The Search For The Reincarnated Queen

Ben woke up on his couch with throbbing painful arms.

He has to carry Macky to his house before Aunt Sussie came and find out that they did a ritual in her house without her permission.

He stood up and checked Macky who's sleeping in his bed.

He's still a fully grown man.

His appearance looks extremely far from what he used to look like, yet he's still undeniably charming.

E suddenly popped out of nowhere with Tram on her back, smiling.

"Good morning!" Tram greeted.

"He looks so handsome~" E commented and entered the room.

Tram went down from his mother's back and ran around the house, while E sat down on the bed and stared at Macky.

"I'm so happy for Macky," she whispered and took a deep breath, "I'm so lucky to see this moment."

It was one of Macky's wish, to grow just like everyone else.

Even though she treats Macky and Pen just like any kid, she knows what they feel.

"We'll tell Pen about this, but we'll have to inform Taylan about this first." Ben leans on the frame door while staring at Macky's sleeping face.

It bothers him that they can't tell Taylan about Eli's situation.

How will he understand that Eli's not herself?

If only he can see the real Eli, then he can see that something's wrong.

"Did anything new happened with Eli?" Ben asked, they weren't able to go back and check Eli yesterday, maybe something happened.

E shook her head, "We weren't able to go to the library. We had to go back to the castle since Tram's once again fading. They were preparing the Kingdom for their return."

It was beautiful, just like how it used to look before.

She felt as if she was back again in the past.

"I see. Then, we should go back now." Ben went out and cooked breakfast while Macky still sleeps peacefully.

After the pain he had to go through, it's as if his whole body was drained of energy.

Oberon and Velo came to Aunt Susie's house a few minutes after they heard that Eli's back.

Velo hugged her tightly, he felt so happy that she's fine, and guilty at the same time that he wasn't able to do anything when he was taken in front of her.

"Aw, I'm good, no need to feel that way!" Eli pats Velo's back to assure him.

Oberon and Aunt Sussie went to the kitchen to start making the potion while Eli and Velo stayed in the living room to have a talk.

"You mean you're stuck in your mind the whole time?" Velo stare at Eli with his jaw dropped.

Eli raised her brows repeatedly and chuckled, "Yeah. It was really weird as if I was watching a movie."

Oberon and Aunt Sussie listen to their conversation while making a potion that will be used for the ritual.

The smell of the fragrant flowers and roots filled the room. It was relaxing enough for Eli to doze off. She laid down on the couch and took a nap while Velo assisted Oberon and Aunt Sussie.

"I'm glad that she's back," Velo smiled.

Aunt Sussie nodded, "Yes, I knew something was wrong with her when she agreed to stay with Taylan. She wouldn't do that."

Oberon put the last touch of the potion, a leaf of a wild rose, then the fragrant disappeared. A sudden dark smoke emerged for a while then it also vanished, then the potion turned lavender in color with the roots, leaves, and stems floating.

"It's ready, wake Eli up," Oberon ordered.

Aunt Sussie woke Eli and brought her to the kitchen where Oberon waits for her.

"Okay, so what do I do?" Eli asked in excitement.

This is the first time she saw Oberon and Velo do shaman things.

She feels like a kid in a circus for the first time.

She even hops a bit on her feet while waiting for Oberon's orders.

"Put both your hands in the pot," Oberon said.

Eli went forward and faced the potion, "Isn't this hot?" She asked.

From what she saw earlier, there was smoke coming from the pot.

Oberon shook his head, "No. Don't worry."

Eli took a deep breath and slowly drips her fingers first. She felt a weird type of warmth. It was calling her to put her whole hand on the potion and close her eyes.

It feels as if it's cleansing her soul and mind.

When Oberon saw that Eli's already in the ritual, Velo started chanting the spell.

Not long after, the lavender color turned black and sticky.

They all looked at each other with terror in their eyes, while Eli with her eyes still closed, felt a weird uncomfortable sensation around her hands.

She opened her eyes and saw the black sticky liquid. She was about to remove her hands but Oberon stopped her.

"Don't. We still need to know where the caster is, and his objective." He said.

Eli took a deep breath and looked at Aunt Sussie with a disgusted look and even stick out her tongue.

Aunt Sussie smiled and pats Eli's back, "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

"While Velo finds out about the caster, why don't you tell me, what do you think of the King?" Velo smirked and wiggles his brows.

Aunt Sussie nodded at Velo's question and folded her arms, then looked at Eli. She's also curious. Now that Eli knows about him, she wonders what she thinks about Taylan and the others.

Eli looked away with a blush when she remembered how cheesy she was last night about Taylan calling her name.

"I... um," Eli cleared her throat and tried to shake herself from the thought, but she failed. "I kinda... you know," she murmurs.

