134 Happiness And Anger

[A/N: Internet is back (At least temporarily) so I will be back to releasing chapters. I have 4 of those stored that I will be releasing day after day (not like usual where I post with a 2-3 days timeframe) until they are all posted. Before you ask, I won't release them all at the same time because some of them need time to "process" what happened in them, you know what I am saying? Anyway, enough rambling, enjoy!]

"I must say I am a little confused. Where is it that we are heading to, er... Master?" Medea asked, only to receive a cry in response, prompting her to sigh. It seemed that communications were not possible at the moment.

It wasn't long ago that she first used Rule Breaker on him to render the first curse non-existent. Caster had to admit she was not expecting him to combust into flames the moment she did so. She was also not expecting all the wounds and small scars to disappear with it. There were things that remained unchanged, though. Those being his partial blindness and the breaking of his vessel. He had explained that certain conditions must be met for those to heal.

What happened next was her ex-Master asking her if she could set up a teleportation circle on the island they were in, saying it was the first step of 'the plan' as he called it. Once she gave an affirmative nod and started working on it, he shapeshifted into a Griffin and waited for her to finish.

Although it was a weird action and might or might not have elicited a startled yelp from her, she still got to work nonetheless.

The moment she was over with it, he used his beak to pick her up and throw her on his back without any delicacy at all before flying away, leaving a pair of astonished Archers behind.

The trip until now had been uneventful. If you didn't count the times were they almost crashed into some flying monsters along the way, that is. The worst thing about that was that she did not know if he was doing it on purpose to mess with her or not.

With things like those happening constantly, they finally arrived at their destination because the bird stopped moving and hovered above a medium-sized island.

'Cover your ears.' A neutral and deep voice that she barely identified as belonging to him brought her out of her thoughts.

"So, you could speak after all!" The retort came in automatically. If he didn't want to speak before, he could have at least said so. There was no need to give her the silent treatment.

Seth didn't respond. He just inhaled great quantities of air before releasing a shrill cry that nearly burst Medea's eardrums. Luckily for her, Caster's fast reflexes allowed her to create a small sound-isolating barrier around her just in time.

Thanks to his little stunt, multiple flying creatures escaped the island in panic, and as for the terrestrial ones, they scattered to the opposite side. If she had to make head or tails out of his actions, she would say he did this to avoid complications. However, that brought the doubt about why they didn't do this in the place she was summoned. That was what was bothering her, actually.

Unaware of her current thoughts, Seth descended on the beach on the outskirts of the island. Once his claws touched the ground, he moved his neck slightly to look at his former Servant. 'Are you ready?'

Her misgivings about all this aside, she nodded firmly. 'Good. What about the teleportation circle? Can you get out of here to where the others are at a moment's notice?'

"Yes. Not even a second would be needed for me to activate it." If there were something she was proud of, then that would be her Magic.

'Then, you can begin. In particular, the curse is made by a Goddess, so it should be easy to identify. Not to mention is the only one on me.' She had to know what she was stabbing, so instructions were needed.

Taking that as her cue to get off his back, she did precisely so before materializing Rule Breaker in her hand. Meanwhile, Seth reverted to his human form, waiting for her to do the honors.

Once everything seemed to be in order, Medea approached him, and, without any flashiness, stabbed his chest.

Like a doctor during surgery, Caster started looking for what she needed to dispel with the extra help of the information he provided. It was then that she noticed something dark and sinister that correlated with the said information.

The more she willed the effects of Rule Breaker to concentrate on that, the more resistance she was faced with, something that puzzled and slightly angered her. Until now, she hadn't met anything that could resist the effects of her Noble Phantasm, so she couldn't help but take it as if she was being challenged but whatever curse that was.

"Keep looking, that is not what I want you to remove, nor you can do it even if you tried." His brought her to a stop, also making her knit her eyebrows beneath her hood.

"What is it?"

"Putting it into simple words, it is a Conceptual Contract. The only thing you are going to get by trying to terminate it would be a backlash, not to mention that I don't know what will happen to me if you, for some miraculous reason, manage to annul it." Although he couldn't see her expression, he could tell she was looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Why in the world would you make accept something like that?" Her incredulous voice was enough to tell him that his previous suspicions were correct. It didn't help that the question brought some bad memories, making him adopt an annoyed look.

"It doesn't matter, just resume looking." Wanting to get this over with, Medea did as she was told and tried to find the correct curse this time.

Seconds passed, then minutes with no change whatsoever. However, Seth waited patiently without making any complaint. He had waited for more than two hundred thousand years, what were a few minutes in comparison?

Medea was a different case, though. Again, it was as if some invisible force was challenging her capabilities, challenging her. So, when she finally found what she was looking for, a victorious smirk soon made its way to her face.

