The flare hit the rope engulfing it into flame.
The boy fell unnaturally slowly into the inferno of flames in his mind he thought "Why? Why!?" Then his mind filled with rage as he shouted inwardly "WHHHYYYYY!!!!"
As the boy falls his hair catches fire and instantly becomes ash disappearing into the air then his skin burns turning brown, he screams in agony as his clothes turn into ashes then he crashes into the ground.
The boy thought inwardly, his mind trembling with pain "So... this is how I die. Mother... forgive me. I wish you had lived and loved me... I wish you had hugged me, given me that motherly warmth I've never had in this cruel world... I wish you had petted my head with that gentle smile you gave me, when you gave birth to me."
"It still burns my heart with overwhelming regret and sorrow. And I think... how disgusting I am... a piece of shit to have killed the only person who ever showed me unconditional, genuine affection. I'm sorry, mother... forgive me... forgive me" the boy said as he took his last breath.
.....
The next day several holy knights wearing simple white clothes came down with ropes to clean the well as it was considered a sacred place to the empire.
The well of sacrifice.
As they were cleaning, a holy knight stepped onto a burned corpse. As he looked closer, his eyes widened in shock, and he screamed loudly in terror. Hearing the scream, the other holy knight rushed toward him and was horrified by what they witnessed. They had anticipated that the prince's body would turn to ashes as any others sacrificed before him had, but it hadn't. His body was fully burned, yet not reduced to ash. It was a feat of his own that he had endured such intense flames.
The holy knight's shocked expressions suddenly changed and they all grinned as they looked down at the boy's body as if they had stumbled upon a great treasure. In a mocking tone, they said, "The Saintess will be pleased."
.....
In the middle of the night, deep within the forest, a star-shaped magical circle was drawn in black powder with fire lanterns placed around it, the circle was surrounded by a secret crowd wearing black hood at the center of it stand a lady in black hood, she takes a few steps forward and spoke "Bring the body"
Two men in black hoods take out the corpse from the sack. One holds his leg, the other his hand then carries it to the center of the circle.
The woman in black hood raised her hands and named her spell loudly.
"Necromancy"
The circle shine brightly in green light at its center, the corpse also radiate green light releasing green mist, the boy soul was pulled out fiercely by a mysterious force from the depth of darkness and he started to heal slowly, first the hands and limb grow back then his flesh, eyes and nails as his body completely regenerate the green light slowly fades away.
.....
The next day, the boy slowly opened his eyes. His head was heavy like someone had beaten his head with iron rods. As his vision recovers he finds himself laying on the lap of a beautiful woman with deep crimson hairs, pure white eyes and smooth white skin wearing a thin simple white dress.
The boy asked shockingly in a deep low tone "Am I in heaven?"
The girl answer "No, you're not in heaven"
The boy asked again, "So, where am I and who are you?"
The girl replied "I am Alice los Ignis, the holy saintess of the holy church of Ignis and you are in my room"
The boy thought inwardly in his mind "What happening, I can't move my body"
Alice said with a calm tone "I order your body not to move"
The boy eyes widened and he ask with a shocking expression "Do you just now read my mind"
Alice reply "yes"
The boy asked "How do you do that, is this your ability"
Alice responded "No, it's not my ability, one of my abilities is necromancy which I have used to revive you"
The boy asked, "Revive me?"
Alice responded as she brushed the boy's hair with her hand "Yes, you are already die with fire-"
Alice was cut off mid sentence, the boy's eyes widened in pain, red veins flared on his eyes, his thoughts of being burned alive filled his memories, he wanted to move and scream but couldn't.
Alice places her hand on the boy's head and tells him in a gentle tone to calm down, the painful memories instantly disappear, replaced by a warmth feeling.
Alice look at the boy gently and said softly "Don't worry no one hurt you here, everything's fine"
Tears flowed down from the boy's eyes hearing Alice's gentle words.
As Alice was wiping the boy tear he ask her "Why did you revive me, what is your goals"
Alice brush the boy hairs with her delicate fingers "I revive you because I want you to serve me"
The boy asked in confusion "Serve you? Why would I do that?"
Alice explained with a calm expression "Don't you realize something, I have ordered you not to move and your body isn't moving, I can read your mind, I told you to calm down and your body calm down, why? not because I possess multiple abilities but because I can control you."
The boy's eyes widened in shock as he asked cautiously "What did you do to me?"
Alice said sightly smiling "Like I have said I have revived you through necromancy skill that means I have full control over you even if you want it or not, you have to follow my orders, now choose, are you going to do it willingly or forceful, if willingly I promise to treat you better with care and love.
Then Alice takes out her legs from beneath the boy head and put a pillow instead as she stand up from the bed she said softly "Take as much time as you want to think, I am waiting for your response"
Then she left the room and closed the door.