Towards A Happy Ending
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West Kingdom, capital.
Everyone went inside the bookstore that they first passed by and looked around to find where the quills, ink, and papers were placed so that they could immediately write a letter to send to Reyan, ah, no, the moon goddess, actually. There is still one day before this letter could arrive in Reyan’s hand, ah, no, the moon goddess’ hand. They just don’t know if this letter would still be passed to Reyan’s hand, though.
But, that doesn’t stop them from avenging themselves! Who told the moon goddess to not only intercept their letters, but also tamper with them!
“I found the papers!” Kulv said.
Towards A Happy Ending…In the fifth kingdom.Hierro saw that the darkness fell upon the earth and just noticed that it was actually already nighttime. It was only when he felt the cold, night wind that hit his face would he notice the darkness in the surroundings.He rubbed his eyes and placed down the quill on the table before he rubbed his wrist that slightly ached. He just finished decoding another group of symbols and wrote them on a blank book that he asked Sylv to find him before, which will act as a dictionary. Writing while using a pencil is already tiring because it is thicker and heavier than a ballpoint pen. Although the quill is lighter and thinner than them, the quill is more complicated to use than the two.Hierro heaved a sigh before he rose from his seat. It was another day that was about to end. Tomorrow, Reyan will receive a letter. Whether it would come from Laggas, or be tampered with the moon goddess again, they would know. And, Hierro would also know whether th
Towards A Happy Ending…Iero now knew what Hierro meant, so he could guess what he wanted to say. “Or else, it could induce fear of the people.” He spoke. “As well as of the other kingdoms.” He added.“That is right.” Hierro nodded in affirmation. “Humans fear the unknown… and Blue, who is a fairy, they don’t know.” He said and heaved a sigh. He has seen lots of these when he was still in his world. One of the things that people fear is darkness.They fear the dark since not only they could not see anything due to it, but they also don’t know what was in it. Darkness is like a veil that covers one’s eyes. So, they won’t know what is in front of them, and this is what they fear.Iero frowned since he understood Hierro’s words. “But, the people still knew of Blue, right?” he asked.“Yes.” Hierro nodded. “Because this is an unavoidable matter.” He said.Iero stared at him. “’unavoidable’?” he asked. What does Hierro mean? He thought.Hierro looked at him. “Blue’s existence would still b
Towards A Happy Ending…“It seems that…” Hierro muttered as a smile formed on his lips. “I should have gone straight to you to ask.” He said. If there is someone who is very knowledgeable, then it is Reyan! As expected of the Sage of the East Kingdom!Reyan chuckled as he pushed Hierro inside the room.Hierro almost stumbled, but fortunately he regained his balance. He helplessly smiled as he turned to face Reyan, who closed the door. “Well, it seems that you already know what I wanted to know, thus I approached Iero to ask.” He said as he looked at Reyan.Reyan nodded in affirmation. “What you wanted to know… is whether there is another being present in this world, aside from you humans, and Blue, a fairy.” He answered. “And, if that was another fairy.” He added.“Correct.” Hierro smiled.Reyan didn’t immediately answer and just walked around the room before he took a chair and sat on it. Hierro did the same hurriedly, afraid that Reyan might change his mind and not tell him what he
Towards A Happy Ending…Hierro walked absent-mindedly towards the dining hall as he pondered over Reyan’s words. Indeed, Reyan is right. The Travelers could not affect the worlds that they have been through, especially affecting it so much with their actions, or else, those worlds might be destroyed, and the residents of those worlds would be the one to suffer instead of the Travelers, who could go to another world after that.That would be very unfair, especially to the residents of those worlds since their home was destroyed. And these Travelers would become too arrogant, for they have the power to affect these worlds. They would be like gods!Hierro heaved a sigh and raised his head when he heard the chattering voices coming from the dining hall. “They are very lively.” He muttered as a smile appeared on his lips. Well, it is better for them to be lively than act depressed, instead.After all, there is no use in acting that way. Not only would you make yourself unhappy, but also y
Towards A Happy Ending…“Why is this?!” Iero asked as he looked at Hierro with his eyes wide in disbelief. “How did this happen?!” he asked, then turned back to stare at the moon in the sky in shock.Reyan looked at Hierro, but his face now looked calm as he spoke. “So, will there be some changes during midnight here?” he asked. He had been to many kinds of worlds before, and also knew some things about the appearance of changes but during a specified time.In short, the space of this temple has changed. Even he, who has the power of space, didn’t notice this detail. This just shows that his power is deteriorating. Thinking this, he can’t help but smile a wry smile.Hierro shook his head. “Not every midnight.” He said and opened the dictionary book which he made after decoding the texts that they found in the moon goddess’ temple, and then turned to the last page.Reyan’s pupils trembled when he saw it. “A calendar.” He said.“Yes. I have been observing since before, calculating how
