Chapter 669: What do you see? (2) (2/2)
The talk in the balcony could change life and even the world.
When he made judgment, he made it from his throne. But when he wants to talk to someone, really talk to someone o he would bring them to the balcony
It is a peaceful gesture.
'So, what it is about?' Loki ask.
'Is it about Sasha? Or the Shadow Guards? Or is it about the Three Army?' Loki ask. Azief did not respond to any of those question. It was like he was waiting.
Then Loki said
'Or is it about Sofia?' Azief eyes turns sharp for a moment. But his eyes are still looking forward like the words did not affect his heart.
Loki did not miss that momentary movement of Azief eye.
'I guess it is about her after all. With you, it is always about those two. It is predictable and sad all at the same time'
Azief did not respond. And Loki did not pile on. Azief is trying to think of question to ask. And Loki is thinking of how to answer the question.
There was silence between them as both of them look at that vast expanse of Pandemonium. They could see many construction program going on all over the city
With their attainment in power, their eyes could see thousands of kilometers away so they could see everything from this balcony.
Then Azief ask
'Did you know it from the very beginning?' That is his first question
'Know about what?' Loki ask back. Azief was not even surprised that Loki would answer the question like that as he scoffed.
'Did you predict that this will happen? Did you predict I would see such things?'
'I predict nothing' Loki reply.
Azief heard Loki reply and then he nodded.
When one thinks about it, it is true that Loki predicted nothing. Since he had the memory of the future, then instead of saying he predicted it, it is more accurate to say that he had seen it
Azief did not let up as he said
'I am slowly forgetting things' he said but its sound more like a question.
Loki reply quickly
'It is probably a side effect of traveling through a Time Tunnel'
'It is not good' Azief states
'No one said getting stuck inside a limbo of Time is good' Loki reply. Azief ask and Loki answer in fast pace, like they are playing tic tac toe.
Then Azief ask
'Where is the Oracle?' Like a trap in a yes and no question, Loki nearly blurt it out before his eyes narrowed.
He had the urge to smirk but for some reason he did not. Loki smirk not only when he is happy. It is also when he is nervous, that he smirks.
It is his way of alleviating that feeling of nervousness.
He did not feel like smiling right now. Loki sighed internally. He knows that this would happen sooner or later.
He wished he could do what he wanted.
But life has never been about doing what you wanted. Especially for the life of someone like him that had made the choice to go back to the past.
There is a plan.
And he intends to see that plan to the end
He would play this game of chess and he would win it. And maybe at the end of all of this, there is a happy ending for him and for the ghost that he sees in his dreams.
'No more ghost' he thought to himself.
He did not wish for this matter to happen but he also knows that this is supposed to happen and should happened.
In that brief moment, he thinks about the conversation that number Five had with the Oracle. It would not be long now that Erika would have only one eye.
That would not be a good look for her. He thought.
Azief on the other hand, look at Loki and notice that his expression stiffened.
For some reason, he had such an intense reaction to the Oracle name. Like he had suspected, Loki must know something.
And for the first time since they began playing question and answers, Loki stop answering.
Loki avert his gaze from Pandemonium and then he looks toward the man beside him. Then smiling he ask
'Why would you want to know?'
'Do you know?' Azief asked again
'Why do you want to know?' Loki ask again. If anyone trying to play with Azief like this, they would already be dead. But since it is Loki doing it, he could survive
'I see some things during my time in the Time Tunnel' he said.
Loki ears is wide open now. He could probably predict what Azief had saw but he still needs confirmation. There is a trace of hope and excitement in his heart.
But there is also dread and fear. He fears it would be exact the same yet at the same time he also knows that feeling is contradictory to his plan. For things to progress it should happen all the same.
Loki truly did not know what he hoped to hear from Azief mouth
'What do you see?' Loki wanted to know what Azief saw.
He desperately wants to know. His answer would decide how Loki should plan his next move.
'I see myself getting betrayed' Azief said simply. Loki is still smiling, maintaining his face expression but internally he felt disappointed.
'Is it still the same?' he thought to himself.