[City of Avalon]

After awhile of silence of seeping drinks served at their preference, Amos then puts down his cup as he begun to speak.

"How about let's cut to the chase, since you expected our arrival without notice, then i presume you know what we came here for"

"Indeed i do! I believe you wanted more sugar to be added unto the tea?"

Hearing Albion's reply, Amos was flabbergasted for a bit as he tried to retort and spoke out his own thoughts. But before he could do such a thing, which is quite rude to the ruler of the city, Asagi then quickly stopped him with with her hand as she immediately drowned out his voice by speaking up.

"That's not what we came here for"

"It's not? Well looks like I've made a mistake... I cant read your thoughts, so i just guessed, after all i'm no omnipotent being" said by Albion

"We are here seeking for answers" said by Asagi

"Answers? please elaborate"

Clearing her throat, Asagi then begun to elaborate what she meant.

"There are phenomenon that despite how much we rack our brain, we cant seem to find its answer... I per chance would like to know the reason of my existence... why was i brought here? Why me? Why not other people? What's the meaning of my existence being brought here? do i have a mission? do i have something to accomplish here? Just why me?"

"Meaning of your own existence... That's surprising, but its not the first" said by Albion as he sipped some tea

Hearing his words, Asagi then look towards Albion with an earnest gaze as she waited for him to answer. On the other hand before he could answer, Albion snapped his finger once more as he refilled the drink in their own cup or mug out of nothing, which literally shock some of them in the process aside from the Archmage, Amos, and Asagi.

"Well i understand the gist of your confusion, after all you are not the first one who doubt their own existence... there  was also a time in my life where i doubted my own existence. Just like how you act like now, i was also reacting the same way.... but in my case there is no one to help me at all, i have to find my own answer for so long.... so long that i begun to loose track of my own time"

"......"

"Your really quite a lucky fellow.... I have a way for you to find your answer"

In that moment, Amos slipped in a question of his, as he also confirm whether his question would also be answered the same way he had with Asagi.

"What about mine? can that also answer the question that i have?

"Then what's your concern"

"My concern is something regarding the future"

"Future?"

Upon hearing that term, Albion then placed a hand on the left side of his face, as he opened up a split between his fingers and have his left eye peek through in between the split. Following that action, a small magic circle appeared in front of his eyes, as he seemed to begun scanning Amos from head to toe.

"I see... you have the ability to see the future.... a foresight.... What great burden you have"

"I'm not here to hear your pity" retorted by Amos

"I never said i'm giving you one"

Once more Amos was baffled as he somehow was shock by that type of an answer. If he was back in his former status, he would've gotten offended by those words and have Albion be killed, but seems he has question left to answer, he need to hold his irritation in, as he calmed down his nerve.

"But you don't need to go the way the same as her, since its regarding the future, some of this books in my room could answer your questions, better yet i could answer them myself"

"... I see, then can you answer them now?"

"I cant! as you can see, i'm currently quite busy in organizing something... the same goes for you little missy, but i can entertain you tomorrow"

Hearing that Asagi then reacted

"Tomorrow?" asked by Asagi

"Tomorrow"

"No consideration?"

"None"

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure"

"Really?"

" Really"

"Please?"

"No!"

"Por favor?"

"I don't even know what that means"

With Albion being insistent of his circumstances, Asagi then had no choice but to concede as she decided to simply return here tomorrow. With that Albion then stood up from his seat, and asked everyone to leave, after all he has a lot to do currently and can only entertain them tomorrow.

Before anyone could object, Albion swooshed his hand like shooing them away and instantly transitioned them outside his room in the blink of an eye. At one second they were inside the room of Albion, and in the next they were standing outside of the room.

Upon seeing such tricks, they really cant understand how a person could achieve such complicated magic which activates in a blink of an eye.

With Belfast taking the lead, he then led them in order to exit the tower and simply return here in the very next day.

"He had shut us out, it would be wise to just simply follow his words and return tomorrow"

"What?!?! But all we did is just a simple introduction, we actually haven't gotten anywhere near yet to our questions" complained by Amos

"Its just what it is, but i assure you, he will help you in your concerns.... everything has its time and today is not yet the time for you to answer your concerns"

Along the way, Belfast then begun to recommend them some places they could stay for the night and offered them special privileges as guest in the city. Because of this, the moment they exited the tower and left, Asagi then ordered Michael to return to the Kingdom and tell every personnel that they will stay in this place far longer than expected.

After Michael left, Leon then begun to ask some questions towards the citizens about the recommended Inn by Belfast, as they received some important information and went their way. In fact it took them about an hour to actually get to the Inn.

Upon their arrival, they quickly checked in the Inn and spend the rest of the day doing what they wanted to do in their spare time and when the night came, Michael then returned on his guard duty, as he stayed in the same Inn on another room rented for the guys.

