Azief didn't feel awkward. And so does Katarina.
It felt like they belong to each other.
Azief could feel her trembling heart, knowing that she tries to cover her breath so that she would not get caught by her.
And his heart itself is beating like it never before. No, it has beat like this before. Whenever she was near him, his heart beat like this
They both are listening to each other heartbeat. And they smile to themselves
A heart beating as one. Katarina raises her head, looking at his eyes
"It must have been hard for you" That word is just a simple words. But coming from Katarina, Azief feel touched.
There is nothing more than that...... to be happy. To know soone that you love understood you
Then he looks at her and he smiles. He chuckles. He laughs. And Katarina shows a puzzled expression
"Why are you laughing?"
Azief smiles at her and shakes his head.
"I didn't know that you could say such things"
And she blushed like she never before. The face that she only shows him. The gentleness that the world would never know.
And he kisses her again. This ti he kisses her on her forehead
"What's that for?" she is blushing. She is smiling. And Azief blurted out what he feels. "Cute"
And he kisses her on her nose
"beautiful"
And then he kisses her on her lips
"Perfect"
And he laughs.
And she laughs.
The affairs of the worlds and mortals that is outside of this palace is forgotten
Why was Death Monarch here?
The world probably wanted a grand aning to it all.
Maybe so of them thought that Azief co here to settle the Boris problem. Maybe so of them thought that he ca here to check upon Jean and check upon the Republic.
Maybe it is so kind of a power move. The whole world spins stories and controversies Because they could not fathom that a person like him would sotis have simple needs and simple desire
And his reason, to co here is guided by that simple needs and simple desire.
Azief simply wanted to see her. There is many things he must do after this. The Ten Realm Project is not yet started, and he also has his own future to think about
But....for now....at this mont...he just want to let ti pass, enjoy this mont and live in this mont
He took a deep breath as he looks at her, his heart beco at rest
He never thought.......never thought.....that happiness is just this.
No, he had it before. He just forget about it each ti he has pain.
And he never thought that even after experiencing so many things, he could still feel happiness
He thought it would numb him.
But, he was wrong. And he never was so happy to be proven wrong
Being beside soone you love, who love you back, such a big joy, such a peace that he could not know how to describe it
This is happiness.
Simple
Azief did not want to say anything so Katarina also did not say anything. Both of them close their eyes, feeling the beating heart of each other
Even a godlike being has a heart. And since it has a heart, it could beat.
Outside, the snow is calm and the wind is breezy
Like a storm calms down by a kind force.
And on that bed, two hearts beco one, beating to each other rhythm, bringing them to sleep.
...
Outside of the Ice Palace
Moscow
Today, nobody thought that there would be such a commotion.
The Senators were all urged to co to the Senate. Those who could not co must attend remotely.
Those who are far from the center of the Senate does not know what topic that would require such mass mobilization and attendance of the Senators. What is clear however is that it must be sothing important.
Since Boris imprisonnt, there never was such a call. Everyone was worried that they would be targeted or being a person of interest after the fall of Boris.
And now suddenly there is a call like that being broadcasted to all mbers of the Senate.
There must be chaos
This is the thought of the Senators only a few hours ago.
Just a few hours ago, they receive report that there is intruder coming to Moscow.
The intruder is only four people.
These four people ignore the Airships on the borders of Europe and fly pass the guards.
It is reported that the realm of these four people is only in Disk Formation leveler.
So, the Senate is not that worried and intend to only send a few unit to capture these intruders But before they could send the order, another order ca from the Left Chancellor office that allow the four intruders to co inside the Republic airspace.
Of course, with such order it would raise the suspicions of the Senate.
Who is these four people that the Left chancellor would send a letter to allow them to just fly around their airspace.
The Left Chancellor Jean then send a simple ssage that make all of them shocked.
Thoe four people is the Three Great generals of Pandemonium and Sasha the leader of the
Shadow Guards
Why would these four people co to the Republic?
So of them thought that they might co to discuss sothing with the Senate. But many
shot down that theory
Because if Pandemonium really have sothing to discuss with the Republic there is no need
to be like this.
It is not the first ti that Pandemonium cooperated with the Republic.
If they really wanted to cooperate, they would not do it like this.
Usual practices would be Pandemonium send so ssage to inform that they would send a
delegation or a team of people to discuss so things.
And they surely would not send the Three Great Generals of Pandemonium to beco a
negotiator.
Not to ntion Sasha is also with them
Then they thought that they might co to discuss personal things with Jean. But if they did have such intention, why would they do it in such a flamboyant way?
But then a report ca from the scouts that soone saw there is soone in front of the Ice
Palace.
That person broke the shielding on the Ice palace, see ten thousands of swords fly through
the sky, turning into motes of light and then this man disappeared with the swords.
And every mbers of the Senate suddenly understand.
Why the Three Great Generals of Pandemonium would be coming toward the Republic
Why Sasha is also in the group and why Jean gave them permission to enter. Death Monarch is in Moscow and he is probably here with the Grand Chancellor.
That is when the Speaker of the Senate House began to send an order on behalf of the Left and Right Chancellor to other Senate to discuss the matter and to make all of them are all caught
up
The Senate, once they know that such a person is in the vicinity had no choice but to cordon all
of the path toward the Ice palace.
They did not want anything untoward happens to either Katarina or Death Monarch.
Who knows if there is a daredevil that wanted to create national incident by targeting Death
Monarch?
There is all kinds of things that could go wrong and sour the relations between the two world powers so the Senate simply takes all the precautions they could
As for the four people, they are already on the top of the hill, in front of the Ice palace. Sasha
look at the Ice palace but she did not knock the front door.
"You're not going to knock?" Athena ask.
The snow is not heavy and the wind is breezy so they are not cold in front of the palace.
But that does not an that it is pleasant
"We wait"
Sasha then look at the Ice palace and sonly smiles.
The person closest to Death Monarch and has always been beside him is Sasha.
Even though their relationship is between subordinate and superior, Sasha had learn so
things about Death Monarch
These things are not for her to speak off nor spread. Because it is the personal life of her
superior.
From what she sees, hears and knows about Death Monarch, this is a man that rarely feels
happy.
And Sasha knows that the reason why he ca here and Pandemonium, it might be so that he could take a breath a little
Since the world has already waited a month, they won't mind waiting for a few more hours
She looks at the door of the Ice Palace and she smiles
"The world doesn't understand you. Your generals doesn't understand you. I think the only
few people that understand you are those people" she thought to herself and she thought of a
few people
She thought of Loki. Of Sina. Of Sofia. And she smiles. Because among those group of friends,
she is there
Sasha understood him. Azief...is a lonely person. She sighed and let the winds of the mountain
blows her dark robe.
In front of that ice door is four people, waiting. And further away from that palace, below the
hills, the world waited.
....
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