The Conquerors Path The Path Of My Lustful Life

"You knew?"

Catherine asked as she raised her head, seeing that Austin spoke,

"You didn't hide it that well"

"Well, I am not used to acting like I am sleeping"

Catherine replied as a bitter smile spread across her face,

"How long do you have?"

Austin asked,

"According to my calculations about a week"

She said to which Austin turned silent, he was seemingly brooding over her answer,

"Any idea about this poison?"

Austin asked, to which Catherine turned silent, her body weakly leaning against Austin, a dreading silence between the two of them,

"Are you scared?"

Austin spoke within the silence,

"I'm scared, of course, I am scared...."

Catherine spoke as her shoulders started to tremble, the fear that she was hiding in her heart finally burst out with full force as she started to shed tears, seeing so Austin used his free hand to pull her close, letting her silently sob with his shoulder, now the other side becoming wet with the tears of another girl.

The two of them stayed in the same position for some time before which Catherine finally raised her head from Austin's shoulder, her hair disheveled while her eyes a little red, with some pain Catherine started to wash away the tears away from her eyes, while she tried her best to give him a smile of assurance.

On seeing so Austin used his free hand to suddenly pat Catherine's head, making her freeze, her eyes turning to him, as he gave her an assuring smile,

"Are you okay now?"

Hearing his question Catherine subconsciously nodded her head, her fears slowly subsiding away from his touch,

'What's happening to me? why does he feel so trusting to me?'

Catherine questioned herself, not understanding why she was feeling so close to a boy she didn't know for long. Austin finally took his hand away, the small warmth on Catherine's head disappearing, he looked directly into her eyes as he spoke,

"Catherine are we friends?"

He asked to which she didn't think to nod her head, after everything he had done she had indeed started to see him as a friend especially after hearing his past she felt an innate need within her to be his friend, seeing Catherine nod the smile on Austin's face turned warmer,

"Then as a friend can you promise me something?"

Austin asked to which she once again subconsciously nodded her head,

"Then can you promise me to never give up hope?"

"Huh.....?"

A confused voice left her mouth as she looked at the kindly smiling handsome boy in front of her, unknowing her own heartbeat started to get more and more higher, as a small blush came to her face.

Austin leaned forward as he looked eye to eye with her, Catherine looking deep into his purple eyes was capable of seeing her reflection, her look of confusion filling her gaze,

"Promise me to never give up, keep fighting, don't think that your life is over, promise me that you will keep trying to live and I promise you that I will find a way to cure you"

His words resonated within the walls and within Catherine's heart, his earnest look along with the deep emotions being felt from him shook her, she could see a pain of loss within his eyes,

"I am never losing another person, I promise to help and save you, so will you promise me?"

Austin asked, his voice serious as it could be, for a second Catherine was lost before which she shook her head with a wry smile,

"Seriously, you are getting more and more mysterious to me"

She spoke but her voice was warm, much warmer than before, while her eyes glinted like the pearls of the sea, the deep fear that was within her somehow being burned out, at times knowing that there are others willing to fight your battles with you is more than enough to give a person the will to fight the fate that was approaching them.

And in this case, at the point of death and fear of loss, Austin had stood by her, when she felt that the world wasn't with her he was and this gave place to a small position for Austin within Catherine's heart, it wasn't too big and the feelings hadn't bloomed but they had definitely started to take place,

"You know what, I am not ready to die"

Catherine said, her words making Austin smile, those beautiful blue eyes that look like it was losing their hope had regained their sparkle of life, her face with a smile so beautiful that took ones breath away as she spoke,

"I promise you Austin, I will never lose my hope, so you better keep your promise"

Hearing her words a smile of relief and confidence filled Austin's face,

"You don't have to worry about that, I always keep my promises"

As he said so he once again patted Catherine's head, her maroon-colored hair being very smooth to touch, though this time his hand was pushed away by a pouting Catherine who spoke,

"You know I am older than you"

"Cough.....just by a few years"

Austin replied to which Catherine immediately retorted,

"That still doesn't give you the right to pat me!"

"Sorry, you're hair was just that soft"

He apologized, knowing that he was in the wrong but Catherine didn't take it to heart, she actually liked the pat but she by no means will ever say that out, never!

"How about this, if you manage to save me, I will allow you to pat me and a kiss"

Catherine gave out a solution to which Austin replied with sparkling eyes,

"Really?"

