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Road to Valhalla Chapter 25: Stuck in Time
"Why do you think you ended up like this?""...""So you don't have an answer? Or is it that the answer is too hard for you to say? If you hadn't been so full of yourself, you could have saved everything. Well, you are my daughter, after all, we are just the same. Always thinking we know everything, that's in our blood. And this pride isn't something to be resented either. After all you and I...we are living for one singular goal, aren't we? I know...you understand, don't you? And that's why no matter what comes, we have to keep fighting, for our lives and for our children too." ****************Even though I now had the horse with me, I had no idea where to go. I kept going at a steady pace in an arbitrary direction, under the assumption that I had the horse's reins in my hands. Little did I know it was going where it pleased without any regard for me. I wonder why I didn't realize it but it kept on running until w
Road to Valhalla Chapter 26: The Storm of Nightmares
"Granny, I just want to go home", I was on the verge of crying, and the old lady only wanted to tell incomprehensible tales of the family of Vlad Dracul. If I had even the tiniest bit of interest in anything, it was in the fact that the old lady occasionally made dramatic movements which seemed impossible for her age."When I was a little girl, my father hid me in a trunk for 7 days!", I could barely grasp the elements of exaggeration in her stories which I don't suppose were her faults at all. For example, even seven minutes would feel like seven days in a trunk."Oh but you wouldn't understand!", she seemed to be getting tired and sat down in one of the chairs."When his daughter was born, we were relieved. They say their women don't give good births, and some don't give births at all. That's why their men abduct ladies after their hearts and turn the poor girls into one of them. And then, she was wed into a political marriage, and then she was gone. And we were all happy and we rej
Road to Valhalla Chapter 27: The Treasure
At the end of that nightmare, I was able to find the light which had been so absent in that storm. Even though, night had already fallen, it was still brighter than that storm which had left me so bruised and battered. I felt as if I had been in there for years and years. When I noticed that I could now see the ground, I dropped to my knees. I was exhausted, physically and mentally. I kept wondering if I had conveyed my thoughts to grandfather properly, if he was really able to listen and I also thought about Deli. Maybe I had been wrong about that storm...that was what I wanted to believe.I sat there helplessly, looking at my hands, covered in cuts and scrapes. I kept imagining how everything had been so utterly useless. Deli was right after all, if only I had listened. I closed my eyes as if reliving my life in that storm. It was heartbreaking even though I didn't know why it was so. But I was so out of energy that I couldn't think at all.I wonder how long I stayed like that befor
Road to Valhalla Chapter 28: Felix
"Seraph, how far are you willing to go to find the truth?""The truth...? About you, Lady?""Truth isn't about anyone in particular. It just...is. Don't you think so?""I don't know. That doesn't sound so believable, though"."Is that right? Well, Seraph, I think truth isn't something as relative as you think it is. I mean if there weren't a few things absolutely set in stone, we wouldn't have a lot of hope in this world, now would we? And also, without something so scary as a hardcore truth, we wouldn't have anything left to fight for. It simply isn't worth living anymore without that sort of fear"."Well, I think it isn't worth it if we were never able to find closure. Even if some truth like you say exists, I don't think it is something we all will ever be able to fully accept. And that defeats the purpose. You know, if the world is all about us then the human will is the strongest thing of all. Even a hardcore truth like that would mean nothing against the stubbornness of the huma
Road to Valhalla Chapter 29: The Vixen
"Fight""Why?""Fight""Fight""Keep on fighting!""Wait...I'm not done yet. Hold on!""Fight""...""Seraph, listen closely. You have to just keep on fighting until you are done. In your heart, there is always a...you have to find it...for us"."There is no such place...I am sorry, Lady". ****************"Sorry, I shouldn't have made you do it", Felix walked towards me as I stood motionless like the body in front of me."Huh?""You've never killed anyone before, have you?", he smiled weakly, "I can tell from the look in your eyes. Does killing this guy really make you so sad?"I didn't feel like replying. That attacker was lying there with his rotten guts spilling out. His rancid blood covered most of my hands and Ebony was smeared crimson."That's commendable though. I mean, after all, it is so easy to forget that human part of us when we are killing people left and right everyday"."You don't look like the
Road to Valhalla Chapter 30: So Close/ So Far
"We're getting closer!", Felix said as we were nearing our destination.We hadn't stopped for anything and Nasty led us straight to where we were headed. "It's that factory", I said to myself. This is where Deli's car was when I found it. But she was nowhere to be found near it. And now Nasty had led us back to that place. "Seraph, look!"I noticed two figures in the distance, standing something like 30 feet apart from each other. The same car that should have been idly standing by in that vast empty ground was some ways away, toppled over and crumpled up like paper."Deli!", I identified one of the figures but the second one, a man, was completely unknown to me. It was clear to me that the two were engaged in battle."Hold on, Seraph", Felix stopped me before I could dash towards her.I looked at him questioningly and rather annoyed."There's a bounded field in the area. You can't cross through to her", somehow there was some new crap to deal with. Then again, I couldn't have done
