|Sleeping Beauty|

Sound asleep in the arms of the Pirate, Chaos make a cute silent snore with the pipe clutched on his hands bubbling a little more than usual. Now that the pirate noticed it, the bubbles had already scattered around the place and the sea. The other's don't seem to mind it though, it's like they don't even notice it at all. What is it that the little Chaos is planning?

"Your son must be tired from traveling such dangerous seas… I wonder what lucky woman stole your heart. She must have had you on her clutches." Benn shook his head and made a pleased smile while caressing the soft black hair of the sleeping child.

"I'm the lucky one… this child here is the fruit of a great woman. Having a blood of a pirate scum like me makes his blue blood tainted. This little Sleeping Beauty has a heavy fate… that he deserves to know about. But he's still too young, he already has too much to carry. I can't make it heavier."

"He sounds very important, but I wonder why you would bring him with you in this dangerous place." Benn had to admit that no sane father would bring their kids on a pirate ship. But right now there is no other option, this act needs to go on until the little kid finally wakes up and figure how to make his friend normal again.

"I've heard about Haruko…" dread once again visited the area. The Old man doesn't seem to be denying that fact too, which means that it was no joke that Haruko will soon be having his life taken away for the freedom of his poor soul.

"Don't question my choice. A father's job is to free his son from his suffering. I don't want him to wake up someday eating his own brothers and feel guilty."

"There is a way… to get Haruko back. Chao—" before Benn could tell the truth, a inhumane scream coming from a room and the unconscious bodies of Whitebeard's sons stopped him completely. Something exploded in the kitchen...

"How disrespectful…" Chaos growled at the sleeping figure cradled by the thorns that were attacking him. This place where dreams come together… is a place of where a sin sleeping on. The first sin I managed to seal inside my mind, the sin that never bothered to leave me.

"…have no one told you not to disturb people who are taking their rest?"

"A thousand year rest is an option though. But I must say… that is quite impressive of you to maintain the same form for such a long time. Why have you not left? What is it that made you stay?" the thorn dug deeper onto my skin which made me groan loudly. He doesn't change, the pain inside a dream may not be affecting you physically but it gives a mental strain to people who experience it.

"You were the only one… who never lied to us. Because of that, I have faith in you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how many lives you have… your soul will always remain the same. Now tell me, what is it that you wish?" the vines retracted but was still surrounding the slumbering entity in the middle. For a thousand years… he still chose to stay.

"Wake up greed, he has possessed a human vessel halving his life in process. Exorcism would've been a choice but there are no priests here who are capable to purify this level of entity."

"I see. So in order to seal him, you ask me to wake him up while his process of fusing with the human body is still incomplete. The chances of you separating him from the vessel is low, you must find a suitable replacement that he can be sealed on with no fail…" a chuckle left me as I try to make the throbbing pain all over my body unobvious.

"You have forgotten… Sloth… You are currently sealed inside a fragile abyss…"

"It is your choice… you have always taken the hardest of tasks. But then again, you are the Great Magus. There is no doubt about that. Go, I have granted your wish. Godspeed, little magus…"

Light flooded my field of vision taking me back to the reality that I am living on. The entity that was hidden near the kitchen had been awaken repelling some sprites that roamed around the place. Benn… it seems that he managed to stay awake amidst of the bubbles that I had prepared to make everyone exposed to them asleep. I applaud him for that, but I don't want him to see what I will be doing…

"Benn, sleep. Sleep and everything will be alright…" his eyes were already getting tired. This man has a lot of will power…

"I'm not letting him harm you…"

"…fine. But I won't be able to lessen your sleepiness caused by my bubbles. I will try to converse with the Greed, you try to slow him down and never reach me…"

"Is that possible?" I took the blood written talisman from my sleeves and shoved it to his chest as I jumped off from him. It isn't actually very useful but he should be able to pull it off. It was made to be a shield, but not for me. Each one would be able to hold the target still for 30 seconds, he currently has 5 in his hands.

"I'm a Magus, everything impossible can be turned possible with a little magic. Also, that guy is starving, don't let him reach you too…" now that I have thought about it, I will be fighting side by side with Benn, which will make everything interesting. Now is the time… to let humans slowly know about the forgotten history.

"It's time to bring back what have been lost."

|TO BE CONTINUED…|