Sword Anthem's
Chapter 29 - A Rival

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Hatred is both a problem and a curse lodged in the heart of every human being. Not knowing the time or place, gradually he will creep and control emotions as much as he feels.

"Whoaaaa .. huhhahhuhhah—“

Oz realized, his disheveled white hair is now fully decomposed. His face was full of sweat and his entire body was shivering.

"Where is i-this?"

His handsome face was now softening and his gaze was also beginning to calm down. His two eyes then explore a strange place that he does not know where

"Why am I naked?!" chirps shocked.

But the sound of the door squeaking was heard and right after that the door was opened revealing an old woman who was holding a wooden bowl with a spoon in her right hand, his left hand held a glass of water.

"W-who are you? W-what do you want from me?!—“

"Stttt .. be calm, now you're being treated."

A very friendly voice but a little hoarse because it has aged. His face was wrinkled with two soft black eyes. His lips were pale. Every time he said he must have his zebra teeth exposed.

"Now you are in my house, young man" he replied kindly.

He immediately approached Oz who was on the bed with uncertain steps. Knees that sometimes shake just because of stepping. He was always smiling at every moment.

"Your house?! Don't you know si—“

"Be quiet, eat this while it's warm," cut the old woman down while putting a spoonful of warm soup into the man's mouth quickly.

"Bhakss .. e-happy."

Unknowingly his mouth muttered to itself and the old woman who was now in front of him also smiled

"Of course I know who you are young man, Oz the Witch-slayer," he said lightly and took a round wooden stool and sat on it.

The room they were in was a not-so-large room with a white bed. The window opens freely. A small cupboard and table complete with a small chair.

"Why did you help me?" asked Oz, but he also took a bowl of soup and ate it quickly.

"Maha."

The woman's laughter was like being cut into pieces by something funny.

"You're actually a good man, I can see that clearly in both your eyes" he said.

Oz stopped eating and looked at the old woman's face with a cynical look.

"I? Okay?" tanyanya herself.

"Yes, you're a good man" he said once again, showing the smile of a young woman who looks like a mother.

"Are you saying?!" He also kept the bowl of soup rashly and as a result the contents came out from inside. " You don't know anything about me, do you know what it's like to hold such a painful grudge, HUH!!!" beat Oz by tightening the last word.

But the old woman only fell silent with a sincere smile.

"Today I must live in the shadow of the blood and pursuit of the knights in order for me to survive. Killing and slaughtering, that's the way of life I've now chosen. I have to kill every witch so I have a reason to live" Oz said, holding a glass of water.

" Why are you doing something like that?" asked the old woman as she got up from the small chair.

The old woman immediately approached the small table in the corner of the room. It seems he is preparing medicine, "I-it is because those witches have destroyed my village" Oz replied.

His face was now downcast and his gaze became pseudo. A drop of tears spilled from remembering those bitter memories. His family, his best friend, the village people died right in front of his own eyes but –

"You shouldn't have that nature, you're a good man" he said. "Not all the villagers where you died, son."

Then the old woman came back to Oz.

"What do you mean?!—“

"Because one of your families survived." The old woman directly put the medicine she had made forcibly into the mouth of the white-haired man, "You can see it right before your eyes

alone," he continued, smiling a little.

At first Oz froze and twitched a little because it held the bitter taste of the medicine. But, slowly his face stiffened, his eyes widened as soon as he heard the words of the old woman who was now in front of him.

He again looked at the old woman who was now in front of him carefully. As he watched his face meticulously his right eyebrow was raised and his mouth was gaping." Aunt ... Ann?" he said unconsciously.

The old woman smiled and nodded slowly. Oz is back in a surprising situation and now in both of his eyes is emanating rays of deep happiness.

His head began to look down with tears. The old woman he referred to as Aunt Ann just stroked her head slowly, "It's Oz, don't cry you're big" she said softly.

But instead of stopping, his cries became increasingly so as not to believe that one of the families managed to survive the terrible tragedy. Time passed quickly, the panicked white-haired man finally calmed down and he began to ask his aunt who had brought him here.

"Ah ... about that, it was a husband and wife who brought you here" he replied softly. "I was shocked when I saw your body full of wounds carried by him a week ago."