"What?" Aunt Sussie teased.

"I think I like him..." Eli whispers, "I think it's because he was the past me's husband. I mean, I'm not here, but I can remember all her memories which makes me feel that I was her, but clearly, I am not." Eli's words were fast that she looked like she was arguing with herself.

Aunt Sussie and Velo looked at each other with grins on their faces while Eli's still thinking about her feelings for Taylan, then she remembered Willow.

"But... I found out something," Eli's voice was faint and sad.

Aunt Sussie and Velo's grin changed into worried looks, "What?" They asked.

Even Oberon's attention turned to what Eli wants to tell them.

"The Queen had a past relationship with Willow," she whispered, afraid that someone else may hear her, even though they're the only ones in the house.

Velo gasped, while Aunt Sussie's eyes grew wide with her lips tightly closed, Oberon didn't even react.

It's already a rumor around the shamans before, but only them knows about it since it was a shaman who removed the Queen's memories.

"And... since I remember that, you know, I kind of have that feeling for Willow."

"What feeling? You like him?" Velo asked.

"No," Eli shook her head, "Not that... maybe I feel bad and sad at the same time, but I don't hate him for what he did. I feel bad because we weren't able to fight for our relationship--- wait, it's not my relationship. It's their relationship... it's her King... not mine."

Eli's face suddenly turned sour then she turned quiet.

Oberon pulls Eli's hands from the potion and wiped it with a clean cloth.

"It's confirmed that this Vanford put you under a spell for making you drink a potion that he made. The spell was full of revenge and anger." He said and pulled out a vial of blue liquid.

"Drink this whenever you feel like you're going out of control, you can stop taking this when your body goes back to normal."

Eli took the vial then looked at Oberon with nervousness, "Does that mean Vanford can control my body again?"

Oberon nodded and held Eli's hand tightly, "That's why you should drink that potion, it'll protect you from being held back down to his spell."

Aunt Sussie sighed and pats Eli's head, "Don't worry, we're here. Why don't you take a shower then we'll go to the library to talk to Taylan?"

Eli nodded and left, while Velo and Oberon looked at the dark potion before them.

"It's not a simple spell, isn't it?" Aunt Sussie asked.

"It's not even a spell, Sussana," Oberon rested his hand on the table and looked down on the ground, "It's a curse. Eli's under a curse, and I'm afraid, that it's already rooted in her blood."

Velo furrowed his brows, "What? Already? But she looks like she's getting over it!"

Aunt Sussie felt her whole body crumble in fear, she sat down on a stool and covered her face with her hand.

"No, that only shows that Eli's under the curse completely and it's used to make everyone think, including Eli, that she's back to normal. It's a trick. You told me, Sussana, that her emotions are full of anger and revenge, right?"

Aunt Sussie nodded.

"Then, she'll continue feeling that way, and this time, it'll be her own emotion. It's dangerous, because she may not know it, but she'll someday find herself stabbing either of the guards or Taylan."

Velo looked away with a frown while listening to Oberon.

"That potion I gave her, it's for her to keep her emotions at a b.a.r.e minimum. That means she will still feel like she's stuck in her mind, but at least she won't act according to her emotion."

Aunt Sussie looked at Oberon with red eyes from crying, "What can break the curse?"

Oberon stared back at Aunt Sussie and answered her with a serious expression, "It'll vanish once she's claimed by the King. It'll clean her blood of the curse, and she'll be reborn as the Queen again."

Taylan and the other just finished taking back all their things in the library to the castle. Starting today, they will stay in their old home.

Taylan was sitting quietly while reviewing the work he left 500 years ago in his office when Trace came, "My Lord," he greeted and bowed, "Everything's done. You can look around the castle if you intend to change some things."

Taylan nodded and followed Trace, but whenever someone approaches them, he'll ask: "Is the Queen back?" or "She's here?"

Trace and the others grew tired of his asking, and while they were looking around the throne room, Jace opened the conversation.

"My King, we can go back to the library if you're waiting for the Queen."

Jade sighed that finally, someone told him that.

But Trace shook his head.

Lasy night, Eli specifically asked that she'll go back when she's ready and has processed everything. If he goes back, it'll only show that he's not keeping his agreement with Eli.

"No need, she'll go back here anyway," Taylan said and walked towards his throne.

He wiped his finger on the golden chair, and as expected, it's clean. No peck of dust was seen on his fingertips.

Then he walked towards the Queen's throne.

When will Eli go back? What if she doesn't go back? What if she can't accept who she is? What if she runs away from him?

What if all those years of waiting go to waste because his Queen will never go back to him?

But she was so close to him last night, if she already acted that way, there's a possibility that she'll come back.

He just has to wait.

If in her past life, Taylan was rushing to make her his Queen, this time, he'll take his time and let her decide.