Chapter 38

"WHAT?!" We asked at the same time while looking in disbelief at the old man.

My jaw tightened at his answer to us, I clenched my fist and wanted to attack him because of what he said but I chose to calm myself so as not to hurt the only key to Pavel becoming king.

"Fucking old man," I whispered something that he heard.

"I know, it's just a matter of fact," the old man said to me which made me roll my eyes, I also took a deep breath because of what he had done.
I need to calm down.

"You will come with us Old man, whether you want or not you will come," I said irritably making him laugh.

"For what? To lose my memories?" he asked, making my eyes narrow.

"You fucking old man can't you just---"

"Ksara, shh calm down, I'll talk." Pavel then smiled and faced The old man named Gabriel.

"Hi, I'm Pavel from the Eloso clan, the main thing we need is you, so I'm begging you that if possible, come with us to be proof that we found you and I'll introduce you to my father, and mother, it is an honor to meet you, so I hope that if you give it a try, you will come with us back to town," Pavel said politely causing the old man Gabriel to come out of the gate of his house.

"Pavel from the clan of the Elosos?" he asked with a frown as he looked at Pavel.

"You're a prince, right?" he asked, Pavel immediately nodded at him then the old man Gabriel looked at me, I glared at him but he looked back at Pavel.

"How many more kings are you by any chance?" He asked Pavel.

"Seventeenth" Pavel answered so the old man bowed and laughed. I raised my eyebrows because of what he did, what's so funny?

"Hmm, are you sure...you're the seventeenth king?" The old man Gabriel asked, causing Pavel and Cynrad to frown.

"What are you talking about, he's probably the seventeenth king," Bael said so the old man's attention turned to it.

"I guess, you are Bael and Cynrad right?" The old man Gabriel asked the two, the two were surprised because he knew their names, and they immediately nodded.

"You're all done." This is what it says. The old man Gabriel took a deep breath and then smiled at the three.

"You want me to be with you, right?" He asked the three, they immediately nodded and frowned as they looked at each other.

"Well, there's something you need to know and do before I go with you back to the town." He said then opened his gate wide.

"Come inside." He invited us, the three immediately entered while the holy woman Abiah and I remained standing here.

"Are you going to tell them about the curse?" The saintly woman Abiah asked, The old man Gabriel smiled and nodded.

"I think, the curse will be broken, they are already intact," He said then looked at me, I frowned and then raised my eyebrows.

"How can you say that they are complete without Karma, do you see a girl who looks like Karma? No, are we going to find that pest girl before you come with us?" I asked irritatedly. He laughed and gestured to come inside. I blinked and shook my head.

"I'll wait here, obviously you don't want people like me to come in," I said turning my back on him.

"I already signaled to come in. You're still going to say that I don't want to let you in." This made me stop and look at him sharply.

"Come on Ksara!" I looked at the old man's gate where Cynrad and Pavel were waiting for me, I looked at the old man.

"Your contraceptives, I hope you took them off--"

"That won't bother you anymore, you got in here last night," He said that's why I rolled my eyes when I walked into his gate, and as he said, I didn't feel any contraceptives that didn't want to let me in, unlike last night when my skin almost burned from the heat I felt.

  I immediately sat down on the sofa when I entered the house, Pavel followed me and sat next to me, I felt weird when he looked at me and smiled.

"I'm excited to go home." He said while smiling at me, I just looked at him.

"Hmm, me too," I coldly said and then rolled my eyes towards him, Cynrad and Bael sat in front of us, while the two avid fans of the biblical name sat in the middle on the sofa, Pavel looked at the old man Gabriel.

"How many years have you been here? Seriously, the things here look like antiques." Pavel said as he looked around the old man's house.

"Hundred years ago," The old man answered causing the three to look at him at the same time.

"Hundred years?" Bael said and laughed.

"Great, you are the oldest prime minister," Bael said while looking at the sign.

"What exactly are you going to say?" Cynrad asked The old man, I closed my eyes and just listened to their conversation, I'm sure that The old man will tell the story of the curse that surrounds the town.

I'm sure that the old man is smiling like a dog.

"Do you believe in the curse?" He asked. I heard the three were surprised by the old man's question.

"Me, my parents used to tell me stories when I was young," Bael said.

"Like?" The old man asked. It's like we're in school because of them, they're like pest children.

"Like sleeping beauty and snow white," Bael said causing the holy woman Abiah to laugh.

"Is your mom an avid fan of fairytales?" the saintly woman Abiah asked with a laugh.

"That's because she always tells stories every time I go to sleep, stupid," Bael said, I heard the old man's laugh.

"Would you believe me when I said, there is a curse on the town where you came from and grew up?" The old man Gabriel asked so I opened my eyes and looked at the reaction of the three of them.

As I suspected, their eyes widened, and shocked at what they heard, they were really like children.

"There is a curse in the town? As in the town of winsoul?" asked Bael.

"How many years have you three known each other?" He suddenly asked the three, the three looked at each other and thought.

"I saw them for the first time in the new year, they were in front of me as if they knew me," answered Cynrad, so I was stunned.

"That's right, it was New Year's when I met them, all I remember is that the three of us became friends because we were facing each other that time," Pavel said so I looked at the old man That is, it happens, again and again, every new year.

After everyone in the town loses their memories, it will go back to the beginning as if they had just met each other. In my opinion, the three have been together for a long time but in their memory, they have only been friends for a year.

Because of the curse, probably everyone in winsoul is experiencing the same thing. Not everyone is so naive that they have forgotten someone or an event in their life that is important.

"What if I say... You've been friends for more than a year, would you believe me?" The old man asked. Cynrad laughed.

"Grandpa, I only met the two of them this new year, it's impossible that we've all been friends for a long time," Cynrad said.

"Because of the curse, you forget everything," The old man Gabriel said it was because I could feel the hardness of the three's bodies, just like yesterday. The old man told them the story he gave us.

The three were shocked by what they found out, especially Pavel because he was named after the man from the Eanthals who was Cynrad's relative.

"That's why I see pictures every time Ksara and I touch our skin," Pavel said so the old man looked at me. I thought I was the only one who felt that way, Pavel did too.

"Every time your skin and Ksara touch?" The old man asked while looking at me. My eyebrows arched because of his gaze.

"Me too, after the New Year's celebration I started to dream of an event, it's always in my dreams and without fail," Bael said to the old man.

"And you Cynrad?" He asked Cynrad, Cynrad looked away.

"I feel like some places I've been to are familiar even though it's the first time I've been there," Cynrad said, the old man Gabriel smiled and stood up then took something from a cupboard near his kitchen door.

He went back to where he was sitting earlier with a black notebook in his hand.

"That's because you were connected to each other from the beginning," The old said and opened the black book then showed a picture stuck to the book.

My body almost stiffened when I saw the picture of the girl named Karma again.

"What's us, isn't it?" Pavel asked in surprise as he looked at the picture.

"When did we take a picture like that?" Bael asked and looked at me.

"Did we know you before?" Bael asked so everyone looked at me, I didn't say a word because I knew it wasn't me he was talking about.

"This, Pavel Eanthal," The old man said and pointed to Pavel at the picture, Pavel who was with us swallowed as he stared at the picture. "And these are Cynrad Morwag and Bael Morwag." The old man introduced the two lookalikes of Bael and Cynrad.

"And then it's Karma Eloso, the woman who was sold by her father to the devil," The old man said so they looked at me at the same time. My grip tightened on my seat because, I look exactly like the woman in the picture, the only difference is...

"Can you remove the horn from your head Ksara, you look like Karma." Bael said causing me to swallow.

If I could I would have done it.