CHAPTER XXXVIII
"Caelum's POV: The Wish that Could Rewrite Fate"
Inside the Mother Fairy's Palace
I had finally reached her palace — the heart of all power, all decisions, all fate.
And now… it was time.
Time to speak the wish I had carried in silence for lifetimes.
A wish that could make me immortal.
But before I stepped inside, I turned to my sisters — Olivia and Ivory — and asked them to wait outside the magic chamber.
> "Stand guard," I told them. "No one must enter. And no one must hear what I'm about to say."
They nodded, trusting me, even if they didn't understand the storm rising inside me.
I walked into the chamber — my steps silent, but every corner of the room seemed to already know I had arrived.
She knew I was here.
> Mother Fairy.
Her back was turned to me, her gaze fixed on the distant portraits of every princess fairy that had ever existed — legacies etched in time.
And I broke the silence.
> "I've come to ask something of you," I said, my voice calm — too calm.
She didn't turn. But her words cut through the air like a whisper laced with fire.
> "Speak, Cael. Or… should I call you Vorgath?"
I smiled. A cold, practiced smile that masked the fury curling behind my ribs.
> "Vorgath?" I repeated with a soft laugh. "You really think that's all I am? Just the evil shadow of someone long dead?"
I stepped closer, my voice hardening.
> "You forget why I exist. I was born not from evil, but from your own sins. You… who placed me in the body of your dead daughter — Caelum. You, who created me with your own cruelty, your silence, your refusal to undo the damage."
She didn't flinch.
> "I know," she said quietly.
And then… she finally turned.
Her eyes met mine, soft but steady.
> "I couldn't fix what I broke," she admitted. "So the Moon God did it for me. He created someone for you. A soul born to love you, to save you. Your true soulmate."
My hands clenched.
> "You mean the one who will love me just to destroy me in every lifetime?"
"The one who will search for me, cry for me, and then — the moment we touch — end me?"
I could feel my voice shaking now — not with weakness, but with unbearable rage.
> "You call that salvation? You call that love? That's not a soulmate. That's a curse."
> "I will never become Caelum again. And I will never come back here once I'm gone. You took everything from me — and now I will take back the only thing you still try to hold over me."
I stepped closer — not pleading, but demanding.
> "I'm giving you one chance to make it right. Let the Goddess grant me three wishes."
She was silent for a breath.
And then…
> "I already know what you seek," she said softly.
Her eyes didn't show resistance.
Only quiet sorrow.
> "And yes… I will grant them. I may not be proud of you… but you are still mine."
"Just like Olivia. Just like Ivory."
"Even if you are the daughter I tried to forget — you are still my daughter."
The chamber fell into silence.
But inside me…
The storm had just begun.
"The Three Wishes of a Shadowed Soul"
For the first time in what felt like an eternity…
> A smile found its way to my face.
A real one.
Not the mask I wore to hide my anger. Not the curve of lips meant to deceive or manipulate.
But a smile born of clarity — of purpose.
The shadows that once consumed me felt lighter now.
Because I knew… this was it.
The moment everything could change.
I stood there — not as a villain, not as a victim — but as a soul who had survived everything.
And then, with all the spirits watching — the four beings of fate, the five sacred elements, the very wind around us —
> I spoke my wishes aloud.
One by one.
> "First," I said, my voice steady but soft, "I want Rira to have a new life."
> "A life untouched by pain, by the past, by loss. A life where she can start again — where her soul gets the peace it was once denied."
A breeze stirred, as if her name still carried weight in the air.
> "Second," I continued, a flicker of pride blooming in my chest,
"I wish for Lunaria Noir to regain her honor. Her name. Her strength."
> "Let the world remember her not with fear or blame — but with respect."
> "Let her land rise again, proud and powerful, not because of what she lost… but because of what she stood for."
My voice shook a little now.
Because the third wish…
It was the one I had buried deepest.
> "And third," I whispered, fire rising in my eyes,
"I wish for freedom. True, complete freedom."
> "No more curses. No more chains wrapped in destiny's name. I don't want to be a vessel, a weapon, or a sacrifice."
> "And when I fight… let me hold power equal to my enemies. Let half of their strength be mine."
> "Let me never kneel again."
Silence followed.
But it didn't last.
Because then…
> Mother Fairy smiled.
Not with pity. Not with superiority.
But with something gentler. Something that almost looked like… pride.
And when she spoke — her voice was no longer just her own.
> It echoed through the chamber.
Through the palace.
Through the winds of Fairyland.
And then — the entire world.
> "I, the God-Fairy… grant the three wishes of Princess Caelum Lunaria Noir," she declared.
"From this moment forth, may her soul be free of every curse. Let no shadow claim her. Let no fate bend her."
"Her word is truth. Her will — unbreakable."
> "She is no longer bound."
And just like that… I was free.
Truly, fully free.
I could feel it — the curse lifting from my skin like smoke. The weight gone from my bones.
I was no longer Vorgath. No longer a prisoner of pain or prophecy.
> I was Caelum.
And when the magic faded, when the silence returned, she looked at me again.
Mother Fairy.
> "Now that you're free… where will you go?" she asked, her voice soft.
I didn't even hesitate.
> "To marry Celeste," I said with a smile that held every piece of my truth.
"No one can take her from me now."
Not fate.
Not gods.
Not death.
Not even time.
She's mine.
And I…
> Am finally enough to love her freely.
To be continue....