Chapter twenty-four: The reason of the meeting with the elder angels, and the result after the engagement.
I was still in a shock state when Guide put me down. "W-Wait, what?" That's when Knowledge said, "he was testing you to see if the prophecy was true." This angered me, but then Ayanami put his hand on my shoulder, which calmed me down a bit. "You're act like your mother so much when you said that." Guide chuckled at himself as he said this, which caused me to get confused. Was he expecting me to act like that? If so, then he's so going to get cursed at a bunch of times after this. "You said that you're a princess to both angels and vampires, correct?" I looked at Knowledge when he said that and I could already feel nervous again. "Y-Yeah, I did. Why do you ask?" He looked at me for a few good seconds, which raised it up even more. "Who told you that, if you don't mind me asking." I stayed silent for a few seconds so that I can calm myself. "I-It was my uncle that told me that." Guide chuckled again. "That information is correct, but you weren't supposed to know that yet." I was confused at this. How come I wasn't supposed to know about this? That's when Element interrupted.
"Anyway, onto the reason of why we called you here." Love smiled with a smile that a mother would give to her child so they can calm the child down. But I was wondering of why they wanted to meet me, but I guess they had other reasons of why they wanted to meet me. "From what Ayanami told us, you were training to use your vampire abilities and you have awakened your angel side." I could feel my nervousness rising when she said this. "It's rare for a half breed, that has an angel part of their DNA, to activate their angel side without harming themselves." I was a bit confused. "Wh-What do you mean by that? I mean, it activated when I was fighting with Afrim-" They all had shocked expressions on their faces, expect for Ayanami, when I said this. "Y-You fought with Afrim, and lived?!" I looked away when Guide said this. I wanted to say yes to it, but at the same time I didn't want to. "Y-Yes… I fought with him, but Miroku died by getting into the fight." That's when everyone stayed silent. I could feel Guide's rage rising again, which caused me to close my eyes tightly in fear. I was expecting for him to slap me and tell me that it was my fault, but he didn't. Instead, he pulled me into a hug that was warm and welcoming. "It's okay. It wasn't your fault." This caused me to form tears within my eyes, hug him back, and start to cry again. After a couple of minutes, I calmed down from a crying fit. I softly pushed Guide away so that I can wipe my tears.
"Once we realized that you were training your angel abilities with Dracula, we had no choice but to call you into this world." I blinked a couple of times when Love said this. "Why, if you don't mind me asking. I mean, I haven't been learning how to attack yet. I was just learning how to block the tainted attacks with it."
"That's the problem though. We block impure attacks and barriers with purity. You have been blocking them with your wings most of the time, correct?" I widened my eyes when Knowledge said that. "Y-Yes, I do, but how do you know about that?" He smiled at this like as if he knew that I was going to ask that. "We have been watching you since you were born." That's when I grew pale. Why? It's because I knew that when I was I child that I got into many fights which a bunch of kids, and I don't mean fights that are arguments. I mean the ones that you have to throw punches and that'll give people bruises afterwards. I guess they noticed my reaction because they smiled at me when a reassuring smiles. "We were doing that to see how you'll grow up, and we understand of why you have to do the things that you did." I was confused at this because I knew that angels were supposed to commend the good acts and yet they were commending me with the fights that I got into, which they weren't good at all.
"We called you up here because we decided that we have to teach you on controlling your pure abilities and on how to use them." This brought me into more shock. "W-Wait, repeat that again. I thought I heard you say that you guys wanted to train me." They looked at each other and then back at me. "That's what we said." I could feel my heart beating within a fast rate when I heard this, and it was causing a bit of pain. I gulped in both fear and nervousness, and took deep breaths. "Um, if you don't mind me asking, but… How exactly are you going to train me when I know how to use most of my vampire abilities?" They chuckled at this, but it was mainly Guide that was chuckling, more like laughing, the most. "We saw that you use some of your angel abilities. You'll see that angels could do much more, and they'll help you on learning how to use them."
