CHAPTER 23: THE PAST
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Vatra Region- Liu's Residence
Rebecca was preparing meals for dinner when her anxiety attacked again. She cannot help it but to worry about Czarina. She loves the kid even though she is not her real daughter. She walked towards the window and sat at the wooden bench.
"What's wrong?" Han asked his wife, Rebecca. She looks gloomy while sitting near the window and watching the birds flying in the sky. He sat beside her. She sighed deeply.
"I was just thinking about Czarina." She sighed. "I hope she is fine there, and safe. She was in danger when she was not yet born."
"I'm sure she will be fine in the Academy. She is with Yin, too. He will protect our daughter. No one knows about her identity, even Czarina is not aware." He stood up. "I'll prepare something that will make you smile. Stay right here." Han left his wife alone.
"But the king knows her. He will claim her anytime. She will be in danger once the other royalties find out she is destined to rule the kingdom." Rebecca recalled what happened in the past. It was midnight when a group of assassins entered her lady's chamber. The weakest is at least at the Lord Level, and the leader was at the Supreme Level.
Pegaz was preparing to go to sleep when she heard footsteps outside her chamber. Someone kicked the door and entered her room. Rebecca shouted out of fear.
"Who sent you?" she asked. "You better respond to me or you will all regret this." Pegaz stood up and faced the intruders.
"You will never find out," the man in the mask said. "Kill her!" It did not take a second for them to die. She released her fire power and burned them all at once. She left the leader alive to ask who sent them to kill her.
"Who sent you? Don't make me repeat it for the third time." She made a ball of fire in her left hand.
"W-why do you have a fire element?" the leader assassin asked nervously, scared for his life. He saw the fire Pegasus mystical beast appeared behind her. His eyes widened in fear.
"You will never know." She burned the leader to dust. "I am Pegaz, the immortal goddess of fire Pegaus."
She tamed down and relaxed. The fire Pegasus beast disappeared. Her nanny was scared, sitting at the corner of her bed.
"Rebecca, they are all gone." Pegaz offered her hand to help her stand up. "Please call the king and General Hao."
Rebecca nodded and ran out of her room to call the king. A few moments later, she heard footsteps rushing to her room. King Lucas and General Hao entered her chamber. Rebecca excused herself and left the chamber.
"What happened?" The king looked around her chamber, seeing ashes and dust on the floor.
"Someone sent an assassin to kill me, without knowing who I am." She is mad and furious. She touched her belly. "I will protect my child no matter what."
"I'm sorry this happened in the palace." The king looked at General Hao. "Find the person who planned to kill my child."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The general bowed before leaving the chamber.
"I told you it is not a wise idea to let me stay in the palace and pretend I am your new wife from a far away kingdom." She rubbed her belly again. "The heavens chose this, not me."
"The child might be made from our dreams, but she is still from me, and she is my daughter," the king said.
"How did you know it is a baby girl?" She was amused.
"The heavens told me in my dream. Pegaz, I love you, but you turned me down before." He lowered his head. "You would be my queen now if you only accepted me."
"Your Highness, I have a bigger responsibility in our kingdom. I can't choose my own happiness." She rubbed her belly again. "And this new role the heavens tasked me with is unexpected."
"She will be the next leader of our nation." The king stared at her belly. It already has a little bump.
"My priority now is my child. I will never let anyone harm her. I am leaving now, Your Highness."
"Are you going back to your mansion?" he asked.
"No, Your Highness. Whoever sent the assassins might find out who I really am." She sighed. She looked up to call her nanny using telepathy. "Rebecca." She has been with her since Rebecca was still a child. She adopted Rebecca when she saw her lying on the street, hungry, sick and wet from the three days of rain.
"Where are you going?" Lucas asked her. "Please, don't take my child so far from me."
"Far away from everyone, making sure of my baby's safety." Pegaz rubbed his belly, feeling the heartbeat of her baby. "I will never let anyone hurt her."
"Bring Hao with you. I still want to make a connection and see how our child grows. Our child's destiny is to become the leader of the next generation." Lucas hugged Pegaz.
The lady named Rebecca entered her chamber. "Yes, My Lady?" She bowed to show respect to her.
"Let's leave now. Find General Hao, he will come with us." She looked back at the king. "You are still her father, no matter what. You don't have to worry. She will be safe. You can visit her if you can escape from the nose of my assassin." Pegaz knows who the mastermind is, but she will shut her mouth for now. She has no evidence yet.
Rebecca's mind went back to the present. She misses her lady. She is not sure where she is. After giving birth, the lady left to face a group of assassins who are after her child. The immortal goddess told her to run and save her daughter. She never heard anything from the goddess since then.
"I am praying they are both fine. I will really be broken if something happens to them." She opened her palm and released fire from her palm. "Even this fire power was given by my lady. I owe my whole life to her."
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