Chapter 42- Cela's Diary 1
However, that wasn\'t the case. She wasn\'t that affected by Abeth that she would run away from the Academy. And knowing that Abeth was dead now, helped her to be rest assured.
However, all the facts relating to Abeth were the second priority on her list since the main reason she took some days off was that she was concerned about someone else.
Alex.
After she talked to Professor Jullie that evening when she and the Headmaster came with her to the Capital, Celestria realized something. She has to be courageous with her approach and apologize to Alex.
She never hesitated to blame him when he was in the cell, so she shouldn\'t be hesitant about apologizing as well.
However, what could she do to gain his forgiveness? She couldn\'t start to imagine how much it must have pained him to be told by his childhood friend that they should pretend that they never knew each other.
It didn\'t help that recently, she started to pay attention to Edric more because she admired him. After she saw his performance last year in the tournament and how proudly Celestria\'s father looked at Edric...she felt she had to become as strong as him. So one day, her father can look at her not only with fondness but pride as well.
Maybe that\'s the reason why she began spending more time with Edric....and as a result, she began ignoring Alex.
But she forgot one crucial thing; Edric had others, a lot of friends and a lover by his side. But Alex? Alex had only Celestria whom he could regard as his friend.
It broke her heart at how wrong she was at making decisions and not thinking things through.
And if it was not enough, she suddenly got the news from her brother that "Alex was disowned by his parents."
Celestria was shocked to the point no word came out in response.
Ryan softly caressed her head and told her, "I am as shocked as you. I never thought those two would be such scumbags to abandon their child like this."
After Ryan left, Celestria was left in her room, all silent and shocked.
Celestria has met Alex\'s parents quite many times in the past and their relationship was quite good as well. She knows better than her brother that the two were quite fond of Alex, gifting him books and other things he liked, even though they weren\'t that well off.
And to think that they suddenly got up and abandoned him....?
His last support in life also left him....and everything was because of Celestria.
\'No, I can\'t cry...I have to talk to them!\' She wiped her burning tears and with a fierce flame of determination igniting in her eyes, she made her way out of the palace.
Without informing her parents or brother, she boarded a carriage and advanced toward that place which Celestria had seldom visited in the past.
Alex\'s home.
The sole reason for her wanting to meet them is because Celestria wanted to make them realize what grave mistake they have committed and if possible...she wanted them to redeem themselves. Alex loves his parents, and Celestia couldn\'t start to think how devastated he would be whenever other students would return to their homes on vacation or during the periodic parent-teacher meeting.
Celestria was his friend, yet she was feeling guilty for abandoning Alex. Surely, as his parents, they must be...
"They left, Your Highness." After reaching the house which Alex once called his home, Celestria was informed that...Alex\'s parents have run away from the Capital.
And the reason behind their action was sickening. Just because they didn\'t want to be punished, they escaped.
Her fist was clenched in anger as she stared at the house where those two snakes lived, \'I really couldn\'t see their real faces behind that smiling facade they always wore.\'
She remained standing there for a long time, torn between several emotions.
The soldier who escorted the Princess here, asked, "Shall we return, Your Highness?"
Celestia shook her head, "Not now...I need to take something from here."
There must be things Alex has in here that she could bring with her and give to him.
The soldier looked restless, letting the Princess wander out of the palace for a long time, but before he could say anything, Celestria was already inside the house.
Most of the things were taken away, excluding those pictures Alex made for his parents. Her heart bled at the realisation that they had cut off Alex from their lives and left the place without an ounce of hesitation.
She collected all the pictures and safely folded them. Handing it to the soldier she told him to keep them in the carriage, and again, before the soldier could have said anything, Celestria returned to the house.
Looking to her left, there was a room which she had never entered in the past. There was a lock on the room, and even when there wasn\'t, Alex never allowed her to enter inside.
It was Alex\'s room.
\'Sorry Alex...\' She broke the promise she gave to him to never enter his room without his permission. She knew he might not be returning to the capital any time soon, and under the administration\'s orders, this house might get demolished soon.
As such, she didn\'t hesitate to break the lock in a fluid motion and enter his room for the first time.
The smell of books and incense assaulted her. The whole place was filled with hundreds of books, making the room appear smaller than it actually was.
There was a study table, two cupboards and bookshelves all around.
She could faintly recognise some of the books arranged on a separate bookshelf. All the other shelves were overcrowded but this one...had only eight books, and strangely, all of them were gifted by Celestria.
Her eyes burned with emotions upon noticing how carefully he had treasured those books which she had randomly chosen to gift him in the past.
She then approached the first wardrobe, and upon opening it she found there were a few sets of his clothes hanging there. She decided to keep all those clothes in a box and bring it with her.
Next, she approached the second wardrobe, expecting more clothes, or maybe books, to be resting there.
....however, little did she expect that this wardrobe was filled with nothing but....her.
Everywhere she saw, Celestria found herself.
There was a small pendant hanging in front of her, which Celestria broke as a child and threw away finding it annoying to get it repaired. She vividly remembered this pendant, as until it was broken; it was her favourite.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
With her hand trembling, she slowly picked up the pendant and muttered, "Y-You fixed it....for me?"
Her heart was filled with a sense of inexplicable joy, seeing how carefully the pieces were brought together.
Her eyes then went towards a small glass case in which a small lily was carefully placed. Even though its colour had long faded, and the flower seemed a single touch away from crumbling, it was safely preserved.
"....the four....petalled lily...." Her heart trembled, eyes watered, as she remembered that long ago...Celestria found a four-petalled lily in the garden, and casually she gifted it to Alex saying it was a sign of how important he was to her.
Not only that, several other things like the pearls of her necklace, the bowtie she gifted and even the ugly painting she made of him...everything was kept safely there.
"H-He....kept....it...all along...." She fell to her knees, loudly wailing at the thought of how much he cared about things which she deemed trivial.
She always took things casually but Alex...Alex always looked up at her as his everything.
And the person he loved the most, betrayed him.
She betrayed him!
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A/N:- Continuation of her diary after several chapters. See ya.