Emmy jolted up from the sleep, those eyes would haunt her in her dreams from now onwards. Alex rushed and wrapped her up in his embrace. Emmy could naturally calm down hearing his heartbeats but in her ears what Lamia said was ringing up.
"Emmy, just remember, the black world would kill Alex at any cost, the only way to protect him is to let him sacrifice his ….."
Why should the black world kill Alex, how is he linked with them? and what she meant by the only way to protect him was to sacrifice something. As Emmy calmed down, her brain began to react more rationally. Even if what she saw was just a dream but she believed that it was some kind of sign.
Emmy slowly explained things to Alex about what she saw in her dreams, omitting the part where Lamia asked Emmy whether she can live peacefully with him in future.
"There is some connection between you and the black world, why must they want to kill you that badly? "
Alex had also previously thought about the warning the old man at the inn gave him, he subconsciously pulled out the jade from his pocket. He looked at it and raised the hand which was holding it towards Emmy.
" Do you think they want me killed because of this? They have detected its presence over the Salian clan right."
Looking at the Jade in front of her eyes, Emmy felt it emitted some kind of energy, she dared not to touch it because the past two experiences gave her chills.
" I don't think so, if they knew about it they would have directly launched an attack on you. I think we are missing to recognise something which is right there in front. Any luck with those texts? "
" These are nothing but references about the core power. Emmy, that day you told me you are sure that the evil one was the sorceress right, so if that is true, do you think there is a possibility for her to incite the black world against their own mistress and the great lord. "
Yes, there was a chance of such a situation but why would the black world people believe a person who was the main protagonist in the destruction of their supreme power. When they were lost in that particular area, Jordan rushed into their room.
" Alex, come out, you need to see this."
Alex and Emmy without wasting any time went out to see a couple walking under the moonlight hand in hand. The woman had her head rested over her companion's shoulder while her companion carefully held her as she was his priceless possession.
When the couple was out of their sight, Jordan turned to look at Alex and Emmy who were standing there with complete opposite expressions on their face.
Alex was surprised and tensed at the same time whereas Emmy was smiling gently. It clearly displayed that she was happy for this couple. Those two people under the moonlight were none other than Rasber and Gabriella. Jordan was notified about this by his subordinates so he rushed to seek advice from these two.
Alex and Jordan were equally fried up and they were in their low spirits. Emmy could sense what these two men were thinking about, their perfect plan had backfired at them, so naturally, them being in low spirits wouldn't be surprising.
" Relax, Rasber might have shown his A-game, we still have a chance."
Emmy went inside the room without giving a proper explanation of the comment she made just now. Jordan urged Alex to go inside and ask his wife about it. Anyways watching Emmy this cool and comfortable, Jordan could sleep properly as he knew that she had already prepared the counterplan for such a situation.
As Alex went inside the room, he saw Emmy was staring at the Jade which was kept on the table. She was hesitating whether to take it or not. Alex smiled and walked forward before Emmy could protest, he picked up the jade and enclosed it between their right hands.
Suddenly, darkness spread and they both felt like a jolt of electricity was striking their bodies. Amidst the complete darkness, Alex held Emmy��s hand tightly and the jade was crushed in between their palms bursting out with a light.
As the light was restored, both of them regained their vision, and they were shocked to discover that they were standing over the old graveyard at the premises of their college. Emmy knew where to go because she had seen the same scene in one of her memory fragments previously.
Emmy pulled Alex along with her and started walking towards the lake. This time she could see the person awaiting her more clearly. The once angelic beauty was now looking like a ragged old witch. Although the person was still white clothes, the pride in her eyes were long lost and in it now there was the only hatredness.
" You … Did you think I was a fool like the enchantress? Never, after his death, I needed to perish her once in forever. The deal I made with him was to kill her forever but he… haahaa.. had some softness towards my sister. Do not be happy looking at my haggard state, your clan will receive an enormous blow soon, not even his four lackeys could save your Esbertrazian clan from my people. "
" And you, young lad, although you were never his son, because of your mother, he treated me like nothing but an ally. But I gave them the most beautiful gift of all, you will know about it soon. Now it is enough, I will make sure to kill you slowly and painfully you will beg me to end your life."
Emmy roared, strangely Alex also felt as if he was watching a stranger when Emmy took steps towards the old lady in front of them. He had only seen her portrait but with one glance, he had recognised the old lady as the sorceress but what happened to Emmy, why was she exuding a powerful aura.
Walking straight towards the sorceress, this time Emmy was not muddle-headed like it was on the previous encounter. She boldly stood in front of the old lady and scrutinised the latter.
" I may not know how I am related to the enchantress but let me tell you something which I know clearly, one more time you raise your voice against him, none of your people nor any extreme powers can save you from my hands."
Just as Emmy finished her line, the old sorceress started choking and then she vomited a mouth full of blood. Seeing this scene, Alex remembered the words that the innkeeper told him on the first day they met in the black world.
" Wise decision you took at last but do not try to protect her always, also never underestimate the feelings she is having for you. She is your protective shield and will protect you at any cost. "
Those words turned out to be true, so that means he was closely related to the core powers in some other way. He dashed towards Emmy and hugged her tightly from back. With his action, he totally missed out the part where Emmy's iris of eyes was completely green in colour. Slowly it dilated back to the previous black shade.
The Sorceress who got choked due to the extent of Emmy's aura was now watching the couple enviously. She stood up and backed off a couple of steps.
" I had not let them live together nor will allow you both to live peacefully."
She vanished in front of their eyes and when Alex, as well as Emmy, opened their eyes, they were back inside the room. Both of them were completely exhausted and decided to call it a night. Alex had a lot of questions whereas Emmy had a lot of things to clarify but both of them laid down silently.
Both of them would have lost their sleep if they knew that the next morning, the first news reaching them would be completely sweeping them off their feet.
Meanwhile, at a place where no one had entered for decades, a man opened his eyes from his long-termed meditation. In his eyes, there was immense bliss which could bloom over thousands of flowers.
" My master is back…. the supreme heir has finally arrived."
He quickly got up and came out of the cave where he had punished himself for letting his master fail. From the long meditation, he had achieved what others thought was impossible, he remembered once when everyone bullied the weak him, only his master believed in him. His master had mentioned that focusing over our own body meridians for a longer time can make those powerful.
" On that day, I made you fail, master but now I promise to let you watch that evil witch dying a thousand deaths."
The man washed up properly and set his journey to meet the supreme heir of his master.. This time he was confident, to safeguard his master's heir and it was time for him to avenge his master.