I Became Crown Prince's Wife
Following the Light in Darkness(9)

"What does this mean?"

Not likely.

Phillip wants to heal the curse and save his children.

He's almost crazy looking for a solution.

“Your Majesty always kills the cursed child! Now it's my John's turn! As soon as John was cursed, the Emperor imprisoned him. He could not contact anyone, not even his own mother. The Emperor forbade me from meeting him. If this continues, John will die!”

Day after day, the children died, but the speed of their deaths continued to grow faster.

It turns out it wasn't a curse.

Phillip killed his own children with his own hands.

So that's why the kids are dying so fast.

“Save my John! Your Majesty will listen to you! Please help me!"

"…good." okay."

I nodded after much consideration.

I want to save the boy.

I can't close my eyes to the cry of a mother who asked for help to save her son's life.

And I want to see the writing Ser left on it.

***

I headed to the dungeon where the 6th prince was locked when the 5th wife led me.

Countless knights are blocking my path.

But I also have the Power of the Goddess, and other than Phillip, there is no one who can match me.

As I used my strength to subdue the knights, I heard the voice of a woman echoing in my ears.

[Laon, save me!I fear. Please save me!]

Ser.

That's Ser's voice.

As expected Ser is still alive.

He has called me.

He was always screaming desperately in my mind, but I couldn't hear him because Phillip had blocked his voice.

“Ser, where are you?L came. Where are you now?"

At that moment, a bright light came from the necklace Ser gave me.

If I follow this light, can I meet Ser?

“Ah!”

Then suddenly, the 5th wife next to me fell down while shouting.

The knight who was chasing us was destroyed by the light.

The lights surrounded the dungeon completely.

It became twisted and distorted, unable to overcome the evil Light Power, and the people nearby spewed blood and died on the spot.

The brightly shining necklace also returned to its original state.

This is Phillip's strength.

I think he has left the palace. Is he back?

I ran to the place where the power felt most concentrated.

Phillip will commit another crime.

I opened the door to the deepest part of the palace.

On the floor was a spell made with blood and in the middle lay a boy. She has silver hair that looks exactly like Phillip.

'The boy is the 6th prince.'

I recognized him right away because the boy had black writing on his body.

I approached her body and checked it.

[I am the Goddess of Light.Akunditipu by Phillip, lost my powers and got trapped in the Valley of Chaos. He has committed many sins using my power. He spreads an infectious disease and traps Prince Rakshul.]

Only now do I realize why Phillip went crazy.

He's not worried about his son. He feared that his sins would be revealed to the whole world.

He killed his children to hide his sins.

"I told you not to get out of the tower, Laontel."

Phillip said as he stood outside the spell formation.

“You want to hurt your son! Are you really going to kill your son like this ?! ”

“I don't want to kill them either!I did my best to save them! I even went to the Valley of Chaos! He tried so hard to get out and I put him back in, but the curse is still not gone! Shit!"

Phillip's eyes are full of madness.

He's out of his mind.

"You're locking Ser up again?"

“Ser, Ser, Ser! Be quiet! Stop mentioning the girl's name!”

When Phillip yelled, his strength swarmed to attack me.

As soon as his strength penetrated my body, I felt pain all over my body.

I fell to the floor when Phillip saw me and said, “Don't bother me. Stay in place."

He used his strength to hold my limbs.

Then, Phillip turned his gaze to the 6th prince.

"This time, I'll really get rid of him."

Phillip chanted a spell and his strength began to spread throughout his body.

He poured out the power he received from the Goddess.

The power turned violently and became evil.

The 6th Prince let out a pained scream as the writing on his body gradually faded away.

I realized what Phillip was trying to do.

He cursed his son.

The prince was trembling in pain. Phillip's curse is strong enough to erase the phrase Goddess of Light.

Soon, the inscription from Ser disappeared completely.

Instead of the message he sent, a series of new sentences covered his entire body.

Eventually, the 6th prince failed to cope with the pain and died.

I forgot the pain in my body from the shock.

Phillip's laughter echoed in the prison that was originally filled with silence.

"Ha ha ha! Here goes!Alu won! My victory. Serphania, did you see him?you lost to me!you have nothing now. No matter how many sentences you leave behind, no one will know now!"

He laughed and shouted crazy.

I crawled on the floor, trying to ignore his laughter.

Phillip poured out all his strength and that power spread to the boy's wound.

I crawled towards the boy, squeezing out my final strength while spewing blood.

I'm worried about the kid.

Immediately, I managed to reach next to the prince, but the boy no longer breathed.

"Dead."

"Hmmm…"

Phillip responded to my words.

"Your son is dead."

His eyes grew because he was happy.

"Yes, I know that!"

He smiled and opened another door in the prison.

Boys and girls with silver hair resembling Phillip crouch in fear inside the next prison.

"Who is this? I killed him, so the curse must have moved on to another one!Whose turn is it this time?!”

Phillip examined the children's bodies as he shouted.

The frightened children immediately cried as soon as he entered.

Then, he saw a boy with a sentence engraved on his face.

"You're there!"

Phillip exclaimed with joy.

The message sent by Ser disappeared completely and only the letters he carved were visible.

"This is my complete victory!"

Phillip rejoiced as if he had won the war.

I closed my eyes when I heard her laugh.

***

The 6th prince died and the curse was transferred to the 7th prince.

Phillip was full of excitement as he gathered the nobles in the Capital.

He showed them the writings engraved on the face of the 7th prince.

“I heard rumors circulating that I betrayed the Goddess. It was all a lie. Lookie! This is a curse sent by the Goddess, but it is not because I betrayed her! The Goddess gave me the power to establish the Asteris Empire and she hoped that the Asteris Empire would receive eternal glory, so she marked the seeds of the tyrants who would lead the Empire to destruction!”

Phillip escapes the blame again, but he marks his innocent children as the seeds of a tyrant's and corrupted soul.

The 7th Prince spent every day in excruciating pain.

The Goddess's strength and Phillip's strength collided within his body and tortured him.

He would not live long if this continued.

No matter how long he lasted, he would die before he became an adult.

Phillip tried to get rid of Zelcan's sentence.

He was afraid his sins would be exposed.

So, after the curse appeared, he began to obsessively get rid of Zelcan's sentence.

Again, he blamed many of his bad deeds on Roums.

Ser's message was overwritten by his spell and Zelcan's writing gradually disappeared.

With that, Phillip started to relax more.

He moved me to the South Star palace. I'm gonna be dead soon anyway.

I no longer have the strength to endure this pain.

After Phillips' attack, my body was completely destroyed.

Even sitting is painful.

I can't use my powers or hear Ser's voice anymore.

“Laontel, I'm sorry. I was crazy back then.”

Phillip apologizes to me every day.

“I'll cure you. I will definitely cure you.”

She held my hand and cried.

But it's not possible.

Initially, Phillip had a large amount of light.

However, he lost it all because he used it to fight Ser.

He sealed the place where Ser was trapped and also used his power in the former Capital for fear of the truth being revealed.

No matter how strong Phillips was, he had already exerted his strength to the maximum.

Moreover, he had used his last strength to hide the message from Ser.

Now he only had a little bit of strength left. If it was Phillip before, he could heal me quickly.