Chapter 150

**Tzalmon Point of View**

My heart was thumping loudly that I can even hear it in my ears.

Is it excitement or anxiety, I don't know but this is the moment I have always hoped for.

A moment to make things smoother with Eblilis!

I looked at her keenly as she busied herself and got us each a bottle of iced coffee. Setting them on the table before us, she took a seat before me.

For several minutes, both of us are silent. We could only take few sips of coffee from our bottles while thinking of how to start.

Maybe, she is thinking about how to start the topic as well!

"You were the chosen one and neither I nor anyone knows why that is." I chose my words carefully and started. I don't know what exactly she wants to talk about but starting from the beginning and clearing up the root issues is not a bad start either.

Some part of the story she already knew but still repeating the whole explanation is better than omitting it just based on assumption that she knows it.

"Uh?" Eblilis, for a moment did not understand what I meant but a second later, realization dawned on to her.

"You knew how my father went against the laws of nature and tried to do something that disrupted the balance of the universe; it started then. That imbalance led to centuries of curse on us; until what got out of balance was balanced out slowly. When we were cursed to be imprisoned on the island without the power to materialize our physical bodies, a prophecy came out. A prophecy that one day, the one to break the curse and lead us to great power shall come and when she comes, she shall do it with the help of heir to the throne."

Eblilis blinked her eyes at me, although not considerately, she still had a sense of realization on her face.

"And that person is me." She breathed out.

"And that person is you. When you, along with your friends, were on that trip, I sensed you. This world and the supernatural realms have several portals to crossover around the world. One of them is at the place where you have last seen your friends on the ship. Because of the curse, the portals between this world and our realm were not stable to begin with but because it has something to do with you, heavens worked their way to ease things for me."

"So you created an illusion for me that I and my friends were in a shipwreck before you lead me to the island." There was no expression on her face.

There was no disappointment, no anger, nothing. No matter how long I look at her I wasn't able to guess what is going on in her heart.

"Yes. Unless the heir to the throne is born, we will never be able to break the curse completely. With my abilities, knowing your life with just a look at you is easy. The moment you stepped on the island, I already knew who you are, what your name, how your life was; everything. From the first day you came, I knew my aura and many of my abilities doesn't work on you. However, once Igses was conceived, none of my powers worked on you; not even the simple ability to read your life." I said truthfully.

This is the moment I'm waiting for, now that it has come, I will rather say the bitter truth than hide it with sweet words.

I have learnt my lesson and will never let any miscommunication come between us hereforth.

"Something I never understood was the secret behind conceiving Igses. I was a virgin - nay - I still am. The reason why my delivery was a little complicated was because I was a virgin. How exactly Igses come to my womb when I am certain that I never had any physical intimacy with anyone?"

"Don't you have something like IVF here? Your case is similar to that. You were a mortal human with a physical body while I am half deity in spirit form. It is not possible for us to have any physical relationship unless I have a material body. Our living properties are just not meant for each other. So I condensed my power into a sperm and sent it into your womb. It's just like IVF but in a magical sense." I closed my eyes in guilty and did not dare to look at her for some time.

Eblilis fell in her own thoughts before she raised her head and asked me, "Even though I couldn't see you and your people back then, you were still able to talk to me using letters right? I was scared, confused and what not at that time, why didn't you give me one letter explaining me the situation?"

Thinking back, I wanted to slap myself for doing it.

If I could go back in time, I would never make that silly mistake again.

"I was not this open minded back then, Eblilis. I'm an immortal deity, a king to a supernatural realm; I never answered to my own courtiers and people, how would I have the thought to provide you with an answer? I was born and raised to be above everyone, you tell me, with my eyes almost in clouds, will I have a thought of clarification?"

To hell with pride and ego, I need to be truthful to amend myself.

But then again, although I was self-depraving, I realized that I am not sad or disgusted by it. I surprisingly find it releasing.

"Wait, you said 'were human'." Eblilis tilted her head and asked suddenly with her eyes wide and mouth agape.

"Eh?" What does she mean?

"You said I was a mortal human with physical body. I was? Am I not now?" I self blamed myself, was being frank with her, what she caught was that single point?

Anyways, I still nodded my head and confirmed her. "You are not one of our race but you are not mortal anymore. I am not sure if you have any powers or not but for certain I can tell that the ability to age has lessened the moment you gave birth to Igses."

"Like a vampire?"

"Vampires don't age at all. In your case, in our case, we age slower than other. Like, I'm several centuries old but I look like I am in my early thirties, that is because the pace of aging for supernatural is much slower and it is even more slow to us as our abilities, powers everything comes to us from our spirit. We are spirit people so our spirits are unrivalled stronger and much concentrated."

She nodded and took in the information calmly. I expected her to be nervous or question me nonstop but she proved me wrong again. She calmly nodded and waited for me to talk.

She must've guessed many things by herself now.

"Right, so, I thought it is beneath me to inform you of anything at that time. To be the chosen person, to be able to carry my child, to be able to gain my favor; I was in delusion that you would feel honored. Moreover, my thoughts were more towards taking care of the child in your womb by taking care of you. I followed you everyday wherever you went, saw whatever you did, heard whatever you said, observed what you liked and disliked, saw you depressed and crying; I felt bad. Although I had my nose up in air, I genuinely felt bad for you. But the madness to get out of the curse and the pride of being an emperor weighed more than those feelings I had towards you."

"You were in a dire state but you still fought back time and again when there was opportunity. You did not just follow my plans blindly. Even though you couldn't see me, although you were alone, you stood up for yourself and did only what you have confidence in, only what your understood. How can I not have feelings for you? Even though it was a small speck of them, I did have them. Female in our kingdom are not on equal grounds with men. Women are of lesser status that is more like accessories to us. But you denied to be one, how would I not be attracted by you. You even slapped me, remember? How would I not be impressed by you? It's only that the cultural difference between both the worlds is far apart. I was more narrow minded back then." I continued.

It was really true that before the curse was broken, when she was in the castle, I was truly attracted to her. I saw the process of her becoming brave from coward. I saw her talent in handiworks. I saw her pass time by herself. I saw everything she did and heard everything she said.

She was one of a kind.

And it is still the same. Even after seeing the women from modern era, Eblilis is still one of a kind because if it were someone else in her place, they wouldn't have made it out.

Eblilis raised her head and looked at me wordlessly without blinking her eyes. Her eyes were like one of those machines used to scan QR codes while she was scanning me.

What I happy about is there is no repulsive hint in her eyes. There was also no despise that I always used to see. She was purely looking at me as if she was trying to figure out something.

"Then our son was born and the curse was finally broken. To be honest, I never wanted you to raise Igses. I planned for my son to be raised by more talented nannies from my palace. Who would've thought that the bonding between you and Igses would be so strong and you were one hell of a tigress who would go any length for your child. You did not give me any chance and took all the rights over Igses into your own hands."

"At that time, I didn't have any doubt on your potential to kill me if you were kept away from Igses. That raw, fierce protective love for the kid was what made me unable to take any drastic step towards you."

Eblilis, you might have me after listening to those thoughts of mine; but better hate me after knowing than to hate me for not knowing at all.

I will at least know where and how to work on the problem.

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Hello Sweeties,

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