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Chapter 99 - Despicable

Seronn and Akira stood at two corners of the craft. He looked at her and she looked elsewhere. He laughed to himself. We are both alike, he said to her. She did not say anything. I was born to give pain and you , pain was given to you! he laughed with a lighter note. She turned towards him. How does that make us alike. You are evil and I'm nothing alike. Yes, he said to her! Coming closer towards her. I'm a treacherous being and you are light in the middle of darkness. A good soul in the presence of evil. That is a hard thing, he said smirking! And yet! Bad things seem to happen to you. No matter how far you run, bad things catch up to you, he said to her! Yes, she said to him. And yet you live in hope that your life will turn good at one point! Yes, she replied again. It won't! He said with an evil laughter. It never does, he said to her! Circumstances may change, they may become good. But life, it never becomes good! It stays the same , pain and death! Sickness and plague! Enough! She said to him. You know it and that is why you are strong. She turned away. That is why we are the same! He said to her. She looked outside and her hardness was all gone. She cried looking into the vast expanse. Leonardir! She spoke softly. Only if you were here! A shining light in this world of darkness, she said. But no one spoke spoke back. She turned back and there was Seronn standing next to her. She hugged him and tried to kiss him! No! He said to her. You don't want to bind yourself to me, he said to her. She let go of him and sat down.

Seronn was glued to the skies. What's that ? he murmured. A rather large ship flew parallels across their ship. He watched closely and the deck stood an elf. It was Thandibus and his crew of elves. The elf wore a large cloak and had a magical stick in him. The large wand was blue in colour and was powerful. It could destroy a hundred people at once! Causing them to fly away. Seronn thought it was a good idea to steer the ship away from the other ship for now. It was not worth the fight!

Andora

Philippe was in charge of the kingdom for the time being. He was adept at managing things very well and was very well taken to the challenge. He wanted to do many things. Many things that required strategy than combat. A lot of things crossed his mind often, now and then. The islands of Isin, the districts of Yondrin. They were all requested to meet him once a month. The innocence of Isin worried him but the evil of Yondrin scared him! Andrea was by his side and gave him advice on certain matters. He listened to some and some he disregarded. But he never showed his dismay to any of her suggestions. He truly loved her! Like he loved to manage the kingdom. But he was not there with his self doubts, he looked himself in the mirror. Questioned himself, made his face firm and tidied his hair up. Like he had done a thousand times before. He smiled and pointed the finger at him. "One day you would rule the kingdom" he said in the mirror. The same way he had said when he was a child. He turned back and walked the same way he did. His wife stood there watching sometimes "He still remains a child" she would say to herself and smile!

Seronn removed his mask and stood in front of the mirror. He tried to utter some words, but nothing slipped out of his mouth. He pointed the finger at a certain direction. Akira hid herself scared. " I know you are there" he said to her. " I'am sorry" she stuttered. "Come here" he said to her. She came to his side tepidly. "Remove your mask" he said to her. She removed it and stood in front of the mirror. She was taken aback by her own beauty. She could her excitement and blushed. She looked at him and tried to hold his arms. He took her advances for a second, but then an instant walked away from her. She stood there adoring her own beauty and carefully examining her shining skin. "Why didn't you let me hold your arm?" she asked him. "The child in me was lost by someone beautiful, just like you!" he replied. She turned back to him. " Is that why you have turned to the dark side" she asked him. He laughed. "Not at all" he replied. "A woman can only make a man out of a child. She cannot make a man evil nor good" he replied. He wanted to feel her face with his hands, he had raised, but stopped against it! "I'am afraid that I was born evil" he said to her. She caught his hands and put it against her face "But you cannot look another women in her eyes and not feel contempt" she said to him. Seronn did not speak another word "He was reminded of his childhood as he gently felt her face!" She shrieked! Anatoly and the private carried Vlohrir to them. "What is it?" asked Seronn. We need to put him in ice or else, he would rot even before we get to the planet" replied Anatoly.

"And it smells" said the private unapologetically! Seronn pointed towards a dot. "That is the planet" he said to them. We should be there anytime now, he said to them.