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Chapter 15:
"Yes, I will" There is no turning back now.
I gulp my own words when they are starting tell what will happen to me if I'll go to the goddesses' garden.
Hades' vassal told me that I may end up living in the garden if I cannot pull Tiara within 3 months. First things first, they said that I must find the soul of Tiara before going to the throne of the Goddess to permit us to go back in this world. They also said that I might face great danger in the garden like; sudden change of weather, optimal illusions, great hunger, facing a ferocious beast or a beast guardian before we arrive at her throne.
The vassals made a circle like the alchemists make and it has Greek words that I don't really know, I think they're ancient Greek words. Then they began to chant
"Η Εστία, η εστία που προστατεύεις είναι το φως μας. Παρακαλείσθε να καθοδηγήσετε αυτόν τον σωτήρα στον κήπο σας και να επαναφέρετε τους καρπούς της εστίας σας."
(Hestia, the hearth you protects is our light. Please guide this savior to your garden and bring back the fruit of your hearth.)
*Umm I used google translate on this so if I have a Greek reader out there please help me, thank you*
They were chanting it repeatedly and the vassal of Zeus gave me a signal to jump on the portal that they made. As I jump, I felt that suddenly chills and cries like a baby, yeah it is the pathetic side of me.
*Thud* I landed on a sand… wait, I must land in a garden right? Why am I here? No... I must not give up on this. I walk and walk through the desert until I felt discourage with my own ability.
Can I really save her?
No negativity please. Mind please cooperate with heart. I'll not give up on this
I fell down in the sand and as I rub it… it doesn't feel like sand at all… I can't separate the grains… they feel like "GRASS!" suddenly the illusion wears off and I see Tiara's Soul crying under a tree.
"Tiara…" As she lift up her face. It is the Tiara that I don't know yet. As she reads my reaction, she smiled with tears in her eyes and she stand up.
"I am the heart of Tiara. I am her feelings… true feelings" I nod in anticipation and then she walk through the endless garden of daisies and there she danced. I gaze at her for the moment and I felt a stab on my heart. Suddenly a piece of crystal gets out of my body and shattered into pieces. I gulp and suddenly Tiara came running into me.
"OH NO! Not yet please… not yet…" She is desperately cupping my chest.
"What do you mean 'not yet' ?" She almost cried
"Close your eyes and sincerely seek at your heart" As I close my eyes, I see myself from I was born up to the present and then I see a chrysanthemum shaped crystal and I see a small gap, because one of those petals were shattered a while ago.
"Your crystal has 100 petals and you have only 100 days to live" As I hear her explain, I jolt at her last 5 words.
"What do you mean?" I open my eyes with panic
"You have only 100 days to live and save me here" I stare at her for a moment and then I grab her hands.
"No one will be dying and the both of us will go back in to our own lives and live happily without restrictions or stupid management or hypocrite people. We will be safe and will go back with a smile and hope, Got That?" She nods and eyed open on my words.
"Yes, Dino" A bright smile appeared in her lips.
Yes, we need these. We need to hold on our own hope… hope to survive.
"But why did the elders told that if I can't return back, I might live in the garden forever?" wait… what a stupid question. I will live in the garden because I'll die here if we cannot get out.
"Sorry please forget what I ask" I slap my hands on my face.
As we venture from place to place. All I could see is a garden full of flowers and souls who are lost. I hold Tiara's hand and close my eyes and then I yearn a place full of people.
'How much is that?'
'Can I see that?'
'Wow, Amazing!'
A noise that bothers my ears, yeah we are in a market. I think we are like in Renaissance period. Our clothes changed and also our environment. Our confusion is eaten by our amusement. We started to venture the place, we eat, we play, we stroll and we really did have fun. No grass, no flowers, no walking souls, no negative vibes. Yes, this is what we need.
We lounge in a hotel and talk what we have experienced.
"So if we imagine a place, we can go there!" She excitedly jumps in our bed.
"Yeah! And it looks like we can find your body easier than we expected!" As we celebrate, another petal got out of my body.
"That's the 37th petal" She touches my chest and frowned
"We still have time and I know we can make it!" I said it with a happy gesture on my hands.
"Then let's try to imagine where my body lies" I nod at her and we close our eyes and sync our own feelings.
But we failed… what is the cause? So we tried again but our minds are in chaos. So we end up in the garden again, we sighed and walk endlessly again and to our surprise we see a village. We run and entered the said village and there we see lost soul living in harmony later on they turned themselves into humans.
I never thought that my life would be experiencing this kind of adventure.
We tried to socialize but we can't understand their language that made us to resolve our resolution: We will do this on our own. Days have passed and yet we still don't know where Tiara's body lies and my time, our time is running out. I only have 50 petals left and I don't know if we can finish it within ourselves. We tried imaging the places. We tried gambling our lives in most dangerous places and most of all we tried our best to sync our emotions for a better navigation. We thought everything will be alright as long as I still have the flower inside of me but no. Day by day Tiara becomes more transparent, I almost don't see every detail of hers. I never thought I would lose her, I my hand and in my heart… huh? In my heart?
