421 Memories From Her Past
“Are you telling the truth that you will fulfil any of my wishes?”
The young girl wearing a long beautiful white dress was sitting on the rock at the river bank as her feet played with the water of the river. The sun shined brightly in the sky as the cold breeze played with her long honey blond hair that was left beautifully open with a few strands moved back to secure at the back of her head with the gold accessory.
With her happily excited looking caramel eyes, she looked at the tall man who was standing a little ahead in the river water, facing his back at her. His dark long hair moved along the cold breeze and the bottom of the royal looking blue robe was dipped in the river water.
He simply nodded to what she asked.
“Okay, then I will make a wish,” she said looking at the man who didn’t even turn to look at her but instead looked at the clear sky and mountain ahead of him.
She closed her eyes and made a silent wish as a pleasant smile painted on her lips as if she was wishing for something really important.
“Okay, done. Did you receive my wish?” she asked.
The man seemed to be frozen in his place and did not respond to her.
Not getting any response from him, the young girl pouted her lips, “You can not go back on your promise okay. You once said if you make a promise to someone, you are abide to fulfil it as it becomes their destiny. You can not take away my destiny now. Tell me, did you receive my wish?”
The man didn’t respond and she could not guess what he was thinking as he was standing with his back facing her.
“Fine, in case you didn’t receive it, I will say it allowed,” she said and waited for his reaction but there was none. “I wish to have a son like you who will be powerful and as kind as you. He will be a glorious one who will protect, love and care for everyone. Just like you, he won’t hesitate to sacrifice himself for others. But he won’t be lonely like you and he will be loved by everyone around him,” she stopped and looked at him, “I said it aloud and I know you heard it. Now you have to fulfil your promise. Did you hear me?”
There was no response from him and she cried out, “Once you said you can not see tears in my eyes and you said you will never let me cry. If you won’t fulfill your promise, I will only cry,” her voice turned sad and she looked like she would cry soon, “You can not break your promise…You can not….Did you hear me or I will only cry….”
A distant voice was disappearing and Esther woke up in shock. She looked around in her bedchamber in panic and realized she was not somewhere else but in her bed. Her husband was not next to her which means he had left early morning.
Inhaling deeply she sat in her bed and put her hand on her chest which was beating faster, ‘This…Why did I see this? It happened hundreds of years back then why suddenly. Why did he show up?’ she felt anxious as there was no answer to it.
Just then a servant entered her chamber and bowed to the Queen, “Good Morning, Your Majesty.”
Esther who was disturbed by her dream, got back to her senses, “Good Morning, Saira”
“Your Majesty, it seems like Lady Clarisa will give birth to a child soon. The royal physician headed to the Vermilion palace after Lady Clarisa had started getting labour pain.”
Esther nodded and stepped out of the bed as she had to hurry to go there.
“I will help you get ready, Your Majesty,” the servant said and called for others as well.
They helped their Queen to get ready and already had the Queen’s carriage arranged at the entrance of her residence.
Just as the Queen’s carriage reached the Vermillion palace, the King’s Carriage reached there as well.
Both the King and the Queen hurried to go inside and reached outside Lady Clarissa’s bedchamber. The entire area around it was made vacant and other than Lady Clarisa’s servants, the Royal physician and his apprentices and King and the Queen and their personal servants, no one was allowed to enter.
From outside of the bedchamber, they could hear Lady Clarisa’s painful cries. King Theron instinctively held Esther’s hand as worry covered his face.
Esther held his hand and patted it, “Everything will be fine soon. I will go inside and check. You can stay here.”
King Theron nodded and she left to go inside the bedchamber while the King waited anxiously outside.
Inside the bedchamber, it was filled with the painful cries of Lady Clarisa as she was trying to push the baby out and the lady apprentices were instructing her on what to do while taking care of her. Lady Tyra was already present there to handle everything.
