Happy Endings Are Lies

Most people were looking at him with eyes of envy and jealousy, while others had eyes of longing and some other emotions.

Denear's father noticed them looking at his son and decided to try change the topic.

"Thank you all for attending my sons fourth birthday. I've prepared something as a small token of appreciation." He then gently clapped his hand and shouted, "Bring them in!"

A line of servants entered through the door as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and gave out tiny silver boxes to everyone in the entire room. After they finished handing all the families one box each, they all left in an orderly fashion.

"In these boxes, you will find a metal rose. These roses are enchanted by a very famous enchanter and blacksmith called, Ignon The Shadow Craftsmen."

"Ignon!" People were surprised.

Ignon is a very famous enchanter and blacksmith that hasn't show himself for about 4 years. Rumors said he lives in the mountains creating destructive weapons then enchanting them to make them even more powerful. Being an enchanter is already considered rare because enchanting a weapon drains a lot of mana and contains a huge risks. One mistake and you could get paralyzed for life, and that's already considered LUCKY! In the worst case scenario, you lose your life. However a guy called Ignon enchanted weapons perfectly without making a single mistake, that is why he became so famous. It caused an uproar in the enchanting community. To make it more amazing, he is a blacksmith as well! The art of blacksmithing may not be as dangerous as enchanting, but it drains a lot of your energy so there are only a few successful blacksmiths in the entire world.

Since being a blacksmith reqiures strength, it's mostly the dwarf race. With their strength, they could easily become blacksmiths even if they are stinking short. But if a human tries, they aleast have to be strong like the famous Ignon.

Denear has read a lot of books about blacksmithing and enchanting, so he knew how hard it would have been for inexperienced people. He was quite interested at it but because he didn't have the necessary tools and equipment. Not to mention the materials to make the weapons out of. So he decided to just read about it and when he has a chance, he will try it out.

At that moment, everyone wondered the same thing,'HE HAS MET THE SHADOW CREATOR!'

Your probably wondering why he is called The Shadow Creator. Its because no-one has ever seen his face, EVER! Even his own family, as a rumors said. The only time he accepts requests for new weapons is under a full moon. And when the weapon is being delivered to the client, they would have to wait at a certain location. They would only see the outline of a shadow at midnight, and the weapon would magically appear in front of them. The only infomation there is about him is that he is human and that his name is Ignon. Nothing else.

'So mysterious.....' Denear thought, while rubbing his chin. He was lost in thought. When suddenly there was a large CRASH!

He turned to see where the sound was coming from and saw the maid which had spoken to him in the library on the ground with a silver tray and some broken glass. Her black hair covered her face. But one could tell that her faced looked like she had just made the mistake of her life.

"You trash!!" Shouted a hot-blooded looking fellow with blonde hair. He had brown brown eyes and a muscular figure, including a disgusted and angry look on his face. His black suit had stains of some liquid. Denear guessed that it was wine and that the maid must have accidentally spilled on his expensive looking clothing. Which would have caused him to get mad. "This cost more than your pitiful life." The blonde guy shouted with a more angry look on his eyes. Due to his anger, he grabbed a glass and hit her with it. Glass shattered onto the floor, along with some of the maid's blood. She dared not to retaliate. 'This guy is so cruel and short-tempered' He couldn't stand the sight of him. Seeing him made his blood boil.

Denear's father walked up to him and said, "Sir Finias, could you please calm down and not make a scene at my son's birthday. I'm sorry for the mistake one of my servants made." He said this with a stern voice.

Sir Finias did his best to control his anger and said, "This servant has ruined my day. I apologize for causing a scene, however instead of me apologizing, you should be thanking me. I just helped you correct your servant for free, maybe if you taught your servants well then this wouldn't have happened." He looked at the servant that had her head looking at the down with shame. You could clearly see some tears on the floor.

His words were clearly an indirect insult. He was basically saying that he (Heins Cornelius) incompetent at teaching his servants. To top it all, he's was justifying his wrong doing and was even asking for a THANK YOU INSTEAD OF A SORRY!!

'Is this guy an idiot!' The other guest seemed like they were agitated about what was going on and was readying themselves for a bloodbath.

'Sir Finias, you have just made an eternal enemy!' Denear's eyes showed so much hate towards Sir Finias.

Heins realised what he had just said and tried to maintain his composure, and kindly smiled and said, "Sir Finias, may you kindly please find you way to the door." His smile was full of pressure and killing intent that everyone else in the crowd felt like they were about to faint. Sir Finias had no choice.

"I-I was gonna leave anyways." As a man, his pride was everything.

As he was about to walk out the door, he suddenly dropped on the floor on both of his knees while sweating and panting like crazy. He tightly held the door handle for support. He suddenly felt chills run down his throat, when suddenly his heart stated to get incredibly painful. It felt like an invisible force had just ripped his heart from his chest, it felt like his lungs had just exploded and was no longer able to breath. Everyone was watching him leave when he suddenly collapsed on both of his knees. This made everyone very confused.

Sir Finias then had a sudden dream or vision. He felt like was drowning in water. NO, it wasn't water. When he opened his eyes in the vision, he wasn't drowning in water.........he was drowning in blood. His own blood! His body had deep cuts all over. He kept falling and falling deeper and was slowly devoured by the darkness. He was trying to scream for help, but no sounds came out. He suddenly felt a huge pressure. He couldn't move anymore. He could feel every bone in his body being torn into pieces. His throat felt like it was on fire. He could feel his head being twisted to a not-normal-position.

All this pain, yet he did not die.

He finally regained his senses and was screaming like a mad man. Clutching his head and screaming,

"NO DON'T!!!! IT HURTS!!!! WHAT'S HAPPENING!!! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!" His face showed a combination of pain and confusion. Some guests were rushing towards him, however it was already to late. Due to the shock and extreme sense of pain and fear was too much for him to handle and was about to go to the afterlife. While on the floor, he took one last glimpse and saw someone.

It was a little boy calmly sitting on a chair with his legs crossed. A cold and extremely evil smile appeared on his face.

The moment he saw him he knew that it was all because of him. He only had one word to describe him before he would die.......

"Monster................"