Chapter 626: Coral Palace (2/2)

”Where should I start?” Zero asked. He sat down and sipped on the seaweed tea, making a face. It was salty.

After offering the sea queen some poxie tea from hell and a few cakes from Belles and Begonia, Zero started with his self-introduction as Queen Leah enjoyed the early afternoon treats.

”It's boring to be talking all the time,” Zero said after he introduced himself as the Chosen One from the legends and his affiliation with great figures from Heaven and Hell. ”How about we play a game? I'll answer a question for a question.”

Intrigued and highly entertained, Queen Leah agreed. As expected, talking to a land-dweller was better than talking to fellow merfolks. Land-dwellers were more creative and had better ideas. Zero was very knowledgeable, and if he wasn't the Chosen One, she would really have fallen for his charms even without his elven beauty.

Zero told her about his adventures in Hell, Heaven and Purgatory. When he told her how he met the other three keyholders, Queen Leah was shocked.

”Are you sure Raju is gone? Sylvia as well... did she really choose to reincarnate?”

Zero nodded. It must be a real shock to the great water sprite. These two individuals were very powerful guardians. To choose death and reincarnation, it must make the sea queen feel very alone in this world. Thankfully, Alex was still around. He didn't know if she would be able to cope with the news of the loss should Alex also choose to forfeit his life after fulfilling his mission. The grief and aloneness would be too great for the sea queen, and she might go on a rampage again.

”Are they happy now?” Hearing how painful her fellow keyholders suffered, Queen Leah just wished for their happiness now.

Zero didn't know if they were happy now. However, he knew for sure that they were finally at peace when they made their decision and left the world without regrets.

”I suppose they are,” he told her without traces of lies. ”It's time to move on from the past.”

Queen Leah agreed. Her old comrades have moved on. She was the only one still stuck in the past. Perhaps this was what the prophecy meant when they were told the Chosen would sweep the world into an unstoppable storm. Initially, they thought that he would be the harbinger of doom, but now, Queen Leah wondered if he would be its saviour instead.