Survive As The Brute’s Wife - Chapter 93

Alexandra’s heart skipped a beat. She has only remembered her past and she has planned to spend this life with Maximus happily, as a couple. He has confessed to her this time that he loves her and he never fails to acknowledge her as his wife. She wanted to be his wife this life and has no plans to go back to her home in the heavens.

But her father is asking her back.

“I very much love to visit my mother too, Imperial Father,” she said bowing her head. “But first I shall have to go back-”

“You shall return forever!” his voice echoed over the vast seas casting a gleaming light that no human can bear. He looked entirely like a blob of light and even his form went invisible. And in the center, she could see the blue flame concentrating to form a ball.

Maximus covered his face and bowed down and Cathlyn hid behind her entirely using her as a shield. Alexandra was scared too. Her father’s anger cannot be taken lightly.

[Ugh! He kills with his light! What should I do?]

“Does my mother miss me very much, Father?” she forwent the formality and smiled like an innocent child.

It used to work on her father. That’s how she was able to do whatever she pleased till then. But, she has very less hope that her father would fall for it this time. She had caused a lot of damage to this world he loves after promising him that she would only help the humans.

“I am not-” he stopped mid-sentence and stared at her for some time. She could see the brightness around him toning down a bit and she could see his eyes.

[He is calming down… He always calms down immediately after reminding him of Mother…]

But this time something different happened.

The Dragon King snapped his finger and Cathlyn disappeared from behind her. She felt an immense pressure around her shoulders and torso as if someone had wrapped her around with a lasso and pulled her from above.

“Father, please…” she used all her strength to stay back. “I want to be here… Please…”

She tried her best but she couldn’t stay behind. She saw her body getting translucent and she vaguely saw the golden halls of her home above.

“I won’t leave him, Father,” she persisted. She felt her strength draining at a fast rate and her head started to throb in pain. “He is my husband and I am his wife.”

She can never win against her father. Not by might. Her father only moves with her… tears.

“I will set everything right, father. Please give me one more chance…” she sniffed and tears the size of large pearls started to drop from her eyes. “Father, I beg for your grace one more time…” She looked at the divine entity in front of her.

She saw the rims of her father’s eyes were red and his lips were trembling. She knew he has already fallen for her tears as always. She decided to make her case as this is the time.

“I set those men who were trapped in the Brume Thicket and I am helping the humans get rid of the monsters. Yes! My blood is needed to-” she felt her throat swelling and she couldn’t utter one more word.

Her eyes started to blacken and she felt like her soul is leaving her body. She didn’t want to go back to that pool of nothingness and used her everything to hold on to her consciousness.

She tried to speak more to plead, but her voice didn’t come out. She tried to talk to Maximus who was trying his best to keep his eyes open, but she couldn’t.

[Am I getting blocked from talking about certain topics?]

She wondered and decided to check her theory. She decided to talk about a different matter.

“Father…” she was relieved when she could speak now. “Where did you send Cathlyn to?” she asked as she got worried for her sister.

Her sister guarded the Hashomer and Tubby’s body for this long, most possibly without even leaving to the heavens. Their mother would by now be very distressed as both her daughters are not by her side. She hoped that her father sent Cathlyn to their mother’s side rather than the punishment chamber for not following his orders.

“Why don’t you come and see?” The Dragon King asked and Alexandra bowed her head.

“Please be lenient on Cathlyn, Father. Her only fault is her love for me.”

“Hmpf!” he snorted. “If that’s what you believe…”

Alexandra bowed her head. She wondered what her father means by this. There is someone Cathlyn loves? Who is that? Is he meaning our mother?

“We all love mother the most,” she said to know if that’s what he meant, but only was met with his glare.

“You have some nerve to talk about your mother after destroying her temple! Where is your love?” he gritted his teeth and walked to her.

Maximus heard bits and pieces of the interaction between the father and daughter. And he sensed that her father is very angry at her. He tried to get up so that he could placate his anger but his knees had given out. He couldn’t even move.

“I am sorry, I forgot who I was-”

“Defiant child!!!” he shouted for the whole world to tremble. “Who made you forget who you were?”

Alexandra looked at her father enraged to the max, with smoke coming out of his ears. She was not scared that he might hurt her, but she was scared wondering if he would pull her away from Maximus.”It was I,” she accepted the truth.

In all her previous incarnations, she would descend at a place dressed as a human and would do what she thought would be best for the people. But the previous time was different. She wanted to experience the life of a human from cradle to grave. So she turned herself into a baby and started her life from there. She didn’t want to remember who she is so that she can live entirely as a human and so she sealed her memories of who she is.

And she realized she is a selfish fool. Her father is right to get angry at her.

“I will set everything-”

Her tongue got paralyzed and she couldn’t speak anymore. She looked up at her father with tear-filled eyes.

[Mother!]

She cried from the bottom of her heart. She knew she cannot make her father change his mind. He might be the Dragon King and the one with all the power, but even he has to listen to his wife. And his wife is her only hope.

{Are you calling for your mother now?}

She heard her father’s voice inside her like she would hear Kefir’s voice. And then she heard him laugh hysterically.

[Oh, dear! Did I provoke him more?]

She tried to talk but she couldn’t. She looked up to hear among the whirlpool formed on the sky, a soothing song.

[Mother… Mother, bring father home… Bless my marriage with Max, and ask father to bless our marriage…]

She prayed in her heart. She could see that her father has locked the gateway to this world and it is getting hard for her mother to get here. But her mother’s powers cannot be taken lightly.

“Do you love her?”

She heard her father’s voice and looked to her side at Maximus. He was still kneeling and her father has started to interrogate him. She saw the distress in Max’s face. The intense aura around her father cannot be handled by humans. Maximus has a higher mana level than most humans and that is why he is withstanding her father, but it cannot be allowed to continue.

She got angry at her father for hurting Maximus. She tried to move closer to Maximus to lend him her strength, but she felt like she was nailed where she is.

[Ugh!!!]

She wanted to scream, but she couldn’t.

“I do!” Maximus’ voice held no doubts in them and Alexandra’s face bloomed to a smile.

[My Max… Oh, how far Tubby has come…]

“Then do you agree to rule over her?”

[Eh?]

Alexandra was surprised by her father’s weird question.

[Wound’t fathers usually ask their sons-in-law if they are willing to keep their daughter happy and protect them? Why does my father ask a weird thing?]

Maximus tried to look at Alexandra’s face but he felt like he was controlled by strings and he couldn’t move.

«Rule over her? I am not her ruler! I am her husband!»

Maximus sucked in a deep breath and spoke his heart. “I will honor her as my wife. I will respect her as I would respect myself and I would-”

“Rule over her!” This time, the Dragon King commanded with authority.

“She is my wife and she is part of me. How can I rule over a part of mine? I can only love and respect her,” Maximus repeated.

He wasn’t sure if this is a test or not but he could only speak the truth.

Alexandra felt something warm and fuzzy in her heart. She wanted to scream out loud.

[I love you, Max! And I will never leave you!]

But she still couldn’t speak.

“Is this your decision?” The dragon King asked and his eyes were knitted lavishly exposing his displeasure.

“Yes,” Maximus nodded.. He is not going to keep his love to himself this time.