
The season will soon change, the trees are almost bald leaving some leaves ready to fall. Marked by the silence of the forest signalling that the bear has fixed its nest to be ready for sleep, the start of the new season will give new history as well.
Shishio thought he was too smart because what Keenan expected to go faster as planned, but the excess speed was always accompanied by flaws.
"You should drink regularly, I've explained the consequences your body will receive" Shishio said one last time.
"I've been waiting for this for decades" Keenan replied without hesitation.
Shishio walked backwards after bracing the straps, in Alabama's gaze just to give one important nod. Alabama nodded back, waiting for Shishio to back off a little more before he pulled the lever.
Behind the thick glass Tianna could only watch how the needles on the machine moved towards Keenan, slowly poking at his flesh and pouring a green liquid into it.
They watch how the liquid runs out and the machine moves to pull the needles.
Ahhhh.......
The first second Keenan only felt pain in the area that was injected, a few seconds later his head began to feel dizzy which made him moan quite hard.
They kept watch within a safe distance, seeing how Keenan's face flushed with protruding veins.
Ggrrrr
Aarrrgggh.....
His body began to tremble, the longer it grew so intense that it made a very noisy sound. Tianna stared in horror as the veins on Keenan's body started popping, in that shout he could also see fangs sticking out from within.
His nails were getting sharper, becoming claws that were ready to attack anyone. Unable to bear the excruciating pain Keenan began to wriggle away, but the strap was designed in such a way as not to break easily.
Grrrroooooaaaaaaaaaaarrr....
The typical cries of predators show Keenan's eyes turning purplish, his body stopping thrashing leaving a breath of gasping.
As Shishio looked at Alabama he saw a satisfied smile on that old face, their experiment had worked. Being stronger than a vampire with sharper isnting, they waited a few seconds to see Keenan's next reaction.
All they got was a threatening look from Keenan for Shishio, his purple eyes not even blinking as if he did not want to lose Shishio.
"I don't need to scratch my wounds to see how sharp your smell is" Shishio said.
He was well aware of why Keenan saw it, it was because Shishio was the only human there. The creature that became the source of nutrition for Keenan, Alabama just chuckles at how sharp Keenan's gaze is
After this next assignment was given to Alabama, he took a special syringe created to penetrate Keenang's harder skin.
Aaaarrrrrggghhh.....
When the liquid entered his body there was a jolting pain, his instincts felt a threat that must be immediately opposed. But he was bound so that only able to scream as loud as possible, the shock given by his body was now more powerful than what had made Tianna even more afraid even though just watching.
It took a few minutes that felt long for the liquid to work, as the fangs slowly shrank and disappeared along with the change in eye color Keenan to red again Shishio knew the medicine worked appropriately
Ahhhhh....
Hhhhhhhh Hhhhh Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"You good?" tanya Shishio approached.
"Ba..and I..feel...sick" Keenan replied with great difficulty.
"Rest, but I'm sorry that strap will stay there" Alabama said.
Keenan knew he heard Shishio speak, but what sentence he did not know because his consciousness quickly disappeared.
* * *
Joyi goes inside knowing Chad is in his office, lately he is so busy with work but there is always time to see Ima. It is clear that Ima is very important to Chad, but since Chad remains adamant that he will settle his grudge, Joyi comes for news.
"Violet invited you to dinner at her house" said Joyi.
Chad was pensive, now there were two invitations in his hands. One from the enemy and the other from loved ones, although Ima said there was no need to come but as a good man he had to fulfill the invitation.
"Shall I come tonight?" ask Chad.
From that question, Joyi is convinced that Chad has a promise with Ima, because so far he always prioritizes his revenge from others.
"Grandmother has said that you are busy working, but if the sooner you come, the sooner our plan will be carried out" replied Joyi.
Chad was well aware of the matter, but he couldn't ignore the invitation from Ima's father either. Seeing Chad Joyi's confused face just saying to think about it slowly, there was still time before nightfall.
He himself chose to go home to rest, but still his mind could not stop thinking.
"Do you want some tea, madam?" tawar Aeda looked at the dizzy-looking Joyi.
"Maybe, maybe it can take away my fatigue" replied Joyi.
Aeda immediately went to make tea, before long he returned with a tray filled with a small teapot and a glass. Slowly he poured the hot green tea into the glass.
"Please" said Aeda thrusting the glass.
"Thank you" replied Joyi while taking it.
Slowly he sipped the tea, the bitter taste that tasted on the tongue tasted delicious as it passed through the esophagus. For a moment the fatigue was gone, but still came back again and made a dizzy.
"It looks like the mistress is thinking about something" Aeda said.
"Yes, this bothers me enough. Chad is invited by Violet to dinner at the Hermes residence, but it seems he also has an equally important personal affair. I wanted to buy it but didn't know what to do" said Joyi.
Aeda came to think about this problem, for a moment he pondered until an idea flashed through his mind.
"If madam lets me have a suggestion" he said.
"What's that?" joyi asked curiously.
* * *
"Drink, I purposely made it for you" Tianna said presenting a glass of tea to Shishio.
"Thank you" Shishio said.
"Um...Keenan's gonna be okay?" tanyanya doubt.
Shishio noticed there was a line of worry on Tianna's face, with a smile he replied.
