Chapter 29 Meeting Of The Fated

It was a new morning. The sun shone brightly out in the sky, providing the earth with a much needed warmth after the cold nights.

The sounds of birds chirping could be heard everywhere as Atlas sat inside a forest under a beautiful green tree that provided him with shade. There were plants in the surrounding area that still had some dew on them.

Atlas sat unmoving with his back resting against the tree, looking at a beautiful flower in the distance. He still wore his lavish clothes, but they were covered in the overhead cloak that he was wearing.

The cloak looked worn out and old, but it covered his clothes properly, hiding them from sight. He had taken the cloak along the way since his lavish clothes were attracting too much attention during his travels.

In the cloak, he didn't look like the lavish Prince like before. Instead, he looked more like a poor man who couldn't even afford proper clothes, despite his good looks.

The flower he gazed at had seven petals on it, and each petal had a different color, covering all the colors in the rainbow.

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Lilith noticed Atlas looking at the flower. "Beautiful, isn't it?"

Atlas nodded. "It's beautiful, but at the same time, it looks sad and alone."

"Sad and alone? What do you mean?" Lilith asked. "What do you see that I don't?"

Atlas let out a deep breath. "It's the only flower in the entire field, all alone. You see the diverse colors of it as its beauty, but from a different perspective, I see its loneliness as its true beauty. It didn't die even though it was alone. Instead, it stood tall, surviving where no other flowers could. That's the true beauty of this flower."

"Sigh, do you always have to be such a sunshine?" Lilith responded sarcastically. "It's been two weeks since everything happened. We've traveled so far. When will you get over what happened? I know it's hard but at least try!"

"You know, to learn what I'm trying to teach you, your mind can't be chaotic. That's why you've been failing every day for the last two weeks. You should know we're running out of time," she continued, sounding upset.

Lilith was only a shadow around Atlas, he couldn't see her expressions, but he could guess what her expressions would have been just now.

"We're lucky even after two weeks, you haven't entered the Blood Urge Phase, but the day you enter it, you'll be in really big trouble. That's why I want you to drink blood soon and remove that risk, but I can't let you do that until your mind is calm."

" If it isn't, you'll lose yourself in the lust of blood! So can you please try at least instead of wasting both our time? You haven't even covered the first step of your training. It's like we literally wasted two weeks in which we could've covered so much!"

Even under the constant scolding by Lilith, Atlas didn't get angry. He just stood up, stretching his arms. "I told you, I'm not drinking human blood. It doesn't matter in any case. As for the Blood Urge, I just need to avoid it until I give my sister a proper burial. Only then can I regain my calm."

"At that time, we can talk about the blood and everything else," he continued as he started walking away.

"We already talked about it so many times! Why don't you understand?!" Lilith snapped. "We can't take more time! By tomorrow, we should enter the land of the Carlisle Clan! You need to be ready before that!"

"You think you can avoid human blood? Even if you don't drink, the day you enter Blood Urge, you'll be drinking much more blood than you can imagine. And that day, you won't be able to control yourself on how many innocent people you hurt. So why not do it once for your future?"

Atlas didn't respond to Lilith. He just kept walking away from her in silence. Even though he had a headache about it, but he wanted to resist it for as long as he could.

" Sooner or later, it's for sure that you'll be drinking blood. So your constant refusal doesn't make sense! I've spent enough time with you to know that you're not that big an idiot! So tell me the truth! Why don't you really want to do it? Why do you risk your mental safety? Why do it?!" Lilith asked, chasing after Atlas.

"Does it matter what the reason is?" Atlas asked, stopping right before the beautiful flower.  He went down on his knees, gently touching the petals of the flower.

"It matters for me," Lilith answered. "Since we'll be working together, I need to know why you don't want to do it! It affects both of us!"

"Fine. It's because I don't want a blood-drinking Vampire to hold my sister, even if it's me. It's just something personal. So I won't drink blood before I bury her properly. I want a brother to bury his sister, not a blood drinking beast," Atlas explained as his fingers gently brushed against all the petals.

"Even though I lost my body, my soul is still of the same Atlas. If I drank blood, it'd be like even my soul would be tainted and unworthy of holding her. I don't want to be disgusted with myself, at least until I finish what I need to do. After I'm don-"

"Hmm?" As Atlas was explaining his reason, he stopped suddenly. He looked back, hearing some noise from the bushes.

He stood up and started walking to the bushes. Just as he was halfway, something jumped out of the bushes.

"A rabbit?" Atlas smiled unintentionally, seeing the cute creature.

Seeing Atlas' smile, even Lilith was dazed for a moment. She hadn't seen Atlas smile since the beginning, but now that he smiled, it was as if the world suddenly became brighter. It was as if her Master was smiling.

Even though Atlas was in the body of her master, it didn't mean his smile should've been the same as her master, but it was exactly identical. For some reason, she could actually see the glimpses of Castiel in Atlas. Her anger disappeared at the sight of the smile.

"You like rabbits?" Lilith inquired.

"I used to have a pet rabbit when I was little," Atlas divulged, slowly walking towards the small rabbit.

For some reason, the rabbit seemed scared of him, yet as soon as the rabbit looked into the eyes of Atlas, it was as if his legs froze. He couldn't step back. It was as if he was hypnotized even though Atlas didn't intend to.

Atlas stopped before the rabbit. "Hey there, little guy. What are you doing here alone?"

Atlas picked up a rabbit into his arms and started patting the little guy.

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"Watch out!" Lilith yelled abruptly.

Atlas also sensed something as he jumped to the side.

An arrow flew right past Atlas, avoiding him by mere inches.

"Put Fluffy down if you care for your life! Keep your dirty hands away from him!" A loud voice fell in the ears of Atlas, which sounded sweet and melodious. Even though the voice was trying to be threatening, it failed the purpose gloriously.

Frowning, Atlas looked towards the bushes from where the voice came. He saw a figure walk out.

The tall figure belonged to a dark-haired woman who held a beautiful golden bow in her hand that was aiming right at Atlas.

The woman was dressed in beautiful black attire that was decorated with golden designs at places. Her long hair came down to her waist behind her, waving with the gentle winds.

"I suppose Fluffy is the name of the little guy?" Atlas asked, standing up. He still didn't release the bunny.

"This is your last warning. Release Fluffy!" The woman warned. "This time, I won't miss intentionally!"

"You mean you missed intentionally last time?" Atlas asked, seemingly not believing her. If he hadn't moved at the right time, he would've been dead. From which angle did it look like she intentionally missed? It was he who dodged at the right moment.

More footsteps came from the distance as ten more figures came behind the woman. All the figures belonged to men who were carrying long swords with them that seemed sharp enough to slice even steel.

What surprised Atlas was that all these men looked at the woman with respect even though they all had red eyes. That meant all these men were Vampires. On the other hand, the woman didn't have red eyes. She had deep black eyes.

It was confusing. Why were Vampires so respectful to a human?

Atlas opened his lips to ask something, but before he could speak, he saw one of the Vampires move toward him with hostility.