Chapter 1 – Astraea
The union has been dealt with and the household survived but Cadis Etrama Di Raizel used up enough of his life force that he would inevitably 'bleed out and die the time he had left, let him finish high school, was estimated at around 10yrs. The house hold left Korea and separated. Now they kept in touch and Raizel's last moment's approach so Frankenstein has alerted everyone so that they can say goodbye. He has a day or a month left, judging these things is difficult. That's not what has left everyone too shocked to speak. Well, they do speak just not the question on their mind.
Location: Frankenstein's private island, Residential Building, living room.
People: Raizel, Frankenstein, the newly arrived trio and ...
"This is Astraea," Frankenstein informed them his hands resiting on the shoulders of a girl who looked about seven yrs old. She gave them a thoughtful look with her large purple eyes and how did they not notice her before the introduction? Who was she? "Master is in the nursery to avoid moving too much, if you would come this way?" The trio followed them both down the hall to the 'nursery' where Raizel was sitting at a flat pack table looking at a 500 piece puzzle and sipping tea. The girl went ahead and reclined on the seat where the edge pieces had already been put together. Since there were no more introductions or explanations forthcoming they spent a awkward moment at the door way.
"So did you do all these?" Tao asked Astraea, gesturing to the framed puzzles on the wall. The girl gave him a brief nod before returning all concentration to the task before her. "So can we help you with this one?" It wasn't likely but the girl looked a little too much like Frankenstein for the programmer to leave things alone. That got them all a right calculating look, then a smile. "You could group the pieces by colour, but you shouldn't put them together." The last bit was said with a glance at Frankenstein. Ah, "did he finish one for you?" It was possible.
"No, I pulled his sections apart." Really? Not that it mattered as they settled at the table because his eyes were visibly sunken.
He was the reason they had taken a leave of absence to be here. While he looked worse than he had before the Lord stabbed him with her soul, he was able to hold his own tea a elegantly as ever. So death wasn't an immediate concern but defiantly happening. The gifts they had brought, mostly food so he had a chance to enjoy them, were placed on the edge of the table. Frankenstein left to cook dinner and they settled into light conversation about what they had been up to since their last visit. In the back ground were the faint sounds from the puzzle being completed, the oddity of Astraea temporally forgotten.
It appeared Seira and Regis had been equally uninformed about the girl given the look on their faces. Regis always had expressions so that didn't worry them but Seira's widened eyes? Did they miss something important? Takeo took the task of questioning the new arrivals since Tao had been recruited by Astraea as a set of adult hands. In the kitchen she wasn't allowed near the bigger knifes or the oven, but seemed able to cook none the less. It would be easier to ask one of the three who actually knew the truth, but it could be personal.