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On the very next day, Asagi and the whole group returned at the central tower, with expectations plastered on their faces. But upon arriving and the ground floor of the tower, they were then immediately met by Albion instead of waiting for them inside his own room.

Garbed in long white magician robe, Albion then met the group while tying his long white hair into a ponytail right behind his back. this time he was meeting the whole group on his own, due to that Belfast returned back to his own tower and left Albion to deal the matters regarding the visitors from afar.

"You guys arrived early" reacted by Albion as he walked closer

"Well we are expecting a long talk" replied by Asagi

"Where do you wish to talk our business? should we head over to one of your private rooms?" asked by Amos

"That is unnecessary! we will go along the way as we head over to the place where this young woman will have her questions answered... as for yours, i can answer them myself"

" I see...."

The moment Amos agreed to Albion's words, the latter then looked over at the guards they have brought and somewhat showcased a complicated expression. Naturally Asagi caught on to this expression as she proceeded to ask.

"Is there something wrong?"

"... Well the thing is, were going to a quite secretive place and i don't want a lot of people here to know where it is located if they aren't involved in the situation that we will tackle"

Hearing Albion's words, both Amos and Asagi immediately realized what he was indicating as they both turned their heads towards their guards. Even thought there was hesitation in their thoughts whether to dismiss the others who are unrelated to their topic, they then soon compromised as it seems Albion wouldn't take any consideration.

Because of that  Michael, Ariel, and Leon were left at the guest area of the tower, as both Amos and Asagi followed Albion at the very corner of the tower.

After following him for quite awhile, they then saw Albion opened up a hidden passage on one of the wall in the tower, as he led both of them towards the stairs leading deep below the ground. Alongside it since it was an enclosed area, the only lighting along the stairs are the rows after rows of torches that never fades away.

Since only the torches were illuminating the area, The place itself was quite dark, as  the atmosphere slowly thickens the more they head further in. The experience itself was like a person slowly walking towards the darkness. One could even bet that if the torches itself wasn't present, one could only imagine just how dark the place is.

As they head further down the stairs, Albion begun conversing with them as he proceeded to ask Amos inquiries.

" Even thought it is quite late already considering that we just met yesterday, i believe that we haven't properly introduced each other? I am Albion the master of this tower and the sole ruler of this city... basically this city falls under my jurisdiction since i'm the one who created this city itself and everyone in it is just residence who lived on its surface"

"Well since that is the case, then all i can say is that my name is Amos"

"And i'm Asagi"

Hearing their names, Albion's then chuckled for a bit as he said.

"I see.. the former emperor of the Amid empire in the central continent and an angel who rules over the people in the sky"

Hearing his words, both Amos and Asagi were shocked as they knew that they haven't actually introduced them as such people with importance. If that was the case, then they begun to wonder just how did a person who they are unrelated knew about them. But before they could even be wary of Albion, the person himself gave them a side glance before continuing on.

"You guys must be quite confused on how i know about you, well all i can say is that, i did an extensive research myself after our meeting yesterday, due to that i begun to understand who you are and what  you are"

"Are you saying that you have a medium which has the record of us?" asked by Asagi

"Something similar... I guess" answered by Albion

In that moment Amos then spoke up as he shrugged his confusion away.

"Since you know about us already, then we can proceed on having our questions answered right? so please tell me how do you interpret the future that i saw?" 

"You mean the one where there is war?" asked by Albion

"How did you... I dint even specify which foresight it is and yet you already figured it out" said by  Amos

"Its not like guessed or something, but yesterday when i was looking through you using magic, i somehow coincidentally saw the foresight that's been bothering you for quite awhile"

"Indeed! For my own interpretation, i believe that a huge war will come in the near future or far future... aside from that, nothing else comes to mind... there is not even information on who we are fighting with" said by Amos

"Well that is understandable, After all foresight rarely give out concrete future.... there is only so much that you can gain from understanding the future itself... due to that some prophecy ends up being vague as it gets... but you are quite right, there is going to be a war and a massive one at that"

"Really? I knew it"

"but you cant simply think of this as a simple war that with preparations and prep time alone, you could easily win it with less sacrifice.... it is not as simple as you think it is. When i said that this will be in a massive scale, i meant every word for it"

"....."

"This war will not only involve one continent but will involve a lot of people.... a massive war at that... people of all age , race, and sizes.... all possibilities gathering up  in order to fend off an absolute evil, but despite all of that power, the enemy itself will also have forces not lesser nor weaker than the allied forces... and through those encounters many people would die... the death itself would also be incomparable and uncountable and there is even a high chances that key figures would also die in the process...."

"....."

" And the angels you saw in your vision only indicates that they will play one of the important role in this war which would decide the fate of all living"

As Albion said that, they finally reached the deepest floor as he then begun to lead them across the long dark hallway.

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