Oz was stunned to hear that, the people who saved him were the men and women he had previously wanted to finish to the last blood point. Then Oz asks their whereabouts to Ann's aunt.

"If it is not wrong ..the women who are with him say they will go to the forest of silence to the south of this city."

Oz got up and immediately rushed to put on his clothes. He also asked for the whereabouts of his sword. After everything was complete he immediately said goodbye to Aunt Ann. Aunt Ann just smiled at her behavior.

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Outside the Ignia Capital, a man sleeping on Fear's lap looked so good. Now the two of them were riding on a straw wagon that drove them out of the city.

Fear asked two elderly people for help hitching a ride on their cart. Fortunately, they gladly agreed.

A gentle hand rub landed on the man's forehead. The palm of the hand was so slick, it smoothly rubbed the man's forehead gracefully. Both of his eyes that had seen the man fall asleep on his lap were smiling.

"Hohoho .. miss you love that guy so much, if you can tell who that guy is?"

His voice was quite clear, but there was a typical dialogue like a certain race. With accents like old people who are very old. It was the voice of the woman in front of the wagon.

"He's my husband" Fear replied gently.

Now he was beside the man who was riding the straw wagon.

"Are you and the man next to you a couple too?" ask Fear.

"Hohohoho .. miss, it seems you quickly understand as well." And this time it was the man Fear suspected of being a husband.

"As you said earlier young lady, she is my husband and we are a married couple as well" he said. "Talk about that, where do you want to go?"

"I will take my husband to a forest of silence for treatment" Fear replied without hesitation.

"Ara ... It doesn't look like she's doing well."

After that Fear only smiled warmly to reply the services of those who had given him a free ride and also Reiss. He also left a message in a letter to Aunt Emma about their departure.

All of that was done so as not to cause too much worry and with that they could leave quietly to leave the Capital of Ignia.

The wind blew carrying the news of the soothing wind with the hum now that Fear was singing melodiously. The birds flew by them happily.

The leaves dance with in the ear of Fear's humming. The weather is clear with the sun not too hot because it is blocked by a large white cloud and moves slowly.

The couple who were driving the wagon were also smiling at their senandungnya. After that Fear began to sing while stroking the head of the husband who was still not awake.

Samar yet real lips Reiss began to smile faintly hearing the singing of his beloved wife. Such a sweet sound even without an instrument. Just rely on the cry of the wind and the sound coming from inside the throat.

But the results are so beautiful like a Diva. The wounds they had received had not yet fully recovered. With an incision on Fear's left hand and a torn wound on Reiss' stomach.

Their clothes were not as they were. With a white dress worn by Fear to the foot, short-sleeved with red ribbon that decorate the edges.

Reiss is just a white shirt and black trousers. However, in the arms, stomach and neck on the bandage. Not long after that they arrived at the forest of silence.

Fear embraces the body of the now unconscious husband. Although heavy, because he uses wind magic to lighten his body, so the burden he carries is not too heavy.

After that Fear thanked the couple who had been married for a long time. They separated in the middle of that journey. Fear takes Reiss into the depths of his own forest of solitude.

The trees towered upwards, like they wanted to reach the sky. With green foliage that almost turns brown because the season seems to be changing. The yellowing then falls off and eventually falls to the ground.

Walking in the expanse of green minimal grass, the bushes seemed to be a guardrail between the areas in the forest. And now they arrive at a waterfall that is quite calm flow.

Right in the middle of the region was a lake that did not seem too deep, branching out into small streams in all directions. Fear laid Reiss' body beside the lake.

Then he immediately searched for a very useful medicinal plant in the forest, leaving it unattended..

Not long after that a sound of water droplets was heard from within the lake. A shadow that was originally small appeared and finally appeared above the surface of the lake.

A woman with no clothes, her two breasts look unattended. With smooth white skin, a beautiful face and two slightly pointed ears. His eyes were as bright as a blue Sapphire Stone. With long and fragrant blonde yellow hair.

His fingers were very pliable and his body proportions were absolutely ideal. Hips that fit well and are not too big or small. Thighs and calves are perfect if paired with a body that is so stunning.

He floated on the surface of the lake, and went to the unconscious Reiss. A moment after that as he reached right beside her, his face reddened.

