The Grey : Silver Blaze Of Harmony

CHAPTER TWELVE - Golden Empire.

Warning: This chapter contains steamy romance, emotional, and sensitive sequences.

It felt unreal to know so much. The puzzle of me had a little light on it now. I sensed how the red monks felt purposeful and relieved. Maybe they were actually waiting for me here, to tell me all this. I didn't know. But eventually, I understood my circle of life. I don't know much but the loss I had to endure, the things I had to do, don't still justify why it had to be me. I never wanted to be their Silvergrey, but I had to be when they made me to be.

"Let's get out of this rock as soon as possible," Lucia said as she felt something. And flew outside of the temple.

"Wait, what's wrong?" Aqua asked while we flew behind.

We came outside of the temple and Lucia stopped at the entrance. She looked above her and started creating a bright violet crystal and metal sword. An old monk wearing a violet robe was standing in the air a few meters away from her. Above him, there were thousands of violet monks floating around the temple and all over the four crystal mountains. They were very calm and almost didn't blink. I could barely hear their hearts or the sound of their breath.

"Your highness, you are not allowed to be here," said the old monk sitting next to Lucia and bowed his head.

"I'm not here for me," Lucia replied. Aqua and I flew and stood next to her.

"Are you a royal?" Aqua asked.

"No, he is the reason I am here," Lucia said.

"What are you?" the old monk asked while flying towards me.

"He is the Silvergrey," the old red monk replied as he landed next to me. All the red monks flew towards and stood next to us in the air. All the violet monks stood quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly came down to the ground and bowed their heads. I looked around in shock, red and violet monks all bowing down around me. I felt uncomfortable and awkward.

It was all silent around those mountains. I could hear the sound of Aqua's heart pounding louder. She was excited and confused. Most of the strangers who I met over the last year wanted to kill me, and now strangers full of mountains bow to me. I felt absurd, but I felt something inside all of them.

They were all relieved as a tremendous weight of their lives was taken away from them. The sensation around the mountain felt as if they found freedom. I felt overrated; I didn't want to take this responsibility and make promises.

"Don't bow to me, I'm not a savior or whatever you all think I am," I said.

"We understand how you feel. You don't have to be humble," the old violet monk said.

'Stop this, get up," I said.

They all stood as soon as they heard me. The sound of that movement made me more uncomfortable.

"I appreciate all of your help, especially for uncovering something about who I am. Thank you."

I bowed to everyone.

"Yes, it's time for us to go," Lucia said.

"Where will you go next?" the red monk asked me.

"I don't know, I have to find more and finish these black ones. They have to pay for what they did to my mother, friends," I said out loud.

"You should find him," the monk said.

"I will," I said.

"If you ever want us to fight with you, you can ask us," he said.