Blood of Immortals
Chapter 19

“Kid!” Gideon called me as he poked my shoulder.

I ignored him. Because of his insanity, we were arrested by the palace guards. We’re about to spend the night in this cell, together with the rats. I hate rats!

“Kid!” he repeated.

“Kid!”

“Kid!”

“Aroa!”

“Stop poking my shoulder!”

“Why are you in a bad mood?” he said.

“Look where we are!” I replied angrily.

“Inside the palace!” he said proudly. “Just like you wished.”

“I never said I wanted to be in the dungeons!” \

“Ow”

“Ow?”

“Don’t worry about that,” he answered. “They will release us soon. You’ll see.”

I was about to argue with him, when all of a sudden, a guard came. He opened our cell and bowed.

“We apologize, your highness.” Your highness… is he a royal?

“Please follow us.”

They escorted us into a very spacious and elegant room. We were greeted by an old woman wearing white robes. The old woman then kneeled in front of us and bowed.

“We apologize for the misunderstanding, your highness.” She said,

“Oh, it’s alright Nana, it’s alright. No harm done” Gideon replied.

Then the old woman rose to her feet.

“Thank you for your graciousness, your highness!”

I grabbed Gideon’s sleeves and whispered to him.

“Why are they addressing you as your highness? Did you con them before?”

“No, I didn’t-”

“How rude!” said the old woman. “How dare you grab the Royal Duke!”

Royal duke?

“I... I…” I tried to explain but I couldn’t replace the right words.

“Slap her!” said the old woman.

“Stop!” Gideon shouted. “Couldn’t you recognize her?”

She looked at me, bewildered.

“Your highness, this is…”

“This is Aroa.” A moment of silence followed. “My only niece, Selena’s daughter.”

***

I still couldn’t grasp the fact that Gideon was a Royal Duke and that I could possibly be his niece. They brought me to a bedroom, located in the east wing of the palace. It was where most respected guests stayed.

Gideon told me to bathe myself first so that we could have a proper and clean conversation later. I gladly accepted the free bath and the free clothes. I couldn’t take my smell anymore.

The clothes were a total turn off though! They were all dresses full of frizzles. Some even have flowers!

Ugh!

It was late afternoon when a servant finally entered my room to bring me to a place called the tea room.

“Hey!” I unconsciously said when I saw Gideon with the old woman drinking tea. It is indeed a tea room.

She looked at me sharply.

“Aroa, finally you’re here!” I smiled at him. I tried to restrain myself from commenting on anything that might raise the old woman’s eyebrows.

“This is Nana,” he said, introducing the old woman. “She was our nanny when we were still kids. She stayed in the palace, even after we grew up.”

“Good day, ma’am,” I greeted her.

“The Royal Duke told us about you.” she started. “Though you have a striking resemblance to the queen, we cannot simply accept your words as evidence, we need proof.” She said as she poured a cup of tea for me.

“I don’t have anything from my parents,” I said. “I was told I was abandoned when I was born.”

She thought deeply, probably considering my words. I took a sip of the tea. It was bitter. I tried not to gag.

“There are only two things that can tell us whether you are the heir of Selena,” she told us. “The blood goblet of Selena and The Mirror of no lies.”

“Mirror of no lies...” I repeated. It’s the first time I heard about this mirror.

“It is a mirror that can show you everything. It tells no lies and shows only the truth.” Nana explained.

Hmm... The name is a dead giveaway.

“How about Selena?” I asked. “Can’t she confirm it herself?”

“She couldn’t,” Nana answered. “Just before she gave birth, she was lost for three days. When we found her, she had already given birth. The baby was gone and she couldn’t remember anything in those three days.”

“Where is she now?” Gideon asked.

“After you left for the mortal realm, the queen also left the palace to replace the cure of her lost memories and to replace her child.”

“Where is the mirror now?” I asked. There’s no way the Dark blood pack would surrender the blood goblet! The option left is to replace the mirror.

“It’s in the possession of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld,” Nana answered

Dun Dun Dun

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