31 Young and Old (2)

"... What do you want?" Pasha said in Calista's mind.

"The question here is what you need, Pasha, successor to the Three Chiefs of the Union as well as the trusted leader of the Taquila Witches." Calista said smirking.

"... What... we need?" Pasha asked confused.

"... The survivors of Taquila... even in the end, you sacrificed yourself for humanity hope. You transferred your souls on strange shells... What a pity." Calista said sighing.

"What you need right now is to see it." Calista continued.

"It?" Pasha asked.

"Hope. Humanity hope." Calista responded smiling.

"... Humanity hope is already on our hands. We just need to find the chosen one." Pasha said.

"Are you talking about the Instrument of Divine Retribution?" Calista said while shaking her head.

"How do you know about it!?" Pasha said slightly nervous, after all, it was their hope for the upcoming war.

"I know everything. The Instrument of Divine Retribution can deprive the targets of their magic power, and the demons will die soon without the power in their bodies... But, while it's indeed a mighty weapon, its start-up requirement is too harsh." Calista said.

"Let's make a deal. You will send someone to check on my 'Hope' and she will see if it's true." Calista continued smiling.

"... Fine... Where is it?" Pasha said exhausted.

"Border Town, Kingdom of Graycastle." Calista responded.

...

Seeing the vision slightly distorting and vanishing, Calista turned around and started to leave.

"Wait!" Phyllis said to Calista.

"... What?" Calista responded to Phyllis.

"... Where are you going now? Why don't you stay?" Phyllis asked smiling.

"I don't like to spend too much time on a single place, young girl." Calista said to Phyllis while smiling.

"... Young girl? I'm 400 old you know!?" Phyllis said to Calista surprised.

"It doesn't matter. 20, 50 or 400 old. It's too young." Calista responded while leaving.

'... What the...' Phyllis thought confused while seeing Calista leave the underground.

...

While walking on the main street of City of Glow, Calista started to think, 'Since the Kingdom of Eternal Winter and Kingdom of Wolfheart have to fall yet, the Kingdom of Dawn is out of the Church plans...'

Seeing the beautiful city, with people laughing and kids playing, Calista started to appreciate human's life. 'It's not too bad.' She thought while smiling at the kids.

"Wait! PLEASE!! STOP!!!" A young woman voice sounded on a corner of the street.

Seeing everyone ignore the voice, Calista started to shake her head while thinking to herself, 'There is good and bad on everything...'

Walking towards the voice, Calista saw 3 man encircling a young woman, she had blonde hair with different color eyes. One eye was blue and the other red. It was weirdly beautiful.

"Do you think we don't know that your father ran away!? Give the money he owed us!!" One of the three said to young woman.

"I don't have any money! please!!" The young woman said while trembling.

"Well, there are other ways to compensate." Another one of the three said while licking his lips while glaring the young woman.

'So, the father owed money to those thugs and he ran away?...' Calista thought while walking towards the group.

"Don't you think it's enough?" Calista said to the group.

Hearing a woman voice, the group turned around and one of them said, "... What we have here? So, do you want to take her place? if not, go away."

"... How much?" Calista asked to the trio.

"What?" The trio responded confused.

"How much does her father owe you?" Calista repeated.

"... 1.000 gold royals." One of them said while thinking, 'Let's esagerate the money so she walks away.'

"1.000 it is!" Calista said while clapping.

A blue and red ray formed and dashed towards the group back. Forming 2 strange symbols on their back.

"Now, for the next 1.000 days, everytime you sleep... well, you will find out yourself." Calista said while whipping their memory and knocking them out.

"Let's go. We need to talk." Calista said to the young woman.

"..." The young woman simply nodded while leaving with Calista.

...

Sitting on a chair in a bar, Calista and the young woman started to glare each other.

"... So, who are you?" Calista asked.

"... My name is Emily, Emily Ironheart." Emily said while glaring again at Calista.

"... Why?" Calista asked calmly.

"... Why what?" Emily responded.

"Why did you want to kill the guys earlier?" Calista asked seriously.

"..." Emily didn't respond but smiled maniacally.