I Am The Evil Duchess

S2: LVIII

Third-Person Point of View

"Y-Your Highness!"

The arrival of a Maid interrupted Regan and Alessio from further discussing their plan to invade the Imperial castle.

Frowning, Regan turned around and faced the maid whose face was pale and in tears. The maid was none other than his wife's maid, Jennie. As long as he remembered, he ordered her to look after his son, Derrick.

"What is it?" He asked, at this point, Alessio was also troubled and curious as to what the maid's news for them.

"I-It's the Young Master! He's suddenly acting strange, he can't stop crying!" Worried, Regan rushed to Derrick's room.

He was at least 20 steps away from his son's room when he heard Derrick wailing so loudly. In one instance he ran and saw his son groveling on the floor while crying loudly and he kept on chanting the word 'Mother'.

"Mother! She's gone!"

With a closed fist Derrick said, his knuckles were so pale because of clenching so hard.

Regan ran to his son and stopped him from punching the floor, the little knuckles of Derrick became red, and his little palms had traces of blood on them.

"Son, what's wrong?" Regan asked with a worried look on his face, deep inside him he could feel the rising of an unknown feeling, close to anxiousness and nervousness.

He always feels this way whenever it's about Cressida.

"M-mother's life force... I can't feel them..."

Descendants of Bizeviron have a peculiar way of being born. A newborn would take a small amount of its parent's life force to convert it as a protective barrier until their coming of age before releasing it back, that is to ensure the safety of the heirs.

That is why the moment Cressida died, the protective barrier of Derrick weakened... Leaving Regan's life force.

"She's gone..."

A tear escaped from Derrick's left eye, and his golden eyes slowly started to darken, noticing this, Regan cupped his face.

"She's not gone yet, son! I-I'll bring her back!"

Regan told Jennie to get the twins, after a few minutes, the twins arrived, shocked at what happened to Derrick.

Derrick's golden pupils became black, his silvery white hair turned into the darkest shade of red. Beside him was Regan who tightly embraced his son, afraid to let him go.

"H-Help... His divine power... I can't feel it..." Regan's face was already full of tears as he tried to keep Derrick and himself together. Feeling lost, Regan is on the verge of losing his sanity, he wants to go to where Cressida is, but he can't leave his son alone in the middle of 'turning'...

"Step aside..." Asrid said and sat beside Derrick, she put her hands on top of his chest, above where his heart is located before pushing divine power into his heart.

"It's been hundreds of years since the last time someone has turned..." She finally said after minutes of providing divine power to Derrick.

"Turning... It is a rare occurrence for people who wield divine power. It is when their divine power leaves their core before going to a period of split... The time when the percentage of being a Curse and Vestige fighting to take over the body."

"What should I do? I need to find my wife, but I can't leave him... My wife... Please help me find her... Derrick is the only one who can sense her life force, he has a part of her, that is how the heirs of Bizeviron are made of..."

"Derrick is in a critical phase of turning, for Derrick, the Duchess is everything to him, her disappearance triggered something in his core to get in this state."

"This is a theory only Duke, but if you find the Duchess, Derrick might return to normal, in the past, nothing could fight turning, someone who goes into turning either killed themselves or they become a curse or vestige."

Regan couldn't stop trembling, but then he felt a hard impact on his cheeks causing him to fall to the ground, his body stopped trembling and for some reason, his head became clearer.

"Stop being a coward and find her!"

Regan looked at the Grand Duke, his face has the usual annoyance expression that he has whenever he looks at him.

"I swear on my family name and in this whole damn empire Regan, you better find her, or I will kill you."

The threat didn't bother Regan, in his mind, the safety of Cressida is what matters the most. Something inside him woke up, Regan can wield divine magic, but he never used it in battle unless it was necessary.

He threw the sword he had and closed his eyes.

"It's time, come forth, Candeo..."

A light appeared just in front of him, taking the form of a sword, the light disappeared, leaving a sword which Regan caught before it fell.

"Candeo... "

Seeing the sword that Regan summoned, Asridielle, who is currently being possessed by Mieaila, transformed into her form as a goddess.

With silver hair and silver pupils, the goddess is the epitome of purity. She smiled but it didn't reach her eyes as she reminisced whose sword it was...

"It's been a long time, Diana."

She reached out to Regan, Regan looked at her before gently handing to her the sword that he summoned.

A tear fell from Mieaila's eyes.

"I know how deeply you regret what you've done with Azha, our father... He has already forgiven you sister, so please... You don't have to hide anymore..."

The sword released a bright light, everyone turned around because of the blinding light, but when they turn again, a woman with pale golden hair and green eyes is already in front of Mieaila.

Diana... looks like Cressida.

Diana looked at Regan and gave him a sad expression. Regan was confused, the woman in front of him looks just like his missing wife, and that woman is a celestial being...

"Be strong, Regan. For yourself, and for your son... You will live your life in this world without her." Even the voice was the same, how can Regan take in the words he just heard from the Goddess?

"Your son will be fine, bring him to her, he will return back once he reunited with his mother."

"What am I fighting for..."

In Regan's eyes, there was nothing but an endless of abyss, hearing Diana talk with Cressida's voice and the green emerald eyes that resembles his wife's eyes hurts him as she speak of her death.

"At this point, what am I fighting for..."

Diana walked closer to him, suddenly, a loud sound echoed in the room. Everyone's eyes widened as the scene sinked in their minds. Diana just slapped Regan.

"Derrick... Calix... They are the ones you're fighting for as of this moment."

Memories flooded inside of Regan's mind, Calix, Derrick, and Cressida... They were so happy. They were happy as one family. There was nothing to worry about, only their future, where they plan to live in absolute happiness.

That is what Cressida wanted...

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07/31/2024

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