Sylwen was dumbfounded by her Ancestor's request. She looked at Veer and thought about his identity. She then gave orders to Vryger and said, "Bring the white knight to the white moon palace."Then she looked at another lady, Aowyn and asked her, "Bring Eryssa to the spirits renaissance realm. I will be in a short while." Vryger and Aowyn bowed as they took Eleana and Eryssa with them and headed in different directions to the depths of the realm.
Eleana and Eryssa nodded to Veer and their group before continuing with them. Sylwen ordered the rest to take Caria and John to explore the realm as guests. Caria and John seemed to ask Veer to join them but Sylwen interrupted in a stern voice, " I need to do some talking with him. You guys can continue exploring. He will join after some time." John and Caria left with the rest of the members.
Now only Sylwen, Mythria and Lythria were remaining. Veer was feeling a bit out of place as he wondered what was this about?. It seemed she had received some kind of message . Does she also want something? As he was wondering, Sylwen suddenly bowed slightly to the shock of Mythria and Lythria and told Veer, "I am sorry for my display earlier. You have been requested to meet with our Ancestor. Let us go without any delays." Veer also had a look of deep shock.
Veer wanted to say something but Lythria broke out of her reverie and took Veer's hands and said with a smile,"Don't worry too much , let's meet her. Meeting her always is a blessing." Veer nodded as he followed them.
Lythria asked after sometime," By the way what is your relationship with the Chosen One of the spirits and one of the Chosen of the Moon?" Veer was confused as he thought over the terms. Chosen One of the spirits had an obvious interpretation as it referred to controlling of spirits. But he did not know about Chosen of the Moon and by her words it seemed some kind of legacy maybe. So they are actually part of some big legacy. Wait- I am the protector of Eryssa but who am I to Eleana ?
Veer shook his head as he said," I am a knight protector of Lady Eryssa. As for Eleana..." Veer pondered as the two sisters looked at him with a smile and sighed, " We can be considered classmates."
Sensing the silence, Lythria said in a somewhat wistful tone," I also want to go out and explore the human world. But father and mother never agree." She wanted to say more but Sylwen said," We have reached here."
Veer was standing with the group beside a pond that seemed to be carved out of jade. A lot of lotus plants were there. They seem to shimmer in the night starlight as spirits were wandering about. There was ancient temple-like house or courtyard near the pond. As they neared it, he heard a very soft melody ,"Sylwen , you with the daughters of Arwyn, wait here for a bit. Young man, you can come in ."
Veer bowed to the direction of the voice and then glanced towards the sisters and Sylwen as they nodded and he entered the courtyard. It was simple yet elegant and refined. He passed by a few doors as he got to the inner chamber. The style of this house was very different from kingdom architecture. There were many paintings of natural scenes on the walls with deep brush strokes that seem to emit a strange pressure with the faint light shining on them.
He noticed the portrait of a very beautiful lady on the wall and his heart was in turmoil for no reason. He wanted to gaze more at the figure but then a gentle voice said, "Come here !". Veer gave the painting a last look as he opened the door to inner chamber.
It was a sight straight out of a picture. He seemed to be in a trance looking at the slightly mature and aged lady sitting on a low mattress as the moonlight gently shone on her. She was wearing a layer of clothes and her hair was soft white in color. Her eyes were refined and her face seemed to emit gentle emotions. Her ears were pointed just like the two sisters. Her presence seemed to calm his agitating thoughts and he took a deep breath as he bowed.
She said, "Sit beside me." Veer went and sat near her. She took a sip from her drink as she muttered, "How curious." She glanced at Veer with deep eyes that seemed to examine him, and suddenly Veer was astonished to see she was checking his pulse. Veer wondered, I did not even notice that. She examined Veer for sometime and then sighed, " So you lost your memories."
Veer was dumbfounded by the reveal. No one managed to uncover that about him till now, at least not directly. How powerful was she. Veer was sweating when she said," I have no interest in you or anything you are thinking."
Veer's gaze became awkward as she sighed again," I felt your resonance with the stars when you came here. I have something that can help you in that regard. "
She got up and then walked towards the window ,pulled it open and let the starlight in. She then chanted something in a language Veer did not understand but it was very comforting. Something wondrous happened. The starlight coming in the room seemed to converge at the tips of the lady's hand which she pointed out. She began collecting starlight for quite some time as Veer became so shocked that he did not make a simple sound. There was bright point of light in her hands.
She then walked to Veer and then touched Veer's forehead with her hand. Veer lost his senses at that moment as he experienced getting transported to another realm. He could not find where he should go. Just then there was a gentle voice, " Follow the concentrated starlight, as a ball of light seemed to manifest in that realm. Veer continued to follow that. As he followed that, his body seemed to relax and his mind gradually strengthened bit by bit as he was lost in savoring this feeling.
In the room, the Ancestor looked at Veer with a complicated gaze as she muttered, " This should suffice for unlocking his first Star Chakra." She then looked through the walls as she gazed at the beautiful painting as she said," Forgive me, but for now this is all I can do." She looked at Veer who seemed to be in a trance as she walked out of the courtyard.
As she walked out, Sylwen, Mythria and Lythria bowed as the ancestor sighed," That boy has ties with me." She gazed at the two sisters deeply who looked at her with reverence and respect as she said," I plan to make one of you follow him to the human kingdom. Decide who will follow him and come inside. "
She then looked to Sylwen as she said, " What did the guardian say about he spirit controller of this age ?"
Sylwen said, " Nothing is out of ordinary. "
The ancestor said nothing as she went back inside.
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Eleana was rapidly going about facing the trials to become one of the candidates to get the legacy of Moon. She knew it was a near impossible dream and honestly she didn't know that much about it. She heard tidbits when she was researching and lastly from Sylwen. Amid the challenges she was encountering one thought was continuously driving her forward. She needed to catch up to that man.
Also she was actually feeling a little sad over that fact that she hid her and Eryssa's intentions of defeating the shadow to Veer. She had never been good in communicating herself. But how did Eryssa know that they could defeat the shadow being with her powers. She never had experience in this.
The reason she did not explain anything to Veer was because Eryssa mentioned to keep it a secret. She was recalling that time when Eryssa said in a shy voice that it will break Veer's impression of her so she told her to keep it hidden.