Hello Brothers: The Prince of Twins
Chapter 43 The Rejection of the Goddess & the Figure Behind the Shadow

"What are you doing here?" joyi asked in a stifled voice.

"Don't think you could escape me, where did you hide the crown prince?" ask with a sharp look.

"I'm not running away from you, you don't have to worry about the prince he's safe with me"

"No Joyi, we're doing this deal not to hide the prince. I have to take him to the palace"

"Stupid! if you bring the prince now then all you have is you'll just kill him" hardik Joyi.

"But if I don't bring the prince to the palace then a great war will happen again and this time no one will be able to stop him"

"At least think of a plan, they will not welcome the prince instead consider it a threat" said Joyi.

He moved away because he realized the words were true, his sharp gaze slowly dimmed and turned into a sad look. Slowly he walked towards the window and let the moonlight illuminate his face, a face that never changed. He is Ballard.

* * *

Hans immediately bowed to follow the Elves, Hans eyes could not escape from being amazed to see the figure of the Goddess who was different from his shadow. He thought that figure would be just like an ordinary human.

"Why did you call me?" ask the Goddess in her soft voice.

"I'm sorry for my stupidity, my intention and purpose in coming here is to ask for help. Today the world is in chaos because vampires continue to hunt and eradicate witches, beg the Goddess to come along to stop him" Hans replied expectantly.

"You've traveled a long way to ask for help, not that I don't appreciate your efforts but that urgent matter you said was beyond my limits"

"You mean.. You don't want to help us?" hans asked clearly.

"I'm sorry"

"Do you have the heart to see many innocent people die in vain? why did you get the title of Goddess if you just dumped us? weren't you also one of us?!" hans shouted full of emotion.

But the Goddess remained silent and just stared wordlessly.

"Hans." call the gentle Elves.

Brucks

Suddenly Hans dropped himself and knelt before the Goddess, earnestly bowing his head even to the floor.

"I. please come with me and save everyone" Hans said in a bitter voice.

Dukes

"I beg you" he said again, clenching his hands and prostrating again.

Dukes

"I beg you"

Dukes

"I beg you"

Dukes

"I beg you!"

"Hans." cried the Elves to stop him because Hans' forehead had been bleeding from the violent impact.

"No Elf, I can't go home empty-handed" he replied.

But the Goddess seemed to have no heart, although Hans had prostrated himself until his forehead was bleeding, although his legs were injured due to traveling with the terrain that was too difficult, even though he almost lost his life he still said.

"The outside world is beyond my limits, there's nothing I can do to help you"

"Goddess." call Hans in despair.

"Please walk through the door behind me, that's the shortcut to getting home" she said.

"Hans.. Even if you are bleeding the Goddess still does not respond to you, we should go home and think of another way" said Elf.

With the help of the Elves he stood up, now his eyes were sharply staring at the Goddess whom he had admired. A look of disillusionment with anger, he began to walk across the room but before leaving he said one last time.

"I've heard a lot of your heroic stories, I've heard a lot of your generosity. But it turns out you're not as good as that story, me! as a witch and a family, you are ashamed of yourself. Yep! I am Hans Hermes, son of Shigima Hermes, I am the fetus that you strive to live in this world and carry on the descendants of Hermes."

Hearing this, the Goddess was surprised, but then she began to slowly disappear, leaving Hans completely disappointed and going through the door.

They reached the cave where the Elves lived in just a few minutes, with disappointment in their hearts Hans kept silent and not even grimacing in the slightest as his wounds were treated.

Days he passed by daydreaming without appetite, he could not just go home and say that the Goddess refused to be invited. While he also had no other ideas that could help him out of the problem, until one morning he wanted to eat and bring provisions.

"Where are you going?" asked the Elf before Hans walked out.

"I'll go see the Goddess again, I'll persuade her until she wants to come with me"

"I don't mean to be evil, but the Goddess still won't make your request"

"Then what should I do Elf? master Shishio must have been waiting for me and hoping for a lot!" he screamed in despair.

The elves fell silent, racking their brains to help Hans out of the matter.

"I know!" suddenly said.

"What?" hans asked curiously.

"While it's evolved but vampires still honor the stone of immortality, you can use it to make a pact with them"

"Can it be done?" ask Hans.

The Elf nodded with a smile, making Hans cheer with pleasure until he subconsciously held the Elf and twisted it in a hug. It made the Elves laugh at once out of fear of falling, they still laughed happily when Hans lowered them but when their eyes met the laughter turned into a smile.

With their distance so close that Hans heart was insecure because he was so fascinated by the beauty of the Elves, slowly the Elves raised their hands and rubbed Hans hair.

"Tomorrow I will take you to the Father of Elves, only he can make the stone of immortality" he said.

* * *

As usual after dinner Chad would go to his other house, initially the house was in the allotment of rest especially enjoying a glass of fresh blood which he could not show to anyone.

But after the arrival of Ima he came only to see the joy of Ima or just make her angry because of her funny expression, that night he had contacted Ima to come but of course it took time to arrive because now Ima has moved to her new home further away.

