Kabanata 56
Encounter

Celestia Rogue

I STARTED summoning the Devine beasts. 

It took a large sum of mana, but since I have more than a lot. It seems like only a pinch of my power decreased and will eventually come back later on.

I only summoned ten higher devine beasts but not the rest of the kingdom since I'm pretty sure that they can handle it well.

"Help us close the leaks, We need an extra hand, since it's uncontrollable around Mytheia. While we were going in to close this leak."

I instructed to the devine beasts who are now in their mortal form.

"And please stay hidden, don't let anyone find out that you're a devine beast or it will cause a huge uproar."

Dagdag ko pang nagpatango sa mga nakaluhod na devine beasts saaking harapan.

I don't even know why they had to kneel every time I summon them.

I also handed them masks so no one could recognize them.

They are not talking unlike when it is just me around since they seem to still be aloof around Draco.

"Hey Chill, don't give him that look."

I frowned, their king just sighed.

"But that man! he is the---"

I glared at them.

"Yes, your holiness."

The king sighed as they all stood up to help us get rid of the increased leaks.

"Take care, Celestia."

Dagdag pa nito saka sila tuluyang umalis upang gawin ang ipinag uutos ko.

"I'm sorry about them."

I sighed, Draco held my hand and gave me an assuring smile as we both went inside the gigantic leak on top of the kingdom.

"I don't care about how anyone see me, Celestia, a demon, a monster, a cold blooded emperor, none of that matters as long as you're mine. How you see me is the only thing I care about, so don't worryy too much about it."

He shrugged then patted my head, making my heart race.

Napasimangot nalamang ako doon.

"Who said I am worried about you?"

Naiiling na saad ko.

"Knowing how capable you are, I'm more worried about them."

I said in a matter fact tone.

"I'm not the one who acts like a psychopath when killing even a bug"

He hissed making me laugh.

"Grabe sya."

Natatawa kong saad na ikinailing lamang nito saka pumikit kasabay nito ay ang pagglitaw ng mga anino mula sa lupa.

The darkness then crawled into our direction.

Ramdam ko ang malakas na uri ng kapangyarihan sakanila.

"Dark spirits?"

I asked making him nod his head on me.

"Your majesty."

They all kneeled in front of him along wiith the dark spirit king and it's royalties.

They are not bad like demons, but they can keep up with the Devine beasts with the amount of mana they have.

Draco's power is mainly Darkness, so it's natural that the dark elements is attracted to his mana, it feeds them.

Just like how light is compatible to mine. 

I already made a contract with light spirits in Yara when I revived it, but there is no Light spirits in Mytheia.

Probably because of the silent war of gods that happened and since Aisha and Percival is asleep, they might be asleep too.

Spirits make a great soldiers since they don't die.

"Guard the entrance and kill every monsters that tries to get out and cause havoc on the other side of the leak."

He ordered.

Agad na tumalima ang mga itim na elemento kaya agad naman kaming umalis upang hanapin kung nasaan ang main core ng leak.

The world is  dark and terrifying. The ground we are in is made out of poisoning blood, even the air around will rot and break anything that is not strong enough to suppress it.

"This world is devided to seven parts, it also has seven main cores."

Draco stated making me frown.

"Let's get it started then."

I said massaging my temples then flew into the sky to look around.

"There is sea of blood in the north."

I told Draco who also flew beside me.

It's a dark sea that became red after all the killings since I can still see corses of the monsters floating around.

And it rotten stinks.

Napangiwi ako doon, nang mapansin ni Draco ay humawak ito sa kamay ko.

"Yown."

I winked at him when I couldn't smell that horrible sea anymore.

"Come out and help us find the main cores Eira."

Draco uttered as a magic circle formed above us. Then the ice bird flapped it's wings with all it's strength and glowed as it took a form of a mortal.

"Long time no see Eira."

Ngiti ko sa babae.

She looks like a sophisticated middle aged woman with dark skin, white hair, eyelashes and even her lips is white. 

"Your majesty."

She nodded her head on me and bowed in front of Draco.

"I was trying to summon you earlier, why didn't you come out?"

Tanong ni Draco, na nagpayuko lamang kay Eira at napailing.

"My apologies, but I still couldn't face the devine beasts after what I've done."

She sighed.

They did tell me about the past and what Eira did before with the sun god, Lucian. How she betrayed the devine beasts and went against the heavens.

"But will you do that again?"

Draco asked, making her shook her head on us.

"I may not be able to bring back the time, but I swear in Aisha's name that I trully regret what I did and will never do it again."

She stated making me sigh.