I stayed silent at this information. I don't know what to say about all of this. I mean, I was fine with the abilities that I know how to use, but to add more of them? I thought that it was a dream for a moment, so I pinched my arm to see if I feel pain. Nope, this isn't a dream. This thought crossed my mind as I felt pain from pinching my arm. "Look that's nice and all, but i-it's too much of power? I mean, I could get mad on one day and just use them on accident." They continued to smile, which confused me. "We know, but we also know that you're won't use your abilities when it comes to that." I stayed quiet during that. I didn't even know how to respond to this. "That's why we called you here so that we can start training on your angel abilities." I continued to stay silent. "Look, I know I'm supposed to get rid of this demon king, but…" I sighed, "I don't know if I can handle fighting him when he knows how to push my buttons. It's not like I'm grateful for this, but I don't know if I can even-"
"It's okay. You'll do fine." I gave Guide a small nod. "Please follow Knowledge." That's when Knowledge turned his back towards my vision, and walked towards the darkness. I looked at Ayanami, and he gave me a nod. "Go ahead. Besides, I need to talk to the others." I gave him a nod and followed Knowledge. Suddenly we appeared in some room that I didn't even know of what to make of it. This is weird… I didn't even know how we got here, but I know that I'm in a safe place. So why was my heart beating within a fast rate? Is it because I was nervous, or was it something else? I shook my head at this thought and looked at Knowledge to see that he was messing with a machine. Then he stopped and looked at me. "Please, sit down. I'm just starting up the machine to see what your weaknesses and strengths are when it comes to fighting." I gave him a nod, and sat next to the machine. But I could still feel my heart beating fast though. "Um, is it normal to be nervous?" He chuckled at this. "I suppose so, though there's nothing to be nervous about though." Then he pulled out these sensor things and put them on my arms, legs, and around my head. "Now, relax as I start the machine." I gave him a small nod, and tried to relax as much as I can. This caused me to close my eyes and pretended that I was back at home. Home with Blume that's helping me to get used to the idea of being a princess and the next heir to the throne, but then his voice broke through my thoughts.
"Now, I'm going to start up the machine. It might send you a shock, so don't worry. That's just the only pain that you're going to feel from this." That's when he start up the machine, and what he said was true. I did feel a shock of pain go through my body, but then I calmed my heart down when I saw Ayanami come in the room. I guess I felt safe when Ayanami was around, but this was all new to me. "You could talk if you like." I looked at Knowledge, and then back at Ayanami. "Did you have to do this too?" He smiled a bit, and gave me a nod. "Yeah, but I only had a few weaknesses." I wasn't shocked by this because I knew that everyone had weaknesses one way or another.
"It's done." I looked at Knowledge in confusion. "What do you mean by 'it's done?'" He smiled at this like as if he knew that I was going to ask that. "I mean that I'm done figuring out of what your strengths and weaknesses are." I was sort of glad, but there was an uneasy feeling within me. "Um, if you don't mind me asking, but… What are my weakness and strengths?" He smiled a bit, but didn't calm me down a bit. "Your strengths are both your vampire and angel side. Your weaknesses are your family, friends, and your memories." I stayed silent when he said that. It made sense, but I was worried. If those were my weaknesses then that means that Afrim will find out one way or another. "Don't worry." I was brought back from my thoughts, and looked at Knowledge. "We'll train you to control your emotions and your angel abilities along with your vampire side." I looked back at the ground. "I-I don't know… I mean, what happens if I don't learn at all?" They looked at each other in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Ayanami said as I looked at him.
"Nothing, why?" I said as I was confused of why he was asking this.
"You're not acting like you usually do." I look down at my feet. My heart was beating within a fast rate, and fear was growing within me. "Afërdita," I looked at Ayanami as he walked up to me, and held me close to him. "It's okay. You're safe here." I took a couple of deep breathes and closed my eyes so that I can calm myself down. "Afërdita, why are you acting like this?" I was fully calm when Knowledge said this. "I-I… I don't know… I don't know why I'm acting like this." They was a cold silence in the air.
"Ayanami, come with me. We need to talk about something." He gave him a nod, and they left me in the room. I held my head in my hands. Why was I acting like this? Was it because I was nervous? No, I looked at the clock, something is going on inside of my body… This thought caused me to stand up and looked around for something. I didn't know what I was looking for, but I found an object that had an empty slot next to a heart. I was confused at this, but I turned it on. Then I put it on my wrist, and waited for ten seconds. Once it made a sound, I looked at it and grew pale. Why? It's because it showed a number three. I-I'm pregnant?!