Burning Soul

“Ah!

Just say it out loud that you don’t get a thing!

I’ll tell you what happened!” She walked closer to him having a little bit of demeanour look in her eyes; she raised her one hand and knocked hard on his head.

“But first, go and take a look at her,

She’d feel better after seeing you come back!” She looked at him with enchanted eyes and gave a pleasant smile; with her slender, rose-coloured hands she pushed him out of the room saying so.

“I’ll tag along too!” Aeneas jumped in,

“Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll send you off flying!” She fiercely glared at him having menacing look in her eyes followed with her gestures

“Of course not! His words began to tremble on each other and he felt a wave of shiver on his body when he saw her menacing gaze.

I just want to see if she’s…

I mean both of them are doing well or not,

Nothing more!” His flustered reply raised a flag but his concern was not fake,

“Why not!

Take him away! We will get some quiet time too!” Lumiere stated in an irritating tone, after all, he had been suffering his nagging for well over a year!

“Oh!

I had a question!” Theo turned and asked Lumiere,

“What is it?”

“How come I notice no change in my appearance?

Saying this he nudged his hands over his white face and then on followed hairs while his pleasing eyes having thick eyelashes had interrogated look while imagining this.

Like we spent almost over nine months, shouldn’t have I grown up a bit! At least a tiny bit!” Wondering this he takes a few steps towards Merida and compares his height with her who was shorter than him yet since last time, he wasn’t grown much.

“Why are you comparing it with me huh?

Gosh!” Merida pouted at his action giving unprejudiced expressions and keeping her hands folded by her waist.

“Well, that’s because you don’t age there!

Now get going!

Shush!” Lumiere brushed him off with a reply.

Merida drove both of them away from the hall hesitantly, Catherine followed as well while Nuae and Naomi had already left the room!

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“Xenos!” Lumiere asked in a low voice,

“Yeah!

Those escorts are now becoming a headache!” Herald picked up a hot cup of tea from the table sat on the chair nearby, taking a sip with an elegance he continued to talk making his expressions of face a little bit bizarre, “This one especially is more wicked than all others!”

He was referring to Clarke.

“They’ve settled as a nation I heard!

Now, what could drive them to interfere with other people’s peace?” Duvrion who was thinking something for a while with his eyes riveted on the ground and hand stroking his chin commented on the matter.

“Their Queen!

If my assumptions are correct, her hunger for power is something incomparable.

After they managed to form a settlement, I thought they’d settle for good, but unfortunately…” Herald who was broadly moving his hairs while talking seemed to have a sad look,

“They never learned their lesson!”

“We found a Rune in the village where the Massacre occurred!

An ancient one! I tried finding it in every possible book here but, we need someone with exceptional knowledge about Runes!” Herald sighed.

“That means…”

“Yeah!

But I can’t return for now! If I return empty-handed, I’ll offend the elders!” He replied to Dimitri,

The place he was referring to was the ‘Temple of Origins’.

“That can be helped, the kid is actually travelling to that place!

If we send a letter regarding the matter to him, we can get some intel on this matter!

Also, he’d gain a few benefits necessary for his and his teammate’s growth with your appreciation!” Lumiere mentioned Theo's plans.

After all, even Skadi’s Avatar has suggested that he move in the same direction.

It was as if everyone was helping him grow in a certain way, for his good?

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“Not a bad idea!

I can continue my pursuit, that’d slow their progress while we adapt to the situation that's going on!” Herald gave it a thought for while,

“Besides, I got some Instruments for him, help him ascend well okay!” Lumiere with a bit of a smile looked at both Dimitri and Herald.

“Hmm,

Tell me one thing!” Herald seemed to be a bit confused and had a tickling smile on his face,

“Why are you all fixated on this kid,

Someone I haven’t even heard of! Like what is this all about?

For someone like you, Dimitri, to take interest in him, what in the world is going on? he asked with conceited tone and stroked his hairs belligerently in a backward direction with hands but his question was rather on point, for almost everyone, Theodore and his group was unheard of!

“Something very special!

That’s all I can say!

He carries a very complex bloodline, he learns and levels faster than others, and most importantly,

His journey will unveil what happened in the Great Wars, to be accurate, what happened with Serena!” Dimitri who standing silently having his eyes fixed on the ground replied as calm as he could be!

“As for the Rune!

Don’t forget to mention that thing we saw on the deceased person’s hand!” He continued,

“What thing?” Lumiere, who had no clue asked stroking his hairs and then folded his hands along the trunk.

“The one character that we could identify,

The sign of the Devil!” His response paled his expression yet again!