The Hated Savior
CHAPTER 123

The awaited day had arrived, rows of lanterns of various shapes and sizes neatly arranged on the main roadside stall of the Zemlya empire. The laughter of children running around carrying small-sized lanterns while joking with his friends and the cries of the merchants offering his wares to the people who will attend the lantern festival in honor of the god Chronos the god of time.

The purple moon is still faithful on the horizon with clouds that constantly drop fine grains of white snow, and descend down on each side of the road or tree branches left by leaves in autumn. The gurgling sound of water was faintly heard as it almost froze along with the cold temperature.

A teenage boy with a long purple mane was flying in the cold wind like a painting that had just come out of the canvas, his handsome face always showed an unwilling smile descending from his thin lips in lavender purple.

His hands were outstretched outside the window and one by one the snowflakes fell on his hands and became a speck of water and fell on a pile of snow outside the window. And then a white cat came up to the purple-suited young man who was engrossed in his own thoughts.

"Hey, why are you still here? Don't you want to take Aquila's walk?" Shiro asked who broke Adrian's daydream.

"Why do you always surprise me Rino, of course I'll go with Aquila's sister." Adrian answered quickly.

"Then get ready soon, Aquila's brother will depart soon." Shiro said, then leaving Adrian still glued in front of the window.

"Alright, don't go ahead of me...!!" Shouted Adrian who realized that Shiro had gone some distance from the place he used to rest for two full days.

"Well... That kid, as if he's gonna be abandoned for a long time." Shiro said muttering and swinging his tail casually at the lip of the stairs.

It didn't take long, Adrian came out of his room wearing a purple robe that covered his entire body and only showed his vertically-piled eyes. "Rino, come. I can't wait to walk around with Aquila's sister." Adrian said excitedly.

"Alright, I've also wanted to move my stiff little legs." Shiro said no less enthusiastic than Adrian.

The two of them also walked down each staircase that is directly related to the living room that has been occupied by Aquila, Minami, Leave and also his brothers with a cute animal form, which is very beautiful, except only Vent Leger is still in his human form with a beautiful gray mane.

"You guys are so old, what took you so long?" Vent Leger asked with his ferocious face which indicated that he was tired of waiting for a long time.

"Nothing." Answer shiro and Adrian in a compact manner.

"Here you go, don't start a fight, or we don't go to a lantern festival." Aquila said threateningly.

"Sister... Giel just wanted to see the lanterns drifting in the river, so if they fight again just leave them." Said Rugiel with a pity.

"The water has become frozen, and what will you see Giel? Brother Dita, sister Dita Leil wants to eat sweets, can you?" Soleil asked with a hopeful face in the form of a tiny turtle and of course Soleil's speech made Rugiel moody because he could not see the lanterns carried by river water currents.

"Yey... The sweets... Giel really likes sweets, what else if there's apple candy.." Said Rugiel with great enthusiasm over Soleil.

"Based on children, what a sweet." Vents Leger with a soft voice.

"Eger, don't you want sweets too?" Helios asked in a seductive tone.

"N-no. Who would want to eat such a small child food." Vent Leger answered quickly, but there was an easy red tinge on his clean cheek.

"Do you want to? Of course I'll buy it for you too, Eger. No one will not get Manisa. Everything I'll buy for you guys, then let's go.. !!!" Aquila said with a spirit that brings joy, but implied an atrocity that he would do. No, rather see one of his older brothers who will represent him.

Eventually they all went to the center of the imperial city of Zemlya to participate in the festival that was held once a year, the festival's name coincides with the arrival of winter which makes it impossible to fly or wash away lanterns, and finally the people of the Zemlya empire get around all the lanterns hanging with a rope made of metal twisted a rope that is strong and heat resistant.

A gong was struck loudly indicating that the opening of the festival was about to open, and a Panasean stood on the pulpit with a Bible in his hand and uttered each stanza beautifully. Upon completion, a lamp with a purple and gold light illuminated each hanging lantern that had previously been ignited with ordinary fire.

The atmosphere that had been orange now turned into a very beautiful color and with the horn of a gong that was struck with spirit. Of course, it makes the atmosphere festive with happy laughter that forgets the terror they have felt because of the sound of baby crying that cuts the heart.

Aquila just watched the surroundings with a calm face, while Minami had disappeared behind the hustle of the humans who attended the lantern festival. And do not forget aquila bought sweets to his sisters who had been waiting for sweets that had been provided by the stall that sold them.

"Sir Dita, thank you, Leil will spend it all very happily..." Soleil said as he devoured an orange candy.

"Giel too, the apple candy is also very tasty and sweet. Brother Aquila, taste it too..?" Bargain Rugiel while offering a medium-sized apple candy.

"No, you eat everything." Reject Aquila with a sweet smile beyond the sweetness of honey, and of course make all who see the smile of Aquila look at him with admiration.

However, the atmosphere filled with happiness instantly turned gripping again. The sound of baby crying, the voice of raucous crows is heard clearly and flying and there are also perching in any place.

The laughter of children filled with happiness is now turning into a tangsi of fear, and every parent swiftly embraces the child with a watchful day.

"Mothers... I'm so scared...." That is the word that is always spoken of every child who feels very scared.