Chapter 2051: Resting |
If they die of natural causes, surrounded by family and loved ones, Sina would see that as a death worth having
She empathizes. And because she loves, she could hate. And because she loved, she could be insane.
Azief....is the strongest man in the world. He is the last person in the world that Sina should be worried about to die.
At most, she would die forts before him. Unlike some people Sina is not that averse toward dying.
She did not mind dying when her time comes. It is because she already faced death during the early period of the Fall.
When she wanted to take revenge for the people she loved, did she care whether she would live or die? She didn’t care.
Because of that she is not so averse of dying herself. But there is something different about her. There is this question some people always ask lovers./ would you die first or would you die alter than your beloved.
Sina would always choose to die first. Because she could not bear the grief if she had to watched her loved ones die.
In a way that is kind of selfish for her. After all, if she dies, then the one loving her had to endure the grief.
But at least....she thought with Azief she would never have that worry.
Azief....is a survivor. If anything, he would be the last to die among the people around him.
But....the more he seeks power and the more he reached upwards, the more danger he is in. And sometime Sina worries, that out of all the friends and family that Azief have....he would be the first to die.
Azief nowadays....he is no longer just a survivor. He is seeking something, searching for something, grasping for something that Sina does not know
And the helpless things about all of this is that Sina could not stop Azief from taking that dangerous step.
Azief and all of her newfound family have given her the strength to keep living. But she is helpless to stop Azief. And so, the only thing she could do when it is about Azief....is to sigh
Azief, Sofia, Loki....they do not realize it. Because love is invisible. How many time she has been saved by this love and care?
Just knowing that she is cared for, loved....saved her many times
But she did not cry. Tears are reserved from when something bad happen. Nothing bad is happening right now. And there is no need for her to cry.
She believes Azief. She decided to believe in him. Just like before
Time passes.
For almost fifteen minutes, these two did not say anything.
Azief saw that Sina is thinking about something and he simply smiles.
He did not say anything.
Azief simply leans back and look at the distance. Look at the pine trees and sometimes hears the sound the duck, the chicken and the birds made. Sometimes he would take a sip of the tea.
Sina also have nothing to say.
It was like she is digesting the news.
Fifteen minutes passes just like this. Fifteen minutes of silence. Fifteen minutes of thinking. Fifteen minutes of time....for accepting.
It was like any normal day. They are on the back of a white mansion, enjoying the wind and the outdoors.
The world seems to be falling at the seams, the world powers are at an unrest, in the Untainted Land, all three of the Divine Comprehension realm beings gone there.
Those dark forces I the dark begins to scheme. Outside of the gates of this white mansion, there is a war, a war that might even affect the world order
All over this great continent of Pandemonium, there is killings and there is resentment, there is despair of losing loved ones
But for the one that could change this with a decree, there he is, on the backyard of this white mansion, sipping tea.
And sitting not far away from him is another influential figure in Pandemonium, silently thinking.
These two....did not think about what is happening in the world at large, they did not think and speak about the war that is ravaging Pandemonium, none of these issues is in their mind.
Instead, they just enjoy the silence.
Not to be more accurate one person enjoy the silence.
While the others are frantically trying to digest and accept the new information that is presented to her.
But after a while, even the longest silence should be broken.
The moment Sina accepted all of the things that Azief had said, she too leans back on her chai and both of them, in that moment forgets all of those worldly concerns, and just enjoy this seemingly brief peace, this drinking session like there is nothing wrong in the world
After all, they both know, that those problem would still exist whether they enjoy this moment or not.
So, for a moment, just a moment, they simply want to stop thinking and just enjoy this quiet...brief....peace.
And then Sina sighed.
The sigh is long.
The sigh seems to have many of her feelings imbued into it. Azief put down the tea cup. The tea is already finished, the tea cup is empty, and every banquet has an end
Sina look at Azief.
"So, what are you doing now?"
"A week" Azief suddenly said
"I would give them another week"
"And what would you be doing in this one week?"
"Watching, looking, observing." He paused for a second and then added
"Preparing"
"where are you staying?"
Azief look behind him, looking at the mansion
"You have a nice mansion"
Sina smiles and nodded. She instantly understood what Azief is saying
"Always a pleasure to host you" Azief laugh
That evening these two old friend did not talk about the matters of the world....only old friends sharing old stories and reminiscing about the good old days.
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The world did not know what is happening in Pandemonium right now. But a week had passed and the world already know something that Pandemonium did not know
Death Monarch....he has returned. Even though there is no official announcement, the fact is clear.
Death Monarch was in Arturia.
Katarina returns to New Moscow and close her palace gates. Everyone knows that Katarina was out of the Republic.
Why was she out?
Isn’t it because she was searching for Death Monarch?
Not many people knows what Azief was doing. Because to many people, that person is not Azief.
But Death Monarch.
And even the top brass of the world powers does not know what he did with his time.
So, no one knows that Azief went to Interium.
They did not know why he goes to Interium.
They did not know that Death Monarch met the Speedster.
They did not know that he met Odin.
Or a Divine Monkey.
They did not even know he went out of his seclusion and goes to Pandemonium before he decided to go to Interium.
All of this are information that is not available in the public domain.
To the rest of the world, they might think that Death Monarch simply coming out from his seclusion training and is now about to take charge.
Different people with different access level to information knew different things about what had happened and have their own version of the story of what is happening right now
But even if people doesn’t know, they know that certain people in the world would know more than they do.
And that people is certainly Katarina.
The current woman of Death Monarch.
Before, she was reported to be in the Temple of the Great Oracle
She was there for quite some time.
But now she had went back to the Republic?
Why?
There is also news that she was blocked by Rosulka and these two had a fight.
And just like any other fight between these two, the victory once again sided with Katarina.
But the question remains.
Why did she return then?
Only one reason.
She already got the answer she wanted.
Some people investigated and discovered that when Katarina and Rosulka was fighting the trail or route she was flying in directly put her in the route towards Arturia.
Then the rumours of Death Monarch is in Arturia gains more credibility. It is probably not some ply by Arthur or Arturia to enter the muddy civil war in Pandemonium. But death Monarch really goes to Arturia.
Only then it would explain the sudden announcement by Arthur.
But if you read the news or listen to the radios, all of them spoke many words, but after all of that talk and after all of the analysis in the end....they still doesn’t know what happened.
And there is more question than answers
The whole world already knows about this.
But then a new question arises.
Pandemonium is still closed.
Judging from some of the leaked reports, the war is still ongoing.
Sasha and Wang Jian is still fighting. And the battle around the capital of Pandemonium is intense.
The soldiers of both forces is vying intensely. At times Wang Jian forces would have the upper hand.
At other times it would be Sasha
Wang Jian wanted to storm the capital and capture Sasha and then he would wait for Death Monarch to exact judgment.
That is the plan probably
Wang Jian believes that Sasha is using her power to exact personal vengeance.
Sasha on the other hand believe that Wang Jian has treacherous intention and all honourable men and women of Pandemonium should unite to slay this treacherous general
Both have their own slogans and both have their own justification.
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