"LORD KALEL, my master sent this to you."
Kalel turned around and saw Lucina Morganna, his wife's spirit guardian.
The spirit guardian was in her human form because tonight was the night they were going to end the war with the empire that had been going on for almost three years now.
Yes, the war had been going on for that long already.
Auro managed to get a hold of the Golden Tiger because of the Holy Bracelet. Apparently, the one that his 'brother' returned a few years ago was a fake. Ainsworth couldn't disobey Auro so he was currently fighting them.
Moreover, Winchell was no longer fighting alongside them.
The Red Phoenix couldn't disobey Auro because of the Holy Bracelet. But instead of following Auro, his brother-in-law escaped and forced himself into a deep slumber in a place that not even Soleil knew.
Before Winchell disappeared, he left another Keeper that he called Roarke Sinclair. Apparently, it was his 'child' with Luna.
"Thank you," Kalel said, then he accepted the cup of tea that Lucina Morganna handed to him. "Where is my wife?"
"Miss Luna is giving Lady Soleil a bath," Lucina Morganna said, then she bowed to him. "I shall take a leave now, Lord Kalel."
He just nodded as a response.
After Lucina Morganna left, he drank the tea in the cup. It was the tea that Soleil would brew for him every night. Apparently, it was to cleanse the poison in his body. His mother filled his body with poison that until now, there were still some left inside him.
Why does the tea taste different this time…
He trailed off.
Then, the next thing he knew, he already fell on the floor.
No, Kalel said, his strength leaving him. Soleil…
And that was the last time that Kalel consciousness stayed with him.
***
"THE GODS will lose their power once Soleil Rosenberg is gone."
Auro raised a brow, then he looked at the pretty woman clad in a pristine white dress while seated on the branch of the Great Fire Tree. "Why is that so, Nia?"
"Because according to Nia's father, Soleil Rosenberg swallowed the sun," Nia said in her childish manner of speaking. And the 'father' that she mentioned was the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree. "The 'sun' is also the name for the ancient powers sealed in a divine bean that they made Soleil Rosenberg eat in the past."
His brows furrowed in confusion. "Why did they make Lady Soleil swallow the sun?"
"Because according to Nia's father, the gods don't want to have another divine war that will end mankind if it happens," she said. "Thus, they sealed it inside Soleil Rosenberg."
"But why her?"
"Because according to Nia's father, Soleil Rosenberg has the Abyss in her heart."
His eyes widened in shock. "The Abyss is the dark hole that even the gods are afraid of."
And the Abyss could swallow everything.
Now he understood why they made Lady Soleil swallow the 'sun.'
He smiled at the information that would surely help him win the war. "Thank you, Nia."
"Nia doesn't need you to thank her," Nia said with an adorable pout on her face. "Nia wants Aku to marry her."
Ever since he told her his real name, she never stopped calling him that.
He didn't hate it though.
"I will marry you, Nia," Auro promised her. "But I need to get rid of Elaine first."
***
"DARLING, how are you feeling?"
Kyro looked at his arms. Well, those were his son's arms, but he was glad that he was able to move them as if they were his. "I can move as if this body is mine," he said, then he raised his head to meet Yumi's gaze. "Thank you, darling. Because of your poison, I was able to swiftly take over our son's body."
Yumi smiled, then she linked her arm with his. "Thank you for the praise, darling. But I'm not the only one who made it possible," she said, then she turned to the woman standing beside them. "We should also reward her."
He looked at the woman his wife was talking about, then he smirked. "Of course, you'll be greatly rewarded, Lucina Morganna," he said. "I will help you separate from your host."
Lucina Morganna bowed her head to him. "I'm much obliged, Lord Kyro," she said. "In return, I will steal the Black Flame from my master."
"That will be a huge help," Kyro said, then he began to walk away from the traitorous spirit guardian with his wife in his arm. "I can't wait to rip Soleil's heart out tonight."
***
[Present]
"FUCK," Tilly said while holding her head. She felt like her skull was breaking into two after seeing her past memories. She was familiar with most of them. But the ones that she didn't know gave her a headache. "You don't have to show me what happened next because I already know what happened after Kiho, possessed by his father's spirit, ripped my heart out. I know that we lost that war."
Kiho, who looked guilty because of the shortcomings of Kalel Nystrom, remained silent while holding her in his arms.
"I want to see what happened after I gave birth to Julian," she said firmly. "My memories of that part of my life were hazy."
"I don't have clear memories of that part of my life that was mostly controlled by Kyro," Kiho said in a soft voice. "And we're here to find out what happened to the Fire Mages after Soleil and Kalel died."
She nodded in agreement with Kiho. Then, she turned to Nia. "I also don't want to see how Nia and Aku got married in the past."
Nia just rolled her eyes at her.
"Most of all, I didn't see how Kalel undid the spell that tied Soleil's soul with Auro's," she said, then she turned to Kiho. "Kiho, your soul is still bound to Aku even now. That's the only reason why I haven't killed that bastard yet. We have to see how you managed to undo the spell so we could cut Aku's soul from yours." She clicked her tongue. "Why didn't Kalel tell that to Soleil in the first place?"
"I'm sorry, Tilly," Kiho said in a voice filled with guilt. "But don't we already know that Soleil and Kalel didn't have good communication skills?"
She let out a deep sigh. "Right," she said, then she turned to the Great Fire Tree. "You. Don't skip the important parts. I know that you did on purpose so Kiho and I won't be able to undo the spell."
The Spirit remained silent, and the silence sounded guilt to her.
"Show it," Tilly threatened the Spirit. "If you don't want me to burn you and your daughter into ashes, then show the past to us properly."