Towards A Happy Ending…“Hierro! Hierro!” Reyan and Iero called and sighed in relief when they saw that Hierro had finally come out of the altar. They immediately caught him when Hierro stumbled and almost fell on the lake.Earlier, the two of them were following Hierro. Iero was closely behind Hierro but when they were about to enter the altar, too, after Hierro, suddenly, they felt that they hit something. They looked in front of them but there was nothing. However, they felt it was real. There was something that they hit! Like an invisible wall, and it stopped them from following Hierro inside!Reyan and Iero immediately panicked since Hierro was already inside and they tried to hit the wall, but failed to break it. Reyan even wanted to use his power, but Iero advised him not to since they still can see Hierro wandering inside the altar and looked safe. So, they can only watch Hierro inside. They started to worry, though, when they saw him react after he went to the stone box and
Towards A Happy Ending…Somewhere near the border of the West Kingdom.The fake moon goddess, or precisely, the witch, stared outside the window, looking at the gloomy sky where the stars and the moon can’t even be seen due to the thick, gray clouds pouring rain upon the earth. She and her people are currently inside one of the houses of the nobles that they found as they were on their way to the West Kingdom. The witch, whom they still thought is the moon goddess, can’t be wronged or she will become more irate and kill them. Thus, they found her a house that has the best qualities so that she could rest well from the long travel that they had just chasing Hail and his friends.The witch stared at the distance, where the fifth kingdom is. It is dark,
Towards A Happy Ending…In the fifth kingdom, this will be a very long night.“So, the witch, who is pretending to be the moon goddess, is from another world after she crossed to this world when she was chased by the people who wanted to kill her as the last person to be sacrificed, that is, using all the witches and wizards for their powers, to save their world.” Reyan spoke when it was just him and Hierro were left after Iero went to call Sykh, Aria, Yuria, and Laila to have a meeting even at this hour just so Hierro could tell everyone the hidden truth of the past which he found out in the moon goddess’ temple.“Yes. The witch is actually also from another world.” Hierro nodded in affirmation. Just like him and Blue. Thinking this, he can’t help but recall what happened to Blue’s world which is somewhat similar to what happened to the witch.Blue’s world was also destroyed, and Blue, along with his parents were also chased to be killed. The only difference of Blue’s experience fro
Towards A Happy Ending…Fifth Kingdom.“How… how do you think everyone is?” Laila nervously asked Yuria after she and Yuria destroyed the moon goddess’s statue, as well as her entire temple, using her (Laila) power by creating silver weapons.They had just finished destroying the moon goddess’s statue and some women and children who are currently free after they helped in cooking as well as cleaning the surroundings helped Laila and Yuria in destroying the moon goddess’s temple as Yuria instructed after they heard Yuria’s explanation that the moon goddess is the one who caused all their grief and sadness by scheming not only against the witch, but also against all of them! She played all of them!So, Yuria doesn’t need to tell them which they should destroy, for they all wanted to destroy everything in this temple – which all was filled with lies!Yuria took a deep breath as she looked at the now destroyed temple of the moon goddess. She has never felt this relieved before. “Everyone
Towards A Happy Ending ... Sykh is not stupid to not realize that this was his son’s doing! What is Skye thinking?! He thought, feeling angry. The enemy is not them, but the other side! The moon goddess! He thought and gnashed his teeth in anger. Is Skye out of his mind?! Did the witch damage his brain to see us – his family and people, his enemies to attack us?! he thought. Sure, Skye doesn’t know yet about their real enemy – the moon goddess, who is currently possessing Hierro, since they all just met each other again. So, it is natural for Skye to freeze them all, putting his guard up against all of them. This is really a good move, especially during this very tense war against the witch – and now, the moon goddess. Sykh inwardly sighed and turned his gaze to look at the moon goddess, only for his eyes to widen when he saw that ‘Hierro’ also can’t move! Sykh’s eyes widened and a thought flashed in his mind, to which he guessed right. Skye really froze them all so as to not a sin
Towards A Happy Ending…Blue stared at both Reyan and Hail, whose bodies are currently floating inside the carriage, with his eyes wide in both shock and disbelief. He was crying earlier but then suddenly was startled after he opened his eyes that the two’s bodies suddenly floated inside the carriage. He was scared, thinking that something bad happened, especially when he saw a great force come out of Hail’s body and hit Reyan’s body!Blue finally reacted and grabbed the two bodies, wanted to stop what is happening. He felt worried that the force that came from Hail’s body might hurt Reyan’s body which is already very frail. After, the force, although invisible but Blue can see, really slammed hard to Reyan’s body. It looked really bad, as if the force wanted to kill Reyan!“Reyan!” Blue cried, feeling both scared and worried about Reyan. Just as his hand neared Reyan’s body, he was hit b