"Why do I feel that you are more interested in patting me?"

Catherine asked with narrowed eyes,

"Cough...just you're imagination"

Austin immediately replied, to which Catherine crossed her arms around her chest as she retorted,

"Do you know how many men will die to just get a kiss from me?"

"Sorry princess this one was ignorant!"

Austin replied with a salute which earned a chuckle from Catherine, her head leaning against his shoulder as her eyes started to close, her body losing its strength, while her mind calmed down,

"Weirdo...."

She whispered as she went into sweet sweet slumber, her heart starting to beat normally while she silently lay on his shoulder, seeing so Austin smiled wryly,

'Looks like she was more scared than she showed'

Thinking so he turned his focus towards Marlene who was sleeping with a calm face, both his sides he could feel their soft breast pressing against his body, seeing so Austin closed his eyes as he started to see how the current station was developing,

'Um...looks like a lot of unknown variables have shown up'

Seeing the current situation Austin felt that some of the plans he made wouldn't work as well as he hoped but in the end that was life, Austin had never thought that everything would go according to his plan, variables will always occur, and all he would do is adjust to it,

Finally, after getting the correct estimate of the current situation, Austin opened his eyes, they snapped to the two girls beside him,

'Get good sleep, cause you two are gonna need it'.

Austin looked at Catherine her eyes widened as did her mouth as she watched the impossible scene of Marlene crying out, her tears wearing Austin's shirt,

"I-I have never seen Marlene cry before....."

The words unconsciously left Catherine's mouth, causing Austin to speak back at her,

"Well you are not all too well yourself"

His words prompted her to move her focus to him, her eyes gazing into those beautiful purple gem-like eyes but what she saw in them was pain, a type of pain that seemed similar to her.

Catherine's understanding of Austin was that he was a very dangerous individual, she could from what she saw tell that he wasn't someone that was moved by beauty nor was he just any aristocratic idiot, not from what he had shown and done, his true strength too was a mystery and from what Marleen spoke now, his strength wasn't something to neglect.

Overall the person called Auction Lionheart was a bundle of mystery to her and she had put him on her list of extremely dangerous individuals, he always has a smile or a calm look at him, making him look as if everything was under his control and it was the first time she had seen such a look of weakness from him,

"Why? why help us?"

Catherine asked, she couldn't understand why he was risking a lot for some people he doesn't have much connection with, it was far too suspicious in her mind, plus the coincidence of Austin meeting Marlene at the right time seemed far too coincidental, this wasn't a fairy tail where the prince would arrive just at the nick of time, everything had a reason and a reason has greed behind it, Catherine knows that the best,

"Why?...that's an easy yet hard question to answer....."

Austin replied with a weak sigh as he leaned his body back into the wall of where they were, on both his sides world toppling beauties yet his eyes now only contained pain,

"Catherine, I presume without me giving an answer you wouldn't trust me at all?"

Austin asked to which Catherine nodded her head, she comes to understand something more about the person in front of her,

'We are the same'

She understood that now, ever since she met him she felt as if he was similar to her and now she was sure, they both are controlling of their enemies but she has yet to see any logical point of advantage for his help,

"What do you know about my life?"

Austin asked to which Catherine turned silent, all she knew about him are superficially and definitely not something that he was asking for, a painful laugh left Austin's mouth as he spoke,

"You should know that my father died protecting me, right?"

His words led Catherine to nod her head,

"My life wasn't all that great, you know, at a young age I knew how weak I was and it didn't help that my father had to die protecting me because I am weak"

His words brought a silence to the surroundings as Catherine listened with utmost focus on his story somehow making her heart beat faster as it seemed to resonate with her,

"A rich broken family with vultures lurking around to rip it apart and an Emperor paranoid with his position that he holds too dear, I was alienated in my family, it was dark and lonely, which gave birth to a desire in me"

Stopping here Austin looked towards Catherine his eyes peering into hers as he questioned,

"Catherine, tell me, how would it feel when everyone in the world only has the same face to show you? do you understand the pain?"

"I do....."

Unconsciously Catherine answered her eyes fixed on him as they both gazed at each other, a sense of connection forming between them, Austin's eyes widened for a moment before an understanding smile came to his face.

"I see.....you went through it also, didn't you?"

