Queen Era: The Monster I Love - Chapter 142

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CHAPTER 140

“Big sister is not happy,” Eleora stated rather sadly but then her eyelids dropped and so did her head.

The next thing Era knew Eleora lifted her head as her eyes flew open and a certain rage, more like danger engulfed her once sad eyes.

“Ele… Ora…”

“Who dared to do this? Who dared make big sister angry and sad?”

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The air around them changed immediately as her hair began to float and her body light up. He rage increased when she saw Era was not answering her.

Before Era could even say anything, the things around them, clothes, scrolls, various things in the room began to float around them as well.

Era’s eyes widened. Her heartbeat rate increased exponentially as she saw what she had not seen in quite some years now, suddenly happen before her eyes.

“Eleora.”

“WHO, SISTER!”

Her voice became louder as the child yelled before she looked even scarier than the King she had just escaped from.

“Eleora no one.”

“It can’t be no one. I felt it. I could feel your rage as you walked into the palace grounds. You were angry. Who dared made you cry Era?”

Immediately, Eleora’s yell got her brain working back again. She knelt on the bed, reaching out to her kid sis who was by now floating on the bed as she glared angrily, just waiting for a name and she would act.

“Eleora, no one made me angry. I am okay. I promise you. Do not mind me. Trust me, I am not sad anymore. I only wanted to leave where I was and get back to you quickly but the king wanted me to stay.”

“So he made you angry?”

‘Damn it, Era. You just literally told her who got you angry. This is bad. I better find a way to calm her down. She has a new trigger somehow. I am now a trigger point to let her free her rage.’

While she was battling with her thoughts, she failed to see the smirk that appeared on her sisters’ face and when she looked back at Eleora, she was shocked to her sister turn around all of a sudden and from the look of her posture, she was ready for the charge.

“Target spotted.”

“What?”

Quickly, Era grabbed Eleora by her waist refusing to let go. She hugged her sister tightly from behind, preventing her from moving away and causing the havoc she wished to cause.

What would the world think if they discovered that the great Vidor the conqueror was killed by Meribia’s heir who was harboured by Etheria’s queen?

It would be the greatest scandal and it would prove the conspiracy against her people before and if she managed to escape they would barely leave Etheria with their lives while becoming refugees and the whole nation on the neck.

Nothing about what she was going to do to him was worth it. Not now at the very least. Era could not allow her to throw away her future just like that.

And so she did what she had to do and any sister would at a time like this.

“Eleora, please. It is Era. Believe me, I am alright.”

Even though she knew a few minutes ago she wasn’t alright and she was angry at Vidor, at this point all anger left in her mind dissipated as she now saw her sister’s powers had progressed so much that’s he could tell her feeling from a distance away.

“Eleora, please. I am happy. If you do not believe me, check it. See it. I am happy. Happy to have you here with me. I would be sad if something goes wrong and then I lose you and be separated again. Please trust me and calm down little Ora. Calm down for me.”

Just as Era had said, she concentrated her powers to feel the vibrations coming from Era and saw that it was different.

If there was anything she felt, she saw that her big sister was scared and she knew why. She was scared because they were in enemy territory and could get into trouble because of her.

At that time, she allowed her eyelids closed as she let go of that rage that she felt. ‘Let it go, Eleora, big sister is okay and happy. Do not make her scared anymore.’

Although she willed herself to stop, she could not bring herself to do that. The thought of how angry Era was earlier on was still etched deep in her mind.

“Ele, my love. I am here, like always. Never to leave you again and to always protect you. I am happy, please for me, let it go.”

It was as if listening to Era’s voice in her mind and being calmed down entirely.

‘Big sis is okay. Let it go. Let it go,’ she chanted repeatedly in her mind until a minute later when she finally came back down, kneeling on the bed with Era still hugging her smaller frame from behind.

“I will always be with you, Elle. I will always protect you just like how father and mother did. Always.”

Immediately, Eleora struggled a bit in her embrace and turned around, hugging her small frame fully.

By now everything flying around the room had successfully crashed back down the moment she let go of the powers.

In that fiasco and emotional outrage, they failed to hear when a knock came on the door and after a few seconds, the knocker, opened the door slightly and stopped.

To the shock of the intruder, the sight before her left her speechless and overwhelmed to even take a step forward or to disturb the emotional moment the sisters were having.

Being unnoticed, Aeverie witnessed Eleora floating a bit above the bed with Era holding unto her so tight, preventing her from leaving.

Even after seeing that, she did not leave. Something had struck her. She waited to see if Era could actually get her sister to calm down because if not, it meant it would be difficult sending her to live with the orphans with a power like that.

And when she finally got Eleora to calm down, Aeverie sighed, smiling sadly to herself. They really had gone so much and now they had another secret to protect.

At that moment, she did not see Era as a child who was stubborn but a young queen with so many burdens and pains, yet she still pulled on and carried on with life.

She could not have asked to serve a better leader. Though Era had her shortcomings there was hardly anyone who didn’t and with the right guidance, she would grow into the queen Etheria deserved.

By now she believed she had seen enough. Without interrupting them, she pulled the door close silently and moved backwards with the tray of food in her hand.

She needed to give them some time and later she would knock again and serve them.

She had wanted to speak to Era before when she returned to know how her meeting with Vidor went but now, she knew it was not the time.

Together, they hugged each other with Era petting little Eleora who by now had begun to weep on her sister’s clothes as Era patted her head slowly.

“There. I am here. I would never let anyone take you from me. I would be with you forever. I promise.”

“Promise?”

“Always, Eleora. I would keep you safe and watch over you so you have to trust me and do not let your powers on a rampage like that again. Never you get angry because of me. If you do and I am not there and something bad happens, it would break me.”

Pulling back a bit, Eleora looked into Era’s eyes with her own curious, sad wide eyes.

“I am sorry. You are all I have left. I got scared and sad that you were hurt. I could not protect father and mother. I told myself I would protect you.”

Era’s voice broke immediately and a tear fell off her eyelids as she pulled Eleora back into her embrace.

“Eleora….” she wept, pouring all of her sorrows out with Eleora.

“You are my responsibility,” she said in between sobs. “I am your guardian and You’re your protector. All you have to do is grow up like you would have under mother and father and leave the worrying to me. I would protect you.”

“But big sis does not have powers.”

Understanding where she was coming from, Era pulled her body back so she could look into Eleora’s eyes.

“My love, sometimes it takes more than powers to protect oneself. There might come a day when you feel drained for using your powers too much, at that time you need to find a way to survive.”

“How?”

“Like a normal person but you are no ordinary being. So you must learn and train. Learn the art of ruling and palace politics.. You must be clever, much clever than your opponents and subjects while also training in different arts of fighting. Understood?”