23 Chapter 23: Reunited (1/2)
SCARLETTE'S POINT OF VIEW
I was really shocked. Crap! He just kissed me! That was my first! Literally, I was kissed by a devil!
I took the book on the table that he forgot and hurriedly went home. I tried to calm myself.
To move on from what happened, I sat down on my bed and got my phone. It's been a while since the last talk with Aunt Cecilia. Speaking of her, did she know about my Dad's and Mom's true identity? I forgot to ask about it to Mom.
I dialed her number but it couldn't be reached. I called her many times but still, it's unavailable. Did she shut her phone off?
”Scarlette.” I was surprised when all of sudden, Aunt Wart appeared in front of me. She's dead serious. ”Let's go.”
I felt myself became nervous. ”Where?” I asked.
”Hetarnia.”
She held my wrist and I felt myself was brought to another dimension. Everything all I could see was white light. After few seconds, we're inside the center hall of the kingdom.
Asher, and the other goddesses were there, together with someone who's wearing pure white. That man was hugging Mom. Mom tapped his back when she saw me. The man faced at my direction and I got froze on my track when I recognized who he was. He still looked the same since the last time I saw him. He didn't become older.
He's here . . . my Dad.
Tears streamed down my cheeks as I ran towards him. I hugged him.
”I missed you, Dad,” I cried. Mom was teary-eyed, too.
”I missed you, too, Scarlette.”
After the tight hug, I wiped my tears with my hands. ”H-how? How are you able to escape—”
”Nel helped us.”
Automatically, I shifted my gaze to Asher and gave him a meaningful look.
”Yeah, that young man was acting like a hero,” Tita Heta madly said.
”But I'm safe, Mom,” Asher reasoned out. ”No need to worry.”
”What if you got killed there? Huh?”
”Mom, let's talk about this some other time.”
Tita Heta kept on murmuring but she stopped after a while.
”We need to get ready,” Dad said.
My eyebrows furrowed. ”For what?”
”Because of what happened earlier, it gave them a signal to start the war.”
”Damn it.”
I looked at Mom. Did she just curse?
”Heta, bring half of the knights on Earth. The rest will remain here to fight with us,” Mom commanded. ”Wart, all the souls, bring them to the Etah dimension for them to be safe. GO!”
Aunt Wart and Tita Heta left immediately. I meant, they disappeared.
She's scary this time. Me, even as a daughter, I wanted to run!
”I think, they have already figured out how to break the spell of this holy place. Damn it!” she cussed again. ”Max, lead the knights. Asher, make sure all living animals and plants won't be destroyed. And Scarlette,” she stared at me, ”accept the Hetar sword. Now is the time. You can't say no.” Her face softened. ”You'll fight with me.”
My heart seemed like it wanted to explode upon hearing that.
This is a real war.