THE LEGENDARY STORY OF INAMORTA ?

THE PRINCE'S LOST CAUSE

" 'NO....' THE PRINCE SCREAMED REALISING WHAT THE ELF WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM. ' NO. IT CAN'T BE TRUE. YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU JUST HAPPENED TO DIE OF THE CURSE, JUST LIKE THAT WITHOUT REALISING AND... AND BECOME A WILLOW?' . THE ELF IN A VERY COOL TONE NODDED HIS HEAD, ' THAT'S WHAT THE CURSE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT. NORMALLY WHO ALL GETS CURSED, THEY ARE MORTALS SO THEY TEND TO BECOME TREES SLOWLY RIGHT INFRONT OF THEIR VERY EYES ,WHICH IS KINDA SCARY AND OVER A PERIOD OF HUNDRED YEARS OF THEIR SOULS BEING STUCK INSIDE, THEIR TREE EVENTUALLY DIES AND THEY GET LIBERATED. BUT IN MY CASE ITS DIFFERENT. WE ELVES ARE KINDA IMMORTALS, SO THAT'S THE REASON MY TREE IS A WHITE WILLOW INSTEAD OF A NORMAL ONE AND HENCE NEVER DIES. THEREFORE I AM ABLE TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF IT AT WILL' , THE ELVEN PRINCE CONCLUDED HIS STORY. "

" THE PRINCE WAS NOW DEEPLY WORRIED AS HE WAS THE ONLY HEIR TO HIS FATHER'S THRONE AND HIS FATHER HAD PUT A LOT OF HOPES AND FAITH IN HIM. WHAT WILL HE DO NOW? HOW WILL HE BE ABLE TO FULFILL HIS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IF HE ALSO BECOMES A WILLOW?.. ' NO. THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I WON'T LET THIS BE. I.. I.. I WILL TRAVEL BACK TO "SHIRABAN" AND REQUEST, BEG EVEN IF I HAVE TO, TO MAKE THIS CURSE DISAPPEAR. YES.... THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. I'LL GO BACK. I'LL REPAIR THIS...' AND SAYING SO THE PRINCE HASTILY GOT TO HIS FEET. THE ELVEN PRINCE PLACED A HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AND STOPPED HIM SAYING THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE NOW. THE CURSE WAS UNBREAKABLE AND HE COULDN'T ESCAPE FROM WHAT IS COMING TO HIM. BUT THE PRINCE REFUSED TO BELIEVE HIM AND INSISTED THAT HE WOULD GIVE IT A TRY. THE ELEVEN PRINCE SIGHED IN DEFEAT AND FINALLY AGREED, BUT HE ALSO GAVE HIM A WORD OF ADVICE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES THE CURSE WON'T GO THAT EASY SO HE HAD BETTER UTILIZE THE TIME HE HAS LEFT IN PATCHING UP WITH HIS OLD BONDS. SAYING THUS THE ELVEN PRINCE STARTS TO WALK BACKWARDS TOWARDS HIS TREE WHILE A THICK DENSE WHITE FOG COVERS HIM UP AND VANISHES ALONG WITH HIM. "

" ' YOUR MAJESTY.....YOUR MAJESTY..?' THE CALL OF HIS SOILDERS BREAKS THE PRINCE'S FROM HIS TRANCE AND HE LOOKS AROUND HIM. HE WAS STANDING STILL NEAR THE WILLOW OVERLOOKING THE POND. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE SOILDERS EMERGE FROM BEHIND A FEW TREES PANTING AS THEY CAME RUNNING TO HIM WITH THEIR SWORDS DRAWN AND READY FOR COMBAT. THEY SEE THE PRINCE STANDING BY THE LAKE AND IMMEDIATELY RUSH TO HIM. ' YOUR HIGHNESS, ARE YOU OKAY? WE WERE TERRIFIED WHEN WE SAW YOU MISSING FOR COMPLETE 10 MINS. WHAT HAPPENED YOUR MAJESTY? HOW DID YOU GET HERE? ARE YOU HURT ANYWHERE?' . THE PRINCE SMILED TO HIMSELF AS TEARS CAME TO HIS EYES SEEING HIS BELOVED SOILDERS FUSS ABOUT HIM BEING GONE FOR ONLY FEW MINS ( WHEN ACTUALLY FOR THE PRINCE IT FELT LIKE HOURS). HE ASSURED THEM THAT HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT NOW THEY HAD TO REVISIT "SHIRABAN", IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. "

" THE PRINCE TRAVELLED TO "SHIRABAN" AT BREAKNECK SPEED, BUT IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE FOR HIM. HIS VISION WAS COMPLETELY BLURR NOW AND HIS HANDS ALSO FELT KINDA FUNNY LIKE AS IF IT WERE ROUGHLY RUBBED AGAINST STONE. AS THEY REACHED THE OUTSKIRTS OF "SHIRABAN" A FEW CITIZENS RECOGNISED HIM AND STOPPED HIM AT THE GATES FROM GOING FURTHER. THE PRINCE PROTESTED TO BE LET THROUGH SO THAT HE COULD TRY AND ASK FOR A CURE TO HIS CURSE BUT THE CITIZENS REFUSED HIM AND SAID THAT THE CURSE NEVER HAD A CURE. IT WAS UNBREAKABLE AND UNESCAPABLE. IT WAS HIS FOOLISH CURIOSITY THAT GOT HIM INNTO THIS MESS AND NOW HE HAD TO PAY THE PRICE. THE DEVASTED PRINCE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO RETURN HOME BY THE TIME WHICH HIS WHOLE BODY HAD TURNED GREEN WITH BROWN PATCHES HERE AND THERE. VINES AND LEAVES WERE SPROUTING FROM HIS HAIR AND ARMS. "

" HEARING THE NEWS OF HIS SON'S RETURN THE KING WHO HAD NO IDEA OF THE WHOLE INCIDENT CAME OUT RUNNING WITH OPEN ARMS TO WELCOME HIM BUT STOPPED AT THE ENTRANCE ITSELF HORRORSTUCK AT SEEING HIS SON'S STATE. WHEN THE PRINCE DISMOUNTED THE HORSE THE QUEEN SLOWLY ADVANCED TOWARDS HIM LIKE SHE WAS LIVING HER WORST NIGHTMARE. WHEN THE PRINCE EXPLAINED ALL THE SITUATION TO THEM THE QUEEN WAS LITERALLY IN TEARS AND HUGGED HER SON TIGHTLY AND CRIED WHILE THE KING WAS RED WITH FURY. HE CALLED ON TO HIS MINISTERS AND QUICKLY COMMANDED THEM TO PREPARE A HUGE FORCE OF ARMY TO CONFRONT THE "SHIRABANIANS".

What could the royal family do about the poor state of their prince? Will the king be able to anything to save his beloved son?

Find out in the next episode.

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