"I did"

She agreed with him, her heart beating faster while her mind seemed to connect with him,

'The poisons doing its job'

While Austin looked sad his thought was another, if Catherine was in her top condition none of the talks he does would work, what kind of super strong connection forms between acquaintances from just words of similarity? at most you would feel that the person is not bad, not a full-blown emotional connection.

Catherine didn't have a point of breaking yet, the reason for Marlene's breaking point was because she was itching close to it before, the problems in her life, her insecurities, and many more along with her current weakness that was bringing her down the gates of her mentality resulted in her breaking down but that wouldn't work with Catherine, she was much more cautious and prune,

'The poison of Valhain'

Poison: Valhain's Cree Of Jia

Description: A unique and deadly poison created by the one named the King of poisons, it was created under the desire of breaking and control, a creation that Valhain was so appalled that he destroyed any evidence of its existence, hoping that none may get its hand on it.

Uses: If one was to get afflicted by this poison, they would die in a week.

-->The one inflicted by this poison will slowly start to lose the feeling in the body, making them paralyzed, the poison would work on any being within the Origin realm.

-->If the one inflicted by this poison takes in the blood of another, then the one inflicted by the poison without their knowledge would be extremely trusting of that person till their death, they would open up about themselves and till their death feel extremely close and happy with the person whose blood they have ingested.

-->As days pass the trust of the person will only keep increasing until it will reach a stage where they would even keep their safety of themselves onto the person whose blood they have ingested. Any and all words coming out of the mouth of the one who gave their blood would be extremely appealing and truthful to the person affected by the poison.

cost:1,000,000

'Damn I can still feel the pain'

The price of the poison was too much but its effects couldn't be ignored, the only downside being its ending which is a steep price for the one taking the poison will die, it was a very contradictory poison,

'It's good she drank the water without any doubts'

Austin thought, if Catherine was to look into the bottle deeply she would have seen a small red dot mixed with the water she drank but due to her extreme dehydration she drank without no question, thankfully Austin already has the antidote to cure her, the problem being that once she's cured she will no longer have that extreme trust that she has now.

Austin wasn't stupid to use an unknown poison without knowing more about it, he had already tested the poison on some 'lab rats', the good thing was that even when the poison is removed a huge trust will remain still but that depended on the actions that were made during the poisoned period.

So all Austin has to do is to create a scenario of help such that even after the poison is gone Catherine's trust for him will be even higher than the trust she has on Marlene,

'A tough road indeed'

Austin mused as he saw the pained eyes within Catherine.

"You guys have really powerful treasures on you"

Austin spoke with a serious expression, his eyes traveling around the people that now surrounded him, while Marlene stood beside him, her eyes burning with hatred such that it was affecting the surroundings around her,

"Oh, well this indeed does make it easy to ambush"

The person who seemed to be in lead, a cat beastmen of origin level 5 spoke, his hand caught around the rope that tied Catherine, she was unconscious as she was floated about, the injuries around her looking severe,

"Makes me wonder what organization has the power enough to own at least two ancient lost tools"

Austin probed, his expression turning relaxed, his hand giving out hidden hand signals to Marlene, preventing her from taking any sudden action,

"You know, seeing this many people come to kill you, I am tempted to not visit the sea"

Austin spoke with a bitter smile to Marlene who was suddenly startled by Austin's relaxed demeanor as he looked at her, completely ignoring the army that was gathered to kill them,

"Well the bastards that are facing me are not of my faction and once this is over, everyone they love will face the consequences of this"

Marlene spoke seething with killing intent, her words causing the beast sea folk around to flinch, some even trembling in fear as they started to remember who they are dealing with, Marlene's power might be suppressed but the rumors of her exploits were still unconsciously brought fear to all the ones of the sea,

"You seem relaxed, aren't you afraid of the death that's going to find you"

The cat beastmen spoke, his eyes narrowing about, to this Austin shrugged his shoulder,

"You must know my family, correct?"

Austin asked, the mention of his family bringing about a loom of terror over the ones of the land, suddenly all of them remembered the madness of the family that stands behind Austin, seeing the innate fear in them Austin smirked as he flipped his hand about,

"While fighting back I might die but I will die with the knowledge that all you who stand here will also soon follow me back to hell"

The words of Austin made even the leader quiet, seemingly a humongous hand moved about wrapping around the throat of all, Austin's smirk stayed as he eyes everyone that stood about,

"It doesn't matter how well you hide it or how far you hide but you, everyone you love, everyone that was unlucky to know you, every one of them will be slaughtered, maybe even my family wouldn't have to move. You see.....my master to is very unforgiving"

It was only when he spoke did it light up on all that had come that Austin has another backing, one that only met the light recently, the successor to the Archery Empress, and this too brought about all the stories that spread about, Eleanor in her adventurous time was a force to be reckoned with, she was unforgiving, she was ruthless and she was a dictator,

"Gulp....."

