OMG 2'S

5. THE ARVAL WILL RETURN

Arval approached Theodor with a face. He snorted as he stroked his chest, hoping that his efforts this time to persuade Theodor were not in vain. It would be outrageous if Theodor still had not forgiven the guilt of Jullian fleeing to earth. Who, after all, can control someone who is in love?

The last news that Arval heard from Zuli, Jullian had lived happily with Sicily. However, Jullian and Sicily still have not found Milia's whereabouts, and that is the only problem the pair are facing.

Arval who had spent time with Sicily and Milia of course still has a million worries, pity and guilt because of the departure of Milia. Moreover, Milia's departure was caused by Devine, who was actually a country creature. Didn't Theodor at least have to send her back to earth and allow her to help Jullian find Milia.

It was actually easy if he wanted to leave without Theodor's knowledge. There's a Zuli who can make it. However, Theodor had warned Zuli against acting without orders from him. It was Theodor's warning that left Zuli speechless and gave no clue as to how Jullian had left their world a few years ago.

Arval ruffled his hair in frustration as he arrived before Theodor who suddenly turned his back to him.

“Ehem, Mr Theodor, how are you?” asked Arval, trying to make small talk. However, Theodor ignored Arval's presence. One of the strongest seraphim in Mundi Luminis was even stepped away from the figure of Arval.

“Don't do this, Mr. Theodor. Please, let's talk. After all, the baby wouldn't have been separated from its mother if it wasn't for Devine. How could you not take any action to look for the whereabouts of the baby. Now a dozen years have passed, and I heard the news that Jullian and Sicily are still looking for the whereabouts of the baby until now—“

“I have warned you many times, soldier, that I do not want to hear your story anymore. I'm sick of always hearing about Jullian the traitor. If he's great, why doesn't he just look for the kid. Why should I?” Theodor snapped at Arval, his face looking crimson with anger.

Arval does not necessarily become afraid of Theodor's anger. He knew that if Theodor still cared about Jullian's situation, the seraph simply did not show it. “Theodor, you are the one who knows best what is now happening to Jullian. Two years after he left Mundi Luminis, his power would disappear. He's just a normal human being there. I beg you, allow me to help him.” Arval renounces the formalities between himself and Theodor, still trying to persuade the stubborn Theodor.

“Cannot. When I let you go there, you'll disappear like Jullian. Look at him, fall in love with an earth creature and make himself forget his status as a warlord. How could he forget all that and choose to live forever there?!” shouted Theodor.

Arval closed his eyes, his hands reflexively massaging the temple. He did not know how much less to persuade Theodor so that the seraph could understand his intentions. He just wanted Milia back, no other intentions.

Theodor glanced at the now silent Arval. The soldier even fell to his knees on the cold stone floor, his face looking desperate and sad.

“What does that child mean to you?” ask Theodor. After a while of seeing the pain on Arval's face, he became unbearable.

Arval raised his face, his eyes glaring to the past, through the past. “I saw him crying in the baby basket that night, the night where we got lost there. Jullian saw his mother crying in another room. The baby's father died when we arrived at their residence, the baby was still very small. He probably wouldn't have felt what it would have been like to have a father if Jullian hadn't taken over his dead father's body that night.” Arval stopped his words.

“Then?” ask Theodor.

“I and Jullian took care of her after Sicily knew that her husband was dead and it was Jullian who inhabited her husband's body. He even pooped many times in my lap while I was carrying.” Arval threw away his face, trying to hide the clear crystals that started to accumulate on his eyelids.

“Then?” Theodor became interested. He sat on his throne propping his chin up in one hand and stared intently at Arval.

“At the time of the accident, Annora and I fought to force Jullian back here. You were the one who ordered Annora to pick us up?” arval asked, throwing an annoyed look at Theodor.

“Yes, i. You should be back, right? Wasn't that time you were also looking for a way to return?” Theodor did not lose. He doesn't want to be blamed for the crimes Devine committed.

“Yes, indeed we are looking for a way back. However, we want to return calmly, instead of leaving the injured human there.” Arval rubbed his face and this time he could not hide his sadness. Her tears that were so clear began to pour down her cheeks.

“Au—“

“At that Time ...” Arval cuts off Theodor's speech. “Jullian takes Sicily and her baby to the cliff. I could feel the flapping of Jullian's wings, even though he used his strongest magic back then so that Annora and I could not find his whereabouts. Then, when I arrived at the cliff, Jullian was already severely injured. His body was covered in blood, his wings were almost cut off and there were some stab wounds on his body. Sicily patiently braced Jullian back then, Jullian's head was in his lap, while his eyes wildly swept over every corner of the cliff. I didn't know what she was looking for, but then when Annora and I would take Jullian away, she held him back. The Sicilian pleaded and said that the baby was taken by the black-winged Seraph, and we all know if the Sicilian meant Devine.”

“I've told you many times. Let me go back and help them. Jullian wouldn't have been able to do it without me. Yes, he was a commander, but that was then, now he's a nobody. Anyway I promised Sicily to find her daughter.”

“Good. Then let's make a deal.” Theodor rose from his throne and approached Arval. Arval got up and bowed respectfully before Theodor.

Arriving before Arval, Theodor reached out to the soldier. “Let's make an agreement.”

Arval nodded. “What agreement?”

Theodor approached and whispered in Arval's ear. Hearing what Theodor said, Arval's face immediately stiffened. “impossible,” murmured.

***

Emmi bursts into the crowd, trying to reach Sylva's seemingly chaotic body.

“Sylva, Sylva .. excuse me, sorry, yes, excuse me!” Emmi screamed as she passed through the crowd gathered in the yard, just below the stairs.

He immediately embraced Sylva's body as soon as he arrived before the girl. “Aah, everyone, forgive my friend this one. He often suffers from Somnabulism. Ehhhm, that's .. sleepwalking, do you know that you sleepwalk? He has nightmares too, so please forget what you saw just now. She must be a nightmare again.” Emmi chuckles while tidying up Sylva's long messy hair and rubbing tears on her best friend's pretty face.

When the group of indecos residents had dispersed, Emmi then pulled Sylva's hand towards their room. On the way to the room, Emmi still occasionally heard Sylva sobbing.

Arriving at the room, Sylva jerked Emmi's hand from her hand, then the girl fell to her knees and began to cry.

Emmi deftly took a bottle of mineral water and asked Sylva to drink it. “Drink, Syl, and calm yourself. What really happened, huh?”

Sylva removed the bottle of mineral water from her hand, then grabbed Emmi's arm. “I saw it a glance, Emm. He even saved me. I really saw it.”

“Who?” ask Emmi, confused.

“He I always see in my dreams, Emm. I thought she wasn't real, but she was real. He even helped me.”

“Help you from what exactly, Syl?”

Sylva started telling me what happened. As he counted the stars in the sky, Dylan suddenly appeared, as Dylan's hand burned when he touched him, then as he fell down the stairs and ended up in the arms of a mysterious figure.

Emmi listens attentively, but what she focuses on is not the mysterious figure Sylva says, but Dylan. When Dylan's name was mentioned, he became upset.

Not to mention Sylva finished with her story. Emmi got up and walked out of the room. “Dylaaan! Damn you!”

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