Blood in the rose thistles

Chapter 13

Cale was in the room where in Eruhaben was there reading a book. There are the only two in this room.

"Eruhaben-nim. What does it mean if the twins have a tattoo of a sword and a sun on their chest?" Cale asks the person that he thinks knows about everything in this world due to his age.

"A tattoo of a sword and a sun? Hmmm...it seems that they were chosen." Eruhaben closed the book that he was reading and started going through the books on the shelf like it was his shelf.

"Chosen?"

"Remember what I said that the Libitina family, the family of your soon to be wife, is the one to keep the gate closed and each God has two gates. A minor and a major gate. It will be easier for Alexina if she has her siblings but she doesn't have any. Alexina was under the God of Death so she was basically the one who would close or strengthen the gate that was being locked using the power of the god of death." Eruhaben started explaining and still looking for a book.

"But there are 2 gods, and 4 gates that need to be closed but Alexina will have troubles with it. Do you know why?" Eruhaben said and went back to his seat and started reading the new book that he snatched from the bookshelf.

"Since she is not under the 2 other gods. You're not saying that the twins will be with us in the war right? There are still children. They can't join." Cale finally came up with an answer. Alaric who has the tattoo of a sword is the one who was chosen to be under the God of War and Ambrose who was the sun to be in the God of Sun.

"Cale, how old do you think the children on your side entered the war? It's the same thing." Eruhaben told him but Cale disagreed with that.

"No, it's not the same. Eruhaben-nim." Cale shake his head to let the dragon that it's not the same thing. Of Course it's not. Hong, On, and Raon have experience and ability while his twins doesn't even have one.

"Why? It's because there are your son's?" Eruhaben fired back and Cale didn't answer. Even if Cale doesn't want to admit it, the Ancient dragon was right. Cale just doesn't want to let his children enter the war.

"Silence means yes." Eruhaben said and looked at the door when it opened and Alexina entered.

"Oh, I've been looking for the two of you. I finally figured out where the first gate will open. Here let's talk in the basement." Alexina said and was walking to the fireplace and putting her hand inside was trying to open something. After a while, the fireplace opened from below and there was a ladder.

"Let's go, before those kids wake up again and I won't be able to talk to you." Cale and Eruhaben looked at each other before Eruhaben sighted and started pushing Cale to go on.

'Tsk, I only have a small amount of time left. I need to guide these children as much as possible and share my knowledge with them as much as possible so I can be at peace, after I die.' Eruhaben though, and cast a barrier around the place.

"Did you hear what we were talking about earlier?" Cale asks Alexina while they are going down the stairs.

"I didn't, why?" Alexina answered, Cale looked at her before questioning her.

"Did you know about the tattoo that the twins have in their chest area?"

"Even if I don't want to. They were chosen too. Tsk, if only that disgusting father of mine, didn't get greedy by power, everything will be in peace right now. He didn't even spare anyone." Alexina mumbled.

"We don't have any choices Cale. They need to be there. I'll teach them how to use the ability that the god of war and sun will give them." Alexina assured Cale but it was not enough.

"What if their body can't handle it? What if they will like you? You cough blood when you close a gate. Their plate is smaller than yours, they will break." Cale protested, and Eruhaben gave him a look.

'This unlucky bastard knows the importance of the place? Then you should have tried that when you were younger!! And he was really the one who is talking about coughing blood when in the first place, you are the one who coughs blood the most during the war against the White Star.' Eruhaben though while looking at the two children bickering in front of him.

"No, they won't. I'm still gonna close it. They just need to give me the power that I will be wielding. It's possible because of our blood. Later, I'm thinking that the gods were already ordering their people to give their artifacts to us. Just like Cage, she gave me a ring right? That's where the Grim Reaper came from." Alexina explained to the father of her son's that it looks like where they got their stubbornness from.

"Are you sure? Then it's not like they need to be there, we can just have the artifacts then be in the front line. They don't need to be there." Again, Cale won't let himself lose this verbal battle against Alexina.

"Again, they need to be there. But in the front line. Just close enough, that the presence of the god will be there. Nothing will happen, end of discussion." Alexina opened the door, and entered.

They were greeted with a room full of books, treasure boxes, a massive map of the whole world, and a map of each continent plastered in the walls. Small statues of the gods, and some portraits.

"Let's start talking about our initial plan for now. Since I believe we will be leaving this place later in the evening right, Cale?" Cale stopped looking around, and looked at Alexina who was already sitting on the chair.

"Yeah, we will be leaving in the evening to go back to my mansion to put yours and the twins things, then we will be secretly moving to the place where we will be meeting the allies that will be helping us."