The wide smell of fear had taken hold, the momentum that the assailants carried being broken, the beasts of the sea fearing Marlene while the ones of the land fears Austin, seeing all this the smile on Austin only widened,

'Having a backing is the best, I wonder how the world will be when my status belonging to the two temples is realized?'

Austin's sure that after that. no one in the world will even think of hurting him, even people filled with madness will tremble and step back,

"We can let you go"

Suddenly the leader spoke, surprising the gathered assailants, they were about to reject when the leader raised his hands for silence,

"Of course, we will only let you go and you would be required to sign a death contract to keep what happened here a secret"

"Sure"

Immediately Austin's reply came,

"You!? you're betraying me!"

Along with it came the roar of Marlene who immediately wiped her spear to kill Austin but he had already moved away as he looked at her with a mocking smile filling her face,

"Sorry princess, I saved you before because it was a salvable circumstance but when it comes to my life, risking it for you is a no...no"

"You bastard weren't you my friend?!"

Marlene screamed with a hate-filled expression as her eyes turned red but the mocking smile still stayed on Austin's face as he quickly appeared beside the grinning leader, who was enjoying the current situation,

"Welcome aboard"

He spoke as he gazed at Austin who now stood beside him, while Marlene was going crazy due to the sudden betrayal, her aura rocking about, while the attackers took on a fighting stance, surrounding Marlene as they began to move.

"Indeed it's nice to be here"

Austin said with a smile.

PUCHI!

But then the sound of a body being penetrated was heard as blood flew out. The whole situation froze as everyone turned towards Austin who had now driven a sword through the leader's heart, his expression frozen as blood dripped down his lips, his eyes looking towards the sword through his heart before which the weapon he was hiding to kill Austin fell from his hand,

"Well played..."

He spoke before which he fell back to the ground, his body crashing as his blood dyed the ground,

"Rilley!!"

A hoarse scream from a girl was heard as one among the attackers as she rushed towards the fallen leader, truthfully Austin couldn't tell much about gender as everyone that was attacking them was covered with a black clock, the only way he was able to identify that these were beastmen were due to their unique appearance that wasn't hidden,

"Pity he died so young"

Austin spoke as he appeared beside Marlene once again with the beat-up Catherine on his shoulder, she was still out cold,

"Nice acting"

Austin said as he gazed at the enemies who were now radiating all of their killing intent, the sudden betrayal letting lose their budding anger,

"Thanks, you weren't half bad"

Marlene spoke with a smirk, enjoying the howling of the girl beside the dead body of the leader,

"Seems to be lovers"

Austin said looking at the tearing scene to which Marlen replied with a happy tone,

"Good, they need it, I'm surely going to enjoy killing that bitch"

"Sadly I can't let you do that for now"

Austin said as he took out a certain tool out of his spatial ring, its appearance making everyone flinch as one among the attackers shouted out,

"Stop him!"

But it was too late as Austin passed his mana into the tool and as he did a blast spread forth, bringing out a pressure that made everyone that surrounded Austin freeze up, their body trembling but their despair was only beginning as a phantom image of a woman appeared above Austin, its shape taking that of a blurry woman who was holding a bow,

"Bye...bye"

Austin said as he waved his hand forth and just as he did a single arrow left from the phantom figure and within a second everyone that surrounded him had their head blast forth as they died,

"A single arrow to kill a hundred, not bad"

Austin said as he looked at the ghostly scene that would make anyone vomit,

"Why did you use such a treasure? with your strength, you might have been able to take them all?"

Marlene asked as she looked at Austin to which he shook his head,

"Maybe but did you forget? your location is being transmitted"

Hearing his words Marlene paled but before she could react her body was lifted up as she filled Austin's other shoulder,

"You! let me go!"

Marlene waved her hands about as she shouted, her spear having been taken away,

"Can't do, so buckle up!"

Austin shouted as he dashed forth, each his shoulder creating the future rulers of the sea, if such a sight were to happen at sea, he would have definitely been hunted down.

