Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Magic Lamp Took My Life, My Biased Mother Regretted It: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I coughed up a mouthful of blood and lay facedown on the ground, barely able to push myself up.For a moment, something like worry flashed across Mother's face.But Ilona snuggled into Mother's arms, looking wounded. "Lucia is so good at putting on an act. She must be jealous of me. She doesn't want me to become Queen of the Elves!"Before Mother could change her mind, Ilona snapped at two sprites. "What are you waiting for? Lock her up so she can think about what she's done!"I was shoved down into the dark, damp underground cell. Layer after layer of guardian vines twisted across the doorway and sealed it shut.Forest elves need sunlight, and down in that gloomy cell, the pain grew worse.It hurt so much. My flesh seemed to be dissolving from the inside out, my body slowly falling apart. It hurt so much..."Mother, please help me..." I called out weakly. Through the narrow gaps in the vines, all I could see was Mother walking away arm in arm with Ilona, laughing and chatting.I could

But before she could get any closer, Ilona stepped in front of her."Mother, Lucia is so spoiled. If you don't teach her a lesson this time, she'll do something even worse to me!" Ilona sobbed.Mother tenderly wiped away Ilona's tears and shot me a resentful look. Then she called two sprites over. "Go get the 10,000-year-old ice stone sealed in the cold spring. Let's see how long she can keep this up!"Elves love light and fear the cold. During my punishment in the cold spring, the chill had sunk deep into my bones. The pain had been unbearable, and even the memory still frightened me.When I heard Mother say that, I curled up in terror. "No, please don't, Mother..."She couldn't hear me. Even if she could have, she might not have stopped.When the ice stone was brought in, Mother wrapped her arms around a shivering Ilona. "Sweetheart, get out of here. You can't handle cold like this."Ilona hid her delight as Mother led her away. Before leaving, Mother called back, "Lucia, whenever yo

"Lord and Lady Ashwood, I'm deeply sorry. Lucia's life force was drained long ago. Even if she'd been saved this time, she wouldn't have had long to live." With that, Eldrin picked up his medical bag and walked out.At last, Mother seemed to remember what I'd once told her. "Wishing on the lamp always comes at a price."Her legs gave out, and she sank to the floor in front of me, grabbing my ice-cold hand.Memory after memory flashed through Mother's mind.When I used the lamp to heal Ilona's wound, I coughed up a mouthful of blood. Back then, Mother had still worried about me and stayed by my side to take care of me.When I used the lamp to give Ilona a beautiful face, I went white as a sheet. Mother was too busy hugging Ilona to care. When she noticed how pale I was, she accused me of sulking and said my gloomy face was bad luck.When I used the lamp to make the whole family rich, I passed out right in front of my parents. They threw a huge feast and raised their glasses to celebrate

"We know everything you've done." Mother's voice was full of disappointment. She couldn't believe the daughter she'd always sheltered and cherished could be so twisted and cruel. Ilona had done everything she could to make her own sister look bad.Ilona was about to argue, but suddenly she clutched her face and screamed. "Ah! It hurts, it hurts so much!"Her scream was so shrill it hurt to hear.I knew the lamp's backlash had begun.If the person bound to the lamp died or the lamp was destroyed, every wish it had granted would be undone. Ilona owed her beauty to a wish.Ilona rolled on the floor in pain, clawing at her beautiful face and leaving ugly, bloody scratches."No! My face! What's happening to my face?!" Ilona howled in agony. She dragged herself to the table and grabbed a mirror. She looked the way she had before the wish, but now she'd clawed her face into a horrifying, bloody mess.Ilona smashed the mirror. "This has to be Lucia's doing! She's not really dead, is she? What

Having lost both daughters so suddenly, Father and Mother seemed to age decades overnight.Mother sold everything she could, and despite all her pain and illness, she went to the nearby orphanage.Everything she'd failed to give me, she gave to those sweet, lively children. It was her way of trying to make amends.But the livelier her surroundings became, the more it hurt.Eventually, Mother's body gave out. One day, while she was helping a little girl get her kite, she collapsed and couldn't get up.Mother was bedridden. Father sat by her side and sighed heavily. "Grace, this is what we deserve..."Mother nodded sadly.She didn't seem to want to get better. Still, she clung to life as if she were waiting for something.Father, meanwhile, spent every day at the ancient sacred tree where the lamp had once fallen. He faithfully watered and nourished it, pouring what little life force he had left into it. All he prayed for was another lamp to fall from its branches.Every tie binding me t