Once Again - Chapter: Struggle

Baby

My baby

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Leian:

Whaa?

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Ba…

Baby…

My baby…

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Nyx:

That voice… it’s warm… What’s happening? Can I finally hear?

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Mommy is sorry for this, but this is for your own good. (sobbing)

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Nyx:

Mommy? Wait—why is everything blurry? And what… tiny hands?! Am I dreaming?!

Nyx, my baby… I’m sorry.

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Nyx:

Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything… so please don’t cry…

(She reaches out with her tiny hands to her mother’s cheeks.)

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(She smiles as tears rush down her eyes and kisses her daughter’s forehead.)

Mommy loves you so much, my little light.

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Nyx:

Why is this woman crying?

(She looks around.)

And this place… wow. If this is heaven, then I wish to never reincarnate if reincarnation even exists. The world seems so cruel to people who choose to live the life they wish to have.

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(crying)

Please forgive Mommy. I promise I’ll come back for you.

(She kisses her daughter’s cheeks.)

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The mother then stared at her daughter as she tapped her finger against her chest. A small mark appeared A slender black blade stands upright, wrapped by a dark crescent moon. A serpent-like curve coils along its length, surrounded by faint, drifting lines like lingering energy.

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Nyx:

Huh? What…? Why can’t I hear anything? Why—

No… please don’t…

(She starts crying.)

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The mother said something Nyx couldn’t understand. Suddenly, her vision blurred, and she lost consciousness.

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Weeks later, Nyx sits beside her window, staring at the back of the palace.

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Nyx:

(sitting by the broken window)

So that place is the palace… it looks so close, yet so far.

(Her small, frail body no older than five rests against the cold stone floor of the abandoned castle. Dust clings to her thin clothes as the wind slips through cracked walls.)

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Nyx:

I’m here… but I don’t belong there.

(From the distance, voices echo soft, cruel whispers carried by the wind.)

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Maid 1:

That cursed child again… why is she still alive?

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Maid 2:

Because the Queen pitied her. But pity doesn’t change the truth.

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Maid 1:

She’s cursed. Born unable to hear what else could that be but divine punishment?

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Maid 2:

Exactly. Deaf children bring misfortune. That’s why she was hidden away.

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(Nyx watches their lips move. She cannot hear them, but she understands every word.)

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Nyx:

Cursed…

So that’s what I am to them.

(Her fingers clutch the fabric of her dress, trembling.)

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Nyx:

If being unable to hear is a curse… then why does it hurt more to understand?

(She lowers her gaze, the mark on her chest faintly pulsing beneath her skin, unseen.)

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Nyx:

Mommy… you said you’d come back.

(The palace lights glow warmly in the distance, while the abandoned castle remains cold and silent.)

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Nyx:

I’ll wait… even if waiting is all I’m allowed to do.

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