The Crystal Of Light And Dark

Chapter 7 The Forbidden Love (Part 2)

The Crystal

(Vincent E. Catacutan)

Chapter 7                                           The Forbidden Love (Part 2)

            The king understood that the prince had so much interest to Earth. For him to make sure that his willful son would not repeat his disobedience, he gave Regis a mystical mirror that was capable of showing incidents on the land of humans. The user should only set his energy to the mirror and think of the things he wants to see on Earth, and current instances would appear on the glass.

The face of the girl did not fade in the mind of Regis. He always watched her, all the things that she did, on the mystical mirror. Each day, his feelings for her grew warmer and deeper as he found out more about the young woman.

A decade had passed, and the prince matured becoming an excellent warrior that qualified him of being one of the Twelve Knights, the renowned cluster of the twelve most powerful Phireans. The king and the queen of Kratos died, because of a mysterious illness, thus Prince Regis succeeded the throne. There were many changes in the new king’s life, yet his love for the mortal remained.

Regis was very aware of the law of Phirea, but his tender fondness for the human had led him to decide to sacrifice all even his grace of being the king.

She was Nifera, to whom Regis was in loved. She was a princess and the only daughter of the former king of the village of Raffinia. Her mother died since her birth, and because she grew up with the care of his father, she became an adept warrior feared by their whole domain and other villages, still many admired her considerable charisma.

It was a starry and quiet night. The brightness of the moon was partly covered by clouds. Cool wind breathed, the trees sluggishly danced and the moths did not sing. At a moment, Nifera was walking alone through the spring outside the palace of Raffinia where she could take a bath privately. She unties her long soft and black hair. She loosened her bodice then she undressed herself from top to bottom exposing her porcelain fair skin. She slowly plunged herself into the water and enjoyed the warm sensation.

Few minutes ago, Nifera stunned when before her eyes, a flash of lustrous light suddenly stroke the spring side. As the light vanished, a lad having silver hair, meaningful black eyes, and precisely handsome face appeared. She felt alarmed, so she urgently stepped out of the spring to take her blade with two edges from where she left her clothes.

“Who, who are you?” startled the naked Nifera as she intended her knife to the suspicious lad.

“Don’t be afraid. I have no bad intention,” he clarified.

“You have no bad intention? But you came here when I’m taking a bath?

“But I didn’t know that I would be transported here.”

“What are you saying?” aggravated Nifera. “It doesn’t matter anyway. For what you did, I end your life now!” She swiftly attacks him, but he suddenly disappeared before he was hit. “How did you get there?” she astonished noticing the enigmatical man behind her. She pulled back.

“You’re indeed terribly aggressive,” confirmed he. “I won’t harm you. You, Nifera are my reason I descended here. I always watched you from afar since the day I saw you.”

Since she was the princess, she was not shocked that even someone that she thinks to be a strange pervert recognized her, but as she looked at him, something came back to her memory. “That silver hair, that eyes, and that unusual clothing, you were the one who saved me when I was nearly got drowned at the river,” she remembers.

“I’m glad you remembered,” he smiled.

“Who are you? Where did you come from?”

“I came from Phirea, the land above the sky. I’m Regis, one of its kings.

The light that shone earlier, his incredible speed, and the moment she saw him flying to save her when she was a child, those proved that he was not a normal person.  Those things that happened and the straight eyes of Regis caused Nifera to believe. She immediately kneeled to the ground. “I never believed that the myth about the floating land is true. King Regis, I apologize for my brashness.”

He kneeled unto her as well. He gently touched her chin and faced her up to him. He stared at her glimmering eyes. He told her in pleasing voice, “You don’t need to kneel. You’re loveliness caused me to give up my honor as a king. You easily conquered my heart. What grace can I still have nevertheless my genuine love for you?”

She stared back at his eyes, so real and sincere. Although she does not understand why he said some of his words, she could not help herself but to trust. Her heart beat like it would burst throughout her breast.  She never felt this emotion before. Nothing was clear in her mind. She cannot think of any sentence to say.

“If I can’t have you,” resumed Regis. “What is the sense of having such power, of being a higher creation? Wherefore is the glory of being the king if I can’t have the glory of your love? What is the worth of existence if there is no reason? You are my reason. The kind of life I have has no worth. Continuing my life without you is worse than dying.”

Nifera felt the sacrifice of Regis for her. She could not withhold her feelings. They grew and dispersed in her whole self. Her heart beat louder. Glimmering eyes suddenly dropped crystal of tears. One thing she merely accepted that moment; she wanted to be with him. She thought he could offer herself to him. She only aspired for that night to be endless. “For me who sought for true love for a long time,” she replied. “I never expected that I will have my affection to someone different from me; as special as you. If you’re purpose to me is genuine, it’s improbable if I refuse your love, for I want it. If it’s not also because of you, my life might have been sadly taken by the river. I guess I’ll be more gladly be taken by you.”

Their eyes began to show their desires. Their lips commenced to seize making them breathless   as they delightfully caressed each other. They tightly enjoyed the pleasure of the sensation and warmth shared by their bodies. The moon started to show its brightness. It served to light the two hearts becoming one. Their love exceeded all the limits, neglected the maxim, and ignored the difference among their beings.  They were just surmounted by love- love that warmly attached them together. It was the most wonderful night of their lives- full of acceptance, desire and romance.