While waiting he chose to enjoy the night view accompanied by a glass of wine, but when he went to the balcony at a glance he saw a black shadow behind a tree that was like watching him.

Chad pretended not to see the shadow but clearly he examined it, while pretending to go inside to grab another drink he quickly descended down and approached the hidden shadow.

But once he got the place empty, he vigilantly checked the surroundings just to see if anyone was there other than himself.

"Did I just look wrong?" he murmured in doubt because there was nothing there.

* * *

The elf led Hans into a crack between the rocks, the place was dark so he had to be careful while walking. But once he saw a forest dominated by green, the grass grew healthy and the trees bore fruit.

Just as they walked a few steps Hans saw the figure of a small winged creature flying around them, the Elf suddenly laughed as it flew right in front of him.

"No. it's not like that. hihihi" he said suddenly.

"What did you say?" hans asked curiously.

"Oh sorry, I talked to Mathilda"

"Who's Mathilda?" hans asked while looking left-right because there was no one else but him.

"Ah. This must be the first time you see a fairy, this is a special dimension that only fairies and their descendants can enter. All the tiny creatures you see are fairies and little fairies named Mathilda" Elf explained.

"Wow..it's amazing" Hans murmured.

"Wait on! you said you could only enter the fairies, but why did you and I get into this area?"

"That's because I'm a descendant of fairies, you see! we have the same shape. You can come in because I invited you"

"That's what it looks like" Hans replied.

They continued to walk until they reached the largest tree, the Elf told him to wait while he would talk to the fairy godfather for permission so that Hans could meet him.

While waiting for Hans allowed to walk or eat fruits that exist as long as it does not damage anything.

Long enough Elf was in there to make Hans quite bored, after a long wait the Elf finally came and told him to eat a fruit that has the efficacy of being able to understand the language of fairies.

He takes Hans inside and meets the fairy godfather, a male fairy with a cute white beard.

"Father, he is Hans" the Elf said.

"Oh, the witch is still very young" commented the fairy father.

"It's nice to meet you" Hans said, bowing to pay his respects.

"I've heard of the problems you've faced out there, I'm sorry for the disaster. Actually whatever happens out there is none of our business let alone the Goddess, we can not help you in this matter" said the fairy Father who made Hans again disappointed.

"But because you're so excited that it makes the Elves so moved that it forces me to help you, then maybe I can help a little bit" he continued.

"really?" hans asked in disbelief.

"Thank you. "he said with a sense of haru filled the space on his chest.

"But I need to tell you, I can't give you the stone of immortality because it comes from my blood. If I make it back then my life could be threatened, instead I'll give you something else."

A scroll suddenly appeared with a beautiful twinkle in the air, floating towards Hans which he immediately picked up. When he opened it apparently the contents of the scroll was a map.

"Elf has told me the circumstances and given me an idea, find a soul potion and get after that use the potion to bring the vampire Lord to life. With his life Lord vampire you can make a deal with him" explained the fairy godfather.

"Do you mean I can bring a vampire to life that has been reduced to ashes?"

"Actually no, but God is a special vampire. The souls of the humans whose blood he sucked out were still trapped there, even though his body had become ashes but his soul remained there. Once upon a time when an Issabella D'guch killed her she was indeed reduced to ashes, but since his soul is still there with the help of the immortality stone his body can become whole therefore with the help of soul potions we can awaken his soul to come back to life" explained Elf.

"I understand"

"The journey to get the potion is very difficult, you have to be careful because the potion is guarded by goblins. Give them a piece of gold and they will give the potion" said the Father.

"Thank you for the help the Father gave me, I'm so grateful" Hans said.

The fairy father smiled and gave the best prayer for her, The Elf also remained by her side. Gave her full support and returned to accompany Hans on his second journey.

They returned to the cave to prepare supplies before going towards the goblin's nest, the place where the soul potion was located.

* * *

It might just be her feelings, but Chad was hesitant as well. Every time he was alone the black shadow always appeared but immediately disappeared after he tried to chase after him, it had lasted a few days that made Chad curious.

He also asked Jhon for help to capture the black shadow, on a night as usual Chad enjoyed a glass of wine while looking at the moon. It was then that the black shadow reappeared watching him from behind the trees below, with Chad quickly taking steps to chase after the shadow.

As expected the shadow blurred quickly but Jhon had been there to block it, when they met how surprised Jhon was to know the real figure of the shadow.

"This time you got caught" Chad said seeing Jhon managed to stop the escape of the figure behind the shadow who always loved him.

"The forgotten high, what are you doing Ballard?" ask Jhon.

"Uncle... know him?" ask Chad.

Ballard turned around, showed himself to Chad. But Chad didn't recognize him so they just fell silent until Ballard spoke first.

"How are you.. crown prince?"

"What's? who?" ask Chad confused.

"Of course you are, apparently Joyi did not tell you much about who you are"

"You...who are you?" chad asked suspiciously because he knew his grandmother.