Chapter 629: The trickster and the oracle (1) (1/2)

He looks around and saw no sign of that bodyguard of hers and he nodded.

She must have sent him to do some errands for her he thought to himself.

He walks to the tree like so many times before. But unlike before, his feeling is heavy and there is a trace of reluctance. There are not many people in the word that knows him as she did.

He is tired of losing people. He is tired of talking only to ghost of the past

The woman eyes are clear and not cloudy white like she always appears to be in front of other people.

Maybe, she too shares this same feeling of melancholy that he is feeling

She looks at him and she shakes her head

'That face again? You went to Falmouth first?' she asks. The man nodded

She sighed and said

'I think you like pretending to be a hero.' He chuckles and replies

'It is not that bad'

She laughs a bit.

'You don't like it?' he asks

'I like the other one better' he nodded

He then clicks his finger and green mist appears from his finger that shrouded him and as the wind blows the green mist, a different face and a different kind of person appears in front of the woman

His hair is green tint with a little silver. He has green eyes that seem to shine with the ability to see through lies and deceit

He is wearing a black suit with black tie with formal shoes like he is about to go to some formal dinner.

Like some kind of a dashing devil that is about to tempt you to sold your soul

His face is young and handsome and his body is lean and not too muscly. And there is always a smile on the corner edge of his mouth.

'What about now, Erika? Like this face?' he asked

'that fits you more, Trickster' she said and he only chuckles. These two person is none other than Loki the Trickster and The Great Oracle Erika.

Loki then ask

'Where is Antonius?' she sighed and then she said

'I send him away'

'You know I am coming.'

She was silent for a while before saying

'I could guess. He is returning' she said like it explains each and every thing that Loki did. The answer itself make sense to both of them.

Loki sighed bitterly and nodded. Loki then said

'Your wait is almost over' he said. She chuckles bitterly and said

'It is the most torturous wait' she laughs faintly. But there is nothing funny about it.

'I had hoped this day would never have come' Loki said

'This is Destiny and Fate' she said. Loki did not say anything to refute her words.

There was silence between them.

Only the sound of the wind and the cawing of the ravens could be heard in that space of silence between then.

They look at each other; their eyes are both determined. Loki then said

'I didn't think you and Antonius would stay together this long'

'What is that supposed to mean?' Erika ask.

'I thought you would break up with him. I did not expect even after knowing all about your future self that you would still stay with him. Is it loyalty? Or is it true love?' Loki nonchalantly said

'What gives you that idea?' she asks, her tone is slightly rising

'Will' he answers and Erika face changes.

'You confuse me again with that old friend of yours' she said coldly.

Loki shakes his head and said

'You too, now are an old friend of mine'

She smiles bitterly and then said

'Our ending is too tragic' she said. She still remembers the vision about her and Will and she always felt that it is too needlessly tragic.

Loki then answer

'Then make a new ending' she did not answer him and the words died in the air. There is once again silence between them as they look at each other.

This is just the obligatory banter between them before they reach to the objective of this visit.

For four years, Loki keeps coming here to meet her. Even when he is swamped with administrating Pandemonium, he still would make time to meet her

No, it is not a romantic feeling. It is nothing like that between them. They understand each other which makes them detest each other guts even more

Once a year, he would come to see her.

And just like the year before, he once again came. To ask the same question that he had asked for four years' straight

The silence passed as Loki ask her

'Can you tell me now?' he asks. The question seems simple but with Loki, a question is never so simple.