At the Ztatzav Orphanage,
The heavy rain that had been soaking the Earth made a black-haired woman worried. She had come out of the study and then looked out the window. The sound of thunder booming and the occasional flash of lightning made the atmosphere tenser.
“I did not expect it to rain so heavily, even though it should not be like that. Is this a sign that the emperor’s envoys will come to our orphanage?” muttered Aufrodine, who was already shuddering at the thought of what would happen. However, a woman with a bitchy face as soon as possible shook her head as if she did not want to have evil thoughts. “Let’s hope they do not come so that the children, especially the Chosen One, will be spared from danger.”
The lightning sounded again as if it was about to split the Earth. Madame Aufrodine just stared in the same direction, occasionally looking to the left where the situation was the same. A woman who did not get married because she wanted to concentrate on her work could not see anything other than water falling from the sky in abundance, as if the immortal god or goddess did this on purpose.
“I hope there will not be a flood, but if unwanted people are on their way here, I hope they have an accident. I do not want to let my beloved orphanage be tampered with by them.”
A flash of light appeared in front of Aufrodine as if listening to the principal’s request. The blue-eyed woman remained silent and continued to stare at the seemingly endless rain. “Hopefully, things at the orphanage will return to normal. I wish that.”
Madame Aufrodine heard thunder again, and it was not once but repeated three times. The tall, slim woman shifted her attention and suddenly remembered the first daughter of the couple, Tristian Varden Writh and Lavena Isolda Keira. “What was wrong with Alexa? Is she okay? If I pay attention, people might suspect her.”
***
In a room occupied by a messenger of Goddess Magia
A young girl was standing in front of the window. Her face looked gloomy as if she had missed something precious. “Today should be a holiday, but why is it raining? I want to play outside with Sam, Aiden, Ai and Line,” muttered Alexa, glumly.
The virgin was shocked when she saw a flash of light appearing outside the window as if to comfort Alexa so she would not be sad. In the midst of the silence in the room, the hazel-eyed girl remembered her parents, who were somewhere. “Mom, Dad, I miss you so much. What are you doing there? I hope you are always healthy and miss me.”
Alexa exhaled with a listless expression. She shook her head, and then the desire arose to move away from the window, but she had to abandon this intention because the young lady experienced something strange: she saw five men. The Chosen One could not see the face of the opposite sex because the vision wasn’t clear, but the appearance of the young men was really worrying because there was a lot of blood on their limbs.
The two men were seen moaning in pain, and two other young men were trying to carry the injured in the heavy rain. Alexa did not blink when she saw this vision, and the girl was terrified because she didn’t know what to do. After all, what the young woman was witnessing had never been experienced before.
Alexa even heard heart-wrenching sounds, as if she were at the scene, even though, in reality, the girl was still in the orphanage.
“Barra. Let me die. You have to go quickly, or the giant dog will find you.”
“No, Chad! I can’t possibly leave you here alone.”
“Where is Arlan?”
“You are still asking that damn person after he insulted us? Put your own safety first, Chad!”
“Arlan is still arrogant and stubborn. If only that fool would follow my advice to rest, we would all be safe!”
A scream made Alexa jump, and the vision disappeared by itself. That young lady who was deliberately abandoned in an orphanage by her parents was silent for a long time as if what she had seen and heard moments ago had bewitched her. When she regained consciousness, without further ado, she shook her head several times and rubbed her eyes.
When Alexa had finished with such actions, the girl saw that there was no change in her room, which made her frown. “What was that? Why am I seeing and hearing strange things? Was I dreaming? Yes, that must be it.”
A slim girl, who had a height of one hundred and seventy centimeters tall, turned around and walked towards the bed. After arriving there, Alexa lay down, staring at the room’s ceiling. “I hope that the rain will stop soon. I am bored of being in the room all day. Luckily, Odessa and her friends are still in the detention room. If they were free, they would definitely make a fuss with me.”
Before the young girl had been lying in bed for a minute, drowsiness appeared in the girl, so Alexa fell asleep soundly. The sound of booming thunder was heard again, but the situation was not a problem because the Chosen One was fast asleep. In the midst of the silence there, a young woman appeared with two large dogs. The three uninvited guests had not spoken a word, so the room owner did not know where they were.
“You are under my protection, Alexa. No human or immortal god or goddess can destroy or separate the two of us. I will make everyone who opposes it, especially the palace who wants to prevent the ancient prophecy from being fulfilled.” The beautiful and scary woman spoke softly and continued to observe the movements of the teenage girl, who was still fast asleep.
That strange woman fell silent because she heard the loud sound of thunder. However, none of that shook her because that woman smiled creepily, and a flash of light entered Alexa’s room. “I will stop at nothing to stress the five messengers and ask for death. We will see what Asiles and her devotees can do. My beloved girl is already a teenager and will soon be an adult. I can’t wait for that moment to happen and see it in person. Emperor Aufdzek immediately died horribly. I want his blood and head.”
The thunder boomed again, accompanied by the Queen of Witches’ scary grin.
***
In the health room at the Ztatzav Orphanage
“Madame, do we need to light candles? It is very dark in here. We need more light.” A blonde girl asked the senior who was in front of the altar of an immortal goddess who was not so close to her. The plump woman remained silent because she was still busy chanting mantras, so she did not hear Menka’s question.
Menka did not dare to ask again because she saw no response from the senior Healer. The beautiful woman looked around the health room, and the atmosphere there became tense, even gloomy, because the heavy rain was still going on.
“I do not like this situation, but I have to wait for an answer from Madame Ethnia so that it will not become a problem later,” muttered Menka softly. The virgin could only observe what the silver-haired woman was doing. Meanwhile, Ethnia still worshipped Goddess Erie fervently, and her lips continuously chanted sacred mantras for that immortal goddess.
In the midst of the silence that fell, the sound of thunder was heard, causing Menka to scream in surprise spontaneously. This moment disturbed Ethnia’s concentration, so she stopped praying and spontaneously turned toward the source of the sound. “What happened to you?” asked the Healer, who raised one eyebrow in annoyance.
“I… I am sorry, Madame. I was shocked when I heard the sound of thunder, so I immediately screamed,” answered Menka with an embarrassed expression.
“You do not have to act like that, Menka. I was praying.” The thirty-seven-year-old woman still did not want to accept the other person’s reasons. Because of Menkas’s action, it broke her concentration as soon as possible.
“Madame, I am sorry.” A girl who always looked youthful apologized again because she realized that her senior was still very upset with her.
Madame Ethnia did not answer. She stared sharply at Menka so the girl did not dare say anything else. Amid the silence and the atmosphere, which was starting to dim because it was still raining, the senior healer received a whisper about what the still-scared interlocutor was going to do. “If you want to light a candle, then do it. No need to wait for me. Just be careful when lighting the fire.”
“Thank you, Madame.” Menka still felt uneasy because she had disturbed her senior’s concentration. Ethnia just nodded annoyedly because she had to rebuild the mood that had been damaged from the start again.
A woman, who had a height of one hundred and sixty-four centimeters tall, without further ado, turned to another place and left Ethnia alone. “I do not understand why my assistant is so scared just because she heard the sound of thunder. What an absurd reason,” muttered the Healer when Menka was no longer in the same area as her.
When Ethnia turned around and looked at the statue of Goddess Erie, she was shocked because she had an astonishing vision. Five young men were in incredible condition. Three of them were even seriously injured. They shouted for help in the pouring rain, but no one else was there, so what they did was in vain. A woman who had worked as a Healer for seventeen years could only stare because she did not know where they were. “Oh my….”
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