THE GUEST ROOM 2

2 days passed. They arrive at the Western kingdom.

“My Queen of the Western kingdom” She bowed and they successfully enter the Western and talked to the King in the throne hall

“As the next Heir of the Celestial Kingdom, we are here to bring back His Highness. The prince is sick” She kneeled down with the King and Queen of the Western Kingdom.

For the month of her staying and examining the prince in the Western, the prince is becoming weak. The Magi and Priestess are always coming to the Palace to bless the prince.

Lily is always beside him, taking care of him every time. The Queen called Almira for urgent something. Almira cry and told the Queen it was her fault why he was sick, but the queen told her that it was a curse by the goddess of curses.

“I am sorry but we have no time to discuss this” the queen is crying and being overtaken by her emotions

“I don’t know how to say this, but for the sake of my son, can I ask you a favor?” she nodded

“Anything… your majesty”

“Someone should go to the Moon goddess. Only the goddess can talk to her…”

“I want to help but I’m not a goddess…” Queen was unbelivable

“You didn’t know that you are a goddess?” she shook her head

“You have this mark on the back of your hand,” a priest comes in

“You are the protector,” the King says

“Since the day you stepped here in the Western Kingdom, you were glowing just like a moon. That’s how we know you are the goddess. You have the power that no one has. You are the only one who can save him” The priest explained. Queen holds her hands.

A guard runs toward them, saying he is at risk. She and the Queen hurriedly run to his room and saw him writhing in pain and the priestess are all around him purring all their powers to save him. She can’t handle seeing him being in that situation.

“Your majesty, please tell me where the goddess of the moon is.” the Queen told her everything. The dos and don’ts.

“In the mountain of Luna, there is a fall there. The goddess is staying there during the Lunar eclipse. She will come down,” the queen said as she realize something.

“That will be tomorrow evening”

“You must go now…you will arrive here tomorrow evening,” she nodded. She looks at Lucas.

"I promise to heal you," she declares and embarks on a journey across towering mountains and treacherous rivers infested with snake bites. Undeterred by the injuries, she persists in her quest for a solution, eventually reaching Luna Mountain on a fateful night. Despite the bitter cold, she calls out the name "Luna" in a desperate attempt for help, but no response comes. As she gazes at the Moon, she comprehends that she must wait patiently until the moon is entirely cloaked in crimson. Because of tiredness, she fell asleep under the small tree-hugging herself.

An hour passed she woke up to the noise of dry leave like someone was coming in her direction. Behind the tree, there is a woman in a silver dress and her whole body was shining like a moon bright and beautiful. Almira Smiled.

“It’s her.” She said. The Moon Goddess was shocked and almost tried to kill her.

“How dare you come to my place…” Almira smiled

“Please help me highest Luna…” She tried to come closer but the goddess step back

“Who are you?!!” the goddess said angrily. Almira raised her head crying looking at the goddess. The goddess was stunned to speak.

“Please help me…” crying

“Lara…? No, you must be Almira, right?” Almira interestedly nodded.

“How did you know my name?” Almira asked

“You are the reincarnation of Lara the goddess of protection my sister… but before you die you wanted to be named Almira…why are you here crying?”

“How can I save the man I love from the goddess of cursed…?” the moon goddess was too stunted to speak again by what Almira said

“You are needed on the earth. You have to protect them against that traitor woman not fall in love”

“How can I help them if I can’t protect him?” the goddess holds her hand and a flashback of a woman appears

“You already meet her!” Almira was confused

“You cannot easily defeat a goddess. If you want to live longer, you must not try to save him…” Almira insisted to know the cure for him. The goddess let out a big sigh. I can’t help you with that. Besides you do not belong to that world. The gods write your prophecy soon you’ll be back in the Heavenly realm”

“Prophecy…?” the goddess Luna good. She takes the scroll and read it

“In realms unknown, where shadows twirl, A guardian formed, yet fate unfurls. Bound not to mortal soil nor crest, To protect the world, in sacrifice, I'm pressed.”

“I don’t care about my prophecy. Highest Luna, we need him. I need him…”

“You really don’t understand once you sacrifice yourself, your soul will scatter and never be reborn ever again. Then how will you protect the people..” She was thinking of an answer.

“Please, this will be my last protection from them. It’s better for me to do it than to let them suffer in the goddess of cursed hands.

