Chapter 5 - The lonely Goddess

In the training ground of the apartment, soon after, all the boy managed to wear their complex equipment

Sarah said, "You look awesome Darien! How can you wear this heavy armor?"

Near the little girl. "You look good too, Angel," Kassandra said, gazing the one next to Darien.

"Thank you, Kassandra, you too, look amazing with these clothes" Receiving his reply, the little white girl turned red.

In the other side of the training room.

Jun, with his leather garments and hood on, was jumping up and down, left and right. On his hands, he had two cold daggers and, in various parts of his body, many hidden blades twinkled with the help of the room's lights.

"I see... he like this type of equipment. He looks like a thief class in games"

"You too Darien, try your gear." He really looks like a paladin, better to say a fortress, Angel thought.

Darien's equipment was composed of plain white steel armor, a tower shield, and a greatsword. All this equipment gave him a feeling of sturdiness and heaviness.

At the first look, he appeared like a perfect tank. However, he was a little thin.

The shield was huge, wider than him and nearly tall as his. In his hands, a sword with a long hilt enough to take it with two hands reached almost his height too. Hidden on the back of the shield were placed a shortsword, for emergency.

All this heavy equipment weighs around 45-60kg or more.

"Wow! Seen up close, it's even more awesome! How can you carry this? Isn't it too heavy?" Sarah asked.

"Uh... N-Not too much" He indifferently replied.

Angel thought, *So Michael gives him a healthy and stronger body. But I'm not strong like him. I'm still a bit stronger than before, more flexible and my reflexes are improved. So... the archangel didn't give us a healthier and stronger body but a body...?*

"What are you daydreaming? Hurry! Hurry up! We need to try Darien's tankiness, what are your abilities?" Sarah while asking, took out the bows and arrows from yesterday and some throwing daggers.

Sarah was fitted in a hoodie leather jacket and pants too. It was easy to move and do all the actions. She also had a military mimetic cloak, which gives her the possibility to hide and snipe. There were some throwing daggers on the left belt's side and a short blade on the right, that would help her with close combat, and on the back kept a quiver with many arrows.

In that instant. "I want to try my new skill!" An arrow with its head lighting a pale blue aura shot from Sarah's bow.

Scared Darien raised up his towering shield, blocking the arrow, which reflected it and it was now heading where Jun was madly jumping.

"Be careful!" "Watch out!" Angel and Kassandra shouted concerned.

There wasn't enough time to dodge the incoming danger.

"Ah....!" It was too late. The arrow takes out his other foot, the healthier one. Upsetting those present.

"F***!!! You w..." Exclaimed.

"What did you say? Say it again! I didn't do it. I didn't... Sob. I didn't do on purpose... Sob. I'm sorry. Sob. I'm sorry, I'm sorry b-but... Sob." Said as she started to cry.

Soon after, consoled by Kassandra, Sarah stopped.

While Angel went to bandage Jun's wound and Darien tried his news ability, 'speed up natural healing'.

"So you have a healing ability too"

Darien proudly brings up his chest.

"I'm sorry Sarah, I shouldn't have say it"

"No, no. I'm the one that needs to apologize..."

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After this break

Angel and Kassandra, the ones with light armor, also wanted to try some new skill.

Angel's light armor, was composed of a part metallic a part leather, that covered up his top and a little bit down. He had leather pants with a metal plate that covers his knees with solid protection, two simple poleyns. On the feet, two leather high boots protected the low legs. A gauntlet defended him on his left arm and in his right hand awaited a long sword.

And lastly, on his head a helmet with a long red plume decorated it.

Even Kassandra's armor covers her vital parts with a metallic structure. Under the metallic pieces, it could be seen as a dress, part leather and part composed of chains, like chainmail. The dress she was wearing, reached down enough to cover her upper legs like a mini skirt. Her knees were protected poleyns like Angel, but shorter.

As a weapon, she had a cane, that looking a lot like witches and wizards' staff. It hidden a beautiful saber that uses its head like a hilt.

"Kassandra you are a ... mage?" Angel looked at her staff.

"I don't know" Revealing her hidden blade.

"This is so cool! I want one!" Sarah drooling over it.

"And you, Angel? Are you a warrior, a knight?"

"Maybe?"

"Mhmm... Do you want to try some skills?" Said the white girl.

"Okay"

"Me too~"

"No!!!" All shouted. "Wait a bit, when we are done." Angel added.

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Very soon the day reached its ends, too fast than expected, with all of the party sweating and some of them bruised, they decided to went to wash up.

"I can't resist one more minute in this leather suit. Kassy, come with me. I'm too soaked!"

"Me too, shhh... You shouldn't say it so loud"

"Guys we are leaving!" Sarah said and The two girls went to the bath, leaving behind the three guys to clean up.

Meanwhile, an unexpected shadow peeked them.

Whereas, Angel when he was taking Sarah's arrows on the floor, sensed something.

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In the night.

Eaten the dinner prepared diligently by Angel, with Jun and Kassandra help, they went to the main hall of the tower.

In the dim light of the first floor, they saw something.

Bang!!! Someone or something was hit.

"What are you doing!?" Said the first shadow.

"We haven't much time!" Exclaimed the one on the opposite side.

"Shhh... You are too loud! I've seen that party doing..." Said the last.

Hurried to get out, they ran away.

Something strange happened right under their nose. But no one had any clue.

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In the same place as the last night, two figures were enjoying the view. When winds were playing with the flowers that midnight.

Suddenly one of them asked.

"Angel, did you know I wanted to commit suicide?"

Not knowing what to say to this unexpected question, he remained in silence.

"My family were marrying me t-t-to..." A tear dropped and reached Angel, who turned his gaze at her.

And some revelation appeared in front of the young man.

"He was so old! he could have been my grandfather or worse" More tears dropped.

"..."

The silence was drowning the boy.

But suddenly, the angels dispatched the winds to his help. Then the four wind gods received his pray, delivered their presents.

Boreas, the wind of the north brought the frost of the late-night like a blanket on the flowers.

Notus, the south wind, friends of the clouds, took them away, freeing the moons' lights.

Eurus the one of the east didn't know what to do, goes to play with petals, creating whirls of white joys.

Lastly, Zephyrus the gentlest of the winds, seeing everybody effort went to bring their presents to the depressed girl.

"Look! I know this spot was the best!"

"Look! Look this landscape, is so beautiful, isn't it?" Kassandra said, staring at the moons' light shining on the white sea of flowers.

While the herald of the winds brought before her eyes a dance of flower and an explosion of moonlights, with help of the frost crystals.

On the balcony with her, Angel said "This is the most beautiful view in my life. If we can stay here forever. It wouldn't a bad idea." He smiled turning his gaze at the goddess of this blazing white world, with two sea pearls.

"Yes, it is." He said again, admiring this goddess beloved by the Moon and crowned in a blooming of white treasures.

The two mesmerized by the event, waited for a while looking at the white art.

While on the back, near the door, Sarah and Jun were learning on each other and already sleeping. Darien too was sleeping, but on his own bed.