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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾Chapter VIII☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

"Levi! Levi!! Can you hear me?!" Elizabeth shouted as she held onto Levi tightly, but Levi continued to be in pain, and he started to shake violently. Elizabeth suddenly cried in pain, and her shout could be heard back to the garden. Mrs. Ophiuchus heard her and informed Alyssa and Elijah immediately.

"What is going on, Eliza?" Narcissa questioned, and Devern immediately knew what was wrong; he immediately made a move, and Mrs. Ophiuchus saw that.

"Devern, no, my children know their way around that labyrinth... He built it after all," Mrs. Ophiuchus reminded, and Devern stopped in his tracks and looked back at Narcissa, who got even more concerned and suddenly felt a ping of worry. 

"Eliza, please tell us what's wrong," Narcissa said with urgency, desperation, and worry.

"I know you're worried, Narcissa, but for now, we should believe in my children," Mrs. Ophiuchus said as she watched her children run toward the labyrinth. Once they entered the maze, Elijah couldn't help but smile and chuckle. Alyssa heard him, looked at that maze, and looked back at him.

"I remember Mother telling us why there was a garden and a huge labyrinth at the end of the garden," Alyssa reminisced, and Elijah chuckled again.

"He built the garden for me... And the labyrinth for you... The labyrinth was for the likeness of you and your shadows," Alyssa chuckled; in the end, Elijah sniffed, and Alyssa was surprised.

"No... Don't... L-Let's just go inside," Elijah said as he rejected Alyssa's comfort and followed behind him. Thirty minutes later they both saw a brown door decorated with vines. Elijah and Alyssa exchanged looks as they were shocked to see this door.

"I think this is what he made for Liz," Alyssa guessed. Elijah didn't let the opportunity go to waste; he busted the door and immediately saw Elizabeth weeping over Levi's body. They both rushed over without hesitation.

"What happened?! What's wrong with him?!" Elijah roared as he panicked and examined Levi's body; Alyssa comforted and asked Elizabeth questions.

"I... I-I don't know... W-We we were only having a moment a-and then suddenly he felt a piercing pain shot through his body... Then he suddenly started shaking violently," Elizabeth tried to explain, and Alyssa comforted her.

"Wait, what moment-"

"Eli, stop it and instead send out Orpheus and inform Mother," Alyssa demanded, and Elijah immediately obeyed, summoned Orpheus, and sent it back to the gardens. As Orpheus traveled back toward the garden, and once Angelique spotted him, she didn't like it.

"Don't act rashly, Angelique; it is only my son's summoning magic... He used it to inform us," Mrs. Ophiuchus reminded as she approached Orpheus and patted him gently. Mrs. Ophiuchus didn't hesitate and went with Orpheus.

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From afar, Alastor could sense something gone wrong once again and immediately summoned Balthazar to pull out Andras.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Alastor beamed, and Andras let out a cackle; Alastor strangled him with rage and looked him in the eye. In there, he saw Andras's crime. He messed with Elizabeth's future possible partner!

"WHY! WHY PLAY WITH MY ELDEST DAUGHTER NEXT?!" Alastor said as he strangled him even tighter to the point where Andras was turning purple the more Alastor got angry.

"W-Why... D-Do you think... Ha, Alastor?!" Andras said, and Alastor let go of Andras with a grunt. Andras held onto his neck or where Alastor imagines Andras's neck is placed. Alastor paced back and forth, and Andras only watched.

"Why... Why- Why do you still exist if he's dead?!" Alastor emphasized word by word, and Andras only cackled, Alastor sighed in defeat, and that was when Andras went to his physical form and, this time, strangled Alastor, but Alastor fought and defended himself.

"If you want me gone so badly... WHY NOT DO THE SAME THING YA DID TO HIM, HUH?!" Andras roared in the end, and Alastor's eyes sparked, but Balthazar got in his way.

"Will you seriously let him play you like this? You're better than that, Alastor," Balthazar whispered, and Alastor cooled down a bit, and with that, Andras left.

"What will you do about Elizabeth?" Balthazar asked.

"I'm going to her," Alastor said, but Balthazar disagreed.

"No, don't; that will make things worse, and you know it," Balthazar said, and Alastor sighed.

"Let Eliza handle it... You and she are similar... No wonder you fell in love with her," Balthazar reminded, which warmed Alastor's heart with memories, and he could feel like Eliza was with him at that moment. His rage soon faded, and he trusted Eliza.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Ophiuchus reached the secret garden's door. She opened it using a special touch and went in. She immediately rushed toward her crying daughter and to Levi's shaking body. She touched his body with glowing hands, then went over it, and slowly his shaking stopped. His body lay still, but his breathing steadied. After a while, Levi woke up after a long breath out, and immediately Elizabeth hugged him happily, and Levi hugged her back.

Later, Mrs. Ophiuchus called the picnic off shortly, and her guests understood that. Elizabeth was disheartened that Levi had left, but he needed to rest after what had happened to him that day. After Mrs. Ophiuchus saw her guests out and said her goodbyes to them, it was time for her to give some information to her children.

She asked them to go into her study office, and they did obediently. Once she entered, Elizabeth started.

"Mother, what exactly is going on?" Elizabeth asked with a tone of urgency, and Mrs. Ophiuchus felt her impatience. And so Mrs. Ophiuchus sat down in front of them.

"I am to tell you a part of the long story, you understand?" Mrs. Ophiuchus said, and all her children did was nod. She inhaled and exhaled, but before she could say anything, a portal appeared before them.

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a/n: so sorry to cut it short, it is for the tension hehe

look out for the next star chapter using your telescope ✧

Published: April 13, 2023

Updated: July 13, 2024