Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 159: Power always brings Hardships!

Celestia’s POV:

I was so intrigued to know what my father expects me to do. Whatever task he gives me, I am going to accomplish it and make him proud.

"Celestia, so far, you were just a Fae warrior! Now I want to honor you by giving you a title. So I am looking forward to crowning you as the Princess of the Celestial realm."

I began to sweat after that. What is he saying? How can I become a Princess? I am not related to my Father by blood. So technically, I am not eligible to become a princess. Still, he is willing to crown me?!

"I don’t want to repeat the mistakes I made in the past," he continued. "I hid so many truths from you, and I never heard your viewpoint on the important issues. I think that you can be able to perform your duties better if you are both the warrior and also the Princess of the Celestial Realm."

I didn’t know why but I started to feel giddy. Is it because I am standing under the sunlight for too long? Or is it because of what my father said?

Either way, I know for sure that I won’t be able to stand out here for too long. The Vampire in me was literally begging me to get out of the spot.

"Father, please excuse me," I bowed down to him and ran away from there.

"My child, what happened?" he called me out. I ignored him completely and climbed down the stairs. I stopped sweating only after I reached the staircase. Perhaps it was the sun!

I didn’t stop running until I reached the corridor that was downstairs of the castle tower. Sunlight is like the dead rock chain for the Vampires! From now on, I am never going to stand under the sun.

I leaned over the stony wall and tried to get my strength back in my body. At that moment, my father got down the stairs and stood in front of me. "Celestia, what happened to you? Are you alright?"

"I am fine now, Father. It was just the sunlight," I responded to him. I really wanted to tell him that I was also bothered that he wants me to become the princess. But I kept quiet as I didn’t want to disappoint him.

"I am sorry, my child! I almost forgot that you are now a.., " he paused and hesitated to say that word. "But you won’t be like this for long. Soon you will find a way to break the curse."

"How can I break this curse, father? Please tell me what I should do about that?" I asked him.

After I asked him that question, he got grim. "Celestia, I am ashamed to say that I have no idea about it. But we all predict that once you try to unleash your inner Angelic abilities, then your curse might break off because an Angel can be able to heal everything!"

I remembered how the Silver Shadow used my blood to open the Doors of the Damned in the shadow realm. And also, I was able to save nine Mage warriors who were about to get turned into Vampires.

The Angel blood running inside me saved me from dying after I drank the venom of Nosferatu. My blood can do wonders! So all I have to do is bring out the Angel that is buried inside me.

"Thank you so much for telling me about that, Father! I will train hard daily to become an Angel warrior again," I bowed my head slightly to him.

"I know you will, my child," he smiled.

Then a brilliant idea came to my mind. "Father, How about you don’t crown me until my curse breaks off and I become an Angel?"

He caressed his bearded chin and glared at me warily. "I am afraid that I won’t be able to make that decision by myself. I am assembling the court tomorrow, and I have to hear out the opinion of all the Fae houses. If everyone wants you to be the princess, then you would have to accept the crown now!"

I began to get sweaty again. So it was not the sun! It is my anxiety that is making me sweaty.

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I got hit by a wave of nostalgia as I got back to my old room. My room looked exactly the same as it was the last time! Even the sheets on my mattress were of the same green color as it was before.

I fell on my mattress and shut my eyes tight. The fabrics of the mortal realm tend to get ruined within a few months! What kind of fabric doesn’t get frayed for thousands of years? So everything in this realm is eternal!

I tried hard to fall asleep, but my anxiety was keeping me up. What if the High Faes decide that I should be crowned?!

Then everyone would start addressing me as the princess! Even without a crown on my head, people in the realm have too many expectations from me!

I have already been the Queen of Lowlands before. What I realized from my past experience is that there is always a price to pay for power. And too much power always brings hardship!

The last thing I want now is more hardship as I already have a lot on my plate! I should break my curse and find a way to destroy the trickster who deceived me. I got so furious just by thinking about him!

I will be able to live in peace only after I slay him! And ever since I woke from my vision, my body burns whenever I think about the things that he did to me.

Edwin told me that his powers have increased. Still, I will find a way out of the blue to destroy him! He is not going to live for longer.

But how am I going to accomplish my goals when my bag of burdens keeps on getting heavy? I really wish that tomorrow, the court members would vote against me and lessen the burden of my bag!