Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 149: Eternal Sacrifice...

Celestia’s POV:

What does he mean by I can’t fulfill my purpose in this birth? Or maybe I heard him wrong.

"Celestia! I am giving out this verdict as the King of Light Realm. But as your father, I don’t want you to do this penance," he paused and looked down at me. "Do you know why the side of darkness is gaining strength?"

Why is he asking me a question like this? It is obvious to everyone that the side of darkness is gaining power because of the awakening of the Nephilim. The Anti-Angels clan had offered its powers to Lilin and Theo through rituals.

Perhaps my father has a different answer to this. So I silently waited for him to give his justification.

"My child, you might say that Nephilim is the reason. But that is not entirely true! Two thousand years ago, the side of light was strong enough to defeat the entire Nephilim clan and imprison their soul in the abyss of torment. Now we were unable to save just a castle from the dark forces. The light forces have become that much weaker!"

"I am sorry again, father! I was supposed to protect you all, but-"

"No, Celestia," he interrupted me. "This is not about you! This is about the forces of light! The Fae kind is losing their energies slowly. In today’s battle, it took ten of the Faes to slay a single Manticore."

"What?" I shouted out. " It took ten of them to slay a single Manticore? It used to take a single Fae to destroy it!"

"Exactly! That is why half of the castle got burned down, and more than a hundred of them died. The forces of light are diminishing!"

My mind got blank as I listened to him. This is all too much to process. The force of light is decreasing?! After a few seconds, I calmed my mind and asked him, "But from when the light forces began to diminish?"

"This has been happening even before you were born," he responded and startled me. " And I am sorry for not saying this to you before, Celestia! No one else in this realm knows about this! Not even Darius. I kept this as a secret for this long, and I am ashamed about this."

"What?" I gasped. "The forces of light have been losing their powers little by little for these many years?! And you have not told anyone about this?"

He nodded his head and acknowledged the truth. "This started to happen ever since the Nosferatu kind betrayed the Angles. Just like that, many light creatures sinned and turned to the dark side. Do you know how many light creatures were thrown down the abyss of torment for the past two thousand years?"

"A Countless number of Faes and Mages were reprimanded and thrown down the deep abyss," I replied to the question he asked me.

"And that is why the side of darkness is gaining power," he declared. "When the number of sinners increases, then the strength of the Kingdom of Darkness increases too! All of this has now resulted in the imbalance in the forces between light and darkness. And that is why our powers are diminishing!"

This is intriguing! For this long, I thought that the side of the light would prosper no matter what. But it also tends to get diminished?!

"All our actions always have an outcome," my father continued with his explanation. " This is the law of nature. The good deeds yield goodness, and the bad deeds diminish the goodness! And my child, that is the reason why you were born! You were born and made as an Angel to bring peace and balance of powers in this realm."

So far, I thought that my purpose was to be a warrior and slay the shadow creatures. Now I realize that I am supposed to do more than that. I have to bring peace and balance too!

"When you were born, I really thought you would bring peace in this realm," he went on. "But the force of light got so weak that even the Dawn got so feeble! You were unable to unleash your Angelic powers for a long time, and a trickster like Silver Shadow was easily able to seduce you to the dark side."

So is it not entirely my fault that I got drifted to the dark side?! The force of light is diminishing too. Everyone who went against the side of light and sinned is responsible for this. I was relieved from my guilt as I realized the truth.

If it’s not entirely my fault, then why was I made to drink the Venom of Nosferatu? But I did free Theo from his cage, and it resulted in the bloodshed. So I deserve this punishment!

I sighed to myself and reminded myself that there is no use in thinking about the past! It doesn’t matter who is responsible for the burnout of the light force. I am the Dawn, and I should bring the stability back.

"Father," I breathed out and dug my sharp nails down my palm. "Even though the force got weak, I was able to unleash my Angelic powers. I think that I can fix ths too. But please tell me what I should have to do?"

"No, Celestia! Forget it. I am not going to let you do this," he said and turned to his side.

Why is he stopping me now? I took a step forward and faced him again. "Father, the force of light might get even weaker in the upcoming days! If we have a way to redeem the side of light from diminishing, then we have to execute it no matter how difficult it is! Or else the Shadow forces will conquer our realm effortlessly!"

He shut his eyes and said, "The only way we have got now to redeem the side of light is through an Eternal Sacrifice!"

"Eternal sacrifice," I gasped out.

Father Oberon turned away from me again. "And that is why I am not going to let you do this. You are my child, and I want you to be alive!"

After that, he walked out of the Dungeon, leaving me shattered. I was completely frozen for minutes. Eternal Sacrifice?!!