Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 148: Verdict of the Fae King...

Celestia’s POV

I crouched down on the cold surface as I wasn’t able to bear the effects of the venom spending throughout my body. I felt like my whole veins were on fire!

Slowly my divine energies began to redeem me. The burning sensation in my insides began to diminish gradually. I can survive this! Nothing will happen to me. I reminded myself that I am an Angel.

Now I understand why they say that the Venom of Nosferatu kills! This could have killed me too if I weren’t an Angel.

Soon there was a bitter pain in my teeth. What is happening now? I realized that my teeth were growing. Am I getting fangs now? But the pain in my teeth was only mild! So I was able to pull myself together.

I touched my teeth and felt my fangs with my fingers. They were very sharp! I have become a Half Vampire now! My heart ached as I thought about my future. From now on, I should feed on others’ blood occasionally in order to live.

This is my penance for letting my people down! So I deserve this. Once my fangs were grown entirely, I noticed that my nails were extending too.

I was scared that my nails would become sharp like the claws of a Vampire. But they didn’t! They only extended a little more than my regular nails. Still, they were sharp! I can be able to slice anyone’s throat with this if I try.

Just when I thought that my transition was complete, my skin began to get lighter. It was like my body was devoid of my golden blood. After that, nothing else in my body changed.

I have finally transitioned into a Half Vampire! But why am I not getting the blood lust? Perhaps it will take some time. And I was terrified when I anticipated that I would have to drink blood!

Maybe I will get used to this change in my body. Or perhaps I will have to spend the rest of my eternity in misery. Either way, I am relieved that I fulfilled my penance.

My people will forgive my wrongdoings now! But will they worship me as they did before? I am a Half Vampire now. Will they acknowledge an impure creature like me as the Dawn?

Time will give me an answer to that! Even though I won’t get my old honorable life back, I will thrive to become a better warrior and protect my people.

Once I was relieved from the pain completely, I got up from the ground and faced my father. Now I am a Half Vampire! But I didn’t feel much different.

I expected Father Oberon to give me sympathy glares now. But he was just gazing at me vividly! I wasn’t able to comprehend what he was reckoning in his mind.

"I am proud of you, Celestia! You have accepted the verdict of the court members and drank the deadly Venom," he complimented me at first.

I smiled out through the pain that I felt inside. He is finally going to acknowledge me!

"But still, my child. You still have to do one more penance!"

By the way he produced his words, I discerned that he was not going to say something good to me. "What is it, Father?" I asked him skeptically.

"You still have to fulfill the verdict of your father!"

What?!!! My father is going to reprimand me too! But just now, I drank the venom of Nosferatu. I am a Half-Vampire now. How and why should he have to punish me more than this?

"I know what you are thinking now, Celestia! You think that you have completed your penance! That is not true. You still have to do more."

"But why?" I screamed out. "Why would I have to do more?"

"Because you have a greater deed to do for the welfare of this realm. And you can’t do that without a greater sacrifice," he explained to me.

I shook my head immediately and wailed, "I have already sacrificed enough, Father! Just Look at me now. I am a Half-Vampire! Soon I would have to feed on other creature’s blood. Why would I have to do another one penance?"

He quietly watched me as I lashed out at him. Or maybe I am just overreacting. My next penance probably won’t be as deadly as this one. Before I argue with her, I should hear what his verdict is!

"I am sorry, Father! Can you please tell me what your verdict is?"

"My child," he sighed out. " No father in this universe should say this to his daughter. But I am obligated to say this to you. I know that I will be named as a terrible father for commanding you to do such a thing! Still, I have to make you do this for the sake of everyone’s welfare!"

So my father doesn’t want to reprimand me on purpose. He is saying this for the welfare of the people! 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"For the welfare of people in the Celestial Realm, I am accepting your verdict, Father. Would you please tell me what it is?"

Father Oberon got grim as he began to give out his verdict. Judging by his manner, I don’t think that his verdict is going to be favorable to me!

But I don’t think that it is going to be worse than sipping down the venom of Nosferatu down my throat. The worst has already happened! Or that is what I thought until I heard him out.

"Celestial, my child! Do you remember why you were made as an Angel? You were made in order to bring out peace in this realm. That is why you were given divine powers! But now, you have become the reason for the disruption of the peace! You failed to accomplish your actual purpose."

"I know, Father! I made a lot of mistakes. But now, I will strive to fulfill my purpose," I promised him.

"No, my child. You can’t be able to do that in this birth of yours!"