A Fallen Knight-Lost art of Necromancy

Chapter 151: Standards

"I can believe anything, even if you say that pigs fly, but I am sorry to say, Maverick cannot kill me for mere jealousy."

"Well even if he didn't kill you over jealousy, but the fact that he saw us both privately in an ambiguous state doesn't change. I don't think anyone can bear their fianc in someone else's embrace."

"But that wasn't me," Severus shouted with rage.

"It was you. You were the one who came to meet me in private. You were the one who initiated everything. It was you who hugged me while breaking down in front of me. I always did my best to maintain distance with you, respect you as a future sis-in-law but you were the one who used to come and find me. How am I the culprit here? Do I deserve to die just because I like you? Oh please!!!"

Cut the crap!

"You know better than me what type of person I am. I will prefer to die than to sully your as well as Maverick reputation. So, whatever you just said is nothing but utter crap" Severus said seriously. His expressions were so serious and honest that it gave shivers to Melanie.

"Let everything be in past Severus. Nothing good will come if we continue bringing past back" She pleaded.

[Yes. Nothing good will come if we do continue to live in the past] Noworry reminisced.

This line hit Severus hard.

"Yes, you are right Melanie. Tell me one thing, why are you here?"

"To help you out."

[bullshit]

"Why did you come to my room that night?"

"To help you."

"..."

"Help me? How? By assassinating me. Is Maverick outside by any chance? Am I going to be killed again?" Severus mocked her.

The color drained from Melanie's face. "No Severus. You are taking it all wrong."

[Sure sure...only you are intelligent here.]

"That day I wanted to tell you about your assassination plan, but I was too late, I guess. Severus, Marquis is on your tail. He isn't after you because of love or any attachment but because of your special blood. I don't know why, but he can't let you be alive because you have powers to stop the chaos. I don't know what chaos he mentioned but you sure are a hindrance to his plan that's why he killed you last time. Well, he said that by killing you, he can get rid of you for Maverick sake, but I know it only wasn't for Maverick sake. Something fishy was going on behind the curtains. Later I barged into a chamber of secrets and found out about your special bloodline. There were several scrolls there and within them, I got to know everything about you and your birth, Maverick curse. A child born under Cepheus, with a special bloodline who cannot cure rare curses but can also bring anyone back from his grave. You don't know but your powers are immense. The potential inside you is extreme but beware Severus. There are dark entities in the world that want you, your blood to gain power. After you were killed, Maverick fainted on the spot. The entire main palace went into chaos. There was a blunder here, with the news that the shadow knight was assassinated while the Crown prince became unconscious, everyone panicked. Later your blood was used to cure Maverick and after living three days in a comma, Maverick finally woke up from his slumber as for you, you were buried in the garden of seven seasons as a memorial. Maverick changed after your death. He no longer smiled and talked, as he used to but became more like Marquis. Quiet and somber and that's how we lived until you finally came back." She said sadly.

Severus listened to everything but deep down in his heart he still cannot believe what Melanie was saying. "Why were you so sure that I would return?" Severus asked.

HA!

Melanie smiled smugly.

"Because a child born under the Cepheus constellation is blessed with a rebirth. You are said to have a phoenix destiny, who can be born again from his ashes. I didn't know whether it was true or not, but for the sake of my love, I decided to gamble. After you were stabbed by Maverick I was dismayed. Like a broken doll I went to my room and cried for hours. As I was dazed, I saw a butterfly entering my room. She shined under the moonlight, looking like a ray of hope. Gently she hopped on my shoulder as golden dust sprinkled all over my body. As soon as it was sprinkled, I went into dreamland. There I saw a beautiful girl, a replica of a fairy who asked me if I wanted to save you. Of course, I wanted to save you, so she asked me to bury you, far away in the forest under a full moon. She asked me to bury a scroll too. Damn, I nearly lost my mind when I discovered that scroll. It was hidden inside the old temple in the middle of the forest. It took me some time to dig it since I can't let anyone else know about it. I asked my trusted people to shift your dead body from your burial to your new grave. Although I wasn't sure, something was still better than nothing. It was my only hope, to see you again, so I did it. I did it all for you so that we can live together. See now you are back. I didn't know why, and it sounded pretty foolish too, but I am happy that I believed in it. See now you are here, back in your true form."

Severus finally found out the gist of his rebirth.

[OWO]

Finally, we know how I was reborn.

"I see."

"Ye" She squealed in delight.

"Thanks, Melanie for telling me the truth but I still don't get it. What exactly do you want from me?" Severus asked confusedly.

Huh?

"You still don't get it?"

"Get what?"

"Aren't you angry Severus?"

'

"Angry for what?"

[...]

"Angry for what happened to you? Don't you despise Marquis? Don't you want to exact revenge for yourself? Don't you love me? Don't you want to marry me? What got in you, Severus? The opportunity is knocking on your door, Severus. Go grab it. We can have our world if you wish for it. Lets' kill this father and son duo and live our life to the fullest. They are not a saint but the ones who are coated with nothing but sins. Severus, you don't know but whatever you faced, hardship, life, and death battles, discrimination, it was all because of Marquis. Do something or else it will be too late to do anything. I can't marry Maverick, not any cost."

She talked like killing was a piece of cake.

"Why? I know you used to love him since you were small so what happened now?"

Dejectedly Melanie sighed. "I have my reasons plus Maverick is a freak. I will be forever chained if I marry him. I don't want to live such a tortuous life."

"You could have denied it."

Melanie "..."

"Are you an idiot?" Melanie cursed him.

[YOU ARE IDIOT]

"..."

HUH?

"Here I am helping you to win over a kingdom to live your life leisurely and you are asking me to deny it. Why?"

HAHAHAHA!

Severus mocked himself. He mocked his life as well as his love. 

I sure was pathetic.

Severus stood up quietly to leave. 

"Stop."

Severus' hands just touched the doorknob when Melanie shouted. 

"Where are you going, Severus?"

Melanie panicked when she saw him striding out. In her panic, she hugged him tightly from the back, leaning on him as if her life depended on him. Severus took a cold breath while he tried to get out of her hold, but her grip was too tight. 

"Severus" She shouted in disbelief when she saw he was struggling. Severus finally couldn't endure it anymore, so he pushed her roughly. Melanie stumbled because of momentum and hit the nearby couch. Her body turned cold when she saw what actually happened.

"ENOUGH" Severus shouted.

"I never wished for a world full of luxury Melanie and as for you, even if I had feelings for you, I will never ever betray Maverick. I don't care whether Maverick ever cared for our brotherhood or not, but I surely did. Even if I had feelings for you, I always looked up to you as my sister-in-law. Please forgive me but I can't do what you are asking me to do."

"Severus"

"Goodbye, Melanie. I bless you to have a happy married life" As Severus opened the door Melanie shouted. "It is because of that bitch Desella? Do not tell me you have fallen for her. Who is she? With such a slutty face that always had makeup on, is nothing but a harlot. T_T. since when did your standards fall so low?" She asked in disbelief.

"It was low, to begin with, but I guess I am finally upgrading them" Severus stormed out after saying this.

[bam]

[That was harsh but so cool. A perfect answer for a bitch]