1 Prologue: Just Because... (1/2)
It is said that the world we live in, is a world full of mysteries. There are ton of things that we do not know about, many questions that need evident answers and even strange occurrences that the study of science cannot explain.
One of the mystifying things about this world is the existence of another dimension called Celestial Realm.This is where the mysterious powerful beings live in---The Immortals.
In that world, there is a Diviner who prophesies every momentous event regarding the whole realm. Once, he predicted that the great relationship of the four major empires of Celestial Realm would go to ruins. In his revelation, there will be great turmoil and war that will occur due to an unexpected circumstance and wrath among them would arise. Well, it's not the first time that this realm would encounter such a conflict. In those instances, a mediator whom the immortals call the ”Chosen One” appears every time conflicts arise between the four. Their mission is to pacify and restore things in order, to unite and to bring tranquility and peace in that world.
Thus, a child was born. For this time, she is the chosen one that the Diviner has prophesied to carry out the mission. A young princess from one of the major empires called the ”Phoenix Clan”. They tried to protect her from the enemy but obviously, everything doesn't go smoothly as planned. The road was a bumpy road with many prickly cactuses.
And so, the Diviner made an arduous decision…
”I'll save you and I won't let anything happen to you!” An agonizing voice that is desperate to save a child in danger came out from the Diviners' trembling lips.
While sitting on his knees in the field of ashes at the Tiger clan's territory, he held onto the bleeding five year old princess tightly. His teary eyes reflect the fire from the burning forest while watching the woods and village houses being engulfed by the raging fire. Eventually, tears flow down on his cheeks.
”Why did this happen!? Why!!!???” After screaming in devastation, he slowly looked at the unconscious princess and gently strokes her face brushing her hair away from it. Looking at the princess's little face full of soot, he close his eyes.
”What should I do? What should I do to keep you safe?”
He then laid his right hand over her wounds. Warm radiant lights came out from his hand and soon after, the burnt from her right shoulder, her bleeding back, and the minor wounds from the rest of her body was then healed.
”Haaa...” The Diviner brought out a sigh of relief.
”I cannot let you continue to live like this. Being in danger every time, locked in an isolated room where no one to talk to and being alone without any friends. Just because we tried to protect you, you did not have the taste of freedom at all. You haven't made a public appearance yet but only those who tried to harm you saw your face so I cannot let you continue in living like this, you might be in graver danger than this! I cannot bear to see the chosen one being harmed like this. You are too young to go through such suffering!” He then squeezed the child who is wrapped in his arms.
While rain of ashes fall in the ground, the fire in their surrounding gradually extinguished.
”Hmm…” The child groaned as she slowly open up her roundish-almond ruby-like colored eyes. She blinked her eyes while slowly letting her vision become clear.
The Diviner immediately reacted, ”You regained consciousness!” He was so delighted that right away he hugged the child.
The child recognized him, ”P-prophet Eigel?”
”Yes, it's me. The strife is now over.” He calmly stated looking at the child with a plastered little smile in his elegant good-looking fair face.
The child started sniffling and eventually, she bawled her eyes out.
”Waaaaaahhh!!! *sniff-sniff* Waaaaaahhh!!!”
Prophet Eigel got flustered instantly. ”Ah-ah p-please stop crying.”
He put his hand on her head and gently pats it as he comforts the child.
*sniffles*
*sniffles*
The child slowly started to calm down. ”My-my parents, where are they?” She suddenly mentioned while tightly holding a part of his silver cloak and making a u-shaped furrow between her eyebrows.
”Don't worry. Your parents are already safe. They are sent back to your kingdom and are now recuperating.” He reassured and added, ”Can you stand?”
She opens and closes her palms as she is testing whether she can move her joints accordingly now. When she thought that she is already well, she replied ”Yes, I think I can now. Thank you, prophet Eigel.”
He let the child down and arose. He then cleaned the ashes that were stuck in his clothes. After that, he holds the right hand of the child and suggested, ”Let's go to a safer place shall we? I believe that even though the strife was already pacified, there are still eyes watching us.”
Stretching her neck to look up, she nodded. ”OK”
”Good”
He held the child's hand tightly and closed his eyes. As he was concentrating where to teleport, he saw a hut outside the Tiger clan's territory. It's located in the North which is Turtle clan's abode and the hut looks like no one was living there.
”I found it! Here!”
In a flash, they vanished into thin air and were immediately brought to where the hut is. They were at a dense forest, where the hut is surrounded by giant trees, ferns and mushrooms. The grass and weeds around it is also rough and shaggy like uncombed hair, long and unkempt which keeps the hut from being seen evidently.
All of a sudden, prophet Eigel uttered a question while looking straightly at the child furrowing his eyebrows accompanied with a sincere tone in his voice.