MERCIA
77. Sylvana and Sonja.

Sylvana sat on her knees on the ground, three people surrounded her, one hand each of them touching Sylvana's left, right and back temples, while the other hand they lift up with open palms like they are greeting or calling someone from afar.

August seemed increasingly nervous with worry when he saw the hands holding Sylvana's head begin to emit a white light. sylvana's body trembled along with the appearance of a huge white ball of light that appeared above the hands of the three of them who were raised.

The next thing that really surprised August who first saw it, the glowing white sphere slowly formed a moving image, like a hologram screen displaying a video display, the visual memory of Sylvana's eye view while the sound that was heard coming out from the mouths of the three people surrounding Sylvana, all eyes looked at her with suspense.

"Mom.mom..help me. I'm afraid.mom..where are you.."

"Sylvana stay behind me...!"

"Auntie where mom is. I'm scared. I want to be with mom."

"Your mom's gonna be here soon, just calm down, Sylvana, I'm gonna take care of you."

A graceful-looking woman with a golden tiara ran over.

"That's queen Eirana" they said unpretently looking at the visual memory.

"Momuu..." Sylvana runs, Eirana immediately hugs Sylvana.

"You okay?"

"Mother.I'm afraid.."

"All assembled protect the queen and her daughter." orders the woman whom the aunt had previously called.

"Quenzie, they're not humans, they're the demon army of Clawrit, we've been tricked by them into hating humans" Eirana said.

"What should we do, brother?" ask Quenzie.

"Bring Sylvana off to Enigma, you'll both be safe."

"No, you're her mother you take her, I'll keep them here."

"Quenzie. they've taken Moonheaven, and they're still chasing me to Proxima, wherever I go they're going to keep hunting me, I can't forgive myself if something happens to her, Quenzie please help me please."

"You're alive" Quenzie said.

"No. Mother I don't want to go with aunt, I want to go with you."

"Sylvana listen to your mother, you're going with aunt Quenzie to Enigma, there you're going to be strong, you're going to meet a great knight who's going to be with you."

"Sylvana I've seen it, Aunt Luciana has told me that you two will be the saviors of this world, and when you return I will put on you a crown, you will be the strongest dark elf queen ever in the history of our nation.don't cry Sylvana."

A ball of fire shot towards them and made everything bounce.

"Sylvane..."

"Quenzie quickly take him away."

Quenzie immediately held Sylvana and took her away.Sylvana's sight began to blur he briefly saw an arrow stuck on his mother's shoulder.

"Mother.."

"HAVE STOPPED ALL THIS.. ISN'T THAT ENOUGH AS PROOF FOR ALL OF YOU..?" august said very emotionally.

The three women immediately stopped the action. August runs towards Sylvana who is still sitting grieving with tears rushing down. August hugged Sylvana tightly from behind.

"You okay?" ask August.

"it all looks real" Sylvana said.

"That's a fact you're going through, you're going to be okay, Sylvana."

"Violet is my mother still alive?"

Violet kneels before Sylvana, and finally everyone including Pyriel kneels, believing the woman before them to be Sylvana, daughter of Queen Eirana, and they also believe that the knight in question princess Eirana is a man from the human race who is currently hugging Sylvana tightly.

"Your mother's daughter is still alive, but we don't know her whereabouts now, whether it's still in the chalice in that golden palace or somewhere else."

"Mercia let me go, I'll set her free."

"Sylvana relax.."

"Mercia don't stop me."

"I'll help you free your mother but not now."

"the longer my mother will be in danger."

"Your mind's still a mess with Sylvana you're not thinking clearly."

"You don't know me." Sylvana from August.

"Violet do you have edianna flowers that bloom at full moon?"

"We have a daughter."

"Bring two and give it to this man."

"Sylvana what do you mean?"

Before long Sylvana returned with a box in her hand, and she handed it to August.

"Mercia you can go, our deal's over, and I say thank you very much."