And his two widened eyes gave off a dark sheen of light. I don't know why his body shivered when he saw the face of the brunette man. He immediately sat down beside him while crossing his arms.

Slowly, she began to hold her two soft cheeks. His eyes seemed to find a part of his heart that never came to pick him up. But who would have thought, now the two eyes of the man began to open and –

"Ah—“

The woman was quite shocked when the man who could captivate her heart said. But, it seemed like he only regained consciousness for a moment, "Fea-r?—“

After that, he returned unconscious. The yellow haired woman could not bear to see the suffering of the man who was now in front of her. It was as if he could see the suffering that the man was going through was so deep and heartbreaking.

Betrayal, sorrow, suffering, compassion, and love all crumble in one day. That's what he saw from the man's face. The woman then lies on Reiss's body, creeping like

something so sticky.

His breath rose and fell with a flushed face and lustful eyes. Gusts of steam came out as if winter was coming soon, in order to release the pain that the man was experiencing.

The woman who is now on top of her body is determined to save her life. He knew that making a bond meant giving up his life for the man.

His whole body will be his. Even his heart and soul would be his as well. Regardless of all that, he grabbed Reiss by the neck with both hands. Raising his head, he kissed her with passion.

The bodies that touch each other, now his body heats up as if he was roasted alive. Soon a contract was created and a promise was tied.

Right on the ring finger of his left hand a silver ring appeared and bound. While on the left ring finger that has had a silver ring is now increased one more.

After that, the woman raised her face. He stroked his right cheek and with a moment the wounds all over Reiss' body recovered. No cuts or lacerations.

Bandages all over his body were opened by himself and revealed skin that did not have the slightest scar. Again he stroked his cheek. A sacred promise had been in progress and he could not cancel it at all.

Now they are both bound by the relationship as a husband and wife. And just then the rustling sound of bushes was heard. Fear appeared and did not believe what he saw at that moment.

A woman without clothes who was piercing Reiss' body. Fear immediately ran towards the woman. Her eyes were now filled with anxiety as it was possible that the woman would secretly kill her husband.

But it seems that it is beyond her expectations. The woman immediately got up and approached Fear who was running towards her and who would have thought a stinging feeling should be lodged on Fear's right cheek.

A fairly quick slap floated towards his right cheek. Without being able to avoid that slap Fear could only be confused and harbor jealousy. Actually what he did until he got a slap.

It should be that woman who should get a slap from him. Then how shocked it was when the woman jerked Fear quickly.

"What would you do if you were his wife and loved him. You should be able to understand his suffering, you know absolutely nothing, huh? Even though I know you're a princess of the sky."

His voice was smooth like the softness of winter snow. With the right intonation, making his words like anger look like a suggestion.

Fear could only be silent at his words. How did he know I was his wife? How did she know that I was a princess of the heavens? That's what's now lodged in Fear's head violently.

Fear is in confusion. Women use magic to cover their own bodies. The lake water began to float slowly, covering every inch of the woman's body.

The leaves turned into small fragments and sprinkled the woman's body. The roots of the plant began to creep to the woman's feet and lastly was a flick that lingered in that silence.

In an instant her body had now been completely covered by graceful clothes. Thin pink lips and beautiful blue eyes are now complete with blue and yellow flower decorations attached to the upper ear.

At the neck is covered by a black cloth with a swerving motif. Her clothes turned into a dress that looked like a princess. Reddish white with the upper chest that is clearly visible.

A glove up to the next in white and pink. At the end there are clean white tassels. While the bottom has been complete with a short white skirt to the upper half.

A dark red cloth mixed with purple wrapped around his waist. A crystal-like blue ball hung down on his left hip, then the last one was a long white sock that covered the shin and over the knee limit of his foot.

And a pair of white, glass-like shoes that are quite transparent are bluish-white. Do not forget the stick on the top there when the crystal is blue and decorated by a large white jasmine flower on the back.

When he finished, he extended his hand towards Fear.

"I am Selina Alsya, a princess of the earth," she said lightly with a serious look.

Shocked and confused, that's what Fear is feeling. For some reason, he could now see a princess of the earth told in the legends of the celestial nation would only appear if his soulmate was near.

Has he made a sacred promise with Reiss?