————[Some Days ago]————
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Too much heavy rain was showering outside and thunder lighting cover the entire sky. Faster wind flow break out trees from the surface. And some trees burned out as the thunder storm strike on it.
Everything is totally dark, and inside of the castle. Fiona was tightly holding Ryan, because he was afraid of extremely loud thunder strikes sounds. Ryan opened his eyes little bit, but when he saw a thunderstorm he instantly closed his eyes. His body was shaking as like a cat.
Fiona was continuously patting his head. Right now she was sitting over a the bed, and Xen was sitting over a chair on the side of window. Countless deep thoughts are visible through his unknown vision of eyes.
His long black hair was rapidly floating, because of the fast wind flow. And his clothes are becoming wet as the fast drops of rain fall over his clothes, while reflecting from the window frame.
Xen was too much deep on his thoughts, that's why Fiona asked him about that, "Xen!! What are you thinking?"
Xen suddenly come to consciousness because of her voice. Then he grabbed his face and tried to forget about his all thoughts.
Xen stand up and come close to the bed, Fiona instantly raised her hand and stopped him so that he don't come over the bed.
"Please go and change your clothes. Your shirt and upper body is completely wet."
Now Xen noticed that he became wet just because of sitting on the side of window. Then he moved and left from that room, for to change his clothes.
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Fiona looked at Ryan, he was completely awake because of thunder striking sound. That's why she covered his ears so that he can sleep. And she hugged him more tightly.
But then Ryan instantly refused that, "Noo noo nooo!! I'll not sleep, if I sleep you will leave me there. I won't sleep tonight."
His those words touched her heart, over that she noticed some drops of tears on his eyes. His cute looking face was looking more adorable along with his sad expression.
Fiona smiled and kissed on his both cheeks, "Okay, I'll not force you to sleep, you can awake tonight."
After hearing that, Ryan tightly hugged Fiona with an smile. For a moment he forgot that what is happening on the outside, but along with another thunderstorm sound. Ryan got goosebumps as like a cat and then he instantly hugged her more tightly.
While Xen enter on the room after changing his clothes, he was rubbing his wet hair with a towel.
Fiona closely observed his clothes. She was thinking black clothes look more perfect on Xen instead of white clothes. And right now he was wearing a white shirt and normal dark pent.
Then he come close to Fiona's side as he slowly sit over the bed. He is still deep on his thoughts. Fiona raised her hand and slowly touch Xen's shoulder. She wanted to ask him about his deep thoughts, but before she could ask, Xen explained it to her,
"Some hours ago, Ryan suddenly wake up and he told me about his dream. And just after that, this atmosphere started. That were looking like something bad going to happen, and yeah that's true..."
Fiona became shocked that's why she asked him, "What Ryan saw on his dream?"
Instead of Xen, Ryan replied to her question, "I saw that Father is standing on the castle gate, while he was holding a bloody sword."
Xen tried to deny that, "Son that's not good to happen."
Xen tightly grabbed his own head, and he was trying to calmed down.
"Fiona, All the Young Successors was trying to cultivate just without Hedro. And every single one of them get corrupted by dark aura, the amount is too much low that even the Omniscient one can't feel, neither Hedro."
Fiona looked at him with shocking expression, "What are thinking right now?? Don't even...."
Before she could finish her words, Xen immediately stand up and started to leave from there. Then he looked back at her for a moment as he said, "Ryan fall asleep for now, he will become unconscious after a while, so pleased stay there untill I arrive."
Fiona called him multiple times, but Xen has no intention to looking back.
Xen comes with from his castle while opening the gigantic door. And the first thing he saw there was, Ardss arrived there while breaking the atmosphere of thunderstorms, and under the dark sky it was deep to seek into the darkness.
Ardss waved its wings and fly away from there along with Xen.
Fiona observed them from the window, then she closed the window and slowly lay down Ryan over the bed and she also lay down on his side.
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Ardss fly away from over a big forest, Xen feel the presence from the forest that's why he instantly jumped from over Ardss. And the moment when he landed over the surface, he instantly figured out he just entered inside of someone's energy barrier.
Xen started walking too much carefully, because he can't take risks to leave any traces. But suddenly he feels like ground is too much wet. Because water is spreading....
Xen became shocked as he became stand on one position. Xen blink his eyes multiple times,
"Frank, that's you right?"
