Chapter 20 - Night And Day

I went inside the broken house it wasn't that big it had 3 room and 2 room on the upper floor and an attic I never got any chance to explore it, but it was already past 5:30 and I heard Serlin calling me from the backyard of the house, I followed his voice,

the hue of the purple shining on clouds on the sky and vast grassland, and you can see few houses from there I slowly went close to Serlin, he was looking at me I looked around and saw many flowers of different colors around me,

the sun almost hid itself behind the cold clouds and close to the horizon.

Then I saw Serlin standing near a grave, it is better not to ask too much I thought I went close to him and he asked in cold emotionless words,

"Are you ready?"

"Yes," I took a deep breath and looked at him,

[I COMMAND THE GATES OF THE VOID I RULE OVER]

[OPEN!]

and through a spell gate, my mother gently touched cold earth of 4 feet low, to it felt bottomless she appeared to me so far away that now I can't reach her no matter how hard I try,

she was still looking beautiful with her pale skin and black hair.

"Pick up a handful of the soil"

Serlin said he was looking at me with his empathetic eyes,

I grabbed the soil beside the grave and he said again,

"Now say goodbye to your mother this will the last thing you'll give to her that will reach her so make sure it has everything that you feel and slowly throw the soil in the grave with that funeral will be over"

"Alright let's not make her wait too much" I tried my best to smile again,

I lifted my hand just above her feet,

"Mother, can you hear me?

I think this will the last time get to see your face,

don't worry I will make sure to do everything you told me,

and I wil... I will" I broke into tears again.

Serlin put his hand on my shoulder, I didn't have any words to say to her but still, I said to myself I'll give her a proper goodbye,

"Mother I promise I will become stronger, stronger than anyone else, I will become the Aaris you wanted me to be, I won't give up no matter what,

and I'll miss you,

your gentle touch,

the way you caressed my cheeks,

the way you hugged me,

your cooking,

your nagging,

everything I promise I won't forget them, so please just watch me and.. you know it right?

I love you and goodbye."

I threw the soil on her feet and Serlin moved his hand and all the soil beside me filled the grave in a moment.

Serlin "should I make a tombstone for her?"

"there's no need of it, nobody cares about her besides me and I believe I don't need a stone to make me remember about her." I looked down at the freshly spread soil in front of me.

"But you know there should be marking something that should tell people about the grave" when Serlin said the only thing that came to my mind is,

"Pink Carnation," I said

"What?" Serlin looked at me "Do you want to put flowers here? they won't last forever you know."

"I know can't I plant then here? the thing is she loved them so..I...you know" I smiled a bit with fuzzy eyes,

Serlin took a sigh,

"alright there are few things that can help it grow early," Serlin asked his coach-man to fetch a pink carnation flower and Dryad stone from the village Annet and he brought it in less than an hour, he gave it to me and told me to plant it with stone buried along with the flowers.

I did so and in just a few seconds a juvenile pink carnation plant spouted from the ground.

It only had tiny buds on it yet.

"You have to wait for the daybreak to see them blossom because of Dryad stone after that they'll be just like any other plant" Serlin,

"well I don't mind I know they'll be beautiful anyways," I said while smiling at him,

"Alright, so shall we go back now?"

"Yes!"

Serlin walked toward his carriage with my hand in his, I wanted to look back one more time but didn't know if I can hold back anymore I again bid farewell to her with my back facing her.

"wait!" I said out loud,

"What?" he looked at me,

"I want to look for something"

I asked Serlin to help me find my mother's saving it was hidden in the room underground in a box.

"What's in this box?" Serlin,

"My mother's savings, she wanted me to use them to take care of myself but I think they are not enough to be her replacement" I shaped my head with my arms crossed and then slowly I opened the box,

in there were a bag, three books, and a letter,

"I think this letter is from her." Serlin,

"I won't read it now"

I closed the box and picked it up and moved my eyes to him,

he sighed again and we climbed on the carriage to return to his home it was already night and I was lost in my own thoughts and before I knew fell asleep and my birthday came to end.

The next morning I woke on the same bed as before in the same room but this time Serlin was not beside me,

I tried to look for him and found him sitting in the living room with a sword in his hands.

"We need to talk"