"LORD KALEL, my master sent this to you."
Kalel turned around and saw Lucina Morganna, his wife's spirit guardian.
The spirit guardian was in her human form because tonight was the night they were going to end the war with the empire that had been going on for almost three years now.
Yes, the war had been going on for that long already.
Auro managed to get a hold of the Golden Tiger because of the Holy Bracelet. Apparently, the one that his 'brother' returned a few years ago was a fake. Ainsworth couldn't disobey Auro so he was currently fighting them.
Moreover, Winchell was no longer fighting alongside them.
The Red Phoenix couldn't disobey Auro because of the Holy Bracelet. But instead of following Auro, his brother-in-law escaped and forced himself into a deep slumber in a place that not even Soleil knew.
Before Winchell disappeared, he left another Keeper that he called Roarke Sinclair. Apparently, it was his 'child' with Luna.
"Thank you," Kalel said, then he accepted the cup of tea that Lucina Morganna handed to him. "Where is my wife?"
"Miss Luna is giving Lady Soleil a bath," Lucina Morganna said, then she bowed to him. "I shall take a leave now, Lord Kalel."
He just nodded as a response.
After Lucina Morganna left, he drank the tea in the cup. It was the tea that Soleil would brew for him every night. Apparently, it was to cleanse the poison in his body. His mother filled his body with poison that until now, there were still some left inside him.
Why does the tea taste different this time…
He trailed off.
Then, the next thing he knew, he already fell on the floor.
No, Kalel said, his strength leaving him. Soleil…
And that was the last time that Kalel consciousness stayed with him.
***
"THE GODS will lose their power once Soleil Rosenberg is gone."
Auro raised a brow, then he looked at the pretty woman clad in a pristine white dress while seated on the branch of the Great Fire Tree. "Why is that so, Nia?"
"Because according to Nia's father, Soleil Rosenberg swallowed the sun," Nia said in her childish manner of speaking. And the 'father' that she mentioned was the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree. "The 'sun' is also the name for the ancient powers sealed in a divine bean that they made Soleil Rosenberg eat in the past."
His brows furrowed in confusion. "Why did they make Lady Soleil swallow the sun?"
"Because according to Nia's father, the gods don't want to have another divine war that will end mankind if it happens," she said. "Thus, they sealed it inside Soleil Rosenberg."
"But why her?"
"Because according to Nia's father, Soleil Rosenberg has the Abyss in her heart."
His eyes widened in shock. "The Abyss is the dark hole that even the gods are afraid of."
And the Abyss could swallow everything.
Now he understood why they made Lady Soleil swallow the 'sun.'
He smiled at the information that would surely help him win the war. "Thank you, Nia."
"Nia doesn't need you to thank her," Nia said with an adorable pout on her face. "Nia wants Aku to marry her."
Ever since he told her his real name, she never stopped calling him that.
He didn't hate it though.
"I will marry you, Nia," Auro promised her. "But I need to get rid of Elaine first."
***
"DARLING, how are you feeling?"
Kyro looked at his arms. Well, those were his son's arms, but he was glad that he was able to move them as if they were his. "I can move as if this body is mine," he said, then he raised his head to meet Yumi's gaze. "Thank you, darling. Because of your poison, I was able to swiftly take over our son's body."
Yumi smiled, then she linked her arm with his. "Thank you for the praise, darling. But I'm not the only one who made it possible," she said, then she turned to the woman standing beside them. "We should also reward her."
He looked at the woman his wife was talking about, then he smirked. "Of course, you'll be greatly rewarded, Lucina Morganna," he said. "I will help you separate from your host."
Lucina Morganna bowed her head to him. "I'm much obliged, Lord Kyro," she said. "In return, I will steal the Black Flame from my master."
"That will be a huge help," Kyro said, then he began to walk away from the traitorous spirit guardian with his wife in his arm. "I can't wait to rip Soleil's heart out tonight."
***
[Present]
"FUCK," Tilly said while holding her head. She felt like her skull was breaking into two after seeing her past memories. She was familiar with most of them. But the ones that she didn't know gave her a headache. "You don't have to show me what happened next because I already know what happened after Kiho, possessed by his father's spirit, ripped my heart out. I know that we lost that war."
Kiho, who looked guilty because of the shortcomings of Kalel Nystrom, remained silent while holding her in his arms.
"I want to see what happened after I gave birth to Julian," she said firmly. "My memories of that part of my life were hazy."
"I don't have clear memories of that part of my life that was mostly controlled by Kyro," Kiho said in a soft voice. "And we're here to find out what happened to the Fire Mages after Soleil and Kalel died."
She nodded in agreement with Kiho. Then, she turned to Nia. "I also don't want to see how Nia and Aku got married in the past."
Nia just rolled her eyes at her.
"Most of all, I didn't see how Kalel undid the spell that tied Soleil's soul with Auro's," she said, then she turned to Kiho. "Kiho, your soul is still bound to Aku even now. That's the only reason why I haven't killed that bastard yet. We have to see how you managed to undo the spell so we could cut Aku's soul from yours." She clicked her tongue. "Why didn't Kalel tell that to Soleil in the first place?"
"I'm sorry, Tilly," Kiho said in a voice filled with guilt. "But don't we already know that Soleil and Kalel didn't have good communication skills?"
She let out a deep sigh. "Right," she said, then she turned to the Great Fire Tree. "You. Don't skip the important parts. I know that you did on purpose so Kiho and I won't be able to undo the spell."
The Spirit remained silent, and the silence sounded guilt to her.
"Show it," Tilly threatened the Spirit. "If you don't want me to burn you and your daughter into ashes, then show the past to us properly."
