Chapter 29 - Another Chance

-- Aaris POV --

Out of nowhere, chains clutched my arms, legs, and body, they seemed to come out of the air, it was Void and Binding magic together to conjure spell Chains from the Air.​​

I know I can't defeat him, neither do I want to fight him but I won't give in to false accusations.

"Calm yourself, I don't plan to arrest you but You have to co-operate with me?" The way he looked oddly calmed angered me more.

"What if I don't?" I was clenching my teeth but everything was futile at this point.

"I'll put you in the void along with chains then 

I'll add the offense of assaulting an official,

But I'll overlook that if you are willing to  come quietly."

He was not making sense is he helping me or telling me to accept my fate quietly.

"But I didn't do anything!" The rage along with the rushing mana inside the body was enhancing along with passing moments.

"Then why are you refusing?" He tightened his fist that strangled the chains around my arm and body.

Yet I smirked.

"Because your laws are lighter than golds, it ain't for us, in the end, I will be proven criminal and will be beheaded on a stage,

If that's what you want then I refuse, I don't want to fight needlessly but If I give in today it will be giving up, destroying all the efforts and struggles I went through in my while and you know it too!.

I won't give up as you did, you could've saved your daughter but didn't and you are telling me to make the same mistake-"

"Enough!"

[ SUBMERGE ]

Suddenly chains restraining me dragged me inside where they were coming out of.

It will all be over once he'll present me in court. I again went to sleep in the void.

The voice echoed again.

"MY NAME IS-"

"Wake up Aaris!" 

My vision was still blurry, a woman was patting my cheeks, then a slap landed…

"Wake up Brat!!" A familiar voice cursing me?

"What is going….. Miss. Ilin?" I was a bit perplexed.

She hugged me tightly, and held me close to her breasts… I looked around and found myself in my room again in the orphanage, but how?

"Miss. Ilin...I think I am gonna pass out again?"

"Why are you hungry, are you hurt?" She looked very worried.

"No, you are suffocating me!"

"Oh my….I am sorry" finally I was free from her heavenly clutches… but why am I here back in my room, I am currently a dead criminal but Serlin found me alive I should've been taken into custody, so why?

"Miss. Ilin, why am I here?"

"You idiot, I told you to come back safely but look what happened"

she sat on my bed with her hands folded and tears,

"I am more than happy that you are safe but When I heard you died I was broken but then Sir. Serlin came a few hours ago and told me you are alive but…" 

"I am now a criminal accused of murder and treason, right," I said and she kept her silence for a while, with her eyes looking down.

"I believe in you, you can't do that. I know they framed you, and don't worry I won't let them take you away." She put her hand on her head, and in her eyes, there was courage that I lacked so far.

"But Sir. Serlin?" I shook my head around.

"What about me?" His voice came from behind and I found him sitting on a chair with a book.

"Wait! for how long you are here."

"Since you woke up brat! So-" He said while closing the book he was reading.

"Before that, I want to ask something." I interrupted

"What?"

"How many days have passed since we went into the temple?"

I wanted to know for me it was like months but...

"According to your Guild members 2 days including yesterday's night when we fought," Serlin said.

"What? You mean it's been only-"

"Ho, so you two fought huh?" Suddenly 

Miss. Ilin mumbled Her smiling face with rage made my soul tremble.

"It was nothing serious, we were just talking."

Sir. Serlin continues with a cough.

"You are a Raven and you tried to attack a little boy with no mana" Miss. Ilin yelled at him.

"Ma'am it hurts" My feeling actually.

"Well, to be honest, he kept me on the rope too." He glared at Miss. Ilin

"What do you mean?" She was confused.

"I'll explain later, for now, we have to hide him." He stood up and walked to the window.

"Yes, I forgot about that!" She was troubled too.

"Hide me? But why?" Why are they saving me as a criminal for the kingdom?

"You are dead to the world only me and Miss. Ilin knows you are alive, so you have to hide until I-" He looked at me and his pity was clear to me.

"In the end, I still can't do anything huh?"

I clenched my hands with regret, even if I am alive I am still the same old weakling.

"What do you mean? You'll come with me." He said.

"With you? Where? " 

Is he taking me to jail?

"You want to become strong right? you want to fight, don't you? So I'll give you a chance, I'll train you, but before that do you want revenge or justice?"

He put his hands forward like he was asking me to take it.

"I-

I want to end this, the suffering of before and after in this world, so there won't be more like me...I guess"

"Fine then, pack your stuff" he turned his back towards me and relaxed his shoulders.

"Where are we going?" 

"To the Garden." He turned, 

And Miss. Ilin and I screamed,

"Hell no!!."