“Is there a weapon to kill a god and save someone?”

"How advantageous, isn't it? Truly, there exists a method to rescue someone by slaying a deity. However, a mere sword and power alone cannot vanquish a goddess. Even if you possess the role of a protector goddess, eliminating the cursed goddess is no simple feat. It necessitates combining all your resources and efforts into a singular endeavor."

There are two options: firstly, he must die for the curse's goddess to depart, or secondly, you must offer him as a sacrifice to vanquish a deity and save the spirit of the man you dear. However, this choice will bring upon the Earth hardships such as poverty, crime, and various misfortunes that its inhabitants will endure.” She takes too long to choose.

“I trust him… He can rule them..”

“Seems like you really want to save him.” Almira bites her lower lip

“I’ll offer you a good sacrificial most important in this world” Goddess looked at her

“Take my life”

“you’re going to sacrifice yourself?!” the goddess was angrily yelling at her but Almira just nodded

“No, the heavenly realm will forbid it…Then please tell them it’s my decision” The goddess let go with a big sigh.

“Then Listen to me carefully..” the goddess gives her the answer

“After you do that, come back here on the next full moon to start, and be careful she’s just inside the palace” She nodded. Luna gave her a small bottle of a liquid that was shining to let him drink.

On her way to the Western Kingdom, she met Lily transforming into a goddess

“I won’t gonna let you go this time. He’s mine” Almira got angry at her. Lily strangled her with her power.

“He doesn’t love you…” Lily smirk

“Boys are too easy to manipulate”

“He is not a boy” Lily laughed. She throws her into the tree and the blood comes out of her mouth.

“I will never leave him” Lily got angry and the light from the sky shine on Lily which makes her scared and weak. It was the goddess of the moon who came down with her shining white carriage and fight for her.

“Luna, you know the consequence of fighting with a god don’t you?” She told Almira to get in the carriage to bring her back. Guards and soldiers are helping her to bring her inside, but instead of letting herself rest, she immediately runs into Lucas to let him drink the water of life. Lily was there holding a knife, raising her hand, ready to kill him.

“If I cannot get him, it’s better to kill him now”

“Nooo!!!” a light comes out of Almira’s palm and pushed Lily out onto the window of the room. Almira hugged and kissed Lucas on his forehead and let him drink it.

The Queen asked her to come into the conference hall. She tells the Queen of everything that happened in the Mountain with the goddess Luna.

“Princess, you cannot do that. You are the next in line for the title of Queen” looking down on herself.

“I cannot rule our kingdom without my king…” Her tears start to fall

“After ritual let him marry my sister… this is the only thing I can do for him. And let him Free him and the next generation of your family in the hands of the curse diety” She kneeled to the queen to approve her decision. Queen bitterly agreed.

“You really love my son...”

“Not even a single gold can replace him” Almira smiled. The Queen smiled at her bitterly and nodded

On the next day, the 3 powerful magi and priests come to the Western Kingdom for the ritual of soul transferring. Everything is ready. Almira lay down beside Lucas and held his hand.

“You will be free” Every power that taking away from her will remove her memory one by one, especially the only person she loves the most. Half of her soul was transferred to him

“Lucas…” she murmured

2 days after the Ritual ended, she goes back to the Celestial Kingdom she becomes more lonely and sad sitting in her window holding the hairpin and looking at other people without feeling interested.

“Sister…?” Almira looked at her and smiled

Almira told her what she needs to do after he woke up

“I can’t… sister I can’t let you do that please…” Both can’t help but cry

“In a world so vast, a great man stands, Protector until the end, he commands.Together, you'll bear a child, love's sweet blend, Happily ever after, your journey transcends. My joy passes on, my happiness anew, For in your bliss, I'll find solace too.” Almira smiled happily.

“Did Mom and Grandma know about this?” she nodded happily

“Tomorrow the prince will come here… be happy… there is no time the goddess Luna put the goddess of cursed into sleep for a little while. She can’t hold her too much, she is too powerful and my memory will be empty. Only my last spear of soul and power remain he might never remember me after he woke up but we must to help them this earth needs a balance ”

“I will repay you someday sister… we will meet again as relatives…” She just nods in answer

In the morning, the Western arrived at the Celestial Kingdom. The prince walked without knowing, looking at Almira. Almira smiled, knowing that her memory is now starting to be blank.

