Chapter 2 Two

Thunders rumbled, the earth shook because the daughter of heaven had just been sacrificed, and a white feather floated in the air.

The waters that had been calm until now were bubbling and a very strong wind was blowing and meanwhile, two mighty mages clashed.

Memeth couldn't let it happen like this, he had already warned Gabriel in the past that if he dared to raise his hand on his beloved, he would take the life of his

Memeth's pain was deeper than ever, the lake where his lovely wife was engulfed was once cursed by the clan of giants could not dare to set foot in it, perish engulfed by the waters of this lake which led straight to hell .

The fight was so rough that no one dared approach to separate them.

Gabriel tried to persuade his brother that everything that had happened was just a misunderstanding but he didn't want to hear anything from him.

It was then that the old doctor of the king came to stand in the middle of them and separated him.

Memeth was so angry that it became impossible to stop him, so the old man spoke up and said:

- Enough Memeth! I too have just lost someone very dear to me, yet I am not trying to kill your brother, Gabriel

-but your pain you know, said Memeth, your pain is not comparable to mine

-and your wisdom is no match for mine either

- if he has committed a crime, resumed the old doctor, if he has committed a crime, let us deliver him to the king's court to be judged there

Gabriel was trained at court before the king to be judged, several great magi followed them to attend his judgment.

-his majesty the king, said the doctor, here are two people lost their lives on Lake Styx and your faithful servant here present, Gabriel, was the only person at the scene, can you order him to tell us what had happened

-Gabriel, mage and member of the Burm family you have the floor, said the king

-His Majesty, began Gabriel, as I was at home and awarded a feast in honor of the birth of my daughter, I thought I heard footsteps in my apartments, I went there because I wanted to take care of my sleeping wife once woke up but to my surprise my daughter had disappeared from her crib

-I looked around me and I could see a person running away with my child, and this person was none other than

- Nonsense! cried Memeth from the back of the hall.

-silence !! Made the king, then take back Gabriel

-I chased him to get my child back, to Lake Styx, Ezral heard my cry for help and got in the way of Nimue and was killed immediately by her

- my poor son, sobbed the old doctor of the king, why did you die so uselessly?

"Don't tell me you believe him," retorted Memeth.

He was starting to have little sounds of doubt in the room, as Memeth had shouted.

-silence!! said the king, Gabriel continue

-when Nimue heard the footsteps of people heading towards us, she killed herself before throwing herself into the lake

- anything, it makes no sense said the people in the room

-why a young wife of the most powerful mage in the kingdom would kill herself after kidnapping her niece

-tell us the truth Gabriel, you wanted to have fun with her but she wouldn't let you so you killed her out of anger

-or even worse, you took advantage of her, your brother's wife and killed her to shut up forever!

Shame on you The assumptions began to arise from the crowd and they were worse than each other because indeed even if Nimue's departure plan had not worked because apart from her husband Memeth who had tried to approach her to save her and Gabriel who was there nearby no one else had heard her last words, the men of the race did not help blaming Gabriel because they were jealous of him.

Gabriel was descended from a clan of very powerful mages and he was one too, the most powerful mage that existed at that time but as his twin brother had come into the world before him, he was placed at the head of the family buzz .

What did not prevent Gabriel from shining as a magician, he was so gifted that he had become the right arm of the king, the one who accompanied him in all his battles, and they always came out victorious.

Gabriel had become a feared man in the kingdom, he held no position in the government, but as he was a powerful mage who was also close to the king, people feared him and respected him a lot.

But today whatever he said had no effect on the assembly of mages because Memeth's wife had already taken care to sully Gabriel's reputation before his death.

-he also killed Ezral because he was the only witness to the scene

- what a heartless man

-I knew it, he was always jealous of his brother and his wife

-he thought he was at war, that we were hanging him!!

The king couldn't stand all this noise anymore, he didn't want to believe that Gabriel had committed all these crimes but there was also no evidence that proved his innocence, apart from his word that no one wanted to believe.

The hour of the sentence arrived and the king did not want to condemn Gabriel at all because he knew that if his enemies learned of his death, they would undoubtedly come to attack the kingdom.

-Silence, said the valet, the king is going to pronounce his sentence The body of the doctor's son, Ezral who was found on the ground had just been examined and it was confirmed that the magic of another person had killed Ezral and not that of Gabriel, king spoke and said.

-the body of the deceased Ezral has just been examined and it is true that you are not the author of his death The murmurs began to invade the room once again.

-and since you are not guilty of his murder, it is possible that you are not guilty of that of your brother's wife either.

- tell me it's wrong, the king is not going to exonerate him after all this anyway, one person died not even two and he was the only person to be on the scene, said people in the crowd

- and for lack of evidence on this subject I declare no to you...

- Me, I have proof Memeth cried angrily.

-so do Memeth

-I heard my wife tell me before her eyes, that he had sacrificed it for the good of his daughter, if I testify to the lies that Gabriel denies it and that I am stoned

Gabriel was surprised that his brother had brought this before the king.

His brother knew it was wrong, but he still preferred to say it so that Gabriel would not be completely exonerated.

The sounds of discontent had again surfaced in the room.

The king spoke to end it once and for all.

"Does Gabriel recognize what Memeth just said?"

-yes your majesty

-so from today, you are banished from the king's palace and the capital, you and your family will live in the most remote parts of the kingdom, only your servants and your children will have the right to come and study in the capital

But those in the room were not happy with Gabriel's punishment.

They started shouting "Kill his daughter, for he killed another man's wife for her own good" The king couldn't stand that, he didn't want people to believe that he was lenient with Gabriel because they were friends, so he went on and said:

-I also withdraw your right to raise your daughter because you gave a human sacrifice in her honor although you claim your innocence, she will spend the first eighteen years of her life living and working for the temple of the put Gou, the temple of syr, which is on the borders of the country...