Chapter 146 Letter I

"Is she okay now?" Looking at Treiya with a questioning gaze, Zenda questioned hoping they would at least be able to calm her down before they meet Usha and the other girls.

Treiya took it upon herself to ride with Ressha, who is looking at the sky with a blank look because she didn't want to let go of her queen, just because she wasn't mentally stable.

"We can't blame her for going insane after witnessing that hell hole every day, I'm pretty sure Eldora did some unwanted things to her," Lydia hated that look on Ressha's face because it reminded Lydia of her own mother.

But she wasn't the only one who felt sorry for Ressha, her companions also felt like that with, their hearts heavy with empathy, all of them strode through the forest, their steps slow and measured. Ressha, the dark elf queen, lay still on the horse that they had fashioned for her, her once-beautiful face contorted in pain and fear and emptiness.

After travelling through the dark elven kingdom, they entered the forest with their minds racing with questions about what had happened to her. Everyone had to wonder how anyone could be so cruel as to subject another being to such horrors and break their minds like this and when they remembered Eldora, Lydia knew it was possible.

The group pressed on, the weight of their burden growing heavier with each passing moment. Ressha moaned softly, her body wracked with pain and anguish. Lydia and the others exchanged worried glances, wondering how they could ease her suffering and bring her mind back so they could get some information.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they arrived at their kingdom passing through the forest and killing monsters they encountered. Lydia and her companions gently laid Ressha down on a soft bed after contacting Tisha, and Nym immediately began to work her magic, attempting to heal the queen's wounds and ease her pain hoping it would be effective.

"Where's Usha?" Alva questioned worriedly about her mother.

"She's sleeping, she said her body feels a lot tired recently, it looks like it is the side effect of pregnancy," Tisha answered her question wondering what would happen to her if she get pregnant by Nikol's seed, he planted her body.

As they watched Nym work, Lydia and the others silently vowed to do everything in their power to help Ressha recover from her trauma. They knew that it would be a long and difficult journey, but they were determined to see it through.

For Lydia and her companions, the fate of the dark elf queen was now their own, and they would not rest until she was safe and healed.

And they had another question in mind.

'Will dark elven queen be their friend or foe?'

This question remained inside everyone's mind, as they still couldn't believe them after all the damage they caused.

Without any result, they had to spend a whole day hoping a miracle would happen since they had no time to waste.

But the next day, Ressha's eyes fluttered open, and she let out a groan as she tried to sit up. But before she could even attempt to move, she was surrounded by a group of people who rushed into the room, their eyes ablaze with curiosity.

"She's awake!"

Lydia, the kind and gentle leader of the group, was the first to speak.

"Ressha, can you tell us what happened to you? Who did this to you?" She asked, her voice filled with concern and hoping she would be able to answer them.

Ressha's heart pounded in her chest, and she felt a wave of panic wash over her. She wasn't sure if she was ready to relive the horrors she had endured. But she also knew that she couldn't keep silent - not if she wanted to heal and move on from her trauma and another thing made her worry.

She felt a lot better after Nym's treatment, both physically and mentally, so she looked at everyone around her.

"Who are you, people?" In a meek but gentle tone, she questioned unable to identify any of them.

But before others could answers Treiya jumped and hugged Ressha with such speed, that she could have actually killed her if their heads bumped by accident,

"You're ok, I'm sorry for getting late to rescue you, my queen,"

*Sobs

While crying with her snot and tears-filled face, Treiya started begging for forgiveness from Ressha, who looked at her with happiness and quickly returned the hug.

"Nice to meet you, dark elven queen Ressha," Tisha came forward and disturbed this wholesome scene even though she didn't want because they had no time to waste. Every single second they get late, there was the danger of Nikol experiencing something they probably didn't want happening to him,

"Uhhh! Who are you?" Awakrdly, Treiya questioned.

"My name is Tisha Elastine, elven queen of this queendom and these people are humans from the alliance, we formed to fight against corrupted dark elves,"

Hearing her answer Ressha's face disfigured as she looked at everyone with a guilty face.

Even though Nym managed to heal her, the trauma she went through still remained in her causing her emotions to overwhelm her without any limitations.

Suddenly Ressha jumped throwing off Treiya and kissed Tisha's foot with her whole face drenched in tears while muttering,

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, It's all because of me, I deserve to die," She kept blabbering like a mad woman causing everyone to pity her.

"Tell us what happened, we will be able to help you and you can help us," Coming forward, Lydia touched her shoulder and asked her to stand up while the other girls just kept looking at her. Eva and Alva had tons of questions to ask, but she decided to leave everything to the brains of their group.

Taking a deep breath, Ressha began to speak, her voice shaking at first but growing stronger with each passing moment. She told them about the brutal captivity she had endured, about the unspeakable torture she had endured at the hands of her captors.

"I had to witness how they make girls suffer, they tie those girls onto a platter and bash them with something that looked like a whip until they started showing the signs of transformation," Her teeth clenched as soon as she said that and her eyes twitched in horror.

"It was hell! I had to listen to their screams and I witnessed how they whipped them until either they transformed or died,"

Some of the girls left the room unable to listen to this story, even Eva, who had the strongest resistance to things like that felt sick hearing all these things.

"I think with curse magic, they lose part of their mind which has kindness,"

They couldn't imagine anyone being capable of such cruelty, and they were filled with a burning desire to seek justice for Ressha and the girls, who had to go through this.

As Ressha continued to speak, she felt a sense of catharsis wash over her. She had kept her pain and suffering bottled up inside for so long, but now she was finally able to share it with people who cared about her and what happened to her. It was like she was able to find a drop of water, when she was walking in a dead desert.

By the time Ressha finished speaking, the room was filled with a heavy silence. Lydia and the others exchanged meaningful glances, their hearts heavy with empathy for the dark elf queen.

It was clear to Ressha that she had found allies and friends in Lydia and her companions. They would stand by her side and help her heal from her trauma, no matter what challenges lay ahead. She felt like trusting the people of alliance and supporting them, so they could stop whatever her own race is doing hoping it would lead to peace.

Lydia had another question to ask that was about the one thing the dark elf queen had been clutching tightly when they had rescued her from her captors. Lydia had been curious about its contents ever since.

"Ressha," she looked at her with pity and questioned,

"That letter you were holding when we found you, can you tell us what it said?"

Ressha hesitated for a moment, her eyes flickering with uncertainty. But then she made up her mind and held out the letter to Lydia.

"If you're talking about the piece of paper on my hand, it wasn't me who kept it, It was Eldora," She said quietly and wondered what it contained.

Upon her request, Alva quickly brought the letter and gave her to take a closer look.

'The ethereal entities existing beyond our mortal realm, often presumed to embody benevolent traits, are in fact not imbued with the virtuous nature ascribed to them by our limited understanding'

"What does this mean?" Alva curiously asked giving her the letter to observe.

Treiya silently watched everything that was happening without making a scene, in case she want to help her queen.

"This is..." As soon as she saw that, her hands started shaking like it was pure fear for her and looked at the crowd with fear.