The three princes walked into a large building. It wasn't any kind of building. It was a large mall where several events were going on. It was a very busy place that had several places of interest. These places of interest ranged from high-end shopping stores to arcade gaming sections, VR kind of game exposure, Massage Haven, Casino, a small automobile place, a cinema, and a very fluffy corner where the hottest girls in Jade City stay. The three brothers were standing at the foot of an escalator. There were people coming and going in large numbers. It was a very large place where no one would be cared much for. Even if the president was there, if he didn't appear with his entourage, he might go unnoticed by these floods of people who always looked to be in a hurry. On the contrary, the three brothers were dressed in disguise. One of them wore a black hoodie and a pair of joggers with sneakers to match. Another wore a plain shirt with a baggy trouser, with big black shoes to compl
"Achiel?" Fatahu couldn't hide his confusion as he stared keenly at the strange man standing in front of him. He had heard that name somewhere. That name sounded very familiar. But he couldn't see the face of this man clearly. Like himself and the rest of the people in the hall, this strange man was also wearing a face mask. "You sound surprised hearing my name." Achiel demanded, interested in what was going through Fatahu's mind at that moment. "Hold on a minute. You said your name is Achiel. What's your surname?" Fatahu demanded with much passion and interest now. "I don't think I can tell you that. Let's just stop at Achiel." Achiel seemed to be amusing himself with the situation. Fatahu was silent for a couple of seconds. It was quite obvious that whatever he was thinking about would definitely affect the situation he had just found himself in. "By any means, you aren't the Achiel that Manager Zoe was talking about in the press meeting about two hours ago?" Fatahu kept press
"Huh?" The three princes chorused. None of them could make a meaning of what he had just said. "What is he talking about?" Anwar couldn't let himself be smitten to pebbles by confusion anymore."Did he hit his head? What is he mumbling?" Farooq was starting to feel irritated by the fact that he didn't understand what was happening, and no one was willing to explain the situation to him. Fatahu suddenly burst out laughing. Anwar and Farooq turned to him. They were rather taken aback by the random change in Fatahu's mood. "You read my face? What are you? A sort of mind reader or what?!" Fatahu tried to stop laughing as he interrogated Achiel. Achiel didn't answer him. Instead, he kept studying the eyes of Fatahu. At this point, he could see through the mask of Fatahu. He could see the bare face of Fatahu. It was as though Achiel was looking through a mirror,Fatahu's cheeks looked supple and somewhat bloated, compared to the tough jaws of the other two. Achiel was getting distracte
Someone exclaimed. No one could tell who it was, but it didn't matter either. Everyone could have done the same thing following what Achiel had just said. "What!!!" Anwar couldn't hold back the scream. "This is outrageous." Fatahu muttered, trying to make sure that he wasn't hearing things. "He's showing off. There is no way he is being serious right now." A random person called. "You should step away from that place if you don't want to embarrass yourself. There is no pussy left for you." Another random person called. There was a wave of murmurs that swept across the hall. People have been gifting money. A billion dollars to ten billion dollars. The three princes had agreed amongst themselves to give out a hundred billion dollars. This was a huge amount of money, but because they wanted a name for themselves and some treats that come with the donation they had offered to. When they heard what Achiel said, they couldn't close their mouth even though the masks were hiding their
Achiel should question these ladies about where they were taking him to, but he didn't. There was no reason. He wasn't scared of any mortal. He was the great immortal. No one can dare to hurt him. They would only wish it. They can't even come close to harming a hair on his head. The ladies made a semi-circle behind him, and one led the way. Achiel followed the lady who was leading the way back in the direction the ladies had come from. "Ladies and gentlemen, the whole space has been kept on hold because of the purple benefactor." One of the ladies announced and then joined the rest. The hall broke into a wild piece of loud talks and bothers. "What the hell is happening?" Anwar was very confused by what he had just seen. "Don't tell me that those fools believe him! How can they not see through his charade? How can they be so gullible not to see it!!!" Fatahu sounded very enraged and disappointed. It was hard to say whether he was really perplexed or if he was jealous that Achiel
Achiel was caught between the claws of leaving right away to meet with the Regal Lady, who's said to be at Shangri-la Peak or staay here. He could remember clearly that this so-called Regal Lady was the same person whom he had been searching for, having mistaken her for the Great Lady. Although even up to this moment, he was yet to meet with her. He already knew who she was and what her relevance to his position was. He knew what her connection with the Ouclux Empire was. Also, for the grandest fact, he knew that she was the best friend of Mira while she (Mira) was growing up in the Ouclux Empire. Before she left to find and stay with Achiel in the Auroville Mansion. Achiel also knew that Mira was yet to know this Regal Lady. He definitely wants to meet. But also, he didn't want to forget about the three princes whom he left in the hall. He still had some unfinished business with them. He kept quiet for a while, trying to throw the ideas around in his mind. Perhaps he would be
