evan said quickly.

"I see you simply smile at my jokes, Dastan, and I know I'm smarter than you!" Caleb interjected, making me smile slightly.

"I know you like my voice, Dastan; you also want to learn to play the guitar, but you chose to reject me when I offered to teach you.

I know you also don't like the five councils that you always talk to," Harper said, waking up.

"You know I am the perpetrator of your obscene dreams, Your Highness, but you pretended that you didn't know anything. You pretended that no dreams happened to you for a week after the dreams I had. You did not reprimand me, Your Highness. You're just as dirty as we are." Finn said laughing.

"You get mad at me when I beat you at chess, so I deliberately beat you, Dastan," Casper said, shaking his head.

"You always make me want to like you; you have a bad attitude, Dastan," Zen said with a sneer.

"Dastan, son. There is only one big thing you lack: try to socialize with your brothers. Because they themselves are the vampires who know more than yourself, start with them before you try in the whole kingdom. This time, you won't feel any pretense in your heart." I couldn't hold back my tears anymore.

I didn't do anything else but stare at these siblings, but the reprimanding tears started to fall again.

Dastan was just an idiot, staring at his fellow brothers, who were grinning at him. He can't seem to believe that his brothers know him so well.

Zen held out his hands to Dastan.

"I apologize not because we are in front of Mother, I apologize because I am sorry for everything. It all started with me, your majesty, sorry..forgiveness..I know you won't just believe me-" it didn't go any further said Zen when Dastan reached for his hand.

"Enough, it doesn't suit you. Get ready because I will whip you like a king," Dastan said seriously, grinning at Zen.

"I'm ready for the punishment, your majesty." Zen let go of Dastan's hand and gently bowed to it.

"Now, what does a mother need when she returns?" I just smiled as the Gazellians ran together to hug their queen mother.

"I'm the one who apologizes for coming late, children." I couldn't hold back my tears.

Come on, Claret, let it flow. Tears of joy are healthy for the heart.

"How did you get out, mother? How did you get out of the magical door?" Lily asked tearfully as she hugged her mother.

"Why don't you ask the goddess who is watching us now?" I took a small step back as the gaze of the Gazellians flew to me.

"Claret." Zen called me.

"When I first saw her, I thought I saw an angel, but it seems I was wrong. She is more than an angel; she is a goddess with a golden heart."

At the same time as my chest suddenly jumped, my hair rose. I thought I would finally be able to breathe easily, but it seems not this time.

The eight Gazellians began to kneel in front of me with their heads bowed. Even the queen gently bowed to me.

"I hope you will accept this family again, Cordelia.".