I sat there in the cloud, feeling the wind washing against my face, just giving a glimpse back I could see my friends too enjoying their time, the happy faces on some making my day, the beautiful sight of the endless white trees filled my vision as the cloud set forth.

Around up in the sky, I could see several other clouds moving around with people on them, the sky was taken in as a road, sitting on small compact clouds, and several beastmen with colored flags lead the traffic in the skies so as to not cause any disturbance or issue since we were using the VIP passes, we easily moved through any traffic in front of us, as the first priority was given to us,

"Wow, look at that!"

Emma's exclamation brought our attention towards her as we saw a pack of special birds flying high, they were a mix of white and green and about a hand length, a shinning red crystal stuck to their head while they looked cute beyond any, just looking at the flying in the skies were a heal to the soul,

"They are the Cloian birds, found only in this region, don't let their cute appearance fool you for they are deadly birds"

Nare spoke as she too looked towards the group of birds colorfully flying in the sky, no clouds were moving towards them as the rest of the tourists gazed at this scene with stars in their eyes,

"They are extremely protective of their flock, the crystal on their head would shine bright when they attack and they don't get close to strangers, only to children would they rarely move as they would feel their pur-"

Nare wasn't even able to finish her words as the flock of Cloian birds quickly moved in our direction,

"Wa-"

Once again Nare wasn't able to speak as the Cloain birds reached our location in the blink of an eye, their entire flock of at least 30 birds surrounding our cloud, seeing this I smiled as I extended my hand forward and the most unique looking one among the flock flapped its wing as it landed on my hand.

It wasn't the only one as at least 5 different birds belonging to the flock were sitting on my head, shoulder and body, their cute green eyes looking at me as chirping sound left their mouths,

"You are quite cute"

I said with a smile as I used my free hand to pat the bird's head, rubbing the smooth gem on its head, the bird in my hand didn't reject it as it lovingly rubbed back, seeing this, the rest of the birds on my body started to rub to me, seemingly trying to tickle me,

"H-How?"

Nare's incredulous words were heard as I looked at her, who now had her mouth wide open,

"My hero is indeed loved by all"

Emma said with a gentle tone as she hopped to my side, her eyes looking at the Cloain bird for a few seconds after which she extended her head, the bird in my hand looked between her hand and me for a few seconds before which it settles in my hand, unwilling to go, seeing it Emma chuckled as her eyes softened,

"Hehehe....my hero, I seemed to have lost again"

Emma said with a proud tone, not at all discouraged at the fact that an animal rejected her advances, well it was normal after I had become the prince of life, the successor and child of Orpheus there's no animal in the world that will reject my kind will, especially if it's one that focuses on purity and the feeling of life.

But even though the one in my hand rejected Emma's call the rest of whom she called came close to her while the rest of my friends didn't even get to touch them, the moment someone tried to get close to them the red crystal on the top of the birds started to heat up, especially the poor Alex who at least got pecked by 15 different birds,

'Hehe.....it seems that birds could feel more inner malice from him'

I chuckled at Alex's current display, as his head and face were now red with pecks, where all he could do was only curse, its rare to see him on the losing side, my eyes then turned to the rest of the birds that are surrounding my group, most of their eyes focused on me.

I let my group have a few minutes to admire the flock of birds at close for a few minutes before which I whispered to the bird who still sat on my palm,

"You can take your friends away, it was nice to meet your family and I hope you can visit me any time you want"

"Chirp!...Chrip!...Chrip!"

"Sure, I will have lots of food for your family"

I nodded my head while pretending not to see the weird glances from my friends, as they saw me chatting with a bird, another perk as I am able to feel the intention when I chat with animals, a very welcome power that I use to keep more in touch and control of the crazy girls that I keep targeting,

"Chrip!.....chirp!"

"Good day to you too"

And as soon as I finished speaking the bird flew away from my hand, they together forming a team of a single bird and flying away,

"They were cute..."

Sana spoke to which I patted her head,

"Indeed they were"

Saying so I turned to Nare who was now having stars in her eyes while a heated blush filled her cheeks, I am sure that whatever interest she had in me had just been tripled,

"Shall we go?"

I asked to which she quickly got off her daze before nodding her head and driving the cloud further,

"Puff....Haha.....Alex, you look really pecked!"

