Sapientia

Cpater 20's

"nickel ... Diana, what are you doing? You guys haven't slept?" ask King Keiren. The two young men were shocked. "What a coincidence, I need your help, Nigel."

Nigel and Diana looked at each other, anxiety enveloping their hearts.

"Come on. Follow me!" keiren.

"Sorry, Your Honor. We're packing now" said Diana.

"Owh, comeon. I really need help. I can't ask with the others because they're drunk."

"But Your Majesty-,"

"This is the king's word!" Keiren looks a little upset. His eyebrows wrinkled with the sharp look of his eyes. This frightened Nigel and Diana.

"All right, Your Majesty. But before that. I'll finish this off my business. It won't be long" Nigel said.

"Beach" said Keiren, and he left.

"Nigel, you're crazy!" diana exclaimed in a whispering tone.

"I'll face it. You go."

"Nigels!"

"I don't want the woman I love to be hurt for being involved in the terrible destiny I'm living."

Diana's stunned. He knew very well what kind of love Nigel meant and the love was fixed on him. Even for a moment, the heart that had frozen due to disappointment again felt warm.

"But ...,"

The woman was just silently lamenting Nigel's departure. The young man's back felt so wide as he looked at him. The steady pace as Nigel walked showed a strong attachment to the young man. One feeling, tucked into a corner of the heart, screamed out of pain. His little heart said it didn't want to stay in the young man. And that little feeling, made his whole heart feel heavy. But, Nigel did not want him to get hurt. Diana made a small decision.

"Nigel," call Diana. "I'm going to Everton. I'll wait for you there. Promise me you'll catch up with me!" Nigel did not answer, he continued to wander in the dark of the night until the rows of tree silhouettes cast his shadow.

Diana clasped her own hands tightly and pressed onto her chest, she could feel a certain warmth there. "It's stupid" he said with beautiful lips. Nigel managed to make his heart flutter. Begegas Diana tidied up her belongings and immediately left the place.

*****

Nigel meets King Keiren and Jonah at the edge of the ruins. Thick, turbulent black smoke covered the ruins. Perhaps this is the curse of darkness that swallows all sorts of light. It feels scary when viewed from the outside.

"We found something on the other side of the wreckage. I want you to accompany me there," said the king. Jonah looks ordinary but, Nigel looks doubtful. "Come on!"

Keiren began to step through the lips of the ruins followed by Nigel and Jonah behind him. They walked next to the deep darkness. Not the darkness of the night, but the darkness.

Dozens of tendrils of darkness sometimes out of the black smoke as if to grab something. Horror was clearly seen from the look on Nigel's face but, he strengthened his heart to stay firm.

Seeing Jonah and Keiren who looked ordinary with black hands trying to reach them, made Nigel slightly believe what Diana had said before. So, in order to ascertain the full truth, he had to seek information.

"Do you know Zanon?" nigel asked while raising his vigilance.

"Yes, he is our master" replied Jonah. Just like Diana said.

"Is it true for the immortal?" ask nigel again.

"We've lived more than 500 years" replied Jonah again, he began to catch the bad news from Nigel.

Tuberculosis...