World of Lah

The fountain

When Dion woke up he found himself in a bed. The room was decorated beautifully. The king sat on a chair beside the bed. Dion spoke to him weakly.

-"...what happened?"

The king turned to him.

-"You lost your consciousness."

-"...where are the others?"

-"They are waiting outside."

-"Could...could you call them in?"

-"We have something to discuss before that."

Dion looked at him questioningly.

-"About what?"

-"About your mother."

-"What do you want to tell me?"

-"What happened to her."

-"But...the elemental already told me."

-"Every detail? I don't think so." -The king said. -"The titan kidnapped her. But do you know why? Because he thought that by going against him, she started a rebellion."

-"Rebellion? Against who?"

-"The gods, as he thought. Two gods created the ancient titans, but you know that..." -The king paused. -"By this time, she was already expecting you and felt that one day Parallax will come for her. She didn't know when, but she didn't want to put you at risk, so when you were born, she took you to the Forest Realm. After that, only you know what happened."

-"Is it true that...she freed a titan?"

The king went silent for a while.

-"Yes, I believe that's true. She released an ancient titan, that we kept locked up to..."

-"Tame him?"

-"I do not like that they use this word, but basically yes."

Dion remembered the last letter.

-"Do people...see her as a traitor?"

The king wasn't surprised by this question.

-"Yes. Many people think that it was a mistake that I didn't exile her, but I knew that she did not set him free to harm anyone..."

-"Who...who detained the titan?"

He didn't expect this question though.

-"A certain Izmael. Altough he lived in the empire, he came here to keep an eye on him."

The detainer and the traitor...who one day will come.

-"Can the others come in now?"

The king nodded and left. The others came in a few minutes later and walked to his bed and started to question him.

-"Wait, wait..." -Dion said. -"I'm alright, don't worry about me. We have other things to discuss."

-"Like the boxes?" -Aisha asked.

-"Or the medallion?" -Ophelia asked.

-"Or the last ingredient?" -Kira followed up with the questioning.

-"We will discuss everything." -Dion said and sat up on the bed the best he could. -"First of all...in the letter, it says that the detainer and the traitor will one day come...I think it's about my mother and most probably Azaziel's detainer, Izmael."

-"Izmael? One of the archangels?" -Kira asked.

-"Did Azaziel say something about him perhaps?"

-"Only that there's no race he hates more than titans and demons."