A Fallen Knight-Lost art of Necromancy

Chapter 146: Horrific

"You ranted for so long but swear to your heart whether you seriously believe what you just told me? Ha! Even if you stubbornly deny it, I know that deep inside your heart you are already aware of it. Aren't you? Even before I told you anything, you knew what type of husband you had?"

"He is nothing but a disloyal pig, hungry for power."

A sudden coldness hit her while something churned inside her stomach. She could practically feel its bitter taste in her mouth.

What was it?

Was she ill?

No, it was the bitter truth which she had long been aware but till now she was not ready to accept it.

Her illusionary world crumbled in an instant.

"Why?" She said sadly.

"Why what?"

"Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?"

Ha!

"Kill you?"

"Believe me I was here only after seeing your big belly, I just couldn't use my sword on you. I know it sounds ridiculous but even for a stone cold-hearted like me felt something for the first time. I don't know what it is, but I can't kill you, not anymore."

"Even if my child is a threat to humanity?"

HA!

Cynthia chuckled coldly.

"You know what? Revenge tastes better when served cold so I have decided to kill your child after he is born or maybe I will just kidnap your child and train him to use him against his own father. So how is the plan? Pretty cool ?"

Empress felt dreaded at this instant.

Her own life and her child's life were at stake and here she was, kidding with her.

"No, I won't allow you to kill my child Cynthia." She said stubbornly.

"If you say so. It is not like you can hide him from me. I will take him at any cost."

"No"

The Empress pleaded.

"I will do anything you say but please don't kill my child."

"Anything I say?"

"Anything," the empress said in a determined voice. "As long as you can show me the proof."

Cynthia used her spell and an instant fog covered the room. Cynthia transferred her memories to the fog so that the empress could vividly see how Nobel her husband was.

Indeed!

Whatever Cynthia said was true. Knowing was one thing while experiencing was another. Empress was devastated when she witnessed everything with her own eyes but for her child, she needed to stay strong thus she gathered herself. "So, what is the plan?"

"Cool!"

"I am warning you that this plan is highly risky, so you better be prepared" Cynthia warned her strongly.

"I am prepared."

Cynthia saw the determination in empress eyes thus she started explaining her newly formed plan. "I am guessing that Marquis knows a lot about the demon than he actually shows and since we don't know the intensity of his knowledge so we need to drug him so that he can forget about it. I know killing him sounds like a better option but then again, who is Marquis? An ordinary fellow? No, he is the biggest paranoid king I had ever seen. It is too tough to get close to him plus we have no idea of his powers. It's kind of risky to go head-on with him, that is the only plan I can come up with. In three days, I will come back with a powder. You make sure to mix that powder in his food. The powder had no taste or smell and is easily soluble so a detection would be very hard but keeping his aponia in mind, you are the only one who could achieve this, so I am counting on you. This powder not only will make him lose a portion of his memory but will also weaken him at a slow rate. I will strike him down when he will be at his lowest and VOILA! We both will get what we want."

Empress's whole body turned cold.

"Are we going to assassinate Marquis?"

"Yes, we are."

Empress breath hitched for a second. It was a tough choice for her to choose between her son and her spouse.

"Don't blame me for choosing my son over you, Marquis. Okay I accept your proposal".

"Cool"

"I will drop after three days to give you that special powder."

"Okay"

"If it's all settled then I shall take my leave," Cynthia said apathetically as she turned around to jump from the window but before she could jump, empress called her.

"Cynthia!!!"

She turned around in confusion as she tilted her head. "Is anything the matter?"

Ah!

Empress hesitated for a long time.

Cynthia just waited quietly. With one saying anything the atmosphere soon turned awkward.

"I think I should go."

"No"

Huh!

"I I actually want to ask something."

"Yes?"

"You are pregnant right?"

Cynthia flinched when she heard the question but didn't deny it. "Yes, I do."

"Is this child Marquis?" It took her everything inside her to ask this question from Cynthia. God knows what she was hoping for by asking such a question, unaware that as soon as Cynthia opened her mouth to answer she sealed both of their fate.

Cynthia Loving stroked her barely visible baby bump as she answered. "This is lord Hades' child."

Bam!

The Empress was in great shock. She thought Cynthia was joking by her expressions said otherwise.

This time Cynthia didn't allow her to ask any more questions and disappeared into the darkness.

Unknown to them that Marquis had already heard their plan.

"interesting" A male voice sounded.

Cold room.

Severus' hands started trembling whereas Noworry felt the shock of his life. He couldn't believe his ears. He felt like he was daydreaming.

[What nonsense are you spouting?]

""

Like she can hear you!!!!

Severus didn't know what to believe and what not to. This story was far-fetched for him to believe but then again if they believe in this story then a lot of things started making sense.

"This is a disturbing truth."

"I know this child is disturbing, but this is what it is" She shrugged casually.

"Tell me more about my mother."

"Yeah well your mother dropped after three days. She told me everything in detail. About you, she didn't actually tell me much, but she said that you are her sacrifice. She never wanted you but since she had you, she didn't want to abandon you too. She was not fond of you since she always said that she missed her opportunity to exact revenge but sometimes when she was in her nostalgic mood, I heard her saying that you are her precious treasure and she hopes you can undo her faults, as for what they were I don't know."

Noworry was speechless, clueless, hopeless, and shocked.

He was practically zoned out.

Cough cough.

Empress coughed a lot whereas greener liquid started oozing out.

"Severus, you must undo your mother's deeds. Promise me you will kill that demon servant Marquis. No one in the kingdom knows but he isn't the saint that everyone thinks he is, but he is a devil. Especially for women. Somehow Cynthia spell failed for Maverick that day thus he heard our plans. At that time, I know he was planning something, but Cynthia time and time foiled his plan and when he couldn't bear it anymore, he planned that brutal massacre."

"Wait. How did you know about it? It happened after you were dead so how?"

Ha!

She smiled self-deprecatingly.

"After Maverick was born the curse started for me. I really saw a living hell. As soon as I delivered, I was diagnosed with a long-term incurable disease because of keeping the baby. Heaven's blessings became a curse for me. As for Maverick, he tortured me daily. Even after knowing that I was ill he forced me and did every horrible thing he could with my body. Hitting, scraping, blindfolding, and even going to extremes." As the empress was telling about all her suffering, not even a tear slipped but Severus could see the pain behind her hollow eyes. The physical pain must be torturous, but the mental pain was something that would have never healed. Scars would be deep there.

"It was his way of punishing me for colluding with Cynthia and as expected I died but that bastard didn't stop there."

At this moment the empress completely broke down. She sobbed her guts out. "That bastard Maverick used necromancy art on my body thus trapping my soul here for eternity. In this cold harsh room, my soul has spent nearly 26 years. Marquis actually uses this room to quench his desires. He used to tie up, making us his s*x slave, spanking us, putting a dog chain around our neck, making us crawl around. Every woman who shared similar features like Cynthia was brought here. No matter whether she was a kid, maiden, married woman, or an old lady. Anyone who resembled either Cynthia's face or her body, Maverick kidnapped them and brought them here. After bringing them here he used to put my soul in their body and tortured us. Even if I didn't have a body the disgust and trauma, I felt is something that I can't describe. After torturing me he used to do the same with those girls and in the process, he used to kill them. Every single girl who entered this chamber then never went out again. You see this skewed up body here? She was the new maid of Melanie. She died three days ago. Poor soul" She pitied.

Severus felt like his head would explode.