Chapter 2 - Miracle

"General, Your wife is safe now," The priestess said "But, unfortunately, your child was stillborn. I couldn't save him."

General's face went pale with shock and disbelief. He sat down, holding his face which was filled with anger and guilt toward himself.

He blamed his incompetence for not being able to save his own child and was suffocated with grief.

Looking closely you could make out tears hiding in the corner of his eyes.

A general who was treated as a War God, a spiritual pillar and support of a whole nation was vulnerable at this moment.

"Does my wife know?" He softly asked Priestess.

"She passed out as soon as she delivered the baby" Priestess replied, "You should stay strong for her sake".

General nodded and quietly entered the room.

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Meanwhile, the whole palace was mourning for the loss, grieving for the death of General's stillborn child.

But unknown to any eye, the drop of ruby-red bead that had vanished into non-existence previously, floated down like a dandelion seed through the window.

Shimmering with lustre, it radiated a reddish hue with a tinge of blue and fell down into the pale baby whose skin had turned purple due to asphyxia.

It seemed as if the bead was absorbed by the baby and then it entered the baby's heart unimpeded, lying dormant.

Everything seemed as if there was Fate's hand at play.

Everything seemed to be predestined.

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General entered the room.

Coincidentally General's wife opened her eyes at the same moment.

Unaware of the misfortune, she smiled at the General and looked for the baby. She was tired and exhausted so she could only move her head around.

"Dear.." She said with the smile on her lips. Feeling blessed for her family which now was complete.

But soon she started feeling unease by seeing the ashen face of her husband who sat beside her, holding her tightly in his arms.

Feeling something amiss, she started looking for her baby again but couldn't find anyone else in the room.

"Where's the baby?" She asked worried for her newborn child.

The General stood silent, despondent to tell her anything.

"Where's our child?" She yelled being frightened by the thought of something unfortunate happening to her infant.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't protect our child.." General broke the silence and said with a heavy voice, as if something was stuck in his throat.

Listening to his reply, she passed out.

"Ameira!!" General shouted with concern and tried to wake her up.

"Call the Priestess..!!" He yelled to his servants outside.

Priestess came in running, and started healing her with Aura with the help of some instrument and a wooden staff.

"She has developed a heart knot. Her mind has been clouded with negative emotions and if this continues then she might go to suspended animation." Priestess concluded.

Focusing keenly on her vitals Priestess started her treatment.

Sweat started forming on her forehead while treating the General's wife. The haze around her heart and heart meridian started to fade slowly.

An hour later General's wife woke up from the suspended state.

Tears started falling from her eyes and then she started bawling like a child.

General comforted her by hugging her tightly in his arms.

Priestess stood there hesitant, unable to say anything that could console the couple who had lost their child.

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After sometime General's wife asked to see her child.

The couple walked towards the chamber where their child laid.

As soon as they entered, General's wife ran towards the baby and held it in her arms. Trying to revive her child she started pouring her own life-force into the baby.

Life-force is something different from the Aura.

It is something present in every living being and is something that can be manipulated by any Noble family.

She started crying.

"I Am sorry, I failed you my child" . She whispered gently to the baby as if she was cradling the baby to sleep. Her teardrops fell onto the baby's face.

General was pained to see his beloved in this state. But he didn't stop his wife from pouring her life-force and even added his own, to aid his wife.

The life-force that had entered the baby's body was absorbed by the ruby-red bead which was hidden inside the baby's heart.

The bead started swelling and soon became bloated.

Soon after, cracks started appearing in the bead and then it broke out like a cocoon with reddish strands stretching all over the baby's whole body.

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The couple were unaware. Engulfed within their own sadness they tried to comfort each other, holding the baby tightly in their arms.

Priestess suddenly felt something. She felt as if there was a whirlpool of aura concentrated around the baby, accumulating 'aura of nature' from the air and sending it to the baby. It seemed impossible to extract natural aura without divine help. But it was happening right before her very own eyes.

The general couple were unaware of the whole commotion. They might have sensed something if they weren't drowned in their sorrow. But soon they stopped trying to revive the child and started dwelling in their own misery that fate seemed to have placed in their life.

Priestess came close to the couple and then started looking carefully at the baby.

The purple colour skin started to slowly fade and slowly blood started flowing through the baby's body.

Soon the paleness faded, replaced by healthy reddish colour.

And suddenly, the baby started crying. Waking the couple up, from their misery.

Both General and his wife were shocked at first and then couldn't hold their happiness.

"Thank you, Goddess,Thank you." The General's wife prayed to the Goddess. And started kissing her child with happiness.

General had a hearty laugh, his arched back once again stretched wide as if he can once again shoulder the weight of the sky.

"Is it a Miracle?" The Priestess mumbled slowly, still confused about the whirlpool of aura she had felt previously.

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