Chapter 50: Enemies meeting
Bump, sway.
Teresa forced eyes open. Awake.
Prison cart.
Limbs, neck chained cold. Magic tried—dead silence. Divine gone.
Caught?
Eyes around: dense woods blocked escape.
“Potion overdose. Thought later wake.”
Sharp voice front horse. Tremble—looked.
Familiar face. Pupils shrank.
“…Yuri?!”
“Years—remember me, Lady Teresa.”
“Lady” bitten heavy—piercing.
Preston kin. Knew Yuri—revenge list.
Parents death: his hand.
Seemed ally—backstab for gain.
Hate—kill urge!
Struggle—chains unbreakable. Snort.
“How find?”
Yuri laugh.
“Luck. Oracle saintess shield—still caught by me.”
Post-Oracle eject: grudge. Capture: vent.
Pity no flaunt saintess.
Her face—priceless.
Teresa stunned.
“Shield? Meaning?”
“Meaning? Ungrateful woman. Preston rep—tossed me. Damn…”
Grudge deep.
“Sooner—pay!”
Chance: cost disdain.
Teresa blank.
Oracle refused Preston?
Contact early?
Chose her?
Impossible… happened?
Last night Isabelle cold—why?
Refuser: Celis?
Yes.
Only Celis.
Knees hugged. Head buried.
Oracle refused for her—regret flicker. Slight.
True power: Isabelle.
No word—cold Oracle.
Celis warmth corner—extinguish someday. Leave for girls…
Cursed saintess more. Yuri face touch. Rage to Teresa.
“Escape why? Stay family good? Your fault—embarrass me. Ungrateful!”
“But—divine drained—still use? Goddess physique?”
Greed eyes.
Goddess/heir: clan term. Young strongest divine.
Pre-Teresa: goddess. Overflow brow gold.
Parents dead—stripped.
Dreams: dark basement. Altar. Arrays drain blood-like divine.
Pain, lone, cold…
Brow gold dim—scar eternal.
Heart iced.
Memory: fists bleed.
“Hey—no self-harm. Can’t. Physique—god-heir excited.”
God-heir…
Kill intent thick.
Ordinary kin—stole her divine. Rose.
“…Karma.”
“Karma? God-heir Galvin star, dean favorite? More please.”
Laugh—no care curse.
Teresa breath stop. Fists loose—last fight gone.
Galvin star…
Gap: heaven-earth. Back: no cell—altar sample eternal.
Special physique… heh.
Last light out.
Eyes close. Sisters clear dark.
Melin dumb smile. Leanna train serious. Pera candy… Guarded warmth—branding iron pain.
Unworthy.
Hot tear—board splash. Dark stain—bump crush. Gone.
Farewell… next life.
“Bastard! Release Teresa!”
Dead heart: familiar shout sword despair.
Head up. Tears blur: figures thought never—horses, backlight.