章節 64: 61 The Fallen son of Ciris

Olibia

I smiled mirthlessly as I heard the soul or Bee with his Beloved .

So foolish , I thought , did the child really think I motivated him for nothing ?

It was all planned , each sentence and that really long speech . All of it was to make sure the soul or Bee ( it was still hard to get used to the name ) and his Beloved didn't come looking for me .

I waited atleast five minutes after he left the room and then I transported my essence to a place no one with any sanity would go to .

It was a frigid waste land of ice and snow and ahead of me was a wall of black ice . It reached almost sixteen hundred feet in the air and would have made a human dizzy looking up .The sky was immersed in black and grey clouds that shifted to and fro .

The air was fast and stung like a whip lash and was so cold if a human had been here they would have frozen to death in thirty seconds and if with warmer clothing it would be forty five seconds .

But no human could get here , you see . It was in another dimension , a forgotten dimension that nobody came to except for one individual . He was rumoured to spend years here , which were only minutes in the human world .

I brought my essence together and moved towards the wall of black ice . It wasn't really a wall though but - well it was a wall but not a natural wall instead it was a wall of a castle . An ancient castle at that .

when I reached the wall I reared myself up and ... knocked politely . The sound from my simple taps resounded like thunder inside the castle . A moment later , a doorway appeared and I entered it .

Stupid , I know . But he could have killed me as soon as he knew I was there .

Inside the interior was little different from outside . Black walls of ice , clear as glass and I could see my reflection in the floor. Above me , as I was in a passage , were chandeliers long since frozen over .

I went up a flight of stairs and when I reached the landing I found myself in a dining hall . There was a long rectangular table , with two empty plates and cutlery . A candelabra stood in the centre of it , with flames of blue and black lilac .

" Why are you here ? " A chill voice said behind me and Zascare passed me by without even giving me a glance .

Here , he wore no cloak of mist and death . He was Master of this place and was dressed in a suit of blue and black and his white grey hair seemed to move in its own created wind . It pained me to say he was actually dressed nice .

" I came to talk . Remember when you used to talk with me or anyone from the spiritual realm ? " I said with a smile .

" Ah , yes . Was that before or after my former Father kicked me out ? " He asked coldly , " Or was it when I was captured ? Or better yet , when I went into my - "

" All right , I get it . I spoke poorly . I'll have better tact next time I speak . " I said quickly and he gave me a cold smile .

" Well , what are you here for ? " he said taking a seat on the table and regarding me .

" I came to talk about ... my soul charge and his Beloved ." I said slowly and he cackled .

" You came all this way to persuade me to leave them alone ? " he asked with a wicked smile but I folded my hands .

" No , if I did that , you wouldn't do it ." I said and he shrugged his shoulders indifferently , " I came here to ask you not to make things difficult for me or them . "

" Difficult how ? " He said getting up and moving to the seat on the left . he held the chair back but looked at me .

" You know the laws , you know the rules . You once lived by th-" I started but he cut me off .

" Yes , yes I did live by them once but now I'm not bound by them , like you . " he said coldly and he took his seat , he waved to the one on the other side , " Take a seat Olibia ... if you manifest legs first of course ."

" No , I prefer to be incorporeal , thank you ." I said taking the seat , although technically I was just hovering on the seat since I didn't have a bottom to sit with .

" Since you know I'm not bound by the laws anymore , what makes you think I should follow them ? " he asked me lifting a fork and studying it's shine .

" I'm just asking , very kindly I might add , that you leave the Corpse and his Beloved to find out the story by themselves . They should build it alone ." I said to him but he just grimaced with disgust .

" That is so dull and also not completely likely to happen . " he said and I got slightly mad .

" Yes it will . You know that a Corpse always follows the path that will lead them to their original path . Mine will too but you shouldn't rush him ."

" Rush him how ? " he asked with a wicked smirk . He knew perfectly well how .

" By telling him the truth . You know Corpses can't handle it sometimes . " I said , " There are examples of Corpses who were told about their path before it was time for them to know and you know what happened then .Take a look at the Djinn lover for light's sakes ."

" True , so true but again , even if this Corpse ends up falling into darkness it doesn't affect me . " he said smugly , " Your laws bind you as responsible and I am not even counted as Ciris's child anymore . "

" Because you fell ! " I boomed and the air grew still . Literally still , like stagnated water and I realised I might have touched a sensitive spot .

Zascare had his head tilted and his eyes were narrowed to slits . I knew that look and I swallowed heavily waiting to see what he would do .

" Yes ... I did ." he said softly after awhile . " Do you know how it feels to be cut off ? Of course not , you're still favoured by your Mother . Let me tell you ; when I found myself sealed away like my other self , but this time unable to go home , I was very ... tense ."

When he said the word ' tense ', a row of ice spikes shot from the table surface heading towards me and I froze as one pointed tip stopped a fraction from my eye .

" But ... I learnt something important that day ; do you want to know what I learnt ? " he said getting up and the the spikes melted and faded away .

" Don't ever count on anyone else in this or any other dimension . " he said getting up and turning away , " I find it funny now , that I once stood for peace and order . I felt like I had a place with my brothers , but those were the thoughts of someone who was blind . When I was banished ... it finally opened up my eyes . "

He turned around and glared at me , his eyes shining a frosty blue .

" Now , from where I stand , I'm one of the mighty and I need no one else ... I follow no laws but my own . I obey no one but me alone and I have no qualms about any of you celestial spirits ." he said coldly , " You came here to try and persuade me to leave you alone , to play this little game you were taught to play as I was but , I am not sorry to say this ; I won't do that . This Corpse of yours is important to me but if he falls into darkness or not I do not care . It will not interfere with my plans ... infact it might speed them up . "

" What do you want Zascare ? " I asked him desperately , " I know , everyone knows that you paid a heavy price ."

" For something I had no control of ." he added with malice .

" But like you said , you have power , we all know it . You're not as powerful as ... him , but close enough . What more do you want ? " I asked him and he smiled slowly .

He walked up to me , his steps loud on the ice floor . When he arrived next to me , he leaned down and whispered in my ear . What he said made my essence freeze cold and I felt a chill .

" They ... they... will never give you that . " I told him and he smiled knowingly .

" Oh , I know they won't . They made that clear . " he said , " But if you asked them ... I'm sure they would agree . "

" Me ? " I asked him stunned .

" Of course . You will ask them yourself . And don't think you won't . " he said , " You have to follow the rules don't you ? And I know how to make sure you do that ... in my favour ."

" What are you planning ? " I asked him afraid now . " Zascare they won't give that to you . Neither Mother nor your Father wo- "

" He is nothing to me ! " he yelled and the spikes shot from all around me , from the floor , the walls , the table and the roof and I was surrounded with spikes on all side .

" You should leave now . Your words mean nothing to me ." he said and the spikes disappeared , " I won't stop until I get what I want . "

" Even at the cost of everything ? " I asked with a deep sense of grief .

" It's everything to you sister ." he said coldly and he narrowed his eyes , " But it's not to me . Now get out ."