Jacob screamed and laughed as he held his stomach as he looked at Alex, laughing at his face that was filled with scratches,

"Damn that birds! next time I will roast them all!"

Alex spoke with a grudge as he drank a healing potion, quickly getting well,

"I didn't know that you were so good with animals, it's hard to believe that the Cloain birds were so close to you"

Suddenly Rina asked as she sat beside me, her hardened gaze traveling to Nare,

"Yeah you could say that and what's so special about the Cloain birds?'

I spoke and asked back,

"Well they can sense the goodness and will of others, hence they are only close to children with a good heart,"

Saying so Rina gave me a smile to which I just smiled back, I myself know how 'good' I am inside, about the things I have done but I have learned not to let the guilt hold me down, I do what I have to survive, that's all and in doing so I just try to find love and peace in what I do,

"Did you add one of them to your familia?"

I asked to Emma who was happily humming,

"Indeed, some of them are very happy too, granted they get to see you! mou~my hero is a bully!"

Emma said her final words with a pout making me chuckle, after I gained my title over life I visit Emma more and spent time with the animals, my ability of being close to animals and her families only made Emma love me more and more,

"Here are some sacks for you all to enjoy"

Suddenly Nare spoke as some snacks and drinks on small clouds started to float to us,

"Will you like a special tea?"

Nare asked to which I nodded my head, hearing so she held several cups in her hand as she started to make several juggling and moving motions with the up high in the sky, the tea making a rainbow motion as she kept throwing them from one cup to another, it was a treat to the eye and after half a minute a special sizzling tea was ready, I blew on it a little as I took a taste,

"It's good"

I earnestly replied making Nare smile, leaning back to the cloud I took some sips of the tea that kept warming my body.

"What happened from then onwards?"

The disguised Celestinia asked her face now devoid of any emotions, trying her to best to hold back the emotion that was bubbling deep with her heart, memories that were sealed now lunging to her, making her remember her mistakes, making her remember what she had done.

Meanwhile, Austin who was narrating the story and had stopped at a certain point. his eyes filled with pain as he relaxed on the chair, seemingly the next part of the story being difficult for him to get to,

"You don't have to force it, is it too hard"

Celestinia spoke but Austin shook his head, a weary sigh leaving his mouth,

"Sigh.....no, I will tell the rest, it's just that, reliving these moments where you fall from heaven to hell is tiring"

As he replied he closed his eyes once again beginning to deliver the story, of course through all this he had kept quiet about the true girl in the story, he didn't tell the disguised Celestinia who the girl really was, playing a respective line that he was keeping,

"Since she wanted to go fast I did, my love for her making me unable to refuse her wishes but what she didn't know was that pain and sacrifice I had to go through so that she wasn't hurt"

Saying till here Austin's countenance turned dim,

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"So we will be reaching there soon?"

Celestinia asked with a tired weary voice, filled with annoyance as she hugged Austin from behind, he moved as her transport. by now the lovey-dovey situation between them had deteriorated a lot, no, it would be more accurate to say that the seal on Celestinia was twisting her personality more and more, bringing out an ugly monster.

During these days she had turned into a monster without feeling, discarding any danger that come their way while forcing the boy to face untold danger, all her frustration and anger were being released to the boy, treating him as harshly as possible but the boy held on, not reacting to the pain his heart was filling him,

"Yes, we are there....."

The boys tired voice spoke out, his hand holding Celestinia's legs as he trudged forward, his voice less powerful than before, his body hunched than before,

"Good"

Celestinia nodded her head, seemingly a smile finally blooming within her after all this time, due to the change, a distance between them had formed, their faces are even now hidden from each other, the boy even doubting his love, while the lock n her steering and sealing away the true identity and thoughts of Celestinia, pushing her towards a path she wouldn't even dream of.

They kept trudging forward, the boy being very careful, they were very deep within the jungle, and the beasts here were far beyond his level and control, hence he was making sure that no mistake was being made,

"Go faster!"

Celestinia whined as she hit the top of the boy's head, her annoyance filling her voice but the boy held on, keeping back his feelings on the account of love, which was diminishing as the days go by. Soon under the boy's expert control, they reach upon a closed-off valley, a beautiful waterfall, falling into a small lake.

"This is it!"

Celestinia's excited voice was heard, her hands pushing off the boy as he fell to the ground but she paid no heed as her glance turned towards the opening hidden behind the waterfall, meanwhile the boy dusted himself as he rose up,
"This is the end"

The boy whispered with confidence, seemingly having decided on something, standing up he walked towards Celestinia, standing beside her as he spoke,

"The entrance is behind?"