"Dino… what should we do? Our time is running so fast" Tiara cried in my chest.
"I don't also Tiara… But I know only one thing and that is Hope. We will be safe as long as we cling in that word" Big word! Our time is running, Tiara is almost losing her shape; my life is already on the line, we are still clueless where we could see her body… wait…
"Hestia is in the Goddess's garden" Everyone's eyes widen and gone panic and here I am does not know what she said.
"Go to the Garden and bring her back with your own determination" The Vassal of Hades eyed me with concern.
"THAT'S IT! WE HAVE ALREADY A CLUE! We are so fixated on seeing your body in an isolated or sacred place. The Garden is the only place we can see your body!" I hug her with all my might.
"OH GRACIOUSNESS! THANK TO MY UNCLE~" and we rejoice and tried to think about the garden.
But things gone crazy when we teleported… half of the remaining petals shattered and she completely lost her form, now, I can only hear her voice. Slowly it is also deteriorating and slowly I began to lose consciousness… After a day we ventured the garden once again.
"What are you doing in my Garden?" I see a beautiful maiden and looks like I can guess who she is.
"I am Dino my Goddess and I am here to rescue your vassal Tiara" I kneel down and said these.
"My vassal's body is slowly rotting away and you are bound to die any time right now…" Slowly my hope engulfs sadness that made me kneel in agony.
"So… I am… late… TIARAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" I do not hear her voice anymore nor feel her touch by the wind… She completely… vanish
"There is a way to save either of you…" I rise up my head
"Neither one of you offers his/ her life to each other" This is a terrible joke
"It's like dying my Goddess… Why? WHY?" I am really desperate
Wait… let's have a little recap…
"Go to the Garden and bring her back with your own determination" With my own determination but how? Wait… If Hestia is the Goddess of Hearth then Tiara's life is bound with love and fire… I am a sky flame holder and I love her…
"Where are you going young man?" I face her with full of hope and determination
"I'll give Tiara's life with my own style!" I brim in confidence but…
She held my hand and said…
"Tiara is no longer alive… She sacrifices herself to you" Everything… EVERYTHING SHATTERES
"That's why you can't hear her anymore" I run to her body
I still tried to resurrect her with my flames and feelings but Tiara lies on the bed of flowers with contentment on her face. I cried and cried and ask the heavens why they need to these things in order to make us strong. Why this is so unfair? When I already know what I feel for her. When I already know I love her…
I tried and tried and tried until my body cannot hold anymore and later on I collapse.
I dreamed about her and our crazy adventure. The times we have fun, the time we struggled and the times we get to know each other. It was an epic adventure for us and it is already tattooed in my heart. I have just lost the woman that I love. Before my dream ends I see her in a white dress and she smiled at me and says.
"I love you, Good bye"
I woke up with tears in my eyes, as I move my head to the right side of the bed I see Romario on my side praying. Praying… huh… If the Heavens will hear my plea will they grant it? Just one wish… Only this once… please hear me.
"Master! You are awake!" He rushes to my side
"How long I've been lost and slept" While he cries
"You've been lost for 4 days and you slept for 3 days" I nod at him blankly… So the timeline is different at the Garden and this world.
Suddenly I heard my men makes ruckus outside with their laughs and cries knowing that I am ok now but… I can't smile or laugh with them and I don't know how to get over with this. She may not be my first love but I consider her as my everything.
3 months have passed and I and her family are still in search for her but some elders gave up and the whole family decided to give her a burial that made me angry with them.
"NOT YET! We still have time and I know she'll come back!" I protests
"BUT YOU SEE HER DIED!" The vassal of Poseidon shouts back at me.
"I KNOW SHE'LL COME BACK! I promise" What am I saying… big words for someone like me.
"BOO BOO PRINCE IS RIGHT!" Everyone wide eyed at the door
"TIARA!" I run into her and hug her
"Looks like my Boo Boo prince missed me" She smirks and then she hugs me back
"Yes, I miss you and I wanted to say I love you" she grips at my back
"Yes, I love you also" Then the day ended dramatically
*End of flashback*
Hestia's POV
"Mom? MOM?" My daughter snaps me out.
"Mom you are day dreaming, you haven't told us what happened" As she pouts that I find it cute. I caress her head with a smile.
"Your mom just remembered how did she fall for me~" I smack my fiancee's head and the kids laugh at it.
"Hmmm… let's start when I first see your father-" the story goes on until we reach Palermo.
'An adventure that tied our threads together' Hestia's inner voice
'Living in one's Hearth' Dino's inner voice
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WOHOOO! Another love story ended and you know what it means~ Do ya? hahaha
ITSSSSSSSS ROULETTE TIME~
*Drum roll* The next pairing is... BYAKURAN AND YUNI~
The truth is bound to hear from the 2 most precious people in her life. What will she do if she hears the truth? When she can't see her own future.
Stay tuned~ Love you lots and lots~