Chapter 248 Unceasing Ligh (1/2)
CHAPTER 248
UNCEASING LIGHT
A rectangular, compact room was tiled and walled entirely in white, pure without a single blemish to be seen. Light blast off its every inch, covering the whole space in blinding radiance, one where whoever dared open their eyes should also dare to live without them from then onward. Within the swirl of light, faint edges of a body could be seen, tingling in and out.
At the center of the room, sitting cross-legged, was a young-looking woman, stark naked. Her hair was purely golden, as long as half her body, freely let go like a waterfall down her back. Her cheeks were rosy, lips full and blithe, eyes currently closed. Above, running straight across her forehead, was a convoluted set of patterns tattooed into her skin, golden in make.
She was fairly tall, slender in build with faint outlines of muscles across her body. Her breasts were full and plump, waist narrow with wide hips beneath. A pair of legs stretched long, also covered with a swirling set of golden patterns radiating pure, golden light. Above her rested a wide, circular halo, and beneath it she appeared starkly holy, untouchable, ineffable in make -- entirely ethereal, as though not belonging to the world.
Her eyes suddenly jolted open, revealing behind a golden pair, with irises in a shape of a cross, rotating slowly within her pupils. A radiant shine burst out, dominating over all other light currently present in the room for a moment. With a still indifferent expression, she let go of the breath she was holding and slowly got up, turning toward the room's exit.
She walked with even and brisk steps, each additional one seemingly summoning additional pair of clothing; from her underwear all the way to her incandescent armor layered marvelously with carved out runic patterns connecting each piece. In addition, behind her back, a set of stacked crescent blades rested, at their center a spherical ball of warm, golden light, seemingly reminiscent of the sun repeatedly rotating.
As she left the room, she had found herself sitting among the clouds, overlooking the western descent of the sun as it began to fall beneath the mountains in the horizon. She took a brief, full breath before looking down and leaping off the edge of the platform atop of which her single-roomed house rested.
Piercing through the clouds, she fell on freely for nearly thirty minutes before at last hitting the solid ground. She had landed on a flat, mountain-top, chiseled away clearly by a hand. Almost immediately upon her landing, hundreds upon hundreds of people who were standing knelt down and plastered their heads to the paved earth beneath.
She looked around for a moment until spotting a familiar face, a faint smile creeping up on her lips, moving forward.
”Seya, follow me.” her voice was barely audible, yet it seemingly stirred all those currently kneeling, as they seemed to have shoved their heads even further into the ground.
”Y-yes!” a young, jovial-looking girl shot up to her feet. She seemed no older than fourteen, and had a boyishly-cut, black hair and a pair of honest-looking purple eyes. She wore somewhat tattered clothes, with seemingly the only thing of value on her being the necklace strapped around her neck. It was eerily reminiscent of the bejeweled object behind the woman's back.
”We are going on a trip.” the woman glanced back at the girl who followed closely by, smiling freely.
”Really?!” the young girl exclaimed, her lips parting into an honest, innocent smile.
”Yes, really.” the woman nodded faintly.
”Yaaay!” Seya exclaimed freely, running up and grabbing the woman's hand, holding it tightly. ”The Mother spoke to you?” she asked.
”She did indeed.” the woman nodded, clasping at the small, bone-fragile hand in her own tightly yet gently. ”I have to report to the Elders first, though, but then we're off.”
”He he he, I can't wait! Where are we going? Somewhere far away?”
”Ah, yes, it's quite far away actually,” the woman chuckled. ”I hear it's a nice place this time of the year.” all the while the two walked and talked, all those they've surpassed on their way down the steep mountainous road bowed and remained so until the two were well out of their sights. ”But, you have to promise me you won't run off like the last time!”
”Eeeeh-- but I met Stinky like that!” Seya pouted for a moment.
”... ah, that poor boy will never live that name down, will he?” the woman laughed bitterly for a moment as a face of a young boy covered in mud popped inside her head for a moment. ”Where is he anyway? I can take him too if you want.”