“Your Highness…?” the young lady gives her a way but

“Wh- who are you?” everyone looks at her with sadness. The young lady introduced herself as one of the ladies in waiting. Almira didn’t talk and was guided by her mother to the hall of marriage.

“Please be my wife…” he’s holding her sister’s hand. Her sister looked at her with sadness. She just nodded with a big smile.

The ceremony ended. Almira looked at them with a bitter smile. She goes back to her room and started to become weaker and lossing more memories.

“Take a rest, my love…” Mother Queen said

“Who are you…?” she said weakly

“I am your favorite grandma,” patting her head and trying to stop her tears from falling

“You might forget about us but please don’t forget about him…” Claire said. Almira was curious.

“Lucas…” Mother Queen whispered in her ear. Almira was so very happy hearing his name.

“Lucas...” repeating his name until she falls asleep and everyone leaves

The moon goddess appears in her dream

“My dear… you must hurry up. She is going to wake up soon” Almira wakes up with a heavy breath and an anxious expression.

She left her room running. Her ladies and waiting were trying to stop and calm her down. She always tripped on the floor and broke down. She saw a man wearing a pair of boots standing in front of her. She looked up and see Lucas and he looked her in the eye

“Your eyes look familiar…” the ladies-in-waiting helped her to stand up. Lucas turn around ready to leave Almira spoke.

“Lucas…” Lucas was stund and face the lady. She was smiling. He helped her to bring her to her room. He stayeed there for a second looking at Almira. And he left

“Now you must rest, your highness. Tomorrow will be the wedding” The lady-in-waiting holds her hand with worry. Almira woked up again and looked on Silvia’s eyes

“Who is he?” Almira tried to remember him until

“Lucas...” she runs again, but she finds him with her sister kissing her forehead in front of another room. They both looked happy

She goes back to her room “What’s your name my friend?…” she called one of her ladies-in-waiting “Silvia… Your Highness” she replies

“I have no time…” she weakly says

“It’s better for him to erase me from his memory for the sake of his life. Silvia be my sister’s Ladies in waiting protect them with your life” Silvia hug her.

“This is now our last goodbye…Don’t tell them I’m leaving”

“I must go now…” they all nodded. She leaves the castle holding the hair clip. From Lucas’s room, she saw them standing, watching her leave. She just smiles at them and raises her hand and wave. Almira saw Lucas watching her she wave the hair clip on him. And Lucas feeling become stronger when he saw her and that hair clip. A shining carriage comes and arrives along with the goddess Luna. She places her hand on her chest, hugging the hair clip.

“Lucas… I’m doing this for Lucas. I must save Lucas, I need to save Lucas, I love Lucas” she says repeatedly while walking through the goddess of moon’s carriage.

“Wait!!” a manly voice from the distance shouted as she turns, she saw Lucas running towards her.

The two Queens were rushly running out of the palace.

She looked at the moon goddess and ask, “Can I?…” the moon goddess let her.

“I’ll do my best to stop the Deity…” Almira smiled and thanked her, and she runs and hugs him.

“I don’t remember you… but my heart knows who you are since the first time I saw you in the hallway…” Almira can’t help but cry with happiness

“I love you…” Lucas kissed her. And everyone saw it

“May I know your name?” she giggles

“It’s…”

She opens her hand and there’s a name on it

“Almira…” Lucas Kneel and hold her hand and knell down

“Almira, can you be my wife?” She was too stunned to speak.

“I do...” he stands and hugs her. The moon goddess disappeared happily.

Both spend the night with warmth and happiness on their first night. Arctic wind and full moon. Almira dreams of meeting the moon goddess again.

“You have to act. She’s awake now,” Almira woke up catching her breath. She looked at him, peacefully sleeping. She saw the moon goddess on her window, reaching her hand into her. She hold it and a flash of pictures wind her mind, and the goddess disappears.

She kissed Lucas’s forehead. “I’m sorry… I love you…” and she leaves

Almira knocked on her sister’s bedroom. The door opens, and she gives a letter to her sister to take care of him and their mother and grandma. She requests 600 battalions to protect the kingdom and 4 continent rescue for help. And the Eastern palace helped too.