Frank's entire body is breaking, but his presence raised too much that only Xen can feel the pressure. Dark aura was continuously coming out from inside of his body. And he was standing at one position like a zombie.
Frank raised his head and found out it was Xen. Unknown emotions like the relief of satisfaction covered his face as he tried to say something, "Go..od .... for ... yo...u .... X....e..n."
Those are the last words that he successfully left for this world. And he give up on his concussion.
Xen moved forward though the darkness and then he smoothly swing his sword as he cut off Frank's head.
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———[Some hours later]———
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Right now Xen was standing infront of an wooden door. Xen slowly pushed the door and opened it.
Xen found out a certain person was sitting in the middle of the room.
Her aura was stopping Xen from entering. Xen remember her face and whenever she was around Fray.
Rechel opened her eyes, when she felt Xen's presence. Her eyes are totally black and darker aura was slowly covering her entire body.
Rechel smile when she found out Xen was standing there. Countless thoughts are passing through her head. But the face of one person is continuously flashing on her mind.
Xen raised his blood covered sword while looking at Rechel as he said, "Rechel you are the last young successor. I have already killed everyone else."
Rechel remain silent. Xen slowly placed his sword over her neck and asked her, "Any last words?"
Rechel smile and tried so hard to say something, "I ... w..an....t .... Fr...a..y to. ... b..e. ... Ha..p.py. .... Fo..re..ve..r."
Xen remain expressionless as he cut off her head. But he knows, what he just done.
Xen slowly moved from there and comes out from the house. He remember his friends face for last time. Evan, who happily accepted Xen's words and allowed Xen to kill himself.
Logan who were out of control, but smiled before death. And different types of reactions of others.
He was standing under darkness alone, while holding his sword. The sword which is badly covered by blood.
"Why on this world, only devil like me and Kevin can survive from dark aura corruption. Are we cursed by Hell or darkness?"
But then Ardss arrived infront of him. He couldn't even able to express his emotions properly.
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Fiona feel someone's presence from outside. Then she noticed from the window that Ardss arrived infront of the castle. It was still heavy rain outside.
Fiona slowly comes out from the bed, but Ryan started moving when she left from the bed.
"You were unconscious till now, but why you became wake just now? Can you feel your father's presence too?"
She ignored her thoughts and comes out from the room while holding Ryan on her arms.
She walked down through the stairs, but because of the noise, Ryan started rubbing his eyes by his cute little hand.
Fiona slowly kissed over his forehead and started patting his back.
Fiona comes out from the castle and she became Shocked when she looked at Xen properly.
Ryan opened his eyes little bit and he saw a person was standing there while holding a bloody sword on his arm, that person's body is badly wet because of rain. His face isn't visible at all. Just after that Ryan closed his eyes again.
Xen raised his head and look at Fiona's eyes, "Fiona, I killed them all."
Fiona was just out of words, she don't know what to say. She knows there were no options, but she also know this is the most worst option possible.
Fiona tried to say something, suddenly Xen arrived infront of her face. He placed his index finger over her lips and stopped her from saying something.
"I know Fiona, I did a crime."
Xen moved his face little bit closer to her lips. But before their lips could meet....
Along with a huge explosion sound extremely powerful thunder lighting cracks cover the entire sky, it was as if entire world sky was breaking as like glass. And both of them feel extremely powerful presence which is enough to crushed even Xen's soul.
The darkest night became the brightest day for moment because of the extremely powerful thunderstorm.
But over everything, Xen's heart stopped for a moment. Xen intently look down at Ryan who was on sleep till now.
"Ryan!!!"
Just after Fiona's voice, Xen instantly grabbed Ryan's arms and checked his pulse.....
Xen feel fear for a moment. Xen tightly hugged Ryan along with Fiona. His eyes are death serious. He feels like he just lost...
That presence was too much strong, which is enough to erase any soul.
Xen more tightly hugged them, and he was just thinking about only one thing,
'I felt like, I just missed a small part of time.'
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Right now Xen was holding Ryan on his arm, then he looked at Fiona.
"If you want you can stay there and go with me."
"No, I need to present on my place to accept Royal Knight's message. They are must going to arrange a meeting, because of Young Successors death."
Xen nodded his head and turned back his face, while Fiona moved outside. From the vastly expanded horizon, three sun are rising out. And Ryan wake up too.
Xen went from there for to wash himself and the blood covered sword too.