In A World Without Love

That Night, all the villagers sat around the Hearth joking, laughing and telling Tales to the young ones, Drinking Ale. Icarus felt like he did something right in his life.

' Is this how heroes of Old felt when saving people?'

' I want this' Icarus thought as he looked at the happy atmosphere in the village and Smiled Again

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[Chapter 19]

" In a World Without Love, Death Means Nothing"

—Obito Uchiha..

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Like a bucket of Cold water poured on his head, Icarus felt his happiness drain away. Like washing the paint off when it's still wet, The colourful Rainbow-like world disappearing. Only leaving fifty-like shades of Grey in its place. Not the most pleasant feeling to experience but Icarus doesn't even bat an eyelash at that.

This has already occured to him countless times that it's meaningless to cry over it.

Icarus sighed Disappointedly.

Although his Nihilism play a part in that, but that's not all. The fact that he has no goal or a dream in life left him feeling hollow. Humans are creatures of communication and Social life, Icarus has none of that. Humans chase what they want in life, they dedicate all their life on that goal; on that dream to achieve it. Striving for success but not knowing if they can do it, All this shape the entity called 'Human' through their emotions.

Icarus has zero desire, none of plans. Either long term or short term goals, he has none, nada. So this has explicitly left him hollow, like he's a spector in his own life. Like a pilot piloting his life and Icarus is just in the backseat enjoying the View and the scenery before him.

Icarus Want nothing in life, especially in this one.

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"So...what do you think we should do with this..." Kyrillos gestured to the hulking mass of the beast and looked at Icarus with helplessness.

Icarus frowned a bit, thinking about it before a light bulb shone in his head. "Hey, have you ever tasted a Dragon meat before?"

Kyrillos looked at Icarus like he's a hell spawn before loudly exclaiming " Don't do that, Icarus!"

Icarus Just grinned like the Fuckin' little devil he is.

" What do you mean, old man?" Icarus whistled innocently while looking away.

Kyrillos just looked at the little devil before pinching his noose in frustration and helplessness. " You kids are going to be the death of me."

"You love us." Icarus smirked at Kyrillos mockingly.

"Yes, yes. Now go and play with millena and other children." Kyrillos Shooed Icarus with a mock anger.

"Of course." Icarus laughed, waving Kyrillos behind him and walked towards the Village center. And of course Icarus knew that this is just Kyrillos attempt at making Icarus live a 'Normal' life—The old man is kind like that— Ordinary people can't imagine the thought of a kid who's balls (A/N: I feel weird cursing tbh) hasn't sacked yet to be fighting dangerous beasts. Only if he knew that he's attempts are futile, Icarus can never have an 'ordinary' life. He's too 'cursed' for that, a lifeless husk like him have never meant to live. Icarus is just waiting for his death that he will welcome with open arms, he's ready to offer himself on a silver platter to death. He just needs to die a death that isn't him commiting suicide or letting himself die on purpose.

An easy thing in a world where a person can meet danger on his/her doorstep.

He just wants to meet oblivion, sweet darkness where he will no longer suffer from this pale, 'fake' imitation people cling obsessively. This thing called 'living'.

Almost everyone Fear death, which is strange because in greek— Underworld exist and Everyone know it. So why cling on it? Icarus can never understand but that's okay. This is what makes the Human Race interesting to watch— To Observe.

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Icarus is once again on the beated path to the river that flows across the great forest. He is visiting Alvineea. Normally Icarus wouldn't even get close to a Nymph or Nature Spirits even if someone gave him all the riches, Women and fame in the world.

Nature Spirits are Vengeful by nature. So even if someone gave him all that, he's sure that if the Naiads decided to curse him Icarus wouldn't Enjoy his life— Not like he currently enjoy it—

Icarus remembered that they held some guy hostage in some greek myth that he read. The guy saw the beautiful Nymphs and got a hard on, so he wanted to wet his dick. The worst Mistake of his life as the Nymphs captured that poor guy and raped him to a kingdom come. Now that he remember correctly, that guy was named Hylays. The story of him is that Heracles took Him— Hylas with him on the Argo, thus making him one of the Argonauts

Eventually Hylas was kidnapped by Naiads of the spring of Pegae in Mysia when they fell in love with him, and he vanished into the water with a cry.

His disappearance greatly upset Heracles, who, along with Polyphemus, searched for him for a great length of time. The ship soon set sail without them. According to the Latin Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus, they never found Hylas because the latter had fallen in love with the nymphs and remained "to share their power and their love". What a frightening with to have or do.

In the version told by Apollonios Rhodios, the sea-god Glaucus informs the Argonauts that "a nymph has lost her heart to him and made him her husband". Theocritus, on the other hand, has the nymphs shutting his mouth underwater to stifle his screams for Heracles. Antoninus Liberalis says that the nymphs changed him into Echo.

Scary Story, Innit? Apparently that's his reality now. Icarus shook his head and sighed.

