Fly Free - [Technoblade x reader]

Chapter 26 - The Tale of an Angel

"Phil's story isn't really mine to tell... however, given the circumstances I think you ought to know." The Elytrian spoke quietly, twiddling her thumbs, her hands in her lap. "He would never say anything outright to you, he would want you to figure it out, but he knows that you would never get the full picture."

Techno waited patiently, still a little surprised [y/n] was so willing to share Phil's story with him. Well, maybe willing was not the right word, but she seemed almost ready to talk about it. Like she had known she would have to at some point.

"That's what he's been trying to do, but it just feels like there's so many loose ends. I don't get how everything ties together." The Piglin muttered, adjusting his sitting position so that the blood supply to his legs wouldn't be cut off.

"He's thrown you in at the deep end, making this whole mystery about himself, it's not fair really. Especially when the stuff he's hiding is important, not just for us to know for ourselves, but for us to know for the sake of the rebellion too." She sighed, her eyes wandering, clearly nervous to talk on the subject. "But the history of Phil, is the history of why our village was raided..."

Techno almost felt his mouth fall open at her statement, though he kept it closed. It was still a surprise to hear that though, he was surprised she mentioned it at all. "He was... but why?"

Another sigh left the Elytrian's lips, it was more than apparent this wasn't the most pleasant thing to talk about, but he could see the determination on her face. She wanted to talk about it. "Look, if I'm going to explain it to you, I'm going to need to tell you the whole story. Everything."

The Piglin adjusted himself slightly, crossing his legs, and looking at her intently. "I'll listen." He said, his confirmation enough to support the Elytrian.

"Ok, this all started long ago, before I was born. And it started with a man who fell deeply in love with a Goddess."

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Philza was a talented young Elytrian, his sword skills something he had seemingly been born with. He was known amongst the village and well respected in the council that represented the village. Seen as someone who would also come forward and help to protect the Elytrians in their hour of need, even though the strong and skilled Elytrians didn't exactly need protection.

He would spend much of his time training, improving his skills as if there was something he was always worried about just around the corner. Though it never seemed to come to the Elytrian. Instead, Phil found something he had never trained a day for in his life.

When Phil had first met Kristin, he had fallen completely head over heels for her, meeting her on a whim when he was out one day. Kristin, who seemed heavenly to the Elytrian, insisted they meet again, and so they did. With the two eventually falling deeply in love with each other, it almost felt like something from a fairytale book.

With Phil showing off everything he knew to the woman, while she stayed mysterious and entrancing to the Elytrian. The two could not have been more perfect for each other.

Kristin had not told Phil everything though, and one day, regrettably she told him she would have to leave. Phil had been confused, upset as to why his love had to go all of a sudden. In which the woman revealed her true identity of the Goddess of Death.

She explained to her love that she had briefly come to visit this area of the planet, to harvest any souls who had perished, however she had become distracted and had fallen in love with Phil. To fulfil her role as the Goddess of Death she had to look over the ongoing wars and make sure there were enough who had fallen, reaping their souls to fuel her life. And from the time she had spent with Phil she now felt her power dwindle as she had not been performing her duties to her full extent.