Chapter - 98 [ Date? - Second Demi-god! ]

After he returned to the castle, none of the guards stopped him from getting inside as they were notified of his group's stay. He was walking towards the backside garden once again. At there, he saw Bella and some maids talking to each other happily. Sensing his presence, Bella turned towards his way and walked towards him elegantly. Reaching near him, she bowed respectfully and greeted him.

"Welcome Back, Master. Were you able to enjoy today..?"

He nodded and said, "Of course. I did enjoy it. By the way, are you learning from them today as well..?"

"Yes Master. I have a lot more to learn to be a proper servant! Don't worry though. Whenever you shall call me, I will be there." Saying so, she excused herself and returned to where the maids are.

Smiling wryly at her actions, Adam walked away.

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Inside the castle, Ruby was feeling down which was noticed by Adriel. Although they were rivals in fight, they were good friends as well.

"What's wrong, Rubelia..? You seem down...?"

Smiling at her friend, Ruby asked, "Hey, can I ask you something.?"

Adriel nodded with a smile. Ruby asked, "If... This is only if! Just hypothetically, if you or I were to confess and be rejected by him, what will we do..?"

Although she knows that Adam was aware of their feelings, he never said anything about rejecting her. It was only Adriel. It made her feel guilty.

"...I don't know... Let's see... If he were to reject me.. I will most likely be heartbroken... After all, it is my first time falling in love with someone... Well, if that were to happen, I probably won't be able to talk to him or see him again..."

Ruby was now feeling even more guilty. She sighed and said, "Actually, I don't have a high expectations... He already have someone like a spirit queen as his lover. So, what are we to him..? Just like you, it's my first time as well. But, there are things that we can't get no matter what we try..."

Now In her heart, Ruby decided something.

'I will not confess for now. I'll tell him, if he were to accept Adriel. I know the chances of such a thing happening is small, but, I can't help but wish for it...'

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Now, Adam was thinking about what to do to reject Adriel without hurting her too much.

'Its impossible to reject her without hurting her...Haah... Well, let's see what happens during our date...'

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The next day, Adam was once again waiting for someone to come. Attracting his attention, Ruby wearing a beautiful green clothes appeared. But contrary to his expectations, she seemed down for some reason.

"Are you okay, Ruby..? If not, we can change the date to another day..?"

Although she wouldn't have said anything so if it was any other time, Ruby smiled and nodded,

"If you don't mind, I'd like to have this date, when we reach Grania. Its not because I don't like this place, but, I wanted to do it in a more familiar place... I am sorry.."

Adam smiled and said, "Why are you apologising..? Its fine you know? Health is more important. Go and rest, if you are not feeling well. And as you said, let's just go on a date when we return to Grania."

Then after talking and apologising a few more times, Ruby left with a guilty face. But not feeling not so much of it, Adam decided to take a walk.

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"I wonder if Beta and Celeste has returned?" As Adam muttered this, he sensed two familiar presence near him. Turning back, he saw three women walking towards him.

Two of them were familiar faces. One of them being Celeste and the other being his servant Beta. The last person was a woman with white hair and grey eyes. But she was an unfamiliar face to him.

"Good morning, Addy."

"Good morning, Master."

"..."

To the duo's greetings, he nodded.

"Good morning, Cel, Beta. And this is..."

He asked while looking at the woman. For some reason, she was staring continuously at him from the moment she saw him.

"I'll introduce you to her. But before that, let's go somewhere else. We are attracting attention."

To Celeste's words, Adam nodded and he invited them to the nearby shop.

After entering and ordering for a private room for discussion and some dishes, one of the attenders led them to the room.

After taking the seats, Celeste first started, "Adam, this here is my Ancestor. The Ancestor of spirit race, Helena. Ancestor, this is my Contracted Master and Future husband, Adam."

She introduced the two by pointing with her hand.

"I see... That explains why is her aura stronger than that of you, who is the spirit queen. Its a pleasure to meet you, Lady Helena. As Celeste said, I have a contract with her as well as we share a relationship. If you'd like, just call me Adam."

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Again, Helena wasn't saying anything, but staring intensely at him. Her eyes was trying it's best to try and find everything about him. For some reason, she was very vexed when she could only see whole black mass.

'Just what is this..? He is a human..? That is impossible. He doesn't even have a soul..? No. He does have one. But it feels different. And this black mass, is it evil..? No. But his atmosphere is filled with Kindness and Fear..?'

Feeling awkward due to her staring, Adam coughed lightly. Hearing this, Helena returned to the present as she remembered what was going on. But her next actions surprised the two remaining girls. She stood and bowed elegantly while pinching the hem of her dress before saying,

"My name is Helena. I am the Ancestor of the Spirit race. The pleasure is All mine, Lord Adam. If you don't mind, please just call me Helena, like how you call Celeste and Beta."

Adam nodded.

"So, Beta and Helena are acquaintance..?"

"I would love explain, but this place is not good for saying something like that."

To Helena's words, Adam activated the soundproof barrier with a flick of his finger.

"A barrier...? And it uses Space element..?" One could understand the shocked state of Helena. Only Celeste was confused.

"Ancestor, what is a space element..?"

"Hm? Ah, even if I were to explain, you won't understand it. It is something only a few who have knowledge about it can use after all... I am surprised however seeing you use this , Lord Adam!"

Celeste was now even more shocked to see her ever silent Ancestor was now talking a lot and even seemed excited.

"Correct. I used Space element. As I thought. There were other elements during the ancient times huh..."

Both Beta and Helena nodded their head.

"Now I understand why you said that, Beta. I too now believe he is the prophesized person..."

Hearing the word, 'Prophecy' for the second time, Adam asked,

"This is my second time hearing about 'Prophecy'. Just what is it..? What does it have to do anything with me..?"

Hearing his question, Beta said, "I told you that, the heretic is still trying to destroy this place, right..? In order to stop him temporarily, the creator made a barrier. But it is still temporary after all. That is why, before entering the deep slumber, he said a Prophecy. It goes like this. 'A Black Mass. Unknown Force. A Dread. In time, the lord of ..... will descend and trample on everything. The end of all. The Beginning of everything.' This is what he said. We don't know anything about it though."

Adam was now in deep thinking. There is a lot of things to consider.

'The black mass, may be it is the Devils..? Unknown force must be the unknown power of the heretic apostle. A Dread must mean the future war. But I don't know what she meant by the lord of .... though? Trampling, End, and Beginning of everything..'

"Why is there a blank after the 'lord of'...?"

"That's because we don't know what it is. He didn't say it. That's all he said. And if you were to ask what relation does it have with you, I have to say, it's about how absurd your existence is."

Beta responded with a smile.

"That hurt you know? Well, I can't deny it though.."

His words made Beta giggle.

"So, do you have anymore doubts..?"

Beta asked Helena. But for some reason, She wasn't talking and continued her staring at Adam. Then finally as if she decided it, she appeared next to him and said,

"Do you want to form a contract with me as well..?"

Although Adam was surprised, he smiled and was about to say 'no' when he noticed the contract magic circle under them. Seeing the same situation as Beta, Adam could only sigh as a blinding light covered the two.

Celeste was shocked once again. Beta was laughing like a hyena. As the light disappeared, Helena was smiling while kneeling. For some reason she felt an uncontrollable amount of happiness.

'My strength increased..!? Currently I am on par with the First Guardian..? With only just a contract..? Indeed, what a mysterious existence. I shall serve him well.'

"I never thought a day would come where I will serve a human. But this is okay. From now on, if you'd like, please use me how you see fit, Master Adam."

Adam sighed and nodded. He feels tired now after all this..