Soul Delivery (English)

Vicisstitude

Everything has changed. They looked awkward, as if both of them had never met at all.

Heka seemed to have been reborn. He felt something different in his body. After, he got out of the cocoon.

He hadn’t told Ansel at all. It made him guilty. Exactly, he wanted to tell Ansel. However, he looked like Ansel, who seemed to change into a different one. Hence, he chose to remain silent.

He didn’t know where Ansel would take him away. He did not know why Ansel took him far away. It was clear that Ansel didn’t just want to make him calm down for a moment. He felt Ansel had other intentions.

What Ansel did was indeed able to make his tears stop. Although he has not completely erased the grief over the loss of the person who meant a lot of his life.

All the way he just looked out of the window. Ansel was just silent, without saying any words, and Heka kept quiet.

It might be a usual. Because Heka has a quiet character who didn’t talk much. It was not easy for him to say a word out of his mouth.

But it was not for Ansel. He was not like Heka, who didn’t talk much. He was actually fussy.

Meanwhile, Ansel became quite the same as Heka. He didn’t utter a single word.

It made Heka feel very strange for Ansel. “He just kept quiet. Did something happen to him? So he has changed a lot. A person’s character indeed changes drastically if he has experienced a life-changing moment.”

Even though, he was curious about what happened to Ansel. However, he didn’t want to bring it up. Because he didn’t interest for knowing the other matters.

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Meanwhile, Ansel, who had managed to control the crystal water, made his feelings completely freeze. The character was so cold as ice. His heart could no longer feel anything. He completely changed and became as Hansel.

Hansel was often concerned about his brother. But his expression was very cold. Even so, Ansel loved him.

The whole way, they were silent. Heka’s tears had stopped and were silent. He didn’t ask where Ansel would take him. Ansel also did not tell him at all where the car was going to.

It was usual because Heka was someone who did not talk much.

However, Ansel also did the same. When he grabbed Heka’s hand, he didn’t say anything. He didn’t ask Heka to follow him either. He also did not force Heka to follow him.

It was because he gave Heka the opportunity to make a choice from his heart. Without any provocation. That was why he chose to remain silent.

Because one word can sway someone’s heart.

Then, he took Heka to somewhere. It could be a quiet place. So, he could release his sadness, even if it was for a moment.

Losing someone who was so important, it was indeed so painful. He could see the deep sadness. It was even painful, there was no way out. He has to accept reality.

Ansel stopped his car right on the shore of Pine Creek. It was the place that he chose. He assured it could make Heka calm down. He had deliberately not said the place where they went. He was trying to understand Heka’s condition.

Pine Creek was one of the places he often visited with Hansel. Her brother often took him to that place.

He remembered what Hansel had said. “Ansel remembers this well. There are two things that can make the heart and mind calm. First, the sound of the waves. Second, a remote place in a highland.”

Heka who started to get out of the car first. He walked towards the beach.

He remembered that he had prepared a drink for Heka. It was one month ago. He kept it on the dashboard. He forbade anyone who wanted to drink it. He even scolded Andrew, who took it.

He took the drink and walked towards Heka. He sat beside Heka and handed him the drink.

“Thank you.” Heka said. He drank it.

Ansel just replied with a small smile.

Heka started the conversation, “Sorry I didn’t listen to you. You forbade me several times not to accept soul delivery. Now, everything you told me has happened. I’ve lost everything.”

It was all true. He had forbade Heka to accept soul delivery. This time, he didn’t care at all. The thing he had to prioritize was to kill Fayfiend, who was after Heka.

“It is your destiny. Even if you follow my advice, one day you will also receive Soul Delivery. Because of what just happened, I don’t see if they are your parents.”

“Forget about it.” Heka said. He had absolutely no right to blame Ansel for what happened to him. If Ansel hadn't helped him free from insomnia, maybe he would have spent more time with his parents. However, he was quite grateful because he was still alive. Although he had to face a bitter reality.

He wanted to know what had happened to Heka. Why did he be a sacrifice? “Heka, have you ever attended or followed a ritual or sect before you got insomnia?”

Heka replied, “No, never. I don’t interest for all that stuffs at all. Why?”

“If Heka never follows any rituals or sect, then why does Heka become a sacrifice?” Ansel was so curious about what happened to Heka before. He had to find it out. “Do you remember the days before you got insomnia?”

“No. I don’t remember that at all. I tried to remember it many times, but it doesn’t work at all. Nothing crosses my mind.”

It was enough proof that Heka had indeed been sacrificed. His mind was controlled. Something bothered him, and he didn’t know what was bothering him at all. It made it difficult to sleep. He just didn’t calm down.

“If you remember something, tell me immediately.” He hoped Heka could remember it. It made it easy to destroy the Fayfiend who haunted him.

“Okay.” Heka answered briefly. The

While he was waiting for Heka to remember something, he had to find out who the woman was. Apart from him, the one who had seen that woman was Andrew.

“She once ordered a music box at Andrew’s shop. I hope Andrew still kept her contacts. I hope that she did not change her number.”

He felt that he didn’t have to fight with Fayfiend. He needed to meet the woman who sacrificed Heka. It was another way to save Heka.

Although he wasn’t sure at all. But, he was hopeful about it. He hoped the woman would not hold any grudges towards Heka and his family. So he easily asked women to let Heka go.

Even if she insisted on wanting to sacrifice, Ansel would give it. However, his feelings had frozen, but he couldn’t accept it by making an innocent one to sacrifice. It was like she did to Heka.