Burning Soul

The surrounding was in bad shape, there were battle scars everywhere. It looked like someone shattered the ground.

“What the hell? I leave this place in his hands for a few days and this is what I get to see!” Lumere was shocked to see the area.

“You are back!” They heard a voice behind.

“Who’s there?”

“I’m just a messenger, don’t kill me!” The guard was scared to look at all three of them yell at him, although they were just surprised to hear him call out to them from behind, nothing they could help with.

“What!

Did Dimitri send you?” Lumiere asked him, narrowing his eyes.

“Yeah!

You are right!

The Great Ruler of Arnor asked me to deliver a message to you once you returned!

Ahem, ‘Return to the castle at once, a lot has happened and we need to talk about it!’

That’s what he told me to tell you”

Hearing him an unsettling feeling grabbed Theo's mind,

“Did something happen here?” Theo tried asking the guard though he nodded No in return, he was clueless about what events unfolded here.

“Can’t be helped then!

Let’s head to the castle at once!” Aeneas ruffled his hairs, “Just when I thought the peace was upon us!”

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Unlike before when Dimitri teleported, they had to walk all the way to the castle, and it was not that close at all. It took them more than 3 hours to reach there, even with the guidance of a guard!

“Stay here for a moment, I’ll ask around where they are right now!” the guard requested them to stay in the hallway,

“No need, I know where he will be at such moments!” instead of listening to him at staying put, he walked away,

“Where?” Aeneas asked him,

‘Sigh!’

“That old shabby library of his! Where else!” he replied with an irritating expression.

Theo stood there while thinking something,

“What’s wrong?” Aeneas before following Lumiere looked at him spacing out and asked him about the reason,

“For some reason, I feel anxious!” he replied with a low voice,

“Anxious?” Lumiere looked back at him with a confused look,

“Yeah!

Somehow I feel a wave of chill running through me!

I hope she doesn’t kill me!” hearing Theo’s reply they both got his point, he was talking about ‘Little dragon’.

“You know, there comes a time in every person’s life when……”

Before Aeneas could complete Lumiere had taken Theo away from him assuring him on the way, “Ah! Just don’t forget the souvenirs, you’ll be safe!”

“Oye! Don’t ignore me and leave me behind.

Why are you always like this to me?”

While he continued his cries, they reached the library, Aeneas was the one who pushed the big heavy door of the library,

“What do you take me for, I am one of the legendary warriors, don’t you dare ignore me like that!

I may have some words of wisdom to share, and you are going to miss it just like that, isn’t that…..” just when he stepped in the room and continued babbling a huge fireball hit and sent him flying.

“Will you stay shut for a moment now!” a familiar voice was heard,

“Damn it, I thought I was dead,

Wait am I dead?

No,

Goddammit, I thought I was a goner... wait, this sound!”Aeneas somehow balanced himself.

Theo and Lumiere had shocked expressions as well, this wasn’t something that they were expecting,

“This voice!” Theo seemed to recognise it as well,

“T-H-E-O-D-O-R-E”