Esther looked at her worriedly and prayed for everything to be fine. Soon after there were loud cries inside the bedchamber and there were wide smiles on everyone’s faces. Smiling pleasantly while her eyes filled with happy tears, Esther looked at the newborn baby and felt speechless. The happiness she was feeling, didn’t allow her to say a word.
“It’s a prince, Your Majesty,” The royal physician informed.
Esther walked towards the bed where Lady Clarisa was lying, feeling tired to her bones. Esther held her hand gently and said, “You did well, Lady Clarisa. Congratulations! You are the mother of a beautiful Prince.”
Even though she was exhausted, Lady Clarisa smiled at the genuine words from Esther, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Esther looked at the little life in the lady apprentice’s hand who was cleaning him before wrapping him in a soft cloth. “Our Prince looks like his father,” Esther said and looked at Lady Tyra to which she nodded happily, “Yes, Your Majesty.”
The royal physician went outside the chamber and informed the king, “Your Majesty, Congratulations on having a Prince. Baby and the mother, both are absolutely fine.”
King Theron, who was anxious and worried till now, felt relieved hearing it and wished to see his child as soon as possible.
“Congratulations, Your Majesty,” Sir Galien wished his liege who accepted with a happy nod.
Esther came outside to wish her husband. She looked at him happily, “Congratulations, Theron. You are a father now.”
With moist eyes, he looked at her, “Then, aren’t you his mother as well?”
She was the same as him, who was trying to control her tears, “Of course I am.”
King Theron hugged her, “Then I should congratulate you for being a mother.”
“Thank you,” She said as she hugged him back.
When everything was set inside the bedchamber and the baby was calm, the King was allowed to enter the bedchamber.
He looked at Esther, “Aren’t you coming?”
“I have seen the baby. You take your time with him,” Esther said as she stayed outside and sent King Theron alone to see his child and then to meet his concubine.
When King Theron entered the bedchamber, the servants attending Lady Clarisa bowed to him and left the chamber.
He went to the bed, and asked, “How are you now, Lady Clarisa?” His words were filled with genuine worry for her. After hearing her painful cries while standing outside, his heart was not at ease and he felt worried for her.
“I am fine, Your Majesty,” she replied in her weak and tired voice.
Lady Tyra carried the baby to King Theron. Seeing a little life, his own child, he felt emotional and happy at the same time.
“You can hold the prince, Your Majesty?” Lady Tyra offered.
First, he felt scared to hold such a tiny body in his hands, feeling worried that he might not be able to hold it properly but Lady Tyra instructed him how to. The next moment that little body was in his arms and he could not express in words how he was feeling.
‘My son!’
His eyes were moist with so many new emotions at the moment while his trembling lips curved into a pleasant smile.
Lady Clarisa could clearly understand what her husband was feeling at the moment. She let him admire the baby in silence.
King Theron walked towards the bed with the baby in his arms and sat at the edge of the bed. He looked at her, “Thank you so much for giving me this happiness,” he said.
“You don’t have to thank me, Your Majesty. I am fortunate to be able to do so,” she replied politely while lying in bed.
“Still, You have given me something so precious. I would like you to ask me anything you want. And I will try my best to fulfil it if it is in my capability,” he said. “Please don’t say no to my request.”
Lady Clarisa didn’t even think for a moment as she smiled, feeling content over it as it was the first time her husband had shown affection towards her.
“Then, I would like Your Majesty to call me only Clarisa instead of Lady Clarisa. It feels like you are calling a stranger,” she commented with a light chuckle.
King Theron smiled, “That’s it?”
She nodded, “Hmm.”
“Fine, from now on I will call you Clarisa.”
“Thank you for granting my wish, Your Majesty,” she said happily.
By now she was sure that her husband would never love the same way as he loved his first wife but she had given the king what his first wife could not give and she felt content with it. There was a meaning to her existence and she was not just his concubine. She was now the mother of the Prince of this kingdom.