Towards A Happy Ending…Iero didn't know the reason, so he shook his head. “No.” he answered as he looked at Hierro, only to be shocked when he heard Hierro’s answer.“That is because the moon goddess has the ability to absorb others’ powers.” Hierro said. “Just like how she did to the witch.” He told him.Iero’s jaw dropped. “What?!” he exclaimed. The moon goddess can absorb powers?! he thought and shuddered when he felt a chill on his spine. No wonder why Hierro stopped him earlier from trying to cure Hierro. That is because it would be useless, since the moon goddess would absorb his power, then later use it f
Towards A Happy Ending…‘Hierro’ was supposed to be knocked unconscious, but why is he still awake?! Sykh, Jun, Sylv, and Iero were stunned when they saw that ‘Hierro’ is still conscious despite being hit by one of the veteran guards who sneaked up behind ‘him’.“How did she do it?!” they exclaimed as they warily backed away from ‘Hierro’. They don’t know how the moon goddess did it, and they don’t want to know since they realize how really great her power is.Iero gnashed his teeth in anger as he hatefully glared at ‘Hierro’. How he wanted to tear her off apart, but not only would Hierro be the one he will hurt, but that he knows that his own power is not the type for attacks like Skye, Laggas, Sybb, and Hail. His power is also not the type for defense, but his type of power is special – which is healing, that is rare.“Be careful of her!” Iero told them as he clenched his fists, ready to use his power to heal everyone’s bodies in case the moon goddess attacks them. But, surprisingl
Towards A Happy Ending…“Do you think that if you shout, the people outside will hear you?” ‘Hierro’ asked him.Iero heard ‘his’ question. But, instead of feeling scared, he smiled. He already guessed earlier – as soon as he entered the carriage and his body was frozen by her, that the moon goddess must have done something inside the carriage for them to not be heard by the people outside since he felt the carriage was shaking and heard that the horses were galloping outside, indicating that they have resumed traveling, heading to the West Kingdom as they planned. But now, it became as the moon goddess planned.So naturally, it is hopeless for Iero to yell or scream since no one would be able to hear him excep
Towards A Happy Ending…With the barrier of his power of time, Kulv would be able to ‘see’ or ‘feel’ how the people inside the barrier. So, he knows that Laggas and Sybb are still alive since he can sense their powers inside his barrier of time. But, as for how they are right now, Kulv can’t tell since the coverage of the barrier of time is wide when he set it up along with Mahi for the barrier is also to be a trap for the witch.“Sybb is being chased by the witch.” Kulv told Mahi as he closed his eyes to concentrate on feeling his barrier, focusing on the area where the Golden Forest is – to where Laggas and Sybb, including the witch who is chasing Sybb, are heading from opposite directions. “Meanwhile, Laggas was helping Sybb fend off the witch by switching positions with him. Yet the witch is still – “ he said and sighed.“Because Sybb is weaker than Laggas, right?” Mahi guessed. Soft persimmons are the first ones to be picked, this has always been true.Kulv grimaced, but he nodd
Towards A Happy Ending…Not only did the moon goddess not tell them how the witch suddenly became weak, but also who put the witch into a deep sleep. After all, they know how powerful the witch is. Even now, her powers have become weak and she also stole Sykh and Aria’s powers, as well as Yuria’s, but they know, after hearing the story of the witch, how powerful could she be – even five times more powerful than she is right now!The witch’s powers are unfathomable, they know this. So, the witch should have no equal in the past. She was the strongest being. No one should have been able to harm her. Yet, she still has fallen. And it was due to the moon goddess who sneakily attacked her! In short, the witch was plotted against! This is the truth! No wonder when the witch woke up, she was enraged. Who wouldn’t when you were very powerful yet still fell?As to why Jun and Iero were sure that it is the moon goddess who is the culprit, it is because the moon goddess has already had a chance
Towards A Happy Ending…Iero secretly watched Hierro who was talking with Sykh, Jun, and Sylv while he sat on the side of the road as they stopped to let the horses eat grass and drink water in the oasis that they passed by. Fortunately, they found an oasis when they were about to run out of water. They were just still halfway before they reached the borders of the West Kingdom.Ever since Iero found out that there was something residing inside Hierro’s head, he has been closely watching Hierro to know whether Hierro knows about it or not. But, as he had guessed last night, Iero really doesn’t know anything about that strange thing inside his head. If Hierro was aware, Hierro would naturally have told them. But the fact is, Hierro didn’t. Who wouldn’t freak out if they find that there was something inside their head?This made Iero worry since he still hasn’t found any solution about Hierro’s situation, especially since Hierro himself doesn’t know about it. Then, there are Sykh, Jun,