[25] Will I die again?
[Azure Planet]
Kayra's eyes deemed when she saw the name of the Planet flash on the screen. She was disappointed that it wasn't her dear Mommy Earth! Then, she removed her eyes from the screen and rubbed her tummy vigorously.
'It hurts... Hunger... ?!' Kayra thought. It's been a long time since her body had left the rich nutrient solution tube and she didn't have time to eat anything either.
The most frustrating thing was that she couldn't even eat the peach! Who knew that it was a Phantom fruit?! She detested this δ-solar system for making a beautiful peach something out of the ordinary.
"Forget it, from now on, this place is my home! I have to live here..." Kayra murmured in a daze.
Thinking of the lustrous glow of that fruit, drool began to leak out from Kayra's mouth. She imagined a big peach and bit on it hard…
"Sniff~" Kayra sniffed hard. After many years, she again experienced the familiar feeling... hunger.
Currently, she had the illusion that the gastric juice was melting her poor stomach. She couldn't help but tighten her palm and grabbed the flat tummy as she stared at Azure Planet with heated eyes.
"Does this planet have food?" Kayra asked this first. Her sole priority was to eat to keep going at the moment.
She didn't want to feel hunger. Those who knew about this could guess the pain that comes!
Also, she had been thinking a lot during the time Cardinal was flying in space and finally figured out what to do with this life.
'Earn money and become super-rich! If I have money, I won't have any worries!'
When Kayra giggled with a weird expression, Phiphi, who was admiring the Peace Pearl, flinched in its place and moved its round body.
It felt the change happening inside Kayra's consciousness and heart. Also, it noticed the glowing red eyes of Kayra.
[Has she… decided on her Dao? Just like that?]
It was a perilous situation yet its host was so oblivious that its underdeveloped heart hurt!
But knowing that it was already too late, it didn't want to say anything. Silently, it glanced at the ultra-tiny black seal which was in the midst of forming, and moved its vision away.
Kayra thought of asking Phiphi to help in her life plan of becoming rich but Cardinal's metallic voice interrupted her.
{Master, I have only 3% energy left and will enter hibernation in one hour.}
"Wh… what?" Kayra was forced to wake up from her trance. She forgot all about hunger or whatnot and asked, "Will we have to float in this space now?!"
Right after, Cardinal gave her an answer. He bypassed the security checks of the surrounding area and entered the hemisphere of Azure.
Kayra felt her whole world was spinning non-stop at his sudden acceleration and she felt the familiar urge to pee.
"Ah, slow down! I am dying!" Kayra screamed at the top of her lungs. At this rate, she feared that she would get tachophobia!
Cardinal curled up in the shape of a meteor and headed towards the Wandas Ice Mountains. Because of the friction with air, his mecha caught fire in no time.
Feeling the terrible heat, a thought flashed in Kayra's mind again.
'Will I die again?'
...
Phoenix Clan, Scarlet Castle.
In the East Peak Wing.
A lady in bright golden armor walked through the silent corridor. She had fiery red hair and a pair of captivating golden eyes. The bow-like eyebrows made her face look extra sharp.
She was holding a sword that was stained with dark blood. Black smoke was coming from it and an ominous aura was spreading in the surroundings.
The blood was moving violently and trying to move away from the sword yet the flashy chains of the Divine Scarlet Sword were preventing it from leaving.
Pheona Scarlet indifferently dragged the heavy sword with her and stopped before her bedroom. As soon as the door was pushed open, two rows of maids came out from inside.
They bowed towards her respectfully and the head of the maid, Panella Stipte, tried to keep her composure altogether while walking towards Pheona Scarlet with concern.
They were being oppressed by the dark blood on the sword and the weak-hearted maids were feeling dizzy. But Phanella Stipte knew that her lady was the one who was suffering the most.
"Lady Pheona, let me handle it." Panella Stipte said firmly as she chanted some lines and reached out to take the sword from Pheona Scarlet.
Pheona Scarlet didn't move and stood straight. She was trying to force down the dark blood from devouring her soul.
However, as soon as Phanella Stipte touched the sword, something unexpected happened.
"Ahhh!"
Phanella Stipte shouted painfully as she was thrown away by a sudden violent force and fell to the ground.
Two maids rushed ahead to help her. Phanella Stipte stared at the ground in embarrassment and looked at Pheona Scarlet with concern.
"Pane, did you feel it?" Pheona Scarlet moved her pale lips and asked.
"Yes, my lady. Your guess is correct." Phanella Stipte replied anxiously.
She inched ahead, again chanted some lines in complex language, and tried to purify the sword yet many heinous faces revealed themselves on the sword and barred their fangs towards her.
The surrounding maids were so scared that she didn't dare to look ahead and kept staring at the ground.
"Even your holy mantra can't purify this dark energy? As expected, the demon beasts are mutating." Pheona Scarlet murmured with dark eyes. She raised the trembling sword and stared at it with her golden eyes.
Being stared at by her, the faces vanished and the sword began to tremble more violently because the dark blood was trying to break free. As if a ferocious beast was chasing after the demon souls, they were crying in fear.
Yet the cries of them were of baby voices and people would feel goosebumps whenever they heard them.