Kate and Zeno walked deeper into the basement and finally reached a hidden compartment. It was almost the same size as a bungalow.
"Have a sweet dear, I will bring something to eat." Kate went into the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
"N... No im good, and I have to return or my grandpa and sister would be worried." Zeno didn't want to eat the food which the beasts ate.
"Haha, don't worry I enjoy sweet buns just like humans, and im more like humans, just the thing is that I have got wings and was used to kill humans."
"I... I see, but I have to return soon..." Zeno was relieved to hear that he won't be eating any humans like beasts.
"Don't worry dear, my beast pets will keep them engaged." She left her work and walked close to him, her wings vanished and she had a smile on her face.
"The thing is... I felt your aura... It's too attractive and will become too strong." She gently embraced his face and pulled his cheeks.
"So... I will get a second ability?" Zeno was happy on learning that he would become strong in future.
"Haha, why are you behind ability? What's the matter if your family sells you... What will you do when you get a second ability? What will you achieve?" She gently embraced his face, it seemed as if she was toying around.
Zeno had no answer to this question. So he decided to keep silent.
"Look Zeno, if they want to throw you... They will throw you, no matter what you do to please them, what if they say you don't have a third ability?"
Her words were harsh but she was right on the mark.
"So... What should I do...?" Zeno finally got the courage to speak.
"For now... Complete the journey with your grandpa and Alisha, and always remember you are a special one selected by destiny... You will become a face of evil, but you will realise yourself, you will face all the torture and cruelty of this world, but you will soon rise, don't let these facts cloud your mind. You will get nothing even after your death, pretty sad isn't it?"
"Why are you telling me this all...?" Zeno was confused why would she tell her about his future, because he thought after knowing your future you will stop working hard.
She gently played with his lips and said, "Always remember, you and everyone else has a destiny, so don't think of ending your paths with it, or I will have to haunt your soul..."
"So... You think... I would suicide?" Zeno barely understood a thing which she said.
She pulled herself close to him, and forced him to give her a peck on her lips, "Thats all you have to know for now, and yeah next time you come, the price paid would be higher than this."
"You are... Very confusing..." Zeno was out of words for her actions.
"Don't tell anyone about me, because if you do, I will have to kill you."
Kate and Zeno walked back to the place where his horse was tied.
"So when will we meet again?" Zeno was curious about her.
"When the right time comes." She replied with a smile.
"What about my... When will I learn a new ability?"
"I won't tell you now, or you gonna blow it all up." With that being said she spread her wings and flew back into the sky, disappearing with her melodies flute tune.
"Ahh, man... She was going to tell me about ability... Huh... So even beasts know how to fool around." Zeno felt betrayed.
After another half an hour he saw his grandpa and sister returning.
"Hey, grandpa! I saw-" Zeno was just about to tell him about Kate, but he remembered that she asked him not to.
"I... I saw a dream of a beast with wings, and she told me about my aura..." He tried to make it look like a dream.
"What... Fairy beast in your dream?" His grandpa was confused and didn't know what to say.
"Grandpa... What is fairy beast, another weak beast?" Alisha couldn't get a thing.
"No no... She's the strongest beast, and one of the most mysterious ones..."
"Mysterious? What mysterious?" Zeno and Alisha asked him.
"Normally any beast would freak out on seeing red dragon claw... But this specific beast is different. She has no fear of red dragons." Grandpa was serious.
"So? Does that matter? Some of the small beasts also ignored the claw." Alisha asked another question.
"Yeah, grandpa... What about that?" Zeno agreed with her.
"Those were kid demons, they don't know about its power, but Fairy Beast... She once fought the red dragon." His grandpa tried to recall the incident.
"Wow... How many of these fairies are there?" Zeno asked.
"No one knows... No one has ever seen it. She's more like a myth."
"W... What? Really??" Zeno couldn't believe his ears.
"Yeah, a myth about a kind fairy that fought the red dragon, but got cursed. No one knows exactly what happened after a century when humans started evolving. So it has almost been two thousand years..."
"Ok! Enough with these boring stories! First I came here and found my dumb ass brother resting his ass like he has no care in the world! And now his dream! Can't we just move forward??" Alisha roared because she couldn't get a thing about what they were talking about, and she didn't believe in the myth.
"Ok ok... Let's move on, it's only half a mile." Grandpa got back on his horse.
All three of them went back on their way.
"He didn't bust me... He's smarter than I thought." Kate giggled and flew back into the clouds.
After crossing the cave they entered the second layer, the mist was thicker, but it was nothing compared to that of Kate.
Soon beasts started popping out, they were stronger than that of the first layer. But once they saw the red dragon claw they all ran back into the mist.
"Wow... It's pretty handy... I wonder what might have happened if we wouldn't have brought this." Zeno wondered.
"Yeah, that's why almost all the travellers, hikers, or beast tamers carry red dragons claw." Grandpa replied