"Do you want me to talk to them?"

I asked making her froze then just smiled at me softly.

"It's okay, You should just focus on your path and pay me no mind."

Sambit niya, sasagot pa sana ako nang makaramdam ng presensya sa ilalim ng tubig kasabay ng pag atake saamin nito.

The dark and blood colored sea is alive and is now trying to harm us with it's poisonus rotten water. Humarang sa harapan ko si Draco habang nakakulong ako sakaniyang mga bisig saka pinagyelo ang buong karagatan.

His eyes were glowing and an immense dark aura is over flowing within him, forming a dark great.0 wings. The sea of blood that is now turned into a wide ocean of dark ice seems trying to free itself with Draco's ice but couldn't.

"You okay?"

He asked, nailing nalang ako.

"Ofcourse, who do you think I am?"

Natatawa kong saad saka dinampian siya ng halik sa labi at kumawala na sakaniya.

"Let's go find the main core now."

I said then winked at him.

Mukang nagteleport nadin paalis si Eira kanina habang abala kami, upang hanapin pa nag ibang main cores at maisara ang leak na kinaroroonan namin ngayon.

I then teleported at the middle of the dark cold ocean where I could feel the main core is and then broke the ice as I used a strong barrier to prevent the ocean from harming me.

I dived deep into the sea and grinned when I found the main core at a cave.

BUt the moment I entered, I started seeing images of Draco and my family hating me.

Napairap ako doon at nailing.

"What the heck is this cheap cliche trick?"

I frowned, hinawakan ko ang kamay ni Draco na sumunod saakin at nginitian ito.

"Don't worry I already hate you from the start."

I winked at him making him frown.

"But yeah still love you, don't fall into this fucked up ocean's tricks."

Napabuntong hininga siya roong napatango.

"I won't."

He hissed making me chuckle as we continued getting inside.

"Why! Why! Why!"

A loud irritating voice started shouting, causing an earthquake.

I closed my eyes and decided to remove the translation magic that I casted on myself since it annoys me more.

I closed my eyes and tracked where that voice is coming from and saw a horrifying creature.

Unlike the mermaids of Mytheia, the mermaid I saw has horrifying features as it eats it's children out of frustration probably from stopping the sea from causing more chaos.

That's not a monster but a demon.

"I'll handle her."

I told Draco and formed a bow and arrow using my light power.

She is miles away from here and I am planning to kill her on this distance.

Sa pagmulat ng aking mata ay ang pag ilaw nito habang naglalabas ako ng kapangyarihan at ibinubuhos iyon saaking pana at nang tumutok na ang pana sa kinaroroonan ng nilalang ay walang pagdadalawang isip ko iyong pinakawalan.

I closed my eyes and saw how my arrow pierced it's chest making it shout in pain and agony.

"Bullseye."

I giggled while watching the demon die.

Kasabay ng pagkamatayy nito ay ang pagkalma ng itim na karagatng kaniyang pinamumunuan.

We both teleported to it's hideout and found the demon's ashes and a dark pearl, the main core of this place.

"Let's get going."

I said as I throwed the pearl geently towards Draco nailing nalamang siyang itinago iyon sa isang space storage tulad ng saakin saka hinawakan ang bewang ko at nagteleport palabas.

We both succeeded taking the main cores of the world easily as well as Eira.

"Thank yo, Eira, we'll be the ones taking the last main core here."

Draco stated while Eira bowed her head and vanished.

The seventh place where the last main core is unlike the other places.

Maliwanag ang lugar at kakaiba ang itsura ng kagubatang tila ba gawa sa ginto at pilak.

It reminded me of the place where Aisha and Percival shows in my dream.

'Mag iingat ka Celestia...'

Bulong saakin ng napaka pamilyar na tinig na ikinatigil ko.

"Percival..."

I whispered then looked at Draco who seems dumbfounded looking at the whole place.

"This place..."

He mumbled seemingly confused.

"Bakit? May problema ba?"

Kunot noong tanong kong tila ba nagpabalik sakaniya sa tamang wisyo at inilingan lamang ako.

"Nothing, don't mind me."

Ngiti niya saka nag iwas ng tinging iginiya na ako papasok sa lugar.

"Sigurado ka ba?"

Kunot noo kong tanong na nagpatango lamang sakaniya.

"Yes, tara na, kailangan nating maisara agad ang leak."

Napabuntong hininga niyang saad.

The place is peaceful that it's starting get suspicious. There's not even any monsters around that it's making me uneasy.

We continued raiding the place but found nothing.

Until we reached the top of the mountain ands saw a water falls.