"That's it" Tianna said in disbelief.
He stared at the window, where there was nothing he could see except fallen leaves. But Shishio knew what Tianna saw was more than that.
"You're very worried about him" he said.
"He is a shitty cousin, he has no passion for anything but strength. But even so we fared the same, that's why we were able to be together and understand each other. There's something I haven't told you about Keenan"
"What's that?" ask Shishio curiously.
"The reason Keenan wanted power so much was not just because he wanted to be acknowledged, but that he wanted Anna."
For a long time no one called the name kecualo himself, after a long time finally his ears heard the name mentioned even though by a vampire who was still unfamiliar to him.
"You mean?" ask Shishio carefully.
"Looking at your position as a witch I'm sure you must know her, she's a vampire who brought the stone of immortality and defeated Viktoria's sister Keenan"
"What do you mean Keenan wants Anna?"
"I don't know for sure, but Keenan often adores him. Even Anna was the reason for her arrival here, she was the reason that made us gather even hostage the King Reinner Vampire"
"You mean...King Reinner isn't dead? is he alive?" shishio asked in a jolt.
Tianna glanced left and right as if afraid of someone eavesdropping when it was clear they were just the two of them, slowly he approached Shishio and whispered.
"Keenan saved her from the death penalty just to hold her hostage and question Anna's whereabouts to him."
Shishio fell silent, not expecting Keenan to be so interested in Anna that he did all this madness. If he finds out that his student Hans is Anna's nephew and searches for his whereabouts, he'll also be ensnared by Keenan's madness, fortunately he decided to join in so he could keep an eye on Keenan with his own eyes.
"Do you know Anna? I heard she used to be a great witch so you must know" asked Tianna now in an ordinary voice again.
"He is indeed a great magician, he is famous for his strength and cleverness" Shishio replied while reminiscing about how beautiful Anna's face was.
"As I thought" Tianna said.
Shishio gazed at the last leaf to fall as the orange light shone upon the dry twigs, in this vast world he had seen four seasons and beauty in each of them.
But all that was lost by one sunny summer, a season where his body was still stocky with a round face. The day that he entered the Academy for the first time and sat beside the beautiful girl of Hermes descent, a burning spirit still felt churned in his chest just because of the information of that family.
Her one blink of an eye changes those memories quickly, the great days when Anna boldly declares love before everyone and her drama-filled love journey.
Anna stayed by his side, though, to keep and support him even though he ultimately did not manage to get his heart but deep down he was sure Anna would come back to fulfill the promise he made twenty-five years ago.
* * *
Although still feeling dizzy but he tried to get up, unfortunately the strap is still firmly attached so that only the head can be lifted.
Aarrggh..
The small groan marks the tiredness of the body after passing through various kinds of pain, even a sense of dizziness is quite disturbing because his eyes also can not see clearly.
"Oh, very quickly you realize" said Shishio approaching.
"How do you feel?"
"Bad" Keenan replied weakly.
Shishio just smiled, he took off the straps so Keenan could get up. Apparently his body was exhausted because it took time for him just to get up, Shishio finally helped him.
"Slowly" he said as Keenan wanted to stand up.
When his feet touched the cold floor there was no strength so he almost fell, fortunately Shishio was strong enough to support his sturdy body. Slowly he was in the bopong to another room where there was a soft bed, Keenan immediately laid his body there.
"How's the test?" ask Keenan now in a more powerful voice.
"Good enough, you just need a little adjustment"
"I feel.the longer my energy returns" he said, squeezing both hands.
"In fact you're getting stronger, it's just a body adjustment that takes a few minutes"
"Good, this way everything goes according to our plan" he said happily.
"Don't forget to take your medicine, I want to take a break after working all day" Shishio said, leaving behind a small bottle of yellow pills before leaving.
What Yanh said Shishio was right, in just a few minutes his body was completely fit again. Wearing his clothes without forgetting to bring medicine he went out and met Tianna.
"Let's go" he said.
"Go? where to?" tianna asked confusedly.
"Take my promise to you" Keenan replied with a smile full of mystery.
Tianna didn't understand what Keenan meant but he came along too, as the night wore on and they walked through the forest.
Keenan's steps were getting faster and faster to make Tianna feel tired because of offsetting the unusual speed, he had whined in the middle of the road and did not want to continue the journey.
"What is this attitude when it comes to happiness?" ask Keenan.
"Don't say things that I don't understand, you just get stronger after waking up from a strange sleep where I can compensate you" he lamented.
Unexpectedly Keenan reached out and held Tianna, in that embrace he said.
"Today, I'll pick up our dreams. Today I will fulfill my promise to you, I will take the palace and make you a princess there"
"You mean..we're going to the palace? but...what if we are not allowed to enter and instead are punished for it?" tianna asked worriedly.
Keenan smiled, a warm smile that was different from usual.
"This time no one will be able to prevent us from realizing our dreams, I promise to kill anyone who dares to stand in our way because we deserve this."
For so long together somehow Tianna suddenly felt Keenan was so cool, he looked even more handsome under the pale moonlight. As he nodded his feet Keenan began to move, jumping from one branch to another.
The speed of his foot movements rubbed against the air that brought the wind around them, flying Keenan's hair and revealing clearly the happy smile that would reach his dream.