Chapter 100 - Crossroads (1/2)

On the first snow of the Ainiligary empire, two fates were once again entangled. Their destiny, like a loose thread on one's favorite sweater, one could not help pulling despite knowing it could unravel around them.

"Is it too bad to want you again?" his body like a cup of coffee on a rainy season, warm and soothing as it overlaps Helen's fragile state.

His words, fogging the woman's head, the past is repeating again...

'Who am I?'

A question that she buried deep within her heart yet always resurfaces.

'Who am I?'

A question that always shatters her whole being.

"Tell me, Celestia, can you forgive me?"

'Celestia…is that my real name?'

"I am willing to pay for my retribution…just stay with me, I-I will make things right" his tall frame shrugging slightly as his embrace cast the warmth Helen is longing to have that cold night.

Such fragrance…his smell is intoxicating, what was it? So manly yet sweet to one's nose.

'Is he crying?' a question Helen thought…but the answer is obvious.

"Don't cry Mister" she said, hushing the handsome man by tapping his broad shoulders softly. Her feet not reaching the floor anymore as the man's embrace lifted her up for a bit. Her hand landed on his jet-black hair, caressing it slowly.

How come a stranger such as him remembers her, but she, herself doesn't have any memories of her own.

Looking sadly above, the sorrow she tried to hide now comes back.

"I'm sorry but I do not recall you" was what she said truthfully, masked with fake sturdiness.

His body continued shaking…from what?

Helen doesn't know either.

"Soon, you will remember everything, I promise you" his voice soothing Helen's rioting heart.

Amongst the many broken promises, this is the promise Logan will never break, he's willing to sacrifice everything to keep this one.

"W-what if…what if I don't want to remember?" her voice, soft and little yet it pierced the man inside.

'So, this is the feeling huh…of being forgotten. Knowing that I have put you through this situation, this heart perishes more'

The guilt t is eating the man whole. How can he be so heartless to the one woman whom he loved the most?

Snowflakes falls relentlessly as the night goes deeper. The emperor of the Theavarian empire has powers unlimited in everyone's sight, however, that time, what he wants the most, to stop the time, is beyond his greatness.

"If...if you don't want to remember, can you please make a new memory with me?"

And right then, an enamored man like him puts down his sword, crown and even dignity to chase the woman he once shoved away.

Helen slowly broke free from the hug, her feet once touching the stillness of the floor. Her once lively face is getting pale from too much cold.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I'm afraid I can't…" after all, her heart has already been snatched by Hannibal. It's not hers to decide anymore.

'Hannibal, if I could see you right now, I would voice out my feelings. O, gods, please, extend my life longer' she pleaded as the combined physical pain of her injured feet and throbbing heart occupied her thoughts.

"Hey Adam…can I make another favor? P-please, bring me to Hannibal" she said weakly, her hands gripping loosely on Logan's coat. Her weight seems to be falling.

"Hannibal Devyn…you can unlock my phone, just please…I need him" her mellow voice puffing out a fog-like smoke as she pleaded for her life to be saved. Her body finding its strength on Logan's by putting all its mass on him.

The man's body trembled. What is this feeling?

Nervousness?

Fright?

Or

Fear?

Never has he felt this before but with Celestia lying on his arms lifelessly, his feet involuntarily move.

"GUARDS!" he shouted out loud amidst the snow.

"Take me to Hannibal, NOW!" his voice roared like a wounded lion as he carries the maiden on his arms.

He never thought he would be afraid of death for he, himself is not afraid to face death but when it comes to Celestia, his heart crumbles to bits. The cure is not perfect after all because that .01 still managed to seep through his system, wrecking the barriers he so hardly built.

"Do you remember now, Logan?"

"Our once shared life"

These lines were what the past Celestia would've said.

And Logan's answer this time should've been this, "Yes, Eve, your Adam is back"

But how cruel fate is, to make one remember and the other forgets…

Logan now remembers clearly, how they first met.

(Flashback)

"Here, it's not that hot anymore since e-er I've been eating it" the lady hesitantly gave the stranger the bowl she has been holding. However, her hands failed to transfer the food in his, he's just looking at her face and the porridge back and forth for Pete's sake!