It's a water falls with a godly power bestowed on it.

Yet It feels unreal, I don't think this is how this place really looks like.

"An illusion."

Draco uttered.

Napatango ako roong ipinikit ang mga mata.

I casted a tracking magic to the place to find the last main core.

"I found it.

"I told Draco and was about to teleport to the place when Draco held my hand and shook his head.

"I have a bad feeling."

He said making me sigh.

"I feel an abnormal kind of energy around."

I told him.

It's the same feeling when those annoying  gods are around.

"I'll go."

He said making my forehead creased.

"Sasama ako."

Saad ko rito saka nauna na sa paglalakad.

"Celestia!"

Iritang sambit ni Draco na tinaasan ko lang ng kilay.

"I feel like I should go, so I would."

Sambit kong nagpailing rito.

"Can you just listen for once."

He said in a frustrated tone.

"I will when I feel like it."

I shrugged, annoying him more.

I sighed.

"I can handle myself Draco, I did when I was a commoner, even more now that I am not."

I said then ran to find the thing we need to close the leak.

I took the path where I can feel the main core is, as well as mysterious energy is the strongest.

But what made me stop is when I saw an unfamiliar back sitting at the edge of the rocks looking at the clear sky.

"Whoa re you?"

I asked the man who has a long golden hair.

"Celestia!!"

Draco's voice shouted as he tried to get near us but there seem to be an invisible wall that is preventing him from doing so.

He tried attacking it but couldn't.

"I'm asking who you are."

I said with a cold tone.

The man then stood up and faced me, revealing a face that I've never seen before, yet it felt familiar.

"Glad to finally meet the daughter of the light."

He chuckled softly.

Maamo ang kaniyang muka maging ang kaniyang ngiti ngunit iba ang sinasabi ng kaniyang mga mata.

Masama ang pakiramdam ko sa isang ito.

Nanayo ang mga balahibo ko nang magkasalubong ang aming mga tingin.

"Lucian.."

I guessed, but the way his lips curved and how his eyes flashed a cold stare along with his great yet burning aura convinced me that I am right.

I am strong now, but there is no way I could defeat him with my amount of power right now.

I can feel his mana stronger than the gods even Aisha's and Percival right now.

But that doesn't mean it could stop me from putting up a fight.

Right now I don't want to ack recklessly as before.

I have to think.

"You have to relax, I have no intention of fighting you, since this is only a mirror image of the real Lucian."

He said, I glared at him, releasing my power, causing the illusion that casted in the place vanish.

Revealing the forest filled with shadows and dangerous demons.

"Why did you show yourself to me?"

I asked then simply put my hands on the invisible wall along with Draco.

I don't think I could defeat him all by myself. 

I am not the same selfish and reckless Celestia. 

Draco then attacked him the moment the wall has broken.

Ngunit ang atake niya ay tumagos lamang kay Lucian.

It really is just a mirror image of him.

Nakapagtataka lamang ang itsura ngayon ni Draco. He seems furious, it's not like him to suddenly just attck and act reckless.

I guess he also felt Lucian's dangerous aura.

"Fuck off."

Draco said coldly with a menacing tone making Lucian laugh coldly.

"Don't worry I am not able to hurt that brat, since those old hags gave her protection."

Ngisi nito saka unti unti sumeryoso ang kaniyang ekspresyon habnag malamig ang tinging ibinabaling saamin.

"But you can."

He said seriously, my hands turned into fists.

"You don't think you could escape your fate do you?"

Natatawang sambit nito kasabay ng kaniyang paglaho ay ang paglitaw ng main core.

Habang ako ay nanatiling tulala lamang at naguguluhan.

"Ayos ka lang ba?"

KUnot noong tanong niyang dahan dahang nagpatango saakin.

"Y-Yes..."

Sambit ko habang paulit ulit na naririnig ang kaniyang huling kataga saaking isipan.

Nagising nalamang ako sa malalim na iniisip nang bigla akong mahigpit na yakapin ni Draco.

"Don't listen to him Celestia, please...please believe in me."

Bulong nito habang mahigpity akong yakap na til;a ba takot itong mawala ako.

Napatangoa ko ritong ngumiti.

"I believe in you Draco."

I mumbled then smiled at him softly.

"Now let's go home."

Dagdag ko pa saka pinulot ang huling main core.

"You don't think you could escape your fate do you?"

His voice echoed in my mind, mariin nalamang akong napapikit at naikuyom ang mga kamao. We will escape that fate, and when the time comes, I will be the one to end his reign.

I will fucking make sure of that.