Road to Valhalla

Chapter 199: Her Angel of Death

"I climbed up an icy mountain once", she said with perfect composure despite the changing winds, "And there I met a man, my angel of death. He'll come to claim my soul when the world goes wrong and my time is up."

I stood with a distorted look in my eyes. Exactly as I remembered it. She was once again lying half buried in rubble, and the impression of a seemingly century-long struggle on her face.

"What triggered it, Lady?", I asked, trying to ignore her current predicament.

"The red sky. He must have been looking for me for a long time since then. I didn't think he'll find me this soon. It should have been harder."

He was the one that delivered the blank note.

"Why are you dying, Lady?", I asked, incapable of comprehending why she had given up.

"I promised", her answer was too honest, yet I couldn't wrap my head around it.

I suppose she had more than one priorities in her life. I never really knew.

"Is he the one you hated?"

"Not him. He's the one I loved."

"You? You loved?"

"I'm ly