Aria's Tales

"Sevianna, you unfilial child! I said get over here!" Chief Louscatt shouted once again. His heart was in disbelief at what he was seeing. Never mind a human, but now she was actually with a devil?!

Sevianna seemed to have just noticed his presence. She turned her head and glared menacingly at her father. Even though he was her biological parent, she could not restrain the growing hate in her heart.

"Oh? Greetings mister."

Chief Louscatt's eyes widened. Mister?! "Sevianna!" He was thoroughly enraged.

"Mister, mn!" Sevianna nodded as a matter of fact. She coldly looked straight at his eyes. "What's wrong? Don't tell me you've forgotten the fact that you have disowned me?"

Chief Louscatt's veins bulged in anger. He wanted to retort but couldn't deny the fact that he had really disowned her. His c.h.e.s.t heaved up and down as he tried to restrain his rage. With a softer voice, he said, "Come back. Your mother is waiting for you."

Yes. This was the reason why he needed Sevianna to go back to the town. The woman he loved finally came back! But, who she was looking for when they reunited was none other than her own daughter. She was not willing to live again in the town if Sevianna was not there. He dared not force her, so he could only look for Sevianna and make her come back.

Sevianna was a bit interested in this mother that she had not even seen once. But that feeling was only curiosity, and she had no intention to deepen it. She made a deadpan look at Chief Louscatt before turning all her focus back at healing Adounis.

Seeing that even Chief Louscatt's words did not stir her, Brand was getting anxious. Fine. She didn't want to come back peacefully? Then, he'll just use force.

Brand vanished before appearing in front of Adounis, intending to take Sevianna from his arms, but Adounis was also quick to react and had hopped a few meters back. Brand landed on an empty ground. "Sevianna! That is a devil for goodness sake!" He desperately shouted.

Sevianna was once again disturbed and was starting to get annoyed. She could not understand Brand's obsession when he was clearly the real reason for Sevianna's death in her original fate. She knew that if this person was not shoved with the truth, he wouldn't stop.

Sevianna decided. Besides, Adounis sorry figure earlier had been the final strand that broke the defences around Sevianna's heart. She could finally say words she had longed to say.

She turned to face at the men that had grave and desperate faces. Her demeanour gentled, and she wore a sweet look that startled them. "I know he is a devil." She started to say.

"But I love him. So what?"

Then, she gave them a bright wide smile that reached from ear to ear along with her sparkling eyes that flashed with a bit of playfulness.

This was the truth coming from her heart.

Suddenly, Sevianna radiated in a white light. It had come from her c.h.e.s.t, then it grew bigger until it enveloped her entirely. The light was warm and comfy, Sevianna narrowed her eyes, pleased.

While she was revelling at the warmth, everyone at the scene had their eyes bulged as they saw her black wings and the black part of her hair turning white. It was as if a white paint had been dropped on her black hair and wings, completely erasing any traces of the dark colour.

Chief Louscatt was the one who was most affected at her transformation. He knew the curse as well. It would have been fine if Sevianna was merely indulging in puppy love, that he could accept. But when he found out that she had fallen, he knew for sure that she was truly in love. As a person who strictly followed the book and traditions, Chief Louscatt could not accept his daughter anymore. Especially since he knew that no fallen angel ever broke away from this curse.

And yet...

Sevianna was still unaware of the changes in her body, but she noticed that Adounis was holding his breath. She glanced at him worriedly. "What's wrong?"

Lily: Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Sevianna was startled. 'What happened?!' She was confused why Lily was bouncing all over her head, throwing confetti bombs everywhere in the process.

Lily did not stop. 'And here we thought that the second wish was the hardest!'

Sevianna could not keep up with Lily's pace. 'What second wish?'

'The original soul's wish! The, "I want to be an angel again"! The second wish!' Then she proceeded to explode more confetti bombs until Sevianna's head was so full of it that she felt a bit dizzy.

It all went away however when a butterfly touch landed on her lips. "I've already recovered. Don't heal me anymore."

Sevianna was dazed by the sudden kiss. She timidly nodded her head and retracted her weakly glowing magic. She was actually still subconsciously healing him. She might not have noticed if he hadn't said anything. She was already feeling the after-effects of her drained strength. She knitted her brows as she tried to stop her eyes from falling.

"Sleep. I'll take care of everything." Adounis knew that she was tired, and it was all because of him. Although his heart was aching at her weary state, he was overjoyed that he got such privilege.

Sevianna did not doubt his confidence. She slowly succ.u.mbed to her sleep and her breathing was quickly steady. She really was tired.

Sevianna did not know. But not only was she able to heal Adounis' internal and external wounds, she had also strengthened him.

Adounis had felt his power increased earlier and knew that Sevianna was overdoing her healing. So he made her sleep lest she fainted from exhaustion.

