Chapter 212: The Secret Sanctuary
Annalise took a step through the entrance after Pristine passed through it and found herself stepping on the other side which turned out to be a circular but very spacious room. There were couches, tables, shelves with books, showpieces, and even a fireplace built inside.
Her gaze found the spiral staircase that was leading upstairs to a single room that looked like a bedroom. The place appeared so comfy but also too magical considering it was inside a tree trunk that wasn’t even half the size of the rooms.
"Pristine, exactly who created this castle?" She couldn’t help herself from asking. After all the magical surprises she had been seeing around the castle, she could hardly wait to find out about the person who built the castle in the first place. The only thing that she could predict about the original owner of the castle was that the person was very powerful magically, like really really powerful and that they had a really creative mind to come up with such ideas.
There was no answer to her question for a long while and to be fair, Annalise wasn’t expecting one from the very beginning. That’s why she was left completely surprised when the fairy finally answered - "This place belongs to no one else but the Immortal Light Fae Queen."
To say that she was left completely shocked to her very core would be nothing but a complete understatement as Annalise could hardly believe what she just heard. She turned to face the fairy and asked, "Are you serious?"
A sad smile stretched the corners of Pristine’s lips as she answered, "I’m very much serious, Annalise. This castle was created by none other than Her Majesty, the Immortal Light Fae Queen during her coronation."
Annalise studied Pristine for a while before she asked, "Didn’t you say that you are just a garden fairy, then how come you know about all this? Have you been taking care of this castle from the very beginning?" Her curiosity was obviously at its very peak.
The fairy chuckled softly as she shook her head before answering, "I’m nothing but a mere garden fairy, Annalise, I can’t even dream about leaving for so long let alone actually living for such a long time."
"Then?" Annalise didn’t give up as she very much needed those answers. At the same time, she did understand that Pristine was actually speaking the truth considering her magical essence was that of a garden fairy and logically, a garden fairy could live for a thousand or so years for the most and even that was a rare case.
The fairy let out a deep sigh before she took a seat on the armchair next to the cold fireplace and answered, "I have been looking after this place only for the past twelve hundred years. The only reason I know about the secrets and history of this place is that my ancestors were the ones who were assigned the task of keeping the castle always in full bloom and the rest I got to know from tge guardian."
"Guardian?" Annalise actually wanted to know more about Pristine and her ancestors but after the mention of the guardian, she found herself asking about them.