In the middle of the night, Lucas woke up from the noise outside the palace, and no Almira was on his side. He searches for her, but she is gone. Her sister Claire gives the letter to him.

After he reads the letter, He cried at the top of his lungs and shouted,

“I’M SO SORRY!” he repeatedly apologise

“Don’t try to find her… that’s her last words” she bitterly smiled

When the Lunar eclipse starts the wedding also starts and all soldiers are patrolling outside and inside the palace.

Almira is facing the abyss of the magical ocean of sacrificing.

“Almira… the sacrifice must start now…” She stands and steps into the air she entered the circle of the moon and breath. She looked at the moon goddess and asked her

“May I know your name?” the goddess smile

“You don’t have to…” She both laughs

There is a cloud of black smoke from the ground. She kneels, closing her eyes.

“You may now kiss the bride,” Claire smiled. Almira saw it from her vision.

***

After the vows

“Save her now…” Lucas runs and rides the horse to save her

Goddess of the moon reaches down-pointing to her chest

“Goodbye sister” she levitated and a soul coming out of her chest makes her shout in pain.

A flashback of her memory from the very start of her journey here

“Goodbye, Mom, Goodbye Grandma, Goodbye Claire, Lady Silvia, Celestial Kingdom, Western Kingdom, Goodbye Lucas, Goodbye Prince Lucas… Thank you, Sister” Almira said. The goddess sadly looked away and disappeared.

She starts to vomit a lot of blood. She just smiles, and little by little her tears were falling and her remaining soul scattered into a thin air.

Lucas saw her laying down on the ground. He gently raised her head and put it on his lap, trying to wake her up.

“Don’t leave me…” begging her and hugging her

“Who are you...?” she asked

“Why?” he asked

“I’m doing this for Lucas. I must save Lucas. I want Lucas to be safe. I love you Lucas” She reaches up to her hand and touches his face gently and shakingly. He holds her hand tight, but her hand is slowly now falling, and her eyes start to close. Her body starts to scatter to ashes and only the hair clip is left. He saw it and held it tightly, a soul of Almira standing in front of him watching him crying.

“I love you so much” She smiled and disappeared

Moon goddess appeared

Lucas saw the goddess raising her hand and a light appearing in her palm gathering all powers and everything enter the hair clip and it became a sword

“don’t waste her sacrifices for you… She will always be right by your side. Now is the time to Defeat her…” The goddess's disappeared and the ground start to shake, and the waves of oceans become violent. A huge Green Sea dragon appeared from the sea. Lucas is sitting like calling all the power, calling Almira over a white fire that appeared around him. He walks with enough power,confidently and powerful. He killed the goddess with just one stroke of his burning sword. The goddess of Curses vanished and all gods came down looking at him all of them point their hands on the hair clip and a scattered soul of Almira comes out and they all disappear and the hair clip

“I’m sorry” he kissed the hair clip and holds it tight. After those things happened, he leaves and goes back to the Celestial Kingdom. Claire and Lucas become the most powerful leader in their world. Everything changed and her sacrifices and their love story become a LEGEND.

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Almira woke up from that bed and Cried hard.

“Miss…” a maid comes in and she wipes her tears

“Madam wanted to talk to you…” She guides her to Madam’s room. She saw her laying down on the bed and now she’s old as a grandmother. They smiled. Almira sits on the side of her bed holding her grandma’s hand.

“You forgot something…” She gives her hair clip to Almira

“Hair clip…?” grandma smiled

“He wanted to give this to you. He’s been waiting for you and he can’t forget about you. Don’t worry, he prioritizes and loves us just like what you wanted. He loves us like a true father and husband, but now you will find him in this world.”

“Thank you…Claire…” they smiled. Claire closed her eyes, and she was now resting forever…

5 years passed Almira becomes one of the Richest Women in the World of Real Estate. She is a businesswoman and becomes cold-hearted, and had a bad temper.

“Madam… Mr. Monteverde is here. He wanted to see you…” Almira looked at her.

“Didn't I just say to cancel all the meetings!!!” the secretary jump in shock

“But madam, he is already here...” he stood up and at once he slammed the table hard. Someone knocked.

“What!!!” she shouts, but she was suddenly stunned by the man in front of him. Her secretary leaves the office.

She looked at him with sadness on her face

"Almira..."

And they meet again… in this world.

THE END