Meanwhile in Azazel's camp
"What are you doing standing there?" asked Azazel as he noticed that someone was standing behind the door, who could be there at this late time, it was almost past midnight.
His face was still as cold as ever, like nothing ever fazed him, in fact he seemed even more angry than usual.
"What do you want?" asked Azazel as the person standing behind the door came in.
"You looked busy, and I did not want to disturb you" said Nia as entered the room, her eyes were puffy and red, she had probably been crying.
"I see" replied Azazel.
"You did not come to see Clove's grave" said Azazel
"I did not think that I could handle seeing her like that" said Nia as she looked down.
Azazel noticed that she no longer seemed scared of him, and she did not stutter or avoid eye contact when she spoke to him, in fact her voice seemed cold and lifeless.
"I see" replied Azazel
"You can still go and see it if you want to" said Azazel
"Thank you, but No, I would rather not go" said Nia
Nia noticed that his voice and face were as cold as usual, but she could feel a sense of grief and despair in his tone, even though he did not show it.
But she did not care, she had no respect for him, she would have no respect for a man who could not save his dying wife, without causing her more pain that she was already in.
To tell the truth, Nia didn't care what Azazel would do to her at this point, she had already lost everyone she held near and dear to her, she even preferred to die, seeing as everyone she ever cared about always ended up leaving her one way or the other.
Nia sniffed, she braced up herself, she knew that Clove would not like to see her like this in the state, and she owed Clove a her last wish, which was the promise that she promised her.
Clove asked Nia to make sure that she delivered her last message to those who were closest to her, and she would do just that with no hesitation at all.
"I have something for you" said Nia as she stepped forward.
"Milady asked me to give you this crystal shard in case anything happened to her" said Nia as she was trying really hard not to cry anymore, she placed the pink crystal shard on Azazel's desk.
"She said that she hoped that you would listen to it" Said Nia as she stepped back.
"I see" said Azazel as he looked at the crystal shard, he wondered why Clove resorted to recording a message for him , when she could just have spoken to him directly.
"Ha, you knew all along didn't you" said Azazel as he scoffed under his breath as he realized what was going on.
"What did you say?" asked Nia
"I said that you can go now" said Azazel
"Oh okay, I will go now" said Nia
"But one more thing, since Milady is gone now, what exactly am I supposed to do?" asked Nia
"You hired me to care for her, so what is my job now?" asked Nia, as she needed to know if he had any good intentions towards her, and if not, she would know what to do.
The girl was smart, she asked a very valuable question, and Azazel was impressed, she wanted to make sure that she knew what exactly her position was, and to tell the truth, Azazel himself did not know, but what he knew for sure was that he was not going to get rid of her, Clove was very fond of her, and he knew that she would not like it if he suffered her beloved maid.
"We will discuss that later" said Azazel as he dismissed her.
"Oh I see" said Nia as she was disappointed, she was expecting an immediate answer.
"Yes, so for now you may go" said Azazel
"Alright then" said Nia as she left.
Azazel looked at the pink crystal shard placed on his desk, he picked it up knowing fully well that he would regret this later, but he just had to know, this was the last thing Clove left for him.
He tapped the middle of the crystal shard, and he put it down on his desk, and he waited for it to play.
"Aza" came Clove's voice as her face appeared on the screen projecting from the Crystal shard.
He could see her blonder hair, and her blue eyes once again, and her beautiful innocent face.
"I know that you must be upset with me" said Clove
"Because you know that I knew" she said
"But please hear my reason" she said
"Aza, you know I love you, you know that I do, with all my heart" said Clove
"And I don't even regret meeting you" she said as she smiled.
"But over this short period of time, I have realized that I was no longer happy" she said
"I did not long for the sun to rise anymore, and I dreaded when the moon set" said Clove
"Little by little my world became to crumble" said Clove
"I saw that everything we were doing was wrong" she said
"And it took me loosing our daughter to notice that" she said
"Aza, I never wanted this to happen, I wanted my daughter back, but she hates me, she doesn't want to see me, or even be related to me" said Clove as the tears she tried to hold back came through.
"Aza, I know you don't care, but you do not know how it feels for your child, your own child to hate you more than life itself" she said as she cried
"The feeling is devastating and killing" said Clove
"Which was why I started thinking" said Clove
"Aza, don't you think that you have been doing this for too long?" asked Clove
"The cycle has been continuing for a long time now, and I ask you aren't you tired of it?? don't you feel like this is all in vain??" asked Clove
"Don't you feel empty like I did?" she asked.
"I can only imagine how boring this could have gotten, because remember I met you still doing this same thing" said Clove.
"I know that you must be blaming yourself for what happened, for not being able to protect me, and take care of me like you promised" said Clove as she smiled
"But I don't mind, I don't want you to be sad, don't blame yourself, because I let it happen" said Clove
"You ask why? why I let it happen?" asked Clove
"Well because I wanted things to change, I wanted things to end, and I knew that nothing would shake you as much as my death would" said Clove
"Aza" said Clove as her 2D imagine seemed to move from the projection to a 3D imagine, and she moved closer to Azazel and she used her right hand to caress his left cheek.
"Aza, I love you" she said as tears dropped from her eyes but they disappeared when they touched a real surface.
"You will always be my one and only" she said as she smiled and gave him a kiss, as Azazel stood completely still.
"But I have a dying request, that I hope you will grant me" she said as Azazel reached out and touched the holographic hand on his left cheek, but his had went right through it.
"Aza, I don't want war, I really don't want you to fight" she said
"Why don't you just give up, please just give up, surrender and end this war, and don't cause many people more heartache and pain" said Clove
"Just end this all, and make peace" she said as she was pleading with him.
"Make peace with everyone, and especially our daughter" said Clove
"She of all people is the one being affected the most" said Clove
"Just please make peace, end this war, and tell our daughter that we are both sorry" said Clove
"Just please" said Clove as she begged.
"But in the end, it is your choice, you have a choice" she said as she moved back, and Azazel put his hand down.
"All I can do is tell you how I feel, you are the one that decides what you do next, I am not forcing you to do anything" she said
"Aza, I know that you are a good man, and that you don't really mean all those things you have done in the past, and this is the time that you have a chance to change" said Clove
"Anyway Aza, that's all I wanted to say" she Clove as she sighed.
"Thank you for listening to me" she said
"And this is goodbye forever" said Clove as she smiled, and the crystal shard stopped playing.
Azazel picked up the crystal, he squeezed it in his hand as he was deep in thought.