_____Mira and Zoe were in the suite. There was nothing grand going on. They were not even looking at each other. It was hard to tell what was really going on between the both of them. Zoe would occasionally take a glance at Mira. Mira was conscious of her occasional gazes, yet she would pretend as though she had no idea what the hell was going on. Klaus was nowhere to be found. Not that anyone had the interest of talking about him. Suddenly, Mira turned in the couch and fully turned to face Zoe. Her keen gaze at Zoe held strong wills and presence that Zoe could not ignore for long. Zoe turned to look at her, too. Zoe was trying to avoid the urge to keep staring. She looked away for another second. "Do you like him?" Mira suddenly asked."Huh?" Zoe gasped, her head spinning around of its own will. Mira's question had no foundation or root at all. It was only right that Zoe would look so confused as she did at that moment. "What are you talking about?" Zoe was still trying her
Inside the costliest VVIP suite in Shangri-la Peak. The lady finally summoned the courage to turn to look at the person who was standing behind her. When she made an attempt, she held herself back from completing the action. It was as though she didn't think it through in the first place before almost throwing herself at it. The door was still very much locked. A moment ago, the person who was standing behind her was just outside knocking on the door. She knew that she would be dumb to wonder how possible it was for the person to find his way into the suite without necessarily opening the door. "I am not worthy of looking up at you." The lady said as she finally turned. Her gaze was to the floor as she bowed to Achiel. She was still on her knees, her body curled up to hold up the back. She was putting in so much effort to hide her face from him. Achiel, who was standing before her, kept a long stare at her. His eyes had squinted as soon as the lady turned around to him. At fi
~ THE THIRD DIMENSION ~A stream of golden light was descending from the sky at an insane speed. Its velocity was beyond the speed of the lightning. It was traveling in a wave and twirl. It kept going and going. When it zoomed past a mist of cloud, the details of the stream of light broadened. Earlier, it appeared as a golden stream of light, but now there seemed to be a hint of blue overshadowing the light. The blueness was like a hue around the golden light. Although the hue was not harsh yet, it was never to be overlooked. Suddenly, the stream of golden light collided with the peak of a bamboo tree. When the collison was made, a blinding light traveled from that place to the end of the whole forest. It was as though the whole place was enveloped in a white brilliance. After a short while, the light died out. When the light died out, there was a lanky and tall man seen standing on the tip of the peak of the bamboo tree. It was as thought hebhwd grown out of thin air. The body
The towering God of Cosmos stood tall and mightily behind Achiel. Mira still couldn't find the appropriate way to react to it. At first, she thought that he had disappeared with Achiel, but they were still there. Her eyes must be blurring out following the great shock. Suddenly, she noticed the God of Cosmos moving his hands here and there around the room. Mira's eyes followed the directions of his hands that went to and fro. In each direction that he waved his hand, a portal appeared. He waved his hands in five places, and five portals appeared. There was a portal that had been cackling all along. It was through that portal that Achiel wanted to take Mira to the kingdom. "Choose one." The God of Cosmos said out of the blue. "Huh?" Mira was startled by the instruction. She thought that the God of Cosmos had referred to her. When she lifted her gaze slowly to take a quick peek at the immortal being, she realised that she got it all wrong. He wasn't talking to her. He was talkin
"I can't believe that it really worked as you said." Mira added, awed by the scene that was unfolding on the screen of the phone. "But for how long will he function? I mean, how long would it take for the clone to disappear?" Mira asked. Her tone and voice showed how genuinely concerned and interested she was. She seemed to be clueless yet was fighting for all the intention there was to know. "You didn't have to ask the same question twice. Either way, I'll answer you." Achiel corrected, smiling at her. She should return the smile, but her busy mind wouldn't give her a break from the tumbling thoughts. "For as long as we want." Achiel answered. Mira's brows furrowed when he said those words. The confusion was scribbled on her face. It was way too glaring to be hidden. "We?" Mira finally asked the important question. Achiel sighed as he looked away from the screen of the phone. "I know that all these are strange to you, but you need to grow on the fact. It's something that you
