A Thousand Years | 𝐆𝐮𝐆𝐮

Chapter 10|ᴛʀᴀɪᴛᴏʀ

"You got your fill now, brat?"

Harith looks at Emperor with grapes on his mouth as he munched on it. He swallowed the delicious fruit to reply to him.

"Do you think I shouldn't eat much so mama will have lots?" He asks him instead.

The bustling of the crowd were on their background as Emperor lazily leans on the wall. The crowd chasing them a while ago must have given up on finding them or maybe they are just so good in playing hide-and-seek. Harith unconsciously threw another grape to his mouth as the sweet flavor exploded in his taste buds.

"Eat lots. We got to steal later on again." Emperor shrugs and smirks wide at him.

"But mama said-"

"Tsk. Ignore her." Emperor stride in front of him. "Morality is nothing but a hindrance to survival." He flicks Harith's forehead as the kid muttered an 'ouch' and rubbed his forehead.

"You have been stealing before, what difference is it now?" He questioned him as Harith thought hard about it.

"I guess you are right, mister."

"I am absolute." Emperor smirks and puffed his broad chest. "You should listen to me more." Emperor waves his hand as if dismissing Harith's remarks.

Silence ensued in them as Harith hummed in approval. If it's in jest or not then Emperor couldn't really confirm. His cerulean orbs followed the daft angel as she turned to an alley. He then lost sight of her. She will probably sell her golden bracelet to be able to purchase. He finds it inconvenient because why buy when you can have it for free- albeit you do it in a brusque way.

He rolled his eyes as Harith observes him.

"There they are!"

Both him and the brat slowly looks at a guy pointing at them. Harith and Emperor then looks at each other as the former readied himself to a sprint while the latter shrugs with a wide grin.

Emperor whistles as the crowd started to chase them again. Him and Harith ran to their opposite direction expanding their distance from the angel. They both laugh as they swiveled to another alleyway losing the crowd's pursuit on them.

They snickered as Harith chokes on the grape he was chewing. Emperor ended up laughing at his expense.

"Man, didn't know playing could be this fun." Emperor wipes the happy tears beside his eyes and took a deep breathe. "There is so much more than killing, eh." He couldn't help but murmur absentmindedly as Harith looks at him startled.

That made him wake up from his stupor. "You didn't hear any shit, brat." Emperor threatens him though Harith simply shrugs and hide a smile at his remarks.

Their conversation was suddenly cut off when they saw a crowd running fast. Panic was evident on their faces and they looked like they have seen ghosts (ghosts is so much better than those devils). That made Emperor and Harith look at each other seriously. There is something happening around them.

He grips the brat's wrist as he surveyed everything around them cautiously. Emperor clicks his tongue as the crowd blocked their exit in the alleyway. Somehow they are safe from the stampede. Harith even saw one kid stumbling on the ground and got smash in the concrete by the unrelenting crowd. It made him look away as he tried to keep the bile rising from his throat.

Emperor also saw it though his face remained unbothered. He then gritted his teeth feeling something encircling around the town. It was a fucking weak ass barrier! If he teaches Harith to create a magic barrier right now, he is sure the kid would be able to perform better.