I don't know if my words are enough to impress her, it doesn't matter anyway. When we returned to the castle, everyone panicked. The country we just returned from there declared war on us, and it was all my fault. So many lives are about to be lost, but I don't care. If I could choose, I would do it over and over again; I would never let my love suffer like her.
When we came back, the first thing I did was to visit my younger siblings. I told them what I did, what I was waiting for, and told them that they must leave here as soon as possible. They initially refused, blessing their carefulness, telling me that they would be on my side anyway, but I can't let them get involved in my actions. They left that night, and I would never see them again in the next few years, but they never blamed me or hated me for ruining the life they could have. When I knew they had left the castle safely, I rushed to the castle immediately.
When I arrived, I was immediately arrested by Jǐngwei and brought to the king. His anger cannot be explained in words, because he told me that because of my behavior, he had to take a drastic action. At that moment, my love was pushed into the carriage, and my anger exploded. In her crystal coffin, she looked calm, but the king's advisor put his hands on the smooth surface with that disgusting smile, which only aroused all the anger against the kingdom I had suppressed before. The guard stopped me and immediately exploded. I rushed directly to the king, but all he did was smile. I felt an incredible weight on me, forcing me to lie down on my stomach, helplessly, and a pair of beautiful shoes appeared in front of me. The consultant knelt in front of me, and I knew that at that moment, he was the one who put my love in that state. Then he put a pair of handcuffs on my wrist and told me they would suppress my magic so that I couldn't escape.
The king pronounced his sentence on me there. I will be locked up in the deepest dungeon for the rest of my life. I struggled with all my strength, but I couldn't break free, then I felt severe pain in my head and then fainted. When I opened my eyes again, I was surrounded by the densest darkness I knew. No light is allowed in that room, but that is what I don’t worry about the least. I am not alone in the dungeon.
I heard the king's adviser making an evil laugh from a long distance, and immediately stood up and rushed towards him, when my restraint power reached its limit. He laughed again because he told me it was useless to do so, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get rid of it. He told me what he did to me and cursed me so that the king's sentence would last forever. At first I didn't believe him, but I finally realized the truth of what he said, and I am still cursing him to this day. I asked him what he did to the princess, and he replied that she had been cast a spell to keep her from moving, but the spell made her gift still useful. Then he explained how she would be given to hostile countries as a symbol of peace, so they would stop the war they declared, and she would be there forever.
I charged in angrily time and time again, desperately trying to break free of the shackles that bound me, but I couldn't break them. The consultant laughed again and left me alone in the dark, immersed in my hatred and self-loathing. For many years to come, I will never hear another person's voice.
When there is only darkness, time will not pass. I stay on the floor, sleep and exercise, in order to look like eternity. Obviously, the curse imposed on me means that I don't have to eat or drink, so maybe they can leave me here to rot without worrying. But they will regret giving me such a curse later.
Rìzi is like months, months, years. I follow the same procedure every time I wake up. I will exercise until I am exhausted, sleep for a while, and then exercise more. I am determined to get rid of this nightmare. I have to, for the sake of my pain and love. She is in a far worse situation than mine, and always has been. Why can't they let her go? Why didn't they let her live quietly? Over the years, these thoughts have kept me sane. I feel that if I forget her, my mind will collapse. This miserable lifestyle lasted for nearly two decades.
One day, something unusual happened. A ghost came to me, his voice and form could not be determined. It told me that it was very clear about my past and my desire for the future, and that it was willing to make my dreams come true. At first, I thought I was crazy after being isolated for so long, but once my shackles were released, I realized how real all this is. It told me that it would open the cell door, but there was one condition. I destroyed the kingdom and rescued the princess from a foreign land. If I could do this, it would help me lift the curse on us. I immediately agreed, and the door was unlocked. Someone told me that once I had a princess, I would put her in her favorite garden, wait for further instructions, and then the ghost disappeared. In one hundred and thirty years, I won't see it anymore.
I went to work immediately and killed everyone who stood in my way. Nobles, guards, it doesn't matter. Soon I stood in the bloody lake and walked slowly to the throne room. As I passed by, the door was blown off the hinges, and the rows of Jǐng guards blocking my path were also torn open. The king sitting on the throne began to get scared, but when his advisor appeared next to him, he calmed down and said that he had restricted me before, so he could do it again, but how was his life. He tried to suppress my power again, but I got rid of it easily. This fool didn't realize that I would let them catch me just because they were afraid of what they would do with my love, but they gave away their only bargaining chip.
The panic spreading on the consultant's face was pleasant, but the expression on his face was almost not as consistent as his head began to distort himself. After a loud noise, only the king and I left. I told him what I had always thought of him. He was the most selfish and despicable of them. Then I lifted up the spears and swords from the scattered corpses and used them to nail the king to his precious throne. After the king twisted, I moved the castle down.
Once this magnificent castle became a pile of ruins I set out to find her, and killed all the people and things that opposed me. My journey took me many years, crossing many different countries and kingdoms, where I met the best and the worst, until I finally caught up with her. I found her in some noble houses. This is his greatest wealth. Needless to say, my anger will rise soon. He tried to prevent me from taking her home, but those aristocratic people didn't have any fighting skills or experience. They just needed to look at the death I left him and let him let me pass silently.
I took my love into the cursed crystal and went back to the garden she loved so much, absolutely refusing to put her behind a carriage, as if she was not a human at all. About six months after I found her, I came back here one day. To my great surprise, there were two strange and familiar people waiting in the garden, taking care of it as much as they could. Although it took me a long time, when I recognized them as my younger brother and sister, I felt a surge of joy, even though they looked older than me now. I am very happy that they managed to escape the consequences of my actions, and I couldn't help but let my tears fall.
My younger siblings explained to me what they have been doing for the past two decades, and they told me that each of them found a partner in the village where they fled. They told me that they had tried to come back to rescue me many times, but the king's watch was too big, and if I gave them a little training, they would have no chance. They told me that the only thing they could do was to make sure that the plants stayed alive before I came out. This action made me shed more tears. I told them I didn't blame them, but I didn't. The time I was locked up was only because of my failure, and no one else should suffer because of me. They asked me what I planned to do with the princess, and I connected the ghost I met in the dungeon. At first they looked at me cautiously as if I was going crazy in loneliness, but they finally believed me. Oh, how I wish I was crazy, otherwise the next nine hundred years will become much easier.
The next day, when my brothers and sisters returned home, I parted ways with them, and I stayed with the one I loved. My first job was to build a safe place for her, because many men and monsters are always lurking in the shadows. The task is very simple. I used the gravel from the castle to build a wall around the garden I love. I built it high and thick, so no matter what happens, there will be no results. At first it was just a small wall, but the longer my love sleeps, the more flowers will come out from outside. I made the necessary adjustments myself to make the wall bigger, and eventually it will become the continent it is today. In many of my later deeds, I found some rare or other unknown flowers. I will bring them back. I hope my lover can enjoy them next time she wakes up.
Sixty years have passed, and I have not yet ventured away from the resting place of my love. The place I would like to go most is my sister's house, which is a small town near my brother's house. They became quite old and very happy, which greatly eased the pain in my heart. Their family is getting bigger and bigger, and when their grandchildren come to visit them, they seem to have passed the moon. After their initial pain and suffering, I am happy and proud to see them living a peaceful life. (To be continued) (End of this chapter)