Road to Valhalla Chapter 31: Onwards to the Past Again
"You shouldn't be sitting up, boy", I heard the distant voice of Sight as I began to regain my senses."Oh, no I'm fine. Please don't worry about me", Felix replied in the distance too."Is that right? But I'm not worried or anything. I know you are more than fine"."Hmm?""That was a nice spell, huh? Sure did reinforce that weak barrier real good, huh?!", Sight sounded like he was in a really good mood, though I didn't have enough capacity to comprehend his words.There was no exchange between the two after that. I wonder if I'd simply been unable to hear it but I gave up on trying to get up. I rested my head back on a hard pillow, perhaps a stone. And I was already halfway to the land of dreams before Sight decided to grab me and set me straight. My eyes sprang open with terror, knowing no sleep nor dreams."Ah! You are up, boy!", I was in fact mid air like a cat holds its kitten in its mouth.I tried to look his way but he had already decided my legs were strong enough to carry my
Road to Valhalla Chapter 32: Vampires Of Wallach
"You've realized by now, haven't you? About what Deli is?" "Yeah, it's ironic that we were just talking about that the other day". "It's not just her. It's all of Versailles", Felix reminded me of Amelia and that night I had forgotten came back to me. Everything made a lot more sense now. "She protected me from her own kind...it's funny", I couldn't help but think this way. "You're not exactly wrong about that but...", Felix paused, "I'm sorry, Seraph. Sometimes I say things that don't make sense to you, don't I? Through all my travels, I've come to learn a lot. I'm not bragging about it. I'm just saying, I've heard some stories". "What are you trying to say, Felix?", both of us were on our way to Wallach. "Seraph, in Versailles, people don't come out at night because they are afraid of the bloodsuckers. And it's an unspoken rule but no on talks about their existence. No one knows how many there are, where or who...all that doesn't mean a lot in the end. These bloodsuckers-" "Va
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Final Chapter: A World Where They Are No Longer
I would like to think to myself that this isn't the end. But seeing as her story went back to where it all started, I realized that my role wasn't saving her at all. I just made sure she'd continue to exist, eternally.In eternal suffering and forgetfulness and new encounters and the last times, in every world, she'll continue to exist.As for me, I couldn't bear to live in a world knowing she was somewhere out there, helpless and torn, just as she'd been when I first found her.When did I first find her?Who can say? I had always been talking about how I wished I'd met her sooner. In fact, I had always known her. Our existences were intertwined so much that I don't think either of us could just pull away and be happy all on our own without thinking of the other.After I'd returned Lady's power to her, I floated away in an empty space for an eternity. I was foolish enough to think that the sorrow would fade away one day. But no matter how long and far I floated away, the memory and th
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Chapter 211: The End is The Beginning
It was the coldest I'd felt in ages, and there was an aching heaviness in my head that I simply couldn't seem to shake off no matter how much I walked. I don't know when, how, or why I was walking through the snow towards the top of some hill I didn't even know.For that matter, I didn't remember who I was, how I'd gotten there, or where I was going.And just like that, before I knew it, I had collapsed in a den of wolves. Luckily, it looked abandoned, so I didn't get eaten off right away. I figured it'd be a long, slow death. I found the idea of such a gentle death appealing, despite the fact that I was walking mindlessly just seconds ago.I must have passed out, for when I came to, I was stiff as a rock. And yet, I wasn't that cold anymore. I lifted my head to find myself covered in a bear pelt. Someone had been so kind as to cover me up. And yet, the pelt was rather old and shoddy. Who cared as long as it could keep me warm?I stood up, looking around, getting accustomed to my surr
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Chapter 210: Promise
"I didn't imagine we'd ever come to a crossroads such as this", I let out a puff of smoke, standing opposite her."But, as a matter of fact, I always had a feeling we would", Lady answered with her signature smirk."Sure, you did", I said sarcastically.It was surprising at first. But things made sense soon enough. Lady had sent all of us away on a mission. She'd isolated herself at Valhalla. Chopper had left of his own accord. She'd sent Sight to look for him. Deli had gone to see her children. And she bid Lubbock and June farewell. She'd even given her fur coat to June. Grim was on a mission, too. And I was looking for Jean V. to deliver her letter.It was all exactly as it had been back then. When I'd return from meeting Jean V., Lady would already be beyond saving. Back then, all I knew was that the person who sent her that blank letter was the one who came to kill her. I never ventured to find out much else.It all made sense now as I stood be
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Chapter 209: No Bells Ring in Heaven