To his question she nodded her head, eyes focused completely on regaining her powers, the boy noticed it as a sad sigh left his mouth,

"Let's go"

That is all he told as he moved towards the back of the waterfall, Celestinia not finding anything wrong with the situation followed behind him, moving around slowly they walked around the edge of the valley as they soon gazed upon a cave-like opening, where only darkness could be seen, without another word both of them entered and just as they did a sinking feeling filled them twisting, forcing them to close their eyes,

It took a moment before which both of them were able to open their eyes, it was the boy who recovered first as his eyes scanned his surroundings, soon it gazed upon Celestinia who was holding her head,

"Are you alright?"

He asked as he ran up to her, giving his hand to help her, she took it but her attention didn't even last much on him before which she left his hand and her sparkling eyes focused on the two doors before them, leaving him behind without not even a word if he was fine she moved forward, while the boy seeing it clutched his hand, his decision becoming stronger,

"Celes?"

He called out to her as he watched her gaze at the two doors before them, one representing a black dragon screaming to the sky while its eyes focused outward, asking for a battle, up above the door stood a sign.

<Fight>

While the second door looked less menacing, it had the figure of a dragon sleeping, its body curled to itself, its face filled with a frown, having a bad nightmare, another word is written on top.

<Fear>

"This is the two trails one can take, one requires you to fight the Dragon God and the other to face your worst fear, with this I will be able to meet"

"Celes?"

The boy called out again,

"It better you take the fear challenge because the fight is a sure death for you"

"Celestinia!"

Finally, the boy shouted out, getting the attention he needs, Celestinia looked back, seeing the boy close to her, his face obscured,

"What?"

She asked back in an annoyed voice, making the boy take a deep breath before which he bluntly spoke,

"Let's break up"

"Um?"

Only a confused voice left Celestinia's mouth as she heard the words she thought she never will,

"What did you say?"

She asked back, not believing but the boy was adamant,

"I love you, I really do but I can't suffer like this anymore, I want a break from you, after this I want us to take a different road, maybe some time away from you will help m-"

"YOU ARE LEAVING ME?!"

An enraged voice left out of Celestinia's mouth, shaking the cave, her sheer anger causing cracks to the lock placed on her, making the boy flinch, he waved his hand as he walked forward,

"No, no, I am not leaving, it's just I want some time alone, I-"

"SHUT UP!"

Celestinia screamed with her voice hoarse, her mind muddled, dragons are very possessive, they display their emotions outward and live as such. When they love, they love with everything, and every one of them will only have one partner their whole life, Celestinia's mind was already muddled with the lock and when the boy's words were added to it she lost herself and due to it she made a mistake she couldn't take back,

"Celes, I-"

The boy walked forward to console her but she didn't want to listen, in her angered state she cursed out, a huge crack on the lock on her as she pushed him back, due to the lock weakening a part of her power was let loose, thus causing her attack to be more powerful than she imagined, her hands touched his chest blasting him forth to the door written with the word.......fight.

"Celes...."

The world seemed to slow down for Celestinia, the cracking of the seals letting them lose her true self, the memories of what they went through flashing back in her mind, the memory of what she was doing to the person she love was flashing through her mind and now in front of her she watched with hazy eyes as the boy's disbelieving voice echoed out as he blasted into the door disappearing in, a trail of blood blasting from the boys mouth,

"NO!"

Her high-pitched scream sounded out as she ran forward but she could only helplessly watch as the door disappear,

"NO! COME BACK!.....NO!"

The worth of the action she did now setting in, the voice of the boy she loved echoing in her mind, while the disgust she had for herself filled her, Celestinia legs trembled as she crashed to the ground, her body shaking, her breathing becoming erratic,

"No......"

Her voice was broken, as blood started to flow from her nose and mouth and before she could say anything she fainted, the sheer shock of what happened put her out.

A silence remained the place as Celestinia lay on the ground blood leaking by, before which a beautiful figure appeared beside her, the figure's eyes focused on Celestinia as complex emotions flashed through her,

"I'm sorry my child"

Vena spoke as she took her daughter, eyes now the door that disappeared, a crazy love filling her eyes,

"Come back soon, hubby"

Vena whispered before disappearing.