Cursed - Yeonbin

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„I think that's enough for today or rather tonight. Let's do my story on another day.", I say as I take Sanctuary's Memoir Back and burn it again, just like I did with Arcadia's Miroh.

„No no, finish it. Tell us about you now too!", Soobin stops me as I was about to burn the last book again too.

They all wipe their tears, try calming down, as they move and sit down in front of me, almost like I'm about to tell a fairy tale. Or in this case a part of my life story.

Taeyong getting comfortable leaning onto Jaehyun, Seonghwa and Hongjoong as well leaning against each other, Lucas and Jungwoo again, even though Lucas almost got hurt a few seconds ago, Doyoung for some reason grabbed Johnny again who's confused by it but doesn't resist, let's the other use him like a pillow. Chenle and Jisung get comfortable as well, the rest too, everyone looking at me with curious eyes, Soobin next to me holding onto my shirt.

I sigh at this bunch before I take my book in front of me, open it. Memories of Curses...

„First about the main creature my curse is about.

„Phoenix"

A mysterious and majestic creature, of whom only legends exist. When it was supposed to be seen was so many thousand years ago, that there's no prove at all.
This creature is like a bird, but not a small one, a giant one, bigger than a human.
Their body is constantly on fire, flames which will never fade, nothing can make them go out.
If this creature does die, their Body turns to ash, before it's reborn and continues living.
The Phoenix was know to have been very helpful, it's flames Are able to heal as well as other things from it, which it sometimes was kind enough to give to some humans in need.
At one point though it vanished, never to be seen again, making us question it's existence today.

Now to my part, what I wrote in this book.

„Phoenix's Blessing"

My curse, what I have been blessed with. Phoenix's Blessings. A curse that only exists once and neither will fade nor is curable or can be countered. This curse has allowed me to live for thousands and thousands of years, throughout many centuries, to live through everything.
I can die, but I get revived.
My body turns to ash once I finally die from a wound or anything, the ash then gathers, reviving me again.
I don't age, I haven't since I got this curse.
My body is stuck at the age of 22. Forever.
Over the years I have started studying curses, creating this and two other books about them.
I was able to find ways to curse someone, how to cure curses, analyzed them, went into deeper details.
I know their names, even named new ones which weren't known to some, described them.
I found a cure for so many curses.
But not this one.
By now I'm not bothered by it anymore.
I know why I have it, I know how I got it, I know it can't be removed and why, and why I will be the only one existing with it forever.
Back then, when I got it, before I became immortal.
I remember the Phoenix healing me once, I was about to die.
He was often near our village, liked the peace.
Till people hunted for him, they became greedy.
My village got eliminated, I was the only one the Phoenix was able to rescue.
He hid with me somewhere, trying to take care of me, keep me alive while being weak himself as well.
He liked our village since we respected him, cared for him and didn't take anything he did for us as normal, we always were thankful.
I was about to die back then, from a high fever caused by an infection.
But when I woke up the Phoenix was gone.
And the curse on my body appeared.
The reason that he's gone and I'm immortal.
I basically am him now.
He gave me everything and all of him, to protect me but also to make me protect what power he had.
So that I can never be abused.
I'm able to transform and more.
That's the little part of my life story, the part where it began.
Only when is something I can't tell anymore, after those thousands of years."

With that I close the book and burn it again, making it disappear to protect it.

„That's it. That's the part of my story. It's a curse and blessing at the same time.", I say as I look at them.

Once again the atmosphere is filled with emotions, everyone doesn't really know what to say now.

But that's normal now.

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