"Must you leave without fulfilling my wish, Seraph?"He had some guts to ask. I looked up at the red sky. There was nothing but barren, burnt land all around us."What else could you ask for?", I looked back at him."You look so old, Seraph", he chuckled, "What exactly did you give the others?"I looked behind me without answering his question. There was no one and nothing."What? It's a long story", I answered without looking at him."We've got time to kill", he grinned."I don't", I said, but went on to answer him anyway, "I gave everyone what they wanted.""Really?"I glared at him, "Yes, really, Grim. I took a fee, of course."He laughed."And what will you take from me?", he asked, grinning.I looked around and then rested my eyes on him."There's really nothing."He seemed to agree."So how'd you manage?""Well, Grim, you could almost call it travelling back through time. Though, it really isn't that. I split the worlds to create new ones. Time doesn't exist for me anymore. Ever
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Chapter 208: A Wonderful World
"I will take death in any way and form it comes to me, anywhere and anytime."That had to be the most brazen statement I'd heard. It took me a bit to take that statement in."You really have no special requests? If I can, I'd like to make it up to you", I sat down and stared at his bloodied face.He shook his head."Make up for what?", he asked.He didn't know me yet to call me "boy" but I suppose that's the way it had to be.I had become better at rewriting the reality. I could write quite far back in certain cases. For example, in Sight's case, I made it so he never met Lady and Chopper on the night he killed the prima donna, Czarna Dalia.Before meeting them he didn't know anything about what he'd been doing. He didn't know what an outcast was, even though he himself was an outcast. Ignorance is indeed the greatest of all blisses. And I thought for Sight, it had to be the biggest saving.Lady was right. People who see things differently are the most dangerous of all. Especially tho
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Chapter 207: A World You Deserve
"This isn't what I asked for, Seraph", she complained, fixing her glasses on her tiny nose."I don't get what the hell it is that you want exactly, June", I was beginning to get tired."You don't understand at all", she folded her arms."You're damn right, I don't. What kind of crazy a-""One thing.", she looked at me sternly, "One thing I'm asking for is a place to be happy. Not a mother, not a wife, not a hero, not any of the other things you're trying to come up with.""What'll make you happy, exactly?", I folded my arms and leaned against the wall of Valhalla.Everyone else was off to fend the red sky off. June had been left behind in a protective barrier.She fell silent."How about Lady? Isn't she your favorite?""I could care less about her", she answered, bluntly, "I hate her.""Huh?", I wasn't sure I'd her heard her right."She does everything on a whim. She claims to understand everything when rea
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Chapter 206: The Greatest Ordinary Man
"They are waiting for you, Monsieur Lubbock", a dark woman poked her head into the dressing room, "It's almost time for the show."The bajillion young ladies that were powdering his nose scattered away.His face was pink with heat and he wore a long fancy coat. It almost looked odd on his somewhat small figure."I'll be right there", he answered, gussying up in the mirror."Aww, you're leaving already, Monsieur?", some of the girls came up to him.He chuckled modestly."What can I say? The life of the greatest singer in the world isn't so relaxing, my dears.""You might be the greatest singer, but Monsieur is also the life of all women's hearts", one of the cheekier ones commented.Lubbock laughed. He didn't try to hide how much he loved being pampered like this."I'm sorry, girls. My audience awaits!"Saying so, he shot out of the room and hurried towards the stage. Backstage was always heated just before his shows. He was the one star that every theater wanted to have. But he was a
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Chapter 205: The Stars in Her Eyes Still Shine
"Do you blame me for mother's death, father?", she asked, placing the empty cup of tea on the little side table.Her father wasn't facing her. He was still locked up in his study, reclining on his chair and looking out of the window at some distance lands.She sat straight, with her back erect. The weight of her gown was enough to tire her but she was made up, as befitting of a noble. She had to look all the more perfect since she was visiting her home for the first time since her marriage."Blame you?", the lord of the house spoke in his grave voice after a while, "I simply don't think you were worth her death. Esme was a wise woman. A level headed, understanding, noble woman."Faye looked at her lap."You refuse to carry out the will of the house of Vlad. You'll go as far as to commit a heinous crime to that end. I'm disappointed beyond measure."Faye pursed her lips. No one but she herself had been hurt the most by what she'd done."Vlad was born to you twice. And yet, you ungratef
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Chapter 204: A Nice Dream For Grey Eyes
"Tell you what, Seraph, this one time, I met a girl and she had these enormous scars all over her arms and legs. I couldn't help noticing her, of course. When she told me she did it herself, I couldn't help it. I killed her then and there", he chuckled to himself, "I didn't want to do it, of course. Something just came over me. It wasn't that she told me she did it herself. It was how she said it. She was smiling.""I'm sure she wasn't smiling because she was happy", I answered, with a solemn look on my face."I'm sure of that too. I was sure of it back then too. That's probably why I killed her. But do you know how many people I've saved?"He looked at my face. I stayed silent."I've saved more people than I've killed. I've been counting since the beginning. I know, for sure, that my atonement is over. At least, it ought to be. But does it look like I'm still repenting?", he asked, smiling vaguely, knowing my answer."You do.""That's because I am. No matter how many I save...the ato