"What got you feeling you down today, Icarus?" a beautiful melodic voice suddenly pierced through his reverie.

Icarus calmly raised his head and looked in the river to see Alvineea there. Beautiful as ever with her scarlett hair that come down to her armpits and Mauve eyes.

"How can I feel down any longer when a Beautiful Goddess graces me with her beautiful and magnificent presence?"

One of the rules to surviving in Ancient Greece: Divine being are full of narcissism and vain so a little praise can protect you than a powerful shield can never do.

Alvineea put the back of her hand to her mouth and giggled. " My ,My. If I was like any other Lady then I would've fallen for you charms already." Her melodic voice can make any other man Jump in the river and fall for her malicious desires.

But Icarus ain't even Trippin', yo.

— Icarus wasn't even fazed.—

(A/N: Always wanted to do that shit. I ain't apologizing)

But it was hard to clear his mind from her fluffy, red lips or even her bouncy boobs. Naiads don't wear clothes, that's one of the lesson he had learned. But Icarus is nothin' but a taskmaster.

"Then it's good you're not like them. It would've been Tragic."

"Hm~" Alvineea noded her head.

Icarus walked beneath a tree besides the river and sat down there, leaning on the trunk of the tree. Looking at the canopy of the tree and seeing the sun. Icarus closed his eyes as air came and ruffled his long brown locks.

Icarus sighed deeply, Knowing what's coming.

He looked at the Sky and saw dark clouds swallowing the heavens and thunder rumbling.

"Where's my Daughter, Icarus?" Alvineea's tone suddenly changed. Her playful demeanor evaporating like a snow ball in hell. Her facade of an innocent Naida going out of the window as her tone adopted a hard and serious undertone.

Icarus didn't open his eyes. he just pointed at where the mountain peak was originally at and said " We'll have to wait for the Snow to melt now that the Ice Wyvern is gone."

"Did you do what I've told you to do?" Alvineea asked.

"Yes." Icarus answered, annoyed. When Icarus was here previously, Alvineea gave him some sort of pearls that she told him to place them around the River — her daughter— on the mountain. Icarus guessed that the pearls were an enchantment of protection, Otherwise his fight with the dragon would've destroyed the river. Icarus Shivered, If he destroyed the river then it goes without saying that Alvineea will go against all odds to destroy hin too.

In the afternoon was when the Snow had completely melted — 6 hours— Alvineea was now holding the body of her daughter, who is unconscious right now. Fortunately she's still Alive. the Ice Wyvern generated snow, thats why when Icarus heated it, it didn't turn into Water. Instead it turned into Magic, because that's what it was originally was, Magic.

Alvineea's daughter is a miniature of her but her hair is around her shoulder blades.

A cough broke him out of his absentmind. Icarus looked at Alvineea and saw her gesturing him to her, Normally he won't be anywhere near her as he preferred not to be kidnapped and raped thank you very much. But because his safety required the safety of her daughter— Because he had promised to save her— Icarus didn't have any choice to walk at the edge of the river where Alvineea was.

It took a split second to happen. One moment he was there, the next was being manhandled by the women. Suddenly his lips were being enveloped by warm, soft lips that left Icarus feel like he's on the verge of being crazy. An equal soft appendage in his throat left him with—

LustdesireLustdesireLust

Filled his mind before Alvineea broke the kiss. Icarus felt scared, no, Icarus felt terrified. This... Icarus immediately jumped backwards as the lingering of her touch was still in his mind.

"Are you a pedophile now?!" Icarus felt... betrayed for a lack of a better term. He thought that him And Alvineea came to a unspoken agreement that none shall touch the other without their permission. Guess not.

"I was rewarding you like a proper person reward a Hero." She even sounded amused by that.

Proper person my foot!

"My work here is done" Icarus didn't even want to hear what she got to say for herself. Because Icarus Felt Terrified. Never in both of his lives had he felt like this.

like he can abandon everything and be with Alvineea. Icarus didn't want to be like Hylas.

...

When Icarus was going to sleep, the burning Lust and passion hadn't subsided in his brain. His brain felt muggy with all the lust, he felt his rationality leaving him little by little. Icarus swore the day he decided to help her. admittedly Icarus is still Naive.

Outside It started to Rain

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A/N: Wassup readers?! how's y'all?. Did any of you listen to Hope By NF? if not i recommend y'all to listen to it!

Anyway about the story— Icarus is a person with complicated emotions and Psyche. I try to potray him as a person that wants nothin' in life and a person who's emotions are wack. He can't experience happiness, he can't Experience anything. He's a person who's void of Emotions, he's a husk of a human being. im not sure to call him human as humans are defined by their Humans. all that laughter and smiles you see are just masks. Icarus feel like he should smile in some situations and he forces himself to laugh or smile. it's not he's real smile or Laugh or emotions. On some occasions he can feel some emotions but they're gonna fade.

let me stop my rambling here. Ima update My naruto fic next.