Curse of The Death God

Chapter 9 - Dreamlike Life

A few months past in a blink of an eye and Prince Nathaniel's coronation day preparation finished in time, only one day before the great day. King Jonathan suddenly came to Sun Palace visiting his brother and sister-in-law. Dorian was sitting by his wife's bed while Martha was laying weakly on her bed.

"Dorian." Jonathan nodded his head in greeting and smiled towards Martha, "Martha, how is your health?" He asked politely.

"Good." Martha smiled politely while grabbing Dorian's hand who immediately helped her to sit leaning to some piled up pillows behind her back. "My time is almost up, isn't it?" the Water Goddess asked softly. There was no fear at all in her voice.

"You still have time until Edward's wedding." Jonathan winked his golden eye to her. As the Death God, of course Jonathan knew how much time Martha had left. The Water Goddess had been constantly sick since gave birth to Ivanka then she was heavily injured when fighting with Jonathan on Eddy's five thousandth birthday. Her condition had also worsened after Queen Leona's rebellion. Martha had been always very weak and easily exhausted ever since. Her prolonged life for one hundred and fifty three years was already a miracle but hearing Jonathan prediction that she could still alive until Edward's impossible wedding was hilarious.

"Eddy?!" Martha exclaimed then chuckled.

"Tell me, Jonathan. What kind of business brings you here?" Dorian asked, clearly hiding his nervousness in a friendly tone.

Jonathan did not answer and just took out a small bottle from his lapel. There was so much glittering purple dots inside the bottle glass.

"What is this?" Dorian eyed Jonathan suspiciously.

"This is Celeste's memories. I stole it from Eddy's room just now while he was busy making himself drunk." Jonathan replied honestly. "I want to do something for that stupid boy tomorrow, what do you think?"

Dorian and Martha instantly exchanged one swift worried glance.

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Every building in Heaven was decorated with colorful ribbons and flowers. Lanterns were hung in every corner to brighten every path and road to Celestial Great Hall. The hall was decorated lavishly to celebrate the coronation of new Emperor and Empress of Heaven. The usual spotless white hall was now decorated in red and gold with large flower decoration on every pillar. Golden lanterns were being flown right beneath the high ceiling to make the ambience of night sky full of stars. Destiny who usually wore ragged clothes was now dressed neatly in her white new priest robe and she was pacing back and forth restlessly on the dais. Destiny was somehow looked more nervous than the groom himself. Guests had seated on their own chairs, waiting for the golden chariot which would arrive soon with the bride.

Horse neighing and galloping sound suddenly silenced the bustling chatting sound at Celestial Great Hall. Nate stood proudly on his maroon suit brimmed with gold, waiting for the six white unicorns to pull the golden chariot closer. The chariot's door opened and Eddy could see a small slender fingers covered in red and gold satin glove. Eddy raised his cup and gulped down all of the wine bitterly as he saw Nate smiled brightly and offered his hand to the woman who stepped down from the chariot. The bride was wearing a very beautiful red and gold dress, matching with Nate's wedding suit, which outlined her outstanding appearance modestly. Her golden hair was plaited into a high bun, decorated with golden hairpins and red flowers to hold her semi-transparent red veil. On top of her head there was a golden crown with large red ruby studded in the middle, matching with her golden necklace and earings which also studded with red rubies.

Eddy knew Nate could not see Celeste's face clearly behind her veil but his face was blushing furiously and he was smiling like a fool while Eddy felt his heart was being pierced. Eddy watched the couple walked elegantly towards the dais, ready to vow their lifetime of love. He did not know whether he should laugh or cry. He was the one who gave Celeste his life and took her memories away so she would not grief for him. Celeste slept in coma for one hundred years while he was busy battling all demon lords to claim his throne as King of Hell. When Eddy finally assumed the throne of Death God, the curse fell upon him instantly so even though he regained his flesh, he could not touch her anymore. As he had anticipated, Celeste forgot everything about him when she woke up and only remembered Nate. Eddy knew Nate had secretly fallen for Celeste since a long time ago but he did not dare to covet for his younger brother's lover so Eddy had to convince him that he was willing to let Celeste go. Now he felt stupid, how he could let her go when he secretly watched over her every day from Underworld. The Death God sadly poured himself wine to his cup but his fingers trembled and the cup fell shattered to the floor.