THE CHOSEN ONE II (REUNION)
By Kim B
Date: September 24, 2025
Ch. 42IT IS NOT REAL


The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Lilia, Benjamin, and Ryn watched as Camelia stabbed Esther in the stomach without hesitation or second thought and they were all terrified.

Immediately Esther fell to the ground dead, the spell preventing everyone from moving broke and they all rushed to Esther. Upon getting to Esther, Ramsay kneels beside Esther and places her head on his knees telling her that she can’t die and she should stand up while the others watch. After trying to wake Esther and can’t, they all realize that Esther is dead and that breaks their heart and makes them all furious and worried. They all left Esther's dead body and faced Camelia whose head was bowed holding her sword and stood in the same position. Ramsay (in anger) wanted to go meet Camelia but Hawk stopped him then Noah asked Camelia “how do you feel now that you killed her?”.

There was no response from Camelia as she stood in her position then Noah shouted at her saying “what the fuck do you gain killing her? Did it bring back your brother? Doom is upon us all now. You just killed everyone”.

Camelia gave no response and then Benjamin said to her “thank you for killing us all”.

“You shouldn't have done this, Camelia. Esther's death means the end of everyone and you still killed her knowing that” said Tracy to Camelia.

“Because she deserved to die” said Camelia.

“And why does she deserve to die?” Kinlsey asked Camelia, but she gave no response and then Kinsley said to her “there is nothing to justify all your accusation toward her. She had always done what she thought was right for this world. She also saved our lives even when we didn't know. We promised to always watch over each other and protect each other but you broke that promise by killing her when your brother is still not even dead. Why do you think killing her is the only solution to this because you just made things worse for every living thing in this world”.

“I didn’t kill her” said Camelia silently, which they all heard.

Everyone was confused to hear Camelia say that and Ramsay angrily said to her “and here you are lying again. Are we all blind or is that not Esther's dead body on the ground. I should kill you where you stand”.

“Why would you say you didn’t kill her when we all saw when you stabbed her and there is her dead body?” Hawk asked Camelia.

“Because I didn’t” said Camelia.

Everyone was confused to hear Camelia insisting that she didn’t kill Esther who they all saw dead. Kinsley asked Camelia “if you didn’t kill her then what happened?”.

“I happened” said a voice close to them.

Everyone recognized the voice to be Esther’s voice upon hearing it and they all looked toward the direction the voice came from to see Esther standing very close to Rederick and smiling except Camelia who remained in her position. Everyone was shocked upon seeing Esther and they all looked back at the dead body of Esther and saw it faded away. Mike (confused just like the others) asked “what the hell just?”, and Esther walked to them.

Esther stopped beside Camelia and said to the others “I happened”.

“But we saw her kill you” said Ryn (still shocked) to Esther.

“And you all think I would allow her to kill me knowing what is at stake?” said Esther.

Camelia raised her head and looked at everyone with her facial expression telling she couldn’t believe it and they all wondered why she was looking at them in a such way, and Camelia said to the others “so this what you all think of me? You all think of me as someone that can jeopardize the mission? Is that not right?”.

“You two just made a fool out of us. Minutes ago you were dead and now you are back, and here is she saying this is the way we think of her. I think you two should be held responsible for this” said Kylie to Camelia and Esther.

“And that is not the way we think of you, Camelia. What do you even want us to think when we saw you kill her not knowing you guys were just fooling us?” said Ramsay to Camelia.

“And you all think I will kill her because of Redrick? Killing her means the end of the world and the end of the world would have meant even if Redrick died his death would have been in vain. Yes, am angry about what happened and I blamed her but I can’t kill her. Do you guys even think of that?” said Camelia.

“We want to but seeing you stabbed her changed her beliefs. We saw you kill her so how do you want us to believe you can’t kill her?” said Tracy to Camelia.

“Because we are in this together. We have lost a lot and you think I would kill someone who is our only chance of avenging the lives of our loved ones that were lost all because of one person? Our only chance of ever winning? Yes, Redrick is my brother but on the other hand, Esther's life is worth more than his, and just like Ramsay said, Redrick would have never wanted me to kill Esther or his death would have been in vain” said Camelia.

“Don’t blame us for this, it is you both. Am not forgiving you both for fooling us unless you tell us what happened” said Noah to Esther and Camelia.

“Okay. While Camelia was angrily talking I could read her mind and could see she was very angry and that she needed to vent her anger out so it wouldn't become a bad thing. So I suggested inside her head that she kill me so she can be able to vent her anger and calm herself. Camelia didn’t want to knowing the consequences of my death and was scared but I told her not to get worried and trust me” said Esther.

Everyone was surprised and angry to hear that and Kinsley said to Esther “how can you suggest such a thing?”.

“Because I know am not dying and I have the power to create a duplicate of myself” said Esther.

“Which means the person Camelia killed was not you but your duplicate” said Lilia.

“Yeah” said Esther with a smile.

“You both are really something but am not going to apologize for what I said, Camelia. Maybe next time you both should give us head up” said Ramsay to Esther and Camelia, and went to sit down back.

“Giving you guys a heads up would spoil the fun and surprise” said Esther with a smile.

“So all this was just a joke and venting anger? You both got us terrified and angry for a lie? If I have the power to take your powers away I would take it away from you right now since using it to lie is what you do” said Benjamin to Esther and Camelia, and they both smiled.

“But I was able to find out we loved ourselves enough not to be able to kill one another. Thanks to Esther I was able to clear my head and vent out my anger which made me feel better” said Camelia with a smile.

“How about I get you more pissed off. Shit, we all suddenly became fools minutes ago” said Kylie.

“But am curious what would have happened if Camelia did kill me. Would you guys have killed her or what?” Esther asked the other, but no one answered her, and they went back to sit down even though she asked multiple times they refused to answer her.

Everyone was seated back in their position and Kinsley said “so what do we do about Redrick?”.

“We keep trying to save him” said Camelia.

“We won’t stop until we are able to” said Esther.

“What about the cut in my chest?” asked Mike.

“We will take care of that also. Oh, that reminds me you didn’t feel any pain from the cut while you fought in the wild forest, or did you?” Esther asked Mike.

“No, I did not. Should I have?” Mike asked Esther.

“Yes, you should” said Hawk to Mike.

“Why should I?” Mike (confused) asked Esther.

“You will always feel pain from that cut whenever any of the Marcs is close to you. That is to show their supremacy over you and link to you” said Esther to Mike.

Everyone was surprised and worried to hear that and Camelia said “That explains why he felt pain in the forest when we saw Marcelos’ armies”.

“Which was why I told you all to leave” said Esther.

“If that is the case then why didn’t I feel pain from the cut when Marcelos and his armies attacked the wild forest” Mike asked Esther.

“I think it was the forest. I think the wild forest was able to sever your link from the Marcs while you were in the wild forest” said Esther to Mike.

“Then we should return to the forest maybe we can find something that can help my wound” said Mike.

“Are you blind? Don’t you see the forest burn to the ground? Forget about the forest, we will have to find another way. So you need to always get as far away as you can from the Marcs” said Noah.

“Yeah. We will have to find something else” said Esther.

“Isn’t there another way to sever the link from the Marcs?” asked Mike.

“There is a way but I don’t think you might all like it” said a voice inside the cave, then they all saw people come out of the wall of the cave and were shocked.



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