"You idiot! I could have protected all of you if let me stay here!"
As he grieved he suddenly remembered theirst conversation.
"That''s right the location"
With his still grieving heart, he once again covered himself with Aura before shooting towards the sky. He flew fast breaking the sound barrier, and as he did so a booming sound could be heard.
"Why did he tell me to go there if he ns to kill himself from the beginning?"
His question didn''t take long to be answered.
"I see"
In an old chapel, three kingdoms away from Elysium two small figures can be seen sleeping soundly on the cold hard floor.
It was Niko and Agnes, alive and well.
"Ha...hahaha.."
He was relieved but still in pain, he thought aboutughing to push his dark thoughts but all he gets are drops of tears from his eyes.
"I''m seriously d" he said barely whispering.
That night he took the two away and brought them to the imperial pce.
They were the first to arrive in the pce even though their kingdom was thest to be attacked.
Agnes'' Pov
"Agnes?"
Niko asked me, he must have noticed how quiet I had be.
"What''s wrong?"
"I don''t know"
I really don''t know at first I thought maybe gaining revenge would make me feel better but now I don''t feel anything, nothing.
Even when their blood painted the ground and their screams filled the air, it wasn''t enough to make me feel satisfied.
"I just don''t know what to do"
Niko looks at me worriedly, I know why he does but I couldn''t think of any reason to make him feel better. So all I could do was look at him.
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"Are you confused?"
An unfamiliar spoke however I know who it belong to.
"Apollo"
"It''s okay to be confused maybe revenge isn''t the one you truly wanted"
His words struck a cord inside me perhaps he was right.
Then in the end what do I want?
I closed my eyes and kept thinking
What did I want?
As my thoughts drifted my mind brought me towards a certain memory, my family.
It was the time when the foundation of the kingdom was being celebrated. Everyone wasughing and enjoying the festival while my friends and family danced with me at the evening bonfire.
"I miss them"
My eyes remain down while tears begin to fall. Apollo didn''t speak to me and instead continued his ughter. It seems my tears became the fuel for his desire to kill.
"Niko"
"Yes, Apollo?"
"Take Agnes away from here it seems this ce isn''t the one meant for her"
"Where should I take her? Should we return to the shrine?"
"No"
A magic circle then suddenly appears before me, its brilliance is blinding, burying my previous gloomy thoughts.
"Go take her inside the teleportation circle"
"Okay"
Niko then urged me to stand so I did what he asked, but as I walked my eyes caught a glimpse of a person I used to know.
"You?"
"Agnes?"
Apollo and Niko followed my gaze and saw a woman among the crowd of enemies.
"Isn''t that your nanny?"
My hand trembled while my mind went nk, and then a voice echoed inside me.
{The Monastery is capable of putting spies in every corner of the empire, even inside the imperial pce. So be careful}
"She is....why"
I thought you died?
Why?
My mind began to break down but two arms held me closely.
"I think we should leave"
"Should I kill her?"
Niko and Apollo both said making my heart relieved.
"Let''s go Niko"
"Okay"
Apollo removed his arms from mine and then went forward.
I don''t need to ask I already know her ending.
So I closed my eyes and followed Niko''s guidance.
It was painful but the moment my kingdom fell everyone I knew was dead to me. So it doesn''t matter whether she betrayed us or not, my mind already deemed her dead.
"Apollo will take care of her"
"I know"
I don''t know if I should be d or worried that I have a murderous friend like Apollo.
Normal people of our age wouldn''t be able to kill this calmly but for him, it was done easily, perhaps it''s all due to his experience and upbringing.
Then suddenly a mocking smile emerged from my lips making Niko even more worried.
Seriously who am I to question him?
I am no different from him, no WE are no different from him.
No one in our age can calmly walk across and filled with corpses. Perhaps all of us are broken and just gotten used to this kind of environment.
"Hold on"
My friend whispered, strongly supporting me with his arms, so I told him.
"Let''s go"
The light envelops us until it takes us into a ce where we didn''t expect to see.
"This is!"
The kingdom of Elysium
As soon as we arrive the mesmerizing sight of our kingdom''s za wees us.
"How...this ce was broken.."
My voice was strained due to my emotions escting and going uncontrolled.
"Calm down please"
I could hear his voice trying tofort but I could tell he was shaken as well.
"What was Apollo thinking bringing us here"
"No, it''s okay Niko"
I took a step forward and saw how they looked the same as I remembered.
"This is strange everything was destroyed back then but why does it look...normal?"
From the trees to the benches inside the za, everything was the same as it was before.
"I''m getting nervous"
"I am the same Niko"
We walked even more and saw a little girl ying around the bushes. As we walked closer my body felt like a bolt of lightning struck it. The girl''s features were somehow familiar.....extremely familiar.
"Wait?.... Is that...me?"
Niko wasn''t able to speak either and was as surprised as I was.
What''s going on?
Wasn''t it a teleportation spell?
Why do I see myself right now, how did the younger me end up here?
How!?
"Princess"
"!?"
"!?"
Suddenly amidst our confused state, another familiar voice can be heard.
"It''s me!?"
Niko eximed seeing a boy wearing a knight training suit.
"Why is the princess here in the middle of the night?"
Instead of answering the young Agnes turned her back to Niko and started walking away.
"Princess where are going!? You can''t walk like this, you are too far from the pce"
Even though his voice was soft and very coaxing the stubborn princess continued to walk. I was dumbfounded watching myself act like a brat and also embarrassed by how Niko patiently persuaded me toe with him.
"Um....pardon me but did something like this happen before?"
"I...I don''t know I can''t remember either"
I stutter a bit but knowing his attention is upied it should be fine.
"Princess.....please"
The young Niko spoke again and his soft and patient voice was getting me worked up.
I don''t remember this happening just what''s going on here.
With me and Niko both in deep thought a deep baritone voice caught our attention.
"What is my cute little daughter doing here"
"What the!?"
"That''s...father"
My father the king of our kingdom was standing right in front of me again. He was alive and well, his face was just the same as I remembered.
"Father!"
The young me ran while the young Niko kneeled to show his respect.
"I greet the ruler of the kingdom"
"Greetings to you my knight, it seems like you are getting upied"
"Not at all Your Majesty it''s just that I was worried about the princess"
"Thank you for worrying"
"It''s my duty sir"
My father chuckled before messing with Niko''s hair.
"Agnes do what Niko said and go back to the pce"
"Yes Father"
My heart who was unrest suddenly felt funny seeing this exchange.
"Now I really wanted to remember this"
Niko said which made meugh "Me too"
"Apollo you can take us out now, I don''t know how you did this but putting an illusion like this isn''t funny"
"Niko''s right Apollo"
We spoke in the air hoping he would take us out but instead of hearing the same unfamiliar voice, we heard Him instead.
"And who is this Apollo I am hearing? Do you have a boyfriend already, my daughter?"
That voice made me and Niko look at each other before turning our backs towards someone.
"I am d to see you can use the Goddess'' powers to this extent. Although it is not a perfect time travel yet, since no one except those with the power of time can see you, still it''s better than nothing"
Father then circled us as if assessing our appearance, I felt nervous but then he spoke again.
"And seeing you in this unstable form meant you can''t touch anything. You two are only ghosts brought from the future"
"So tell me my dear daughter what brought you here?"
His face was closed making my heart rise, my father was right in front of me.
I haven''t seen you for a while now.
"It''s been three years Father"
I can''t help it, tears begin to fall and my emotions leak out to the surface.
"I missed you!"