Sylvana's words were like a dagger that struck August's heart.

"You think I'm helping you just for this flower?"

"go ahead.."

"Daughter.."

"Be quiet Violet don't interfere, you want to feel my anger a second time."

Violet went back to her knees. "Sorry Princess."

"What have you done to him?" august asked the three women before.

"We didn't do anything, just opened his memory."

"Be quiet you don't have to answer."

August smiled bitterly. "Well, I'll go, but let me talk to Sonja."

Sylvana this time just blinked her eyes and her eyes turned red, August was surprised to see her.

"You want to talk to me?"

"Sonja what happened?"

"Have you still held onto our deal before?"

"Sure, I will keep him, now go away for a while and come back to him after some time, I am made of sadness and anger, and I am born of grief and anger, I've been harboring bad memories all this time but these three stupid women just reopened them."

"I'm sorry we're princesses."

"Can he hear our conversation?"

"No, right now it's hard to tell which reality and illusion is."

"Are you in control?"

"No, I have to be inside to fix all this, otherwise you'll lose both of us."

"I'm gonna make him feel like a kid, and then you can't talk to me until his mind and soul are back to normal."

"Is it dangerous?"

"There's no other way."

"May I speak" Pyriel ventured to raise her head.

"Tu. Mr. Mercia.me.."

"Call Mercia, get up and don't be afraid, what do you want to say?"

"I heard in Proxima that there is a water of life that is able to restore the mind and soul of a person who is disturbed, but that place is very dangerous."

"Do you know where that place is? where'd you hear that?"

"My father told me that the water of life came from the water of a lake on one of the mountaintops, they called it a dragon lake because that's where hundreds of dragons are."

"Dragon?" August flinched he remembered Nyx who healed Aruna.

"Nyx, do you hear me? can you cure him?"

This time it's all back to being astonished to see August talking to himself.

"Don't tell me you're like us too" Sonja said.

suddenly there was a big and heavy sound.all eyes were staring around looking for the source of the sound.

"i can't cure him, he's different from your previous friend who was only affected by magic, but I can show you the way to the lake."

"Sonja you and all of you don't let him leave this place and attack the palace itself, I'll bring back the water."

"Don't forget our deal" said Sonja, winking her red eyes again.

Sylvana looked around. "Did you see my mother?"

No one dared to answer.

"Why don't you answer? huuu.." Sylvana was crying like a child.

August miris saw it. "Hey.don't cry, your mother and aunt Quenzie are going to the big city to trade, while you're staying with aunt Pyriel, your mother will bring you many gifts."

Pyriel chokes on hearing Sylvana is going to stay with him.

"Is that really uncle, you're going to give me a lot of gifts?"

Now the choking August heard himself called uncle.

"Right, as long as you promise not to be naughty and obey what aunt Pyriel and aunt Violet say."

"Ohuk. uhuk.." Violet coughs.

"I won't be naughty, I promise." Sylvana then ran a little closer to Pyriel.

"Auntie. I'm hungry."

"Alright let's go home" Pyriel said awkwardly.

They both left the place.

"all of you remember not to mention anything about the golden palace and its past, but do not avoid it. Now disperse" said Violet.

all disbanded, now in that place only Violet and August remained.

"Are you going, too, sir.."

"Call me Mercia."

"I'm sorry for my carelessness, I didn't know you were Sylvana's daughter's lover."

'lover?' August scratched his head.

"It's okay."

"If you want to go, I'll take you, uh Mercia."

August opened the box given by Violet, seen two glowing edianna flowers.

"How long has this flower been shining?"

"Forever."

"Does this flower cure blindness?"

"You can put it in water and put it in the blind eye, and then drink the water you have left, you can keep the flower back."

"Thank you Violet, I'm leaving."

"How did you go, do you know the way out of this forest?"

"No need" said August.

August placed two fingers of his right hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.

"Claras"