Raizel remember the incident when he met Nephis, that time she was way younger and also a bit naive.
Flashback
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2 years before, before his first nightmare.
Raizel has now tuned 12 years old, he height has also increase, as so is his flowing dark purple hair, that were cascading over slender shoulders reaching the back of his knees. His large, deep purple eyes framed by dark lashes has such coldness in them, that could make anyone froze in the sigh them, his face has now become more delicate, sharp yet soft, with pale skin like porcelain, a small red hue was on his face which seems to have enhanced his beauty.
He wore a beautiful white shirt with black rose like design, with red buttons that looks almost like germ stones, small black shots, with a golden edges, long black socking, and Black shoes.
It was early in the morning, Raizel sit in the stool in silence, the only sound the soft swish of his brush against the canvas in front of him. His long fingers moved with a deliberate, almost graceful precision, each stroke an extension of the chilling vision that had haunted his dreams.
The room, dimly lit by a single candle, seemed to hold its breath as he worked, inside the room, we could see a lot of painting, some looks dark and scary, while some looks beautiful and filled happiness, but one thing can be said that all of these painting were drawing by Raizel and his.....
He stopped for a second... before continuing.
As he shifted a little, Suddenly he stopped his hand movement, because he suddenly felt a pain radiating below his waist.
'It still hurt...' thought Raizel, as he calmly massage his legs, he remember the last night with his mother, who was drunk in alcohol, she didn't give Raizel any rest nor any chance to sleep, because of her constant jumping on him, and her rough movements with him in the bed they shared, which he don't want to be a part off, but what could he do....
The night was really long for Raizel as he has never been pushed around and then getting slammed on the bed, her whole body on the top of him.
As he think about the wild night, he couldn't help but feel the pain increasing again.
'But it's a good thing that she is not here right now.' thought Raizel with some relief, right now Amaris has left to attend some important matters, because their has been some incident in Nereza and it seems the matter was really important as she even instructed one of the Saint in their family to send Raizel back to the real world.
She has also increased the security around the Castle that was in the real world, with three of the Saints guarding it.
It even surprised Raizel, for what he know is that Amaris would never allow him to stay out of her sight, as he was her precious boy, but it seems that whatever the matter is, it seems to have put Amaris in a tight sport, for her to make this decision.
''It must be something to do with those spies.....'' mumbled Raizel in low tone as he remember Amaris cursing the great clans, for sending their forces, in the morning.
Suddenly he didn't know why but he felt some sort of a bit pity.... not for Amaris but for those poor souls, who don't know what is going to happened to them, they don't really know what and who they has angered.
After all Amaris was supposed to be here, with Raizel celebrating her succession to Saint Rank. She has also clear the third nightmare, with 10 others peoples.
'Well whatever... as long as she is not here, that's all that matters.' thought Raizel as he don't need to be concerns with the fates of the dead one's.
Shaking his head, he focuses his attention back to the canvas in front of him, after moving his brush for a bit, he put the brush down.
On the canvas, it was a drawing of a stormy night at sea, with a vast and deep dark ocean under a grey black, cloudy sky. Towering white waves ready to crash indicate the severity of the storm. The focal point of the image is a colossal tentacles sea monster resembling the mythical Cthulhu, emerging from the sea. It possesses a coarse outer shell and multiple thick, elongated tentacles.
The monster showcases a wide mouth lined with sharp teeth and also has powerful leg-like appendages. Directly facing this intimidating creature are some tinny figures, four in total, three were standing in a small rocky island, while the fourth one was already in the one of the creature large tentacles. And in the grey-black sky we could also see, some large birds, half a size of the tentacles were flying in the sky, they were black in colour.
'The scene from the dreams.' thought Raizel as he remember that he has been having dream of a large creature with tentacles, he knows what this creature is, after all he has already read it in............
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Where he has read it from...???
A confused look appeared in the depth of his eyes, which seems to erased quickly as it come.