Outside the Shangri-la tower, there was a scary type of quietness. The level of quietness was really something that could never have been envisaged by anyone. The reason was that there were lots and lots of people who stretched from those premises of the Shangri-la to several kilometers away in a long, broad, and single file. For all these numerous people that have different tastes and have subscribed to different notions and beliefs, to be this quiet, it was something that could never be overlooked. The quietness didn't come of its own accord. Instead, everyone was staring seriously at his phone. Those who were not staring at their phones were looking at the large billboard that was etched into a corner of the tower. Everyone was staring keenly at the screen that was accessible to them respectfully. But what was happening on the screens of all the phones and the billboard were the same thing. Everyone gasped at the same time. On the billboard, there was a lanky man who looked
Klaus's question attracted a lot of reactions. His words were weighty, and not one person was willing to look to the other side. "Klaus!" Zoe suddenly called at him. Klaus took a glance at her. When he saw her, he looked a little tipped off. For a sheer second, he had forgotten that Zoe was here. In the grand scheme of events at this moment, Zoe was the least important person around when it came to status and class. It was already a wonder that she was present here. Perhaps if she didn't have a feather, she wouldn't be here either. Even Klaus has his. "Don't be offended by my choice of word." Klaus plucked his gaze from her and turned to the whirring camera first before paying attention to the people present. "Pay close attention while I explain this. After this, the couple would be invited in to be celebrated and tied." Klaus's composure had tuned."Although it would totally be an honor to do this even though we are not worthy." Klaus's tone suddenly changed. Something strange
On the floating peak of Shangri-la, there were numerous people settled down on high-end chairs made out of the purest red gold ever refined. The skin of real-life wild cats that were hand woven were sewn about the chairs, serving as resting pads and the main places where the bum would rest. There were several men of dignity positioned in thoughtful patterns across the space. The sight was so beautiful and opulent. Each of the dignitaries present at that place had a red feather at the top of their hats; each person had a hat on. irrespective of whatever you are wearing, there was a hat to match, and on top of each person's hat was a red feather. The invite!The red feather was the pass for each of the persons that was present on the Peak. The feather looked very rare. It looked to have been plucked from the wings of a Phoenix or several Phoenix.Although the color was red, yet there was this subtle highlight of yellow that made it seem as though it was multicolored. But the truth w
About 19km away from the Shangri-la Peak, there was a flood of heads. An ocean of bodies standing in the way, making shuffles at occasional periods. The ginormous number of people stretched from that position up to the front of Shangri-la Peak. It was as though the world was about to end, and everyone had come out of their houses. It was even scarier than that. The whole city had come to a standstill because of the crazy number of people occupying all the roads and places.Voices, echoes, and screams were flying around. But one thing each of the people on the street shared was the urge to move forward."Has the wedding started?" A random person asked. "I'm not sure. The Peak is not floating yet. As soon as it starts floating, I'm sure that'd be a sign?"Two strangers were explaining to others who were surrounding them. "Get out of my way!" A lad sent a flying punch into the face of the last person to speak.Before the victim could react, the lad had run forward, pushing his way t
"It's you. It's really you." Laura repeated the words in an attempt to be emphatic. She had done it also to convince herself that she was in her right mind and was not seeing things. Achiel remained where he was standing as though he could not move. "How... How did you find me?" That was the tenth time that she had asked that same question. When she had received a message from godofcos claiming that he was outside her house. She had come running outside. Getting to the door of her apartment, she had seen Achiel standing there. The man from the store!!!She had been trying to engage him in a conversation, but the man had been staring at her all along. Standing there like a statue. But then suddenly, he replied her abruptly. Ever since then, he had gone mute again. She was really confused and didn't know what to make of this situation that she had earned herself. Achiel was trying to make things less weird between the both of them. If he went fully into talking to her, she might
Achiel was still standing where he was, staring at his phone. But the noise coming from distance was getting louder, and he couldn't ignore it any longer. He looked away from the phone, from the chat scene, in the direction of the noise. The group of high school students were still there. He wasn't ready to be concerned with who they were. Instead, what they were doing was something that he couldn't ignore. There was a lad who had been forced to be on his knees, while a group of bigger boys hit him repeatedly. Achiel had seen this at first but brushed it off because he was trying to gift Lauretta. Although, earlier, things were not alarming amongst the group compared to now. He started to walk towards the scene. In a matter of time, he was already close to the group. "Are you still going to keep talking?" One of the three big boys said to the victim, hitting him on the back of his head. "You will report to the principal again, won't you?" Another guy slapped the victim across t