Far away...
With new inventions in this modern era the Earth has ever greeted, everything was modernized to the extent that even the mere buying of groceries at the store was done by AI robot-like humans, let alone heavy jobs like construction.
With all the construction of both residential or any kind of construction was being done by the empires for everyone—although not so much in the slums—empires used machines to do all the work and so...
Mansions this old were hard to come by!
Going west of Lato City, the second-biggest city after the Ice City of the Water Empire, you would reach the very end of the Empire's boundary.
A clear lake stretches as far as the eye can reach, showing its pride as the boundary the Water Empire shares with the Greenland Empire.
Far, on the east side of the white sand beach, was an old gate connecting the two sides of the fences, signs of time were deeply engraved on the fence and the gate, showing how old the two were, yet they stood strong with no sign of wavering in their job of guarding the old mansion that posed inside.
Maybe with time without the owner caring to clean the fence and the mansion or it was the to their liking maybe both—first the fence, it had turned into a living like guard with chain of Ivy chain plants all over it only living parts of the fence visible.
The ones on the mansion however had a mix of dried and still vigorous plants making it seem a bit off yet beautiful, this kind of style was long lost yet the owner was still lingering in the past beauty of such design. Not willing to let it be tainted with the "filthy" of modern era.
There was a beauty to the old architectures that young people of these days couldn't fathom.
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White!
That's what could say when describing the scene their eyes would lay on when they entered this mansion.
Unlike the old and uncared-to outer surface of the mansion and its gate, the inside was different, in vast contrast to what you would expect.
Everything from the very floor was pristine white, no other color could be seen, and fresh lavender air could be smelled in the hall—that, even though big only had the long, white, and coiling staircase that led up.
The lavender scent that was doing a great job in cleansing the filthy air was originating from outside.
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"Madam, Madam, the young miss... She's behaving unnaturally like she did yesterday!" The quiet and serene atmosphere of the clean mansion was disturbed by an urgent cry of a woman.
Before long, following behind her was the sound of her gait, echoing the same urgency as her voice.
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Although sure that her madam heard her well and clearly and must preparing to come down, to see what exactly had happened, still, the dark-haired woman dressed in a maid uniform continued running to the third floor of the mansion where the madam was.
Sitting on a makeshift throne made out of black material that appeared to be rarer even in this era where diamonds were as they found almost even inside the gates/towers— sat a woman in her twenties, at least appearance-wise.
She had long dark hair dark as the night covering the whole throne from behind, a beautiful oval face with sharp brows. A blue royal gown adorned her youthful captivating body, reaching down her toes.
The moment she heard the maid's voice, her closed eyes fluttered open, revealing the icy cold blue eyes, that matched her cold countenance.
Later the maid reached the room and bowed to her madam after she straightened her posture but didn't dare to look into those icy blue eyes, the consequences were not worth it.
She would rather look at the overgrown bosom even those it made her face turn red.
"Let's go!" the space distorted and they both disappeared from the room.
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{The Seals, veiled and hidden within the shackles of time, hath fractured. The Seal holding ...Of Blood and Darkness... hath been undone, unleashing 'IT'.
Time trembleth, unable to endure.
Space quaketh, unable to withstand.
The ancient binds art broken, and what was long buried now awak'neth. To Darkness, They Shall Return!}
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The madam hearing this spoke up; repeating the girl's words trying to understand what she was trying to convey!
"The Seals, veiled and hidden within the shackles of time, have fractured. The Seal holding ...Of Blood and Darkness... has been undone, unleashing 'IT.'
Time trembles, unable to endure.
Space quakes, unable to withstand.
The ancient binds have failed, and what was long buried now awakens."
They stared at the young maiden before gaping at each other through with differing thoughts in their mind, but all related to one thing, the young woman lying on the bed.
No different from the rest of the mansion rooms, this one two was white to the very mattress.
She lay there with eyes closed, she had similar body features with Madam and could be called twins if you did not know any better, only that this one was a little young, definitely in her eighteen.
Not a large year gap to twenty—as appearance of the first woman.
Golden bracelets around her wrists were bricking with the golden glow, you would see tendrils of the certain purple energy, sipping from them, entering her body through the bracelets on her wrists.
"Madam, don't you too think her words are kind of related to what she said yesterday?" the maid asked her madam, who nodded in agreement.
"You're right, "From ashes, they Became, to the Darkness they Shall return!" That's what she said yesterday and today she ended with "To Darkness, They Shall Return!" the same words as yesterday!" she sat down on the bed, gently wiping the sweat off the young girl's white face, feeling her soft skin grazing her palms.
"Madam, what do you think..."
"You know, don't you?... How useless it is... trying to decipher the meaning of her visions, she's the only one who knows their meaning and she too sometimes fails to understand them, much less, us!" the madam answered the maid before she could finish her question.
"You're right madam..."
"I have a feeling that she might..." feeling the movement of the young lady, she was waking up.
After helping her up, the mature woman stood back leaving her on the bed.
"My daughter, what was it this time? You just had two visions in less than 48 hours, do you know what they're about?" she picked her words carefully while talking to the young one, she cared so much for the daughter, feeling she might be sensitive after waking up, careful approach not to hurt her emotionally had to be utilized.
"I need to go to the academy!" came her answer.