"I don't think that place is for you Zayn. A normal human like you shouldn't be wandering around. You may not just get lost but die" zayn turned to the familiar voice and of course. It was Ash. He retracted his steps to stand in front of him "And what could be there that you wouldn't want me to see?"
"Something dangerous for a puny human like you" he sneered and zayn cleared his throat. Every time he and ash bicker at each other, time passed with his mom all alone back at home. Every minute is as precious as leaving this place.
He closed his eyes, fisting his hands. He stormed away but halt on the way seeing Selene running, breathing so hard she smiled and passed him. He didn't have to turn to know who she was talking to or who she went to. He left.
Back at Selene, she had hurried away from the main building to this place after asking people around about ash. She hurried after seeing him stand at the threshold of the Tower of Babel.
"I got the information," she said, standing with her hands clamped together. She had always been blamed that the war was caused by her not just from ash but everyone in the council, however no one ever came close to her to act upon their word and that was killing her.
Ash walked away, his expression collected as he flexed his gloved hand in the air. The sun was going down and the enemy was at the border or more like moving towards their border. To do what? Obviously die because he was going to enjoy killing every single one of them.
"And what did you find?" He smirked, his thoughts so evil "They are coming ash. What should we do?" Her voice edgy and strained. It was clear she was scared and that made Ash irritated as he stormed to her face "who is we? There is nothing you can do but sleep away your time in this castle"
"But—"
"There is nothing like it, Selene. You caused this and we are the one dealing with it. Everyone. This place. Everyone. So the least you could do after that is to go back to your beauty room and play magic there. There is no room for beauty magics in the battlefield princess" he bit out, creases forming on his face and he groaned, stomping his foot away before he did something he would regret.
Selene stumbled holding onto the wall behind her, how many years had passed with one incident and yet she was paying and everyone was suffering it. A bird crowed and she looked up to a raven perched on one of the pillars. She shivered, creating a ball of lights in her right hand, she took slow steps inside the tower behind her.
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Zayn wandered about not knowing where to go from there, he didn't know the directions to his room so he stood at the sidelines where eyes wouldn't see him as ash talked and led the little crowd of soldiers out. These people weren't mages, they cannot perform magic and alchemy. They had mana but it was too small to harness.
"Hey you there" he didn't turn, slipping more inside the narrow road that led to where he wouldn't like to know "peeping Tom. Stop getting in there, it's dangerous"
He signed. Everywhere was dangerous here. Coming out he came face to face with two guys whom he had to lift his head and stare at them.
"What were you doing there?" The same voice asked. He was burly with a brown skin and the other was more darker that him with their black hair. He didn't know what to answer.
"Maybe we should take him" the one beside him said with indifference to the other like he wasn't there "he must know some little magic here and there. Am I right?" Zayn didn't know what to answer, words seized in his throat and he bobbed his head twice. They both smiled, he didn't know what the smile meant but followed them anyway as they led the way to the war grounds that he may foolishly end his life with a non-consensual suicide.
Following the two guys like a lost puppy, they arrived at a tent that was the same as the first time he had encountered Selene and ash at the war grounds when he landed here. But this was clean and had armour he saw back at the capital city.
While he watched everything, ash voice came in with so much authority that made guys that were older cower but not him. He had seen worst, like witnessing your father's death knowing that was not a normal occurrence but no one was believing you feeling and making you seem mad and subliminal about his father's death.
But that wasn't the case, he knew what he saw that day and that made him scared after that accident. He broke out from his thinking and Ash's voice came in immediately.
"…we don't know what are facing. It may be monsters, mages, bloodsucking creatures, humans with machinery ready to eliminate and destroy our land and our heritage. They think we are evil with the magic we harness and they are not. They think we should die when we shouldn't but live and see their end!" his voice came in low at the end and the little crowd roared.
Someone raised his hands to say something but an explosion caught everyone's attention and they dispersed outside leaving a few who were bringing out the ammunition. Where were they taking that to?
To kill people?