He swept his hostile gaze at the frozen men. One was in disbelief over Sevianna's transformation, while the other was more shocked at her words. Remembering that sweet voice as she confidently confessed her feelings to him, Adounis could do nothing to stop his heart from getting giddy. Finally, he had her heart.

He had to finish things quickly so that he can let Sevianna rest at the castle properly. Although his strength did rise, he knew it wasn't enough to drive the enemies away much less kill them. He used telekineses to bring out a black sheet of paper from the side of his robe. Written on it was "Seniorem Draco" in white heroic font. This would probably be his only chance to use it in his lifetime, but he didn't hesitate.

He manipulated the wind into a blade and tore the black sheet in half. It burned in purple flames.

There was a moment of silence before a loud roar shook the ground and sky. The skies were filled with lightning and some of them even struck the ground. The clouds whirled and formed an opening from the sky, and in it came out a violet dragon that was more than a hundred feet, with golden rimmed horns and red eyes.

It landed behind Adounis' back and caused dust to fly around. Adounis had to shield himself so that the dust would not disturb Sevianna's sleep.

"Little prince. You called this lord?" The dragon dipped his head a bit to get a better look at his old friend. His attention was caught by the girl in his arms and in his eyes, he could see the purest holy aura he had ever seen. The dragon's eyes widened. "This child is?" He tried to stop his shaking voice to no avail.

Adounis trusted his old friend, so he didn't comment on his strange expression. "Sevianna, my wife."

"Insolent!" "Bastard!"

The angry duo immediately retorted. Brand had even sent another of his combusting light spell. But the dragon merely waved it with the help of his wings, then he used an invisible force to trap them in place. When he was sure that they could not move a single muscle, he turned to Adounis with a huge grin.

"You lucky brat! Do you even have any idea what this girl is?!" He would never differentiate a pure holy aura by mistake.

Adounis didn't really have much reaction to his words, but he was still curious. He questioned the dragon with his eyes.

The dragon's grin grew wider. "She's a seraphim! Never thought I'd get to see a newly born seraphim!" His eyes as he looked at Sevianna was sparkling.

He was the lord of the sky so he have naturally seen all ranks of angels. But because of the curse, the angel's highest rank have been stuck at dominions. The King of Angels have been in a dillema for the past centuries. Who would have thought that there would be a seraphim in the demon country!

Wait... Did he just said the girl was his wife?

The dragon was troubled. "This is bad. Little prince, you have to look after your wife!" Between the angels and his friend, the dragon unhesitatingly chose his friend.

When the dragon smoothly called Sevianna as Adounis' wife, the two people stuck on the ground were about to die from anger. Adounis, however, looked really pleased.

"That Anhel would definitely come knocking at your door!" The dragon growled when the man's image he mentioned popped up in his mind.

Adounis could not help but be surprised. Then sighed in helplessness. He had just taken care of Sevianna's father and her ex lover but now there was even a King? When will they be able to live life peacefully?

"Tell you what-" The dragon suddenly got excited as he thought of a brilliant plan. Bright golden lights shot out from his body until he burst into particles. In his place, a young man with purple hair and gold eyes appeared floating above Adounis, wearing a violet robe with golden rims. He landed softly a few steps away from Adounis. Their heights were about the same. "I'll help you defend against that pretentious King!" The thought of clashing with Anhel, the King of Angels, made his battle-hardened heart beat fast.

Adounis had thought that this was the last time they would see each other.  Turns out that because of Sevianna, he could spend more time with his friend. He had not hesitated in using the last summoning spell he had, but he was still a little sad to say good bye to this childhood friend of his.

"Then that settles it. Right, Shyvva. Help me clean up here first." He turned towards Brand and Chief Louscatt with red glowing eyes. "Just don't kill the Chief. He is still Sevianna's biological father."

His words made Chief Louscatt's face turned all kinds of shades - red, green, then black. Even if he was not restricted by Shyvva's force, he would definitely still not be able to say anything. After all, Adounis was simply stating facts. Whether he liked it or not, it was the truth.

Brand on the other hand finally understood what terror mixed with helplessness means. He could not lift even his finger, and Shyvva was happily skipping his way. He had not even gotten Sevianna back, and now he was also going to die?! He was not willing. He condensed all his strength into one hand and sent it to the skipping Shyvva.

It was all of Brand's strength. Adounis could also feel the strong magical force he had released and his heart turned cold. He was still weak. He had to get even stronger so that he could protect Sevianna.

Shyvva, however, continued skipping and had no intention to dodge the oncoming ball of light. When it came into contact with him, it dispersed rather than exploding, which was supposed to be the expected outcome.

Brand had seen everything with a horrified gaze. That's it. He was done for. He already used up all of his power in that one attack, and it didn't even left a scratch.