'Right this was the creature that Sunless and his company encounter.' he thought, he knows that the identity of the three figures from the photo, but the fourth, the one who the large creature was holding, he was not sure as he didn't know who it might be.
'It must be Sunless, because of his fateless attribute.' he thought as a matter of fact, but then again who is this third person in there group, which was only supposed to be of four.
'It might be me, after all dreams like this would not show if it wasn't related to me.'
'But the main question is...' why is he getting these visions of the future, for all he knows is that his still hasn't even awaken his powers, and by awakening his powers, mean that he has not even gone through his first nightmare.
But evens if he awakens his powers, he knows one thing and that is, no one in his family has anything to do with Oracle and Precognition powers, they do have artifacts that could make them see the future, and even some unknown magic, that could change the future for their liking, but the visions has been coming in his dreams, for five times in a row as if warning him of the dangers ahead in the future.
'I do not think that i am the first child in my family to have awaken this power.' Thought Raizel has knows that he is not that lucky, nor he is that talented.
("He himself doesn't know that he is a prodigy, a genius that hasn't appeared in the family for millions of years".)
'But those dreams....'
As he was thinking about the depth of this dream, when he suddenly felt a presence behind him, he didn't turn around as he already knows who it might be.
"What is it ?'' asked Raizel, his voice sounded cold and devoid of emotions, a voice so empty that it could make anyone shiver, just be hearing his voice could make other think that he must be a monster in a child skin.
''Lady Nephis of the Fallen Immortal Flame clan has requested to ask for a meeting with you, your highness, she is currently standing at the Gates of the Castle, we are waiting for your orders.'' answered a dark shadow figure, it body tilted on the ground.
The figure whole body was covered in darkness, that it seems to even absorb all the light around it, the shadow figure voice also sound a mixer between male and female.
Hearing this Raizel was taken back but only for a bit.
'Nephis.... what does she want with me?' Thought Raizel as he has never meet with this last girl of the Immortal flame clan nor he had known her, since he has never went out of the castle and has a chance to go in the real world, but for Nephis suddenly showing herself outside of his Castle, and demanding a meeting with him, without it even arranging appointment first....
'Appointment..!'
As he thought about this, when he finally turned back looking down at the kneeling figure of the dark shadow, then he asked.
"Has she arranged a appointment first ?"
Raizel knows that his guards, and all the guards working for his family would never let anyone enter the Castle, less be near it, even if they are gods or leaders of the great clans much.
Even if they got an appointment, they would still be denied, after all, all the people in this world do not have what it's takes to be in the presence of the Dark Solomon.
Then what made the guards, what change their minds now?
"No, She didn't make a appointment, but... " the shadow figure paused, then it continue.
".... she has come with a token of the Royal family."
'Token..!!!'
Raizel eyes widden a bit, something appeared in the depth of his eyes, confusion perhaps, as he remember what *that* token represent.
"Are you certain, that it was that token."
"Yes, your highness."
"...."
After a seconds of silence Raizel said.
"Very well, let her in and escort her in the main office, i will be there." he said as he turned back to his finished painting.
The shadow figure didn't said anything, as it simply disappeared into the shadows.
"Let's see what do you want child of the Immortal flame clan... 'Changing Star.' "
Raizel then stood up, as he was about to leave, when he suddenly felt a presence of someone, it feels like they were watching him..... the presence quickly disappeared as it appeared.
'What was that...???'
Raizel knows that his senses has never betrayed him, he knows that something or someone was watching, and they were not alone..
"Whoever it is... i will find you and... kill you." said Raizel as he walked out of the room of painting.
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Author note : I just wanna say, that keep your guard up all the time, and specially in night times, as their are some dangerous people roaming around, ready to end your life and take what's your, i was able to save myself, since i just increased the speed of my car, making the two of them fly in the sky..... that was a crazy night, then the escaping part, it was 1vs3, i was alone since all my friends were drunk, and asleep so the only thing i did was to increased the speed of the car, and it all happened on the day of the new year, i don't know about you all but the start of my year was an absolute action Drama.