Same as with the supposed contract, she encountered a certain level of resistance, although it was nothing compared to before. Pressing the dagger even deeper into his chest, she felt something 'break' and slowly but surely disappear. As soon as she did that, though, the sky darkened considerably with thundering clouds. The wind and ocean became incredibly restless as well, proving that what she did might not have been without consequences.

"Go. Now." She didn't have to be told twice. A Magic Circle appeared under her feet, teleporting her back to the island where Atalanta and David were, leaving him alone to face whoever was doing this' wrath.

Seth moved his arms around, clenched, and unclenched his hands before sighing a breath of relief. He felt an immense weight being lifted off his shoulders, and with it, the markings around his body receded significantly.

'One more thing before they completely disappear.' He mused after a moment of contemplation. A small but honest smile showed on his face. Finally... finally he was free. From now on, he could settle down and start a family without worry.

Family... It was such a lovable and hateful concept at the same time. Looking back at it, he was no different than his so-called father in regard to his treatment of Anubis. The only difference being he at least showed care for the boy while he still thought he was his son.

'I couldn't properly apologize at that time when you deserved that much, Anat, Astarte. I didn't want to see your heartbroken faces after losing your children, OUR children. It might be late now, but this time, for sure...'

"I see you have broken the curse I gave you. Took you long enough, Abomination." A womanly voice interrupted his thoughts, and his happy mood plummeted down only to be replaced with intense and barely contained rage.

"And I see you are still being a bitch, Bitch. Still having your escapades, whore?" Seth spoke in a low tone to the person in front of him. Although calling her a person was wrong. She was just the will left behind in case he ever managed to break the curse imposed on him, a projection of sorts.

She appeared as something similar to static like she couldn't properly manifest in this world. The only noticeable thing was her brown eyes that shone with power and intensity.

"I can feel your sister's power within you. Another thing to add to the list of your sins?" She asked, unfazed by his words.

Seth slowly moved forward until he was right in front of his 'mother', looking down at her with unconcealed disdain and mockery. "Careful. I might add you to that list. The bitch is feeling rather lonely inside my stomach, after all."

"You would profane the corpse of your own mother? Why am I not surprised?" Her response elicited a chuckle from him, a chuckle that soon became a laugh, and finally transformed into something more insane and hate-filled before ultimately stopping as if it was never there.

"You." He pointed at her. "You... The one who cursed me and said nothing as I went through hell with that bastard, hoping to be recognized and not be the focus of everyone's unjustified anger. You! You dare call yourself my mother?! Are you trying to anger me more?!" If it weren't because he knew it would be useless as she was not really here, then he would have attacked her without hesitation, even going as far as to draw the World's attention to him if that allowed him to find an outlet for his growing ire.

"So that is what I did? A correct choice, then. You can not expect me to care for you after you robbed me of the greatest blessing I had, can you?" Her 'face' told nothing, but her brown-eyes staring at his red ones spoke volumes of what she felt: Anger on par with his own.

Naturally, she did not know the events that transcurred after the curse was implanted as she was just Nuit's will at the moment of casting it. She could be considered a past version of the Sky Goddess. [1]

Veins were bulging around his body, ready to burst. Her words were truly magical, they were enraging him to levels even he didn't think that were possible. "You have done the same to me, so how do you think I feel? But don't worry. I will hunt you down like the animal you are, and once I find where it is that you are hiding, expect me to torture you for a VERY. LONG. TIME."

"Your behavior is that of a rabid dog, did you know that? You are trying to bite the woman that birthed you, and that is how you want to repay me? Absurd." Just as she finished speaking, tremors started appearing around the island with increasing frequency. By the looks of things, it wouldn't be long until it sunk into the ocean.

"Disappear from my sight. NOW." At this point, he truly wanted to go on a rampage and destroy everything that stood before him. It was hard when the object of your hate was right in front of you but you couldn't even touch it, maddening even.

"Very well, it hardly matters at this point. My mission still remains, though. Do not think that you will get out of this for free." True to her words, the shadows the dark clouds were casting soon turned red, making him look up at the ongoing phenomenon.

Multiple and enormous flaming rocks were falling from the sky toward the island as if it was the end of times. That was the power of the Goddess of Stars and Cosmos, one that allowed her to bombard the earth with whatever she wanted.

"You bitch." Without even looking at her, Seth shapeshifted again into a Griffin and flew off to face the incoming attack. This was the reason why he chose a distant island, he knew something like this was going to happen. If he had teleported together with Medea even after the assault started, the outcome would be the same. In a sense, it was a trial. He had to face it, no questions asked.

Watching the distancing figure of her son, Nuit's eyes showed a slight trace of compassion and love before returning to her apathetic ones. 'You have grown and gone through so much. I wonder what the current me is thinking about you right now. Is she still angry or did she forgive you? Make sure to know the answer first before facing her, my... cub.'

Like the most silent of winds, she then disappeared.